Hi guys,

I've accidentally overwritten the "PressurePlate" script. While I was able to replace the compiled script under the ".pex" file extension, I could not locate the source ".psc" portion of the script in the .bsa archives. So, can any of you copy and paste their default source code for "PressurePlate.psc" on here?

Thanks

The file should be saved in the Data\Scripts\Source Directory.

scriptName PressurePlate extends TrapTriggerBase;;;;================================================================weapon property pressEffect autoammo property pressEffectAmmo autoState Active	Event onBeginState()		objectReference selfRef = self		goToState( "DoNothing" )		;pressEffect.fire(selfRef, pressEffectAmmo)		; EFFECT IS HERE ^^^^^ UNCOMMENT ONCE PROJECTILES OR PARTICLES CAN LEAVE A TRIGGER BOX CORRECTLY;		 debug.Trace(self + ": is calling onBeginState Active");		 debug.Trace(self + ": StoredTriggerType = " + StoredTriggerType + ", objectsInTrigger = " + objectsInTrigger)		if (StoredTriggerType == 1)			Type = 3			utility.wait(0.1)			activate(self as objectReference)			utility.wait(0.1)			;Type = 1		else			activate(self as objectReference)		endif		;playAnimationAndWait( "trigger", "reset" )		TriggerSound.play(self)		playAnimation("Down")		if objectsInTrigger == 0			goToState( "Inactive" )			playAnimation("Up")		endif	endEvent		event OnTriggerEnter( objectReference triggerRef )	;		 ;debug.TRACE(self + " has been entered by " + triggerRef)		objectsInTrigger = self.GetTriggerObjectCount()	endEvent		event OnTriggerLeave( objectReference triggerRef );		 ;debug.TRACE(self + " has been exited by " + triggerRef)		objectsInTrigger = self.GetTriggerObjectCount()		if objectsInTrigger == 0			goToState ("Inactive")			playAnimation("Up")		endif	endEventendStateState DoNothing			;Dummy state, don't do anything if animating	event OnTriggerEnter( objectReference triggerRef )	;		 debug.TRACE(self + " has been entered by " + triggerRef)		objectsInTrigger = self.GetTriggerObjectCount()	endEvent		event OnTrigger( objectReference triggerRef )		endEvent		event OnTriggerLeave( objectReference triggerRef );		 debug.TRACE(self + " has been exited by " + triggerRef)		objectsInTrigger = self.GetTriggerObjectCount()		if objectsInTrigger == 0			goToState ("Inactive")			playAnimation("Up")		endif	endEventEndState

THANKS!

If you lose or overwrite anything in Data\Scripts\Source (and yeah, I have had to do this) just do a Verify Game Cache in the Steam client (View->Tools, right-click Creation Kit->Properties->Local Files tab) and it will restore them. Make sure to back up your own changed stock scripts there as they will be restored.
I ended up 7-Zipping the whole folder to avoid further issues.

I'm pretty sure that any modifications to vanilla scripts are stored in Data\Scripts separately and do not overwrite the files in Data\Scripts\Source. Simply deleting the version in Data\Scripts will make the Creation Kit load the vanilla script. Might have to restart the CK though.

The source files in Data\Scripts\Source are not present until the CK is installed. They are not contained in a BSA. If they are overwritten, they are lost untill restored via cache check.

Yep, exactly. This is one pretty annoying aspect of modding Skyrim, because it's easy to duplicate a script and then overwrite the original instead of the copy.

If I could change one thing about Skyrim, it would be to revert to the nigh-perfect system the scripts had before where the source code and compiled script is embedded in the ESM/ESP. This new system of the separate files doesn't seem to add any functionality, and introduces a plethora of difficulties in version-tracking all the fiddly files, ie lost source PSC, modders can obfuscate by only distributing compiled PEX (a real unintended boon for joke/malicious mods), compiled and source files getting out of synch, compiled files being generated without the modder's knowledge (ie just by changing a property outside the script editor) and then not included in the mod, and the modder finds it later in the Scripts folder and has to backtrack to find out what it was and whether it's a valid change, loose file compiled PEX scripts persisting in the Scripts folder and still running even when their associated ESP and the rest of the mod has been deleted... it's a mess.

I just found out the hard way that mod scripts overwrite original files so thanks for these answers!

How do you avoid screwing up someone's game when they uninstall your mod which has changed the original scripts?

I don't change the original scripts at all... If I want to try something with them, I create a new script, copy all the code from the original, and edit the base object so that it uses the new script instead of the old.

I may need some help with that. I'm changing the dialogue when getting arrested. I've been doing that by altering the CrimeDialogueGuards quest dialogue which worked really well until I tried uninstalling my mod. Could I do it by duplicating it and removing the original from SM Event Node or would that have the same effect?

Also, I've redownloaded the entire CK to try and fix the vanilla scrips that I broke but I'm still getting the error message ";WARNING: Unable to load fragment source from function Fragment_5 in script TIF__000267E1 ;Source NOT loaded" in the CK, even though the source scripts seem to be fine as far as I can tell.

It's for TIF__000267E1.psc. Getting that error for fragment 0, before and after re-downloading all the scripts and CK

That's the same script thing I have in my script. The warning is saying that it can't find the code for fragment 5, which is understandable, since there is no fragment_5. Do you get this warning if you load Skyrim.esm by itself?

No, I don't get it with just Skyrim.esm.

I think I must have caused this the first time I ever opened the CK by clicking 'Regenerate' in the advanced tab. Nothing happened so I clicked it a bunch more times. I wasn't planning on saving and didn't know it was overwriting files as I went along! Any idea how I get the fragment index back to 0? I've tried deleting the whole script and re-compiling but it remember the fragment it was on before. I'm now up to fragment 33... (I was thinking it's bound to loop back to 0 when it hits 10... maybe 16... perhaps 32...)

Actually... This problem has just cancelled out with my other problem. Skyrim.esm on it's own looks for fragments 0 and 1, my mod now looks for 33 and 34. All I need to do is add these fragments to the vanilla script and I can modify them as much as I want and it wont affect vanilla Skyrim (I think).

Edit: Nope, thought that was too convenient. It would be nice if it worked that way but when you recompile it deletes unused fragments.

Edit2: Actually, this method can be used to have to mods running different parts of the same script without any issues (so far) as long as always and edit and compile from the source code and never touch the start and end script boxes.

This doesn't always work, though, especially for Activators that have their scripts baked the instant they are first loaded (and being persistent, that means the first time you load a game with them present). You can remove the old script from the Activator, but for all intents and purposes, it's still there in the game. I ran into this with one of my own mods (removed script in CK, tested in game, and it was still active), and counteracted by doing a bait-and-switch, which I really shouldn't have had to do in the first place because Papyrus's storage method is so utterly horribly designed. And the only reason I can see for it is complexity for the sake of complexity.

I guess I'm lucky that when I was testing the changes, I created a new instance of the base object in a custom cell. And doubly lucky that I was only testing it to figure out how the vanilla script works, instead of making a mod for release.