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How am I supposed to use the MoveTo function? I created a Marker static in the CS and want to move it to the player's location with offsets (hence why i'm not just using SetLocation) so it is placed a few feet in front of the player. This is happening by way of a magic effect script. I created a property on the script and filled it with my Marker object. So the script I have looks similar to this... Actor PlayerRef Static property MyMarker auto PlayerRef = Game.GetPlayer() MyMarker.MoveTo(PlayerRef) ;no offsets for nowBut it doesn't compile and gives me the error.... MoveTo is not a function or does not existI'm not sure why it "doesn't exist" or is "not a function". I can replace MyMarker with PlayerRef in the function and send the player to other ObjectReferences locations. But putting the MyMarker property back in breaks it again. I can't figure out why. Any help? EDIT: Apparently I was supposed to set the property as an ObjectReference, not Static and place a reference of it somewhere in the world. Then fill it with the World Reference name I gave it. Seems to work now.

I have this script attached to a Quest and I'm hoping someone can inform me how to discern if the ObjectReference variable I fill with GetCurrentCrosshairRef is an Actor type or not. I've tried... Actor TargetRef (more script, then...) TargetRef = Game.GetCurrentCrosshairRef() ...but then the compiler tells me type mismatch while assigning to a actor (cast missing or types unrelated)So I change my variable to... ObjectReference TargetRef...and everything compiles just fine. But doesn't this mean that the meat of my script will happen to any reference under my crosshair? I just want it to only effect Actor references. How can I make it tell them apart? I feel like I should know this, but it's late and I'm blanking. Thanks.

This is what the problem was. I'd already installed SKSE, but I didn't have it extracted to the proper directories, hence the compiler not recognizing any of the SKSE functions. When I reinstalled it, everything worked perfectly. Thanks for the help. Sorry I'm such a bonehead.

Thanks for the help. I took your comment about the player switching weapons/spells while drawn into consideration and decided to revamp the script to check/force camera perspective when the "Ready Weapon" control is triggered instead. The script I now have compiles, but nothing's happening when I push the Ready Weapon button. Here's how it looks: The first message fires telling me the quest and script are starting correctly, but the debug message isn't popping up when the Ready Weapon control is pressed. I have the quest set to Start Game Enabled and Run Once. Is the script only processing once and then stopping b/c of a quest setting? Or do I just not have the code right? It's compiling...no errors for once...but nothing's happening when the Ready Weapon control is pressed.

I'm new to papyrus scripting and am having some trouble transitioning from Oblivion script, which I was pretty good at years ago. I've spent a couple nights going over the beginner scripting tutorials on the CS website. I've tried applying what I've learned from them to create a script that forces a third person camera when the player's weapon is drawn, and then forces a first person camera when sheathed. Pretty simple. The script is attached to a quest that auto starts when the game loads. But what I have so far isn't compiling. I'm getting a couple of errors that have me stumped. Here's what it looks like: Scriptname shCameraScript extends Actor {Script for forcing the camera in or out depending on if the player has a weapon drawn.} bool WeaponOut = player.isweapondrawn() Function ForceFirstPerson() global if WeaponOut == true game.forcethirdperson() elseif WeaponOut == false game.forcefirstperson() endif endFunctionAnd the compiler output says this: Starting 1 compile threads for 1 files... Compiling "shCameraScript"... C:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\shCameraScript.psc(4,17): no viable alternative at input 'player' C:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\shCameraScript.psc(4,23): required (...)+ loop did not match anything at input '.' C:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\shCameraScript.psc(4,5): Unknown user flag player No output generated for shCameraScript, compilation failed. Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed. Failed on shCameraScript Not really sure what to do at this point.