Is there a reliable way to detect flashlight state yet?

[PAPVAFS11]

I want to have creatures behave differently when the player has their light on, but I haven't found a good way to detect the PIP-Boy light state, and my searches in the past have been discouraging.

 

Has this changed since I last looked?

[NeinGaming]

At least according to the author of Enjoy the Darkness, no (edit: I say that because it can get "out of sync" with the actual flash light state, and has a function to use when that happens). Or put differently, if you find a way, be sure to let them know, too ^^

Edited March 23, 2023 by NeinGaming

[niston]

bakaframework I believe provides an AV with the flashlight state.

[RaidersClamoring]

There are listed animation events that you could try.

"pipboyLightOff"

"pipboyLightOn"

The things stated as being AnimEvents in CK don't always work, or may have weird secondary trigger conditions, but it's worth a shot.

BakaUtil is great though, probably more reliable.

[PAPVAFS11]

bakaframework I believe provides an AV with the flashlight state.

This is just what I needed, thank you.

 

Now if only I could get the flashlight state for NPCs...

[LarannKiar]

I think it's possible with F4SE. You'd need to register your script for the flashlight control with RegisterForControl, then use the events OnControlDown/OnControlUp to store the flashlight state.

 

Without F4SE, you might be able to achieve the same goal with GetLightLevel, after a lot of tinkering I guess.. GetLightLevel has a Condition (and Console if I'm remembering right) variants too. They're useful if you'd like to utilize forms that accept conditions or want to see the actual values it returns through the console interface. (GetLightLevel should work on NPCs).

Edited March 27, 2023 by LarannKiar