Main Quest

[vv221]

When starting openmw with --new-game, I start in the right cell but in a wrong place (screenshot attached) : under the trapdoor used to leave the boat.
I have the first dialog with Jiub and can set my name, then nothing happens (maybe the guard can't reach me because I'm not where I'm supposed to). I can't even move, only look around (normal, the guard doesn't speak to me).

I see nothing weird in the console, my output is the same as Greendogo's.



openmw 0.19.0 64-bit
Debian Sid

[Greendogo]

Yes, this happens to me as well. I start in the wrong place. Is there a problem with the code that places the player or objects at specific locations Zini/Scrawl?

[vv221]

By turning collisions on I fall in the right place, in front of Jiub.
But the guard still never comes and I'm stuck here (no way to move).

[Greendogo]

Yeah, the guard's script is only activated within a certain distance of the player, I believe. So until that point, you can type EnablePlayerControls in the console window.

[Zini]

Yes, this happens to me as well. I start in the wrong place. Is there a problem with the code that places the player or objects at specific locations Zini/Scrawl?

No problem. The player is placed in the right spot and is then supposed to be pulled down by gravity (if you open up the CS you can see that all NPCs are hovering a bit above the ground).

btw. you can have physics switched on on startup by using the --script-run switch (see ./openmw --help).

Yeah, the guard's script is only activated within a certain distance of the player, I believe. So until that point, you can type EnablePlayerControls in the console window.

The guard's script is running the whole time, but to restore the player's movability the guard needs to be indeed near the player. This obviously is of no use until we have implemented the AiTravel package.

[Greendogo]

Thanks Zini, I didn't even know that --help existed for some reason.

The following is a bit off-topic about the --help description for --script-run so I'm sticking it in a spoiler.

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Just tought I'd mention that the --script-run description in --help has a typo and might confuse someone if they haven't done something like this before:

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  --script-run arg                 select a file that is executed in the
                                   console on startup

                                   Note: The file contains a list of script
                                   lines, but not a complete scripts. That
                                   means no begin/end and no variable
                                   declarations.

It should at least be edited to:

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  --script-run arg                 select a file that is executed in the
                                   console on startup

                                   Note: The file contains a list of script
                                   lines, but not a complete script. That
                                   means no begin/end and no variable
                                   declarations.

This would be shorter and more clear:

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  --script-run arg                 select a file containing a list of console commands that is
                                   executed on startup

The bit about "script lines" was pointless since you can't use things like "If" statements or really anything that can't be used in the console anyway.

[Zini]

I like the 3rd version. I'll add it later. Or maybe you would like to do it yourself (changes of this kind can be done complete through a web interface). Steps:

- register on github
- fork my repository
- select the file (apps/openmw/main.cpp)
- click edit
- change the text
- click commit changes
- send a pull request to my repository

[Greendogo]

Done.

Edit: I should probably ask if I did it correctly, as that was my first time using "pull request".

[Zini]

Merged.

[Greendogo]

That was easy. Thanks for teaching me how to do that.