Forum :: EOSERV :: EO+ Quest Guide

Well here is what you have all been waiting for... my 1000th post (just kidding).

Addison and I have been working together to add the EO+ quest system to EOSERV. For those of you that are not familiar with this, it is basically a script that is similar to the one used by Vult-r in Endless Online. You will be able to make quests, wise man, stories, or maybe you just need an online friend to talk to that displays a set of messages. In any case I have created a guide in very simple html so that you may save it to your computer(recommended) and use the anchor links to direct you to different sections on that page. You may view this page here: http://www.endless-edge.com/eoplus.htm

As Addison and I have discovered, common mistakes can occur and make your quest not work out the way you want it to, or maybe not at all. If you have any trouble with quest scripts, please direct them to this thread only. For bugs or questions regarding the installation of quests to EOSERV, please use Addison's quest release post.

Best of Luck to all of you. Happy Questing :P

First I want to say thanks to both you and Addison on creating the quest system, you guys did an awesome job.

The only bug I've noticed after making a few quests is that if you make a make an option to warp a character when you click on it it crashes the whole server when it warps the character...Heres an example of a quest I have that crashes when I click on warp.

State Reward
{
desc "Go back to get your reward"
action AddNpcText(4, "You have finished the quest, choose a reward");
action AddNpcInput(4, 2, "Exp");
action AddNpcInput(4, 3, "Item");
action AddNpcInput(4, 4, "Warp");

rule InputNpc(2) goto Exp
rule InputNpc(3) goto Item
rule InputNpc(4) goto Warp
}
State Exp
{
action GiveExp(1000);
action End();
}
State Item
{
action GiveItem(541, 10);
action End();
}
State Warp
{
action SetCoord(3, 50, 50);
}

#edit sorry I meant to post the bug in Addison's thread

Did you ever think that map 3 does not have the size 50, 50?

:P

I guess I can add a protection system for it.

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ah sorry I forgot to mention that its on a custom map but either way it still crashes regardless of the size for me :/

I get that on my first Quest. I added a warp setting and it crashes the whole Fcking server.

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Yes, I am working on it. It's really odd, but give me 30minutes or so.

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Is there a action/statement that allows you to repeat a quest? I'm going to use that for Wiseman...

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How about Reset or SetState?

Anyways, fixed it. I will update my post guys. You only have to update your character.cpp

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I will be updating the guide soon with a new troubleshooting section as I discover mistakes that other people make and correct them along the way.

Here is a new suggestion for quest making that I will add to this guide:

When making quests, you should set an action Reset(); point up so that you may restart the quest for the purpose of debugging. When you are satisfied with your quest you should decide on making that Reset() an End() if the quest should be terminal. The reason I say this is because I was just asked to find a mistake in a script that wasn't there. The problem was the quest info was stored at the reward point of a state and obviously put the quest into a "limbo" state making the associated quest npc seemingly broken. I figured I would share this as someone else along the way may do the same thing. Keep the feedback coming. It will help improve the EO+ guide for everyone's benefit. :P

Apollo, I know how the quest system works pretty well, so if you want you can direct people to me when they can't understand your guide. xD

I noticed WHY your quest didn't work.. simply because you didn't end it after the warp.  Remember to ALWAYS use  action End(); or action Reset(); after you're done the quest, and I'd say debug it a few times as well, it helps a lot.  When I wrote my first quest, I made it make me kill 3 piggies in newbland, then gave me 10k exp, made it warp me to aeven, kill 3 sheep, then warp me to hell and walk to apo's room, in front of the books, then gave me 10k exp again, then I made it make me kill 10 gnomes and rewarded myself with a lens of truth, everything worked.  I forgot to put action End(); and it fucked up ;P  It's an important thing to do, at the end of a quest add: action Reset(); <-- for Repeatable Quests.  and:  action End(); <-- for Terminal Quests.

