NPC grows his own beard but won't trim/shave

[ThoraldGM]

BACKGROUND: I have the beard growing in location change event for testing. Script is on Scavver NPC who executes a sweep package with find/acquire procedures. The FormList is a list of headparts dragged in CK, facial hair ranging from 0 (light scruff, "Hard Road") to 6 (bushiest, "Doomsday Prepped").

TLDR: The beard grows one time from short to full. Then the index numbers and beards are supposed to recycle from the beginning of the FormList.

PROBLEM: The numbers recycle according to MessageBox flags, but the beard stays stuck on the bushiest headpart.

Known facts from extensive tests:

- Changing NextIndex from 0 to 1 (when NowIndex is 6) didn't fix anything

- Beards start in correct slot on fresh saves

- Beards progress to #7 beard on fresh saves

- Beards NEVER change from #7 to #1 (but the index number resets as expected)

- Reloading any save that hit #7 beard has #7 beard forever,

despite the global variable cycling correctly per MsgBox

Relevant code:

GlobalVariable Property pgvScavverScruffStage Auto Mandatory

; Current facial hair



FormList Property pScavverScruffList Auto Const Mandatory

; List of facial hair growth parts



Event OnLocationChange(Location akOldLoc, Location akNewLoc)

    int MaxAmmo = 50

    int AmmoCount

    float NowIndex = pgvScavverScruffStage.GetValue()

    float NextIndex = NowIndex + 1





    If(pgvScavverStatusSniffer.GetValue() == 1)

        Debug.Notification("Scavver changed location.")

        Utility.Wait(1)

    EndIf





    If NowIndex == 6      ; If current facial hair is last in the list (of 7 entries) ...

        NextIndex = 1     ; Set next facial hair to the first entry (actually to 2nd for testing)

    EndIf





    pScavverActor.ChangeHeadPart((pScavverScruffList.GetAt((NowIndex as Int)) as HeadPart), True) ; Remove current facial hair

    pScavverActor.ChangeHeadPart((pScavverScruffList.GetAt((NextIndex as Int))) as HeadPart)      ; Add the next facial hair

    pgvScavverScruffStage.SetValue(NextIndex)                                                     ; Update global to new facial hair

    Debug.MessageBox("BEARD IS NOW: " + NextIndex)

...

EndEvent

No errors displayed in compiler or in Papyrus.0 debug log.

When I come out of 111 with hand blocking sunlight, global variable goes from 0 to 1 every time. (because Scavver stepped from world into trailer)

SCREENSHOTS:

http://i.imgur.com/EykDxl2.png

http://i.imgur.com/csHPkGp.png

http://i.imgur.com/q9xgYr3.png

I need a fresh set of eyes to look this over for logic errors. Or is there something about that particular beard that makes it "stick"?

Thanks for looking.

[ThoraldGM]

Turns out all I needed was one more "true" to remove extra parts that connect beard to hairline. Apparently, the extra part is a duplicate beard layer which is why it looked like the beard was "sticking". (Solved by GeneralLuBu in Discord chat)

pScavverActor.ChangeHeadPart((pScavverScruffList.GetAt((NowIndex as Int)) as HeadPart), true, true)
; Remove current facial hair

Scavver now starts his beard cycle over (trims/shaves) when he reaches the end of it :-)

 

 

http://i.imgur.com/GgtYo24.png