having a bit of trouble getting this command to work

in the quest the player talks to someone, then an NPC is enabled nearby and needs to track down and force start a conversation with the player

script currently looks like this, attatched to the quest

scn MISHq4scriptshort talkedtorifBegin GameMode	if talkedtorif == 0		MISHrifref1.startConversation Player MISHrif1	set talkedtorif to 1	endifend

basically, sets a variable to check if the command has happened. the actor is enable elsewhere, and should walk up to the player and initiate the conversation. but he doesn't. help pls?

StartConversation tends to be finnicky - I'd recommend using a Find package instead.