Hello everyone, thanks for taking the time to come here and view my topic. I hope someone will be able to help me.

I have no experience with scripting in Papyrus so I'm a bit lost as to where to start, but I've setup Notepad++ for compiling and I'm willing to learn!

I have what I hope is just a simple task, I'd like to add a script effect to a weapon that already exists in game.

What I would like to happen is that when a character kills an enemy with the Ebony Blade, their character scale increases in size by say... 0.005 until a max of 1.5.
This is sort of playing on the whole "absorbs lifrforce" part.

I don't know if it would be possible, but if so, I'd also like to be able to have the scale reset everytime that character enters a new cell or "re-zones".

Thanks for all your help and I look forward to your replies!

Hi Spongeman131.

When thinking about how a script should be organised, there are two important things you need to think about:

• How am I going to do what I want to do?
  
• How am I going to detect when I should do it?

The answer to the first question would simply involve using the function http://www.creationkit.com/SetScale_-_ObjectReference to change the scale of something, but the answer to the second question is a bit trickier.

In order to detect when a character kills an enemy, your first thought might be to detect the http://www.creationkit.com/OnDeath_-_Actor event, but in order to detect that you either need a script on the http://www.creationkit.com/Actor_Script themselves, or you need to use the reference alias of a quest.

An easier way to go about it, which would only work for the player, would be to use a perk. One type of "Entry Point" perk entry is called "Add Leveled List On Death" (or something like that - I'm going from memory here), and you can use this to add an item to the inventory of every actor killed by the player. You can also use http://www.creationkit.com/GetEquipped as a condition to only add the item if the player has your weapon equipped.

If the item that you add to the actor's inventory has a script, you could use that to change the scale of the player in the item's http://www.creationkit.com/OnInit event, for example.

There will be other methods to do this, but I don't think any of them are simple. This is the one that I would try first, but someone else might be able to offer a better method. Hopefully I'm missing something simple and someone can come along and tell you a much easier way to do this, but I haven't thought of one.

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My first hope was to be able to modify the effects of the weapon's enchantment like I was able to usign the Construction Set back in Oblivion, where I could simply add a command line to the enchantment effect. I'm wondering if I could do the same here, although it's not looking like it.

I can look at and modify the enchantments for the weapon, and I think what I may be after is to be able to add another effect to it. That's easy enough, but I'm guessing I'd have to make a new one specifically for this purpose.
How can I make a new effect? I can play around with it from there and learn something I can hopefully bring back here once I can look at it, but I'm at a loss for where to even view their location. Let alone create or modify one.

Thanks for the quick reply by the way.

Aah, success, I've found the actual effect part of the weapon, I'll see if there's a way to create something new there.

To create a new effect, I believe you'll want to look under "Enchantments", which should be under the "Magic" section of the object tree.

I've had the method I talked about in my post on my mind for a few days, and I'm sure there must be an easier way but my mind's feeling a bit slippery right now. Running on 2 hours' sleep doesn't come recommended

I don't quite remember, but there might be a way to apply certain effects via a weapon when it's used to kill an actor. Take a look and see what you're able to find.

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Okay, well I've found a script that causes what I'm after only it applies to when you feed as a werewolf. Is there anyway I can apply the effects of werewolf feeding as an enchantment on the weapon?

Still no luck on getting the feeding effect to work with the sword. I'm guessing it has something to do with me not being in werewolf form when I use it, but one is impossible while using the other so I'm at a loss. Hopefully someone with greater knowledge of this than me can shed some light or stumble accross what I'm looking for.