SSE Can I use properties on ActiveMagicEffect

[IWantMyMod]

Hello.

 

Lets say I have an active magic effect script with a property like this:

Scriptname MyAbiltiy Extends ActiveMagicEffect

bool Property CurrentState Auto

Then I apply that ability to some actor.

Now, If I have a referance to that actor in some other script (like quest script, etc) can I get or change the CurrentState. Something Like this:

ObjectReference target = Game.GetCurrentCrosshairRef()
Actor targetActor = target As Actor
If (targetActor)
	If (targetActor.HasSpell(MyAbiltiy))
		If (targetActor.CurrentState )
			.... some code here
			targetActor.CurrentState = false
		EndIf
	EndIf
EndIf

The above code will not work because the Actor script doesn't have a CurrentState property. Also I can't cast targetActor to MyAbiltiy because an ActiveMagicEffect is not comparable. It isn't even a Form.

 

Is there some way to get a reference to the ActiveMagicEffect for the target actor so I can interact with it's properties?

[cdcooley]

No, there's no way to get remote access to the properties of an active magic effect script.

 

Instead you need the active magic effect to look at something else. If that thing needs to be specific to the particular actor you can use factions, inventory items, some of the unused actor values, or even a second magic effect as the general equivalent bool or int properties (or even others in some cases if you're creative). There may be special cases for leveled list generated actors but at least some of those things work.

 

If you need to make sure the active magic effect does something immediately you can make use of default events that get passed through from the ObjectReference or Actor scripts like OnActivate(), OnItemAdded(), OnMagicEffectApply(), etc.

[IWantMyMod]

Thanks for the reply.

 

I figured that was going to be the answer so I'm looking at either adding another ability to the actor or using a ModEvent.

[Evangela]

For properties, that are expected to change/be changed that I would prefer to put on AMEs but can't, I put them on quest scripts.