A fix for "The curse" quest (and also for any other)

[jeegurda]

Hey guys, there is a bug in "The curse" quest scenario that would break the quest if you complete objectives in a wrong order and make it impossible to complete.

But fear not, i'm gonna guide you how to fix this quest or any other you'd encounter.

1. Open the quests folder. Default would be: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Final Cut\Cfg\Quests
2. Find the file by its chapter. "The curse" is in Ch4, so we open this file: Questlist_Gold_side_04CH.cfg. Save the copy of the file.
3. Now look for the big block of code that has a name of your quest. We're looking for this:

Ch1_The_curse
{
  ...
}

4. You'll see that this quest scenario is broken into stages. You have to find the one that you're currently on. So for example i'm stuck on a stage "destroy the totem", right? So i gotta look for the line that has the same name. In this example I'm gonna replace the lines which we're not interested in with dots, so it would be short:

Ch1_The_curse
{
        ...
	Stage10
	{
                ...
		OnStoryData:Destroy_the_totem,keep  # <-- the line we're looking for
		{
			SetStage=25
		}

From this information i found out that i'm stuck at stage 10 (the line above our current block) and to complete the quest we would have to move to stage 25.

5. To do that you have to find the beginning of that stage and insert this block after "State=Active" line:

OnSet
{
	SetStage=25
}

What that means is that you had this in original file:

	Stage10
	{
		State=Active   # <-- we need to insert our block after this line
		OnSet
		{
			Mark=target,terep_giantwoods,Spiritwalkers_totem,object,main

and you gotta modify it so it would become this:

	Stage10
	{
		State=Active  
		OnSet
		{
			SetStage=25
		}
		OnSet
		{
			Mark=target,terep_giantwoods,Spiritwalkers_totem,object,main

This means we modified the script that it would instantly complete our quest instead of getting stuck at "detroy the totem" condition.

6. Save this file and reload the game. After you enter the game the quest would be completed.
7. You have to do it just once, so restore the file and reload the game otherwise that quest would autocomplete itself for all your other chars. If you failed to save a copy, verify integrity, steam would restore them anyway.


Please be patient and pay attention, i was trying to describe it as clearly as i could, but it's not very easy for the file editing, sorry.