Problems with Message scripting

[Vandrosch]

Hi Folks,

 

so for some days i´ve been trying to build my first mod ever (yeah i´m a damn noob *lol) - a reconsideration of the repair-system. We may call it a "portable repair device"... (still working on the final name/description)

 

So I created a new Misc Item, some MESG, Some notes etc. and 1 Script

 

What it does atm:

>>If the new item is added to Inventory - add Note (works) - wanted!

then>> If this item is dropped and activated - show Message 1 (works) - wanted!

then>> If Buttons in Message 1 get clicked - remove Item X and add item Y (works) - wanted!

then>> Show Message 2 (Message 2 has only ONE Button) (works) wanted!

then>> If this button is clicked the placed item goes back to inventory - I DO NOT WANT THAT ;-) ... instead I´d wish to show Message 1 Again...

 

So is it possible to "combine" 2 Messages in a Script like

>Show me Message 1

>Press Button in Message 1

>Show me Message 2

>Press Button in Message 2

>Show me Message 1 again

and so on?

 

Add here is my script (not the whole one... just the problematic lines) so far :-)

 

 

begin onactivate

set passSkill to 15

if (IsActionRef player == 1)

if player.getav repair >= passSkill

showmessage SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunMsg ;if skill is >=15 this message shows up (works how it should)

elseif showmessage SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunFailMsg ; if skill is <15 this message shows up (works how it should)

endif

endif

end

 

 

Begin GameMode

if IsActionRef player == 1

activate

endif

 

set Button to GetButtonPressed

 

As i wanted these buttons from the message apear if the player´s skill is high enough

 

if button == 0 first button in the Message - works

If (getitemCount Paintgun > 0) && (getitemCount MotorcycleHandbrake > 0) && (getitemCount spareparts > 0)

ShowMessage SparePartSuccessMsg

 

So here is the problematic point... If i click on the buttons in Message 1 all this player.removeitem and player.additem stuff is working fine and ShowMessage SparePartSuccessMsg works, too.. BUT i´d like to return to THIS SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunMsg (First Message) message after clicking on the button in SparePartSuccessMsg (Second Message)

 

Player.removeitem PaintGun 1

Player.removeitem MotorcycleHandBrake 1

Player.removeitem SpareParts 1

Player.additem SmallGunSpareParts 1

PlaySound UIRepairWeapon

endif

endif

 

if button == 1

 

and so the script goes on :-)

 

I hope you undestand my problem

Please help me i´m getting :wallbash:

 

Greeting Van

[Vandrosch]

BTW... please turn a blind eye on my english... i know that it´s far away from being perfect ;-)

[Vandrosch]

Problem solved... :-)

[Skree000]

Just curious, what did your script look like when you solved it? So we can use it as reference if we want to do something similar later on :)

[Vandrosch]

Now the script looks like this... and it works just fine in my RecycleToRepair Mod.... well i don´t now wether this is a "good looking" script or not... but it works :-)... this is not the entire script... just 3 example buttons...

 

This script does:

 

When the item is optained for the first time

- The "schematicsSparePartSetSmallGunNote" Note is added if the player hasn´t got this note yet.

if player.gethasnote SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunNote == 0

- If the player already has the note... no note is added

 

To activate the item has to be dropped from the inventory.

If activated the Script checks wether a particular Skil is high enough to use the item.

In this case it´s the repair Skill that has got to be 15 or higher

(SetPassSkill)

 

If the players Repair Skill is >= (higher or equal) 15 the Menu

SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunMsg is shown and can be used.

Else (so if the Skill is < (less) 15 the Fail Message is shown and the item goes back to the inventory.

 

In the Message SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunMsg there are buttons from 0 to 7.

