Use a Script to Temporarilty Disable a Spell

[SirCumference64]

So I'm making a simple script for a playable Wispmother character to spawn the orbs and shades in a fashion similar to how the NPC does it (drop orbs at higher health and shades at lower health). I made it a lesser power that checks the caster's health and summons the relevant monster. What I want to do is make it so I can't just cast the spell over and over. Is there a way I can make the script disable the spell for a certain amount of time after I've cast it?

 

Attaching the script for reference.

 

 

Scriptname OrbSpawnScript extends ActiveMagicEffect

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Properties

Actorbase Property Orb01 Auto
Actorbase Property Orb02 Auto
Actorbase Property Orb03 Auto
Actorbase Property Shade01 Auto
Actorbase Property Shade02 Auto
Float Property Shadehealth Auto

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Variables

objectReference orb01
objectReference orb02
objectReference orb03
objectReference shade01
objectReference shade02

;;;;;;;;;;;;;Events

Event onEffectStart(Actor Target, Actor Caster)
If caster.getactorvaluepercentage ("health") > shadehealth
caster.placeatme(orb01)
caster.placeatme(orb02)
caster.placeatme(orb03)
else
caster.placeatme(shade01)
caster.placeatme(shade02)
endIf
endEvent

 

 

[NexusComa]

 

 

 

Scriptname OrbSpawnScript extends ActiveMagicEffect

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Properties

Actorbase Property Orb01 Auto
Actorbase Property Orb02 Auto
Actorbase Property Orb03 Auto
Actorbase Property Shade01 Auto
Actorbase Property Shade02 Auto
Float Property Shadehealth Auto

Int Qf = 0

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Variables

objectReference orb01
objectReference orb02
objectReference orb03
objectReference shade01
objectReference shade02

;;;;;;;;;;;;;Events

Event onEffectStart(Actor Target, Actor Caster)

If(Qf=(0))

Qf=(1)
If caster.getactorvaluepercentage ("health") > shadehealth
caster.placeatme(orb01)
caster.placeatme(orb02)
caster.placeatme(orb03)
else
caster.placeatme(shade01)
caster.placeatme(shade02)
endIf

utility.wait(60.0) ; <- Wait Time in seconds

Qf=(0)

endif

endEvent

 

Edited December 8, 2016 by NexusComa

[SirCumference64]

Awesome, thank you! I was originally going for a way to get the game to check if the wisps/shades were dead before I could use the spell again so I wouldn't be able to summon an army, but since I'm using an actorbase, GetDead isn't doing the job, but this will do the trick.

[lofgren]

The variables in an active magic effect are storer per instance, so that won't work. You will have to store your control variable in a global, then set it back to its original value in an oneffectfinsh block.