Hello all, I have been working on a mod, but have been having problems with the method SetPlayerControls. It is a method of the Actor class, but doesn't seem to work as it is supposed to. I may be doing it completely wrong, but my script seems to work fine. Heres my script, it is attached to a magic effect:

criptname PossessionScript extends ActiveMagicEffectEVENT OnEffectStart(Actor Target, Actor Caster)  if Caster.GetPlayerControls()   Caster.SetPlayerControls(false)   Target.SetPlayerControls(true)  endIfENDEVENTEvent OnEffectFinish(Actor Target, Actor Caster)  if Target.GetPlayerControls()   Target.SetPlayerControls(false)   Caster.SetPlayerControls(true)  endIfENDEVENT

I've tried things liek disabling the AI of the target and many other things, but it still won't work. It just freezes the target, and makes the player only be able to look up/down, cast, sheathe/unsheathe and go to the tab menu. Anyone have an idea why this isn't working?


Also another question, another way I could possible do this is through the Console Command TC. Is there anyway to call console commands in a Papyrus script? Also, I heard that the console commands are papyrus scripts, if that is the case, where can I look up the source of them, as I would like to know how they made TC work as it does. Thank you.

Sorry, but whoever told you that is wrong. Some console functions have an equivalent Papyrus function, but many don't.

Is there an example of http://www.creationkit.com/SetPlayerControls_-_Actor being used in the vanilla game that you could look at, perhaps?

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I have looked, but I have found nothing that uses it so far. I checked the Dream quest, it doesn't use it. I checked the quest where Brelyna transforms you, also doesn't use it. Is there a way I can search the text in all of the papyrus files? And can I call console commands using Papyrus? Thanks.

Unless a console command has a Papyrus equivalent, it can't be used in Papyrus.

I've been using http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm to search in the Papyrus source files. I don't believe there is a way to use the Creation Kit or any of its related utilities to do that.

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http://www.creationkit.com/DisablePlayerControls_-_Game

http://www.creationkit.com/EnablePlayerControls_-_Game

I just finished searching, I only came up with one file, and the method is there, but the line is commented out. This method is not used in a script in the game. Maybe it really doesn't work. Any other ideas?

The code is interesting, I'll try it later.

;Game.GetPlayer().PlaceAtMe(Alias_PlayerClone.GetReference(),1,True);Actor Clone = Alias_PlayerClone.GetActorReference() as Actor;Alias_PlayerClone.GetActorReference().SetPlayerControls(true);Clone.SetPlayerControls(True);Game.GetPlayer().SetPlayerControls(False);Game.GetPlayer().EnableAI(False);Game.SetCameraTarget(Clone)

It's possible the content requiring it was scrapped before the function was made fully functional, or perhaps it was broken after the content required it was scrapped. If it's not used successfully in the game, though, I'd not be particularly surprised if it's broken.

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I imagine there is no way to look at or edit how the method works? I guess I'm just stuck.

No, native functions are part of the game engine and aren't written in Papyrus. I expect we'll have to wait on the SKSE team for this one, assuming it's even something they might one day implement.

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Yea I just tried the code, tries different variations, still the same things happening. I even tried adding this before the chunk:

ReferenceAlias Property Alias_PlayerClone AutoAlias_PlayerClone.ForceRefTo(Game.GetPlayer())

But still no luck. Probably just an unfinished method. Its too bad you can't call console commands in Papyrus, because the TC command works just like I would want it too, oh well. Hopefully the fix it later.

Still unsure what you are trying to do exactly here...?

If you want to freeze the player look into the event that happens on the throat of the world after you open the elder scroll at the time wound, that entire scene takes place with the player frozen and unable to do anything.

Well, I'm actually having a better luck at this than most. I was able to use the SetPlayerControls(True) on another actor and lock the camera on them, but, the problem I have now, is I have to tag the original player along with them, otherwise I can't open doors or activate anything. Seems the actor activation method isn't available to the actor, so I can't make them open doors, pick things up, or even fight, they'll pull their knife out and put it right back, odd. The hud still shows whatever the player is looking at (crosshair reference) and other actors talk to it... Not sure what to do next, if possible. Seems as though this was an afterthought.

GuruSR.

(Edit, grammatical errors, too much late night coding.)

How did you even get it to work?

I'm Trying to use it to essentially tc a horse, and everytime I try and compile the script it says "SetPlayerControls is not an existing function." Really annoying, considering I don't need it to do anything more than toggle movement which seems to work for you?

Yea GuruSR how did you get it working? It sounds like you got the exact same effect as the TC command, that could work for what I want to do. Would you mind sharing a snippit of your script? Thanks.

Well, the first thing I did, was with the spell I'm using, I cause it to raise a Story Event (Script Event). Then I pass the quest both the caster and the target. Then in the Quest, the OnStoryEvent gives me both of them (akRef1 = Caster, akRef2 = Target). From there, I merely do what you were doing, disable the control of the Caster, and enable the control of the Target, then I move the camera to that (forcing third and then first person, causes the camera view to snap to the right spot).

I'll break this down a bit, the OnStoryEvent needs a keyword (make one, name it something like ImGonnBeYou), Keyword Property Auto, then set that one in the quest script's property and your spell's script property to the same thing (because you'll want to test for it when the event happens, the keyword is the way of telling what event you got).

In your Quest's Quest Data tab, set it's Event Type to "Script Event".

You'll need to Alias References (Quest Aliases). When you go in, make a New Reference Alias, Name it, set Fill Type for "From Event" (if the Event Data only lists NONE, don't be shocked, I ran into that too), select "Allow reuse in Quest", click Ok,

Right click on that one, and duplicate. Edit the first one, you'll now see "Ref 1" and "Ref 2" added to that list, change it to Ref 1, edit your second one (change the name) and set it to Ref 2.

Now if you call from your Magic Effect's Script; In your OnEffectStart, do this:
.SendStoryEvent(akRef1 = , akRef2 = )

When that happens, it'll inform your quest that keyword with the 2 references came in as an OnStoryEvent. Using your keyword property on the Quest that points to the ImGonnaBeYou keyword, you can test to see if that was indeed the event you wanted and then set actor variables in the quest and then do the work there. Now one thing I've run into (that you also run into with TC, if the actor is busy, you can't break them out of it.

GuruSR.