Forcing a script to run

[Fredas]

Never mind.  It's working now.  Move along. ;p

[Someone92]

Does your script extends 'Quest'? If it doesn't it might happen that Skyrim ignores your script.

Does your script has the event "OnInit"? That's the event that's called when you installed the mod for the first time.

 

If you want to start the quest every time you load a game your script needs to extend RefereceAlias, and is attached to a QuestAlias pointing at the player, and the event is 'OnPlayerLoadGame'.

[Fredas]

If you want to start the quest every time you load a game your script needs to extend RefereceAlias, and is attached to a QuestAlias pointing at the player, and the event is 'OnPlayerLoadGame'.

 

That's a useful tip.  Under other circumstances, I probably would have ended up struggling without that information.  Fortunately, in this case, my script effectively does not stop running; it needs to almost perpetually update certain variables.