Is there a way to make an NPC press an Activator switch in order to open a Door?

[lolove12345]

Is there a way to get an NPC to activate an Activator switch in order for a door to open for them.

 

As a workaround I made an activator that's only usable for NPCs, and two activator switches that the Player can use.

 

 

 

** For context it's for a hidden door to a bunker. Patrols with regurarly enter and leave the facilities so I was wondering if I could make them hit a switch in order for them to get out.

Scriptname MRRAutoClosingDoor

ref rHiddenDoor
short bOpenSesame ; Open and Close
float fDoorCloseTimer ; For the Trigger
float fDoorCloseTimerForSwitch ; For the Switches

Begin Gamemode

set rHiddenDoor to getlinkedref

    if bOpenSesame == 0 && rHiddenDoor.GetOpenState != 3 && fDoorCloseTimerForSwitch < 5
	   set fDoorCloseTimerForSwitch to fDoorCloseTimerForSwitch + getsecondspassed
	elseif bOpenSesame == 0 && rHiddenDoor.GetOpenState != 3 && fDoorCloseTimerForSwitch >= 5
	    rHiddenDoor.setopenstate 0
		set fDoorCloseTimerForSwitch to 0
	endif

    if bOpenSesame == 1
       if fDoorCloseTimer > 0
	   
	      set fDoorCloseTimer to fDoorCloseTimer - getsecondspassed
	   
	    elseif rHiddenDoor.GetOpenState != 3 
	      rHiddenDoor.setopenstate 0
		  set bOpenSesame to 0
        endif
    endif
end


Begin ontriggerenter
     
     if isActionRef Player == 0
	    if rHiddenDoor.getopenstate == 3 ;Closed
		rHiddendoor.setopenstate 1 ; 1 = Open
		  
		  set bOpenSesame to 1
		  set fDoorCloseTimer to 5
		
	    endif
     endif

end

Edited August 26, 2021 by lolove12345

[Radioactivelad]

Is this a load door or a regular door?

 

Either way I would just have a trigger box with an OnTriggerEnter near the door that transports them in to the bunker (if a load door), or have the trigger box activate the door (if a regular door).

 

You can use a formlist to identify multiple actors with these privileges with only one begin block.

 

Alternatively, and if you *have* to have the NPC tangibly use a switch, you could probably do this with zero scripts at all by giving them a Find or Use Item package targeting the switch, scheduled for when their Patrol package is no longer valid, then when *that* is completed, have an ai package direct them inside the bunker.

Edited September 2, 2021 by Radioactivelad

[Mktavish]

That's some good scripting you have there . So the npc is going in the bunker fine ... but you just don't know how to get them out ?

 

Which actually I think you could have just put a patrol point in the bunker ... and the npcs would use the door just fine as long as both sides have a finalized navmesh.

 

But hey don't let me dissuade you from exploring nitty gritty scripting options ... you will definitely find more uses for that down the road .

 

And the lazy side of scripting would be to just use an Area Trigger ... scripted to " MyPatrolRef.MoveTo OutsideMarker " Like Radioactivelad said .