[LE] Making NPC scripts work on the player

[SirCumference64]

I recently downloaded a shapeshifting mod that lets you turn into different monsters, and I'm trying to figure out how to get some of their specific script effects to play when you as the player has the corresponding ability and is the intended creature race. Despite having all the necessary abilities, the scripts don't seem to work the way they do for the NPCs. Specifically, I want to try and get the Spriggan auto revive script and the Wispmother FX/ability script to fire on the player (if they have the ability).

 

For reference, the Spriggan script is:

 

 

Scriptname SprigganFXSCRIPT extends ActiveMagicEffect
{Attaches and controlss spriggan FX}

import utility
import form

Actor selfRef
VisualEffect Property SprigganFXAttachEffect Auto
Spell Property crSprigganHeal01 Auto
Spell Property crSprigganCallCreatures Auto
Idle Property FFselfIdle Auto
int doOnce
;===============================================

;RegisterForSleep() ; Before we can use OnSleepStart we must register.


EVENT OnEffectStart(Actor Target, Actor Caster)
;Play your particles.
selfRef = caster
;test to see if spriggan is in ambush mode
if (selfRef.GetSleepState() == 3)
; Debug.Trace("Spriggan is sleeping! 3")
selfRef.PlaySubGraphAnimation( "KillFX" )
else
SprigganFXAttachEffect.Play(selfRef, -1)
endIf
ENDEVENT

Event OnEffectFinish(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)
SprigganFXAttachEffect.Stop(selfRef)
endEvent

Event OnGetUp(ObjectReference akFurniture)
; Debug.Trace("We just got up from " )
SprigganFXAttachEffect.Play(selfRef, -1)
selfRef.PlaySubGraphAnimation( "Revive" )
endEvent

EVENT onDeath(actor myKiller)
;(selfRef as actor).PlaySubGraphAnimation( "LeavesScared" )
;wait(10.0)
selfRef.PlaySubGraphAnimation( "KillFX" )
wait(10.0)
SprigganFXAttachEffect.Stop(selfRef)
ENDEVENT

EVENT onCombatStateChanged(Actor akTarget, int aeCombatState)
if aeCombatState == 1
selfRef.playIdle(FFselfIdle)
utility.wait(3.0)

crSprigganCallCreatures.cast(selfRef,selfRef)
endif
endEVENT

Event OnEnterBleedout()
; Debug.Trace("dude im bleeeding out" )
if doOnce == 0
selfRef.PlaySubGraphAnimation( "KillFX" )
wait(2.0)
crSprigganHeal01.Cast(selfRef)
selfRef.setActorValue("variable07",1)
selfRef.evaluatePackage()
wait(1.0)
selfRef.PlaySubGraphAnimation( "Revive" )
doOnce = 1
endIf
ENDEVENT

 

 

And the Wispmother script is:

 

 

Scriptname WispActorScript extends ActiveMagicEffect
{Abilities and FX for Wisp/Glimmerwitch}
;======================================================================================;
; IMPORTS /
;=============/
import utility
import form
import debug
;======================================================================================;
; PROPERTIES /
;=============/
keyword property wispChild01 auto
keyword property wispChild02 auto
keyword property wispChild03 auto

spell property wispBuff01 auto
spell property wispBuff02 auto
spell property wispBuff03 auto

spell property Phase1ConcSpell auto
{A long range concentration spell for phase #1}
spell property Phase2ConcSpell auto
{Shorter range spell for phase #2}

actorBase property encWispShade auto

VisualEffect Property WispFXAttachEffect Auto
explosion property ExplosionIllusionLight01 auto
Activator property AshPileObject auto
{The object we use as a pile.}

float property PhaseThreeHPPercent auto
{At what % of HP should I spawn my dopplegangers?. DEFAULT: 0.2}


;======================================================================================;
; VARIABLES /
;=============/
ObjectReference selfRef

; let's refer to the witchlights as "orbs" to avoid confusion.
objectReference orb01
objectReference orb02
objectReference orb03

objectReference Shade01
objectReference Shade02

;track number of living orb babies
int liveLights = 3

; have my FX been attached?
bool bFX = FALSE
;======================================================================================;
; EVENTS /
;=============/
EVENT onLoad()
trace("Wisp: Has Loaded 3D ("+selfRef+")")
EVPall()
endEVENT

EVENT OnEffectStart(Actor Target, Actor Caster)
trace("AbWisp Effect Start on: "+SelfRef+"")
selfRef = caster

if selfref.getLinkedRef() == NONE
; only attack FX at this point if I am not in an ambush link
WispFXAttachEffect.Play(selfRef, -1)
bFX = TRUE
endif

orb01 = selfref.getLinkedRef(WispChild01)
orb02 = selfRef.getLinkedRef(WispChild02)
orb03 = selfRef.getLinkedRef(WispChild03)
EVPall()

if phaseThreeHPpercent > 1.0
; if we passed a high value, the user probably meant a whole number percentage like 30%
phaseThreeHPpercent = phaseThreeHPpercent/100
endif
ENDEVENT

