Scripting and Help Diagnosing 100% Crash

[jedp15]

Hi, I've been working on a quest project and during testing, I get crashes 100% of the time when a script runs from an activator. I put in Crash Logger and it gives me the same: "GAME CRASHED AT INSTRUCTION Base+0x00AC6BFE IN MODULE: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Fallout New Vegas\FalloutNV.exe" for every crash.

The script for the activator reads:

scn AerieCleanupScript

short Button

Begin OnActivate
    if GetActionRef == player
        ShowMessage AerieCleanupMssg
    endif
end

begin MenuMode
    set Button to GetButtonPressed
    if Button == 0
        imod FadeToBlackISFX
        SetPCSleepHours 2
        AerieCleanupMarker.enable
        AerieActivatorFixGateREF.enable
        AerieActivatorCleanupREF.disable
        AerieStaticCleanupREF.enable
        SetStage AerieQuest 40
    elseif Button == 1
        CloseActiveMenu 1 
    endif

end

This script does what it's supposed to, but when I add this within the "if" statement, it crashes:

SetObjectiveCompleted AerieQuest 30 1
if GetObjectiveCompleted AerieQuest 40 == 0
SetObjectiveDisplayed AerieQuest 40 1
endif

If I just have this line of code without any of the other stuff, it crashes. If I only have:

SetObjectiveCompleted AerieQuest 30 1

SetObjectiveDisplayed AerieQuest 40 1

It crashes. I've put this code within the quest result script, and it crashes. I have stage 30 and 40 setup along with quest objectives for them. I just don't understand since the same line of code worked for the other stages.

[jedp15]

Upon further testing, I found it was only...

SetObjectiveCompleted AerieQuest 30 1

that was causing the crash. The only thing I can think of to cause it is if the game isn't able to check off a quest objective if it has too many words - it was a long quest objective.

Will test to see if it's the case...

[jedp15]

So, the crash was caused by the "too long" quest objective and not the script. It turns out there's a character limit that of course the GECK doesn't warn you about.

[madmongo]

Bethesda doesn't believe in warnings.

There are all kinds of things that cause problems and the GECK won't give you any sort of warning about what's wrong. I've often said that the GECK is really a secret Vault-Tec experiment designed to test modder's frustration levels.

[UndeadMartyr]

So what's the limit- is "AerieQuest" too long?

[jedp15]

@UndeadMartyr No the script is fine, it's the actual quest objective, i.e.: "Go here and pickup this object at X location". If the objective's too many words, the game will crash when it tries to complete it. So there's like a hardcoded limit to how long it can be. But it's something you just have to play around with. Safe bet: don't make em too long lol.

[UndeadMartyr]

Ah, do you mean the log entry that shows up in your pip boy and the like?  Sounds like a string length error lmao