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Clarify which site gave a mission

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#80,868 opened on 2025年5月8日

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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I'm currently looking at the "Gather 75 Rocks" mission given by "William Forrest" (not to be confused with the rock collection mission by some Isherwood character)

Great, after my (imaginary) month long vacation, I imagine coming back to the game and this quest. Who the heck is this guy? (Tacoma Farm randomly named foreman).

I then compare this quest to the one above in my particular game: Establish A Trade Route given by "Marvin Russell". BUT it has a further description: "Establish trade relations between the scrapper and some artisans."

Solution you would like.

Make sure missions have descriptions that identify who the parties involved are, especially when the name of the person who gives the mission is randomly generated in the world (but recognition of who the static characters in the world are shouldn't be required). As a minimum, the faction(s) should be identified.

Examples I happen to have:

  • Find a copy of the Quran by "Fatima al Jadir". No further description (at the Refugee Center).
  • Find reference material about air rifles for Jenny. No quest giver name. "Find reference material about air rifles. A book that has 'Pneumatic' in its name could be the thing she wants." Good description of what, but not who (Refugee Center).
  • Find the debug software, given by "Jay Ruckers". Description of what to get and where, but who is this guy ("the artisans").
  • Download Workstation Data by "Karl Rojas". Target location. Who is this? (Randomly named medic at Refugee Center).
  • Bring 10 large plastic sheets by "Dino Dave, Beggar", period. The faction is in the name, but it wouldn't hurt to mention that he's located at the Refugee Center.
  • Bring Boris his son's lost writing. by "Boris Borishenko". Find Boris' son's laptop in the evac shelter marked on your map. (Refugee Center, and the target location failed to be generated, but at least the item can be debug spawned).
  • In a Pickle Pt. 2 by "Leland Foote". "Deliver 50 large three-liter jars in exchange for 25 certified notes." (Randomly named trader at the Refugee Center).

Describe alternatives you have considered.

  • Hope that memory keeps up or the realization that pen and paper (or a text document) ought to be used is gained before it's too late.
  • Addition of the quest givers' locations in the Mission log (even that rather cryptic raw coordinate format can be used to get a rough bearing, even if there's no support to bring up a marker on the map, but the ability to display the quest giver's location as an alternative to the target would be better).

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Issue 種別
feature
難度新しい貢献者にとっての実装難度です。1 は非常に小さな変更、5 は専門的な作業です。
3
推定時間経験ある貢献者が調査、実装、テスト、pull request 準備にかけるおおよその時間範囲です。
1-3 hours
活動状況Issue が今どれだけ取り組みやすいかを示します。新しい、活発、古い、ブロック中、またはメンテナー入力待ちなどです。
fresh
明確さ期待される変更、受け入れ条件、次の手順がどれだけ明確かを示します。
clear
前提条件
C++ basicsGame data structuresJSON editingCataclysm DDA developer setup
初心者向け度初回貢献者にどれだけ取り組みやすいかを 1-100 で推定したスコアです。
70
調査方針
Examine the mission generation system in Cataclysm DDA, focusing on how mission descriptions are currently stored and displayed. Look at data files (likely JSON) defining missions, such as `data/json/missions.json` or similar. Identify where the mission giver's location or faction could be added to the description. The issue suggests adding faction or location context to randomly generated mission givers. A good starting point is to review the mission data structure and propose a new field for location or faction in the mission definition. Then, update a few example missions to include this information. Check the existing comments on the issue for any maintainer guidance or prior discussion on the approach. Note that the target location may also need to be displayed, but the primary request is to clarify who gives the mission.