Tinkering around for hours but can't find a way to apply scripts to hostile actors when they spawn or die.
Maybe with OnCellAttach Event but I don't know where to hook a script up which containts that event.

Any suggestions?

I've been using the OnCellLoad and OnDeath events in the actor script.

A quest alias script can also be used, as long as you're certain that the quest will start before the event.

Alternatively, the main quest script can work with aliases in the OnInit event etc.

thanks. i already abadoned the idea but your post let me try again and it works now.
BUT it only triggers on the first OnDeath event. I tried alias_dead.clear() but no effect

how to change it, so it triggers every time someone dies ?

Depending on your situation, you can put the OnDeath script in any of these places:

• Actor base object
  
• Actor instances
  
• A different alias for each actor
  
• A single alias which is reused for each new actor

I haven't tried option 4, but I guess it involves using Clear then ForceRefTo the next actor.

Case 1 and 2 require a script which extends Actor, whereas 3 and 4 must extend ReferenceAlias.

Aliases seem to be very tricky, I expected it to fill in automaticaly when cleared but it doesn't :/
I guess my best bet is to link a script to actors directly

Do you know anything about the "greet dead body" option in Ai Package Lists?
The idea was to modify that, since NPCs already react to dead people but don't do what I want them to do :]
Found something under the dialogue button on Actors - maybe that will work somehow...

I don't know much about AI packages yet, I'm afraid.

Are you trying to modify all actors in the game, or just some specific ones?

All. Let's say all Bandits - I saw there are ~10-15 base actors for that (templates)
To keep it simple, they should glow ondeath (shadereffect lifedetect)

For some reason the script box on actors is greyed out :/
That's the stuff which gives me a hard time, a lot of things are harder to accomplish as they should...

The script box only seems to be greyed out on templates, for some reason.

It can be changed on all other actors (unless Template > Use Scripts is checked).

In any case, changing base objects directly is generally discouraged.

The http://www.creationkit.com/Dynamically_Attaching_Scripts discusses how to add a script dynamically to all actors. Does that help?

yes, that works fine. thanks