Fixed Smuggling: Bribing Does Not Work Without Closing Dialog

[Jack Rackham]

When a smuggler asks for 5000 for some reason he's doesn't think it's enough but repeats his demand.
Only when I exited the dialog and started a new with him he stopped asking for another 5000 over and over again.
A loop in the dialog file?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Looking at the code, the reason becomes obvious:

     //Added by Levis for liking
     case "Pay":
       PlayStereoSound("INTERFACE\took_item.wav");
       AddMoneyToCharacter(Pchar, -1 * sti(pchar.quest.smuggling_guild.pay_redeem));
       AddDialogExitQuest("Smuggler Paid for relation");
       Dialog.snd = "voice\SMAG\SMAG005";
       d.Text = DLG_TEXT[30];
       Link.l1 = DLG_TEXT[10];
       Link.l1.go = "Meeting_1";
     break;
     //End add

That AddDialogExitQuest of course doesn't execute until the dialog exits.

Simple fix: Force the dialog to exit!

     //Added by Levis for liking
     case "Pay":
       PlayStereoSound("INTERFACE\took_item.wav");
       AddMoneyToCharacter(Pchar, -1 * sti(pchar.quest.smuggling_guild.pay_redeem));
       Dialog.snd = "voice\SMAG\SMAG005";
       d.Text = DLG_TEXT[30];
       Link.l1 = DLG_TEXT[49];
       Link.l1.go = "Exit_Pay"; // PB: Above AddDialogExitQuest needs to be executed!
     break;
     
     case "AfterPay":
       d.Text = DLG_TEXT[50];
       Link.l1 = DLG_TEXT[10];
       Link.l1.go = "Meeting_1";
     break;
     //End add

 

[Levis]

Yes the case afterpay should just be an dialog exit case then or go to one.
So Link.l1.go should just go to exit.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Yes the case afterpay should just be an dialog exit case then or go to one.
So Link.l1.go should just go to exit.

I've already set it up in my game with some added explanatory dialog.
Will need testing, of course, but no extra work needed by you for now.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I made some dialog changes in this update for this, but did not test it at all:
Mod Release - Build 14 Beta 4 Internal WIP For Testing | PiratesAhoy!

So please check if this actually does what it is meant to do.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

@Jack Rackham or anyone else: Did you find out if this is working correctly now?

 

[Levis]

Looks okay for me. Please test to see if it works.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Looks okay for me. Please test to see if it works.

Did you check it in the game? I know that I just changed the code and for all I know, I could have completely broken the dialog.

 

[Levis]

haven't tested it ingame but looks like a typo I made when making this. From what I see it should all work okay.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

haven't tested it ingame but looks like a typo I made when making this. From what I see it should all work okay.

A typo? So I never needed to add a dozen extra lines of dialog???

 

[Levis]

Anyone tested this already?
If you start with a freeplay Navel character it should be triggered instantly.
@Hylie Pistof you tend to either make the smugglers love you or hate you so maybe you encountered the bribe Dialog already? Is it working?

 

[Hylie Pistof]

I have seen no bribe dialog. But I have done very little smuggling as it seems to guarantee fighting which I want to avoid.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

But I have done very little smuggling as it seems to guarantee fighting which I want to avoid.

You do realise right that has by now already been changed based on the feedback from you and several other people.

So please DO test it again and see if it is indeed better now. If not, then more work will be done.
But not using a feature because it didn't work right in the past and has been changed now means that we don't ever find out if the changes actually worked.

 

[Levis]

I have seen no bribe dialog. But I have done very little smuggling as it seems to guarantee fighting which I want to avoid.

LOL someone else just commented yestday that smuggling now became almost risk free without any fight XD.

 

[Levis]

Could someone test this for me?
Maybe @Mirsaneli or @jsv ?
else I will test it when I'm home.
You can Trigger the Dialog with the following command

ChangeSmugglerLiking(pchar, -100);

 

[jsv]

I'll try in the evening. Tavern dialogs are still a little bit completely broken, but I'll try

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Just tested this myself, since I want to see this matter CLOSED!
Anyway, seems to be working.

I also saw this when starting the dialog:

Seemed a bit unnatural to me, since you sort-of don't even KNOW the guy is a smuggler agent at that point.
That led to me making various changes to hopefully improve the flow of the dialog a bit; see attached.

I won't claim it is perfect like this, but should be at least a bit better.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Tavern dialogs are still a little bit completely broken

You mean these ones?
Fix in Progress - Random Sailors Sit Tavern Dialog: Various Errors | Page 2 | PiratesAhoy!
I did an attempted quick fix there which may help. Hopefully...

 

[Levis]

Looks good to me.

 

[jsv]

You mean these ones?
Fix in Progress - Random Sailors Sit Tavern Dialog: Various Errors | Page 2 | PiratesAhoy!

Yeah. In the original Dec 22 it was if not game stopping then smuggling stopping for sure. At first, guards were refusing to tell me the schedule (or anything else, for that matter); and after that was fixed, they'd become too busy trying to kill me for being a spy.
But I haven't tried your most recent patch yet. I'll test it once I'm home.