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Seems that the spawnable trigger boxes mod is going to be the only way. So far I have been unable to get the size and position right, but in theory it should work. It is just very difficult. Resizing the trigger boxes is a bit challenging and requires multiple steps (which fortunately are documented well). However, the portals in my mod can been resized, so I need a size that matches the portal perfectly so that small differences don't get scaled into large differences. Since you can't actually see the trigger box, it's really hard to test such precision. Once the size works, I need calculate where to place it, again considering the size of the portal. Because the portal mesh has a "center" in front of the portal, larger portals are farther from the center than smaller portals, so the math will need to account for the scale. Then I need to make sure the scripting all works. Each portal needs to keep track of the attached trigger box so that the box is removed if the portal is removed. Likewise the trigger box needs to know which portal to trigger. It's just really hard, and would be a lot easier if I could do "OnActorBumpIntoObject" or something. I could also try to combine the spawnable trigger box mesh and portal mesh into a single mesh. I tried that and was able to get the proof of concept to work, but then I could not resize the trigger box and again ran into the issue where the portal "center" is not actually the visible portal, so it was triggering when the portal was quite far away.

That is unfortunate, but thank you for the info.

Thank you for that, I was not aware of that condition. You weren't kidding about the lack of documentation. I'm not sure I'll be able to use it on dynamically placed objects but it's a lead worth investigating. I looked into that, but unfortunately it's more complex. Because the portals are created dynamically by script from a single base portal, I can't just create normal doorways.

In my mod Liminal Portals (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/104212), you need to approach the portal and activate it in order to be teleported. I would like to add a feature that teleports you just by walking into the portal, but that has been a challenge. Because the portals are created dynamically by spell scripts, I can't place trigger boxes in the creation kit to use the OnTriggerEnter function. I had looked into using the spawnable trigger boxes mod, but it is incredibly difficult to get such a specific size (I need players to still be able to get close enough to interact with the portal to use other features besides teleporting). It is made even more difficult because the vanilla model it's based on actually has the "center" a fair bit in front of the portal. If at all possible, it would be great to just detect when a player physically bumps into the portal and trigger the teleport script that way, but I can't find anything that would do that. So as a last ditch effort I'm asking here: is there any way for me to detect walking collisions with a specific object?

You're on the right track. To save your changes in a mod, you actually need to start over. Whenever you make changes in the creation kit, those changes are saved to the "Active File." So open the creation kit, double-click the Skyrim.esm, Update.esm, Dawnguard.esm, HearthFires.esm, and Dragonborn.esm (you can skip the three DLC files if you aren't editing something from the DLC). Make sure they all have the X next to their name, but none of them say "active file". Then click OK. Once it loads, click "save" in the top left corner and type a name for your mod. This file will be your mod file, and is now the "Active File". Make all the changes you want, and then save again before closing. If you want to go back and edit your mod, open the creation kit, click your file, and select "set as active file", then click OK. You will be back in your mod file to continue editing. If you saved any changes while any of the vanilla files were marked as the active file, then you need to delete files you changed and redownload them from Steam or wherever you get your game copy from. Never save changes to any of the existing files, always make a new file first and save your changes there. Other mods rely on the vanilla files so changing them will cause your other mods to break, and probably crash your game.

I now have this snippet, which is attached to a spell. The spell copies the appearance of the left staff to the right staff if you are sneaking, and copies the enchantment if you are standing. Then unequips and equips the staff so that the changes take effect. Weapon sourceStaff = Caster.GetEquippedWeapon(true) Weapon targetStaff = Caster.GetEquippedWeapon(false) If Caster.IsSneaking() targetStaff.SetModelPath(sourceStaff.GetModelPath()) targetStaff.SetIconPath(sourceStaff.GetIconPath()) targetStaff.SetMessageIconPath(sourceStaff.GetMessageIconPath()) targetStaff.SetEquippedModel(sourceStaff.GetEquippedModel()) targetStaff.SetWorldModelPath(sourceStaff.GetWorldModelPath()) Else targetStaff.SetEnchantment(sourceStaff.GetEnchantment()) EndIf Game.GetPlayer().UnequipItem(targetStaff) Game.GetPlayer().EquipItem(targetStaff) This is progress, but I still have two issues: These SKSE functions do not persist after the game closes. I have done some searching and found I can create a Quest script to re-apply them on game load, so I should be able so solve this with other resources. The Max item charge is not transferred. I tried using the SetItemMaxCharge and GetItemMaxCharge functions on the item ObjectReferences, but for some reason neither function seems to be working on the staves. The Get function returns 0 and the Set function does nothing. If I can't find a solution for this, I will probably just make a new base object with the charge manually set to the highest vanilla charge.

Weapon sourceStaff = Caster.GetEquippedWeapon(true) Weapon targetStaff = Caster.GetEquippedWeapon(false) targetStaff.SetEnchantment(sourceStaff.GetEnchantment()) This basic sample seems to work, taking the enchantment from the staff in your left hand and copying it onto the staff on your right hand. The new enchantment does not take effect until the staff is unequipped. However, this modifies the enchantment on the base object, which means all other copies of the staff will have the enchantment updated as well. Not a huge problem if you are changing the enchantment on a modded staff that you have the only copy of, but it a huge problem if you change the enchantment on something like a Falmer staff, as all future staff-wielding falmer will have your modified version. I don't suppose there is a way to make a new base object in skse? Or a way to copy the model of one staff to another, so I could make a single base object that copies the appearance of one staff and the enchantments of another?

