How do you pass an object reference to a quest script?

Here's my script on the object reference:

Scriptname ABGrabTestScript extends ObjectReference  ABGrabTestQuestScript Property grabQuestRef AutoEvent OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack,  bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)        ; should also check that source is spell        debug.notification("I've been hit")        if akAggressor == Game.GetPlayer()            grabQuestRef.curObject = self            debug.trace("Object: " + self)        EndIfEndEvent

I've confirmed that self has the reference I want. But when I test curObject in my quest script, it's always None.

Scriptname ABGrabTestQuestScript extends QuestObjectReference Property curObject Autofloat angleZEvent onInit()    registerForUpdate(0.1)endEventEvent onUpdate()    if (curObject != None)    ... rest of script ...

I've put some debugging statements in the onUpdate event and confirmed that curObject is never set.

For this kind of stuff I prefer to use a "local way"
first create a function that set the object you want to store:

Scriptname ABGrabTestQuestScript extends QuestObjectReference curObject = noneFunction setcurObject(objectreference oRef)curObject = oRefendFunction

then call it in the objectReference script

Scriptname ABGrabTestScript extends ObjectReference  ABGrabTestQuestScript Property grabQuestRef AutoEvent OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack,  bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)        ; should also check that source is spell        debug.notification("I've been hit")        if akAggressor == Game.GetPlayer()            grabQuestRef.setcurObject(self)            debug.trace("Object: " + self)        EndIfEndEvent

Did you remember to set the value of grabQuestRef to your quest? Is OnUpdate actually running? Those are the only things I can think of.

I'll give that a try - thanks. I certainly like how explicit it is, so it will be easier to follow.


I was following the example http://www.creationkit.com/Variables_and_Properties_%28Papyrus%29. This isn't a quest result script. The first script is a script on an object reference. The second script is the quest script. OnUpdate is running. I had a debug.notification statement in there and it was firing regularly.

I'm not sure what you mean by a quest result script. I was just talking about http://www.creationkit.com/Bethesda_Tutorial_Papyrus_Introduction_to_Properties#Hooking_up_the_message_boxes_to_the_properties_in_the_script to your grabQuestRef property.

In that article that I linked, they didn't list that as being necessary. They only talked about assigning a quest variable when you were working with quest result scripts. I'll have a look at the properties and see what options there are. Thanks.