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The Diary

Walkthrough and QA reference for The Diary (SW_Diary).

At a glance#

JournalSW_Diary
CategorySide Quests
Journal entries5
Completion branchesNo explicit Finished marker
Starts bySpeak with Abby Odna in Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West and ask about slander.
Key locationsNar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West, Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley
Key charactersAbby Odna

Walkthrough#

1. Speak with Abby Odna in Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West and ask about slander#

Speak with Abby Odna in Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West and ask about slander.

Expected journal update — index 5: I met a woman named Abby Odna at 135 Alley West who says her datapad was stolen by another woman who is trying to slander her name, a spice addict who lives at 2248 Magari Alley. If I have time maybe I could stop by.

2. Activate Datapad Diary in Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley#

Activate Datapad Diary in Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley.

Expected journal update — index 10: The spice addicted thief attacked me when I entered her home; I found the datapad and should bring it back to Abby Odna.

3. Activate Datapad Diary in Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley#

Activate Datapad Diary in Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley.

Expected journal update — index 12: I found a datapad containing diary logs that, after reading some of it looks like it belongs to a Abby Odna who lives at 135 Alley West.

4. Speak with Abby Odna in Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West and ask about slander#

Speak with Abby Odna in Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West and ask about slander.

Expected journal update — index 15: Abby couldn’t believe I had retrieved her datapad, she’s given me 50 credits for helping her.

Known item transfer: 50 × Credits (gold_001).

Known rewards & item transfers#

The following player-directed item transfers are visible in the parsed quest scripts/dialogue results. Playtest may reveal additional indirect rewards.

  • 50 × Credits (gold_001)

Characters & locations#

Characters directly tied to quest dialogue:

  • Abby Odna (SW_NarDiaryProtag) — Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West

Locations implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel:

  • Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West
  • Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley
Technical / QA reference

Journal ID: SW_Diary Generated category: Side Quests Journal entries: 5

Exact journal progression

IndexStateJournal textDirect setters found
5—I met a woman named Abby Odna at 135 Alley West who says her datapad was stolen by another woman who is trying to slander her name, a spice addict who lives at 2248 Magari Alley. If I have time maybe I could stop by.1
10—The spice addicted thief attacked me when I entered her home; I found the datapad and should bring it back to Abby Odna.1
12—I found a datapad containing diary logs that, after reading some of it looks like it belongs to a Abby Odna who lives at 135 Alley West.1
15—Abby couldn’t believe I had retrieved her datapad, she’s given me 50 credits for helping her.1

Record-level trigger map

Stage 5

I met a woman named Abby Odna at 135 Alley West who says her datapad was stolen by another woman who is trying to slander her name, a spice addict who lives at 2248 Magari Alley. If I have time maybe I could stop by.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 3223235412309923911 under topic slander; speaker Abby Odna (SW_NarDiaryProtag). locations: Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West. conditions: Journal SW_Diary Equal 0. response: “Oh, you don’t know? That bitch Leanna Richarde stole my datapad and is planning to use it to slander my name. If I didn’t know she was all hopped up on spice I would go over to her apartment at 2248 Magari Alley myself and take it back, but I know she’s all pumped up on that stuff.”.
Journal SW_Diary 5

Stage 10

The spice addicted thief attacked me when I entered her home; I found the datapad and should bring it back to Abby Odna.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_DiaryScript. attached to Book Datapad Diary (SW_DiaryItem); placed in Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley.
If ( OnActivate )
    If ( GetJournalIndex, SW_Diary == 5 )
        Journal SW_Diary 10
        Activate
    elseif ( GetJournalIndex, SW_Diary == 0 )
Activate
    elseif ( GetJournalIndex, SW_Diary == 0 )
        Journal SW_Diary 12
    else
        Activate

Stage 12

I found a datapad containing diary logs that, after reading some of it looks like it belongs to a Abby Odna who lives at 135 Alley West.

How this stage is set:

  • Script SW_DiaryScript. attached to Book Datapad Diary (SW_DiaryItem); placed in Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley.
If ( OnActivate )
    If ( GetJournalIndex, SW_Diary == 5 )
        Journal SW_Diary 10
        Activate
    elseif ( GetJournalIndex, SW_Diary == 0 )
Activate
    elseif ( GetJournalIndex, SW_Diary == 0 )
        Journal SW_Diary 12
    else
        Activate

Stage 15

Abby couldn’t believe I had retrieved her datapad, she’s given me 50 credits for helping her.

How this stage is set:

  • Dialogue INFO 2190417802922315853 under topic slander; speaker Abby Odna (SW_NarDiaryProtag). locations: Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West. conditions: Item/ItemType SW_DiaryItem GreaterEqual 1. response: “You brought me my datapad? What are you some kind of offworlder saint come to help out all of us Lower City cretins? Thank you! I don’t have much, but you’re not leaving without me paying you something.”.
Journal SW_Diary 15
player->additem, gold_001, 50
player->removeitem, SW_DiaryItem 1

Dialogue speakers:

  • Abby Odna (SW_NarDiaryProtag) — Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West

Scripts that read or write this journal:

  • SW_DiaryScript — Book Datapad Diary (SW_DiaryItem); placed in Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley

Items referenced by related script/result code:

  • Credits (Gold_001)
  • Datapad Diary (SW_DiaryItem)

Cells implicated by actor/object placement or explicit travel code:

  • Nar Shaddaa, 135 Alley West
  • Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley
Journal-state readers (1 code sites)
  • Script SW_DiaryScript. attached to Book Datapad Diary (SW_DiaryItem); placed in Nar Shaddaa, 2448 Magari Alley.

Generated playtest checklist

  • Start/reach the quest naturally and verify journal index 5 is obtainable.
  • Reach index 5: I met a woman named Abby Odna at 135 Alley West who says her datapad was stolen by another woman who is trying…
  • Reach index 10: The spice addicted thief attacked me when I entered her home; I found the datapad and should bring it back to …
  • Reach index 12: I found a datapad containing diary logs that, after reading some of it looks like it belongs to a Abby Odna wh…
  • Reach index 15: Abby couldn’t believe I had retrieved her datapad, she’s given me 50 credits for helping her.
  • Verify any scripted reward/item transfer shown above actually occurs.
  • Verify involved NPCs/objects remain present and usable after the stage transition.
  • Verify no unrelated vanilla Morrowind dialogue/quest state appears during the flow.

QA console reference

Current journal state can be inspected with the OpenMW/Morrowind journal tooling for SW_Diary. Manually forcing journal indices is useful for diagnosis, but does not substitute for testing the scripts/dialogue that normally cause the transition.