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aiButton < 0

I don't think there's a need to check for when aiButton is -1. Unlike with the previous script language, Papyrus seems to pause script execution (of the rest of the event/function) until it receives input from the Show() function. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fg109 (talk • contribs) 13 April 2012

Yep, Show() will block the script until it returns. If the return value is -1 then it means the message failed to show for some reason. I think that would more likely happen during development if the author forgot to set a property. If it's ever seen in a released then something is fubar. Tunaisafish 05:17, 13 April 2012 (EDT)

Reading the description of the return value and doing a little testing I am certain that a MessageBox style message will never return a -1. The -1 gets returned if it's a Notification style message. And if you try to use Show on an unfilled property, you'll get a 0 return value! So make sure your first button is a reasonable choice for a default. Cdcooley 18:13, 13 June 2012 (EDT)

My changes were reverted. JustinOther you keep telling people that a check for -1 matters and I have tested it and found that it absolutely does not. I'm not going to get into an edit war on the page you created but you are wrong on this.

• A call to Show() will always return -1 when it's used on a Message that isn't a Message Box. It shows a notification in the top corner instead.

• A call to Show() on an un-filled property (with the None value) will fail and return a 0 immediately.

• A call to Show() on a Message Box message that doesn't have any buttons defined will get a default "OK" button which returns 0 when pressed.

• A call to Show() on a Message Box message that does have buttons defined will return the matching button number.

Checking for -1 to wait for a button to be pressed was part of the scripting system on previous games, but is not part of Papyrus. What makes your code work are the bool variables you use to control the while loop and the check for -1 does absolutely nothing useful. -- Cdcooley 06:32, 17 June 2012 (EDT)