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Occurs when old script data (baked into a savegame) has malfunctioned badly enough for the game engine to just throw it out. | Occurs when old script data (baked into a savegame) has malfunctioned badly enough for the game engine to just throw it out. | ||
=== Dumping stack === | |||
I don't fully understand this one yet. For now, I'm just tossing down any information I find, so I can get a better concept of what this one means. | |||
* http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3889-papyrus-stack-dump-with-dragon-attack-at-cow/ | |||
* [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3879-dlc1seranalevelingscript-causing-numerous-papyrus-errors/ Serana + dragon + Falkreath = bad.] | |||
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* [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3676-skyrim-information-baked-into-saves/page-3#entry147426 "Scripts that are fragments for packages never go away, and seem to begin executing on a None package with no conditions."] | * [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3676-skyrim-information-baked-into-saves/page-3#entry147426 "Scripts that are fragments for packages never go away, and seem to begin executing on a None package with no conditions."] | ||
* [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3676-skyrim-information-baked-into-saves/page-3#entry147468 Reportedly,] Skyrim will actually write to your save file when loading it, if it detects that a new mod with script content has been added. (Those scripts will be baked into the save.) This has significant ramifications for testing out script-based mods (to see if you should keep them), and for making "clean saves." | * [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3676-skyrim-information-baked-into-saves/page-3#entry147468 Reportedly,] Skyrim will actually write to your save file when loading it, if it detects that a new mod with script content has been added. (Those scripts will be baked into the save.) This has significant ramifications for testing out script-based mods (to see if you should keep them), and for making "clean saves." | ||
* [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3694-disabling-persistent-references-a-remarkable-solution/ Apparently, one can disable a persistent reference using a method discussed here.] | |||
=== Unsorted edge-cases === | === Unsorted edge-cases === | ||
* Be careful about handling things OnCellAttach and OnCellDetach in Riften. [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3781-the-critter-thread/page-8#entry150257 The city's walkways have you cross back and forth across a cell boundary.] | * Be careful about handling things OnCellAttach and OnCellDetach in Riften. [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3781-the-critter-thread/page-8#entry150257 The city's walkways have you cross back and forth across a cell boundary.] | ||
** ''The use case dealt with here involves deleting critters when you leave their containing cells. The scripter's attempted solution was to add a timed delay (using OnUpdateGameTime) to the deletion. Return to the cell before the timer has elapsed, and the critter is reused -- the deletion is canceled.'' | ** ''The use case dealt with here involves deleting critters when you leave their containing cells. The scripter's attempted solution was to add a timed delay (using OnUpdateGameTime) to the deletion. Return to the cell before the timer has elapsed, and the critter is reused -- the deletion is canceled.'' | ||
=== Unsorted engine bugs === | |||
* [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3921-horses-bugged-in-water/ Ride a horse into water, get it to swim, dismount, and remount. It'll use land physics while in water.] | |||
* [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3997-merchant-gold-reset-bug/#entry151915 Reloading a savegame won't reset a merchant's gold.] | |||
=== Unsorted lessons === | |||
* [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3863-mgritual04questscript-unendingcontinuous-papyrus-log-errors/ A 10MB Papyrus log.] This, boys and girls, is why you should be careful with update events. | |||
=== Unsorted things to look into === | |||
* [http://afkmods.iguanadons.net/index.php?/topic/3794-flora-respawn-vmad/#entry147720 OnCellAttach reportedly unreliable (Oct 2013).] | |||