Back in the old days, this was as simple as typing "reference.enable" on the end script box.

The problem is, Papyrus is wierd and doesn't seem to like me doing this. But as far as I can tell, the syntax is pretty much exactly the same.

So, what am I doing wrong?

reference needs to be a property.

Oh, of course.

Why oh why did Bethesda have to change things that worked fine the way they were!

They re-wrote it entirely from scratch, so it's not quite as simple as changing something that wasn't broken.

Basically, the compiler no longer looks inside any data files - scripts are completely separate - so it will be unable to recognise any editorIDs. The Creation Kit itself can, of course, recognise editorIDs, so if you use them as property names there's a button to auto-fill them when editing your properties.

I've written a short tutorial on this, as it's a very frequently asked question, which you can find on my website - http://www.cipscis.com/skyrim/tutorials/editorids.aspx

Cipscis

Thanks, Cipscis. Between yours and Bethesda's tutorials, I think I finally understand it.