Is there a way to avoid an enchantment from displaying its graphic effect when equipping the enchanted item? For example, I'm trying to prevent the white magical whirl that appears on a character every time I equip an item with a fortify attribute effect.

You'll need to use the setMEXXX functions on each MGEF in the utem's enchantment to swap its particle emitter ( use the magiceffects\null.nif as the interim one ) before equipping the item.

Of course, like Martin said, "OBSE can turn anything to good"
Another thing I'm starting to get worried about... do you need to be a computer genius, or at least have good knowledge of computer architecture, to make good scripts? Because now that at last I can appreciate the work that scripters do, every time I take a look at the scripts done by some OBSE using modders, I am... don't know the right word... :blink: ... they are incredible, yet to them it seems like a game to create gigantic scripts in which everything does exactly what is supposed to do and nothing more, no errors, no wasted resources, it doesn't seem to take them too much time, and hardly any bug reports because there aren't any real bugs!
The CS wiki is handy but IMO definitely not enough for reaching that level, and if you start adding extra stuff like Pluggy, array, strings... I don't even know what those things do or can do! So, where do these people get that knowledge? Probably is just experimenting doing what you like and enjoying it, or is there other explanation?

I don't believe this could do with a quick answer. But I'd say it's "just experimenting doing what you like and enjoying it".

Hmm, modAV2 doesn't seem to work there....from what I can see that would only restore Alchemy if it had been damaged....

Oops- that cloneform isn't supposed to be there at all. I tried messing around with cloned forms and didn't think it was viable the way I was doing it. Since I only want to affect the player, I'm trying a different approach: I create one "dummy" form in the construction set, then copy all attributes of the currently equipped weapon to the dummy weapon, then replace the equipped weapon with the copied one. So essentially I'm "cloning" the form, but I'm not creating a new one. My code hasn't seen a rewrite in a long time, so the variable naming is very ambiguous (and in general ugly). Thank god I at least refrained from calling that function "CloneWeaponStats" or something similar. Ugh. Regardless, I removed the cloneform call and my script still isn't working. I consistently get my error message, but occasionally the mesh will be copied (despite giving me the error). It's all very inconsistent at the moment, so I suspect the problem is deeper. I'll start digging. Thanks for your help

It's happened again ! ModAV should give you the effect you're looking for. Just make sure you reset the stat at a later point.

I've tried with SetMagicEffectModel. The script has to equip an item with fortify attributes and skills effects on the player any time it gets unequipped:

short fixedstring_var fixequip01;(is it string_var? and what does string_var mean? i saw it in another script and figured it was what I should use)string_var fixequip02BeginGameMode...if Player.GetEquipped Token == 0 && fixed == 0		set fixequip01 to GetMagicEffectModel FOSK		set fixequip02 to GetMagicEffectModel FOAT		SetMagicEffectModel "Meshes\magiceffects\null.nif" FOSK	SetMagicEffectModel "Meshes\magiceffects\null.nif" FOAT	Player.EquipItemNS Token	set fixed to 1elseif Player.GetEquipped Token && fixed	SetMagicEffectModel fixequip01 FOSK	SetMagicEffectModel fixequip02 FOAT	set fixed to 0;(this is the part not working, its supposed to restore the effects to their previous models, but they remain with null.nif)endIf...

So it seems to work, but for some reason it doesn't restore the fortify skill and fortify attribute effects model (Restoration.nif) at the end. Have I declared the variables correctly?

Edit: this wireless keyboard is unreliable at best...
Edit": I could type in directly which .nif file they should be restored to, but that would be incompatible with graphic replacers of those effects.

Also, is there a way to prevent the equip sound? The CS wiki says there is, but when redirected to spam techniques it only lists how to prevent the sound/messages when adding items, not when equipping them.

You can look up on string and array variables in the OBSE command doc - It should give you usage info.

When a function takes a string literal as a parameter, and you're passing it through a string_var, you'll need to call the ToString operator on it

	SetMagicEffectModel $fixequip01 FOSK	SetMagicEffectModel  $fixequip02 FOAT

I tried ModAV and it didn't work either. I don't think Alchemy takes fortify skill enchantments into account. The only one that works is SetAV, but even that doesn't give the player the perk if it's set above the next perk-level. Is there any way of forcing perks into place and then resetting them later?

Thanks shadeMe, the $ did the trick. And the OBSE command doc looks like it has a fine piece of info, looking concepts there instead of just commands is what I need.

Edit: quick question. Why do all horses have 50 responsibility? And supposing it is a bug, why wasn't it corrected by the UOP?

Quick question, on the ayleid ruins, there's the Welkynd chain 01 and then welkynd chain 02, I'm trying to find a ruin that uses the 02 chain which is the big one, and I cannot find it. I'm just wondering what ruins has it, and how the crystals inside are set up.

If it's "ARWelkydChain02", I found 2 in Atatar, 1 in Varondo03, 2 in Vilverin03 and 2 in ParadiseCamoranFortress.

Right click on the chain in object win > Use info

How about changing the facial expression of an NPC ? I want my npc to have an expression of fear when exiting the dialogue with the player - instead she gives the player a broad smile

Go to where you edit your dialogue. The dialogue typed is in a box labelled 'response text'. A little below that it says audio. Below that you can change the Emotion Type and Emotion Value. If the type is set to neutral (which is the default) the used expression depends on the NPC's disposition towards you. Otherwise it's whatever you set it as. 'Emotion value' is the intensity of the emotion, and IIRC that can be set between 1 and 100.

I want to control her expression upon exiting the dialogue, I know how to do it for the responses but when the dialogue terminates she takes an expression according to her disposition I guess. Plz help !
Thanks in advance

scn PointyStickAnimBegin Gamemodeif (getequipped AESPointyStick == 1)		if ((getmousebuttonpress 256) == 1)			player.pickidle onehandattackrightpointystick.kf		endifendifend

Why is this script not working? it is designed to change the attack animation for only on weapon the animation is fine the dx scancode is right (256) where is it wrong?

How do I keep guards from going through a door?

I made a place that a certain kind of person goes when they die, and when I punch a person there guards come running up.

I made doors going to different places in Oblivion, and made sure they wouldn't mess with Open Cities or Improved Cities by placing them outside of the gate.

Guards just burst through locks that require keys, is there anyway to stop their lock destroying rampage?

P.S. If I put the door marker high up, would that help?

AFAIK, NPCs can only go through a locked door if they have the key for it, or if it leads to a cell owned by a faction they are part of. But maybe guards can override this when they chase the player, I'm not sure.
Check the "Minimal Use" on the door, it will not be used by the NPCs pathfinding and should help.

I just set the people's responsibility to 0, just so the guards won't come.

Thanks anyway though.

Ah, I misread your post.

I don't know if that's possible...

Use an idle anim. Copy the idle_facegen.kf idle and use this http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Facial_expressions_in_animations to add facial expressions to it.


Your pickIdle syntax is incorrect. So is getMouseButtonPress'. Look up their wiki articles ( and the one on Idle Animations while you're at it ). Secondly, use onKeyDown instead of getMouseButtonPress as you don't want to call the pickIdle condition every frame.

What happens when you use pushactoraway on a creature that has no ragdoll skeleton (like wraith, ghost, wisp)? Will it cause a weird bug or will it simply not work? I could test, but since this thread exists...

The call doesn't work if the creature attempts to push itself. If a 3rd party pushes it, the call seems to impart the creature the velocity passed to the function. The creature then proceeds to move in the direction of the push (along a straight line). Collision is enabled.

I just tested it ...