Resource Modern Quest System + UI 1.1.0

[ThatWelshOne_]

ThatWelshOne_ submitted a new resource:

Modern Quest System + UI - A flexible and easy-to-use quest system!

This resource can be used to add a flexible quest system to your game, together with an HGSS-inspired UI for viewing quest information! This is a heavily edited version of mej71's original implementation for earlier versions of Pokémon Essentials. Other credits go to derFischae for upgrading and maintaining mej71's script for v17.2 and v18/18.1, Marin's Easy Questing Interface for inspiring some of the UI components, Phantombass for helping...

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[MakerBlack]

Great job!!!!
Is support for v18.1 possible?

 

[ThatWelshOne_]

Great job!!!!
Is support for v18.1 possible?

This does work in v18 with minimal edits and some tweaking of the positioning of the text. I won't release a separate script for that, but I'm happy to help you do it.

You install the quest system in a similar way to the instructions in the main post, except you'll need to copy/paste the contents of the four script files above Main in this order: 001_Quest_Config.rb, 002_Quest_Main.rb, 003_Quest_UI.rb, 004_Quest_Data.rb.
I'm not entirely sure that order matters, but stick to the same order I went with when I was writing the scripts to be safe.

Then, in 003_Quest_UI.rb, delete this line at the top of the script:
RPG::Cache.retain("Graphics/Pictures/selarrow")
And change any mentions of Input::BACK to Input::B and Input::USE to Input::C.

After that, it will work. As I said, the text will be a few pixels off, but I'll leave that to you.

 

[MakerBlack]

Thanks! You helped a lot! I will try it soon!

 

[DragonNexus]

Would there be a way to add the Quest Menu to Voltseon's Pause Menu?

 

[ThatWelshOne_]

Would there be a way to add the Quest Menu to Voltseon's Pause Menu?

Yes, certainly. I'm not familiar with that resource, but after a quick look, I think you'll need to open Plugins/Voltseon's Pause Menu/005_VoltseonMenu_Entries.rb and paste this block of code at the bottom of that script:

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Entry for MQS
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class MenuEntryQuests < MenuEntry
    def initialize
        @icon = "menuDebug"
        @name = "Quests"
    end

    def selected(menu)
        pbFadeOutIn {
          pbViewQuests
        }
    end

    def selectable?; return hasAnyQuests?; end
end

I think you'll also need to open 001_VoltseonMenu_Config.rb and add "MenuEntryQuests" into the MENU_ENTRIES array starting around line 24.
There might be other things you need to change, but see what happens with these changes first.

 

[Prof. Tree]

Would there a way to record and save what time you completed any quest, similar to how the quest start time does?

 

[ThatWelshOne_]

Would there a way to record and save what time you completed any quest, similar to how the quest start time does?

Yes. I can post a small update for this later today.

 

[Prof. Tree]

Yes. I can post a small update for this later today.

Awesome. I'll be looking forward to it.
Thank you!

 

[ThatWelshOne_]

ThatWelshOne_ updated Modern Quest System + UI with a new update entry:

Small QoL change

A small update to have the UI show quest completion/failure time rather than always using start time. Redownload the resource to get this change.

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[Dionyus]

Hey, your questing system sounds awesome. I have just tried to load it (carefully following your steps) but I get the following error. Do you have any idea why this is? Just before trying this I successfully ran the game with the Following Pokemon EX plugin.

[Pokémon Essentials version 19.1]
[v19.1 Hotfixes 1.0.1]

Exception: NoMethodError
Message: undefined method `width' for nil:NilClass

Backtrace:
UI_Load:170:in `pbSetParty'
UI_Load:301:in `pbStartLoadScreen'
Main:6:in `main'
Main:34:in `mainFunctionDebug'
Main:18:in `block in mainFunction'
Errors:70:in `pbCriticalCode'
Main:18:in `mainFunction'
Main:44:in `block in <main>'
Main:43:in `loop'
Main:43:in `<main>'

 

[ThatWelshOne_]

Hey, your questing system sounds awesome. I have just tried to load it (carefully following your steps) but I get the following error. Do you have any idea why this is? Just before trying this I successfully ran the game with the Following Pokemon EX plugin.

