Pluggy question

[fg109]

I can't figure out how to use this function. Maybe I'm doing it wrong or maybe it just doesn't work the way I think it does. This is an attempt of me using it:

 

scn testscript

string_var string1
ref tempref

Begin GameMode

let string1 := "Gold001"
set tempref to StringToRef string1
messageex "%n" tempref
Player.AddItem tempref 1

End

 

When I tested it in the game, I got "<no name>" from the messageex command, and no gold increase either.

Edited June 11, 2011 by fg109

[Astymma]

I can't figure out how to use this function. Maybe I'm doing it wrong or maybe it just doesn't work the way I think it does. This is an attempt of me using it:

 

scn testscript

string_var string1
ref tempref

Begin GameMode

let string1 := "Gold001"
set tempref to StringToRef string1
messageex "%n" tempref
Player.AddItem tempref 1

End

 

When I tested it in the game, I got "<no name>" from the messageex command, and no gold increase either.

 

May want to try the following:

set tempref to StringToRef $string1

given that:

As of OBSE v0017, string variables can be passed to any command expecting a string literal as an argument by prefacing the name of the variable with a dollar sign. This deprecates many of the Set...EX commands. The variable must be local to the calling script and its name must immediately follow the dollar sign.

[QQuix]

StringToRef converts a Pluggy string to a ref var.

 

You will need the $, as Astymma said, to load an OBSE string into a Pluggy string and, then, into a ref.

Something like:

 

String_var sFormID
Long psFormID
Ref MyRef
set psFormID to CreateString -1 0  1 1	
setString psFormID  $sFormID			
set MyRef to Stringtoref psFormID

 

If you know the mod where the FormId came from, you can use OBSE's:

 

let MyRef := GetFormFromMod "Oblivion.esm" $sFormID

 

BUT . . . , in both cases, sFormID must be in the form of a 8-digit hex number, like "0000000F" for Gold001.

 

If you are trying to convert a generic EditorID (strings loaded with generic contents like "Gold001" or "Apple") to a ref, there is no functions to do it, because the game engine does not save these EditorIds. They are only good at CS time.

[fg109]

Thanks to both of you for answering my question.

 

@QQuix

 

I tried what you put in your post and it worked great. But unfortunately I guess what I wanted was impossible. As you said, I wanted to be able to convert generic editor IDs to a string so I could do something like:

 

set tempshort to GetRandomPercent
let string1 := sv_Construct "GenericNPC%2f" tempshort
set string2 to CreateString -1 0 1 1
SetString string2 $string1
set tempref to StringToRef string2

 

so it would be easier to randomize things instead of having to set everything to an array first.