I like a lot the RaceMenu and I think it's ubercool...it allows you to change race, six, appearance and rename your character.

I'd really like to be able to use it for NPCs, so I was wondering:

"Player" is just the Instance of the Prisoner actor for the game...so what if I made a scripted spell forcing the game to say that "Player = Another reference"??

Based on this assumption I made the following script:

Scriptname testTrasmutingPossession extends ActiveMagicEffect  Event OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)acOldPlayer = akCasteracNewPlayer = akTargetPlayer = acNewPlayerGame.ShowRaceMenu()endEventEvent OnEffectFinish(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)Player = acOldPlayerendEventActor Property acOldPlayer  Auto  Actor Property acNewPlayer  Auto  Actor Property Player  Auto

The script is simple for me:

I am telling the game that the Reference (Player = PlayerRef) should become the targeted character and that the ShowRaceMenu should be launched thereafter.

In theory, from my point of view, if you "possess" the target by taking on his Reference, you should be able to use the ShowRaceMenu on him and then take your original traits by going back to your original reference!

What's wrong with the above script? There is any way to change the player from the PlayerRef OR to "target" the ShowRaceMenu on someone else?

Any suggestion?

Thanks,
Jashkar

Variable scope. You're declaring Player in your script. So the variable Player is only in your script.

dudster is correct. You can't change one reference to another, and all you're doing is changing the value of a property you've declared.

Object variables and properties store the location of an object. You can use them to call native functions on an object, which can return or change information about the object, but if you change the value of the variable or property you're just changing the location that it's storing. You're not changing the object to which it's pointing.

Cipscis

There's a Polymorph Skeever effect in the vanilla files...I suppose you could use something like that and give it a very long duration...

No...I've looked a the Trasmogrify spell and it works by disabling the target and enabling another creature.

It's not what I want to do...

Jashkar

there was a post about a lich mod somewhere around her (maybe on the nexus) that was talking about a possession effect...unless thats the mod you're working on...

No...it's not me.

Thanks,
Jashkar