I'm having an animal cast courage on itself, but it doesn't work. Here are my results:

Courage.Cast(game.GetPlayer(),Self) ;works
Courage.Cast(self, game.GetPlayer()) ;works
Courage.Cast(Self,Self) ;doesn't work

From what I read on the wiki for http://www.creationkit.com/Cast_-_Spell, even a rock can cast a spell, so I'm not sure why this doesn't work.

Thanks for any insight.

Why don't you make the closest object to the animal cast the spell instead?

EDIT: ops! I forgot to give the explanation. Courage delivery method is not on self, but on target. If you want to make a NPC cast a spell on self you need to use one with that delivery method. You could do make another object cast the spell or make a copy of courage with a self delivery method.

I could do that, it would be easy enough, but I really wanted to understand why this is a problem. I'm not sure if there is some small print that I'm missing (besides the one that says if Sollar's doing it, don't work right.)

Maybe you need to create your own custom Courage effect with a delivery type of 'Self' ? I've not tried, but I have a feeling maybe actors can't cast 'Aimed' spells on themselves in this way.

This is 100% correct.

Alternatively, simply set the animal's Confidence actor value to 3 or 4.

Thanks Darkon & AstralFire!

Ahh, thank you! That makes sense. I hadn't realized spells worked that way... glad I asked, as this is my first of several spells to be casting.


Courage actually does a little more than that, plus I like the visual affect. So I'll either make a custom courage spell, or have a nearby rock cast the spell