Transforming armor

[ihateregisteringeverywhere]

I'm thinking about creating an armor piece that would have two states. An out of battle state and an in battle state that would trigger once you unsheath your weapon.

 

So the question is: Can I animate the armor model and start/stop the animation in-game or will I have to resort to creating two sepparate models and use a scripted binding spell?

 

Is it even possible?

 

Another question, can I apply a shader to small parts of an armor?

 

EDIT> Err only now did I realize that I posted this in the wrong forums section, would anyone be so kind and move this into the Mod Troubleshooting section? Thank you.

[tyreil829]

scrpit work like tieing a script into say a steel longsword then when taklen out of its shethe gives you full bound armour?

 

am i right?

 

Psycho

[ihateregisteringeverywhere]

Errr, not realy. It would be a bit more complicated than that.

 

I'd like the armor to change depending on the armor not on the weapon you weild. If you only had the gaunlets for example then the gaunlets would be swapped with bound gaunlets no matter what weapon you'd unsheath. If you had the full armor then the full armor would change.

[tyreil829]

well i tried haha

 

Psycho

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I don't know much about animation, but if you were creating two different models anyway, you definitely could do it without a spell. Not even an enchantment would be strictly necessary. If you gave them enchantments, their scripts would go something like...

 

scn MyOutOfBattleGauntletsScript

Begin ScriptEffectUpdate
 if (IsWeaponOut)
	  message " ", 1
	  message " ", 1
	 ;To prevent the subsequent stuff from giving you a ton of messages
	  AddItem MyInBattleGauntlets 1
	  EquipItem MyInBattleGauntlets
	  RemoveItem MyOutOfBattleGauntlets 1
 endif
end

[tyreil829]

you know scripts will never make sense to me

 

Psycho

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That one is pretty basic.

Code in a Begin ScriptEffectUpdate block runs every frame the magic effect is active.

if (IsWeaponOut) checks if the subject has their weapon drawn. Everything in-between that If/Endif loop will only run if that's the case.

If the weapon is out, add the "In Battle" version of the gauntlets, equip them, and remove the out-of-battle gauntlets.

[DirTek]

you know scripts will never make sense to me

 

Psycho

 

Or to me...I never understood scripting :wacko: and I don't think I ever will

 

Cheers :thumbsup:

 

Maafiaman

[ihateregisteringeverywhere]

Nice, nice, that makes things hella easier.

 

However I still wish that someone could tell me if the other variant's possible. I figure that the script would look quite similar.

 

Hm, now that I think about it I've seen a video of a sword that changed forms once you unsheated it - with a rather spectacular animation. I'll try to track the maker of the sword down and ask him dirrectly.

[tyreil829]

as in a Dagger into a longsword?

 

Psycho