Hey, I am not really all that great at scripting in any form but I have most of the basic concepts down, I have been trying for the past day or so to get the following script working and so far it seems to be doing most of the script right but seems to be sprinting through other parts when it isn't supposed to and some thing just not happening at all, this is my first script in papyrus so I am expecting this to be something stupid that I have done wrong.

Scriptname SkyFiDHDCheyenneScript extends ObjectReference{DHD Activator in Cheyenne}Int GateStatus = 0String CurrentLocationObjectReference Property PuddleX autoObjectReference Property Puddle2X autoObjectReference Property ForestWorldX autoObjectReference Property DesertWorldX autoObjectReference Property WaterWorldX autoObjectReference Property DestinyX autoObjectReference Property AncientCityX autoMessage Property SkyFiDHDCheyenneMESG AutoFunction GateStatusCheck()if (GateStatus == 1)  GateClose()elseif (GateStatus == 0)  GateDial()endifEndFunctionFunction GateDial()Debug.Notification("Dialing...")Int iButton = SkyFiDHDCheyenneMESG.Show() ; Shows your menu.If (iButton != -1) ; Wait for input  If (iButton == 0)  ; Cancel     GateClose()   GateStatus = 0    ElseIf (iButton == 1) ; Forest World     GateStatus = 1   ForestWorldEnable()    ElseIf (iButton == 2) ; Desert World     GateStatus = 1   DesertWorldEnable()    ElseIf (iButton == 3) ; Water World     GateStatus = 1   WaterWorldEnable()    ElseIf (iButton == 4) ; Destiny     GateStatus = 1   DestinyEnable()    ElseIf (iButton == 5) ; Ancient City     GateStatus = 1   AncientCityEnable()    EndIfEndIfEndFunctionFunction GateClose()GateStatus = 0PuddleX.DisableNoWait(true)Puddle2X.DisableNoWait(true)ForestWorldX.DisableNoWait(false)DesertWorldX.DisableNoWait(false)WaterWorldX.DisableNoWait(false)DestinyX.DisableNoWait(false)AncientCityX.DisableNoWait(false)EndFunctionFunction ForestWorldEnable()Debug.Notification("...Connection Successful")ForestWorldX.EnableNoWait(false)PuddleX.EnableNoWait(true)Puddle2X.EnableNoWait(true)Utility.Wait(38)GateClose()EndFunctionFunction DesertWorldEnable()Debug.Notification("...Connection Successful")DesertWorldX.EnableNoWait(false)PuddleX.EnableNoWait(true)Puddle2X.EnableNoWait(true)Utility.Wait(38)GateClose()EndFunctionFunction WaterWorldEnable()Debug.Notification("...Connection Successful")WaterWorldX.EnableNoWait(false)PuddleX.EnableNoWait(true)Puddle2X.EnableNoWait(true)Utility.Wait(38)GateClose()EndFunctionFunction DestinyEnable()Debug.Notification("...Connection Successful")DestinyX.EnableNoWait(false)PuddleX.EnableNoWait(true)Puddle2X.EnableNoWait(true)Utility.Wait(38)GateClose()EndFunctionFunction AncientCityEnable()Debug.Notification("...Connection Successful")AncientCityX.EnableNoWait(false)PuddleX.EnableNoWait(true)Puddle2X.EnableNoWait(true)Utility.Wait(38)GateClose()EndFunctionEvent OnActivate(ObjectReference akActionRef)GateStatusCheck()EndEvent

The Object references are supposed to be Door objects, which are enabled and disabled to travel to other worlds through the stargate, this is the best way I thought of doing it and really could be the worst way for all I know. The timer doesnt seem to work, or I have done it wrong, the door doesnt enable after disabling, and I am totally lost, I have tried Enable and Disable without the NoWait part but that doesnt do anything different, every time I have tested I have started a new game and coc'd into the cell to test so i am pretty sure there is nothing to do with save games causing problems.

