Quests order in UI Quest Log Window

[walczak]

Hello,

How can I make Quests to appear in "UI Quest Log Window" in order they are in "Quests/Items" table?
At the moment they are displayed alphabetically. I will prefer to make a script rather than changing the names of the quest as I already have the names used in many Triggers/Conditions etc.

Thanks.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

The easiest way is to set the Name fields in the order you want, and set the Display Names to what you want to appear in the quest log window. Example:

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Name                 Display Name
------------   --------------------
01 Kill Rats          Kill 5 Rats
02 Bake Cake    Bake a Birthday Cake
03 Find Sword   Find the Magic Sword

[walczak]

Thanks for the answer. Is there any other way? I am already using the names in Conditions and it will take ages to change it.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

You can make a subclass of your quest log window class (e.g., StandardUIQuestLogWindow) and override the OnQuestListUpdated() method to sort it however you want. Example:

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public class MyQuestLogWindow : StandardUIQuestLogWindow
{
    public override void OnQuestListUpdated()
    {
        SortQuests();
        base.OnQuestListUpdated();
    }
    
    private void SortQuests() // Sort by order in dialogue database.
    {
        var list = new List<QuestInfo>(quests);
        list.Sort((x, y) => IndexInDatabase(x.Title).CompareTo(IndexInDatabase(y.Title)));
        quests = list.ToArray();
    }
    
    private int IndexInDatabase(string questName)
    {
        return DialogueManager.masterDatabase.items.FindIndex(x => x.Name == questName);
    }
}

[walczak]

Thanks.
I got en error in line:

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list.Sort((x, y) => IndexInDatabase(x.Title) < IndexInDatabase(y.Title));

* Cannot implicity convert type "bool" to "int" *

[Tony Li]

Sorry, I should have mentioned that I just typed that example into the reply. It's just an example idea. Try this:

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list.Sort((x, y) => IndexInDatabase(x.Title).CompareTo(IndexInDatabase(y.Title)));

[walczak]

I am sorry, you said it was example my bad.
Anyway it works! Thanks again for a help.

[Tony Li]

Glad to help! Sorry about the earlier typo.