Scripting Question

[bencebence]

Hey everyone!

I made an npc, who should wake me up from 7 o'clock to 8 o'clock somewhere. Here is the script:

scn aaaServant01WakeUpPlayer

float time

begin MenuMode
set time to GameHour
if player.getincell aaaLillyhallCastlePrivateQuarters
	if IsPCSleeping
		if time >= 7 && time <= 8
			moveto player
			WakeUpPC
			StartConversation player, WakeUpSir
		endif
	endif
endif
end			

Can it be the problem that I didn't waypoint the castle, and neither the editor location of the npc?

Thanks in advance,

bencebence

Edited August 4, 2011 by bencebence

[PrettyMurky]

You've put the code in a Gamemode block, so will not be running when the PC is asleep. You need to put it in a Menumode block.

[bencebence]

I've just tried it. It still don't work. Maybe the whole script is bad? (I've applied it on the npc)

I wanted to make that around 7 o'clock, if the player is in the castle's private quarters, and is sleeping then the NPC moves to the player and starts a dialogue with the player.

Is the script bad or is there any other problems with it?

[fg109]

If the NPC hasn't been loaded, then the script wouldn't run. I'm not sure how long an NPC would stay loaded in memory, but did you try setting the NPC in the same cell as the player?

[DrakeTheDragon]

The NPC can't "move" while the PC's sleeping. The game is technically "paused" during this time.

 

However, "moveto" is a teleport, so that shouldn't be an issue here. Perhaps add some debug messages after each condition to see if any of them aren't matched?

 

Maybe the NPC has no background processing enabled, that is his scripts won't execute when not in the player's cell. I think it's called "low processing" and can be disabled (must be enabled?) for certain actors. Ref: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Script_Processing

[bencebence]

It's enabled for her. But she isn't in the same room as the player. (At servant's quarters) So should I place her editor location into that room or what?

[DrakeTheDragon]

Have you checked if the script is even executed at all already? If all conditions are met?

 

If anything else fails and the script just will not be executed while she's not in the player's cell and/or the player's sleeping, how about giving her a persistent reference id and putting the script onto something else, changing all calls to make her do something by adding her ref id in front of them, maybe even a quest, which definitely "is" executing while the player's asleep?

[bencebence]

Thanks, I think I'll try that. Working with quests most of the times fix everyhing :D

[okokokok]

Noticed that GameHour Returns a short variable not a float.

 

Been some time since i scripted but thought you might want to know.

 

Edit: i have to learn to read.

Edited August 4, 2011 by okokokok

[bencebence]

Modified the script like this:

scn WakeUpPlayerQuestScript

float time

begin MenuMode
set time to GameHour
if player.getincell aaaLillyhallCastlePrivateQuarters
	if IsPCSleeping
		if time == 7
			bedroomservant01.moveto player
			bedroomservant01.WAkeUpPC
			bedroomservant01.StartConversation player, WakeUpSir
		endif
	endif
endif
end

Still no work... :S (made a quest too)