Fixed Questbook error at start of Silver Train sidequest

[Hylie Pistof]

I started the Strange Things Animist quest and got as far as needing to go to Bridgetown just fine.

While I was at Tortuga I inquired as to anyone looking for an escort and got some cock and bull story about someone named Will Turner putting together an expedition. I took that as a NO and left.

Well I just got around to getting to Bridgetown and bought some drunk some rum and got the information I need and now want to go to Nevis. But the Quest Book is now trashed and says Silver Train instead of Nevis.


EDIT: Link to related save here:
http://www.piratesahoy.net/threads/miscellaneous-errors.25401/#post-511216

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I started the Strange Things Animist quest and got as far as needing to go to Bridgetown just fine.

While I was at Tortuga I inquired as to anyone looking for an escort and got some cock and bull story about someone named Will Turner putting together an expedition. I took that as a NO and left.

Well I just got around to getting to Bridgetown and bought some drunk some rum and got the information I need and now want to go to Nevis. But the Quest Book is now trashed and says Silver Train instead of Nevis.

Do you have a savegame prior to talking to that Tortuga tavern owner? Sounds like for some reason the two sidequests got mixed up.
But why, I do not know.

The Silver Train sidequest IS supposed to start like you describe: http://www.piratesahoy.net/wiki/the-silver-train/
It just isn't suppose to interfere with Strange Things though.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

No save game as I didn't discover it for quite a while.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

No save game as I didn't discover it for quite a while.

None at all? Not even one from FAR prior to that point?
How about the one you posted before for the Arabella name issue?

We could also use an as exact as possible sequence of events leading up to this.
Another possibility is that it WAS correct after talking to the Tortuga tavern owner, but it got corrupted later on due to a completely different quest update.
Always difficult to tell.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

That one might work I suppose. I clean out all but the 2 newest saves every time the save folder gets full, which happens at least once a day.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

That one might work I suppose. I clean out all but the 2 newest saves every time the save folder gets full, which happens at least once a day.

Not actually a bad idea for gameplay/stability.
Though you might consider keeping a longer archive of backup saves outside your SAVE folder. Zipping them saves a lot of space too.

Anyway, added a link to the opening post to the post with that save.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Thread title updated for clarity.

 

[Hylie Pistof]

Well, I went back to Tortuga and talked to Will Turner. Declined his offer and now the quest book is back to normal.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I started the Strange Things Animist quest and got as far as needing to go to Bridgetown just fine.

While I was at Tortuga I inquired as to anyone looking for an escort and got some cock and bull story about someone named Will Turner putting together an expedition. I took that as a NO and left.

Well I just got around to getting to Bridgetown and bought some drunk some rum and got the information I need and now want to go to Nevis. But the Quest Book is now trashed and says Silver Train instead of Nevis.

Just to be sure I got the sequence of events right:
1. Start "Strange Things" (already done in your save)
2. BEFORE going to Barbados: Talk to Tortuga Store Owner
3. Go to Barbados, continuing side-quest
4. Get information from drunk character in tavern
5. Quest-book bugged

Is there ANY stuff that might have triggered quest-book entries in-between there somewhere?

Well, I went back to Tortuga and talked to Will Turner. Declined his offer and now the quest book is back to normal.

You did this AFTER it got bugged?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

The quest book got bugged at Tortuga methinks. It was bugged some time before I went to Barbados.

Yes I did it just now.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

While I was at Tortuga I inquired as to anyone looking for an escort and got some cock and bull story about someone named Will Turner putting together an expedition. I took that as a NO and left.

It turns out that the following tavern keepers do NOT have the random quests code in their dialog files:
John Adams (Tortuga)
Josephine Bonassieu (Turks)
Florentin Destot (Buccaneer Camp)
Fabiao Dunga (Smugglers Town)
Bella Froelich (Curacao Indian Village tavern)

Not sure if that is worth fixing. These are all tiny towns, except for Tortuga.

I also confirmed the problem and updated the thread title to more accurately describe the issue.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

This problem got caused because the questbook got opened without anything being entered in there:

    case "Jackpot_start_search":
       PChar.quest.Jackpot = "search";
       DeleteEnterLocationQuest("Tortuga_tavern", "Jackpot_start_check");
       SetQuestHeader("Jackpot");
       // ----> NOTHING HERE <----
     //   locations[FindLocation("Tortuga_town_01")].reload.l6.disable = 0;
       locations[FindLocation("Tortuga_port")].reload.l18.disable = 0;       //JRH: moved Will Turner's house

Looks like there never was an entry either, so this must have been a very long-standing bug.
Thanks @Hylie Pistof for finally catching and reporting it!

Fixed by renumbering the existing questbook entries and adding an extra one after you talk to the Tortuga Tavern owner:

According to the #sTortuga# tavern owner, a young pirate named Will Turner is making preparations for some sort of expedition. Might be profitable! He can be found in his house at the end of the pier.

@Bartolomeu o Portugues, please say if you want that text changed in any way.

 

[Bartolomeu o Portugues]

Yes, you can add this fix