MCM hotkeys issue

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I have found that while a messagebox is open hotkeys set in the MCM aren't registered but OnKeyDown() events are. However I cannot work out how to get the MCM menu to set the script property that will be the scancode to register and listen for.

I have tried all sorts of combinations of the following in config,json and keybinds.json

{
  "id": "Essential Hotkey",
  "text": "Hotkey to toggle essential status of NPCs",
  "type": "hotkey",
  "help": "This sets a hotkey to toggle the essential status of NPCs under the crosshair.",
  "valueOptions": {
    "allowModifierKeys": true
    },
  "action": {
    "type": "CallFunction",
    "form": "dz_F4_little_things.esp|0800",
    "scriptName": "dz_F4_little_things_quest_script",
    "function": "dz_set_ess_hotkey",
    "params": ["{value}"]
  }
}

{
      "id": "Essential Hotkey",
      "desc": "Hotkey to toggle essential status of NPCs",
   "valueOptions": {
   "sourceType": "PropertyValueInt",
   "sourceForm": "dz_F4_little_things.esp|0800",
   "scriptName": "dz_F4_little_things_quest_script",
   "propertyName": "ess_hotkey"
    },
   "action": {
   "type": "CallFunction",
   "form": "dz_F4_little_things.esp|0800",
   "scriptName": "dz_F4_little_things_quest_script",
   "function": "dz_set_ess_hotkey",
   "params": ["{value}"]
   }
}

I have moved the "action" from one file to the other, added sourcetype etc to both files, it seems that the keybinds.json cannot pass a value to the function it calls - keep getting "error: Type mismatch for argument 1." in the papyrus log if I try that,

likewise the config.json doesn't seem to pass a value on selecting a hotkey in the menu either.

 

I need to be able to have a script act on a keydown event while a message box is open, this worked in Skyrim because the MCM menu system there relied on the modder using OnKeyDown events.

Any thoughts?

 

 

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