I've created a house that belongs to a custom faction that the owner is a part of (sole ownership). How do I allow the player to become the owner after killing this NPC? A link to a tutorial or a quick rundown would be much appreciated.

I believe you can just use http://www.creationkit.com/AddToFaction_-_Actor to add the player to the ownership faction. I've never done it personally, but that should give the player ownership over all items in the cell.

Thanks. That sounds exactly what I was hoping for. Now to just figure out how to implement it. Mainly, how do I trigger the script to activate on the NPC's death? I'm guessing I use an OnDeath event?

Yeah, you should be able to simply use an OnDeath event to add the player into that faction.

Thanks again. I happen to know next to nothing about scripting (I've done player activated triggers and that's about it) so it looks like it is time to do some studying.

Just to be safe, can someone glance over my script to see if everything is correct?

Scriptname DJHermitHouseOwnership extends ObjectReferenceFaction property DJHermitHouse0001Faction autoEvent OnDeath(Actor akKiller)  if (akKiller == Game.GetPlayer())	Game.GetPlayer().AddToFaction(DJHermitHouse0001Faction)  endIfendEvent

Looks good, just put that on the NPC that needs to die for the player to get ownership.

On a minor note, it's more efficient if you make the player a property instead of using Game.GetPlayer. Just add this part:

ObjectReference Property PlayerRef Auto

Click AutoFill so it's directed to the player, then use PlayerRef instead of 'Game.GetPlayer()'. Your script will run faster as a result.

Using PlayerRef, I get an error while compiling:
"AddToFaction is not a function or does not exist"

Script:

Scriptname DJHermitHouseOwnership extends ObjectReferenceObjectReference Property PlayerRef AutoFaction property DJHermitHouse0001Faction autoEvent OnDeath(Actor akKiller)  if (akKiller == PlayerRef)	PlayerRef.AddToFaction(DJHermitHouse0001Faction)  endIfendEvent

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o22/98LS1TA/script1.jpg

Try:

Actor Property PlayerRef  Auto

See if that works

- Hypno

Ah, right. AddToFaction is an actor function, so you need to cast the player. Do

(PlayerRef as Actor).AddToFaction(MyFaction).

That should work.

EDIT: Or as Hypno said, you can make the player property actor instead of objectreference. Sorry about that, I totally forgot.

Yup, changing it to Actor allowed it to compile. Thanks for all the help.

Final script:

Scriptname DJHermitHouseOwnership extends ObjectReferenceActor Property PlayerRef AutoFaction property DJHermitHouse0001Faction autoEvent OnDeath(Actor akKiller)  if (akKiller == PlayerRef)	PlayerRef.AddToFaction(DJHermitHouse0001Faction)  endIfendEvent