ThalmorJusticiar7th

oh i didn't mean any offense towards dylbill. i was literally reporting the results of my test and my conclusion. he's been gracious enough to help and i appreciate him and you for trying to help out. i've seen this solution before, my issue with it is that, it will cause ALL crimes in the vicinity of the display case to add 750 bounty. which is ridiculous. and since the display will be staying there forever, it can cause an issue long term. i'd rather handle it within the display case's object reference.

So eversince the last post, i have been able to fix the issue with the Lockpickmenu not being recognized by CK, by reinstalling SKSE and putting its source/scripts in the right location for SSE (SKSE's .psc files should actually be in source/scripts in SSE). then i went and tried this script in the game after compiling it. nothing happens. after closing the lock pick menu, the ".SetCrimeGold" does not fire off. i then added messageboxes to all the Ifs in the script to see which event is not firing: Faction Property CrimeFactionWinterhold Auto int crimeGold Event OnActivate(ObjectReference akActionRef) If akActionRef == Game.GetPlayer() If UI.IsMenuOpen("Lockpicking Menu") crimeGold = CrimeFactionWinterhold.GetCrimeGold() RegisterForMenu("Lockpicking Menu") Debug.messagebox("lockpick menu opened") EndIf EndIf EndEvent Event OnMenuClose(string menuName) If menuName == "Lockpicking Menu" UnRegisterForMenu("Lockpicking Menu") Utility.Wait(1) Debug.messagebox("lockpick menu closed") int newCrimeGold = CrimeFactionWinterhold.GetCrimeGold() int diff = newCrimeGold - crimeGold If diff > 0 ;player was likely caught CrimeFactionWinterhold.SetCrimeGold(newCrimeGold + 750) ;add 750 to crime gold Debug.messagebox("New Crime Bounty Set") EndIf EndIf EndEvent the Lockpickmenu Open/close functions work as intented: so the only "If" that is not working is the: If diff > 0 ;player was likely caught CrimeFactionWinterhold.SetCrimeGold(newCrimeGold + 750) ;add 750 to crime gold EndIf so my conclusion is that the diff property, is not firing due to its flawed logic (int diff = newCrimeGold - crimeGold), therefore the: "If diff > 0" never happens and subsequently, ".SetCrimeGold" will not be set either. if the crime bounty has not already increased, then therefore, "diff > 0" does not happen in the first place. let me know what can be done here, and whether i might've gotten the logic wrong, @dylbill. thank you.

i don't know what the issue is, but i copied all the ".psc" files from "source/scripts" into "scripts/source" and then reinstalled SKSE (2.00.20 for 1.5.97 Skyrim), then compiling again, same result: Edit: nvm, i'll just reinstall CK, on a fresh skyrim install, and install SKSE on top, dropping all the .psc files in script/source and try again. thanks for the help.

got it thanks, i'll just put the .psc files in the script/source folder as well then. i never understand why they did this in SSE in the first place.

so im doing it on SE. and its source/scripts in here. not to mention, somebody who is using SSE, would not want to do this just to get this piece of the mod working, they just want to plug and play. so is there a way to just make it work as is with the location of scripts in SSE ? or do you need them in there just for compiling the mod, and the users do not have to do anything ?

well there seems to be an issue that CK has with compiling SKSE related scripts, i get an error on RegisterForMenu (and UnRegisterForMenu), saying the function does not exist. i tried to compile both in CK and in notepad++ and the result was the same, here's an image of the issue:

is there anybody who doesn't use skse ?! thanks for the script, the OnMenuClose is a script i didn't think i needed to use in this case, since the crime was already being applied after exiting the lockpicking menu. i'll try this out today and report back the results. thank you both for your help.

Faction Property CrimeFactionWinterhold Auto Event OnActivate(ObjectReference akActionRef) CrimeFactionWinterhold.SetCrimeGold(500) EndEvent is this script correct ? i attached it to the display case itself inside the render window, so only this instance of the item causes this crime bounty. will this only effect this specific lock pick crime or will this change the bounty for all lockpicking crimes in winterhold ?

yep. very good idea. thanks

thanks for helping out here as well xkkmEl. you're the man. it belongs to the winterhold crime faction. i can change the entire faction's crime gold, but i don't know how to do it for a specific instance of a crime, not the crime in general. how ?

