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Creepy Mannequin Update [Weeping Angel mechanics]

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Hello Fellow Modders!!

Beginning of this year, i made a simple retexture of the mannequins, to make it a little more creepy, http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/1986/?.


Then somewhere in the comments, people started to mention Weeping Angels from Doctor Who, which i thought would be a brilliant idea!
So i patiently waited for Creation Kit to come out in order to make it happen!

These are some of the progress i've done so far:
1. Made new "actors" and "race" for male and female manniquins.
2. Have them attack and scream and shout, with no affiliated factions and extremely aggressive (used feral ghouls for attack templates)
3. Can be set on fire, plasmatized, disintergrated upon death. Oh, and they bleed.
4. Have them turn back into manniquins and break into parts just like blowing up a regular manniquin
5. Have voices and small chatters served as ambience.

some of the pics to show:

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/XiN2KJk.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/Xsdpk9i.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/Tny2qyh.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/40oK9Ot.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/5Ccbw7a.jpg




Here are the problems i am facing and hoping that somebody reading this may offer assistance or tips at how i can solve it :
1. I want to randomize the textures and the types of the mannequins everytime they are spawned, so that they may look a little different.
Currently, there are 6 types of mannequins -Burnt Male -Burnt Female -Male -Female -Redcoat -Shroud.
2. Here is where the actual Weeping Angel mechanism i'm stuck on - Having them approach and attack player when they are outside camera range (3rd of 1st person). And when looked upon, they stop dead where they were.

3. Somehow trigger a script that lets the game replace ANY mannequin it spawns with my modded weeping angel actors, besides the Shroud Mannequin maybe, as that might affect the quest it is connected to.

All my problems i think requires Scripting in one way or another, and i have close to ZERO knowledge on it >_<, i've read on Papyrus script used in Creation Kit, and apparantly my ideas may also require script extenders like in Fallout3 and Skyrim.


So, i guess i could say, i am really really stuck in progress here. If anyone could provide assistance, i'd be absolutely grateful and provide you with loverlike treatments.

REELO!


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I'm not terribly good at scripting either, but you probably need to use game.getplayer().HasDetectionLOS(Self) or something similar to determine if the player sees the creature.

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No need for script extenders. Here's a quick-and-dirty script for the Weeping Angel actor:

Scriptname RenWeepingAngelActorScript extends Actor

Event OnInit()
	Self.SetRestrained(true)

	RegisterForDirectLOSGain(Game.GetPlayer(), Self, asTargetNode = "Head")
	; RegisterForDirectLOSLost(Game.GetPlayer(), Self, asTargetNode = "Head")
	RegisterForDetectionLOSLost(Self, Game.GetPlayer())
	; Difference between Direct and Detection LOS Lost:
	; Direct = line-of-sight, doesn't matter if player is sneaking (I think)
	; Detection = player can sneak around
	; Currently set up so that the Weeping Angel should
	; only STOP moving when they lose DETECTION of the player
	; and START moving only when they have a direct LOS
	; This should keep the Weeping Angel from moving around
	; randomly
endEvent

Event OnGainLOS(ObjectReference akViewer, ObjectReference akTarget)
	Self.SetRestrained(true)
	; RegisterForDirectLOSLost(Game.GetPlayer(), Self, asTargetNode = "Head")
	RegisterForDetectionLOSLost(Self, Game.GetPlayer())	
endEvent

Event OnLostLOS(ObjectReference akViewer, ObjectReference akTarget)
	Self.SetRestrained(false)
	RegisterForDirectLOSGain(Game.GetPlayer(), Self, asTargetNode = "Head")
endEvent


And here is another quick-and-dirty Quest script to add Weeping Angels to where mannequins are. Note that this doesn't replace mannequins, because that would be a pain to fix if the player decided to remove your mod and all the mannequins were disabled in the save-game.

Scriptname RenWeepingAngelAdderQuestScript extends Quest

Cell currentplayercell
Cell prevplayercell

Objectreference[] mannequins

Objectreference FemaleMannequin
Objectreference MaleMannequin

Formlist MannequinsFormlist

ActorBase YourMannequinActorBase

Event OnInit()
	FemaleMannequin = Game.GetFormFromFile(0x0003b163, "Fallout4.esm") As Objectreference
	MaleMannequin = Game.GetFormFromFile(0x00036cd5, "Fallout4.esm") As Objectreference	
	MannequinsFormlist.AddForm(FemaleMannequin)
	MannequinsFormlist.AddForm(MaleMannequin)
	YourMannequinActorBase = Game.GetFormFromFile(0x000000, "YOURMODESPHERE.ESP") As ActorBase ; CHANGE THIS
	mannequins = new Objectreference[128]
	; don't feel like making an ESP for something this simple.
	
	Self.StartTimer(2.0, 10)	
endEvent

Event OnTimer(int timerid)
	currentplayercell = Game.GetPlayer().GetParentCell()

	if (currentplayercell != prevplayercell && prevplayercell != none)
		mannequins[0] = none
	endif
	
	if (timerid == 10 && currentplayercell != prevplayercell && Game.GetPlayer().IsInInterior() == true)
		if (mannequins[0] == none)		
			mannequins = Game.GetPlayer().FindAllReferencesOfType(MannequinsFormlist, 20000)
			int itrtwo = 0
			if (mannequins.length > 0)
				while (itrtwo < mannequins.length)
					mannequins[itrtwo].PlaceActorAtMe(YourMannequinActorBase, 4, none)
					itrtwo = itrtwo + 1
				endWhile
			endif
		endif		
	endif
	
	prevplayercell = Game.GetPlayer().GetParentCell()	
	Self.StartTimer(2.0, 10)	
endEvent

These scripts compile - I haven't tested them in-game.

