Dynamically Attaching Scripts: Difference between revisions

We'll give this the ID <code>'''ApplyingEffect'''</code> and a descriptive Name, and then click OK to accept the changes.  Open the Effect again to add a new a script, which we will title <code>'''ApplyingScript'''</code>:   

Spell Property MonitorAbility Auto

Event OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)

akTarget.AddSpell(MonitorAbility)

Save the script, and click OK to accept all changes.  We will be coming back to this effect to fill its Conditions and script properties later.

We'll be giving it the ID <code>'''MonitorEffect'''</code> and a descriptive Name, then click OK to accept the changes.  Open the Effect again to add a new script, which we will title <code>'''MonitorScript'''</code>:

Actor MySelf

Debug.Notification("You did " + Damage as Int + " points of damage.")

endif

Save the script, and click OK to accept all changes.  We will come back to this effect to fill its Conditions later.

We can accomplish this by adding the <code>'''CloakAbility'''</code> to the player, waiting a short amount of time, and then removing it. To do this, we will need to add a script to our <code>'''PlayerAlias'''</code>.  Open your quest, and click on the [[Quest_Alias_Tab|'''Quest Alias''']] tab. Double-click on our <code>'''PlayerAlias'''</code> to open up the Reference Alias window.  Add a new script to our alias. We will call it <code>'''PlayerScript'''</code>, and fill it with the following code:

Spell Property CloakAbility Auto

RegisterForSingleUpdate(4)

EndEvent

Now we will save the script and auto-fill the properties. This method of adding and removing the cloak is also used in circumventing the [[#The_.27Brawl_Bug.27|''''Brawl Bug'''']].

Not using the '''No Death Dispel''' flag on effects with scripts can lead to errors.^{[[#References|[1]]]}  To avoid these, you should handle the cleanup of your magic effect in the magic effect itself. Example:

Event OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)

EndState

Now we will wrap our code in <code>'''PlayerScript'''</code> with a condition to run only when this global's value is set to <code>1</code>:

Spell Property CloakAbility Auto

RegisterForSingleUpdate(4)

EndEvent

Don't forget to auto-fill the new '''GlobalVariable''' property on our <code>'''PlayerScript'''</code>.  Users now have the opportunity of pausing the cloak on their own with the console command  <code>set mymod_CloakEffectOn to 0</code>.  

Click OK to close the alias window.  Then double-click on the alias in order to open it again.  We need to do this step because when we first create an alias, we can't attach a script to it.  Attach this script to the reference alias:

Keyword Property WeapTypeBattleAxe Auto

endif

endif

Set the properties for the script.  Since the properties are named exactly the same as the editor IDs of what we want them to represent, just click the '''Auto-Fill All''' button to set all the values automatically.

Attach this script to the quest:

Quest Property DASQuest Auto

DASQuest.Start()

RegisterForSingleUpdate(5)

Remember to set the value of the 'DASQuest' property to the '''DASQuest''' we created earlier.  Check to make sure that '''Start Game Enabled''' is checked in the '''Quest Data''' tab, then click OK to close the quest window.