Question about LUA quest

[Laenoar]

Hey guys, I'm fairly new to LUA and all that I've learned is how to create a escort
quest, scripting a NPC, making a custom flight/mount path and things like that. Now I have stumbled accros a problem. I am making a custom blizzlike server, wich is why I started learning LUA scripting, and I'm trying to create a quest such as this:


Would you believe that in my darkest hour, at the apex of my being, I failed.
As I fled from the wanton destruction of the forces that overwhelmed us, the only sounds I could hear were the screams of my soldiers and the rapid beat of my own heart.
A short while later, I returned to Nagrand in hopes of rescuing my men and restoring my honor. Instead I was captured and beaten until dead.
What I found out during my inquisition and subsequent torture was horrifying.

Please continue, hero...

My captors were cruel beyond measure, <name>. They would alternate between Deputy Rainer and I, torturing one while the other watched. During a lull in the activity of an especially cruel day, Rainer told me what had happened to my men and a plan he had been formulating to free them from their masters.
They suffered a fate far worse than death, or even the pain Rainer and I endured.

What could be worse than death?


And so on, now I'm really wondering how I can make people accept a quest, then a NPC will say this all in a log (when right-clicking him), and players must go all the way to the end in order to complete the quest. Any tips? I can use hooks if that's any help :P

Thanks already.

PS. I use ArcEMU

[stoneharry]

Saying it out loud or in a gossip menu?

[Laenoar]

Saying it out loud or in a gossip menu?

Gossip menu.

[stoneharry]

Gossip menu.

When you create the gossip menu, the text ID links to the npc_text table in the world database.

See my example below:

function Proffesion_ONClick(pUnit, event, player)
	proffesionmenu(pUnit, player)
end

function proffesionmenu(pUnit, player)
	pUnit:GossipCreateMenu(3802, player, 0) -- 3802 here links to the entry ID 3802 in npc_text
	
	if player:HasQuest(1) then -- if the player has the quest
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(7, "What's the difference between a miner and a lumberjack?", 5, 0)
	end

	pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Nevermind.", 1, 0)
	pUnit:GossipSendMenu(player)
end

function ProffesionOnGossip(pUnit, event, player, id, intid, code)
	if (intid == 1) then
		player:GossipComplete()
	elseif intid == 2 then
		proffesionmenu(pUnit, player)
	elseif intid == 5 then
		pUnit:GossipCreateMenu(7363, player, 0) -- again, 7363 links to npc_text
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Tell  me more.", 6, 0)
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Wait, what did you say first?", 2, 0)
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Nevermind.", 1, 0)
		pUnit:GossipSendMenu(player)
	elseif intid == 6 then
		pUnit:GossipCreateMenu(2222, player, 0) -- again, 2222 links to npc_text
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Ok, thanks.", 2, 0)
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Nevermind.", 1, 0)
		pUnit:GossipSendMenu(player)
		-- And now since we got to this part of the gossip, we can mark quest complete:
		if player:HasQuest(1) then -- if the player has quest ID 1
			player:MarkQuestObjectiveAsComplete(3030, 0) -- mark quest ID 3030 objective 0 as complete
		end
	end
end

RegisterUnitGossipEvent(npcid, 1, "Proffesion_ONClick")
RegisterUnitGossipEvent(npcid, 2, "ProffesionOnGossip")

[Laenoar]

When you create the gossip menu, the text ID links to the npc_text table in the world database.

See my example below:

function Proffesion_ONClick(pUnit, event, player)
	proffesionmenu(pUnit, player)
end

function proffesionmenu(pUnit, player)
	pUnit:GossipCreateMenu(3802, player, 0) -- 3802 here links to the entry ID 3802 in npc_text
	
	if player:HasQuest(1) then -- if the player has the quest
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(7, "What's the difference between a miner and a lumberjack?", 5, 0)
	end

	pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Nevermind.", 1, 0)
	pUnit:GossipSendMenu(player)
end

function ProffesionOnGossip(pUnit, event, player, id, intid, code)
	if (intid == 1) then
		player:GossipComplete()
	elseif intid == 2 then
		proffesionmenu(pUnit, player)
	elseif intid == 5 then
		pUnit:GossipCreateMenu(7363, player, 0) -- again, 7363 links to npc_text
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Tell  me more.", 6, 0)
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Wait, what did you say first?", 2, 0)
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Nevermind.", 1, 0)
		pUnit:GossipSendMenu(player)
	elseif intid == 6 then
		pUnit:GossipCreateMenu(2222, player, 0) -- again, 2222 links to npc_text
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Ok, thanks.", 2, 0)
		pUnit:GossipMenuAddItem(0, "Nevermind.", 1, 0)
		pUnit:GossipSendMenu(player)
		-- And now since we got to this part of the gossip, we can mark quest complete:
		if player:HasQuest(1) then -- if the player has quest ID 1
			player:MarkQuestObjectiveAsComplete(3030, 0) -- mark quest ID 3030 objective 0 as complete
		end
	end
end

RegisterUnitGossipEvent(npcid, 1, "Proffesion_ONClick")
RegisterUnitGossipEvent(npcid, 2, "ProffesionOnGossip")

Thanks alot, I'll test it after I finished my ice cream :P

[Laenoar]

This is probably an extremely derpy question, but where do I enter the NPC entry ID :/?

EDIT: Herpy derp, nevermind >.<

[Laenoar]

It worked, +rep for you

[Laenoar]

I stumbled across a problem, when I accept the quest, I am immediately able to complete the quest, and still when I listen to his story it will say 'Objective Complete', but it already is complete the second I accept the quest, any idea how to fix this?

[stoneharry]

Set the only objective to kill a creature (creature ID 1). This will then make the quest say:

Waypoint killed 0/1

Since waypoint should be creature ID 1. Next go to the ObjectiveText columns. These overwrite the quest objective text.

So change it to: "Old Man Talked To"

Then in game it will show:

Old Man Talked To 0/1

When mark quest is called on that objective, it will change to 1/1 (complete).

You may need to clear your cache to see changes.

[Laenoar]

Set the only objective to kill a creature (creature ID 1). This will then make the quest say:

Waypoint killed 0/1

Since waypoint should be creature ID 1. Next go to the ObjectiveText columns. These overwrite the quest objective text.

So change it to: "Old Man Talked To"

Then in game it will show:

Old Man Talked To 0/1

When mark quest is called on that objective, it will change to 1/1 (complete).

You may need to clear your cache to see changes.

Wow man, you're so awesome xD, I'm gonna have to rep you again (asap)