[LE] Need some help with creating an 'egg'

[tesfan1999]

For a mod I'm making, I need the player to be able to craft a dwemer lexicon that, when dropped and activated, will spawn a dwemer centurion. I can do the recipe and object, but how do i turn it into a centurion?

[tesfan1999]

Anybody?

[JonathanOstrus]

The simplest way I can think of is to put a script on the base object for the lexicon. In the script do something like this. Not sure if it compiles or will work as is as I wrote it in 30 seconds.

Scriptname SpawnCenturionWhenPlayerDrops extends ObjectReference
 
ActorBase Property Centurion Auto
 
Event OnContainerChanged(ObjectReference akNewContainer, ObjectReference akOldContainer)
    if !akNewContainer && akOldContainer == Game.GetPlayer()
        ; likely the player just dropped it
        self.PlaceAtMe(Centurion)
        self.Disable()
        self.DeleteWhenAble()
    endif
EndEvent

Edited November 5, 2017 by BigAndFlabby

[tesfan1999]

Thanks, I'll try it and get back to you as soon as possible.

[tesfan1999]

It compiles.

[tesfan1999]

But it's not working. Nothing happens when I drop the lexicon.

[JonathanOstrus]

Did you fill in the property for the centurion so it knows what to spawn? It won't autofill because I intentionally used a name that isn't matching an actor base editor id. I didn't know which centurion you would want. I did a quick test and used LvlDwarvenCenturion.

[tesfan1999]

I put in the property. Doesn't work.

[JonathanOstrus]

Did you modify the script at all? If so can you post the changes? Also can you post the plugin for review somewhere? I tested the same script I posted above with a trial esp and it did exactly as requested and intended. I'm not sure why it wouldn't be working for you.

[tesfan1999]

Is it capital-sensitive? I'll try again.