hey everyone. i've put down a weapon display that i filled with a bunch of items for my quest. i put a master lock on it, so it would be very hard to access it. i have also created 2 guards with packages that will patrol around the weapon display 24/7 to make sure nobody tries to pick the lock. the guards are set at very aggressive and very hard. the goal is that, you would either have to have high sneak or use invis potions/ability to be able to reach the display case and then try to open it, but if you're caught, the guards will try to arrest you/attack you. problem is, the bounty for picking the lock is so low that, you can easily persuade the guard to look the other way. so is there a way to increase the bounty of this specific crime (attempting to pick the lock), to 2000, so that the guards would try to arrest you regardless, if they see you picking it ? any help would be appreciated. thank you

i definitely would, because i want it to come out clean, no matter how much time it takes to create the enchantment. as long as it works perfectly. as for your steps, i think i just need help with the 2 magic effects corresponding to hit detection/counting, and buffs. i simply don't know how i can even begin to start writing a code for that, maybe an event that calls in the function which will trigger the power attack buff, when the normal attack buff reaches stack #4 ? if you can just help me out with the counter & buff scripts (already helped me with counter script), or rather just give me an idea on how to stack 1 buff, 4 times (for normal attacks), and then upon 4 normal attacks switch the buff, into a power attack buff, through script, i think i can take care of the rest of it for the explosion and fireballs, through a function that simply casts the corresponding spell that i would create for each of those effects.

ok so first of all, the mod that i posted its script, is called The Infinity Sword. you can see all of its scripts there. i don't know i can post its scripts on the forum, without my post being taken down. now for the weapon enchantment: it's pretty simple, so to avoid confusion, i'm gonna fully explain it (with as little word swarm as i can). so this is what i want the enchantment to do: 1. upon successfully hitting a target with a normal attack, it applies 1 stack of a buff on player (not enemies), 2. at 4 stacks of the buff (4 successful normal attacks), it will transform into a new buff, 3. with the new buff, your next Standing power attack (the one where you just stand there with no directions and push the power attack button), will cause an explosion in the location of impact, regardless of whether it hit an opponent or not, and then 3 fireballs are sent in directions forward, left and right, the explosion is similar to the fire trap spell, and the fireballs are similar to the fireball spell. 4. each stack of the buff received from normal attacks will last 10 seconds, until it dissipates, when it does, the buff is entirely gone, and you have to start stacking buffs from the beginning. 5. after 4 stacks of the normal attack buffs where they will turn into a power attack buff, the buff will last 20 seconds until it dissipates or until you execute a power attack, after which the buff is gone. ok so, the mod that i linked (and shown you its script), accomplishes the explosion and fireballs after performing a power attack, but the standing power attack causes the explosion, whereas directional power attacks cast fireballs. it is a very good foundation to build from for the main part of the enchantment, that's why i originally, only asked for the first part of the script here, which is creating a hit counter for normal attacks, building up to a power attack buff. my personal bet was, if i can find a way to count normal attacks and apply stacks of a buff to the player, then i can simply change normal attack buff with the power attack buff, and then put a condition for on the power attack enchantment to cause the explosion and fireballs. so in essence, the enchantment has 2 phases. i hope that answers everything, thanks for helping out. i'll await your response on how to go forward with this before making any further changes to the script.

for this part, what i had in mind, was taking inspiration from a long existing mod on nexus called: infinity sword. this mod makes it so that directional power attacks with the sword, will cast some form of fire ball, and the standing power attack cuases an explosion in place. by reading though its script i found 2 interesting functions in it: Function SuperPowerAtk(Actor akSource) Float Power = InfSwordPowerGlobal.GetValue() ;Debug.Trace(Power) if (Power >= 100) FlameWave.Cast(akSource) FlameWaveRelease.Play(akSource) InfSwordPowerGlobal.SetValue(0.0) else FlameBlastBall.Cast(akSource) EndIf endFunction Function SuperPowerBlast(Actor akSource) Float Power = InfSwordPowerGlobal.GetValue() ;Debug.Trace(Power) if (Power >= 100) InfSwordSooperBlast.Cast(akSource) InfSwordPowerGlobal.SetValue(0.0) else FlameBlastLocal.Cast(akSource) EndIf endFunction as far as i can understand, he set up a global count for the weapon's enchantment, and then if that global count goes to 100 or above the weapon is charged and therefore unleashes the power attacks. i want you to take a look at this and see how can i marry this script into what we've created here so far, and see if we can somehow introduce our buff that we created (1 to 4 stacks) and then tie the explosion to the next power attack done after the stacks created by doing 4 normal attacks consecutively, to this script ? let me know what what ideas do you have for pulling this off. thanks

ah good to know. so if we're using it for testing its fine, i'll be removing it anyway in the final version of the script. now how do i create a buff that stacks up to 4 times visually ? and by visually i mean the icon of the buff on the right side of the screen (where buffs appear), goes up in count (from 1 to 4 or disappear when the player didn't power attack during the buff timer) ?

