Papyrus/Notepad++ Setup issues.

[Aarondhp24]

I've been trying to setup Notepad++ using the wiki tutorial but I keep getting a weird error message when I run the compiler manually.

 

<unknown>(0,0): unable to locate script -f=TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg

No output generated for -f=TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg, compilation failed.

 

batch compile of 1 files finished. 0succeeded, 1 failed.

Failed on -f=TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg

 

C:/Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\skyrim\Papyrus Compiler>Pause

Press any key to continue.

 

The "TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg" is located in my data\scripts\source folder along with all the other .psc files that should be compiling.

 

What am I doing wrong?

 

I'll include screenshots of all my shortcuts just in case I'm missing a small step.

[Aarondhp24]

Here's the location of the TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg file.

[fg109]

The compiler looks in the ...\Data\Scripts\Source folder for the script to compile. So you need to save your script as a .psc file inside the source folder before trying to compile it.

[flobalob]

Or tell it where else to look. Here's my batch file

 

"G:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim\Papyrus Compiler\PapyrusCompiler.exe" %1 -f="TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg" -i="G:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source;G:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts\MyScripts" -o="G:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts"

Pause

 

As you can see I created a directory just for my scripts, seperate from the Bethesda ones. Makes them easy to find :)

[Aarondhp24]

Or tell it where else to look. Here's my batch file

 

"G:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim\Papyrus Compiler\PapyrusCompiler.exe" %1 -f="TESV_Papyrus_Flags.flg" -i="G:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source;G:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts\MyScripts" -o="G:\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Skyrim\Data\Scripts"

Pause

 

As you can see I created a directory just for my scripts, seperate from the Bethesda ones. Makes them easy to find :)

 

I like this idea and I'm going to employ it. I found out by contacting Mark Hannah the author of the tutorial I was following, that I had linked my shortcut to the compiler directly instead of the .bat file. Once I corrected this it all compiled nicely. Thank you for the tips. They all helped me look where I wasn't thinking to.

[tunaisafish]

@flobalob, I and others tried that too but ran into trouble later on down the line.

I have separate folders now too, but had to adopt a diff method.

The discussion is on the Beth forums

[wilting]

Might as well resurrect this thread as start my own.

 

I'm having the same error as the OP and I figured the problem was that the script had to be saved as a .psc file. Except I can't do that using Notepad++. How do I save as a .psc file?

[fg109]

When you name your file, end it with .psc

[wilting]

haha, thanks. Am I stupid or what.

[iceburg]

I've set up compiling for Notepad ++ as well and it compiles my script fine / works in game. However, there seems to be no error reporting, the script compiles no matter what, even when I've intentianally written in errors. Is there anything I can do to add error reporting? I don't feel safe without that safety net.
Thanks!
Ice