Part 5: Mobile Scripts

In this part we write scripts that make the quest-giver NPC offer the quest on greeting and accept completion on talk. We also add a death script for Blagtooth.

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Script Plan

Script	Widevnum	Purpose
Aldric Greet Script	5#400	Offer quest when player enters room
Aldric Complete Script	5#401	Complete quest when talked to
Blagtooth Death Script	5#402	Drop pouch on death

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Step 1 — Create Aldric’s Greet Script

This script fires when a player enters the room. If they have no active quest from Aldric, he offers it. If they’re on stage 3 (talk objective), he thanks them.

Open the script editor for a mobile script:

mpedit 5#400 create
mpedit 5#400

Set trigger type:

trigger greet_prog
phrase ~

Write the script body:

if ispc $(enactor)
  if !questactive $(enactor) 5#500
    if !questdone $(enactor) 5#500
      say Ah, a capable-looking sort! Could you spare a moment?
      emote looks at you with worry etched into his face.
      say The cellar beneath this inn has been overrun with rats. Foul creatures,
      say and there's something worse down there -- a great brute they call
      say Blagtooth. I'll pay well if you can clear them out.
      questaccept $(enactor) 5#500
    endif
  else
    say Good to see you again. Any progress with those rats?
  endif
endif

Save the script:

done

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Step 2 — Attach the Greet Script to Aldric

medit 5#200
addmprog 5#400 greet_prog ~
done

Note: The ~ phrase means the script fires for every player that enters, regardless of what they say.

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Step 3 — Create Aldric’s Quest Complete Script

This script fires when a player speaks to Aldric, and completes the quest if the player is on stage 3.

mpedit 5#401 create
mpedit 5#401

trigger speech_prog
phrase rats done done

Write the script:

if ispc $(enactor)
  if questactive $(enactor) 5#500
    if queststage $(enactor) 5#500 == 3
      say Remarkable! You've actually done it. I'm in your debt.
      emote reaches beneath the bar and produces a fine-looking blade.
      say Take this -- it belonged to a warden I once knew. You've earned it.
      questcomplete $(enactor) 5#500
    endif
  endif
endif

Save:

done

Attach to Aldric:

medit 5#200
addmprog 5#401 speech_prog done
done

The questcomplete command triggers the reward distribution and marks the quest finished. The journal updates automatically.

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Step 4 — Create Blagtooth’s Death Script

When Blagtooth dies, he drops the leather pouch.

mpedit 5#402 create
mpedit 5#402

trigger death_prog
phrase ~

Write the script:

oload 5#302 room
emote lets out a final shriek as it collapses, a small pouch tumbling from beneath its bulk.

Save:

done

Attach to Blagtooth:

medit 5#203
addmprog 5#402 death_prog ~
done

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Step 5 — Test the Scripts

1. Go to the inn: goto 5#111
2. Aldric should greet you and offer the quest
3. Check your quest journal: quest
4. Go kill 10 rats (goto 5#112, fight rats)
5. Collect 3 rat tails
6. Kill Blagtooth in 5#115 — pouch should drop
7. Return to inn — Aldric should complete the quest

If scripts don’t fire, check for syntax errors by looking at the error log: wiznet

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Script Quick Reference

Key commands used in these scripts:

Command	Description
say <text>	Mob speaks
emote <text>	Mob action (uses $(self) for self)
questaccept $(enactor) <widevnum>	Offers and assigns quest to player
questcomplete $(enactor) <widevnum>	Completes quest and distributes rewards
oload <widevnum> room	Loads an object into the current room
ispc $(enactor)	Check if triggering entity is a player
questactive $(enactor) <widevnum>	Check if player has quest active
questdone $(enactor) <widevnum>	Check if player has completed quest
queststage $(enactor) <widevnum>	Returns current stage number

See the full Script Commands Reference for more commands.

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