Statics appear and disappear at a given hour

[MasterAub]

Hi everyone,

 

Need you again to point me out to the right direction.

 

Ok I have this Merchant and he has a stand and he sells fruit and vegetables (whatever). I would like his stand to be empty when he leaves the Marketplace to go home let's say from 8.00PM to 8.00AM all his statics (fruit & vegetable display) disappear and from 8.00AM to 8.00PM all his statics (fruit and vegetable display) appear. I gues it's an activate disactivate type of function but how do I go about the scheduling issue.

 

In advance thanks you

 

Cheers

[QQuix]

You may take a look and adapt the vanilla lamp post script.

It turns the lights on and off at certain times of the day.

[Surilindur]

Edit: Ooops. Yes, do as QQuix suggested. The lamp post scripts should be a great example.

 

 

 

You could use either GetCurrentTime command or the GameHour global variable (I only learned of the variable now... hmm...): http://cs.elderscrolls.com/index.php?title=GetCurrentTime

 

Here is one untested example (might not even compile):

ScriptName YourVeggieQuestScript
 
float fQuestDelayTime ; approximate quest script update interval
 
Begin GameMode
 
    If ( YourVeggieEnableParent.GetDisabled )
        If ( GameHour > 8 && GameHour < 20 )
            YourVeggieEnableParent.Enable
        EndIf
    Else
        If ( GameHour < 8 || GameHour > 20 )
            YourVeggieEnableParent.Disable
        EndIf
    EndIf
 
End

And here is another untested one (this one uses OBSE):

 

ScriptName YourVeggieQuestScript
 
float fQuestDelayTime ; the approximate interval, in seconds, at which the quest script runs
short veggieState ; temporary
 
Begin _GameMode
 
    let veggieState := Eval ( GameHour < 8 || GameHour > 20 ) ; 0 = day, 1 = night
    let veggieState -= Eval ( YourVeggieEnabeParent.GetDisabled ) ; 0 = enabled, 1 = disabled
 
    If Eval ( veggieState == 0 )
        Return
    ElseIf Eval ( veggieState < 0 )
        YourVeggieEnableParent.Enable
    ElseIf Eval ( veggieState > 0 )
        YourVeggieEnableParent.Disable
    EndIf   
 
End
 

 

Where the YourVeggieEnableParent if the enable parent of all the fruits and vegetables. But that is just a basic idea of how it might be possible to make it happen. There could be better ways, too, and even dynamic ones.

 

 

 

Edited September 16, 2016 by Contrathetix

[MasterAub]

Guys as usual thanks for the help. Did not think about the lamp post script. Thanks Contathetix for even providing me with a script I can work with and wrapp my head arround it.

 

Humm by the way the Global variable seems a good idea as well.

Edited September 16, 2016 by MasterAub

[Surilindur]

Guys as usual thanks for the help. Did not think about the lamp post script. Thanks Contathetix for even providing me with a script I can work with and wrapp my head arround it.

 

Humm by the way the Global variable seems a good idea as well.

 

No problem. And I would also like to thank QQuix for mentioning the lamp post script. Pretty obvious yet I still did not think of it. :blush: