Challenge

Challenges are a form of secondary objectives in Fallout: New Vegas that tests the players skill in various ways. They can be likened to achievements and a number of the challenges in the game does indeed award achievements upon completion.

Screenshot of the dialog for challenge creation.

Challenge Dialog

• ID: The label used to identify this object type. It must be unique among all IDs, forms and references.
• Name: The display name for the challenge.
• Reward Script: The script that runs upon completion of the challenge.
• Type: The type of challenge.
• Threshold: The number of times an action must be performed for the challenge to complete.
• Interval: The challenge will show progress notifications at the interval specified here.
• Challenge Text: Description of the challenge as shown in the Pip-Boy.
• PipBoy Image:
• Message Icon:
• Start Disabled: The challenge will not be visible and will not progress until enabled by script.
• Recurring: The challenge will start over upon completion.
• Show Zero Progress: The challenge will appear in the Pip-Boy despite having no progress.

Challenge Types

• Acquire an Item: Requires the player to acquire a specific object.
• Acquire an Item from a List:
• Craft using an Item:
• Discover a Map Marker:
• Do Damage:
• Hit an Enemy:
• Kill a Specific Form ID:
• Kill any in a Category:
• Miscellaneous Stat:
• Use a Skill:
• Use an Item:
• Use an Item from a List:

Challenge Script Functions

• ChallengeLocked:
• GetChallengeCompleted:
• IncrementScriptedChallenge: Increments a challenge of the type Scripted Challenge.
• RemoveRecurringFromChallenge: Removes the Recurring flag from a challenge.
• UnlockChallenge: Enables a challenge which have been flagged with Start Disabled.