Scripting Help

[Ramengelion]

Alright, I am working on a project in which I need help figuring out how to script a magic effect which would prevent the player from waiting (At all) and only let the player sleep for 1 hour at a time. This sounds quite drastic, but it is actually for balance. If you could offer anything at all it would be nice. A PM would work well. I think it might have to do something with the "No Waiting/Sleeping while Enemies are around" but changing the message, but the 1 hour only sleep is the part that confuses me. Again, any insight at all would be greatly appricated. And of course, credits to the people that help.

[DragoonWraith]

Alright, I am working on a project in which I need help figuring out how to script a magic effect which would prevent the player from waiting (At all) and only let the player sleep for 1 hour at a time. This sounds quite drastic, but it is actually for balance. If you could offer anything at all it would be nice. A PM would work well. I think it might have to do something with the "No Waiting/Sleeping while Enemies are around" but changing the message, but the 1 hour only sleep is the part that confuses me. Again, any insight at all would be greatly appricated. And of course, credits to the people that help.

 

Not certain it'll work, but you might try this Global Script:

 

scn PlayerWakeUp

short WakeHour
short doOnce

Begin MenuMode 1012
;during Wait/Sleep

 if ( doOnce == 0 )
set WakeHour to ( GameHour + 1 )
set doOnce to 1
 endif

 if ( GameHour >= Hour )
set doOnce to 0
WakeUpPC
 endif

end

 

You might also be able to prevent the player from choosing anything other than 1 using GetPCSleepHours, but I think that'd be tricky and entirely unnecessary. This should wake up the player after an hour. Add Message, "whatever" before WakeUpPC if you'd like to explain to the player why he was woken up.

 

EDIT: You'd have to either add something to this to tell the game to only create this affect in specific area(s), or else, instead of a Global Script, add this to an object that you hide somewhere in every cell you want this to be true in...

[Ramengelion]

Perfect! I thought of the Global Scripts but I came up with one problem. How do I make it a spell effect (This is what I have thought of) so I can make it given to the player with an Ability. This would mean adding the SpellEffectStart lines, and can you contain that within a spell effect? I tried just using that script within a spell script, but I do not see a way to contain it within a spell.

[DragoonWraith]

Perfect! I thought of the Global Scripts but I came up with one problem. How do I make it a spell effect (This is what I have thought of) so I can make it given to the player with an Ability. This would mean adding the SpellEffectStart lines, and can you contain that within a spell effect? I tried just using that script within a spell script, but I do not see a way to contain it within a spell.

No, the best way to do that would be to have this script check for the presence of that ability. Wouldn't even need a script effect ability, you could just use any normal affect ability, as long as it's unique (so the script will only run if you want it to). Pretty sure it could be a script effect ability, but I'm not certain how those work exactly... Anyway, try this:

 

scn PlayerWakeUp

short WakeHour
short doOnce

Begin GameMode || MenuMode
;any time

 if ( player.IsSpellTarget, "your ability's ID" != 1 )
return
 endif

end

Begin MenuMode 1012
;during Wait/Sleep

 if ( doOnce == 0 )
set WakeHour to ( GameHour + 1 )
set doOnce to 1
 endif

 if ( GameHour >= Hour )
set doOnce to 0
WakeUpPC
 endif

end

[Ramengelion]

Ah! Now you see? I didn't think of that. That is why I made a post on here. Thanks a lot, this was a real snag in my developments, the rest is NPC and Dungeon generation.

 

EDIT: Acutally, now I think I spot a small flaw, would this be the correct script? Changes in bold

 

scn PlayerWakeUp

short WakeHour
short doOnce

Begin GameMode || MenuMode
;any time

 if ( player.IsSpellTarget, "ImmortalityAbility" != 1 )
return
 endif

end

Begin MenuMode 1012
;during Wait/Sleep

 if ( doOnce == 0 )
set WakeHour to ( GameHour + 1 )
set doOnce to 1
 endif

 if ( GameHour >= [b]Game[/b]Hour )
set doOnce to 0
WakeUpPC
 endif

end

 

Just the last "if" block is changed.

 

EDIT2.0: For future reference, what modeling programs can be used for making models for Oblivion?

 

EDIT2.5: Err... this script didn't work

[DragoonWraith]

Ah! Now you see? I didn't think of that. That is why I made a post on here. Thanks a lot, this was a real snag in my developments, the rest is NPC and Dungeon generation.

 

EDIT: Acutally, now I think I spot a small flaw, would this be the correct script? Changes in bold

 

scn PlayerWakeUp

short WakeHour
short doOnce

Begin GameMode || MenuMode
;any time

 if ( player.IsSpellTarget, "ImmortalityAbility" != 1 )
return
 endif

end

Begin MenuMode 1012
;during Wait/Sleep

 if ( doOnce == 0 )
set WakeHour to ( GameHour + 1 )
set doOnce to 1
 endif

 if ( GameHour >= [b]Game[/b]Hour )
set doOnce to 0
WakeUpPC
 endif

end

 

Just the last "if" block is changed.

 

EDIT2.0: For future reference, what modeling programs can be used for making models for Oblivion?

 

EDIT2.5: Err... this script didn't work

Actually, no. That's I meant "WakeHour", neither Hour nor GameHour. Try that.

[Ramengelion]

Ah that might help. I have to make this a Quest script correct?

 

EDIT: alright, but I used the script you gave me, made it a global script. Everything about it works except the effect that is desired. :P