Playtesting requests

Post by **arvisrend** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:18 pm

This is a topic for announcing significant changes to our files which need to be playtested. If you want to play some Morrowind and catch some bugs in the process, this topic should be a good place to start.

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One update in need of testing these days is rot's revamp of the "Pestilent Magic" quests in the Mainland file. The newest version of the Mainland can (as usual) be downloaded from [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23677&start=80&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=]the Mainland thread[/url]. The "Pestilent Magic" quests (there are two of them; they used to have the same name but no longer do) on map 2. You can start the first one if you type "coe 31, -2" in the console and speak to the guy (Orenin) standing on the road nearby. You can start the second one if you type "coc Kulidon" in the console and speak to Hjotra in one of the siderooms of the cave. The two quests are supposed to interact in that completion of the first leads to the second; but it is more interesting to try and do them in parallel, checking whether they conflict at some point (they both use the "great healer" topic). rot said that they can hardly be more buggy than they were before his edits, and I definitely agree with him on that, but there might still be issues lurking around.

Post by **rot** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:41 pm

Here's something else that could use playtesting:

Trials of Age
Drulusa Hlamen is 'too tired' to walk and wants a restore endurance potion... but you can't restore/fortify her endurance yourself through spells. This ESP adds this option (load it along with Mainland).edit:removed esp, use Mainland.

To test the quest: coc "Tel Mothrivra, Drulasa Hlamen's House". Exit the house and speak to the woman standing in front of it.

known error: her name, ID, and house's name are inconsistent. Will have to be fixed in _Mainland.

list of changes in the ESP:

- removes auto-calculate stats on NPC (also sets her Strength to 0... sets it back afterwards)
- creates spell (curse) TR_m2_q_5_Trials_sp
- creates and adds script TR_m2_q_5_Drulusa on NPC. Damages her endurance with that spell, detects if it's restored or fortified by a standard potion's equivalent
- edits existing dialogue to allow giving her a restore endurance potion of qualites above standard
- edits existing dialogue to allow giving her a potion right away if you already have one, instead of having to go through {Yes I will bring you one - Goodbye - Hello again - here it is}
- adds corresponding dialogue and journal entries to accomodate changes (using name Drelasa... w/e)

(I would also add one actual p_restore_endurance_s potion on TR_m2_Llothis Dralor when she tells you to buy one from him, add the gold on him if you buy it through dialogue, and so on... but not bugs per se, so I didn't. Should?)

Post by **arvisrend** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:19 pm

Ack, but please playtest the "Trials of Age" quest in the new Mainland file now, without rot's ESP (because it's now merged into the Mainland file).

Thanks for your work, rot!

Jule · Post by **Jule** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:38 pm

Seems to be working just fine.

Post by **arvisrend** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:54 pm

Thanks, Jule.

Wrong link to the Mainland thread corrected.

Post by **rot** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:06 am

[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23797#314675]This quest can use some playtesting love (the rough kind)[/url]

Using arvis' latest file and [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=21208&start=200#314674]latest m3a8[/url]. coc "Bosmora, Relamus Saravyne's Quarters", and speak to Relamus Saravyne on topic burglaries. (you should be able to get the topic without asking about rumours around unless you're diseased...)

Post by **arvisrend** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:08 pm

[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?p=314699#314699]q2-30[/url] is ripe for testing. As usual, load the quest claim alongside TR_Mainland.

Post by **arvisrend** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:54 am

rot wrote:[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23797#314675]This quest can use some playtesting love (the rough kind)[/url]

Using arvis' latest file and [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=21208&start=200#314674]latest m3a8[/url]. coc "Bosmora, Relamus Saravyne's Quarters", and speak to Relamus Saravyne on topic burglaries. (you should be able to get the topic without asking about rumours around unless you're diseased...)

This quest is now in the m3a8 file itself; no need to load any quest claim.

Jule · Post by **Jule** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:11 am

I managed to successfully complete (and fail) the quest.

Post by **arvisrend** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:42 am

New stuff to test: Kaz's Akamora quest (originally in [url=http://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24023]his showcase thread[/url], now merged into the [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?p=316581#316581]internal Mainland file[/url]). Start it by talking to Favryn in "Akamora, The Laughing Goblin". Continue by following directions. There are several choices to make.

Also, the Akamora Guild of Mages has been extended by 6plus, but I'm pretty sure those quests are bugfree already.

Post by **rot** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:00 pm

Added finish to one of the 3 quest paths in adamantum's [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=20904]Walk the Talk[/url].
To test the new bit, coc "The Inn Between", talk to the orc about "the Inn Between" and "Hozgub's joke" (disp>50). If you don't know the topic "mead", ask him "how should I do this?"; buy 4-5 meads and get Eifid drunk. Help him beat Kaye any way you like, and tell him to go to the bar to celebrate... good? THEN comes the new part, pretty short in comparison.
(but do feel free to playtest everything if you have time :>)

Post by **arvisrend** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:19 pm

Since I still don't have the time necessary to review the quest claims currently in reviewing, here is a list of quests currently in need of playtesting:

- [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23569&start=0]q2-29[/url] [to start, join the Fighters Guild in Akamora; this quest claim has all quests given by Laalalvo, but also changes some dialogues in the preceding quests, so please keep your eyes open]

- [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?p=320695]q3-12[/url] [to start, talk to a friendly scamp in "Haddadalmalu, Entry"]

- [url=http://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24273]q3-6[/url] [to start, talk to Fedura, in the hotel at Dreynim Spa]

- [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24353]q3-10[/url] [to start, talk to Galoro Sevlor in Dondril] - needs to be loaded with [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?p=319851#319851]M3A2[/url]

- [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24352]q3-9[/url] [to start, use latest rumors in Dondril] - needs to be loaded with [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?p=319851#319851]M3A2[/url]

- [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24030]q3-5[/url] [to start, use latest rumors in Gorne]

- [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=20904&start=40]q2-17[/url] [to start, talk to Hozgub gro-Hazor in "The Inn Between"]

- [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?p=319747#319747]rot's miner dialogue fixes[/url]

- [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24455]q3-14[/url] [to start, talk to Silyn Avel in Gorne, The Emerald Haven]

It is important to use the [url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=23677&start=120]newest TR_Mainland file[/url] for these.

You don't need to be a quester to playtest these claims. You don't need to be a reviewer either. Just collect all bugs and things you find strange or illogical, and post them either in the respective claim threads or here (if you don't have writing priveleges in the former).

As usual, keep in mind that the list of files is not sorted by time or in any other reasonable way. Check the times and pick the most recent version!

Thanks for all your help!!

Post by **rot** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:00 pm

[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?p=320804#320804]Post[/url] edited, q3-5 is also finished. (latest file is second from the top)

*Note*: if you directly load these quest files with the TR_Mainland.esp version I just uploaded today, they won't work - you'll have to either touch up the quest files (copy-paste should work) to change their load order date, or use the earlier version of Mainland.esp

Post by **rot** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:34 am

[url=http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24455]q3-14[/url] is also ready for playtesting. Great dialogue, do give it a look! (to start, talk to Silyn Avel in Gorne, The Emerald Haven)