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How to add and complete Quests in the Console?
I promise I'm not trying to cheat. Just trying to figure out why a mod isn't working and if it's dependent on completing Far Harbor's main story quest.

I've looked up how to do it on google, reddit, these forums - none of the answers seem to work, since you can't easily find or look up (for whatever reason) the QuestID on fo4 wiki. And the suggested "help <quest name> 0" command just doesn't give the info, and instead tells you how to use it but not really lol...

Any ideas how I can 'really' find the QuestID for either "Reformation" or "Cleansing the Land" that actually WORKS.

And then how to add it, and how to complete it? Is it just 'setstage <questid> <stagenumber> and even if I haven't gotten the quest started yet? Or do I add the first stage first, then the last?
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hawkeye Oct 23, 2022 @ 9:49pm 
The quest id = the editor id on the wiki.
Zekiran Oct 24, 2022 @ 1:13am 
If it is a mod, ask the mod maker. Why does that have to do with Far Harbor? Read the mod's description and bug reports if it's a proper nexus mod. Anywhere else, ??? no idea how anyone decides to add cc mods or anything.

If it's in the vanilla game, don't brute force your way through unless it's an absolutely broken thing.

Reformation's Quest DLC03MQ06A

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Reformation

Cleansing the Land similarly DLC03MQ06
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Cleansing_the_Land

What specific path are you attempting to take through Far Harbor?

Don't try 'adding' quests. That will lead down a very bad path and probably screw anything up in the future. The code is spaghetti already, don't make it into ramen. If all of this leads back to "you don't understand what a mod needs" then you need to read up on the mod rather than irrevocably bork your current run.
Stardustfire Oct 24, 2022 @ 5:34am 
messing with console to push quests forward has good chances to kill the quest complet plus other things in its wake...
wtiger27 Oct 24, 2022 @ 5:53am 
Originally posted by Stardustfire:
messing with console to push quests forward has good chances to kill the quest complet plus other things in its wake...

So true. Many players have screwed up their play runs using the console and then blame Beth for the game being buggy. I do use the console, but it is very uncommon and I try to remember to save before I do.

You really need to be careful and know what you are doing using the console commands.
red255 Oct 24, 2022 @ 6:31am 
eh. console commands are like violence. if it doesn't work you just weren't using enough.

When the teleporter bugged out at spectacle island I still consoled my way thru the main quest easily enough.
Bored Peon Oct 24, 2022 @ 8:04am 
The biggest issue when using console commands to do quests is the fact that people skip stages and end up skipping scripts and breaking it even further.

Like last night for example, I started Vault 88 and the Oversee got stuck standing there not allowing me to follow her. Instead of whipping out console commands I went outside and came back in and it fixed itself.

I also could have simply forced her to move using the console, restarted the stage, etc but the correct answer was not to simply jump to the next stage with setstage. You should use setstage only as a last resort and then when you do make sure you are not skipping a stage.

So asking us which commands to use on quest none of us have done is kinda pointless. We would need to know the way the quest is supposed to work before advising what commands to do.
Ser Failsawce Nov 7, 2022 @ 7:36am 
Originally posted by Stardustfire:
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Originally posted by wtiger27:
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Originally posted by red255:
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Originally posted by Bored Peon:
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I can't believe what I'm reading right now... almost everyone in this thread telling me not to do this as if I can't just go back to a previous save before I used the console to do anything...

Is this not what you people do? Do you really not save first, then console command, and return to said save after you've done your troubleshooting?? I feel like this should be absolute common sense. Like, cmon now...

Not to mention, warning me not to do this like I'm some mental midget who just deletes his entire sanctuary and everyone in it and goes "oh well, better just play through it as best I can" rather than answering my question is the kind of stuff people do on reddit.

Thankfully the first person had the sense to give me that much, and probably knows the mysterious secret to successful troubleshooting too, passed down through the many generations of microsoft windows...

But seriously... how is going back to your last save not an EXTREMELY obvious solution to you people??



Originally posted by Zekiran:
If it is a mod, ask the mod maker. Why does that have to do with Far Harbor? Read the mod's description and bug reports if it's a proper nexus mod. Anywhere else, ??? no idea how anyone decides to add cc mods or anything.

If it's in the vanilla game, don't brute force your way through unless it's an absolutely broken thing.

Reformation's Quest DLC03MQ06A

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Reformation

Cleansing the Land similarly DLC03MQ06
https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Cleansing_the_Land

What specific path are you attempting to take through Far Harbor?

Don't try 'adding' quests. That will lead down a very bad path and probably screw anything up in the future. The code is spaghetti already, don't make it into ramen. If all of this leads back to "you don't understand what a mod needs" then you need to read up on the mod rather than irrevocably bork your current run.

Somehow this response is even worse than the rest... Why exactly would i keep going if I consoled my quests just to figure something out?? Even IF it didn't cause problems!! lol! Like despite the totally non-possibility of it "brute forcing it's way" (give me a break, it's not that serious bro), I still eventually wanna complete those quests the normal way...

Obviously I'm gonna go back to a previous save... Are all of you people really incapable of realizing you even CAN do this???

