[LE] Adding spell on equip isn't working.

[tomtheclone]

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There is more to a script than just the source and the binary. Apparently the CK adds some kind of input. I had to double click on the script in the armor window in the CK.

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My ultimate goal is to make a suit of armor that can be infused with magic granting penalties to cast and bonus to defense and unarmed strike.

 

For starters, I figured I'd do something a little smaller -- simply add an existing spell to the player's spell list. In this case, Firebolt.

 

Quick bit of back ground: I'm proficient with BASH, Python 2 (and 3 to a lesser extent), and C. BASH lets me maintain my system without stroking out, and Python and C are for scientific computing. In general, not a lot of experience with object oriented programming. I do NOT care for Python and it shares the sentiment, but is a necessary evil.

Scriptname ChainmailPowerUp extends ObjectReference  
 
SPELL Property Firebolt  Auto 
 
Event OnEquipped(Actor akActor)
akActor.AddSpell(Firebolt)
EndEvent
 
Event OnUnEquipped(Actor akActor)
 
akActor.Removespell(Firebolt)
EndEvent

[edit]This compiles by the way.[/edit]

My understanding is that "SPELL Property Firebolt Auto" is calling the property/variable It's not casting it, since it's already been defined. "Event OnEquipped(Actor akActor)" is a conditional statement of sorts which also casts akActor as an Actor, and then sets akActor to the object doing the equipping. "akActor.AddSpell(Firebolt)" then is sort of like a bivarient function in that it takes both akActor and Firebolt as input, adding the spell Firebolt to the Actor object akActor. I don't really care much for that notation since it makes me think I'm calling the function AddSpell from the script akActor. Maybe this is a C++ thing? The rest is more of the same.

I tried Googling this issue and game up with https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/1012129-adding-spell-onequipped/ which was not useful at all. So my question is "What am I doing wrong?" I haven't actually seen any examples of this in action.

Edited March 25, 2017 by tomtheclone

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[solution]

There is more to a script than just the source and the binary. Apparently the CK adds some kind of input. I had to double click on the script in the armor window in the CK.

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Sure there is more to it. It's called "property". Rather "filling properties". :)

 

Just by NAMING a property like a CK object doesn't assign it this particular object. You have to "fill" is wherever a script is attached in the CK.

[tomtheclone]

I'm not use to working with GUIs. I'm use to writing a program and running it in command-line. In anycase, this issue has been resolved. Unfortunately it seems as if I can't edit the thread's title to indicate this.