Any help you can give is very much welcome and dont be hesitant in telling me I have done it totally wrong. Also the first if statement to find out if the gate is already open or not works fine as far as I can tell it is mainly just the options menu and the stargate not opening properly that seems to be the problem.

So the player will be searching for the seventh symbol eh?

Hehe, not quite, that was the storyline I had set up for Oblivion (which I am planning to go back to after Skyrim). Check out SkyFi on ModDB if you are interested in the mod, if anyone helps me out with this script then I will have the beta out on steam workshop soon after.

Anyone?

Well I haven't done anything with messageboxes with button responses yet, but from what I can see, you are trying to call one of a number of functions based on which button the player clicked on the DHD popup?

Checking to see if I'm understanding it right...the "Puddles" are the visible gate portals (No kawoosh?) and the others are the "doors" to the various destinations that you enable when it's open to wherever?

Try putting some more notifications in there to verify you're actually getting to the right code. For example instead of identical "...Connection Successful" notifications, say which one it's trying to connect to in the notification.

you should run an enable check function instead of a variable because the enable check it is 100% reliable, whereas variables or even properties are not. (this is likely where your code is misfiring)
you should also clean up your functions into one, and pass the reference each time you access the single function.

Scriptname SkyFiDHDCheyenneScript extends ObjectReference{DHD Activator in Cheyenne}String CurrentLocationObjectReference Property PuddleX autoObjectReference Property Puddle2X autoObjectReference Property ForestWorldX autoObjectReference Property DesertWorldX autoObjectReference Property WaterWorldX autoObjectReference Property DestinyX autoObjectReference Property AncientCityX autoMessage Property SkyFiDHDCheyenneMESG AutoEvent OnActivate(ObjectReference akActionRef)   GateStatusCheck()EndEventFunction GateStatusCheck()   if (PuddleX.IsEnabled())	 GateClose()   elseif (PuddleX.IsDisabled())	 GateDial()   endifEndFunctionFunction GateDial()Debug.Notification("Dialing...")Int iButton = SkyFiDHDCheyenneMESG.Show() ; Shows your menu.If (iButton != -1) ; Wait for input  If (iButton == 0)  ; Cancel     GateClose()    ElseIf (iButton == 1) ; Forest World     WorldEnable(ForestWorldX)    ElseIf (iButton == 2) ; Desert World     WorldEnable(DesertWorldX)    ElseIf (iButton == 3) ; Water World     WorldEnable(WaterWorldX)    ElseIf (iButton == 4) ; Destiny     WorldEnable(DestinyX)    ElseIf (iButton == 5) ; Ancient City     WorldEnable(AncientCityX)    EndIfEndIfEndFunctionFunction GateClose()   PuddleX.Disable()   Puddle2X.Disable()   ForestWorldX.Disable()   DesertWorldX.Disable()   WaterWorldX.Disable()   DestinyX.Disable()   AncientCityX.Disable()EndFunctionFunction WorldEnable(ObjectReference akWorldRef)   Debug.Notification("...Connection Successful")   akWorldRef.Enable()   PuddleX.EnableNoWait(true)   Puddle2X.EnableNoWait(true)   RegisterForSingleUpdate(38)EndFunctionEvent OnUpdate()   GateClose()EndEvent

do you want this gate to always be closed? and you have to press the button each time to open it?


if so, add this (although it might not be necessary if the auto-close is working properly:

Event OnCellAttach()   If (PuddleX.IsEnabled())	  GateClose()   EndIfEndEvent

I did that to test the buttons already then swapped it in for the connection successful. Also I am only testing the code, no animations are even started yet lol


That looks perfect! Thanks for the fantastic response! I will test it out an get back to you

Well now it works, only a small problem now which is that the 2 puddlex's wont show the same time as the door appearing. Theres around a 7-8 second delay on it, is there anything I can do about this?

i assume you still want the fade in effect right?

   PuddleX.EnableNoWait(true)   Puddle2X.Enable(true)   akWorldRef.Enable()

re-ordering the code this way will force the door to wait for the last puddle to finish fading in

Perfect thank you! Saved me a hell of a headache haha