[LE] [Help] Simple player cloak for script

[skinnytecboy]

Hey peeps, I seldom ask questions these days, so maybe you'll forgive me for this one.

 

For a couple of days now I've been trying to find a way to fire a simple script when the player mounts a horse. The script itself will interact with another npc who may or may not be in the same cell as the player, which is why I need the player to run the script.

 

After reading up on blank cloak effects, I decided that this was the best approach:

 

Create a blank MGEF cloak ability and give it to the player on game load.

 

On the MGEF I've placed the condition IsRidingMount and pointed it to the player.

 

My script, attached to the MGEF at this stage merely has debug messages.

 

I have found that, without the attached condition, the script will fire, but with it.... nothing works.

 

Can anyone suggest alternatives or walk me through the correct method in case I've missed something simple?

 

Thanks in advance peeps. :)

[Surilindur]

Have you tried registering for a suitable animation event from the player? For example:

; you could add the things here to a script on your other actor as well, as far as I know?

Event OnInit()
    RegisterForAnimationEvent(Game.GetPlayer(), "your_mounting_event_name") ; move this elsewhere!!!
EndEvent

Event OnAnimationEvent(ObjectReference akSource, String asEventName)
    Debug.MessageBox("Event (" + asEventName + "), Source (" + akSource + ")")
EndEvent

There should be animation event lists in the Creation Kit, from the menubar -> Gameplay -> Animations. When selecting an items under one of the trees, there should be a dropdown list of animation event names (in the right side panel) with somewhat clear names. You can test which one activates when mounting a horse or a dragon or something.

 

Hopefully that helps a bit. It has been a while since I did any scripting with Papyrus, but animation events are usually a great way to register for actions performed by an actor, without having to build a complex or performance-hungry polling system or a cloak script. But then again, it will take some time to go through all the various potentially useful events (based on their names alone) to find the correct one for each situation.

 

Edit: The relevant wiki pages: RegisterForAnimationEvent, UnregisterForAnimationEvent and OnAnimationEvent.

 

Edit 2: The text editor here is not great. Fixed the links.

Edited January 28, 2017 by Contrathetix

[skinnytecboy]

Have you tried registering for a suitable animation event from the player? For example:

; you could add the things here to a script on your other actor as well, as far as I know?

Event OnInit()
ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ  RegisterForAnimationEvent(Game.GetPlayer(), "your_mounting_event_name") ; move this elsewhere!!!
EndEvent

Event OnAnimationEvent(ObjectReference akSource, String asEventName)
ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ  Debug.MessageBox("Event (" + asEventName + "), Source (" + akSource + ")")
EndEvent

There should be animation event lists in the Creation Kit, from the menubar -> Gameplay -> Animations. When selecting an items under one of the trees, there should be a dropdown list of animation event names (in the right side panel) with somewhat clear names. You can test which one activates when mounting a horse or a dragon or something.

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Hopefully that helps a bit. It has been a while since I did any scripting with Papyrus, but animation events are usually a great way to register for actions performed by an actor, without having to build a complex or performance-hungry polling system or a cloak script. But then again, it will take some time to go through all the various potentially useful events (based on their names alone) to find the correct one for each situation.

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Edit: The relevant wiki pages: RegisterForAnimationEvent, UnregisterForAnimationEvent and OnAnimationEvent.

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Edit 2: The text editor here is not great. Fixed the links.

Thanks mate. I'm aware of the notion of registration of animation events; there's actually a hex cmD "HorseEnter" oo'err missus ;)

 

Edit: I re-read your comment. So you're suggesting that I just place a script on the player alias?

 

If conditioned, will such a script fire every time conditions are met?

Edited January 28, 2017 by skinnytecboy

[Surilindur]

You do not need the magic effect at all - that's the thing! You can register for the relevant animation event in the other actor's script. That is what I was trying to explain. Yes, my communication skills are not great. :P

• in a script attached to the other actor (for example), register for the "HorseEnter" event emitted by player
• in the OnAnimationEvent block in that script, run the commands you need to run when player mounts a horse
• script processing only happens when the event fires (because there is no polling, no magic effect, no cloak, nothing!)

For example I have used RegisterForAnimationEvent in a quest script to catch player events and it works just fine. :thumbsup:

[skinnytecboy]

Ha.. I was editing my post whilst you were responding :)

 

Okay. Thanks mate. I will experiment a little more.

 

It's for this guy btw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1VTSWC4t1A

 

I thought it would be funny if he insults the player and teleports away if the player mounts a horse... and then teleports back on dismount. ;)

[Surilindur]

Well you could add it to the player alias, as well, as far as I know. The script. Assuming OnPlayerLoadGame actually fires, and that registering for the same event multiple times does not cause issues, you could use something like this and attach it to the PlayerAlias of whatever quest you may have:

ScriptName YourPrefix_HorseMountHandler Extends Actor

; this script is attached to a Player alias in your quest

Actor Property YourOtherActor Auto
ObjectReference Property HoldingCellMarker Auto ; a marker in your holding cell

Event OnPlayerLoadGame()
    Utility.Wait(0.5) ; wait a little, so that everything really is loaded and ready - might not be necessary, though
    RegisterForAnimationEvent(Self, "HorseEnter")
    RegisterForAnimationEvent(Self, "HorseExit") ; <-- replace HorseExit with the exit animation event name!
    Debug.MessageBox("OnPlayerLoadGame run, events should be registered")
EndEvent

Event OnAnimationEvent(ObjectReference akSource, String asEventName)
    Debug.MessageBox("Event (" + asEventName + "), Source (" + akSource + ")")
    If (asEventName == "HorseEnter" && YourOtherActor.IsEnabled())
        YourOtherActor.MoveTo(HoldingCellMarker)
        YourOtherActor.Disable()
    ElseIf (asEventName == "HorseExit") ; <-- replace HorseExit with the actual event name
        If (YourOtherActor.IsDisabled())
            YourOtherActor.Enable()
        EndIf
        YourOtherActor.MoveTo(Self)
    EndIf
EndEvent

Something like that. I have not tested it, though, but it should work. Hopefully that helps a bit.

 

Edit: Fixed a typo, the HoldingCellMarker should be a property.

Edited January 28, 2017 by Contrathetix

[Di0nysys]

Ha.. I was editing my post whilst you were responding :smile:

 

Okay. Thanks mate. I will experiment a little more.

 

It's for this guy btw

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1VTSWC4t1A

 

I thought it would be funny if he insults the player and teleports away if the player mounts a horse... and then teleports back on dismount. :wink:

Dude Wowbagger's a legend :D

[skinnytecboy]

@Dio I'm having a great deal of fun writing insults aimed at vanilla npcs

 

For example

 

Guard "your breath smells terrible. What have you been eating?"

 

Wowbagger response "Your Grandmother"

 

;)