[LE] Scripting summoned creature to cast at hostiles then stop script upon death

[Noober1]

Yes it just drops to the ground lol. Argh!

[Noober1]

Yea it just drops to the floor lol.

 

Did some digging around and was reading about SetMotionType with the type set to 4 which says the object will nto be simulated by havok.

Could that work and if so would that script be on the magic effect or the actor?

[dylbill]

Maybe you can just use the actual trap bow then, instead of making it an actor. You can duplicate it and make your script extend ObjectReference again:

 

Activator Property WHA_Sentry Auto
Float Property Distance = 100.0 Auto 

Event OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)
    ObjectReference WHA_SentryRef = akCaster.PlaceAtMe(WHA_Sentry, 1, 0, 1) ;place one sentry at caster
    ;(WHA_SentryRef as TWHA_SentryCombatScript).Owner = akCaster ;Set owner of sentry to the caster.
    Float A = akCaster.GetAngleZ()
    Float XDist = Math.Sin(A)
    Float YDist = math.Cos(A)
    YDist *= Distance
    XDist *= Distance
    
    WHA_SentryRef.MoveTo(akCaster, XDist, YDist, 50, True)
    WHA_SentryRef.Enable()
EndEvent

 

[Noober1]

Been messing around with it for a while now and for some reason after swapping it from an Actor to an Activator, both scripts compile but in game, the Sentry never spawns.

 

I've made sure to update my properties afterwards as well. This is the script that is currently on the trap activator

 

Scriptname WHA_SentryCombatScript extends ObjectReference

import Utility

Actor Property PlayerREF Auto

Float Property xOffset Auto

Float Property yOffset Auto

Float Property zOffset Auto

Float Property RandomOffsetX Auto

Float Property RandomOffsetY Auto

Float Property RandomOffsetZ Auto

Float Property PulseRate = 1.0 Auto

Float Property RandomRate Auto

Activator Property TargetType Auto

ObjectReference Property CurrentTarget Auto

Bool Property SpawnNode Auto

Spell Property WHA_SentryFirebolt Auto

FormList Property TargetTypeList Auto

Float Property SeekRange = 1000.0 Auto

Actor Property Owner Auto Hidden ;the actor that spawned this sentry

Float InitTime

Event OnInit()

InitTime = Game.GetRealHoursPassed()

RegisterForSingleUpdate(PulseRate)

EndEvent

Event OnUpdate()

Actor Target = Game.FindRandomActorFromRef(Self, SeekRange)

if Target

If Target.IsHostileToActor(Owner) ;only cast spell if hostile to owner.

WHA_SentryFirebolt.Cast(Self,Target)

Endif

endif

If ((Game.GetRealHoursPassed() - InitTime) > 0.016) || Self.IsDisabled() ==false

Self.Disable()

Self.Delete()

Else

RegisterForSingleUpdate(PulseRate + RandomFloat(0.0, RandomRate))

Endif

EndEvent

[Noober1]

Nevermind I fixed that. Turns out there was a property mix up on the magic effect. So the sentry now spawns, then crashes the game lol. I may be at my wits end here. I seriously appreciate all the help you've given me.

[dylbill]

No problem, that's strange that it causes CTD. Did you try testing on a new game?

[Noober1]

I fixed it!! In addition....I got it to fire the spell straight out instead of coming from below ground. I switched it back to Actor, readjusted the scripts/properties then tinkered around in the Race menu. Under General Data, one of the tick boxes, "Uses Head Track Anims" had to be ticked.

 

So now the actor is spawned, turns toward any hostile enemy nearby, pelts them with firebolts and disappears after 60s. That is EXACTLY how I wanted this to turn out.

[dylbill]

Awesome, glad you got it working!