[LE] Anyway to make a script fire when 'any' book is read?

[Baaleos]

I am looking at Remote Events

Event OnInit()
; Register for Activate event from the secret door
RegisterForRemoteEvent(SecretDoor, "OnActivate")
EndEvent
 
; Special event to receive when the door is activated
; Note the type in the event name matches the type of the first parameter, and is also the script where the
; event is originally defined.
Event ObjectReference.OnActivate(ObjectReference akSender, ObjectReference akActionRef)
Debug.Trace(akSender + " was activated by " + akActionRef)
EndEvent

Which looks like it will allow me to do what I want without having to bind a script to every book in the game.
However, I am unsure how to populate the first field of the RegisterForRemoteEvent

Since this field needs to be the book that is being read.

Is there a way with Quest Alias' to make it match any book in the game?

I am basically trying to get a script to fire when someone reads any book - just as a short cut to having to edit hundreds of form objects to add a script call.

[FrankFamily]

Isn't that a fallout 4 event?

[Baaleos]

Isn't that a fallout 4 event?

 

 

OnRead exists in Skyrim as far as I know.

at the moment, the only way I know to detect it is by attaching the event to the book itself.

But remote events would be able to detect it - in theory.

If I found a way to bind it to all books.

[FrankFamily]

The "RegisterForRemoteEvent + ObjectReference.OnActivate" I meant, I think that's new in Fo4 and won't work in skyrim

Edited April 25, 2018 by FrankFamily

[Baaleos]

Ah... damn...

Don't suppose anyone knows an alternative means of running a function onRead for all books?

[RichWebster]

What I would do is create a perk that fires off a script when the player activates a book.

[RichWebster]

Something like this:

 

Perk main screen

 

 

 

Perk entry conditions:

 

[RichWebster]

Extra:

 

I have tested this and it works. If you want to catch books the player reads from their inventory, OnObjectEquipped fires for that. Attach this script to the player somehow and test it.

 

Event OnObjectEquipped(Form akBaseObject, ObjectReference akReference)
	if akBaseObject as Book
		Debug.Trace("This actor just equipped a book!")
	endIf
endEvent

Edited April 26, 2018 by B1gBadDaddy

[Baaleos]

Extra:

 

I have tested this and it works. If you want to catch books the player reads from their inventory, OnObjectEquipped fires for that. Attach this script to the player somehow and test it.

 

Event OnObjectEquipped(Form akBaseObject, ObjectReference akReference)
	if akBaseObject as Book
		Debug.Trace("This actor just equipped a book!")
	endIf
endEvent

Thanks for solving that for me.

Someone contacted me asking for assistance with getting their mod created.

They were on the verge of going through every book form adding a script to it, but this solution is much easier.

 

[javaplaza]

what an awesome script

 

Event OnObjectEquipped(Form akBaseObject, ObjectReference akReference)
	if akBaseObject as Book
		Debug.Trace("This actor just equipped a book!")
	endIf
endEvent

Edited May 3, 2019 by javaplaza