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Problem

In-client bug report MB-H62MAB. Plugin: Quest Helper (built-in client plugin; its descriptor has no version field).

During Tai Bwo Wannai Trio, after the dialogue choice that starts the Tamayu hunt, the game moves the player to a cutscene area. Quest Helper treated this as the player being far from the next step, started a walker route back to Tamayu while the cutscene was still playing, and the walker broke a Varrock teleport tablet.

Root cause

The only cutscene check in QuestScript is varbit 4606. This cutscene sets neither that varbit nor VarbitID.CUTSCENE_STATUS (542), so the script has no signal that a cutscene is playing and falls through to the walk-to-step logic.

Change

• New package-private DialogueRelocationGuard in the questhelper plugin. It remembers where the last dialogue was seen. If the player is more than 32 tiles from that spot and from the next step shortly after a dialogue (anchor valid for 15 s), the script holds instead of walking. The hold ends when the player is back within 32 tiles of the step, or 20 s after the last dialogue.
• noteDialogue detects the jump itself, so a cutscene that opens with a dialogue before the first hold check, a dialogue box that stays open across the fade, and a cutscene that jumps to a second scene are all held.
• QuestScript calls the guard through two small package-private methods (noteDialogueAt, holdForDialogueRelocation). While holding, the status reads "Quest helper: the game moved you, waiting up to 20 seconds in case a cutscene is playing, then continuing". When the hold ends, and on stopLoop, that text is replaced with the existing "Quest helper: continuing". Other statuses are left alone.

Validation

./gradlew :client:runUnitTests --tests '*DialogueRelocation*' --tests '*QuestScript*' --no-parallel --max-workers=2 -q exits 0: 64 tests, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skipped.

• DialogueRelocationGuardTest: 15 tests
• QuestScriptDialogueRelocationTest: 6 tests (hold and status, status replaced on return and on timeout, other status untouched, stopLoop cleanup)
• Existing QuestScript* tests: 43 tests

Reviewed by a code reviewer and a player-experience reviewer; both approved with nits.

Not verified in a live client. Unit tests only.

Known gaps

• This is a heuristic, because the game gives no cutscene signal here. A cutscene with more than 20 s without dialogue after the move, or a first check more than 15 s after the last dialogue, still lets the walker start.
• A legitimate dialogue trip (ship, charter) that lands more than 32 tiles from the next step now idles for up to 20 s, longer if dialogue continues at the destination. The status explains the pause.
• The 32-tile, 15 s and 20 s values are tuned to this one report and are untested against other quests.
• During a long cutscene each dialogue restarts the timer, so the wait can exceed the "up to 20 seconds" in the status text.
• Custom quest logic (executeCustomLogic) and the widget-highlight click run before the hold check, so quests with custom logic can still walk during an undetected cutscene. Tai Bwo Wannai Trio has none.
• Other scripts that call the walker get no protection; there is no walker-level guard.
• The two run-loop call sites in QuestScript are not exercised by a test.
• Switching off the Quest Helper start/stop option during the wait leaves the wait text in place until the plugin is stopped.

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Walkthrough

QuestScript now tracks the player’s position while dialogue is open and checks for a dialogue-related relocation before processing quest-step requirements. DialogueRelocationGuard evaluates recent dialogue positions against distance and time limits. When it holds processing, QuestScript sets a wait status; it restores the continuing status when the hold ends. Stopping the script resets the guard and clears the wait status. New tests cover guard behavior and status updates.

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to ac0c2

The new guard that waits out cutscenes after a dialogue can fail to hold in some sequences, such as a relocation that arrives a few seconds after dialogue ends or a second cutscene scene. The helper can then start walking mid-cutscene, which is the problem this change is meant to fix. The impact is limited to Quest Helper automation and is easy to revert, but these gaps are worth addressing before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the main change: after a dialogue, the Quest Helper waits out cutscenes that move the player instead of walking back. The changeset adds DialogueRelocationGuard and wires it into Quest…
Description check		The description states the problem (MB-H62MAB, Tai Bwo Wannai Trio cutscene causing a walker route and a broken Varrock teleport tablet), the root cause (only varbit 4606 is checked), the change (Dial…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title names the main change: after a dialogue, the Quest Helper waits out cutscenes that move the player instead of walking back. The changeset adds DialogueRelocationGuard and wires it into QuestScript, which matches the title. The title uses the conventional fix(scope) prefix and is 74 characters long.

