looking for some help with a little sript problem

[stars2heaven]

Im trying to get a creature to attack you when you attempt to loot it. Once you kill it, then you can loot it. My script works just fine for that. But it's having an odd side effect. Event though I start combat, the creature wont chase me or hit me if Im close. Since it will do those things without the script, Im guessing Im doing something wrong. Here is what Ive got.

Scn DI3ShuuResurectionScript

Short DoOnce

Begin OnActivate 

If DoOnce == 0
	SetAV health 15
	Resurrect 1
	StartCombat player
	Set DoOnce to 1
Else
	If DoOnce == 1
	Activate
EndIf
EndIf

End

 

Why is this causing the creature to just stand there during combat?

[Vagrant0]

Im trying to get a creature to attack you when you attempt to loot it. Once you kill it, then you can loot it. My script works just fine for that. But it's having an odd side effect. Event though I start combat, the creature wont chase me or hit me if Im close. Since it will do those things without the script, Im guessing Im doing something wrong. Here is what Ive got.

 

Why is this causing the creature to just stand there during combat?

Try this...

 

Scn DI3ShuuResurectionScript

Short DoOnce

Begin OnActivate 

If DoOnce == 0 [b]&& getdead == 1 [/b]
[b]		Resurrect 1
	SetAV health 15[/b]
	StartCombat player
	Set DoOnce to 1
Else[b]if getdead == 1 [/b]
	If DoOnce == 1
	Activate
EndIf
EndIf

End

Changes in bold

 

Alternatively...

 

Scn DI3ShuuResurectionScript

Short DoOnce

Begin ondeath
if DoOnce == 0 
Set DoOnce to 1
elseif DoOnce == 2
Set DoOnce to 3
endif
end

Begin OnActivate 
if getdead == 1
If DoOnce == 1
	Resurrect 1
	SetAV health 15
	StartCombat player
	Set DoOnce to 2
	Return
elseIf DoOnce == 3
	Activate
	else
	return
EndIf
EndIf
End

Might be a better option since it will only trigger the doonce change upon death, but still revives the creature if it is activated once killed.

[stars2heaven]

For some reason your first script prevents the resurection completely. I tried altering it a few different ways but nothing made it work. The second wont work for my purposes since it requires that the creature be alive to begin with.

 

Could that be the issue? I want the player to find this creature dead, be enticed to try to loot it since there is both some back story and it is named, and then find out that the creature is now undead.

 

If it is the issue, maybe there is some other way of doing the same thing.

 

I also tried a similar script with most everything but one line in a GameMode block. It did the same thing as my original, but with the same consequences.

[Vagrant0]

If it is the issue, maybe there is some other way of doing the same thing.

The way to do something like this depends mostly on where this creature is used. What you might want to try is simply using either a kill function, or a set DoOnce to 1 within an onload block. The problem however is that a creature which starts out with 0 health when being placed will often have bugged health upon resurrect. Using a fatigue ability which is removed upon activate is a possible alternative to the actor being dead, but the option to loot looks different.

[stars2heaven]

Thanks alot, the kill function did the trick! It now works exactly as I wanted. Only unfortunate side effect now is that I cant position him exactly as I wanted :( I liked being able to position him in such a way that made it look like he was running from something when he died.

 

Oh well, not much is lost in that aspect. Thanks again!