Papyrus Glossary

C

• Control Variable This is a variable used to control the flow of a script's logic. The following is a common example:

bool ranOnce    ; a boolean control variable.  By default, it is FALSE

EVENT onActivate(ObjectReference akActionRef)
     if (ranOnce == FALSE)      ; see if we've run this loop before
          ranOnce = TRUE        ; set the control variable to TRUE
     endif
endEVENT

E

• EVENT Events are the various stimuli sent from the game to which Papyrus scripts are capable of reacting. There are many types of events available for use.

L

• Legacy This term simply refers to the in-editor scripting language used in previous Bethesda Game Studios editors such as the GECK and Construction Set.
• Logical Operator Logical operators, or conditional operators, are symbols used in boolean logic to compare values.

==	is equal to
!=	is not equal to
>	is greater than
<	is less than
>=	is greater than or equal to
<=	is less than or equal to

P

• Papyrus This is the name of the new scripting language created to support the Creation Kit.

S

• STATE (as a Papyrus term) User-defined states. All scripts have a default "undefined state" (which may sometimes be referred to as the "empty state"). A script can only be in one state at a time, making these a useful tool for scripts that need to behave different depending on internal or external factors. More information available here