Identify and reset broken side quest via console?

[troop13365]

Hi there, fellow Stalkers.
I've read about the possibility to reset an (side-) quest via the console. Can someone please point me in the right direction/actions needed to identify an certain sidequest and reset it in a way it starts @0 ?
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Mission is 'No honor among thieves'. When I get there, the 4 bandits (grey x on UI) are all dead in an small house and the door is locked. Want to talk to them; therefore I somehow need to reset this quest. Any pointers? Thank you all.

[DanTheMan]

Hi there, I believe there might be a tunnel under that house, with the entrance in the shed at the rear, might be thinking of the wrong mission, would suggest looking up a youtube walkthrough to confirm. This is still a good thing to setup for inevitable bugs you will encounter in future, even if it's not just for this specific quest.

1 - Setup console via the instructions at this github: https://github.com/Lyall/STALKER2Tweak/releases

2 - Locate console command and quest ID from this steam post:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3375681819
SQ05 "No Honor Among Thieves"

3 - So command is: XResetQuestBySID SQ05

[Nelson]

Originally posted by troop13365:

Hi there, fellow Stalkers.
I've read about the possibility to reset an (side-) quest via the console. Can someone please point me in the right direction/actions needed to identify an certain sidequest and reset it in a way it starts @0 ?
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Mission is 'No honor among thieves'. When I get there, the 4 bandits (grey x on UI) are all dead in an small house and the door is locked. Want to talk to them; therefore I somehow need to reset this quest. Any pointers? Thank you all.

I don't think that quest is broken. You are supposed to find the secret entrance into the building (yes, there is one in the village) and grab a PDA with the next coordinates from one of the bodies.

[Serpiko82]

Uh, so it IS possible to reset a bugged quest? Doesn't that risk messing up with save files?

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I'm soft locked (if that's the correct term) on a rather major side quest in Zaton, whose result is going to affect two of the main hubs in the region and their traders.

As far as I understand, I'm supposed to kill two VIPs, but I could also choose to ignore the task and join said VIPs instead. Either way, at some point a scripted event will try to kill the VIPs anyway.

My issue is that I want to side with the VIPs, but somehow since I refused the mission once (and did a ton of other stuff later, so restarting from a previous save isn't an option), now as soon as I accept the mission the game apparently considers that the scripted event already happened, with both VIPs being already dead, so I instantly get the "other" outcome that I didn't want.

Could a console reset be the solution in this case? Should I backup my saves folder before trying?

[troop13365]

Wow guys; many MANY thanks for this help - very much appreciated!

[-=3D=- Duckumz 31]

I have seen that people have had issues with quests not automatically triggering after using the commands for missions, can anyone confirm that this is not an issue when it comes to resetting them? I have had some quests bug out on me and would like to redo them but dont want to risk screwing up quests being triggered after using the console commands...

[DanTheMan]

Originally posted by Serpiko82:

Could a console reset be the solution in this case? Should I backup my saves folder before trying?

Hey, actually haven't reset any quests yet, just used some console commands to sort out the Zalyssia mess, with everyone in the town hall. Definitely back up save files or create a save prior to attempting the console command.

I mainly wanted to reset the arena quests to have fun with them again but couldn't find their corresponding IDs.