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ok, im gonna look again. Tnx!!

ok, im feeling realy stupid right now, I searched systematically, but i still can't find it :S

Have you read the book and tried to activate a Step? Only then the messenger will be there.

yeah, ive read the book and tried the steps (the one that are on the well nearby wellspring cave) . I tried a clean safe, but i must have messed something up, because unactivating the mod won't remove the book from inventory and the quest is still in my quest list. In my quest list, i already have the key, but i can't find the little box in the arcane lobby which should hold the key. So i'm confused. It's been a while since i started the mod, so i tried to install it again and start over.

i'm messing around anyway, cause i can't find too

Is there any console command which resets the quest?

sorry for the noobie questions

The effective way to reset the quest is to restart the mod with a clean save as described in http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1027326&view=findpost&p=14870135.
BTW, we were all noobs here once. In Real Life, I still am. :hehe:

I've got a problem with the ayleid chest that's supposed to be in the not being there. I looted the dead messenger so long ago that I can't find the report now, and I was wondering if the chest being there depends on me having the note on me or at least having read it? (I can't remember if I read it either! I've had the mod installed for ages and lost track of things)

Again, refer to post #2, please. If you started the quest with an earlier mod version without having activated the Network, you need a clean save.

I think making it optional is an excelente idea

Well, I did that and took a look at the walkthrough. I did things a little out of order; . I took a look in TES4Edit, and there's no . Is there a script that's supposed to put it there?

You shouldn't be able to do things 'out of order'. Only after having read the book and activated a Step, the messenger will be there. The quest script activates him after you have done both.

Well, maybe I had tried a step before reading the book, though I'm pretty sure I didn't - I know I didn't try activating a step *after* reading the book. Anyway, it hardly matters, as I'm sure it's my fault at some point - otherwise you'd be hearing the same thing from loads of people. Since posting my previous post, I opened the script and used the console to get me through the first section of the quest, and now it's running smoothly, it's brilliant so far. I'm especially impressed with the writing - I haven't had to read much yet (3 short books), but it's immediately a cut above most of the mod writing I've come across. In fact, it's so good that it led to a slight problem!

Anyway, thanks for a great mod - not sure what happened at the beginning. I was sure I'd done a clean save the first time around, but maybe not. I've had niggling problems with a few mods recently and may have gotten confused with all the patch-bashing and load-reordering. I'm really looking forward to discovering more about it throughout the game. It was nice to finally meet the too; too bad I had to kill him!

A, well, i finally managed to get a clean safe It workes now, tnx for the help!!!

I must say I love the Lost ruins I've found so far. They look more like actual *ruins* than the vanilla ones.

And I see more and more NPCs stepping. Will be intersting to see how that turns out, as it has the potential to screw up some quests. I've also seen some MMM Adventurers inside lost ruins, too, and there was some concern about that in an earlier thread, but I just imagine they arrived in the same manner my character did.

The only thing this mod needs is patches for the larger landmass mods, like Elsweyr Anequine and Windfall.

I'll try to implement the option to have those steppers made essential during their journeys soon, within 2 weeks or so.

Do you mean patches for conflicts, or extensions for new landmasses? The latter will not materialize I'm afraid -very difficult to implement. Besides, I'm still working on the 'final' version 3 which is nowhere near completion . If on the other hand there are conflicts, could you please point these out?

I haven't noticed any conflicts, but it would have been nice to see the Aylied Ruins in Windfall and Elseweyr being included in the network, for the sake of consistency.

Yay! Finally found that illusive step to the Talos Bridge room. It was quite well hidden and I don't quite see how a guard could have spotted Ervvin when the stone is *under* the battlement? Or does Better Cities change things?

Hmm !? Sounds like it does: if I recall correctly, this step is right outside the wall, a bit hard to find maybe but definitely not under any building.

Updated http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16316 is available, featuring minor changes in the scripts that handle NPC steppers.

* Added some 35 vanilla NPCs to the pool of steppers for more variety. There are now nearly 120 vanilla people willing to explore the steps. None of them offers services or is involved in vanilla quests.

* Added a Cobl options submenu (in Player inventory) for NPCs stepping behavior. You can now determine if the vanilla NPCs will be stepping around or not, and if they should be set to essential when they do. The latter is the default setting on initialization.
A change of settings will come into effect during the following night, i.e. sometime between 0:30 and 8:00 hours if you are not waiting or sleeping. Everyone is then returned to his/her hometown and a new party of steppers is set up.

Notice: on returning home, the NPCs are always set to non-essential, as they are in the vanilla game. If you run other mods that alter this setting, this mod could disrupt things a bit.

This mod has been in my load order for a while, but I haven't had the chance to try it out yet. Maybe this is a stupid question, but where is the book we're supposed to read on the Steps?

@Ervvyn
Thanks for the Update! I love stepping NPCs

Wow thanks for showing me that. I feel really dumb now, where is the walkthrough? I didn't see it in the readme or in the OP. Sorry about that

In the main mod package, in a separate file. "The Ayleid Steps 2.6 SPOILERS.txt" :deal:

Thanks, this will save people using this mod along with Kragenir's Death Quest from tons of missing quest NPC problems!

Ah ok, I just downloaded the ESP only file, so I didn't know that a walkthrough existed. Sorry about that. Congrats on the release and thanks for continuing to update this mod! I'm really looking forward to exploring the steps