[Isabell Hoffmann]

PlayerREF will autofill, as will WhatEverPersonREF if it matches your NPC's EditorID. I recall reading that lights won't fade in/out using Enable/Disable, but you could approximate this by gradually increasing/decreasing the scale of the light REF, I believe.

Try:

ObjectReference Property kLightREF AutoEvent SomeEvent()	kLightREF.ToggleLightWithFade()EndEventFunction ToggleLightWithFade(ObjectReference akLightRef) Global	Float fScale = akLightRef.GetScale()	If fScale		While fScale > 0			fScale -= 1.0			akLightRef.SetScale(fScale)		EndWhile	Else		While fScale < 100.0			fScale += 1.0			akLightRef.SetScale(fScale)		EndWhile	EndIfEndFunction

[maria Dwyer]

still not working , nothing gets enabled ...

[Christine]

You might need some notifications in the code to get a better idea of what's going on.
Just curious, what is the volume of your trigger box? If the box is too thin sometimes none of the Trigger related events get sent. Make it a couple of body-widths wide at least, if you can.

[scorpion972]

Its as large as the room and as deep as two NPCs...

[Melly Angelic]

Then I used a xmarker and I linked it to the box

then I linked to the xmarker all braziers , ashes and lights and set all of those ( xmarkers only ) to initially disabled
et in the properteis the fade in and the player only but nothing ..

This may be a totally silly remark, and I apologize for it from the start, but if I take what you describe literally, I am compelled to ask: Did you add the xmarker to your lights as an enable parent or as a mere linked reference (as your post kind of implies)? The former should work better than the latter.

Also, if I were you, I would temporarily replace the xmarker with some simple visible object, like a standing stone or something, just to see if the triggering script works as intended, and once that is established, then proceed to get the lighting working.

P.S. I am also under the impression, that apart from fading not effecting lights, as suggested above, fading is not even passed through enable parent linkages for any kind of object. I agree that you may need to have each light individually managed by your script along the lines of what JustinOther described.

P.P.S. A couple of points on efficiency (to the best of my understanding, others might disgree):

1.

if (!PlayerOnly) || (triggerRef == Game.GetPlayer())

would be better than

if (triggerRef == Game.GetPlayer()) || (!PlayerOnly)

because the second test is skipped if the first one is enough, and Game.GetPlayer() is more resource demanding.

2.
If you refer to your set of lights in a script in some master object or whatever (like through an ObjectReference property or variable) those lights can easily become persistent in memory. Some people might argue that would be a needless use of resources, others might be indifferent. (It works the other way around If you set an enable parent in an object, as it references some master object, which alone needs to be persistent).

If I were you, I might consider adding to each light a script, that runs from when the cell is attached, and begins to periodically monitor the distance of the the player from some trigger point (or the enable state of an xmarker that uses your trigger script). When the player closes in on the trigger point (or the xmarker is enabled by your trigger script), the script launches the fade-on process and then shuts down. That should probably work without the lights having to become persistent.

I might actually try something like this on the lights (adapted from the script above by JustinOther), although I haven't tested it in practice

Spoiler

ScriptName LightFadeOn extends ObjectReferenceObjectReference property EnableMaster auto{Monitored to initiate gradual switch-on}float property fMaxScale auto{Maximum extent of light}int property iSteps auto{Number of growth steps}; This should usually equal the number of frames used for transition, but that may not necessarily be an absolute truth.bool Lit = FalseEVENT OnCellAttach()if Lit  returnendifSetScale(0.0)RegisterForSingleUpdate(1.0)endEVENTEVENT OnCellDetach()UnregisterForUpdate()endEVENTEVENT OnUpdate()if EnableMaster.IsDisabled()  RegisterForSingleUpdate(2.0)  returnendiffloat fDelta = fMaxScale / iStepsint iCounter = 0while iCounter < iSteps  iCounter += 1  SetScale(fDelta * iCounter)endwhileLit = True ; allows the light to remain on once litendEVENT

[gandalf]

this is the error I get

Starting 1 compile threads for 1 files...
Compiling "QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909"...
d:\giochi\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909.psc(32,0): mismatched input 'Event' expecting ENDFUNCTION
d:\giochi\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909.psc(37,0): missing EOF at 'EndFunction'
No output generated for QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909, compilation failed.

Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Failed on QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909




and this is the code

Spoiler

;BEGIN FRAGMENT CODE - Do not edit anything between this and the end comment;NEXT FRAGMENT INDEX 5Scriptname QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909 Extends Quest Hidden;BEGIN ALIAS PROPERTY Conan;ALIAS PROPERTY TYPE ReferenceAliasReferenceAlias Property Alias_Conan Auto;END ALIAS PROPERTY;BEGIN ALIAS PROPERTY PullChain;ALIAS PROPERTY TYPE ReferenceAliasReferenceAlias Property Alias_PullChain Auto;END ALIAS PROPERTY;BEGIN ALIAS PROPERTY AtlanteanSword;ALIAS PROPERTY TYPE ReferenceAliasReferenceAlias Property Alias_AtlanteanSword Auto;END ALIAS PROPERTY;BEGIN FRAGMENT Fragment_2Function Fragment_2();BEGIN CODESetObjectiveDisplayed(30);END CODEEndFunction;END FRAGMENT;BEGIN FRAGMENT Fragment_3Function Fragment_3();BEGIN CODESetObjectiveDisplayed(40)Event OnDeath(Actor killer)    EndEvent;END CODEEndFunction;END FRAGMENT;BEGIN FRAGMENT Fragment_4Function Fragment_4();BEGIN CODESetObjectiveDisplayed(50);END CODEEndFunction;END FRAGMENT;BEGIN FRAGMENT Fragment_0Function Fragment_0();BEGIN CODESetObjectiveDisplayed(10);END CODEEndFunction;END FRAGMENT;BEGIN FRAGMENT Fragment_1Function Fragment_1();BEGIN CODESetObjectiveDisplayed(20);END CODEEndFunction;END FRAGMENT;END FRAGMENT CODE - Do not edit anything between this and the begin comment

