Editing Complete Example Scripts (section)

= Enable/Disable an object on a schedule =

Say you have a pedestal with a magical statue placed on it which is to enable at 6am every morning and disable at 6pm every evening. Glue the below to the pedestal which must always be enabled, filling the properties in the Creation Kit ensuring kYourObject is either renamed to match the EditorID of your statue upon auto-fill or manually pointed to it. If the pedestal is not applicable, use an L_LOS collision marker.

<syntaxhighlight lang="papyrus">ScriptName YourScript Extends ObjectReference

Actor Property PlayerREF Auto ; <-- Imperative for expedience
Bool Property bEnableStuff Auto ; Leave as default or 'False'
Float Property fHourToDisable Auto ; Desired enable time/18.0 for example's sake
Float Property fHourToEnable Auto ; Desired enable time/6.0 for example's sake
Float Property fUpdateInterval Auto ; 15.0 works well and isn't too frantic.
GlobalVariable Property GameHour Auto ; Pointed to engine maintained, special GlobalVariable
ObjectReference Property kYourObject Auto ; Pointed to your statue or object that is to enable

Event OnInit()
	RegisterForSingleLOSGain(PlayerREF, Self)
	bEnableStuff = !kYourObject.IsDisabled()
	ToggleEnableStateIfApplicable()
EndEvent

Event OnGainLOS(Actor akViewer, ObjectReference akTarget)
	RegisterForSingleLOSLost(PlayerREF, Self)
	RegisterForSingleUpdate(fUpdateInterval)
	ToggleEnableStateIfApplicable()
EndEvent

Event OnLostLOS(Actor akViewer, ObjectReference akTarget)
	RegisterForSingleLOSGain(PlayerREF, Self)
	UnregisterForUpdate() ; Stop polling
	ToggleEnableStateIfApplicable()
EndEvent

Event OnUpdate()
	ToggleEnableStateIfApplicable()
	RegisterForSingleUpdate(fUpdateInterval)
EndEvent

Function ToggleEnableStateIfApplicable()
	Float fTime = GameHour.GetValue()
	If bEnableStuff != (fTime > fHourToEnable && fTime < fHourToDisable)
		bEnableStuff = !bEnableStuff
		If bEnableStuff
			kYourObject.Enable()
		Else
			kYourObject.Disable()
		EndIf
	EndIf
EndFunction</syntaxhighlight>
If the statue is only to enable on Thursdays, add a check to the above like so:
<syntaxhighlight lang="papyrus">Function ToggleEnableStateIfApplicable()
	Float fTime = GameHour.GetValue()
	If bEnableStuff != (fTime > fHourToEnable && fTime < fHourToDisable)
		bEnableStuff = GetDayOfWeek() == 5 ; Turdas
		If bEnableStuff
			kYourObject.Enable()
		Else
			kYourObject.Disable()			
		EndIf
	EndIf
EndFunction

Int Function GetDayOfWeek() Global ; 0 : Sundas :: 5 : Turdas, etc.
	Return ((Game.GetFormFromFile(0x00000039, "Skyrim.ESM") As GlobalVariable).GetValue() As Int) % 7
EndFunction</syntaxhighlight>