Quest.txt format - Revision history

Netzhack: /* List of quest messages */

2021-01-02T17:45:43Z

‎List of quest messages

Ardub23: Capitalization and minor fixes

2019-12-11T23:43:05Z

Capitalization and minor fixes

Cherokee Jack: Added table of quest messages

2016-03-30T20:27:51Z

Added table of quest messages

ChasonBot at 21:38, 20 December 2015

2015-12-20T21:38:18Z

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2013-06-08T16:23:12Z

‎Text Replacement Formatting: format modifiers

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2013-06-08T07:59:56Z

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''quest.txt'' is a text data file residing in the NetHack source dat-directory. It contains text messages for the [[quest]] leaders, nemeses and guardians to say, and other texts related to the quests. It also contains [[angelic and demonic maledictions]].

{{stub|actually document the format here...}}

*[[Source:NetHack 3.4.3/dat/quest.txt]]

[[Category:Annotations]]

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 |00005 - 00009
 |QT_GUARDTALK
-|"5 random things guards say before quest".  The five messages that [[quest guardian]]s can say if #chatted to prior to retrieving the quest artifact.
+|"5 random things guards say before quest".  The five messages that [[quest guardian]]s can say if you #chat to them before you have retrieved the quest artifact.
 |-
 |00010 - 00014

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 '''quest.txt''' is a text data file residing in the NetHack source dat-directory. It contains text messages for the [[quest]] leaders, nemeses and guardians to say, and other texts related to the quests. It also contains [[angelic and demonic maledictions]].
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 |-
 ! Number
-! In-code Name
+! In-code name
 ! Description
 |-
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 |00019
 |QT_BADLEVEL
-|This is what your quest leader says when you are rejected due to inexperience.  The quest leader says that you are not experienced enough to face the nemesis, and sends you back to the Dungeons of Doom to continue your training.  In some quests the leader is helpful enough to tell you the name of the minimum [[rank]] you need (always corresponding to [[Experience level|level]]s 14-17) to embark on the quest.
+|This is what your quest leader says when you are rejected due to inexperience.  The quest leader says that you are not experienced enough to face the nemesis, and sends you back to the Dungeons of Doom to continue your training.  In some quests the leader is helpful enough to tell you the name of the minimum [[rank]] you need (always corresponding to [[Experience level|level]]s 14&ndash;17) to embark on the quest.
 |-
 |00020
 |QT_BADALIGN
-|This is what your quest leader says when you are rejected due to [[alignment record|less than pious alignment]].  Often includes a reference to your starting alignment (lawful/neutral/chaotic) to hint at what monsters you should kill or what actions you can take to reach an acceptable alignment.  Following this, you are sent back to the Dungeons of Doom, but the portal to the quest branch is not removed, so you can return and try again.
+|This is what your quest leader says when you are rejected due to [[alignment record|less than pious alignment]].  Often includes a reference to your starting alignment to hint at what monsters you should kill or what actions you can take to reach an acceptable alignment.  Following this, you are sent back to the Dungeons of Doom, but the portal to the quest branch is not removed, so you can return and try again.
 |-
 |00021
 |QT_ASSIGNQUEST
-|This is what your leader says when finally assigning you the quest.  One of the longer pieces of text, this tends to provide some backstory to the quest and gives the names of the quest artifact, the quest nemesis, and often the nemesis' in-story place of residence.
+|This is what your leader says when finally assigning you the quest.  One of the longer pieces of text, this tends to provide some backstory to the quest and gives the names of the quest artifact, the quest nemesis, and often the nemesis's in-story place of residence.
 |-
 |00025 - 00034
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 |00050
 |QT_FIRSTNEMESIS
-|This message is displayed the first time you attract the attention of the nemesis, i.e. attack or do something else to wake up the nemesis.
+|This message is displayed the first time you attract the nemesis's attention.
 |-
 |00051
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 |00052
 |QT_OTHERNEMESIS
-|Still later encounters with the nemesis.
+|This message is displayed on subsequent encounters with the nemesis.
 |-
 |00053
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 |}
-==Text Replacement Formatting==
+==Text replacement formatting==
 The messages can contain special characters that will be replaced at run-time with some other data. For example in a string "<tt>Hello, %p</tt>" the "<tt>%p</tt>" would be replaced by the player's name.
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 |-
 | <tt>%c</tt>
-| Player's role, eg. "Archeologist"
+| Player's role, e.g. "Archeologist"
 |-
 | <tt>%r</tt>
-| Player's current rank title, eg. for an archeologist it could be "Field Worker"
+| Player's current rank title, e.g. "Field Worker"
 |-
 | <tt>%R</tt>
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 |-
 | <tt>%i</tt>
-| Name of the intermediate level, eg. "the Tomb of the Toltec Kings"
+| Name of the intermediate level, e.g. "the Tomb of the Toltec Kings"
 |-
 | <tt>%o</tt>

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 '''quest.txt''' is a text data file residing in the NetHack source dat-directory. It contains text messages for the [[quest]] leaders, nemeses and guardians to say, and other texts related to the quests. It also contains [[angelic and demonic maledictions]].
-{{stub|actually document the format here...}}
+==List of quest messages==
+{| class="prettytable"
 ==Text Replacement Formatting==
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-*[[Source:NetHack 3.4.3/dat/quest.txt]]
+*[[Source:NetHack_3.6.0/dat/quest.txt]]
 [[Category:Annotations]]
 {{nethack-343}}

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 | "%"
 |}

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−	''quest.txt'' is a text data file residing in the NetHack source dat-directory. It contains text messages for the [[quest]] leaders, nemeses and guardians to say, and other texts related to the quests. It also contains [[angelic and demonic maledictions]].	+	'''quest.txt''' is a text data file residing in the NetHack source dat-directory. It contains text messages for the [[quest]] leaders, nemeses and guardians to say, and other texts related to the quests. It also contains [[angelic and demonic maledictions]].

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