Josephish

ta for the reply, let you know how it goes

Is there a way to fire the currently equipped shout? I know about GetEquippedShout, but I'm not sure how to 'cast' it. is is it just spells?

Oh wow, such a silly mistake. It compiles just fine, I had just mistaken one file for another gosh :O please excuse me. I'm embarrassed! really do appreciate you trying to help, thank-you. I'll make sure I've had a good night's sleep before coming here with a question again.

hi :) thanks for replying. I installed the contents of the 7zip and have the source files. I've been able to tweak scripts before (similar simple edits) and the original and any other scripts all compile fine.

I'm just quickly trying to add hold/release functionality to the "A Closer Look" hotkey for personal use, but I'm getting "the parameter types of function onkeyup in the empty state on script _lookcloserquest do not match the parent script form" when compiling. Here's the addition I make which I'm appending after the OnKeyDown event: Event OnKeyUp(Int lookCloserHotKey, float holdTime) ;unclear if this is needed for edge cases, keeping for now ;if (lookCloserHotKey != lookCloserHotKey) ;return ;endif ;ignore keypress if menu mode or text input is enabled If !UI.IsTextInputEnabled() && !Utility.IsInMenuMode() ResetZoom() EndIf EndEventAnd the whole script: Scriptname _lookCloserQuest extends Quest ;A Closer Look ;by fadingsignal ;special thanks to towawot, Reko, and CDM_ for their help ;special thanks to Isoku, whose source code I examined for best practices ;v1.0 4/20/2015 ;==================================================================================== ;Global variables GlobalVariable Property _lookCloserZoomSteps Auto GlobalVariable Property _lookCloserZoomStepFOVIncrement Auto GlobalVariable Property _lookCloserZoomSpeed Auto GlobalVariable Property _lookCloserHotKey Auto ;this script contains the base functions that interface with the DLL import _lookCloserScript ;Internal variables float _fWorldFOV float _f1stPersonFOV float _curWorldFOV float _cur1stPersonFOV ;Variables have to be properties in order to be accessed/shared between scripts, so make these properties so the MCM can update them directly Int Property lookCloserZoomSpeed Auto Int Property lookCloserZoomFOV Auto Int Property lookCloserHotKey Auto Int Property lookCloserZoomStepsTotal Auto Int Property lookCloserZoomStepCount Auto Int Property lookCloserZoomStepFOVIncrement Auto ;==================================================================================== ;Setup on initialization of the script, grab global variable values (only runs once, never again unless quest/script is stopped and started) Event OnInit() ;grab values from global variables, which are updated by the MCM lookCloserZoomSpeed = _lookCloserZoomSpeed.GetValue() as Int lookCloserHotKey = _lookCloserHotKey.GetValue() as Int lookCloserZoomStepsTotal = _lookCloserZoomSteps.GetValue() as Int lookCloserZoomStepFOVIncrement = _lookCloserZoomStepFOVIncrement.GetValue() as Int ;We now always use the step count because it was dumb to have two modes lookCloserZoomStepCount = lookCloserZoomStepsTotal ;Get the player's FOV values _fWorldFOV = Utility.GetINIFloat("fDefaultWorldFOV:Display") _f1stPersonFOV = Utility.GetINIFloat("fDefault1stPersonFOV:Display") _curWorldFOV = _fWorldFOV _cur1stPersonFOV = _f1stPersonFOV endEvent ;==================================================================================== ;Called by the MCM when switching keys Function RegisterKey() RegisterForKey(lookCloserHotKey) Endfunction ;Called by the MCM when switching keys Function UnRegisterKey() UnRegisterForKey(lookCloserHotKey) Endfunction ;Called internally and by MCM as needed Function ResetZoom() _lookCloserScript.ZoomFOVSmooth(_fWorldFOV, _f1stPersonFOV, lookCloserZoomSpeed) lookCloserZoomStepCount = lookCloserZoomStepsTotal _curWorldFOV = _fWorldFOV _cur1stPersonFOV = _f1stPersonFOV EndFunction ;==================================================================================== Event OnKeyDown(Int lookCloserHotKey) ;unclear if this is needed for edge cases, keeping for now ;if (lookCloserHotKey != lookCloserHotKey) ;return ;endif ;ignore keypress if menu mode or text input is enabled If !UI.IsTextInputEnabled() && !Utility.IsInMenuMode() ;check if next FOV calculation will be less than 10, if so we clamp it at 10 to avoid any weirdness, which will also force a camera reset If((_curWorldFOV - lookCloserZoomStepFOVIncrement) < 11) _curWorldFOV = 10 _cur1stPersonFOV = 10 Else _curWorldFOV -= lookCloserZoomStepFOVIncrement _cur1stPersonFOV -= lookCloserZoomStepFOVIncrement EndIf ;If this value is greater than zero, this means we can still zoom in another step, when it's zero, the zoom will reset if (lookCloserZoomStepCount > 0) ZoomFOVSmooth(_curWorldFOV, _cur1stPersonFOV - 7, lookCloserZoomSpeed) ZoomFOVSmooth(_curWorldFOV, _cur1stPersonFOV, lookCloserZoomSpeed - 50) ;Subtract from the number of steps lookCloserZoomStepCount -= 1 ;Clamp this, so if people put weird values it will just reset if it zooms too far in If(_curWorldFOV <11) lookCloserZoomStepCount = 0 EndIf ;If this value is zero, that means it's time to reset steps and zoom out, as all steps have been reached else ResetZoom() endif EndIf EndEvent Event OnKeyUp(Int lookCloserHotKey, float holdTime) ;unclear if this is needed for edge cases, keeping for now ;if (lookCloserHotKey != lookCloserHotKey) ;return ;endif ;ignore keypress if menu mode or text input is enabled If !UI.IsTextInputEnabled() && !Utility.IsInMenuMode() ResetZoom() EndIf EndEventIf you can see what's missing, I'm not sure where I'm going wrong and would really appreciate some help. Thanks! -jo