'Notha Noob Question

[Bluclawstoryteller]

I am trying to do a bit of scripting for my "Vampire's Assistant" (A scripted knife)

 

What I want it to do is add a blood pack to anyone I kill.

 

I am working out the scripting myself, (Trying to learn) but one thing that confuses me is what would be the best blocktype? On Equip sounds good, but glitchy.

[Bluclawstoryteller]

And... ummm. >>

 

How can you tell if the scripted object killed someone?

[Quetzlsacatanango]

I would try OnDeath and then make sure your script checks that the player IsKiller.

[Bluclawstoryteller]

Doesn't OnDeath only work when a SPECIFIC person is killed?

 

I am not great at modding, but when I looked it up, I am almost positive thats what it said.

[pkleiss]

Yea, an OnDeath block can only be used on actors, not a scripted weapon as the weapon doesn't die.

 

What you're asking for is a little trickey for me to come up with on fly - without coding and testing myself.

 

A simple solution would be to add an Object Effect to the weapon that uses a script effect. The script could use two commands:

 

Begin ScriptEffectStart

 If GetItemCount Bloodpack = 0
Additem Bloodpack 1
 Endif
End

 

This will add one blood pack to the targe't inventory upon the first sucessful hit with the weapon and no more. It does not do it upon killing the creature with the weapon though.

 

Without running a script on the actor (Target) themselves, I'm not sure how to go about this. And I doubt you want to add a script to every actor in the game.