And just fyi, I did contact the mod creator and he couldn't figure out why it wasn't working either, and guess what... suggested a few things in the console. But didn't even mention saving first and returning to it after troubleshooting, because it's the most basic common sense a PC user could ever have since the literal freaking 80s lmao.

Again I SERIOUSLY cannot believe what I'm reading, I appreciate the answers and concerns... but please, reread and think about your responses for a second, and may god have mercy on your souls.
Last edited by Ser Failsawce; Nov 7, 2022 @ 9:00am
Bored Peon Nov 7, 2022 @ 9:05am 
Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
Obviously I'm gonna go back to a previous save... Are all of you people really incapable of realizing you even CAN do this???.
You have obviously never helped people in these forums.

Do you have any idea how many times we hear:
"My last save was three hours ago"

So yes, we remind people to save. Of course responses like that never once even occurred to you because you were too busy getting bent out of shape over advice.

Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
... but please, reread and think about your responses for a second, and may god have mercy on your souls.
You should take your own advice for over reacting towards people trying to help you.

Now take a look at the information you provided us.
Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
Just trying to figure out why a mod isn't working and if it's dependent on completing Far Harbor's main story quest.
Nowhere at all anywhere did you even mention the NAME OF THE MOD.

Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
And just fyi, I did contact the mod creator and he couldn't figure out why it wasn't working either, and guess what... suggested a few things in the console. But didn't even mention saving first and returning to it after troubleshooting, because it's the most basic common sense a PC user could ever have since the literal freaking 80s lmao.
Here is the mod mentioned again but you STILL have not told us the name of the mod.

You need help with a mod but refuse to tell anyone the name of the mod. Yet you ridicule us for reminding you to save.

You got advice on using console commands because anyone even half way decent with them knows how to look up a quest, find the stages, and stage targets. Since you failed to be able to do that yourself you got the standard advice.

When you decide you are done insulting those trying to help you with what little information you provided maybe you can give us some actual details and get more detailed help.
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Ser Failsawce Nov 7, 2022 @ 10:25am 
Originally posted by Bored Peon:
You have obviously never helped people in these forums.

Do you have any idea how many times we hear:
"My last save was three hours ago"

So yes, we remind people to save. Of course responses like that never once even occurred to you because you were too busy getting bent out of shape over advice.

Number one you DIDN'T remind me to save, at all. You and everyone else instead flat out said not to do any of this (which fixed my problem easily) to begin with lol... like even opening the console is gonna make my PC explode or something.

Number two if someone blatantly refuses to save, while clearly planning ahead of time to >troubleshoot< something or even before adding something they plan to keep, to see if it turns out ok, then that's entirely on them. I have a very hard time believing this really needs to be explained to anyone in their right mind lol...

Originally posted by Bored Peon:

Now take a look at the information you provided us.

Honestly, I was mostly messing around when I made the statement you quoted here ...mostly. And in fairness I did say I appreciate the help and concern. Which I do.

But it should be very obvious to you that I'm not asking for help here with the mod itself - one that almost certainly no one knows anything about - since literally the only thing I asked for was how to add and complete quests, nothing else at all.

I'm a big boy, if I'm still having problems with the mod I can ask for help directly with it lol. And did in fact, as I just mentioned that I was already in contact with the mod author.

But again all of this, even my own above statement, is completely irrelevant.

Originally posted by Bored Peon:
Nowhere at all anywhere did you even mention the NAME OF THE MOD.

Because, again, it's irrelevant. I already figured out what the problem was 2 minutes after the first guy had already GAVE ME THE ACTUAL DAMN ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR.

Ya know... like... what usually happens when people ask a direct question, and get a direct answer to precisely what they had asked? lol. And it's not even a big deal, I'm not even faulting you guys for giving more information or attempting to help me further than what I asked, quite the contrary.

I just simply don't understand how the first thing that comes to a person's mind, especially in a game as buggy as this one, or in anything else in existence where you can lose saved data if you >troubleshoot< something, is not to literally save first... That's it lol.

And it sounds to me like you at least halfway agree with this sentiment, despite not doing it yourself I guess?

Originally posted by Bored Peon:
You need help with a mod but refuse to tell anyone the name of the mod. Yet you ridicule us for reminding you to save.

You got advice on using console commands because anyone even half way decent with them knows how to look up a quest, find the stages, and stage targets. Since you failed to be able to do that yourself you got the standard advice.

Do you even realize how little sense you're making right now? How does "being able to" look up a quest, find the stages and stage targets have anything to do with knowing what the correct command to use is? You cannot possibly be for real right now.

Not to mention you NEVER "reminded me to save" nor did anyone in this thread. That is my ENTIRE POINT, do you really not understand this? That I'M THE ONE reminding YOU that saving can be done, based on your responses, and saying that I already looked up those things MYSELF LOL.

Rather than what your solution was 'simply keep going if it doesn't work right and screws things up' in your own comment response. Your solution is NOT to save, but rather KEEP making console edits instead, hoping to fix the problem with a sledgehammer.

