Starting a mission with a conversation

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Search didn#t turn up anything relevant (possibly my own fault but still) so here is the question:
I have played missions starting with a Bridge Officer announcing an incoming message and after clicking Accept a conversation with another contact starts who gives the actual mission briefing.

Thats exactly how my first mission should start but I cannot recreate it. The Foundry doesn't look like to give that option and all the tutorials I checked start with a map transition after the Mission Grant Dialogue.

Any help would be appreaciated - as well as any linking to a thread that allredy covered this :)

[Archived Post]

Search didn#t turn up anything relevant (possibly my own fault but still) so here is the question:
I have played missions starting with a Bridge Officer announcing an incoming message and after clicking Accept a conversation with another contact starts who gives the actual mission briefing.

Thats exactly how my first mission should start but I cannot recreate it. The Foundry doesn't look like to give that option and all the tutorials I checked start with a map transition after the Mission Grant Dialogue.

Any help would be appreaciated - as well as any linking to a thread that allredy covered this :)


I don't think so, because the grant mission dialogue doesn't have an advanced dialog editor. Of course, a talk to contact can be your first objective.

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I don't think so, because the grant mission dialogue doesn't have an advanced dialog editor. Of course, a talk to contact can be your first objective.

Sure, but I don't want to first meet the contact somewhere, I want the dialogue to pop up after I pressed the Accept button in the Mission Grant Dialogue

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Sure, but I don't want to first meet the contact somewhere, I want the dialogue to pop up after I pressed the Accept button in the Mission Grant Dialogue

The issue is - once you hit accept you still need a 'door' as it were. What I usually do if I want to have a mission briefing right before the mission actually starts is have the Boff (or whatever contact you use to offer the Mission) At some point (where appropriate ) - IE if you want to put more of a 'hook' in the dialog, go ahead; but you say at some point:

"[Rank], Star Fleet Command has an assignment for us. We're to proceed to <location of door>. Further instructions will be relayed at that time."

and then as soon as they hit the door system and are transferred to the first map you hit them with a series of dialog boxes that have the briefinng - or have a NPC contact they need to speak too, right after they enter the map.

That's about the only way I've found to do what you describe in the Foundry atm.

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The grant mission dialogue can't be a conversation, but the mission start pop-up can be. Just put a dialogue right after the mission start (before the first map transition) and you can edit it in the advanced dialogue editor. The pop-up will play as soon as the person accepts the mission.

I've started all my missions with a dialogue right after the mission was granted.

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The grant mission dialogue can't be a conversation, but the mission start pop-up can be. Just put a dialogue right after the mission start (before the first map transition) and you can edit it in the advanced dialogue editor. The pop-up will play as soon as the person accepts the mission.

I've started all my missions with a dialogue right after the mission was granted.


Ah yes nag is right. I've never tried that. I always assumed it would move the popup past the green box, but it doesn't. That's neat to know. Thank you.

So yes, you can have a long conversation prior to the door.

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The grant mission dialogue can't be a conversation, but the mission start pop-up can be. Just put a dialogue right after the mission start (before the first map transition) and you can edit it in the advanced dialogue editor. The pop-up will play as soon as the person accepts the mission.

I've started all my missions with a dialogue right after the mission was granted.

Thanks a lot Nag! :) I think this should be covered in one of the tutorials.