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Explanation

The description states the problem (MB-H62MAB, Tai Bwo Wannai Trio cutscene causing a walker route and a broken Varrock teleport tablet), the root cause (only varbit 4606 is checked), the change (DialogueRelocationGuard, QuestScript hooks, status text), validation, and known gaps. All of these relate directly to the changeset.

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Actionable comments posted: 3

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@runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/DialogueRelocationGuard.java:
- Line 49: Update the hold-release condition in DialogueRelocationGuard so scene
changes alone do not release an active hold. Keep holding until the player
approaches the target or MAX_HOLD_MS expires, without requiring another
noteDialogue call to restore the hold.
- Line 63: Initialize the initial hold deadline from dialogueSeenAt rather than
the first relocation check’s now value, so the 20-second limit runs from the
last dialogue observation. Preserve the separate renewal behavior for later
dialogue.
- Line 39: Update the dialogue-anchor handling in DialogueRelocationGuard so a
check at the dialogue position does not discard the anchor before its 15-second
lifetime ends. Preserve it across checks until relocation is detected or it
expires, and distinguish subsequent walking from a scripted relocation so the
relocation hold remains effective during a cutscene.

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• runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/DialogueRelocationGuard.java
• runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/QuestScript.java
• runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/DialogueRelocationGuardTest.java
• runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/QuestScriptDialogueRelocationTest.java

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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Keep the dialogue anchor available for a delayed relocation.

If the first check sees the player at the dialogue position, this assignment discards the anchor before its 15-second lifetime ends. For example, a check at 5 seconds consumes the anchor, then a scripted relocation at 6 seconds receives no hold. QuestScript can then reach its walking code during the cutscene.

Preserve relocation detection across checks that occur before the relocation. Distinguish subsequent walking from a scripted relocation instead of unconditionally consuming the anchor.

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Review comment at @runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/DialogueRelocationGuard.java at line 39:
Update the dialogue-anchor handling in DialogueRelocationGuard so a check at the dialogue position does not discard the anchor before its 15-second lifetime ends. Preserve it across checks until relocation is detected or it expires, and distinguish subsequent walking from a scripted relocation so the relocation hold remains effective during a cutscene.

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Major · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Do not release the hold solely because another scene moves the player.

After a hold starts at HUNT_CUTSCENE, a move to (2600, 4700, 0) without another dialogue makes this condition release the hold. The player is still far from TAMAYU, and the timeout has not expired. The next check cannot restore the hold because the dialogue anchor was consumed.

Keep holding across scene changes until the player approaches the target or the deadline expires. The existing second-scene test avoids this failure because it calls noteDialogue at the new position.

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Review comment at @runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/DialogueRelocationGuard.java at line 49:
Update the hold-release condition in DialogueRelocationGuard so scene changes alone do not release an active hold. Keep holding until the player approaches the target or MAX_HOLD_MS expires, without requiring another noteDialogue call to restore the hold.

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Start the deadline from the last dialogue observation.

With dialogue at time 0 and the first relocation check at 5 seconds, this assignment keeps the hold active until 25 seconds. The stated limit is 20 seconds after the last dialogue, not after the first relocation check. The existing post-dialogue cooldown makes this difference reachable.

Initialize the deadline from dialogueSeenAt. Keep the separate renewal behavior for later dialogue.

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Review comment at @runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/microbot/questhelper/DialogueRelocationGuard.java at line 63:
Initialize the initial hold deadline from dialogueSeenAt rather than the first relocation check’s now value, so the 20-second limit runs from the last dialogue observation. Preserve the separate renewal behavior for later dialogue.

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