[LE] How do I script a summon portal effect to fire when I enable an actor?

[Trosski]

So, I have a creature that is enabled by interacting with an activator ref using the DefaultEnableDisableRef script

 

scriptName defaultEnableDisableLinkedRef extends ObjectReference

{

- This script enables or disables linked ref based on which type user defines in properties.

- Can be done OnTriggerEnter, or OnActivate, whichever happens first

- This script only fires once then disables itself (default), or can be told to go to a done state (usually for activators) with the ShouldDisable bool.

}

int property TriggerType auto

{

0 (default) - enables linked ref

1 - disables linked ref

}

bool Property PlayerOnly = TRUE auto

{

Does this only trigger for the player? (DEFAULT = TRUE)

}

bool Property Fade = FALSE auto

{

Fade in/out when enabled/disabled? (DEFAULT = FALSE)

}

bool Property ShouldDisable = TRUE auto

{

Should I disable once triggered/activated? (DEFAULT = TRUE)

}

float Property Delay = 0.0 auto

{

Delay before Enable/Disable (DEFAULT = 0.0)

}

ObjectReference myLinkedRef

auto State Waiting

Event onTriggerEnter(ObjectReference triggerRef)

if (triggerRef == Game.GetPlayer()) || (!PlayerOnly)

myLinkedRef = GetLinkedRef() as ObjectReference

utility.Wait(Delay)

if (TriggerType == 0)

myLinkedRef.enable(Fade)

elseif (TriggerType == 1)

myLinkedRef.disable(Fade)

endif

if (ShouldDisable == TRUE)

self.disable()

else

GoToState("Done")

endif

endif

endEvent

Event onActivate(ObjectReference triggerRef)

if (triggerRef == Game.GetPlayer()) || (!PlayerOnly)

myLinkedRef = GetLinkedRef() as ObjectReference

utility.Wait(Delay)

if (TriggerType == 0)

myLinkedRef.enable(Fade)

elseif (TriggerType == 1)

myLinkedRef.disable(Fade)

endif

if (ShouldDisable == TRUE)

self.disable()

else

GoToState("Done")

endif

endif

endEvent

endState

State Done

;Do Nothing

endState

The creature then walks to an idle marker inside a trigger box, and waits for the player to enter the trigger.

Once inside the trigger, I have an onEnterTrigger script that adds a summon spell to the player, and disables the creature.

Scriptname PaxtonOnEnter extends ObjectReference Conditional

{script to test if one or more actors are in a trigger}

import game

import debug

ActorBase property TriggerActor1 auto

{actor that trigger is looking for - all non-empty trigger actors need to be in trigger in order for IsTriggerReady to be true

Update OnInit when adding new trigger properties!}

ActorBase property TriggerActor2 auto

{ref that trigger is looking for - all non-empty trigger actors need to be in trigger in order for stage to be set

Update OnInit when adding new trigger properties!}

ReferenceAlias property TriggerAlias1 auto

{ref ALIAS that trigger is looking for - all non-empty triggerRefs need to be in trigger in order for stage to be set

Update OnInit when adding new trigger properties!}

Spell property MaggieSpell auto

ObjectReference myLinkedRef

bool Property Fade = FALSE auto

{

Fade in/out when enabled/disabled? (DEFAULT = FALSE)

}

; etc. - add more as needed

bool property disableWhenDone = false auto

{ disable myself after I've been triggered. Defaults to false }

;total targets currently in the trigger

int targetCountCurrent

;how many targets are we looking for? When targetCountCurrent reaches this, we trigger

int targetCountTotal

Event OnInit()

; count my non-empty trigger properties

if TriggerActor1

targetCountTotal = targetCountTotal + 1

endif

if TriggerActor2

targetCountTotal = targetCountTotal + 1

endif

if TriggerAlias1

targetCountTotal = targetCountTotal + 1

endif

endEvent

auto STATE waiting

EVENT onTriggerEnter(objectReference triggerRef)

if CheckTriggerRef(triggerRef)

myLinkedRef = GetLinkedRef() as ObjectReference

; increase ref count

modTargetCount(1)

; if all target refs are in the trigger, done

if bAllTargetsInTrigger

Game.GetPlayer().AddSpell(MaggieSpell)

myLinkedRef.Disable(Fade)

TriggerMe()

endif

endif

endEVENT

EVENT OnTriggerLeave(objectReference triggerRef)

if CheckTriggerRef(triggerRef)

; decrease ref count

modTargetCount(-1)

endif

endEvent

endSTATE

STATE hasBeenTriggered

; this is an empty state.

endSTATE

function modTargetCount(int modValue)

targetCountCurrent = targetCountCurrent + modValue

; failsafe - don't go below 0

if targetCountCurrent < 0

targetCountCurrent = 0

endif

; update bAllTargetsInTrigger

if targetCountCurrent >= targetCountTotal

bAllTargetsInTrigger = true

else

bAllTargetsInTrigger = false

endif

endFunction

int function GetCurrentTargetCount()

return targetCountCurrent

endFunction

int function GetTotalTargetCount()

return targetCountTotal

endFunction

bool function IsTriggerReady()

return ( GetCurrentTargetCount() >= GetTotalTargetCount() )

endfunction

bool function CheckTriggerRef(objectReference triggerRef)

; debug.trace(self + "CheckTriggerRef for " + triggerRef)

bool bSuccess = false

if triggerRef

Actor triggerActor = triggerRef as Actor

if triggerActor

; we have an actor, check if it matches any of our trigger actors

ActorBase triggerActorBase = triggerActor.GetActorBase()

; debug.trace(self + "CheckTriggerRef for " + triggerRef + ": actorbase=" + triggerActorBase)

if triggerActorBase == TriggerActor1 || triggerActorBase == TriggerActor2

; debug.trace(self + "CheckTriggerRef for " + triggerRef + ": MATCHED")

bSuccess = true

else

; debug.trace(self + "CheckTriggerRef for " + triggerRef + ": failed to match " + TriggerActor1 + ", " + TriggerActor2)

endif

endif

; if we haven't already found something, check aliases

if !bSuccess

if (TriggerAlias1 && triggerRef == TriggerAlias1.GetRef())

bSuccess = true

endif

endif

endif

return bSuccess

endFunction

; what happens when all my targets are in the trigger?

; override on subclass to change behavior

function TriggerMe()

if disableWhenDone

gotoState("hasBeenTriggered")

Disable()

endif

endFunction

bool Property bAllTargetsInTrigger = false Auto conditional

{true when all targets are in trigger}

All of it works correctly, but I have been asked to make the creature appear and disappear with a summoning portal effect, and I can't figure out how to make that happen. Is there a a trigger function that can be added to the scripts to cause the portal effect to fire, or do I need to go in a whole different direction with a different kind of script?