[Tania Bunic]

That's not an NPC in the picture So yes, it works. It should work on any character that matches the list of races selected in the ArmorAddon.

[e.Double]

You can't have an event in a function (OnDeath was empty anyhow).

Spoiler

ScriptName QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909 Extends Quest HiddenReferenceAlias Property Alias_Conan AutoReferenceAlias Property Alias_PullChain AutoReferenceAlias Property Alias_AtlanteanSword AutoFunction Fragment_0()	SetObjectiveDisplayed(10)EndFunctionFunction Fragment_1()	SetObjectiveDisplayed(20)EndFunctionFunction Fragment_2()	SetObjectiveDisplayed(30)EndFunctionFunction Fragment_3()	SetObjectiveDisplayed(40)EndFunctionFunction Fragment_4()	SetObjectiveDisplayed(50)EndFunction

[Rusty Billiot]

ok removing it solved but how do I do to activate a chain from inside the script? I have already placed it as alias but what's the command?

[Leticia Hernandez]

If you don't have a material keyword on the item, the item will appear in the MISC category.

[MISS KEEP UR]

ok removing it solved but how do I do to activate a chain from inside the script? I have already placed it as alias but what's the command?

I have absolutely no clue what you are talking about? A chain? what do you mean?

[sunny lovett]

mmm could you send me a sample plugin ?that woudl solve a lot of my issues .... can it be applied also on the face? since the bodypaint I am doing goes from toes to eyes ...

[NAkeshIa BENNETT]

ok removing it solved but how do I do to activate a chain from inside the script?

Alias_PullChain.GetReference().Activate(kSomeRefOrActor)

[Alex Vincent]

it said ...

Starting 1 compile threads for 1 files...
Compiling "QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909"...
d:\giochi\steam\steamapps\common\skyrim\Data\Scripts\Source\temp\QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909.psc(56,40): variable kSomeRefOrActor is undefined
No output generated for QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909, compilation failed.

Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Failed on QF_PROM_HyborianMound_01047909

[cassy]

Obviously, you need to pass that Function (a reference alias to) an Actor, not the word kSomeRefOrActor.

[Robert Jr]

what means?I need to activate when player pass what shoudl I type in it?

Game.GetPlayer() ?

[W E I R D]

As you can see http://www.creationkit.com/ObjectReference.Activate_%28Papyrus%29, the Activate() function requires as a parameter an object reference (or actor), that is considered to do the activation.

Try Game.GetPlayer(), and the game will react as if it is the player who is yanking the chain. (Though it often may not really matter who is doing the yanking, that is still a required parameter.)

[oliver klosoff]

That will work, but http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1409991-best-practices-papyrus/ recommends using a property for efficiency.

[Sheila Reyes]

Yes, that is absolutely so, although personally I prefer to use 'Game.GetForm(0x14)' in place of Game.GetPlayer() as that is very efficient (or 'Game.GetForm(0x14) as actor' if required).

[Milad Hajipour]

what is actronaut?

[priscillaaa]

Yes, that is absolutely so, although personally I prefer to use 'Game.GetForm(0x14)' in place of Game.GetPlayer() as that is very efficient (or 'Game.GetForm(0x14) as actor' if required).

Same here, if not using a property. I've taken to manually editing my Game.psc so GetPlayer reads:

Actor Function GetPlayer() Global	Return Game.GetForm(0x00000014) As ActorEndFunction

That way, everything else that uses GetPlayer is sped up w/o editng anything else.

Also, Prometheus, you might be able to get away with passing 'None' as akActionRef

actronaut: Someone's alternative to akActionRef in critter.psc, although it doesn't alter the behavior of the function.

[Robert Jackson]

I've uploaded the proof-of-concept mod on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=119023520

It won't work for the face, because the face/head is special. You might be able to make something work using warpaints (as per your other thread).

[loste juliana]

Names of parameters are just that: names. They are only really relevant inside the Function. It's the type of the parameter that matters (e.g. Actor, or ObjectReference).

[CArla HOlbert]

I used getplayer( ) and seemed to work but I seem not to be able to perform a stupid task by script , I used a default script for on triggerenter activate the linked ref .....
basically when the player enter the trigger box the door at his shoulder gets closed ....

any idea how I can do that? the default script doesnt work or seems not to get taken ...

[Avril Louise]

what you mean is there a way to change ingame the warpaint somehow?