So where exactly did you "remind me to save" and not the exact damn opposite of that? Hence my entire freaking point rofl.

Originally posted by Bored Peon:
When you decide you are done insulting those trying to help you with what little information you provided maybe you can give us some actual details and get more detailed help.

I DONT need help with the mod, where in my original post or ANYWHERE after it do you see me asking for help with the mod? LOL Why do you think I DID give so little information?? Because the title and topic content was ALL I NEEDED. Why do you keep thinking I still need help with the mod??

I was finished with this forever ago and noticed a bunch of replies after the first one popped up on my steam. I literally did what I said I was going to do - added and completed far harbor main quests to see if it affected the mod >and it did< and the solution to fixing the problem I was having with the mod was then extremely easy.

What the heck is the problem here? lol
Last edited by Ser Failsawce; Nov 7, 2022 @ 10:31am
Bored Peon Nov 7, 2022 @ 12:22pm 
Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
Why do you keep thinking I still need help with the mod??
Do you ever listen to what you say?
Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
And just fyi, I did contact the mod creator and he couldn't figure out why it wasn't working either....

Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
What the heck is the problem here?
The problem is we wasted out time on someone who only created the topic to throw insults and criticism at people help.
Ser Failsawce Nov 7, 2022 @ 1:01pm 
Originally posted by Bored Peon:
Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
Why do you keep thinking I still need help with the mod??
Do you ever listen to what you say?
Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
And just fyi, I did contact the mod creator and he couldn't figure out why it wasn't working either....

I was replying to someone else entirely, who told me that I should contact the mod author. And my response was that "I did already and he gave me suggestions for further troubleshooting", which was also only there for no other reason than a means of trying to understand why a smart person wouldn't simply save first before troubleshooting.

If you had continued to read the rest of the paragraph, that you yourself quoted, you might have worked that much out. But then again maybe not, shrug.

Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
What the heck is the problem here?
Originally posted by Bored Peon:
The problem is we wasted out time

You did that entirely on your own when you assumed, for some reason that I still cannot figure out that I still needed help with the mod... two weeks after I got the exact answer to the exact question I asked, with no further responses saying "well it didn't work... help needed with this mod now".

Again I'm not even faulting you for this, tho you have to admit there's some truth to what else I'm saying. But it's over now, I just thought it was funny. I may have made a much bigger deal out of it than it needed to be, but cmon lol.
Last edited by Ser Failsawce; Nov 7, 2022 @ 1:08pm
Bored Peon Nov 7, 2022 @ 1:14pm 
Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
...two weeks after I got the exact answer to the exact question I asked...
You refreshed the topic, not us.
You spouted a bunch of rude insults to a problem you allegedly solved.
Then you make a half ass apology and then continue to throw some more rude remarks.
Whatever, wasted enough time on you.
Ser Failsawce Nov 7, 2022 @ 2:28pm 
Originally posted by Bored Peon:
Originally posted by Ser Failsawce:
...two weeks after I got the exact answer to the exact question I asked...
You refreshed the topic, not us.
You spouted a bunch of rude insults to a problem you allegedly solved.
Then you make a half ass apology and then continue to throw some more rude remarks.
Whatever, wasted enough time on you.

Not really apologizing tho, I still stand by my point.

And really... I think it's important that people who are reading this need to realizing that they can save before using the console to make changes, since they apparently don't already lol
Zekiran Nov 7, 2022 @ 3:06pm 
Why would any of us want to help you if you're going to be a complete and total ass about it?

Literally - you want to know what happens if this quest line (you asked, I found the right link) - and then you ♥♥♥♥♥ about how my answer telling you to freaking ask the mod maker if their mod is broken, and this is what you'd want to do to complete those if you really needed to .... what?

F off bro.
I literally told you how to do the thing you asked for. And you openly tell me it's somehow worse?

You deserve the sloppy mess that your game absolute must be by now.
Ser Failsawce Nov 7, 2022 @ 4:12pm 
Originally posted by Zekiran:
Why would any of us want to help you if you're going to be a complete and total ass about it?

Literally - you want to know what happens if this quest line (you asked, I found the right link) - and then you ♥♥♥♥♥ about how my answer telling you to freaking ask the mod maker if their mod is broken, and this is what you'd want to do to complete those if you really needed to .... what?

F off bro.
I literally told you how to do the thing you asked for. And you openly tell me it's somehow worse?

You deserve the sloppy mess that your game absolute must be by now.

I guess you didn't read a single thing that was written in this entire thread, including the original post. It's fine tho, I can't say I exactly blame you, but I mean it just goes to prove my point a tiny bit further lol...

And sorry no, my game is fine and was fixed forever ago bud (once again, the first guy did the trick cus that's all I needed), at least for now. Definitely not even close to the disaster everyone in this thread will have you believe if you even consider using the console for anything, and that's my point... Like I really can't believe you people are so terrified of something you can simply do 'esc -> load save' if it doesn't work out??

But, as the other guy said I probably just don't know kinds of things other people post on these forums, and how uncommon common sense might be in regards to this game.
Last edited by Ser Failsawce; Nov 7, 2022 @ 4:19pm
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