[LE] How can I "tie" 2 entities together, so that when one is deleted (by script) the other is as well?

[monsto]

I'm spawning mannequins with a pedestal. Under normal operation, the mann & pedestal are processed together.

But sometimes, the mann becomes unresponsive, even to a normal activation. Thus, i'm building a spell that will outright delete the mann. The instance for the mann has the reference info to the pedestal, and deleting the mann does not delete the pedestal.

What's a way to make the 2 entities live on each other, so that if the mann is deleted the pedestal goes as well?

Could I have a function on the mannequin that would respond to a spell cast on it, giving info back to the spell so that the script could delete the correct entities?

Further, I realize that this is an XYProblem... as it's a question about a solution (forcibly deleting entities) rather than a question about the problem itself (why/how the actor becomes unresponsive). There's nothing to suggest why this happens to the actor, as it's usually in 3rd to 5th time the mannequin has been changed.

[RichWebster]

You can't delete 2 instances by deleting 1, but you can make the pedestal a variable (property) in the script attached to the man, and then delete the pedestal before deleting the man. Remember to clear the property after deleting.

[IsharaMeradin]

If you link the mannequin to the pedestal (and it may already be), you can have the spell target which ever is considered "the parent" and use GetLinkedRef to first remove "the child" and then remove "the parent". Requires the code to be on the object being hit rather than on the spell or its effects.

 

Example (not tested for compilation or function -- theory only):

 

 

Scriptname MannPedestalCleaner Extends ObjectReference

Projectile Property mySpellProjectile Auto

Event OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack, bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)
  If akProjectile == mySpellProjectile  ;hit by the spell
    ObjectReference LinkedObj = Self.GetLinkedRef()
    LinkedObj.Disable()
    LinkedObj.Delete()
    Self.Disable()
    Self.Delete()
  EndIf
EndEvent

 

 

[RichWebster]

That method won't work with script created objects, because there's no SetLinkedRef() function.

[TobiaszPL]

Script01 ( attached to XMarker )

ObjectReference ObjA ; Ref to Object 1

ObjectReference ObjB ; Ref to Object 2

Event OnActivate( ObjectReference QRef )

ObjA.delete()

ObjB.delete()

self.delete()

EndEvent

Script02

Event ???

Script01.Activate( self )

EndEvent

Just use Activate

Create 3 objects

Two that you want to delete and XMarker ( last ) that support deleting all objects at once

then Activate XMarker with any event by Activate() function and done...

in Script01 if XMarker was activated it delete two References and self...

[maxarturo]

Another way to go is to create a script that will act as a controller and monitor the condition in which each object is, and it could be attached to anything in your cell or even in a quest, rough example :

Event OnCellAttach()

           if (Mannequin.IsDisabled()

               Pedestal.Disable()

               Utility.Wait(0.2)

               Pedestal.Delete()

    endIf

EndEvent

* The mannequin should first be "Disable" before "Delete" in order for this to work.

* This logic can also be apply in a script attached to the pedestal itself, the controller logic is more usfull if you have a large amounts of objects that needs to be monitored.