So I have a mod that is up on the Nexus that requires FOSE. I have been getting several complaints that certain parts aren't working and the problem is that the user hasn't installed the required FOSE. So I went ahead and tried to make a quest that checks if FOSE is installed, but it only works if FOSE is installed - which defeats the purpose. I used the GetFOSEVersion command on a variable then checked if that variable was non-zero. The problem is that the script stalls on the GetFOSEVersion command if FOSE isn't installed, duh. So how can one determine if a user does not have FOSE installed without using any FOSE commands?

Here's a utility for that: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1070012-relzresource-the-chicken-and-the-egg/

You just have the FOSE version check in a separate quest script, that way the core script doesn't die.

If the script will just skip the FOSE parts if its not installed, then couldnt you just have the Fose part up a variable, and if its not up to 1, then it show a message or something. So that way if its not installed, it just skips the variable +1 part, then shows the message because its not 1 its 0. Would that work? Or does the whole script get 'corrupt' if FOSE isnt there?

Yes! Of course. I tried it that way and it worked a charm. Thanks to you TTT once again.


Unfortunately, the way I was doing it originally, as soon as a FOSE command was used in the script, the whole script just stopped working, By doing it the way TTT suggested, only the fose check fails and the variable defined in the other quest script remains 0 and can be used to display a warning message that is repeatedly annoying.

Awesome. This should alleviate many bogus error reports I get with my mod. Whahoo!