Looking at the quest manager for the first time.

I know you can't nest events, so what is a non-save bloating way to trigger an event only when the player is in a specific named cell and performs a specific action (in this case, OnPlayerBowShot)?

Well, you could have a quest with an alias for the player that puts a script on them with an OnPlayerBowshot event. You could make this a ChangeLocation event started quest, with a condition on it in the SM event node making it start only in that location, and then have another quest with a condition for not being in that location that stops it. Alternatively you could have a single quest in the ChangeLocation node which stops and starts (with keywords - which allows you to send start up data) other quests as needed. Either way you need two quests, though.

Locations... weren't what I had in mind, but I think I can make them work. Thanks.

Okay. I don't really know what I'm doing, and IsInLocation and GetLocation aren't conditions. Am I trying to use LocAliasIsLocation?

If you look at Bethesda's quests they tend to use GetEventData, GetisID NewLocation, LocationName. And that works fine for vanilla locations, but I've not got it (or any other GetEventData-NewLocation condition) to work with mine - I don't know whether this is a CK bug or me somehow setting up my locations wrongly, so it would be good if others could comment.

But at any rate the ChangeLocation event fires when I enter my location, so then for example a GetWithinDistance SomeObject condition can do the job.

I'm going to try Player GetInCurrentLoc, and pray that that works. Thanks for trying!

Actor Property PlayerREF AutoCell Property SomeCell AutoEvent OnPlayerBowShot(Weapon akWeapon, Ammo akAmmo, float afPower, bool abSunGazing)	If PlayerREF.GetParentCell() == SomeCell		; Do Something	EndIfEndEvent

Since you'll already be using a PlayerAlias, you could use states to listen only when appropriate.

Actor Property PlayerREF AutoCell Property SomeCell AutoEvent OnLocationChange(Location akOldLoc, Location akNewLoc)	If PlayerREF.GetParentCell() == SomeCell		GoToState("Listening")	Else		GoToState("")	EndIfEndEventState Listening	Event OnPlayerBowShot(Weapon akWeapon, Ammo akAmmo, float afPower, bool abSunGazing)		; Do something	EndEventEndState

I would attach that script to an autoadded quest, Justin?

Pretty sure I tried Player GetInCurrentLoc, and LocationHasKeyword, and other things besides - I'm not sure whether the whole conditions system is unaware of custom locations, or it's just something funny about the SM event.

Unless editing the player's base record (a ReferenceAlias is far less likely to conflict with anything) or using an or an ActiveMagicEffect script, It'd be on your Player's ReferenceAlias script which you'll need for http://www.creationkit.com/OnPlayerBowShot_-_Actor as it's only sent to the Player, just like http://www.creationkit.com/OnPlayerLoadGame_-_Actor.

PlayerAlias what?

...You know, I think I'm just going to do this in Magic Effects, take like a week off of modding, then start boning up on quests from the start for v5 of the mod.

In your quest's Aliases tab, add a PlayerAlias of the "Specific Reference" type, the fill it in the window there with PlayerREF found in (any) cell. From there, you can attach a script to the Player via your alias and it'll receive the OnPlayerBowShot event while simultaneously enabling the ability to listen only when appropriate via OnLocationChange.

If by 'autoadded' you mean a 'starts game enabled' quest, that would be fine. You'd add an alias to the player in the quest's aliases tab, click on the Add button to add a script to that alias, and then paste JustinOther's code in it. And that would be it

Edit: beaten to it, hmph. So I'll just point out that you can use UniqueActor 'Player' rather than Specific reference, any, PlayerRef. Takes a little less clicking.

Yup, just copypastata/fill in the blanks. All it needs is a ScriptName. Aliases are amazing and, once you start using them, you'll never look back.

Ah, okay. Gotcha.

Thanks! In the end, the Magic Effect solution http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/17353, but this will be useful reference when I go back to coding. Which will not be for at least a day or two, I hope, 'cause I logged 90 hours on the CK in five days.