Fixed quest find Danielle: killing ferro cerezo

[Johanno]

If you don't buy the papers from Ferro Cerezo the quest book say you have to capture the ship, but if you kill him in the tavern it says you sank the ship.
save before killing:
Dropbox - -=Player=- QuickSave 137

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Are you even meant to be able to kill him in the Tavern?

 

[Johanno]

i don't know, can you kill people in the tavern in stock potc?

 

[Pieter Boelen]

I mean: Does the quest or dialog suggest you should be able to do that?
If not, this may be an unintended path.

 

[Johanno]

the questbook tells me that i should capture the ship, the dialog just tells me that isn't willing to give me the papers for free.
so i thought maybe he got them with him and i just have to kill him, but the the Questbook tells me that i sank the ship and the papers are lost in the sea(which is not bad cause it was evidence against the patre).

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Ship ship quests trigger when the captain is killed.
Normally that captain shouldn't walk around ashore, but in this case he does.
Killing him also kills his ship.

So I understand why the game code makes this happen.
There are several possible solutions, the most obvious one being: Don't kill him ashore.
Second one is to enable Godmode on him so you can't kill him ashore.

 

[Grey Roger]

If you enable godmode on Ferro Cerezo then you'll need to detect when the player goes to sea, then remove it again. Otherwise his ship will be unsinkable...

 

[Pieter Boelen]

If you enable godmode on Ferro Cerezo then you'll need to detect when the player goes to sea, then remove it again. Otherwise his ship will be unsinkable...

Yep, very true.

Before doing anything though, I want to know IF the problem is indeed "being able to kill him".

 

[Grey Roger]

It's only a problem in that the game assumes that you kill him by sinking his ship and adds a questbook entry accordingly. Someone had the idea of killing Virgile Boon in port rather than going after his ship, which was supported, so perhaps we should allow Ferro Cerezo to be killed in the tavern as well. Though simply hitting him while he's sitting is a bit too easy!

 

[Pieter Boelen]

It's only a problem in that the game assumes that you kill him by sinking his ship and adds a questbook entry accordingly. Someone had the idea of killing Virgile Boon in port rather than going after his ship, which was supported, so perhaps we should allow Ferro Cerezo to be killed in the tavern as well. Though simply hitting him while he's sitting is a bit too easy!

That would require adding that as a proper path, wouldn't it? So with a duel that needs to be some sort of a challenge, I imagine.
Sounds like a lot of work....

 

[Pieter Boelen]

@Grey Roger: What do you reckon would be the best "quick fix" here?

 

[Grey Roger]

Quick and easy is probably what you suggested - make Ferro Cerezo immortal, and cancel it when you put to sea.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

In PROGRAM\Storyline\standard\quests\quests_reaction.c this should prevent the exploit in the future:

    // PB: Prevent Exploit -->
       LAi_SetImmortal(characterFromID("ferro cerezo"), true); // PB: Prevent Exploit
       Pchar.quest.ferro_leaves.win_condition.l1 = "ExitFromLocation";
       Pchar.quest.ferro_leaves.win_condition.l1.location = "Conceicao_tavern";
       Pchar.quest.ferro_leaves.win_condition = "ferro_leaves";
     break;

     case "ferro_leaves":
       LAi_SetImmortal(characterFromID("ferro cerezo"), false);
       ChangeCharacterAddress(characterFromID("ferro cerezo"), "none", "");
     break;
     // PB: Prevent Exploit <--