Hi all,

What I want to do is have it so that on different races there are different body parts to loot off them.
For Example - You could look Legs, arms, torso, head and tail off an Argonian, and Legs, arms, Torso, Head, Tail and Ears off a Khajjit and so on.

I was wondering what would be the best way to do this so that at least most, if not all, NPCs of different races have different body parts to loot.

Would it also be possible to make it so that they would only appear on death (I know about OnDeath Events, but wondering where would I put the scripts?)

Thanks

SoulLimit

Sounds like you need SKSE.

That's usually done on a per-character basis, not a per-race basis, and determined by your selection in the drop down list labelled "Death" in the "Traits" tab of the "Actor" window.

One approach you might try is using http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1349649-dynamically-attaching-scripts-to-actors-near-the-player/ to attach a ReferenceAlias script to nearby actors of an appropriate race in order to catch their OnDeath events.

Cipscis

Okay, quick question then. is there a way to find the race of the actor as he dies, in the OnDeath event? Or would I have to limit different Aliases to specific races?

Also, which function would add the items to the inventory of the actor?

Q1: self.GetRace()
Q2: self.addItem()

When I try to use Self.GetRace() I get the following error:

c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\SL_CombatAliasNPCScript.psc(33,6): GetRace is not a function or does not existNo output generated for SL_CombatAliasNPCScript, compilation failed.

Does your script extend Actor?

No, but it does now and now it works. Thank you

Please don't use the "http://www.creationkit.com/Function_Reference#Special_Variables" special variable to call functions. Non-global functions from within other non-global functions (including events) called without specifying an object on which to call them are already automatically called on the "Self" object.

"Self" is only useful when that information needs to be stored in a property or passed to a function as an argument.

Cipscis

Cipscis, do you know much about what they were on about in that link that you gave me. As I cannot get it to work, even just the basic one like he has does not work for me...

If you knew a bit, would you mind looking at what ive done with it to see where i've gone wrong? - the test file has been uploaded here - http://jumbofiles.com/n33wz811ok1o