I'm trying to create a TrigZone in front of a practice dummy such that when an arrow that the player fires passes though it, it advances their skill of marksmanship.
Here is the code that I have.

float timerref refVarBegin OnTrigger 	set refVar to GetActionRef	if (refVar.GetOwner == player); This is the problematic line		set timer to 3	endifEndBegin GameMode	if (timer == 3)		if (refVar.IsAmmo)			IncrementPlayerSkillUse Marksman 1 2000			set timer to 2		endif	elseif (timer > 0)		set timer to (timer - GetSecondsPassed)	endifEnd

The problem is that the arrows in my inventory, although not stolen, are not set as being 'Owned' by the player. Has anyone got a clever work around for this? Any ideas?

Perhaps check if the arrow's heading is away from the player? Something like

if arrowref.getheadingangle player > 179 || arrowref.getheadingangle player < -179
[increment marksman skill]
endif

That could work, although this is set up at an archery range so there is a good chance that other arrows will have a similar direction.

I found this http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Running_Scripts_On_Arrows. It sounds like it should work, only it appears that my arrows isn't caught by the TrigZone all of the time. If the arrow is moving to fast it goes through the TrigZone without Triggering it.

Why not use onhitwith instead? You don't need to specify a weapon type when you use it and on an activator it only works with ammo (not regular weapons). Thanks for the banana btw. :blink:

InsanitySorrow released a http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=21485 that does the very thing you want (although it requires OBSE). Check it out and see how he scripted it.

He has used the rigZone method that I was trying, it didn't detect the arrows every time without fail. It seems that if they go through the zone too fast they might not trigger it. This obviously needs to be confirmed though.


This seems to be the best solution. It definitely beats the laggy solution of making a TrigZone move around with the player's crosshair. Also, you're welcome.

You could use getProjectile to get a reference to the last arrow shot by the player. Track its movement, and when it stops, check its position relative to the dummy/trigger zone.