[NV] ModAV percentage?

[Jokerine]

Hello, everybody! I have a little question for you this morning: is it possible to use percentages when using ModAV in a script?

To clarify, someone requested a mod for NV to imitate the rads effect from FO4, which lowers your health depending on how high your rads level is. According to Wikia, you lose 1% of health every 10 rads. So I was thinking a little quest script with something along the lines of "PlayerREF.ModActorValue Health XX" would probably do the trick, with maybe a timer. Or maybe I could mess with the rads effect directly instead, dunno. I could just make it so you lose one point of health, but that just isn't the same...

So, anybody knows if it's possible to use percentages, like with GetHealthPercentage? I couldn't see anything in the GECK wiki about it. Then again I literally just woke up and haven't had any coffee yet, haha :sleep:

Please let me know! Thank you :)

[Belthan]

Don't know of a way to directly modav by a percentage, but you could calculate it, e.g.

SHORT CurrentRads
SHORT LastRadCheck
SHORT RadChange
SHORT MaxHealth
SHORT HealthChange
SHORT CumulativeDebuff

if CumulativeDebuff == 0
    ; Permanent AV changes not only when player levels up,
    ; but also when we debuff health for rad effect.
    ; So, only update max health when the debuff is zero.
    set MaxHealth to PlayerREF.GetPermanentActorValue Health
endif

set CurrentRads to PlayerREF.getav RadiationRads
set RadChange to CurrentRads - LastRadCheck

if RadChange != 0
    set LastRadCheck to CurrentRads
    set HealthChange to ((RadChange / -1000) * MaxHealth)
    PlayerREF.modav Health HealthChange

    set CumulativeDebuff to CumulativeDebuff + HealthChange
endif

Full disclosure: this is entirely theoretical and untested.

 

EDIT: If the player has low health and high rads the first time this script runs, it could instantly kill them. Probably a good idea to have the ability to toggle the feature on and off, and warn the player about the dangers before they activate it.

[Jokerine]

Cool beans on a stick, thank you, Belthan! I'll mess with this tomorrow or the day after and see how it fares. You rock! :wub:

Edited November 24, 2015 by Jokerine