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==Appendix One: The Quest Window== | |||
Open the quest window, using either the menus or the Q icon on the shortcuts bar. | Open the quest window, using either the menus or the Q icon on the shortcuts bar. | ||
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look at these in turn. | look at these in turn. | ||
===<u>Quest Data</u>=== | |||
'''Quest Name''' | '''Quest Name''' | ||
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OK lets move on to the next tab. | OK lets move on to the next tab. | ||
===<u>Quest Stages</u>=== | |||
This is the nuts and bolts part of the quest. Firstly it is important | This is the nuts and bolts part of the quest. Firstly it is important | ||
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All the text and conditions of quest stages can be exported to a text file. This can then be spell checked and proof read. There is again an import facility on the File menu. (When I tried it - CTD! But that might just be me.) | All the text and conditions of quest stages can be exported to a text file. This can then be spell checked and proof read. There is again an import facility on the File menu. (When I tried it - CTD! But that might just be me.) | ||
===<u>Quest Targets</u>=== | |||
The Target Tab is used to set a map marker which appears in the world | The Target Tab is used to set a map marker which appears in the world | ||
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For now let's look at the Topic and Conversation Tabs. | For now let's look at the Topic and Conversation Tabs. | ||
===<u>Topics</u>=== | |||
When you click on an NPC and activate them, the program cross references the NPC's dialogue to decide what the NPC will say to you. | When you click on an NPC and activate them, the program cross references the NPC's dialogue to decide what the NPC will say to you. | ||
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Any dialogue spoken outside the topic menu in the game is covered by the other tabs - in particular, the CONVERSATION tab. | Any dialogue spoken outside the topic menu in the game is covered by the other tabs - in particular, the CONVERSATION tab. | ||
===<u>Conversation</u>=== | |||
A conversation consist of a series of snippets of speech or, as the designers refer to them, '''infos''' that are played between two or more '''NPC's'''. All random conversations use infos stored in topics listed under this tab. | A conversation consist of a series of snippets of speech or, as the designers refer to them, '''infos''' that are played between two or more '''NPC's'''. All random conversations use infos stored in topics listed under this tab. | ||