SVN Revision 3361 - DataQuest/RewardQuest Finish Icon

[Leodagan]

Finally I spent some time on looking why we couldn't have the nice "Finish Quest" Icon on DOL.

This Quest-like Icon have a blue aura to tell players that this NPC can give them a reward for a finished quest.

This doesn't work for One-Step Quest... (Obviously the regular Quest Icon can apply there if needed)

This work only for DataQuest and RewardQuest that gives Methods to know when they are finished and who is rewarding (for RewardQuest it's always the QuestGiver...)

This gives a nice feeling when completing multiple quest in the tutorial area (which is a playful area for quest of all types !) it's easy to match the quest rewarder, and maybe this get the feeling that something could be done for mid-step npc !

The patch is short and not really written to support all type of Quest, but "DataQuest"-alike should be the future for implementing quests, and could be improved to give more description on every step (which DataQuest does nicely, but RewardQuest is another story !!)

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Update : Improve Quest Icon Handling to allow for the "Quest Finish" Icon displaying over NPC when they allow to finish a quest. That work for kill finishing step too, so be careful if you target too much NPC on the Last Step of a DataQuest it could spam with Finish Quest Icons over Mob Spots ! Quest Finish Icon Only works for DataQuest and RewardQuest Type, the other quest type don't allow to easily check who is the last step and when it's the last step ! Best way to test this change, build a level 1 character, test the first Tutorial Quest (DataQuest with KillFinish event on sparring guard), then test Tutorial Armory Quest (RewardQuest) Fix : Missing update from RegionTimerResync

[Tolakram]

I don't think kill finish should display the finish icon.

Only steps that require the player to return to a friendly NPC for a final word or interaction should display the icon, IMO.

[Leodagan]

Well I was thinking KillFinish shouldn't be part of the StepType to match for finished icon, but after trying the first Tutorial Quest that ask for killing a Sparring Guard it looks pretty fine, and targets displays on map as BLUE icon (rewarder instead of quest giver)

I checked the whole Storm DB, only this first quest is finishing on a "KillFinish" mostly all quest finish on a "get back to NPC and interact" basis, so it won't display this Icon on mobs...

Anyway I must spend more Time on Live to see if we can use the map some more, I'm pretty sure it can display quest step target last time I tried Live Tutorial !

[Tolakram]

Ah, I see what you're saying!

[Graveen]

Ah excellent ! TY

[Argo]

is that working with the 1.109 Game Dll Leo?

@Mark: This makes DQs perfect Mark Something i was hoping for sionce a long time.

regards

Argo

[Leodagan]

yes Argo, tested with 1.109 and 1.115c (I still hope someone will update portal for everyone to test this...)

Just create a fresh char on storm, and try tutorial, there are the 2 first quest that shows pretty well how the update work

But I think they're your work anyway

[Argo]

the quests yes, the DQ system is made by Tolakram The quest you are talking about must be basics of combat. that's the one where you first get the diffrent colors explained and at the end you have to kill a sparring npc. Then defending the tower, welcome to albion, etc.....

regards

Argo

[Argo]

I just tried it and i love it allthough not all quests show the blue symbol when quest is to be finished. but it is already awesome. Waited for this since tola created the DQsystem .

Great Job Leo,

Argo

[Leodagan]

This only work for quest from DataQuest (DQ) and RewardQuest (and derived)

All other quests that inherit AbstractQuest or BasicQuest won't work, they don't use property to track the advance of the quest, so I can't guess when it's the last step (and I can't guess who is the last target either)

So yes the Basics of Combat etc shows how it work for DQ if you have any DQ not showing the finish icon I'm pretty much interested
And for RewardQuest there is a repeatable "Armory" quest just when entering in Tutorial Towns, (don't remember the name exactly) this is the one I used for testing !

[Argo]

i have implemented it today on my homeshard Ancaria and i must honestly say that i am stunned. works flawless and its great to see now which npc or mob ends your quest. Great Job Leo.

Michael


PS: I will remove the original quests i made for the tutorial islands of Storm in the past. I have revamped every single DQ to the knowledge that i possess these days and they have become much much better. So i will replace them with the revamped version of the Sounds quests.

[Leodagan]

Did you change the quests to match the "today's" tutorial zone ?

From what I tested on Pendragon the startup zones are a bit different than current Storm tutorial zone (the keep being under attack and startup location is in the tutorial town)

[Argo]

nope, i did not change to the new user journey experience, i just reworked the old DQs to take more advantage of the nowadays technic and removed some errors and bugs from them. I plan to extend the old quests with some of the new user experience quests. I am not going 100% by the rules with the tuto islands, and honestly, why not taking the best of two worlds?

just my two cents

Argo

[Leodagan]

Well I have no "feeling" for the tutorial zone except that they are pretty useful for me on Live as they are made to discover every game capability, when I want to gather some data on Live most of Time tutorial is enough

And well I found that the quests that lead you to defend your tutorial keep against enemy realm "NPC" is really fun

[Argo]

... And well I found that the quests that lead you to defend your tutorial keep against enemy realm "NPC" is really fun

have to check that and maybe ......