[LE] Making a Perk that only works when a single one handed weapon is equipped

[nerdbucket]

I have spent hours searching for an answer to this so I'm asking you for help. I am attempting to make a perk that gives a bonus to weapon attack speed but only if the player has a single dagger equipped in either their left or right hand. I have the weapon speed working but can not for the life of me figure out how to set up the "only one dagger" part. I know I could just make an condition so that this works exclusively with the left or right hand but that's not what I want. There has to be a way to set the conditions to left OR right NOT both. I have been modding Skyrim and FO4 for a long time but have never tried making my own. I've only been messing around with the CK and SEEdit for the last few days but I feel like I have read a ton of tutorials. For this issue I have used the CK to look inside a bunch of vanilla perks and a few modded ones. I just can't find anything that answers my specific problem.

[dylbill]

So, if I'm understanding correctly, you want the perk to only apply if the player has a dagger equipped in one hand, and nothing equipped in the other hand? If this is the case, how I would do it is to make two perks. Put two conditions on each of the perks.

 

1st perk:

 

GetEquippedItemType Right Hand == 2 AND

GetEquippedItemType Left Hand == 0

(This perk will only be active if a dagger is equipped in the right hand, and nothing in the left)

 

2nd Perk

GetEquippedItemType Right Hand == 0 AND

GetEquippedItemType Left Hand == 2

(This perk will only be active if a dagger is equipped in the left hand, and nothing in the right)

 

You can do the conditions in the same perk, but that is more complicated. Read here under complex conditions for more info on AND OR logic: https://www.creationkit.com/index.php?title=Conditions

[nerdbucket]

Awesome, thank you. This sounds like it should work and it keeps me away from those complex conditions. Just thinking about those makes me uncomfortable.

[dylbill]

No problem. Yes I agree I don't like how the AND OR logic works in Skyrim. To get around it though you can use duplicate perks, or if you're using spells, you can just add the magic effect twice to the spell, with different / opposite conditions for each effect instance.