Need a script? Maybe I can help.

[AwesomeSkyrimDude]

@fg109 Thank you, and yes I understand papyrus isn't exactly suited to this sort of thing. I want to try anyways. Are there any sites you would recommend to help me learn the language syntax and such?

[fg109]

Well, there is always the Creation Kit wiki, but I mostly learn from reading other people's forum posts. :psyduck:

 

There's also the TES Alliance forums but it doesn't seem as active as either here or the Creation Kit forum. It has a good tutorial for beginners, but that's the only tutorial.

[scrivener07]

Thanks for the tips about OnEquipped fg. Works great. I had a similar script to the one below that would constantly receive updates every 2 secs, at least it worked perfectly. So when I tried to control that I did something and cant remember what, now I cant get this to receive updates at all. Im inexperienced and a little tired so Im also having trouble understanding how states work and if I even need them. Hope you can help me once again :happy:

 

 

 

 

Scriptname AlchemistkitScript extends ObjectReference  
{The alchemist field kit}

EVENT OnEquipped(Actor akActor)
If akActor == Player   
	ActiveBench = Player.PlaceAtMe(AFK_Bench)
				Debug.Notification("You unpack your equipment")
	Utility.Wait(1)
	ActiveBench.Activate(Player)
RegisterForUpdate(1)
		Debug.Notification("Registering for update")
Endif
ENDEVENT

Event OnUpdate()		
			Debug.Notification("Update event fired")
	if (ActiveBench.IsFurnitureInUse(true) == false )
		UnregisterForUpdate()
 					Debug.Notification("Im not being used - DELETE ME!")
 			ActiveBench.Delete()
		;;Player.PlayIdle(EndIdle) ;testing failsafe

	endif
EndEvent




Actor Property Player Auto                  		   ;note: use Game.GetPlayer()
Furniture Property AFK_Bench  Auto        	           ;BaseObject
ObjectReference Property ActiveBench Auto           ;Share variable between events
Idle Property EndIdle Auto                                     ;trys to override current idle with one that doesnt loop incase idle gets stuck

 

 

[Haplo_64]

How about a script to check the charge of every item in your inventory?

Or just the ones equipped, if that's not possible.

 

I'm not sure how the items you are carrying are stored, so I'm not sure this is possible.

[tmanthewhite]

Hi, me again.

 

Since I made NPCs' level independant of the player, they are much stronger in the beginning of the game than they used to be. One result of this, is that the giant attack you witness as you approach Whiterun (where the companions are fighting a giant on the Battle-Born farm) is over before you even have a chance to get near. I want to to double that particular giant's hitpoints to give the player an oppertunity to join in, and my questions are: A) Is this even possible?, and B) How do I prevent all giants in the game from doubling their hitpoints if I'd do this? (I tried looking at the script for that encounter, and I don't understand it at all... The giant seems to be a generic spawned giant? Very confused.) Another option I thought of might be to raise the giant's armor rating, possibly by using a spell, but I also have no idea how to do that. Does anybody know my options?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

T.

[fg109]

@scrivener07

 

Duke Patrick had the same problem and he decided to just go with a while loop. In your case, you could also have a script on the work bench to run the updates instead.

 

Also, states are just there to help control whether or not something runs. So something like this:

 

 

Auto State Give
Event OnUpdate()
	Game.GetPlayer().AddItem(Gold001)
EndEvent
EndState

State Take
Event OnUpdate()
	Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(Gold001)
EndEvent
EndState

 

 

is the same as this:

 

 

Bool Give

Event OnUpdate()
if (Give)
	Game.GetPlayer().AddItem(Gold001)
else
	Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(Gold001)
endif
EndEvent

 

 

Using states are better than bools because supposedly it's faster and takes less processing power, or so I hear. I haven't tested it out for myself. It's also a lot less trouble to use if you happen to have a lot of events for each state/circumstance, or more than two states/circumstances.

 

 

@Haplo_64

 

Sorry, but there are no script functions dealing with enchantment charges.

 

 

@tmanthewhite

 

Haven't looked at the quest, but I'm assuming that the giant must be assigned a reference alias. In the spells portion of the alias window for the giant, add an ability that fortifies health.

[AwesomeSkyrimDude]

Well, there is always the Creation Kit wiki, but I mostly learn from reading other people's forum posts. :psyduck:

 

There's also the TES Alliance forums but it doesn't seem as active as either here or the Creation Kit forum. It has a good tutorial for beginners, but that's the only tutorial.

 

Thank you again. I will check it out.

 

Edit: Trying to run your code and it keeps telling me "GetActorReference is not a function or does not exist" I feel like I' am probably missing something very obvious.

Edited April 19, 2012 by AwesomeSkyrimDude

[kryptopyr]

The follower I'm working on doesn't use the CurrentFollowerFaction but operates off an entirely separate quest that I added. I could probably also use a property that the quest uses to track the follower state, but I wasn't sure how to reference a property from one quest by a different script that is not part of that quest. Would it be something like:

 

MyCustomFollower FollowScript = MyCustomFollowerQuest as MyCustomFollower

If (FollowScript.FollowerState = 1)

 

SetPlayerTeammate is also used by this quest, though, so I thought that would be easiest. Using IsPlayerTeammate, the script compiled and seemed to run okay. The follower would run to attack, get a certain distance from my character, and then stop combat. Unfortunately, he then immediately returned to combat, tried to run toward enemy, stopped combat, moved a few steps toward me, returned to combat, etc.

 

Do you think it might work to have the script set a variable that would then be used as a condition to trigger a combat override package? In the CK there is a package for Mercer called TG08bMercerWithdrawCombatOverridePackage. It seems to use GetActorValue Variable07 as a condition to trigger the actor to withdraw from combat. That variable is being set by a script that runs during the quest scene (TG08BFightController). I'll play around with it a bit. Between this script and the script you wrote, I'm hoping I can figure it out. I'll let you know if I manage to get it to work.

 

Thank you so much for your help. I might not have it working just yet, but at least I feel like I now have a solid base to work from. I'll almost certainly be back with more questions.

[M3rvin]

Is there any function similar to GetInventoryObject added to Oblivion/Fallout 3/Fallout New Vegas by the corresponding script extender (obse,fose,nvse)?

It might be added by the skyrim script extender to Skyrim, but I couldn't find any documentation for its functions.

[screamingabdab]

Hello fg, I'm after a patrol start modifying script.

 

I've got 2 NPC's that walk the same patrol, but I'm after a script that makes them start at the same time, from the start marker.

 

Possible?

 

Cheers, J