[Papyrus] Help with "FindAllReferencesOfType"

[someoneyouknow]

I made a script that contains the following state, but I'm having trouble getting it to work.

State SCRIPTSTATE
    Event OnBeginState(string asOldState)
        ObjectReference[] NPCs = ActiRef.FindAllReferencesOfType(MY_FORM_LIST, 2000.0)
        NPCs.Kill()
    EndEvent

My goal is to have the activator that this script is attached to run Kill() on all the NPCs listed in MY_FORM_LIST within 2000(Measurement type?) of the activator. I have not however been able to get this to work as of yet and I'm not Papyrus smart enough to figure out why. I've done a lot of searching for information on "FindAllReferencesOfType" but have found only the wiki page and 1 example of actual use on another website. I'm completely new to using form lists too, so together they've put me in a bind. Thanks in advance. :)

[someoneyouknow]

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Edited November 15, 2016 by someoneyouknow

[LoneRaptor]

Is there a reason you are using states for this instead of the OnActivate event?

 

Edit: also the kill() function needs to be run on an actor not an objectreference. replace your Objectreference[] NPCs with Actor[] NPCs and see if that works if not you might have to do each one separate using a while loop or use a RefCollectionAlias instead and use KillAll(). And add As Actor[] behind FindAllReferencesOfType(MY_FROM_LIST, 2000.0).

Edited November 15, 2016 by LoneRaptor

[someoneyouknow]

I'm using states because the activator in question doesn't have two states (Like a switch, and I want the event to fire every other time), so I made an on and off state. And thanks! I'll give that a try.

Edited November 15, 2016 by someoneyouknow

[Lisselli]

Just for the sake of teaching you a little something about arrays..

Event OnBeginState(String asOldState)
    ObjectReference[] NPCs = ActiRef.FindAllReferencesOfType(MY_FORM_LIST, 2000.0)
    Int Index = NPCs.Length
    While Index
        Index -= 1
        NPCs[Index].Kill()
    EndWhile
EndEvent

Edited November 17, 2016 by Lisselli