issue with F4se GetName to acquire actor name

[DJD2010]

Hi.

 

I'm trying to acquire the current Combat Target's name, and it's not working.

 

Here's how I wrote the code:

string name
Actor target

target = Game.GetPlayer().GetCombatTarget()
name = target.GetActorBase().GetName()
Debug.Notification("Actor name is: "+name)

Every time the message appears, it just says "Actor name is: " and that's it.

 

I don't really care of what exactly is the actor's name, I just want it to be assigned because I want to know the length of it. Some other part of the code changes depending on the length of the actor's name.

 

Can someone help please?

[cenarius451]

Try putting "as string" at the end of "name = target.GetActorBase().GetName()"

[DJD2010]

Try putting "as string" at the end of "name = target.GetActorBase().GetName()"

The GetName() function already returns a String, but yeah I did try that and it didnât work.

 

Someone on Reddit pointed out that the GetName() function probably doesnât like or canât deal with leveled actors, in this case something like a âFeral Ghoulâ is a leveled actor.

 

The thing is, I have no idea how to acquire a leveled actorâs name dynamically and store it in a string variable.

Is there no syntax of any sort that would allow me to do that?

[SKKmods]

>Someone on Reddit :huh:

[DJD2010]

>Someone on Reddit  :huh:Â

lol hey man. xD

 

Now this issue is really getting to me. Iâll try to see if there are any workarounds that donât invlonve papyrus, but if there arenât any... I honestly donât know what I should do about this. :/

[DJD2010]

So yeah... tried to do some workarounds that dont require papyrus.. that didnt work.. :|

 

If anyone has any ideas on how to acquire a leveled actorâs name, Iâd be grateful to know how.

[Magicockerel]

GetDisplayName() is what you're looking for, given that it works with ObjectReferences rather than Forms. I can't remember off the top of my head whether it works with levelled actors, but it might.

[DJD2010]

GetDisplayName() is what you're looking for, given that it works with ObjectReferences rather than Forms. I can't remember off the top of my head whether it works with levelled actors, but it might.

That worked! Thanks. :)