Hello!
I made a relic item for my game. A magic scull that gives +15 Blade just by having it in my inventory. To make that i used the following script.

scriptname BookofBlade5

ref target
short activator

begin gamemode
set target to getcontainer
end

begin onadd
target.modactorvalue2 blade 5
message "Blade +5"
end

begin ondrop
target.modactorvalue2 blade -5
message "Blade -5"
end

that works fine.
The problem i encounter is that if i want to give this item to one of my companions, they dont get the bonus "blade+15"
I understand that the onadd and especially ondrop is not the proper block for that.
Can you plz tell me what i can put there? (onequip - onunequip) cannot be used because the "scull" is not equipable.
Btw i use Toaster Share Recruit for my inventory share,
Thanks

For starters, ModActorValue2 is an OBSE function, so you shouldn't use it unless you plan to make your mod dependant on OBSE. Secondly, I remember reading somewhere that forcibly advancing skills that way leads to problems with gaining XP and levelling up the skill after the bonus is applied (but I may be wrong)

As for why it wont work for companions, my best guess is that it involves the OnAdd and OnDrop blocks. Try placing your relic in a container - Does the boost go away?

An alternative to using ModActorValue2 could be if you make an ability (constant spell) that gives Fortify Blade +5. And then you use target.addspell and target.removespell .

Are you sure that it works? Modav2 should not increase any value above the normal max value, so blade +5 shouldn't work, neither for you, nor for anyone else. Unless the blade skill was damaged before modav2 was called.

Thanks for replies.

I know about OBSE, its cool because it offers some very useful commands , that in vanilla they dont excist.

The ModAV and MODAV2 commands work. I have no prob with that.

Real problem here is...

I use share/recruit mod that allows player to share inventory with companions and give/take them items.
The idea of those items is to give a temporary (+5 BLADE) just by having it to my inventory. When i transfer my item from my inventory to my companion's inventory, i have to get (-5 blade) and my companion must now have the (+5 blade). And reverse of course. This action is not onadd / ondrop or onequip / onunequip. Its something else, that dont know... (thats the prob)

That really works if i pick the item up from the floor, or drop it to the floor.

Now about the friend who told to put in container i suppose (havent tested yet) that it will work when i pick the item from container, but i dont think that it will work when puting it in. Because the ondrop script demands that you have to use the drop action (shift + click) Anyway i will try it.

Thanks

No :nono:, onDrop works not only when shift-click but when you put things in container : read the article http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/OnDrop and ESpEcIALLy the http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Talk:OnDrop, where maybe your problem is mentioned.
EDIT : :flame: the forum software is changing the links - http://tiny.cc/wbdql, http://tiny.cc/jrdgx.

as you will see onDrop and onAdd are notoriously buggy

Look at the "Scales of Pitiless Justice" as a reference.