a little custom spell tweaking help please

[wyzman001]

so used the creation kit to make a chain lightning spell variant that has more range and target potential that also casts soul trap.

when cast the lightning animates and sounds play correctly, but the soul trap has no visuals or sound but fills a soul gem and gives the proper notice @ top left of screen.

 

how do i make the soul trap visuals and sounds for a kill / trapping of a soul play ?

 

do i use scripting to cause a slight delay between the lightning and the soul trap?

 

if so where is a good scripting tutorial?

 

am i trying to do something beyond the c. kit's ability ?

 

thank you for your time and effort

Edited March 15, 2021 by wyzman001

[dylbill]

Hey, unfortunately only one magic effect visual will display when casting a spell. To get around that, instead of including the soul trap effect in the lightning spell, you can use a simple script to cast the soul trap spell whenever the lightning spell hits a target. Put this script on your lightning spell's magic effect. Don't forget to fill properties after compiling.

 

Scriptname TM_EffectScript extends ActiveMagicEffect 

Spell Property SoulTrap Auto 

Event OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)
    SoulTrap.Cast(akCaster, akTarget) 
    ;The caster casts SoulTrap on the target.
EndEvent

Name the script something more unique. This should display the soul trap visuals as well.

[wyzman001]

thanks for this ...but I don't understand what you mean by " fill properties after compiling." i'm used to changing the values and drop menu options in the ck then saving ..... don't think i've ever "compiled" where and how is this done?

 

did a little digging around on y..tube (don't know if naming them is a problem on this board)

are you referring to creating a new spell effect and adding the scripting there?

when and how do you compiile during this ?

Edited March 15, 2021 by wyzman001

[dylbill]

That's a script you have to attach to your magic effect. Here's a beginner tutorial for scripting:

[wyzman001]

thanks for all the help, time for me to start learning

Edited March 15, 2021 by wyzman001

[dylbill]

No problem. Happy modding :)