Papyrus Menu Scripting Help

[Gunshot08]

Howdy all.

 

I'm working on my first menu script in Creation Kit, but I need a bit of help. My goal is to have a system of menus and sub-menus that essentially acts like a bank, allowing the player to "deposit" and "withdraw" gold. I fully understand how to create messages and menu functions, and I have knowledge of C++. The problem I am running into is how to maintain a "count" of the gold stored so that the amount of gold stored can be manipulated by deposits and withdrawals. I'm still figuring Papyrus out and I would also like to know how to call on and print (create a debug.message) for the "count" of gold stored.

 

Below is my .psc text. The lines beginning with ; are either notes to myself, or code that I was playing with in an attempt to achieve the desired results I just mentioned.

 

 

 

Scriptname aamenu_test_script extends ObjectReference

{RENAME TO AA_TR_LEDGER_SCRIPT WHEN FINISHED}

;===================VARIABLES===================

;Int Gold

;Bool Property Less1k = false Auto Hidden

;Bool Property Between1k5k = false Auto Hidden

;Bool Property Between5k10k = false Auto Hidden

;Bool Property Between10k25k = false Auto Hidden

;Bool Property Between25k50k = false Auto Hidden

;Bool Property Between50k100k = false Auto Hidden

;Bool Property More100k = false Auto Hidden

Message Property MB1 Auto ;deposit menu options page 1

ObjectReference Property Marker1k Auto ;marker for enabling/disabling 1k gold pile

ObjectReference Property Marker5k Auto ;marker for enabling/disabling 5k gold pile

ObjectReference Property Marker10k Auto ;marker for enabling/disabling 10k gold pile

Message Property MB1b Auto ;deposit menu options page 2

ObjectReference Property Marker25k Auto ;marker for enabling/disabling 25k gold pile

ObjectReference Property Marker50k Auto ;marker for enabling/disabling 50k gold pile

ObjectReference Property Marker100k Auto ;marker for enabling/disabling 100k gold pile

Message Property DepositFail Auto

Message Property test Auto ;use if I want to ask yes/no before depositing

MiscObject Property MyGold Auto

;===================EVENTS===================

Event OnActivate(ObjectReference akActivator)

DepositMenu1()

; CheckGoldCount()

EndEvent

;===================FUNCTIONS===================

;PERSONAL NOTES

;I need to add a function for the menu to choose deposit or withdraw later

;then 2 functions to be called in each of the above functions which will be the pages containing the options

;THINGS TO FIGURE OUT

;for the gold count i think i need a function that will be called after every transaction that updates the gold count

;in that gold count function it will run another function that updates the gold model accordingly

Function test()

int iButton2 = test.Show()

If iButton2 == 0

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(MyGold, 1000)

Marker1k.Enable()

; GoldCount(0)

; GoldCount(12)

DepositMenu1()

ElseIf iButton2 ==1

debug.MessageBox("Maybe later.")

EndIF

EndFunction

;Function GoldCount(int TransNum)

; If TransNum == 0

; Gold + 1000

; ElseIf TransNum == 1

; Gold + 5000

; ElseIf TransNum == 2

; Gold + 10000

; ElseIf TransNum == 3

; Gold + 25000

; ElseIf TransNum == 4

; Gold + 50000

; ElseIf TransNum == 5

; Gold + 100000

; ElseIf TransNum == 12

; Debug.MessageBox(Gold)

; EndIf

;EndFunction

;Function CheckGoldCount()

; If(Less1k == True)

; Marker1k.Enable()

;

;EndFunction

Function DepositMenu1(Bool abMenu = True, Int aiButton = 0)

While abMenu

If aiButton != -1

aiButton = MB1.Show()

abMenu = False

If aiButton == 0 ; 1000

If Game.GetPlayer().getItemCount(MyGold ) >=1000

test()

Else

DepositFail.Show()

DepositMenu1()

