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Sorry for the very late reply. I just relocated for a new job. Very hectic. TES4Edit is perfect. Thank you so much!

I have finished the interior cells for my dungeon mod, and now I'm working on the exterior. I would like to limit the changes my mod makes to a single exterior cell. However, I have accidentally already created and saved minor changes to several adjacent cells. Is there a way that I can delete all changes to these cells? I am okay with throwing away all my exteriors if that's what it takes.

Ah! Many thanks, both of you. The wagon and the swing seem like exactly the kinds of examples I need.

I'm trying to make several thematic moving objects for a dungeon. Moving platforms, shifting stones, spooky shuddering furniture, etc. But the Oblivion game engine doesn't like it when you script static objects or activator objects to move. I have made a script which should move an object--visually it DOES move--but the engine keeps the physics of the object at the original location. I have not been able to work around this limitation on my own, even using disable/move/enable tricks. Rather than keep trying to troubleshoot my script, I would like to examine a successful script of this sort. Would anyone be kind enough to list a mod or two they know of that have moving object scripts?

Thanks QQuix! I think I understand how savegames interact with actors now. Please correct me if this line of thinking is wrong. In my use case, PlaceAtMe creates a dynamic(generated at runtime) reference to the ghost. The spawned ghost is non-persistent by default. As a dynamic, non-persistent reference, it will be cleaned from the save file after 72 in-game hours(according to the iHoursToRespawnCell variable). Regardless of the number of ghosts this script spawns, whether the player leaves them dead or alive, they will be deleted from the save file as expected. Since I can safely use PlaceAtMe, the final script for my trapped door(yet another trapped door, haha!) is: ScriptName LohithaHauntedDoorScript ;Summons a ghost to the parent ref. short doOnce ref targetMarker Begin OnReset set doOnce to 0 End Begin OnActivate if GetOpenState != 3 SetOpenState 0 return else if GetLocked == 1 return else SetOpenState 1 if doOnce != 0 return else set doOnce to 1 set targetMarker to GetParentRef targetMarker.PlaceAtMe CreatureGhost PlaySound AMBBreath endif endif endif End

Hello again Nexus forums! Today I'm trying to make traps that summon creatures. In Morrowind's daedric shrines there were altar items that summoned daedra when disturbed. I want exactly the same behavior but with ghosts. I have the following script for when the player disturbs a sacred resting place: ScriptName LohithaHauntedDoorScript ;Summons a ghost to the parent ref. short doOnce ref targetMarker Begin OnReset set doOnce to 0 End Begin OnActivate if GetOpenState != 3 SetOpenState 0 return else SetOpenState 1 if doOnce != 0 return else set doOnce to 1 set targetMarker to GetParentRef targetMarker.PlaceAtMe CreatureGhost PlaySound AMBBreath endif endif End The code above performs exactly as I desire. The problem is that, apparently, the PlaceAtMe function causes the player's save file to grow every time it's used. Having suffered massive save files myself, I want to avoid using the PlaceAtMe function. The construction set wiki recommends to use an existing creature and moving them. I can't seem to get this working. My current attempt uses the following code: Begin OnActivate if GetOpenState != 3 SetOpenState 0 return else SetOpenState 1 if doOnce != 0 return else set doOnce to 1 set targetMarker to GetParentRef PlaySound AMBBreath set summonedGhost to CreatureGhost.CreateFullActorCopy summonedGhost.Disable summonedGhost.MoveToMarker targetMarker summonedGhost.Enable endif endif End Do any of you super knowledgeable folk understand why this wouldn't work? Is it because I'm disabling, moving, and enabling in the same frame? How can I delay these steps to different frames?(if necessary)

Thank you for the advice! I'm sorry I didn't respond yesterday. I went to a friend's house shortly after posting. Your strategy works perfectly, with only one oddity. "GetFirstRef 69 1" and "GetNextRef" do not appear to find the player as an actor. I had to add a player-specific condition. For anyone interested, here is the working code for a door that opens and closes based on the proximity of creatures with light sources: ScriptName LohithaLightOpenDarkClose ;A door opens or closes based on the nearness of a creature with a light. float triggerDist float requiredLight ref curActor short shouldOpen Begin GameMode set curActor to GetFirstRef 69 1 set triggerDist to 300 set requiredLight to 1 set shouldOpen to 0 if GetDistance PlayerRef < triggerDist && PlayerRef.GetActorLightAmount > requiredLight set shouldOpen to 1 endif while (curActor && shouldOpen == 0) if GetDistance curActor < triggerDist && curActor.GetActorLightAmount > requiredLight set shouldOpen to 1 break endif set curActor to GetNextRef loop if shouldOpen == 1 SetOpenState 1 else SetOpenState 0 endif End

Hello everyone. In my Oblivion dungeon I'm trying to make various objects that activate when a creature with a light source comes within a certain distance of them. I want this effect to happen even when it is a non-player character that approaches the object. Essentially I want the following code for traps/doors/spooky haunted things: begin GameMode ref nearestActor = GetNearestActor() if GetDistance(nearestActor) && nearestActor.GetActorLightAmount() > 30 ;Do spooky stuff endif end However, I can find no means to get a reference to the nearest actor. GetNearestActor() does not exist. Does anyone here know of a way to get a reference to the nearest actor? I'm willing to use Oblivion Script Extender functions.