Scripting a container and an activator

[Angelbroke]

I'm currently making a mod and unfortunately for the time I'm required to be fairly cagey about details, but I have idea.

I'd like a container and an activator, where when you place item A in the container and then press the activator, item A is removed and item B is put in it's place (to make it look like a trade). However it needs to be specifically item A and if it's any other item, it get's destroyed or nothing happens (I'm not bothered which). I have almost no understanding of the Papyrus language and so any assistance here would be enormously appreciated.

[IsharaMeradin]

I can get you started on the right track, but I don't have your exact setup so I can't make something that will just work.

 

Try something like this.

• 
   
  
• Open your activator,
  
• add a new script,
  
• then edit the source code on the new script
  
• copy paste the below spoiler wrapped code
  
• Try to compile it
  
• If it compiles
  
• save the script
  
• then assign the correct items & containers to the properties
  
• save plugin
  
• test it out in the game
   
  

Import Game

ObjectReference Property ItemA auto
ObjectReference Property ItemB auto
ObjectReference Property ContainerA auto

Event OnActivate (ObjectReference akActor)
Actor Player = GetPlayer()
       If akActor == Player ;if the activator is the player
                  If ContainerA.GetItemCount(ItemA) >= 1  ;ContainerA has 1 or more of ItemA go on
              ContainerA.RemoveItem(ItemA,1,True,None) ;remove 1 of ItemA from ContainerA, be silent about it and do not put it anywhere
              ContainerA.AddItem(ItemB,1,True)  ; add 1 of ItemB to ContainerA, be silent about it
           ElseIf ContainerA.GetItemCount(ItemA) < 1  ;ContainerA has less than 1 of ItemA do nothing
           EndIf
EndIf
EndEvent

 

Edited September 20, 2012 by IsharaMeradin

[Angelbroke]

It won't compile. This is the script I'm trying to compile:

 

Scriptname JCDehydroScript extends ObjectReference  
Import Game

ObjectReference Property deathBell auto
ObjectReference Property JCPowderDeathbell auto
ObjectReference JCDweDehydroChamber auto

Event OnActivate (ObjectReference akActor)
       Actor Player = GetPlayer()
       If akActor == Player ;if the activator is the player
                  If JCDweDehydroChamber.GetItemCount(deathBell) == 1  ;JCDweDehydroChamber has 1 or more of deathBell go on
                     JCDweDehydroChamber.RemoveItem(deathBell,1,True,None) ;remove 1 of deathBell from JCDweDehydroChamber, be silent about it and do not put it anywhere
                     JCDweDehydroChamber.AddItem(JCPowderDeathbell,1,True)  ; add 1 of JCPowderDeathbell to JCDweDehydroChamber, be silent about it
                  ElseIf JCDweDehydroChamber.GetItemCount(deathBell) < 1  ;JCDweDehydroChamber has less than 1 of ItemA do nothing
                  EndIf
       EndIf
EndEvent

 

And this is what it gives as the issue:

 

Starting 1 compile threads for 1 files...
Compiling "JCDehydroScript"...
c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\JCDehydroScript.psc(6,36): required (...)+ loop did not match anything at input 'auto'
c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\JCDehydroScript.psc(6,40): mismatched input '\\r\\n' expecting STATE
No output generated for JCDehydroScript, compilation failed.

Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Failed on JCDehydroScript

[IsharaMeradin]

You forgot the word Property in your third ObjectReference. Add that and it will compile.