Quest Examples
OK, before we can get to the examples, we have to have some mobs and objects
to do stuff with. Let's pretend that you have an area called "Village", and
you've already completed village.zon, village.mob, village.obj, and
village.wld. Some of the mobs and objects with their vnums are listed
below:
| VNUM | MOB |
| 1000 | the little boy |
| 1001 | the salt merchant |
| 1002 | the dog |
| 1003 | the farmer |
| 1004 | the mother |
| 1005 | the father |
| 1006 | the sister |
| VNUM | OBJ |
| 1000 | the ball |
| 1001 | the lollipop |
| 1002 | the potato |
| 1003 | the bone |
| 1004 | the paddle |
| 1005 | a bowl of stew |
| 1006 | a hunk of salt |
| VNUM | ROOM |
| 1000 | the dining room |
Example 1: How to do a simple conversation--
#1000
M
hi hello~
The little boy looks at you and says "Can you help me?"
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M
help~
The little boy nods and says "My little dog is lost! He's my best friend!"
~
M
dog lost friend~
The little boy starts to cry and says "Yeah, noone else loves me...I'm such
a pitiful little brat!"
~
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Example 2: How to do a simple conversation ending with an exchange of
items. (This assumes that you already have the item called "lollipop".)
#1000
M
hi hello~
The little boy glares at you and says "No! You can't have my ball!"
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M
ball~
The little boy clutches the ball to his chest and says "MINE! My two
favoritest things in the world are my ball and lollipops!"
~
M
lollipop lollipops~
The little boy starts to drool and says "Lollipop? You have a lollipop?
Um...well...I'd be willing to trade my ball for a lollipop!"
~
Q
The boy smiles happily, stuffs the lollipop in his mouth and mumbles
"fank you" as he hands you his snot covered ball.
~
G I 1001
R I 1000
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Example 3: An example of an exchange of items and money and a mob that
disappears at the end. This assumes that you have the item "paddle".
#1005
M
hi hello~
The father looks at you absently and says "not now...I have to find that
snotnosed kid!"
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M
kid snotnosed~
The father grins at you and says "yep, that brat is gonna get a royal
woopin'! Too bad I don't have a paddle to wallop him with. All I got is
my bare hands.
~
M
paddle~
The father sighs and says "if I just had me a paddle....say, you wouldn't
happen to have one, would you? I'd pay ya handsomely..."
~
Q
The father grins wickedly, hefts the paddle, and takes a few practice
swipes. Digging deeply into his pockets, he hands you some coins.
~
G I 1004
R C 500
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With a last wicked grin, the father rushes off, calling out "I have a
surprise for you boy!"
~
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Example 4: Putting it all together.
Note that I've used a couple of tricks
in this one to avoid having to put together a shop file for just one or two
items. Since these are arranged by the mob's vnum, sometimes it can get
confusing especially since you'll have to go from one mob to another as a
player to gather up the items. I make up a list with three headings: mob,
wants, and gives. That way I have everything diagrammed out in advance.
#1001
M
hi hello~
The salt merchant looks at you and says "get yer salt here! Salt...get
yer salt here"
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M
salt~
The merchant sighs and says "yes, that's what I said...SALT...are you hard
of hearing? Sheesh...you wanna buy some or not?"
~
M
buy~
The merchant nods and says "That's more like it...you can have this nice
block of salt for just 1 silver piece..."
~
Q
The merchant counts the coins carefully, then hands you a large block of
salt as big as your head.
~
G C 10
R I 1006
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The merchant says "a pleasure doing business with ya", then moves along
looking for more suckers.
~
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#1002
M
hi hello~
The dog looks at you and gives a muffled growl, clenching the bone tight
in his mouth.
~
M
ball~
The dog starts to wag his tail furiously, almost dropping his bone.
~
Q
The dog grabs the ball from your hand, dropping the bone in its place.
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G I 1000
R I 1003
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Overjoyed, the dog runs off to look for someone to play fetch with.
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#1003
M
hi hello~
The farmer smiles in greeting, asking you "be ye in need of any vegetables
today? Farm fresh!"
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M
vegetables fresh~
The farmer nods and opens his basket of veggies, saying "I've got all the
best here...I've got carrots, beans, beets, and just LOOK at this huge
potato!"
~
M
potato~
The farmer says "Yep, this is a beauty, ain't it? It can be yours for just
15 silvers!"
~
Q
The farmer says "Thanks friend...enjoy! I've heard it's great in stews",
then he hands you the tuber and smiles happily.
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G C 150
R I 1002
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#1004
M
hi hello~
The mother looks up from her cooking and says "don't bother me now, I'm
very busy!"
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M
busy~
The mother brushes the hair from her face and says "Yup! I'm making me some
homemade stew!"
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M
stew homemade~
The mother pulls out a recipe card and says "the heartiest stew in the world.
Guaranteed to fill ya for a week per bowl!" Looking over the list, the
mother snaps her fingers and says "Darn! Wouldn't ya know it! I'm missing
a key ingredient! I don't have no potatoes!"
~
Q
The mother thanks you heartily, plunks the potato whole into the bubbling
pot, then slaps her forehead saying "SALT! I'm missing salt...how could
I be SO stupid...you wouldn't happen to have any salt on ya, would ya?"
~
G I 1002
Q
The mother grabs the salt from your hands saying "I hope it isn't too late!",
then drops the entire block of salt into the bubbling pot. She stirs the
revolting mixture for a while, then stops and says "needs calcium....you
wouldn't happen to have a bone, would ya? If ya did, I'd be able to finish
the stew, and I'd even pay ya for yer trouble with some coins and a portion."
~
G I 1006
Q
The mother smiles in satisfaction, and drops the whole bone into the pot.
After stirring it for an hour or so, she hands you a few coins and a steaming
bowl of fresh bone/salt/potato stew.
~
G I 1003
R I 1005
R C 10
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Humming a happy song, the mother rushes off to feed her family.
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Example 5: Getting a mob to follow and then reward at the destination
In this
example, note that the player engages the mob in conversation, performs a basic
task of retrieving an item, and then when it is brough to the mob, she follows
the player. When he arrives in room 1006, it triggers the reward portion via
the A command. Using this technique, you can create escort quests designed to
bring mobs to different locations.
#1006
M
hi hello~
The sister looks up from the ground and digs her toe in the dirt sheepishly.
"Hi there, is it time for dinner?"
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M
dinner~
"Ok good, I'm so hungry. But before we go, can you get me a potato to
bring in? Thank you!"
~
Q
The sister beams a smile at you. "Wonderful, can you bring me there so
we can eat? Thank you!"
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G I 1001
R F
A 1006
The sister bounces over to the table and grabs up a bowl of stew. "Here
you go, now you can have some dinner too. Thanks so much for bringing
me inside!"
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R I 1005
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Suddenly she blushes and scampers away, saying something about needing to
wash up first.
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