Editing Complete Example Scripts (section)

=Usage of Arrays to Make Scripts Compact=
In this example you can see how to use a simple script property to reduce the number of scripts you need to write and thus the amount of properties you need to set, which can be time-consuming. Below I was having to do things to about 30 different draugrs:
* turn their AI on and make them visible
* turn their AI off and make them invisible
I have different conditions within my level for when each of these two actions should occur. I could divide this into two scripts, but instead I wrote one script and passed a property to the script with each instance of the script to determine which aspect of the script would run.
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Actor Property PlayerREF Auto
Actor[] Property DraugrArray Auto ; Contains 30 elements filled in CK with the 30 Draugr
Bool Property bEnableBeasts Auto ; Can be set from another script and/or initialized true or false

Event OnTriggerEnter(ObjectReference akActionRef)
	If akActionRef == PlayerREF
		Int iIndex = DraugrArray.Length ; Will return 30
		While iIndex
			iIndex -= 1 ; 29'th element is 30'th Draugr
			Actor kDraugr = DraugrArray[iIndex]
			kDraugr.EnableAI(bEnableBeasts)
			kDraugr.SetAlpha(bEnableBeasts As Float)
		EndWhile
	EndIf
EndEvent</syntaxhighlight>
Note that bEnableBeasts is a property so one can decide with each instance which way the script should work. One could use a FormList rather than an array or simply set one Draugr as the enable parent of the other 29 and enable/disable him, and thus all the children refs simultaneously.

'''How to Make This Script Work'''
* You will need to fill the array elements in the Creation Kit with the chosen creatures.
* Then you will need to choose for each instance of the script whether the boolean property should be false or true, this setting process shows up a simple checkmark box in the editor.