Scripting help

[monkeyboi]

do you happen to know a way to add a magicka drain within a script?, or magic effects without those icons?

[documn]

If dispel isn't working, you can try removespell instead.

 

To add a magicka drain, you can use addspell.

[monkeyboi]

ok new question:

 

within my script i am using a timer (for a built in magicka drain)

but i need a command that tells it to check the timer constantly

[Deleted1848331User]

float timer

set timer to ##

if timer <= Highest Number
commandcommandcommand
if timer <= just keep going down to 1
commandcommandcommand

;use this part for your script. should work fine.

[documn]

Good tutorial for timers: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Scripting_Tutorial:_Creating_a_Simple_Timer

 

 

[monkeyboi]

LordFrostcraig

that would work, but i want it to check it indefinatly

 

my goal was to have the script drain 1 pt of magicka per second, and once magicka hits 0 then it turns off

any ideas for that?

[Deleted1848331User]

hmmm... I haven't used timers before, so I have to think lol.

 

float timer

set timer to 1000000
if timer >= 999999
Player.ModAv Magicka -1
...
if Player.GetAV Magicka == 0)
set timer to 0


;and so on. this would be a VERY long code though... As I've said, I haven't used timers. You'll need someone who has lol.

[documn]

This is an example code that will drain 1 pt of magicka every second, and will stop when the actor's magicka hits 0:

 

1. Make an item i.e. a ring, clutter, or something else that you can hold in your inventory. Make a spell that will add this item to the actor's inventory when they get hit by the spell. A script effect that has AddItem in a ScriptEffectStart block should work nicely.

 

2. Add the following script to your item:

 

scn DrainMagickaScript
float timer
ref actor

begin onadd
set actor to getcontainer
end

begin gamemode
if actor.getav magicka <= 0
  removeme
else
  if timer > 0 
     set timer to timer - getsecondspassed
  else
 	set timer to 1
     player.modav magicka -1
  endif
endif
end

[monkeyboi]

okay, i have a solution for my problems...

i need to start using OBSE...

thats not an issue but i cant figure out how to launch the CS in "obse mode"

 

any help... im running windows 7 btw

[documn]

Make a shortcut. Put the target as \Oblivion\obse_loader.exe -editor

More detailed instructions in the OBSE readme or here: http://cs.elderscrol.../index.php/Obse

 

By the way, I haven't seen anything in your scripts so far that would need OBSE, but if you really wanna use it, I don't see why not.