Summoning Activator Question Regarding a Tutorial

[IonDune]

Using this guide, I made a lectern that was capable of summoning a choice of 4 creatures. After following the tutorial and making changes for it to fit my design, I came up with this script:

 

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Scriptname SummoningStation

 

ref Minotaur

ref Xivilai

ref Lich

ref Storm

short alive

short button

short stage

 

begin onactivate

 

set Minotaur to SummonMinotaurID.createfullactorcopy

set Xivilai to SummonXivilaiID.createfullactorcopy

set Lich to SummonLichID.createfullactorcopy

set Storm to SummonStormID.createfullactorcopy

 

MessageBox "Which monster would you like to summon?", "Minotaur", "Xivilai", "Lich", "Storm Atronach", "Cancel"

 

set stage to 1

set alive to 1

 

end

 

 

begin gamemode

 

set Button to getButtonPressed

 

if stage == 1 && button == 0

Minotaur.moveto killroommarker

if alive

if Minotaur.getdead

set alive to 0

Minotaur.deletefullactorcopy

endif

endif

set stage to 0

Return

 

 

elseif stage == 1 && button == 1

Xivilai.moveto killroommarker

if alive

if Xivilai.getdead

set alive to 0

Xivilai.deletefullactorcopy

endif

endif

set stage to 0

Return

 

 

elseif stage == 1 && button == 2

Lich.moveto killroommarker

if alive

if Lich.getdead

set alive to 0

Lich.deletefullactorcopy

endif

endif

set stage to 0

Return

 

 

elseif stage == 1 && button == 3

Storm.moveto killroommarker

if alive

if Storm.getdead

set alive to 0

Storm.deletefullactorcopy

endif

endif

set stage to 0

Return

 

elseif stage == 1 && button == 4

set stage to 0

Return

 

endif

End

 

An ingame test soon showed that it worked nearly perfectly. I have the Multiple Creature Summoning mod, so I was able to summon multiple creatures and soon started a large brawl. As the fight went on, however, and creatures began to die, their bodies remained there and I was able to loot them. From what I could tell from the tutorial and code, the creatures were supposed to disappear after death. Is this a problem in my understanding, my mod, or my script? And is there a way to fix it?

 

Thanks for you time!

[Vagrant0]

  IonDune said:

I'm not sure, but I think "deletefullactorcopy" would only work if you had just one such activator since it's based off the base creature or something. Try "ref.removeme" instead or "ref.disable". Not too sure, never liked the createfullactorcopy method of spawning.

[IonDune]

  Vagrant0 said:

  IonDune said:

I'm not sure, but I think "deletefullactorcopy" would only work if you had just one such activator since it's based off the base creature or something. Try "ref.removeme" instead or "ref.disable". Not too sure, never liked the createfullactorcopy method of spawning.

 

I tried both removeme and disable, and even disabled the multiple creature summoning mod, but the bodies still remained there. Are there, perhaps, other methods of summoning that would work better in this situation?

[Vagrant0]

  IonDune said:

I think the problem might be the conditions in the script which are related to removing the creature after death.

begin onactivate

set Minotaur to SummonMinotaurID.createfullactorcopy
set Xivilai to SummonXivilaiID.createfullactorcopy
set Lich to SummonLichID.createfullactorcopy
set Storm to SummonStormID.createfullactorcopy

if stage != 1
MessageBox "Which monster would you like to summon?", "Minotaur", "Xivilai", "Lich", "Storm Atronach", "Cancel"

set stage to 1
set alive to 1
endif
end


begin gamemode

set Button to getButtonPressed

if stage == 1 && button == 0
Minotaur.moveto killroommarker
if alive == 1
if Minotaur.getdead == 1
set alive to 0
Minotaur.deletefullactorcopy
set stage to 0
endif
endif
Return

 

Moved the set stage to a different spot too so that each activator can only spawn one creature at a time. Spawning two may have broken the cleanup since the button condition would no longer be true. Addtionally, if the creatures being spawned are unique references that you can edit and attach scripts to, you may wish to add the following script to them.

 

scn mobdeathcleanup

ref self

begin onload
set self to getself
end

begin onactivate
if self.getdead == 1
return
endif
end

begin ondeath
self.removeme
end

 

However since we're using the full actor copy method, the scripting may not be present in the copies. In which case, you may have to do an ability script which does the same sort of stuff, or adjust the spawning script to work off a placeatme.

[IonDune]

  Vagrant0 said:

 

That didn't work either. I used this as my new script:

 

Scriptname SummoningStation

ref Minotaur
ref Xivilai
ref Lich
ref Storm
short alive
short button
short stage
begin onactivate

set Minotaur to SummonMinotaurID2.createfullactorcopy
set Xivilai to SummonXivilaiID.createfullactorcopy
set Lich to SummonLichID.createfullactorcopy
set Storm to SummonStormID.createfullactorcopy

if stage != 1
MessageBox "Which monster would you like to summon?", "Minotaur", "Xivilai", "Lich", "Storm Atronach", "Cancel"

set stage to 1
set alive to 1
endif
end


begin gamemode

set Button to getButtonPressed

if stage == 1 && button == 0
Minotaur.moveto killroommarker
if alive == 1
if Minotaur.getdead == 1
set alive to 0
Minotaur.deletefullactorcopy
set stage to 0
endif
endif
Return

elseif stage == 1 && button == 1
Xivilai.moveto killroommarker
if alive == 1
if Xivilai.getdead == 1
set alive to 0
Xivilai.deletefullactorcopy
set stage to 0
endif
endif
Return

elseif stage == 1 && button == 2
Lich.moveto killroommarker
if alive == 1
if Lich.getdead == 1
set alive to 0
Lich.deletefullactorcopy
set stage to 0
endif
endif
Return

elseif stage == 1 && button == 3
Storm.moveto killroommarker
if alive == 1
if Storm.getdead == 1
set alive to 0
Storm.deletefullactorcopy
set stage to 0
endif
endif
Return


elseif stage == 1 && button == 4
set stage to 0
Return
endif

End

 

And attached that other script to the reference creature, but they were still there after death. The only difference was that now i could no longer use the altar a second time after first killing one summoned creature.

 

Also, I've been using the console command "kill" to kill the creatures. Could that be having an adverse effect on the script?

 

EDIT: I think I've found a way for it to work adequately enough for my needs. I changed back to my original script that allowed multiple summonings, and am changing the inventory of my references to contain nothing (or in one case, my minotaur lord, just a weapon) so that that don't have anything worth looting anyways. I will then make a pit off to the side of the room for players to throw corpses in to, just for aesthetic value. This should work fine enough.

[Vagrant0]

Hmm, don't know what the issue is, know removeme works on death somehow, my shephards ring mod has it like that... Might want to check it out since it also has some spawning scripting. Think the problem might be related to some sort of referencing problem, but not sure what.

[IonDune]

  Vagrant0 said:

Hmm, don't know what the issue is, know removeme works on death somehow, my shephards ring mod has it like that... Might want to check it out since it also has some spawning scripting. Think the problem might be related to some sort of referencing problem, but not sure what.

 

Thanks, I will look into that. I'm thinking that it is probably fine as it is because it is more for novelty value, as I highly doubt that myself or anyone who uses the mod will actually have much use for it.