[Ricky Meehan]

Hello, I am trying to add a sound into the CK to add for my spell. I downloaded a sound file and converted it to .wav, and made a fodler for it in my directory and all. But when I click to make a new sound in the "sound descriptor" is says "Invalid directory"...Any tips?

EDIT: After some looking, it seems that the sounds in the vanilla Sound Descriptors start in the Data Folder, and don't have the root stuff before it. For compatibility, of course. But can someone explain how to do this? I don't see any option for it.

[Sarah Kim]

You only need one state. Send the script to Busy state before you do anything and send it back to the original State when you are done.

[Tom Flanagan]

Spells generally have keywords associated with them that determine things like whether or not they should be considered a fire spell. For school, there's the http://www.creationkit.com/GetAssociatedSkill_-_MagicEffect (I expect you'll also need SKSE's http://www.creationkit.com/GetNumEffects and http://www.creationkit.com/GetNthEffectMagicEffect).

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So basically I can check the source is GetAssociatedSkill..... Pretty cool I'll try it out

[Lily Evans]

Does anyone know how fast FindRandomRefOfAnyTypeInList iterates through the list (or if it iterates, or just somehow already "knows" whats in it)? I want to make a gravity gun spell, so to do it I need to add darn near every non-static non-actor baseobject in the game to a FormList to make it work to my satisfaction, and I will need something (a spawned object from the projectile's explosion) to do a FindRando for me. Wondering if it is going to take too long to be feasible or not.

EDIT: It appears to work fast, meaning it probably has an intelligently designed search function.

[Tammie Flint]

Ok so GetAssociatedSkill doesn't work for me inside an OnHit event. Do I need OnEffectStart? Just want to register to do something when the player hits an object with a destruction spell

EDIT:

Nvm, I'm using keywords... destruction isn't used much by the looks of it, but each damage type (FireDamage) is so

[Nathan Maughan]

How do you set ignore flags for unwanted changes in a mod? I'm guessing that's a "Create Archive" thing?

[Facebook me]

How do you set ignore flags for unwanted changes in a mod? I'm guessing that's a "Create Archive" thing?

Nope, open up the data files menu in the CK, click "details" on your .esp, select the form you want to ignore, and press delete. Load the plugin and save it.

[Sarah Knight]

Nope, open up the data files menu in the CK, click "details" on your .esp, select the form you want to ignore, and press delete. Load the plugin and save it.

I knew it was in data, but I didn't think of pressing delete.

[Nick Swan]

Quick question

I want remove the number of items from the player in twos. So instead of - Player.RemoveItem(Item, (number here)) - I want - Player.RemoveItem(Item, (only remove 2, or 4, or 6, or 8 etc)).

Is that possible?

[Lynette Wilson]

I want remove the number of items from the player in twos. So instead of - Player.RemoveItem(Item, (number here)) - I want - Player.RemoveItem(Item, (only remove 2, or 4, or 6, or 8 etc)).

Is that possible?

Just multiply by 2??

You didn't really give much of a use case, but just put aiCount * 2 there?

[Lily Something]

Just multiply by 2??

You didn't really give much of a use case, but just put aiCount * 2 there?

Ok here's my script which will probably help explain it lol.

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[code

Scriptname BBDFlourScript extends ObjectReference

Ingredient Property Wheat Auto
Ingredient Property Flour Auto
Actor Property Player Auto

int WheatCount


Event OnActivate(ObjectReference akActionRef)


WheatCount = Player.GetItemCount(Wheat)

if WheatCount < 1
Debug.MessageBox("You need Wheat to use this Grain Mill.")

elseif WheatCount >= 1
Game.FadeOutGame(false, true, 2.0, 1.0)
Utility.Wait(2)
Player.RemoveItem(Wheat, WheatCount)
Player.AddItem(Flour, WheatCount)
Debug.MessageBox("You have ground Wheat into Flour.")
endif

EndEvent

[/code]

Basically I want to remove wheat in 2's, and add flour in 1s for every 2 wheat removed

Currently the script removes all your wheat and adds flour x however many wheat you had.

EDIT:

Changing the line
Player.AddItem(Flour, WheatCount)

to this:
Player.AddItem(Flour, WheatCount / 2)

Adds to the player the right amount of flour. So if the player had 3 wheat, they would only get 1 flour. But to only remove a number of wheats that's divisible by 2 is still my question mate

[Alyce Argabright]

WheatCount = 2 * ((player.getItemCount(wheat) / 2) as int)

I'm sure there's a simpler way to round down to the nearest even integer, but I am literally in bed with no PC, so that's all I've got off the top of my head.

[maya papps]

Why not just make the mill a Crafting station? The game has an animation for the wheat mill, after all. Then you could do everything you want with Constructible Object records.

If it's a question of compatibility, you can always make your own wheat mill, as well. But I have no context to work with here, so I'm not really sure what your goals are.

