Anyone know how I would go about placing an explosion at any given point via Papyrus?

Thanks
~Sev

http://www.creationkit.com/PlaceAtMe_-_ObjectReference should work just fine for explosions.

Cipscis

yeah, look at the code for the scrolls J'zargo gives you, that's a pretty standard example.

Cant seem to find it. All I see for Jzargo are his flame cloaks...


I had figured that much, but I didnt realized you could use explosions for it. Sweet

It's actually a couple layers deep in "MGRJzargoFireDamageConcAimed"

Scriptname MGRJzargoFlameEffectScript extends ActiveMagicEffect  Explosion Property FireballExplosion  Auto  Keyword Property UndeadKeyword  AutoEvent OnEffectStart(Actor Target, Actor Caster);Cast quest script to access varsMGRJzargoSpell01QuestScript QuestScript = Jzargo01 as MGRJzargoSpell01QuestScript;If spell is hitting an undead target, add on extra explosionif Target.HasKeyword(UndeadKeyword)        Target.PlaceAtMe(FireballExplosion, 1, False, False);and run VCount function on Quest Script    if Jzargo01.GetStage() == 20        QuestScript.VCount()    endifendifEndEventQuest Property Jzargo01  Auto  GlobalVariable Property TestCast  Auto  

Allright. Still not working. Whole script fires and works ( had been originally, I just wanted to make some pretty visuals)

Scriptname SummonScarTeleporter extends ObjectReferenceObjectReference Property DoorToScar  AutoSPELL Property SpellNeeded  AutoObjectReference Property MyMarker AutoExplosion Property myExplosion  AutoEvent OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack,  bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)If akSource == SpellNeeded   ObjectReference Me = Game.GetPlayer()   MyMarker.MoveTo(Me,0,0,0,true)   self.PlaceAtMe(myExplosion)   DoorToScar.MoveTo(self,0,0,0,false)   self.Delete()EndIfEndEvent

Seems too simple NOT to work, but the explosion isn't spawning.

Edit: And yes, I have linked it.

Just to make sure - your explosion property is set up properly in the editor, right?

Cipscis

Yes. Man everyone seems to beat me to the punch before I can hit the SAVE button on the editing.

PlaceAtMe should have a quantity, otherwise it probably assumes zero. So no explosion.

The defaults should take care of that, but ill put it in just in case.


Edit: Nope. Still no explosion.

Just an FYI, the explosion DOES work... I am using it on a spell currently and it displays fine.

The default value for http://www.creationkit.com/PlaceAtMe_-_ObjectReference's "aiCount" parameter is listed as 1 on the wiki, so I don't expect that to be the problem.

Try calling it on the player instead, perhaps, and see if that works.

Cipscis

Nada. Would you mind trying this script to see if it works for you? It seems like every very tiny little thing I absolutely MUST have is bugged.
This neccesarily isnt that important, but I am curious to see if it is just me.

Here:

Scriptname SummonScarTeleporter extends ObjectReferenceObjectReference Property DoorToScar  AutoSPELL Property SpellNeeded  AutoObjectReference Property MyMarker AutoExplosion Property myExplosion  AutoEvent OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack,  bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)If akSource == SpellNeeded   ObjectReference Me = Game.GetPlayer()   MyMarker.MoveTo(Me,0,0,0,true)   self.PlaceAtMe(myExplosion, 1, false, false)   Me.PlaceAtMe(myExplosion)   DoorToScar.MoveTo(self,0,0,0,false)   self.Delete()EndIfEndEvent

Edit: Bah. Screw the formatting. Cant get it to paste right. Oh well... your copy pasting anyway so its fine.

By the way, the examples on the Wiki seem to omit the parentheses a lot...for example, they show the PlaceAtMe example as

player.PlaceAtMe EncWolf 3

Is that an error on the wiki page, or are the parentheses and commas optional?

That is the version you use ingame via the console. Usually pages like that will have a link below with a (Papyrus) tag.

Some console functions have the same name as their Papyrus equivalent. It sounds like you're looking at the documentation for the http://www.creationkit.com/PlaceAtMe of PlaceAtMe instead of the http://www.creationkit.com/PlaceAtMe_-_ObjectReference.

This is something that probably needs to be made clearer on the wiki.

Cipscis

I had figured it was clear with the header lower down linking to the papyrus version... Guess not.

Particularly when you consider that the documentation for console/condition functions looks pretty much identical to the documentation for those functions in the old scripting language, I can see how it might be confusing if you find those pages first. Especially if, say, you search for "PlaceAtMe" and get taken directly to the documentation of the console function.

Cipscis

I guess... Not intending to insult Redwood Elf, or anyone for that matter, but you should ALWAYS read the entire page, especially if you are introducing new content to yourself. If you do that, then I dont see how anyone could miss it.

That aside, Were either of you able to get this darn thing working?

Well I've been struggling with my own octopus for 4 days now, so forgive me for reading the example and thinking "WTF?" It's hard to think clearly when no one even reads the topics you post asking how to use functions that are apparently the only way to do what you need to do.

"FindClosestReferenceOfTypeFromRef" is my current nemesis, but I'd seen the Jzargo scripts before, so I thought I'd point you in the right direction.


You're welcome.