07. July 2017, 06:12:23

#0

ZylonBaneQuote

System Shock 2 Quest Note Notifier/New Quest Notifier v1.2
28 August 2023
by ZylonBane

Requires SS2 NewDark patch v2.46 or higher.
Compatible with the original SS2 campaign, SCP, SecMod, Return to the UNN, and any other SS2 campaigns or missions.

Here are two mods for notifying the player when quest notes are added.

New Quest Notifier
Displays the message "Note added to PDA." when a new quest is assigned. There is no notification of completed quests.

Quest Note Notifier
Displays an onscreen message with the full note text when quest notes are added and completed, and plays a sound when quests are completed.

If the messages disappear faster than you can read them, remember that you can press "L" at any time during gameplay to display a log of the last dozen or so messages.

Be aware that quest notes triggered by logs are added immediately when you pick up the log, rather than when you've actually read it. This is because the scripting system has no way to know when a log has been read. So you may see some quest notifications pop up before it makes sense for them to.

These scripts support localization. See the readme.txt for each mod for details.

NOTE: Since at least one person seems confused about this, this mod does not cause quest notes to be logged in your PDA. The base game already does that. All this mod does is notify you when one is added.

Attachments:

🃏 quest_notifier_output.jpg 155.74 kB, 1000 x 580 px

🃏 quest_new_quest_output.jpg 29.73 kB, 1000 x 157 px

📦 Quest Note Notifier.7z📦 Quest Note Notifier.7z 📦 Quest Note Notifier.7z 1.73 kB, 10946 downloads
📦 New Quest Notifier.7z📦 New Quest Notifier.7z 📦 New Quest Notifier.7z 1.43 kB, 15477 downloads

07. July 2017, 20:55:14

#1

KolyaQuote

Really cool idea. Making people aware of the quest logs is something where the original game slipped up.

Acknowledged by: icemann

07. July 2017, 21:07:06

#2

voodoo47Quote

back then, it was more than adequate, but people are too used to all the quest arrows and similar nowadays.

Acknowledged by 3 members: Nameless Voice, Join, Maggot

07. July 2017, 21:53:25

#3

ZylonBaneQuote

To be fair, SS2 has a lot of UI to remember. It's easy to forget the note system even exists. By the time you're experienced enough to know all about it, you probably don't even need it anymore.

07. July 2017, 22:07:51

#4

MarvinQuote

This is so blatantly useful, it should be part of SS2Tool. Would really help a lot of newbies.