Help with a script on container

[0ogieBoogie]

I'm new to scripting and have a lot to learn. Just started teaching myself a few months ago :happy: . I'm trying to inject a leveled list into a container based on the location of the container. I added the script to the container. When I use IsInLocation() and the specific location, it works fine. However, if i use GetCurrentLocation and a formlist with the locations it does not. I'm sure it's something easy that I just don't know yet. Was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Here's what I did.

Scriptname OB_LootFilter extends ObjectReference

FormList Property LocationHousing Auto
LeveledItem Property OB_LLC_ToolBox_Default Auto
LeveledItem Property OB_LLC_ToolBox_Housing Auto

Auto State StartFilter
    Event OnLoad()
        If LocationHousing.HasForm(Self.GetCurrentLocation())
            Self.AddItem(OB_LLC_ToolBox_Housing)
        Else
            Self.AddItem(OB_LLC_ToolBox_Default)
        EndIf
        GoToState("DoNothing")
    EndEvent
EndState

State DoNothing
    Event OnLoad()
    EndEvent
EndState

[SKKmods]

To see what is going on enable debugg logging and become friendly with the Debug.Trace command:

Event OnLoad()

Debug.Trace("OB_LootFilter.OnLoad " + Self + " " + Self.GetCurrentLocation())
		
Int iIndex = 0
  While (iIndex < LocationHousing.GetSize())
  Debug.Trace("OB_LootFilter.LocationHousing " + iIndex + " " + LocationHousing.GetAt(iIndex) as Location)
  iIndex +=1
EndWhile 
		
;your original stuff here 

EndEvent

[0ogieBoogie]

Sweet thanks man! I've read so many posts with help you gave other people. Feel like you're a celebrity lol. I have a lot to learn and haven't really been checking myself with debug. That will help tremendously. I made some pretty awesome leveled lists that I want to dynamically place in containers based on the location. My ultimate goal is a mod that overhauls leveled lists and sorts items and and adds my own def_ui icons that I made.

[0ogieBoogie]

Yeah that just opened up a whole new world for me! lol thank you again. Works great!

[SKKmods]

If your goiong to start moinitoring runtime debug logs I recommend free Mtail log monitor.

 

As long as your script names (for errors) and Debug.Trace always have a unique string (like SKK) it will fiter 'em out so you can watch it fly by rather than trying to pick it out of the base game detritus.

[0ogieBoogie]

Awesome! I'll check it out. Now that this thing works, I gotta figure out what the most efficient way is to distribute it. Not sure if I should place a variation of this on every base container or if I could do something else. My original idea was to use a quest and put a global on each leveled list that would pass depending on the location but I couldn't figure out how to use a quest script to tell a container to give me its location and set the value of the global accordingly. So I figured I would have to place it on each container.

[dylbill]

Another option is to use debug.TraceUser: https://www.creationkit.com/fallout4/index.php?title=TraceUser_-_Debug which will write to your own custom log. Also using Debug.Notification or Debug.MessageBox will display in game.

[SKKmods]

But then you miss the context of other errors in the compund log that may be relevant to a problem invetigation.

 

And time sorting/interleaving them back together is a bastard. Done that plenty, dont do that no more.