Scripting Question

[clockout1]

Is it possible to attach a script to a weapon that will cause damage to a certain creature when nothing else will?

 

It's confusing, so let me rephrase: A creature that is only damaged by one weapon.

 

Can it be done?

[Broken_Code]

Yes it's possible, but it'd need some nice coding on the script to get it to work.

 

Here's the way I'd do it:

Make a weapon - set it to zero damage

Attach a script that checks the base ID of the creature/actor and deals damage appropriately.

 

I know there's a way to call the base of the creature/NPC hit but I can't remember it off the top of my head, best bet would be to look it up on the CS wiki.

 

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{EDIT}

Sorry, got the worng end of the stick, I was thinking a weapon that only damages a certain creature.

[clockout1]

Couldn't I do a somewhat reverse call from the creature? Like it detects the weapon and if it's the correct one it will do damage?

[Broken_Code]

Yes, I'm sure it's possible, and I'm quite sure that I've seen a command like that somewhere (CS wiki it). Once you find that the script should be pretty straight foward. eg:

 

Activate OnHit

if HitWith MyWeapon ==1

Set ActorHealth to ActorHealth - 10

else

Set ActorHealth to GetBaseActorHealth

endif

End

(If something like an OnHit block doesn't exist for weapons you'll have to do some more elaborate coding.)

 

A script something like that, with all the proper variable names, attached to the creature should do the trick (I think).

 

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[clockout1]

Interesting. This is the script I came up with:

 

Scn AADungeonCreatureHitDetection

short damage
ref Actor

Begin OnHit
set Actor to AAThePlaceholder

if getIsID AADungeonSword ==1
 set AAThePlaceHolder.GetCurrentHealth to AAThePlaceHolder.GetCurrentHealth - (1 + .2 * GetRandomPercent)
endif

if getIsID AADungeonSword == 0
set Actor.GetAV (Health) to Actor.GetBaseAV (Health)
endif

end

 

But when I hit save, it says it is missing "to" on line fourteen when it's clearly there. Do you know why?

[zprospero]

Try it without the parentheses. Pretty sure they do nothing, and it might be what's confusing it.

 

EDIT: Okay, I just tried that and it didn't work either.

[clockout1]

I think it's due to the fact that there is a space between AV and Health, which might be confusing it.

 

But I really don't know either.

[clockout1]

I think it's due to the fact that there is a space between AV and Health, which might be confusing it.

 

But I really don't know either.

[zprospero]

When I change it to this

set (actor.getactorvalue health) to (actor.getbaseactorvalue health)

I get this error:

Script 'AADungeonCreatureHitDetection', line 7:

Missing variable name in set command.

 

Maybe if you create variables and assign them the necessary values before you do this it will work.

 

so, roughly:

 

short ahealth
short abhealth

Set ahealth to actor.getactorvalue health
Set abhealth to actor.getbasactorvalue health

set ahealth to abhealth

[clockout1]

I would try that, but I got school tomorrow and have to go to bed. So I'll do it when I have the chance.