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[Fixed 67836] Robert Villines - Travel to Blood River - stuck quest

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  1. Echondas

    Echondas Bug Hunter Bug Moderator

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    10/05/2020 20:55
    Title: Robert Villines - Travel to Blood River
    Reproduction Rate: 1/1
    Blocker? No
    Details: Robert Villines "travel to blood river" quest is stuck. When I talk to him, he says:

    [10/5/2020 8:56:34 PM] Robert Villines: Thank you for following up on what has happened here. I will continue to work with the elves who remain in Vertas so that they may one day return to their homes. I am quite busy at the moment, so good day to you...
    [10/5/2020 8:56:34 PM]
    [10/5/2020 8:56:38 PM] Echondas: help
    [10/5/2020 8:56:38 PM] Robert Villines: Thank you for following up on what has happened here. I will continue to work with the elves who remain in Vertas so that they may one day return to their homes. I am quite busy at the moment, so good day to you...
    [10/5/2020 8:56:38 PM]
    [10/5/2020 8:56:39 PM] Echondas: quest
    [10/5/2020 8:56:40 PM] Robert Villines: Thank you for following up on what has happened here. I will continue to work with the elves who remain in Vertas so that they may one day return to their homes. I am quite busy at the moment, so good day to you...
    [10/5/2020 8:56:40 PM]
    [10/5/2020 8:56:41 PM] Echondas: bye
    [10/5/2020 8:56:42 PM] Robert Villines: Thank you for following up on what has happened here. I will continue to work with the elves who remain in Vertas so that they may one day return to their homes. I am quite busy at the moment, so good day to you...
    [10/5/2020 8:56:42 PM]
    [10/5/2020 8:56:43 PM] Echondas: bye
    [10/5/2020 8:56:44 PM] Robert Villines: Thank you for following up on what has happened here. I will continue to work with the elves who remain in Vertas so that they may one day return to their homes. I am quite busy at the moment, so good day to you...
    [10/5/2020 8:56:44 PM]

    Steps to Reproduce: Unknown
    User Specs:
    OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
    CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6800K CPU @ 3.40GHz (6) System RAM: 32679
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU RAM: 8088
    SotA.Win.64.1295.Date.10.02.20
    Area: Novia_R7_Forest01_Bloodriver_After
    Area Display Name: Blood River
    Loc: (-119.1, 58.2, -33.8)
    Debug: Tm92aWFfUjdfRm9yZXN0MDFfQmxvb2RyaXZlcl9BZnRlcnx8KC0xMTkuMTI3LCA1OC4xOTIsIC0zMy43NjEpfCgwLCAwLjk5OCwgMCwgMC4wNTUpfDE4MS4zMTg5fDQwLjM3OTd8NC41Mjk0OTQ=

    [​IMG]
     
    Echondas, Oct 5, 2020
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    @Echondas, see if it clears after you leave the scene.
     
    Alley Oop, Oct 5, 2020
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    I entered the scene because I saw the quest indicator on the Compass. I just exited the scene and am still seeing it on the Overworld compass.
     
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    @Anpu Nice find - the NPC name wasn't in there ,so when I searched it didn't come up.
     
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    After you complete the path of truth storyline, this is all Robert Villnes will say to you.

    This "single response" technique is something Lum/Scott did sometimes, so it's intentional and not a bug. He would sometimes put in a conversation blocker like this because it was a quick, clean way of keeping players from accessing any number of quest-specific responses that had complicated quest logic.

    That being said, I'm not a fan of blocking all the interesting conversation bits one might have. I'll take a peek and see how safe it is to remove the single response "block." My preference is to allow the player to have a normal conversation with Mr. Villnes, but I can't make any promises.

    Added as issue #67836
     
    Sannio, Oct 8, 2020
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    @Sannio what he is reporting is a stuck blue marker NOT A STUCK QUEST.

    He doesn’t actually have the quest in his journal. Just a stuck blue marker.

    For whatever completely bizarre reason, people continue to think a stuck blue marker is a broken quest. And then they report them as a broken quest.

    I think all the reports concerning this are all stuck blue markers.
     
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    AH, thanks. I was focusing on the repetitive dialogue. I'll make sure to look into the compass marker issue.
     
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    Thanks :)
     
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    It's also the blue sparkles over Robert Villines.

    I have this lingering Blood River marker. Robert waves and has sparkles but all he says is:"Thank you for following up ..."

    I *think* the sparkles went away at one time, but then reappeared at some point.
     
    Toular, Oct 21, 2020
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