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 1 ; 5000

If Game.GetPlayer().getItemCount(MyGold ) >=5000

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(MyGold, 5000)

Marker5k.Enable()

DepositMenu1()

Else

DepositFail.Show()

DepositMenu1()

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 2 ; 10000

If Game.GetPlayer().getItemCount(MyGold ) >= 10000

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(MyGold, 10000)

Marker10k.Enable()

DepositMenu1()

Else

DepositFail.Show()

DepositMenu1()

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 3 ; 10000+

DepositMenu2()

EndIf

EndIf

EndWhile

EndFunction

Function DepositMenu2(Bool abMenu = True, Int aiButton = 0)

While abMenu

If aiButton != -1

aiButton = MB1b.Show()

abMenu = False

If aiButton == 0 ; 25000

If Game.GetPlayer().getItemCount(MyGold ) >=25000

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(MyGold, 25000)

Marker25k.Enable()

DepositMenu2()

Else

DepositFail.Show()

DepositMenu2()

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 1 ; 50000

If Game.GetPlayer().getItemCount(MyGold ) >=50000

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(MyGold, 50000)

Marker50k.Enable()

DepositMenu2()

Else

DepositFail.Show()

DepositMenu2()

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 2 ; 100000

If Game.GetPlayer().getItemCount(MyGold ) >= 100000

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(MyGold, 100000)

Marker100k.Enable()

DepositMenu2()

Else

DepositFail.Show()

DepositMenu2()

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 3 ; Return

DepositMenu1()

EndIf

EndIf

EndWhile

EndFunction

 

 

 

Any help is much appreciated! I would really like to figure this out as I think it can be done, I just need some Papyrus experts to help me out. :wink:

 

 

[Gunshot08]

Just an update.

 

After working on some other scripts including setting up my house to be a BYOH style home with customizable options via a menu, I finally came back to this script and completed it quite easily.

The missing element I needed to make this work was global variables. I added a global variable to maintain the amount of gold deposited/withdrawn, functions in the script for each withdraw and deposit amount which update the global variable, and an update function called in each deposit/withdraw function which enables/disables models in game according to the value stored in the global variable, and... voila! It works nicely now.

 

Just thought I would post again in case anyone was looking to do something similar and could gain from this thread. On that note if anyone wants script examples just let me know!

[RussianRanger]

I don't mean to necro a topic, but I would be quite interested in seeing your multi-level menu. What I'm trying to achieve right now is a hiring system via a board. I have the root menu which has a "cancel" option and then 3 other options, so it looks like this (0=cancel, 1=Merchants, 2= Guards, 3= Services) Then obviously 3 submenus that contain a list of guards, merchants and services to hire.

 

If you can help me with that, I'd be grateful. But what I would REALLY like help with is this: So with this menu system, I have each option with the NPCs under 2 conditions that will keep the choice hidden until they are met, the choice will show after: 1) The bed for the NPC has been purchased (via Xmarker) and 2) The NPC is still disabled (so you haven't purchased them yet, also tied to an xmarker).

 

Well, the way I have the script set up is that the NPC will arrive after a period of time in game, so the player will have to wait 6 in game hours prior to the NPC being enabled. I have a utility.WaitGameTime(6) command for this. So this leads to the issue: The player can still "hire" the NPC during this 6 hour window, and pay gold/resources for them, even though they already hired them. What I want is for that option to disappear.

 

Now I know a workaround to this solution to this, and that is to create an Xmarker that is enabled by default, and then set an extra condition to make the option disappear when that Xmarker is disabled. Which would be fine for 1 or 2 NPCs. But when you have 25, I would rather not go into 25 different scripts and add all that and update 25 menus with 25 conditions. At the very least, I would like to set a boolean operator or something that makes it so after selecting the option, it would set it to false or something and not show it. But I don't know how to do that. So if someone could help, I would mighty appreciate that. Here is the script I'm working on, this is just a single, sub menu. The other two submenus are very similar, just with different NPCs selected. The root menu I want will incorporate all these things, and then have the option to remove the sign when all the NPCs have been hired.

