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== Options menu via a spell == | |||
*This next example shows how you would open a simple menu using a script attached to a MagicEffect form used by a Spell: | |||
<source lang="papyrus">ScriptName OptionsMenuScript extends ActiveMagicEffect | |||
{ A template for a MagicEffect script that opens a simple menu.} | |||
Message Property OptionsMESG Auto ; The Message form that configures the menu buttons | |||
Event OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster) | |||
If akCaster == Game.GetPlayer() ; Only the player can open the menu | |||
Menu() | |||
EndIf | |||
Dispel() | |||
EndEvent | |||
Function Menu() ; note that the menu will simply exit, no matter what value is returned by iButton. | |||
Int iButton = OptionsMESG.Show() ; Shows your menu. | |||
If iButton == 0 ; Mage | |||
Debug.Notification("Mage selected") | |||
ElseIf iButton == 1 ; Thief | |||
Debug.Notification("Thief selected") | |||
ElseIf iButton == 2 ; Warrior | |||
Debug.Notification("Warrior selected") | |||
EndIf | |||
EndFunction</source> | |||
=== Notes === | === Notes === | ||
*Given the buttons in Skyrim are listed from side to side, it is easy to spill over the edges of the user's monitor, particularly if it's a 4:3, in the event either the options are too verbose or there are too many options presented by a single message form. Currently, there's no way to list them from top to bottom as they were in previous Bethesda games. To mitigate this, keep the button text to a minimum and/or make sure to always set up conditions on mutually exclusive buttons to ensure only applicable options are presented. | *Given the buttons in Skyrim are listed from side to side, it is easy to spill over the edges of the user's monitor, particularly if it's a 4:3, in the event either the options are too verbose or there are too many options presented by a single message form. Currently, there's no way to list them from top to bottom as they were in previous Bethesda games. To mitigate this, keep the button text to a minimum and/or make sure to always set up conditions on mutually exclusive buttons to ensure only applicable options are presented. | ||