[1.9] Custom Quest Book

[MrPlantPots]

I am wanting to create a book which will provide a task. on a single page. Once the task is completed I want the book to contain the next task. It could either just show one task at a time or show them all and tick them once completed, but they must be completed in order. I have absolutely no clue as to how I could get started. Does anybody have any tips, links, suggestions or code that could help with this?

[MrPlantPots]

I am wanting to create a book which will provide a task. on a single page. Once the task is completed I want the book to contain the next task. It could either just show one task at a time or show them all and tick them once completed, but they must be completed in order. I have absolutely no clue as to how I could get started. Does anybody have any tips, links, suggestions or code that could help with this?

[MrPlantPots]

Thank you, this seems like it should work for what I want to do. Would you mind explaining how I could create a dynamic book, that would change as different events are fired. I am not too sure how I could apply the capabilities to the Item and make it do this! Thank you

[Draco18s]

The book is just an item that displays a GUI.  In that GUI you can make it draw whatever you want.

[coolAlias]

Exactly as Draco mentioned - the book Item is simply a convenient way to open a GUI, it doesn't actually contain any data itself. Quest data would presumably be tied to the player entity, so that is what you should attach any Quest Capability system to (IExtendedEntityProperties pre-1.8.9).

 

Note also that GUIs are completely client side, whereas your quest data is going to be stored and handled server side, so you need to send any data you wish to display to the client via packet when the player joins the world and whenever that data changes.

[jeffryfisher]

I may be off base here, but I have a few thoughts:

 

1) The quest (and quest chain) can exist independent of any book(s). In other words, if a psychic player completed a quest before looking at a book, then it would be completed (and have its effects).

 

2) Initially, a certain written book would be a possible loot item. After completion of a stage of the quest chain, the available written book would advance (presumably to provide new clues to the next stage). Chunks loaded before completing a stage might have chests containing older, now useless clues (too bad).

 

3) Each stage could necessitate visiting temples etc in virgin territory. However, killing witches etc or trading to villagers could generate fresh clue books in old chunks.

 

I personally wouldn't try to add new clues to old books, but YMMV. One strategic decision you need to make is whether the quest chain is per player or unique to a whole world/server. In other words, if player A completes stage 1 and then I kill a witch to find a clue-book, do I find a clue to stage 1 or stage 2 (and can I still achieve stage 1 for myself?).