Let me know if you have any questions or have trouble getting these scripts to work.

If you decide to use these scripts, please give me credit in your mod files. :smile:

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Oh My Gosh!!!

I'm gonna test this as soon as i get back home!
Glad i read through the basics of scripting the other day and vague understands what's going on (you even typed out the mannequin's ID \:D/ ).
Will credit even if i don't use these, you've just helped me move many steps ahead! :D :D

 

 

And here is another quick-and-dirty Quest script to add Weeping Angels to where mannequins are. Note that this doesn't replace mannequins, because that would be a pain to fix if the player decided to remove your mod and all the mannequins were disabled in the save-game.

I didn't actually thought of the save file being that important and would do such kind of mess, thanks for pointing that out

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Oh My Gosh!!!

 

I'm gonna test this as soon as i get back home!

Glad i read through the basics of scripting the other day and vague understands what's going on (you even typed out the mannequin's ID \:D/ ).

Will credit even if i don't use these, you've just helped me move many steps ahead! :D :D

Glad to help! Just let me know if you want / need any more functionality.

 

 

And here is another quick-and-dirty Quest script to add Weeping Angels to where mannequins are. Note that this doesn't replace mannequins, because that would be a pain to fix if the player decided to remove your mod and all the mannequins were disabled in the save-game.[/size]

I didn't actually thought of the save file being that important and would do such kind of mess, thanks for pointing that out

 

Yeah, it's one of thoe things that you usually learn the hard way when making mods.

 

though to be fair, i think a mod like this should primarily be applied to creepy hand picked indoor locations rather than out in the general commonwealth. Otherwise it might become too common.

That could be done (pretty) easily by checking, say, the number of mannequins in a given interior cell. Maybe more than 4 or something like that? Up to reelo2228. :smile: Edited by Reneer
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So i've tried out the scripts and here are the feedbacks \:D/

1. I've attached the AdderQuest script to a Quest in the kit, and ticked the box "start game enabled" and "run once", but in the test room i created, the object mannequins were not replaced. I read through the the scripts line by line, and although i don't understand every variable there, it all seems right and makes sense to me xD

 

Scriptname RenWeepingAngelAdderQuestScript extends Quest

Cell currentplayercell
Cell prevplayercell

Objectreference[] mannequins

Objectreference FemaleMannequin
Objectreference MaleMannequin

Formlist MannequinsFormlist

ActorBase WeepingMaleTest

Event OnInit()
	FemaleMannequin = Game.GetFormFromFile(0x0003b163, "Fallout4.esm") As Objectreference
	MaleMannequin = Game.GetFormFromFile(0x00036cd5, "Fallout4.esm") As Objectreference	
	MannequinsFormlist.AddForm(FemaleMannequin)
	MannequinsFormlist.AddForm(MaleMannequin)
	WeepingMaleTest = Game.GetFormFromFile(0x05001ecd, "Weeping Angel Test.ESP") As ActorBase
	mannequins = new Objectreference[128]

	Self.StartTimer(2.0, 10)	
endEvent

Event OnTimer(int timerid)
	currentplayercell = Game.GetPlayer().GetParentCell()

	if (currentplayercell != prevplayercell && prevplayercell != none)
		mannequins[0] = none
	endif
	
	if (timerid == 10 && currentplayercell != prevplayercell && Game.GetPlayer().IsInInterior() == true)
		if (mannequins[0] == none)		
			mannequins = Game.GetPlayer().FindAllReferencesOfType(MannequinsFormlist, 20000)
			int itrtwo = 0
			if (mannequins.length > 0)
				while (itrtwo < mannequins.length)
					mannequins[itrtwo].PlaceActorAtMe(WeepingMaleTest, 4, none)
					itrtwo = itrtwo + 1
				endWhile
			endif
		endif		
	endif
	
	prevplayercell = Game.GetPlayer().GetParentCell()	
	Self.StartTimer(2.0, 10)	
endEvent

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2. It seems as if the game is too slow to respond to the first Actor script, i placed it on the Mannequin actors. Initially, they stand still, and upon detection, they run to me, then slow down half way and eventually stops moving.
Then, when i turn around, for a good 3 minutes or so, they start moving again, and this time, the script don't activate anymore, the mannequins begins to attack like a normal FeralGhoul AI (i used their attack data and AI as template).

 

Looks more like Autons than Weeping Angels but awesome none the less! :smile:

Just looked that up, and i must say, i've skipped a lot of doctors and this is the first time i saw that one :D

 

oh, man, its like Condemned criminal origins all over again

I remember that scene so well!

 

 

though to be fair, i think a mod like this should primarily be applied to creepy hand picked indoor locations rather than out in the general commonwealth. Otherwise it might become too common.

That could be done (pretty) easily by checking, say, the number of mannequins in a given interior cell. Maybe more than 4 or something like that? Up to reelo2228. :smile:

 

 

 

 

Personally i feel it probably wouldn't matter, since there are so few mannequins in the World map, and it'd be cool to have one creeping up on you while exploring :D
But interior cells are definitely the place to be to get a proper feel of the action :D

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