Craft Quests

Locked/Unlocked

Open the Objectives window and toggle on quests.

Let's add two quests to compare when they'll appear on the right side of the player screen in the Objectives UI, or user interface. Ignore other quest settings for now.

Test

Press TAB to see the "Auto Quest" open at game start.

Interact with the Ancient Lever that sends DoorA.Open to All, which will make the "Triggered Quest" appear in the UI because the quest is set to auto launch.

When to Launch

Modify both quests to require a message to launch:

Test

Press TAB to test. Notice that no quests appear in the UI yet.

Try entering the trigger volume (remember that your game will shift to night from the previous activity's settings). The "Triggered Quest" will not launch yet because it is still locked.

Interact with the Ancient Lever asset to send DoorA.Open and you'll make the "Auto Quest" launch in the UI. The "Triggered Quest" is also unlocked by this message.

Now you can enter the trigger volume and launch the "Triggered Quest" in the UI.

Different Quest Types and Conditions

First let's set up interactive assets for a counter quest:

Counter- Destroy Objects

Create a new quest (auto unlock and launch):

Name: Treasure Hunt Description: "Destroy the ancient artifacts and collect all of the treasure.”

3. Counter

• Type: death

• Tag: artifact

• Amount: 5

Test - The quest counts the number of objects destroyed with the tag you set for it to watch.

Counter - Collect Objects

Modify the quest:

3. Counter

• Type: collected objects

• Tag: treasure

• Amount: 5

Test

Press TAB to test. When you attack and destroy each artifact, nothing happens. When you collect each pile of treasure dropped after each artifact is destroyed, the quest counts the number of objects collected with the tag you set for it to watch.

Quest States

A quest may be in three states: inactive, in progress, and finished. We can use NPC dialogue to tell players how to start or complete a quest and confirm the quest is finished.

Create an NPC and dialogue:

Now connect the dialogue to timing of the quest:

Name: Treasure Hunt 2. Launch quest: Requires Message Message: Q.Treasure.Launch 5. Action after completion: Requires Message Message: Q.Treasure.Complete

Test

Press TAB to test.

Quest inactive - Interact with the NPC to start the quest. This dialogue is then toggled off by its own message out when you answer the question.

Quest in progress - Interact after the quest is launched to see the dialogue, which can be a helpful reminder for players. No message is needed unless you want to trigger a hint for players.

Quest complete - Interact after the quest is complete to see the dialogue.

Adding Polish with Indicators

You can apply three types of icons to objects that are linked to a quest:

These icons are displayed above objects in the game world when an Indicator component is applied to the objects, a quest is linked, and quest settings match the type of icon to use.

Modify Jet and the "Treasure Hunt" quest so he can be a quest giver:

Create a Custom Preset to Drop

Since the tagged object that the quest counts is a dropped item (meaning it is spawned), we'll modify the ancient artifact assets to use a Preset with custom settings that link to a specific quest. You don't need to create a preset for quest items, but we've chosen an example that's a bit more fun for players.

Create an object:

Save this object as a Preset. This allows you to spawn or place an object or group of objects with more complex custom settings during edit or play modes.

Modify all ancient artifact assets to spawn this preset.

Test

The exclamation point appears above the NPC before the quest starts because it's the quest giver.

After you interact with it, the target icons appear above each quest objective, the ancient artifacts to destroy.

Once you have collect all of the treasure, the icons and quest are no longer visible.