Button == 0 to button == 6 have a scripted functions

 

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scn SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunScript

 

short button

short HasItems

short passSkill

short buttonpressed

 

begin onadd

if player.gethasnote SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunNote == 0

player.addnote schematicsSparePartSetSmallGunNote

endif

end

 

begin onactivate

set passSkill to 15

if (IsActionRef player == 1)

if player.getav repair >= passSkill

showmessage SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunMsg

else

showmessage SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunFailMsg

endif

endif

end

 

Begin gamemode

if IsActionRef player == 1

activate (4)

endif

 

; (1) this cannot be true when no button in the message was pressed

if buttonpressed == -3

showmessage SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunMsg

endif

 

set buttonpressed to -1 ; (2) this is true when the last button in the message was pressed

 

set button to GetButtonPressed

 

elseif button == 0

if (player.getitemCount Paintgun >= 1) && (player.getitemCount MotorcycleHandbrake >= 1) && (player.getitemCount spareparts >= 1)

ShowMessage SparePartSuccessMsg ; Simply says, that the Button has done what it should do

Player.removeitem PaintGun 1

Player.removeitem MotorcycleHandBrake 1

Player.removeitem SpareParts 1

Player.additem SmallGunSpareParts 1

PlaySound UIRepairWeapon

set buttonpressed to -3 ; this makes (1) TRUE! and the Message SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunMsg is shown again!

endif

endif

 

elseif button == 1

if (player.getitemcount Weap10mmPistol >= 1)

ShowMessage SparePartSuccessMsg

player.removeitem Weap10mmPistol 1

player.additem SmallGunSpareParts 3

PlaySound UIRepairWeapon

set buttonpressed to -3

endif

endif

 

elseif button == 2

if (player.getitemcount Weap10mmPistolSilenced >= 1)

ShowMessage SparePartSuccessMsg

player.removeitem Weap10mmPistolSilenced 1

player.additem SmallGunSpareParts 3

PlaySound UIRepairWeapon

set buttonpressed to -3

endif

endif

 

; goes to button == 6

 

;the last Button (would be button == 7) in SchematicsSparePartSetSmallGunMsg is empty and so (2) is TRUE!

; and so the item is simply activated (4) which sends it back to the inventory.

; if any other button in the Message is pressed, (1) is TRUE and the Script starts again....

 

end

 

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Hope this is understanable :-)

 

 

At the moment i am trying to write a script with a Main Menu and several sub menus ... but i cannot figure out how to configure the buttons in the submenus :-( if anyone has an idea i´d be clad to here it :-)

[Pelinor]

I tried setting up sub-menus earlier today but didn't have time to really get it working. It went crazy on one script, so I think I'll try setting up a different quest and script for each sub-menu. Each one will check for a variable on the master script for when to show the new message; something like this on the master...

 

if buttonpressed == 1

set showmessage1 to 1

endif

 

Then on the slave...

 

if masterscript.showmessage1 == 1

showmessage message1

endif

 

It would also need a check to keep from running all of the time.

[Vandrosch]

Hmmm sounds good i think.... i´ll test that, but i don´t know wether you can make one script check another script...

 

tested it.... does not work this way :-(

 

i tried this....

 

MASTER

scn ArmorRecycleHiTecScript

 

short button

short buttonpressed

short showmessage1

 

begin onactivate

if (IsActionRef player == 1)

showmessage Main Menu

endif

end

 

 

Begin gamemode

 

if IsActionRef player == 1

activate

endif

 

if button == 0

set showmessage1 to 1

endif

 

end .... works - the menu is shown when the item is activated....

 

SLAVE

scn Menu1SCRIPT

 

short button

short buttonpressed

short showmessage1

 

 

Begin gamemode

 

set button to getbuttonpressed

 

if armor ArmorRecycleHiTecScript.showmessage1 == 1

; i also tried if showmessage1.ArmorRecycleHiTecScript == 1

showmessage MENU1

endif

end

 

Problem:

- if ArmorRecycleHiTecScript.showmessage1 == 1 GECK says:

Unknown variable or function "Showmessage1"

- if showmessage1.ArmorRecycleHiTecScript == 1 GECK says:

Unknown variable or function "ArmorRecycleHiTecScript"

 

So it seems, that the two scripts don´t work together... or there might be a command to let them refere to each other...

 

D´OH!

 

there´s gotta be a way to do that....

[Pelinor]

So it seems, that the two scripts don´t work together... or there might be a command to let them refere to each other...

 

D´OH!

 

there´s gotta be a way to do that....

Sorry for being misleading. I was well overdue for sleep when I wrote that. You'll have to reference the object/quest that the script is attached to for getting the variable. (As in masterobject.variable instead of masterscript.variable.)