Looking for idea, and hints....

[coyan2]

First off, I want to say thanks for this community, It has brought my project to a higher level than I ever thought possible... What project you say? well, its something I've been working on since the GECK came out, and is still so very new, and unreleased, So far... Why? Well, I don't get a lot of time to work on it, and since i am not real good at scripting, I have been looking at other MOD's to try and learn from them, But I'm still lost in many ways...

 

Ive just got my first quest up and running, although its only 80% finished so far, I'm getting the hang of it.. I think.. :)

 

Where my problem is at at the moment, Is something I've seen in other MOD's But cant seem to understand much of it yet, so I'm looking for someone to help me get this in my head a little better...

There is one mod Scavenger world, where you can salvage from scrap piles around the wastes, and then Real Time Settler where you can actually pick up objects and turn them into scrap, But its kinda wrapped up into scripts so deep, they are beyond my ability to understand what to use out of them for my own uses..

So, here are my questions,

 

First off, Is there a way to make a static object Non-Static? Globally that is?? Such as, being able to pickup up tires, or wheels, or cinder blocks?? How about making all those piles of paper where you can Pick them up? Yes I want to pick them up, not just remove them, I have a use for them, and need them.. :) I can make an item that is Non-Static, but it wont replace all the thousands of items that are all over the place now...

 

If not the ability to pick them up and add to your pack, what about the ability to get the item in view, Like you can in RTS with cars, shopping carts, and other stuff.. so that I can get it to turn it into scrap, or at least clean it up... as part of the quests I'm working on...

I know this is a scripting issue, or at least part of it anyway, So I'm looking for a few tidbits of usable code if someone would be do kind...

 

Second, I cant seem to find anything on setting patrol areas, I know I've seen it once upon a time, But I cant find it now to save my life.....

 

and the last thing, so far anyway, I want to actually have items I'm salvaging to help build up and repair parts of the Compound, Like bringing in 50 scrap metal, and 20 pieces of wood, and whatever else to the compound so that the turrets can be finished, so bring enough material to an NPC, and when you get enough stuff, a new turret can be built..

 

So thanks for all the help in advance,

Coyan....