State Reward
{
desc "Go back to get your reward"
action AddNpcText(4, "You have finished the quest, choose a reward");
action AddNpcInput(4, 2, "Exp");
action AddNpcInput(4, 3, "Item");
action AddNpcInput(4, 4, "Warp");

rule InputNpc(2) goto Exp
rule InputNpc(3) goto Item
rule InputNpc(4) goto Warp
}
State Exp
{
action GiveExp(1000);
action End();
}
State Item
{
action GiveItem(541, 10);
action End();
}
State Warp
{
action SetCoord(3, 50, 50);

action End();

}

http://pastebin.com/926BfDB2

Okay, my quest does works until I got the items item ID: 3 x 10, it won't go forward of: State GetWorms.

What is wrong with my quest?

I will fix my english on that quest later on and make it more interesting, I just would like to get it work first...

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Eoserv classes: Forum ghost, test player, ex-server owner, TOP 50, mapper & an
oldbie

sephiroth posted: (2nd Aug 2010 06:03 pm)

http://pastebin.com/926BfDB2

Okay, my quest does works until I got the items item ID: 3 x 10, it won't go forward of: State GetWorms.

What is wrong with my quest?

I will fix my english on that quest later on and make it more interesting, I just would like to get it work first...

Hmm i just took a quick look at it, but what i saw is, on "State GetWorms", the rule says rule GotItems(3,10) goto GiveWorms

I don't know what this will do, but try this

rule GotItems(3, 10) goto GiveWorms

You forgot a space. As i quote, "I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WILL FIX IT"

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AustinB posted: (2nd Aug 2010 06:11 pm)

sephiroth posted: (2nd Aug 2010 06:03 pm)

http://pastebin.com/926BfDB2

Okay, my quest does works until I got the items item ID: 3 x 10, it won't go forward of: State GetWorms.

What is wrong with my quest?

I will fix my english on that quest later on and make it more interesting, I just would like to get it work first...

Hmm i just took a quick look at it, but what i saw is, on "State GetWorms", the rule says rule GotItems(3,10) goto GiveWorms

I don't know what this will do, but try this

rule GotItems(3, 10) goto GiveWorms

You forgot a space. As i quote, "I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WILL FIX IT"

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Eoserv classes: Forum ghost, test player, ex-server owner, TOP 50, mapper & an
oldbie

You forgot your \ character for when you use ' or " in parantheses. Please read the guide Apollo made.

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Septharoth posted: (2nd Aug 2010 04:28 pm)

Apollo, I know how the quest system works pretty well, so if you want you can direct people to me when they can't understand your guide. xD

I noticed WHY your quest didn't work.. simply because you didn't end it after the warp.  Remember to ALWAYS use  action End(); or action Reset(); after you're done the quest, and I'd say debug it a few times as well, it helps a lot.  When I wrote my first quest, I made it makemekill3 piggies in newbland, then gave me 10k exp, made it warp me to aeven, kill 3 sheep, then warp me to hell and walk to apo's room, in front of the books, then gave me 10k exp again, then I made it make me kill 10 gnomes and rewarded myself with a lens of truth, everything worked.  Iforgottoput action End(); and it fucked up ;P  It's an important thing to do, at the end of a quest add: action Reset(); <-- for Repeatable Quests.  and:  action End(); <-- for Terminal Quests.

State Reward
{
desc "Go back to get your reward"
action AddNpcText(4, "You have finished the quest, choose a reward");
action AddNpcInput(4, 2, "Exp");
action AddNpcInput(4, 3, "Item");
action AddNpcInput(4, 4, "Warp");

rule InputNpc(2) goto Exp
rule InputNpc(3) goto Item
rule InputNpc(4) goto Warp
}
State Exp
{
action GiveExp(1000);
action End();
}
State Item
{
action GiveItem(541, 10);
action End();
}
State Warp
{
action SetCoord(3, 50, 50);

action End();

}