[Barbequtie]

Thanks for the input guys. I figured it out, basic maths really lol feel a bit silly


Player.RemoveItem(Wheat, WheatCount / 2 * 2)
Player.AddItem(Flour, WheatCount / 2)

If you have 7 Wheat, the game will think you have 6 (7 divided by 2 is 3, 3 times 2 equals 6), remove them, and add 3 Flour. Done

[Yung Prince]

Thanks for the input guys. I figured it out, basic maths really lol feel a bit silly

Haha. Well, it happens. Though if you only ever use (WheatCount / 2) you should just divide by two when you declare WheatCount. Anyway, glad you figured out what I meant, though not sure I actually helped matters.

[~Amy~]

Why are some Animations not available to add to IdleMarkers (newly created IdleMarkers)??

(and is there a way to make them available?)

This: http://www.creationkit.com/Idle_Animations looks interesting ... but where do I find that form??!




If I go to the Actor Action branch (under Character in the CK) I can open one and see a list of IDLES - But when I double click on one to edit/find it ... I get an Error saying IDLE is not a known type and so nothing opens up ...

... what am I not understanding (please don't list everything, that's a MASSIVE list, just concerning this issue will be fine )


Thanks if anyone can help

[Justin]

Quick question:

does calling GetBaseObject() without specifying any particular reference return the object the script is attached to?

If not, how would I get the object the script is attached to without specifying it as a property?

[EDIT] Would, say, self.GetBaseObject() be appropriate?

[Melung Chan]

In non-global functions that you define (which are called on objects, whereas global functions are called on types), when other non-global functions like http://www.creationkit.com/GetBaseObject_-_ObjectReference are called without explicitly specifying which object they should be called on, they are called on the object to which the script is attached.

To put it more simply, the following two lines are exactly the same:

foo = GetBaseObject()

foo = Self.GetBaseObject()

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[Shianne Donato]

Hm, alright, so this script, attached to a book:

event OnContainerChanged(ObjectReference akNewContainer, ObjectReference akOldContainer)        Actor player = Game.GetPlayer()        if (akNewContainer == player)                player.AddPerk(TestPerk)        elseif (akOldContainer == player)                if (player.GetItemCount(GetBaseObject()) == 0)                        player.RemovePerk(TestPerk)                endif        endifendevent

should only remove the perk if the book you dropped is the last instance of that book in your inventory?

Because it does not seem to be 100% reliable.

[Charles Mckinna]

It's possible that the problem is due to the awkward behaviour exhibited by http://www.creationkit.com/OnContainerChanged_-_ObjectReference. Take a look at its http://www.creationkit.com/Talk:OnContainerChanged_-_ObjectReference on the wiki for a bit more detail and a link to the thread in which it was first investigated.

Also, on a side note, it would be better to either use an auto-filled Actor PlayerRef auto property or to assign the value of the "player" variable in an OnInit event instead of re-assigning it every time OnContainerChanged is called. The same is true for the return value of GetBaseObject, which would best be called once and only once in an OnInit block and have its return value stored in a variable for later use.

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EDIT:

Thought I'd mark the occasion: this is my 6,000th post.

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[A Boy called Marilyn]

It's possible that the problem is due to the awkward behaviour exhibited by http://www.creationkit.com/OnContainerChanged_-_ObjectReference. Take a look at its http://www.creationkit.com/Talk:OnContainerChanged_-_ObjectReference on the wiki for a bit more detail and a link to the thread in which it was first investigated.

Also, on a side note, it would be better to either use an auto-filled Actor PlayerRef auto property or to assign the value of the "player" variable in an OnInit event instead of re-assigning it every time OnContainerChanged is called. The same is true for the return value of GetBaseObject, which would best be called once and only once in an OnInit block and have its return value stored in a variable for later use.

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EDIT:

Thought I'd mark the occasion: this is my 6,000th post.

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I'm aware of the PlayerRef property thing, but I inherited this script, it isn't my own XD Easy enough to change though, there aren't too many books I'd need to autofill the property on.

As for the GetBaseObject... would the onInit block run just once and then work for every instance of that base object (every reference of it)? Or would it run once for each reference? All the books with this script are in leveled lists and get generated as loot and vendor goods.

And I'm so glad to have contributed to your posting milestone

[saxon]

No problem, I just wanted to make sure you were aware of it

The http://www.creationkit.com/OnInit event is called on an object right after all of its properties have been initialised - both when the script is first attached to it (often when the object is created) or whenever it is reset, if appropriate. Assuming none of the objects are ever reset, it would run once for each of them.

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[Rachel Cafferty]

Thanks so much for your help! What if the books are already initialized (e.g. on a game-in-progress)?

[asako]

That depends on the state of the script - if the books already exist and the script is already attached to them, then the OnInit event won't be called. However, if the books already exist but this script wasn't attached to them prior to your mod being added, then the script's OnInit event will be called when the script is attached to the object.

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[Liv Brown]

Okay, thanks. Got around to reading Chesko's thread again, about odd behavior with that event with stacks of items. I'm thinking it may be better to have recipes require the player have the book, instead of having the perk that the books are scripted to add. Just a lot cleaner that way.