problem with scripting (nothing new)

[efftee5]

So I'm new to the geck in Fallout New Vegas and I have been following the tutorials made by Seddon on youtube, most of you probably know them even though not all of them are up to date.

I'm having an issue with something, I know it's possible because it happens in-game and I've seen it in mods as well, so it's scriptable, I just can't find any of these scripts in the geck.

Basically in my quest mod, I want an NPC to die as I enter a trigger, but the player is not the one who killed that NPC, he is scripted to die as the player enters the trigger.

It sounds so simple, that's why I'm so frustrated that I can't get it to work.

Here's the script that doesn't work:

scn johndeathscript1               ; this is the name of the script, John is the name of the NPC

begin ontriggerenter player        ; you all know what this means

if 0FCQuest.getstage >=20          ; this is the problem, I think, "0FCQuest" is the name of my quest, and I want the NPC to die during and after stage 20
  JohnRef.GetDead                  ; I'm not sure this is a huge problem, though I tried both "GetDead" and "KillActor", they both work, it's really
endif                                 the above line that is a problem ("JohnRef" is the reference ID of the NPC)

end

Please help, any support is welcome.

[Ladez]

GetStage is not a reference function so you cannot use reference syntax. You need to pass the quest as an argument instead:

if (GetStage 0FCQuest >= 20)

The GetDead function only checks whether an actor is dead or not, so I seriously doubt it worked in the manner you describe. Use the Kill function if you want to kill someone.

[efftee5]

Thanks very much!