Can't get effect to work on Grenades, but it'll work on other weapons.

[Tarva759]

Trying to make some mods for spooky season, but I've ran into a wall.

I've got a script that replaces dead NPCs with spore carriers/NPC ghouls/centaurs, and it works fine on melee and ranged weapons, but grenades refuse to work.

I have the Base Effect tab greyed out on grenades, but I got around it by using FNVEdit. I also tested the effect on a melee weapon, and there weren't any problems there.

Is there something special about grenades I'm not aware of? I tried increasing the radius to 5, but that didn't seem to help.


I kinda just hopped into the GECK and trusted my Oblivion experience would be enough, but if there's a vital step I didn't learn I'd truly appreciate a tutorial link.

Edited October 26, 2021 by Tarva759

[0rigamiPhoenix]

Looking at how the Flashbang does its thing, try this:

 

1. Script for the grenade. Script Type: Effect
2. Magic Effect for the grenade (Game Effects > Base Effect)
   1. Effect Archetype: Script
   2. Assoc. Item: [Your Grenade Script]
   3. Flags: Self, Touch, Target, No Magnitude
3. Enchantment for the grenade (Game Effects > Object Effect)
   1. Type: Weapon
   2. Effects: [Your Grenade Effect], etc.
4. Explosion for the grenade (Special Effects > Explosion)
   1. Ideally open an explosion you want to use as a template, and change the EditorID to copy it.
   2. Enchantment: [Your Grenade Enchantment]
5. Projectile for the grenade (Special Effects > Projectile)
   1. Ideally open a projectile you want to use as a template, and change the EditorID to copy it.
   2. Type: [Your Grenade Explosion]
6. Weapon that is your grenade (Items > Weapon)
   1. Ideally open a weapon you want to use as a template, and change the EditorID to copy it.
   2. Art and Sound > Projectile: [Your Grenade Projectile]

You might already have some of these steps completed, such as the script. If you want to display the effect, set the weapon's Object Effect to a dummy Enchantment with a dummy Base Effect that has the Display Only flag.

 

It's a lot of confusing steps to figure out on your own, hope this helps.

[Tarva759]

Thank you! I'd only made it to step 3 before posting here.

Edited October 29, 2021 by Tarva759