[Pokémon Essentials version 19.1]
[v19.1 Hotfixes 1.0.1]

Exception: NoMethodError
Message: undefined method `width' for nil:NilClass

Backtrace:
UI_Load:170:in `pbSetParty'
UI_Load:301:in `pbStartLoadScreen'
Main:6:in `main'
Main:34:in `mainFunctionDebug'
Main:18:in `block in mainFunction'
Errors:70:in `pbCriticalCode'
Main:18:in `mainFunction'
Main:44:in `block in <main>'
Main:43:in `loop'
Main:43:in `<main>'

Hey there! This error says that you're missing the player walking sprite. If you look at your PBS/metadata.txt file, you should see these lines near the top:

PlayerA = POKEMONTRAINER_Red,trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Red,boy_bike,boy_surf,boy_run,boy_surf,boy_fish_offset,boy_fish_offset
PlayerB = POKEMONTRAINER_Leaf,trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Leaf,girl_bike,girl_surf,girl_run,girl_surf,girl_fish_offset,girl_fish_offset

The second entries here (trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Red and trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Leaf) are the prefixes for the player walking sprites. If you then look in Graphics/Characters, you should have files called trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Red.png and trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Leaf.png. If you instead see that the files are called trchar000 and trchar001, then you can manually rename them. If you have a bunch of files called trcharXXX.png, then you can run a sprite renamer from the Debug menu: Other options... > Rename Old Sprites

 

[Dionyus]

Hey there! This error says that you're missing the player walking sprite. If you look at your PBS/metadata.txt file, you should see these lines near the top:

PlayerA = POKEMONTRAINER_Red,trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Red,boy_bike,boy_surf,boy_run,boy_surf,boy_fish_offset,boy_fish_offset
PlayerB = POKEMONTRAINER_Leaf,trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Leaf,girl_bike,girl_surf,girl_run,girl_surf,girl_fish_offset,girl_fish_offset

The second entries here (trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Red and trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Leaf) are the prefixes for the player walking sprites. If you then look in Graphics/Characters, you should have files called trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Red.png and trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Leaf.png. If you instead see that the files are called trchar000 and trchar001, then you can manually rename them. If you have a bunch of files called trcharXXX.png, then you can run a sprite renamer from the Debug menu: Other options... > Rename Old Sprites

Thank you so much for the quick help! Turns out the graphic files were named correctly, but the PBS/metadata.txt file had trchar000 instead of trainer_POKEMONTRAINER_Red in it, for some reason. Changed it and now it works again :).

The quest UI is not showing up yet, but that's probably because no quests have been started yet. Will get going on that! Thanks again.

 

[briochhe]

I'm using Radial Menu Script and I managed to make the Quest System work, but for my surprise it only works in debug mode, when I start my game the Quest Menu just doesn't appear. Any idea of what happened?

 

[ThatWelshOne_]

I'm using Radial Menu Script and I managed to make the Quest System work, but for my surprise it only works in debug mode, when I start my game the Quest Menu just doesn't appear. Any idea of what happened?

There are two things that might have happened:
1. You don't have any quests.
2. You have a if $DEBUG check in the code.

If you think it's neither of these things, then I'll have a look at setting up this resource with the Radial Pause Menu.

 

[briochhe]

There are two things that might have happened:
1. You don't have any quests.
2. You have a if $DEBUG check in the code.

If you think it's neither of these things, then I'll have a look at setting up this resource with the Radial Pause Menu.

I solved the problem, it was something in the Radial Menu config, but you did help with your information ;) thanks

 

[ZeDivingDutchman]

Hey! Im trying to make a quest to defeat three trainers. Is there a way to increase the stage of a quest by one? Like, I get how its stage 1, 2,3 and how you can set the quest to those stages, but I am wondering if there is a way to just... Stage +1 basically. The three trainers have no given order to fight them in, so I need all of them to "add one to quest stage" instead of setting to 1 2 or 3.

Edit: I came up with a way to it using the global variables, but thats a workaround. I wonder if theres any method to return current quest stage, but Im too scared to try and add a method myself.. Thanks so far anyway!

 

[ThatWelshOne_]

Hey! Im trying to make a quest to defeat three trainers. Is there a way to increase the stage of a quest by one? Like, I get how its stage 1, 2,3 and how you can set the quest to those stages, but I am wondering if there is a way to just... Stage +1 basically. The three trainers have no given order to fight them in, so I need all of them to "add one to quest stage" instead of setting to 1 2 or 3.

Edit: I came up with a way to it using the global variables, but thats a workaround. I wonder if theres any method to return current quest stage, but Im too scared to try and add a method myself.. Thanks so far anyway!

This should get the current quest stage for the given quest:

def getCurrentStage(quest)
  $PokemonGlobal.quests.active_quests.each do |s|
    return s.stage if s.id == quest
  end
  return nil
end

Put it in 002_Quest_Main.rb
Use getCurrentStage(:Quest1), for example, to get the stage for :Quest1.

 

[ZeDivingDutchman]

You are the best, thanks!

 

[DeltaZ]

I use the Modular Pause menu v.19.1 How do I get it going? I would also use it in Pokegear, but I don't know how I have to change it in UI Pokegear. I ask for help.