 

I apologize in advance for the indenting, I tried to redo it after the copy/paste.

 

 

 

Message Property RRTN_npcguardmenu Auto

Message Property RRTNguardmessage Auto

ObjectReference Property RRTN_castorguard Auto

ObjectReference Property RRTN_kallistoguard Auto

ObjectReference Property RRTN_boreasguard Auto

ObjectReference Property RRTN_hiringboard Auto

MiscObject Property Gold001 Auto

Event OnActivate(ObjectReference akActionRef)

Menu()

EndEvent

Function Menu (int aiButton = 0)

aiButton = RRTN_npcguardmenu.show()

If aiButton == 0

ElseIf aiButton == 1

If(RRTN_castorguard.IsDisabled())

If (Game.GetPlayer().GetItemCount(Gold001) >=25)

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(Gold001, 25)

RRTNguardmessage.show()

Utility.WaitGameTime(1)

RRTN_castorguard.enable()

Else

debug.notification("You need 25 gold to hire this guard!")

EndIf

Else

debug.notification("This guard is already here!")

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 2

If(RRTN_kallistoguard.IsDisabled())

If (Game.GetPlayer().GetItemCount(Gold001) >=25)

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(Gold001, 25)

RRTNguardmessage.show()

Utility.WaitGameTime(1)

RRTN_kallistoguard.enable()

Else

debug.notification("You need 25 gold to hire this guard!")

EndIf

Else

debug.notification("This guard is already here!")

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 3

If(RRTN_boreasguard.IsDisabled())

If (Game.GetPlayer().GetItemCount(Gold001) >=25)

Game.GetPlayer().RemoveItem(Gold001, 25)

RRTNguardmessage.show()

Utility.WaitGameTime(1)

RRTN_boreasguard.enable()

Else

debug.notification("You need 25 gold to hire this guard!")

EndIf

Else

debug.notification("This guard is already here!")

EndIf

ElseIf aiButton == 4

If(RRTN_hiringboard.IsEnabled())

debug.notification("The signs will be taken down in an hour by your servant")

utility.WaitGameTime(1)

RRTN_hiringboard.disable()

Else

EndIf

EndIf

EndFunction

 

 

[IsharaMeradin]

Add a separate local bool per purchase option. Combine a check for the bool to be false along with the button checks. When false allow purchase and set to true. When true tell player they already did it. Small example

 

Bool button0 = false
Bool button1 = false
Function Menu ()
Int aibutton = yourmessage.show ()
If aibutton == 0
If button0 == false
; do stuff
button0 = true
Else
Debug.notification ("Sorry that option not available")
EndIf
Elseif aibutton == 1
If button1 == false
; do stuff
button1 = true
Else
Debug.notification ("Sorry not available")
Endif
Endif
Endfunction

Or you can use global variables with values of 1 or 0. When 0 the option is available, set to 1 when selected and have the message box show that option only when the global variable is at 0. Edited February 19, 2014 by IsharaMeradin

[RussianRanger]

Thank you! Been trying to figure out how to create a local bool, didn't know how to execute it before. So based on that bit of code there, you just set the bool value outside of the function, correct? And when you trigger the command, execute the script and all that and then set the button to true... the option still shows, but it can't be executed (instead it shows the notification).

 

Is there a way to take this a step further and set a condition in the menu that checks the bool value of the option and if its true (in this case), doesn't make the option visible?

[IsharaMeradin]

If you want to disable the option from showing in the menu, then you need to use a global variable and check for the value to be exactly what you want. The condition function you would want would be GetGlobalValue

 

There is a GetScriptVariable condition function but there is no documentation on the wiki about how it is used. It might be able to pull the local bool's value. You could test it first before swapping over to using global variables.

[RussianRanger]

Awesome, thank you so much Ishara, you've been a huge help!