so i implemented the script, and tried it in game, when i first hit anybody in the game, it says the hitdetectionspell started, then upon hitting anyone else, instead of it being a simple notification or a stack of the debuff on enemy's hp bar, it instead appears as a prompt in the middle of the screen, and announces the NPC's FormdID instead of its name, take a look: https://www.mediafire.com/view/em5oaq75xgbowse/ScreenShot343.png/file EDIT: so i just realized, you talked about debug.messagebox & debug.notification. the thing is, a messagebox, aka a prompt, will stop the game to tell you, you have attacked a corresponding NPC, that's obviously not what i want, what i was going for was how to apply a debuff on the opponent, that stacks up to 4, and disappears 1 at a time, after a set duration, so going up from 1 to 4, and then fades away to 3, 2, 1 and then disappears from the opponent after each stack's set duration is over. i did not want a notification or prompt that tells you it is stacking up. how do you think that is achievable in skyrim ?

the error says "GetDisplayName()" is not a function (or does not exist). i assume, CK does not recognize getdisplayname as a default function in the game's script, either because the name should be different or maybe because it was never written as a function in game's default script. here is an image of the error (i posted the wrong image in the post above, now i've edited it): https://www.mediafire.com/view/rd0y0lm5uut595v/123345.png/file

there is a problem with a specific part of the script for detection spell, the event: event OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack, bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked) Debug.messageBox( "Hit on " + target.getDisplayName() + "!") endevent will not be saved/compiled because of an error with the target.getDisplayName(). here is an image of the error: https://www.mediafire.com/view/rd0y0lm5uut595v/123345.png/file

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thanks. i'll implement this in a fresh plugin and see if it works in game, also no worries about the typos, i'll refine any missing letters, etc without much issues as i edit my scripts in Notepad++ not CK.

thanks for the answer, how do i write the script for Normal attacks registering inside an OnHit event ? that's something i'm totally green about as nothing that i've seen ever handled normal attacks (same question about power attacks), i'm working on a mod project with already a main requirement, so i do not want to add anymore requirements for the quest, the issue of enchantment registering a hit on the opponent can be negated by simply not adding those hits to the script, and only count physical attacks, no ? i do have only 4 hits in mind, and a new effect for the power attack that follows these 4 normal attacks when the player has 4 stacks of the buff effect. also i don't understand what you mean by using multiple magic effects, are you saying i add a specific magic effect for each of the 4 attacks ? then how can i condition each one to stack after the one before it already happened, or if the one before it expires, this hit that (lets say i created for the 4th attack) should no longer be considered the 4th stack, but rather the 1st one, that can't happen if its a unique buff/debuff that applies stack number 4, rather than adding on the stack pile itself.

i know this might be late, but i found this thread just now, i have a request quite similar to this thread's original post: i want to create a weapon enchantment, that: 1. counts the number of times you have done normal attacks 2. add an effect that with each attack, increases fire damage with a buff on player, stacking up to 4 3. at 4 stacks of the effect, your next power attack will trigger a fire explosion (similar to fire rune trap) and 3 fire balls in front, left and right directions (like fireball), my real issue is with implementing a method for the game to register and count normal and power attacks and increase the effect's stack based on the number of attacks. i couldn't find anything like this in the game's records, so i don't even know where to begin.

ok cool. thanks for letting me know, i may pick your brain on that a little bit, later. thank you for the explanation. after testing out the current phases i'll report back on my success to implement all of this, and hopefully everything goes as planned. thank you so much for all the help.

ok cool. so playerrefalias wasn't important as i guessed. i understand what you mean, i just wasn't sure why you change the script, hence why i asked. as for: (GetOwningQuest() as SoulCollectionQuestScript).CastSoulTrap(akSpeaker) i saw that in your mock quest's dialogue and mimicked it in my own quest, but wasn't familiar why i'm doing it like this. glad that you've cleared this up. so if i am to lets say, after the quest, add the soulgem as a separate item that hosts the soul of a giant, then i can simply call on this function for the new item right ? interesting stuff. thanks for clearing it up. and thank you for coming back tome pretty fast. i appreciate it.