"cannot cast a weapon to a objectreference, types are incompatible" ?

[Deleted2838758User]

I'm trying to create a scripted spell that allows the player to temper a spell

Event OnEffectStart(Actor AkTarget, actor AkCaster)
	Caster = AkCaster
	ObjectReference AlteredWeapon = Caster.getEquippedWeapon()
	Float Magnitude = Self.GetMagnitude()

	Int i = 0
	While (i <  Material.Length)
		If AlteredWeapon.HasKeyword(Material[i])
			if (Caster.GetItemCount(Ore[i]) >= 1)
				AlteredWeapon.setItemHealthPercent(Magnitude)
				advanceSkill("alteration", skillAdvancement * Magnitude)
			Else
			; caster must have had no valid ore
			FailureSFX.play(caster)
			failureMSG.show()
			endIf
		Endif
		i += 1
	EndWhile
	i = 0
	AlteredWeapon = None
EndEvent

The only problem is that the "ObjectReference AlteredWeapon = Caster.getEquippedWeapon()" line doesn't work. I keep getting the message "cannot cast a weapon to a objectreference, types are incompatible"

Edited October 2, 2015 by Guest

[foamyesque]

Items in a container (e.g., in an actor's inventory, equipped or not) aren't object references (bar some exceptions not applicable here); they're the base forms. Hence, GetEquippedWeapon returns a type of Weapon, which is a subtype of Form, but not of ObjectReference, so you cannot cast the one to the other.

[Deleted2838758User]

Items in a container (e.g., in an actor's inventory, equipped or not) aren't object references (bar some exceptions not applicable here); they're the base forms. Hence, GetEquippedWeapon returns a type of Weapon, which is a subtype of Form, but not of ObjectReference, so you cannot cast the one to the other.

Oh wow, seems like this an extremely annoying limitation. Is there any work-around other than having to remove the item from the inventory before casting it into an Objectreference variable ?

[foamyesque]

I'm not sure. Doing a chain cast [ObjectReference a = (b as Form) as ObjectReference] will compile, but I've not tested it in action. I would expect it to not work for what is needed; dropping it out of inventory, modifying it, and re-equipping it is how I believe mods like LOOT achieve similar effects.