EVENT onGetup(ObjectReference akFurniture)
if akFurniture == selfRef.getLinkedRef() && bFX == FALSE
; if I was in a furniture ambush, then add my FX when I leave it
WispFXAttachEffect.Play(selfRef, -1)
bFX = TRUE
endif
endEVENT

Event OnCombatStateChanged(Actor victim, int aeCombatState)
if aeCombatState != 0 ; 0 means not in combat, so non-zero means we entered combat
; debug.trace("Wisp began combat with "+victim+" ("+self+")")
if aeCombatState == 1
(orb01 as actor).startCombat(victim)
(orb02 as actor).startCombat(victim)
(orb03 as actor).startCombat(victim)
; Start listening for critically low HP
registerforSingleupdate(1.0)
endif
endif
endEVENT

EVENT onActivate(objectReference actronaut)
; debug.trace("Wisp Activated")
if actronaut == orb01 || orb02 || orb03
utility.wait(0.1)
; debug.trace("Actronaut was one of my orbs")
liveLights -= 1
; debug.trace("Livelights = "+livelights)
if liveLights <= 0
; debug.trace("All child lights dead for "+selfref)
;Variable07 sets up the berserk package/combat style
(selfRef as actor).setActorValue("Variable07",1)
;also "eliminate" her ability to cast spells - take all her magicka away.
trace("WISPS: move to combat phase 2")
; Take away her magicka (she'll regen) and shuffle her spell set
(selfRef as actor).damageActorValue("Magicka", -((selfref as actor).getActorValue("Magicka")))
(selfref as actor).removeSpell(Phase1ConcSpell)
(selfref as actor).addSpell(Phase2ConcSpell)
endif
endif
endEVENT

EVENT onUpdate()
; Check HP for Phase 3 Combat - Last ditch doppleganger attack!
if (selfRef as actor).getActorValuePercentage("health") > phaseThreeHPpercent
; HP still high, so hold off.
;utility.wait(0.5)
RegisterforSingleUpdate(0.5)
else
; create my dopplegangers and unregister for update
Shade01 = (selfref as actor).placeAtMe(EncWispShade)
Shade02 = (selfref as actor).placeAtMe(EncWispShade)

;Set AV06 to 1 as a flag for being in this state (used in Frostmere Crypt)
(selfref as actor).SetAV("Variable06", 1)

; Dump the orbs.
(orb01 as actor).kill()
(orb02 as actor).kill()
(orb03 as actor).kill()
; restore her longer-range spell
(selfref as actor).addSpell(Phase1ConcSpell)
endif
endEVENT

EVENT OnDying(Actor akKiller)
; Effects automatically finish onDeath so use this EVENT hook instead
trace("Actor has died: "+selfref)
(selfRef as actor).SetCriticalStage((selfRef as actor).CritStage_DisintegrateStart)
WispFXAttachEffect.Stop(selfRef)
utility.wait(0.90)
selfRef.placeatme(ExplosionIllusionLight01)
(selfRef as actor).AttachAshPile(AshPileObject)
; pause a second before killing inheritors - I've seen massive damage skip over this
utility.wait(0.5)
(orb01 as actor).kill()
(orb02 as actor).kill()
(orb03 as actor).kill()
(Shade01 as actor).kill()
(Shade02 as actor).kill()
(selfRef as actor).SetCriticalStage((selfRef as actor).CritStage_DisintegrateEnd)
ENDEVENT


FUNCTION EVPall()
trace("Sending EVP to self and witchlight children ("+selfRef+")")
trace("Witchlights are the Following:")
trace("--------------------------------")
trace(orb01)
trace(orb02)
trace(orb03)
trace("--------------------------------")
(orb01 as actor).evaluatePackage()
(orb02 as actor).evaluatePackage()
(orb03 as actor).evaluatePackage()
endFUNCTION

 

 

I don't want to change anything about what these scripts actually do, just that they work on me when I'm a Spriggan or Wisp Mother. Any help would be really appreciated - I don't even know if this is something I can do, and I've really hit a wall in looking up info on it. I don't know nearly enough about scripting to pick up on what I'm doing wrong.

[SirCumference64]

Figured out what seems to be the major problem with the Spriggan script. The revive spell and associated animations are set to play when the caster bleeds out, which the player never does without mods. I'd need to find a way to get the script to look for the player's health getting low and then to run the event that way. I've tried using GetActorValuePercentage("Health") > a float property I created, but I must be doing something wrong because it's still not working. Would anyone have an idea on how to script something like that?

 

I'm more or less off the Wisp Mother, that's a monster of a script, and I'd be better off trying to make something simpler to emulate the effects, likely just to spawn the wisps when in combat and spawn the shades when health gets low, but since that's more complex, I'm just focusing on the Spriggan.