New Custom Quests. Is it possible?

[kloe]

Hi, I am new to this whole FFXI server project and I hope this isn't a stupid question, but is it possible to create your own completely new quests with existing NPC's? I ask this in the sense of it not being too time consuming crazy to do. I didn't see anything on the wiki about this topic, only how to add existing FFXI quests that haven't been implemented yet.

[kjLotus]

short answer: no

long answer: you can make your own conditions for advancement, and "kind of" make cutscenes by spoofing /say packets to the player, but you still wouldn't be able to track progress in the quests menu or make your own full cutscenes. can probably hack together boss fights, but only by using a mob that already exists

[kloe]

So there wouldn't be a way to just have a text based custom quest where the NPC say a line of text, then you go do a task, then come back talk to them and they give you a reward without cutscenes? I figured the short answer would be no, but I thought i'd at least ask. Thanks for the info. ^.^

[kjLotus]

So there wouldn't be a way to just have a text based custom quest where the NPC say a line of text, then you go do a task, then come back talk to them and they give you a reward without cutscenes?

yeah, that'd be possible - i don't think there's any scripting support yet for spoofing a chat packet to a player, though, so you'd have to fix that first

[TeoTwawki]

This might help you viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1071&hilit=npcchat

That's done as tells though. Might be able to do other chat types similarly.

Say come to think of it in retail doesn't Gajaad in Al Zahbi do a say or shout (some kind of area text anyway) other people can see if you don't "contribute"?

[kloe]

Thank you for the information guys. I will look into this sometime this week when I am free.