SKSE has a number of functions to mess with enchantments. GetEnchantment, SetEnchantment, and even CreateEnchantment. However, they all seem to only work with Weapon and Armor enchantments, but not Staff Enchantments. Edit: I was wrong, it's only the CreateEnchantment that does not work with StaffEnchantments. Is there any way to create a Staff Enchantment? I'm trying to create a mod that allows you to change the spell (aka staff enchantment) on a staff in your right hand by taking it from the spell or staff in your left hand. Mostly because there are some really cool staff models you can download but I want to be able to use all my mod-added spells on those staffs without needing to create a hundred custom items in a patch. I found a similar thread from years ago, but nobody ever answered his question:

Thanks dylbill, I'll look into these and see what I can learn from them.

Hello. I'm looking to make a simple spell that will automatically dispel if the player attacks or activates an object, the same as Invisibility or Become Ethereal. I looked at how they work in the creation kit, but they use the "Invisibility" and "Etherealize" Effect Archetypes, so I can't copy just the dispel conditions. I looked through the creation kit wiki and can't find any events to detect attacking or activating. Best I could find was the OnPlayerBowShot event, which obviously isn't enough on its own. Is there a way to cancel a spell under those conditions? Even better if I can specify which (such as canceling on bow or magic attacks but not melee)

It looks like the only viable option for my requirements is the Spawnable Trigger Boxes mod with the OnTriggerEnter() event. Might have to save this feature for a later update to the mod, that's a lot of work just to enable an activator when the player is within range. Thank you both for your quick responses.

I was looking at ways to detect if the player or another actor gets within a certain distance of an activator. It seemed the best way to do with was with Trigger Boxes, but unfortunately the only documentation I can find on them talks about how to create them in a cell and link them to the activator. This won't work for me, as the activator is a duplicate of the base object created by the placeatme command and could exist anywhere. Is there a way to place a trigger box with papyrus as well, that can be linked to the the activator? Or is there some other way of having an event trigger when an actor is nearby? I don't want to run a script every few seconds to check, as there could be several of these activators and the performance impact is not worth it. The feature is pretty minor, so if there is no event-driven way to trigger it then I'll just have to cut it, but I wanted to see if anyone had ideas. Thank you.

Currently I am using PlaceAtMe with abInitiallyDisabled = true, so it is invisible when created. Then I use AddItem to add it to the inventory, and then I enable it. (I noticed that if I don't enable it afterwards, it still appears in the inventory, but remains disabled if they drop it so they can never pick it up again.) This has been working well in my testing.

I might have to mess around a bit and try some of those. The idea behind using a stone is so that the player can start a second pair without needing to complete the first pair, so they have several "in progress" portals at once, each one linked to a specific item to tell them apart. Also thematically, the portal stones are supposed to be similar to the sigil stones that made the oblivion gates. I think I will try out duplicating the stone a few times. If I have 5 versions of the stone and just limit the player to 5 incomplete portal pairs at a time, then that should be sufficient. Thanks again for all your help. I'm sure I'll run into many more issues as I turn it from a proof-of-concept into a fully reworked mod, but that's enough work for today.

That worked perfectly, thank you so much. I would have never figured this out without your help, the "SetPapyrusVariable" did not work at all for me, but your scriptref example was perfect. The basic proof-of-concept is now functional. Is there a way to keep the portal stones from stacking in the inventory if the player has more than one? And maybe a way to add a unique text (like an enchantment) to tell them apart? Not strictly necessary but makes it easier for the player to use.

Thank you for the example, dylbill. That looks very straightforward. Unfortunately, I seem to have run into a problem with the inventory item. When creating the first portal, I want to also create a copy of a "portal stone" item that will be used to create the second portal. Once the portal stone is created, I want to edit the script property on that instance of the item to store the object reference of the first portal. However, the "additem" function does not return the object reference of the created item, so I'm not sure how to actually target the item to edit it's script properties. Is there a way to add a copy of a base item to the player inventory in a way that returns the object reference of the new copy?

Classic story. Search for hours, find nothing. Post for help, find the answer in 10 minutes. I just discovered the SetPapyrusVariable function, which looks like exactly what I need. I'm hoping that I can use it for both parts of my question. So the new plan looks like this: Cast spell to create portal at their current location. Save the ObjectReference of this portal when it's created, then create an item in the player inventory. Apply the portal ObjectReference to a script on the item with SetPapyrusVariable. When the player activates the item, create another portal at their current location. Save this ObjectReference as well. Then, use SetPapyrusVariable on both ObjectReferences to set their destinations to each other, and destroy the item. If anyone has any advice for me I'm happy to hear it, but I think I have a basic plan in place. I'll leave this thread up in case someone searches for a similar problem.

I am the creator of the Liminal Portals mod (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/104212) and am trying rework the portal logic. Currently, there are 6 pairs of portals that are hardcoded to direct the users to the opposite portal. When they cast the spell to create the portal, it moves one of these portal objects to their location from a hidden cell. This limits the number of portals to the number that I have manually created in advance. I am trying to update the mod so that an infinite number can be placed. The plan is this: Cast the spell to create a copy of the portal object at their current location, placing an item in the player's inventory. When they activate this item, it creates the second portal and links them together. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to go about linking the portals when they are dynamically created. Currently they are linked through a script property that contains an ObjectReference of the destination portal. How can I use papyrus to update the script property on a portal after it has been created by the placeatme function? Also, how do I store the ObjectReference of the first portal inside an item that can be referenced when the second portal is placed? I'm not expecting a walkthrough or anything, just some pointers on functions that I can do more research on, or just the name of a mod that does something similar that I can analyze to learn from. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.