I found this nice event:

http://www.creationkit.com/AddInventoryEventFilter_-_ObjectReference

Something like:

Event AddInventoryEventFilter(CookingIngredientsList)  Game.AdvanceSkill("Alchemy", 10.0)endEvent

Now, does CookingIngredientsList contain all alchemy ingredients as well or is there a better collection to use?

I plan on increasing the alchemy skill if ingredients are picked up, especially if gathered in the wild.

p.s. still at work, no way I can check creation kit or the game itself... this is all theory-crafting for now.

Well, what does the list look like?

It only contains 7 ingredients, the other 14 being food (Potions). You are probably better off creating a new formlist, with all the ingredients you want in your list

I was hoping you could tell me. I found it mentioned here:

http://www.gamesas.com/getting-inventory-filter-work-t256226.html

It seems to be a vanilla form list, so I would be able to check it out in creation kit?

@heilgast, thanks. I'll do that.

//edit: for later to test

ScriptName MyGatherExperienceScript extends ObjectReferenceFormList property MyIngredientsFormList autoEvent OnInit()    MyIngredientFormList.AddForm(CookingIngredientsList)    MyIngredientFormList.AddForm(Food)    ; probably need more here [or|and] add single IDsEndEventEvent AddInventoryEventFilter(MyIngredientFormList)    Game.AdvanceSkill("Alchemy", 10.0)EndEvent

Probably needs a state to not be active if the inventory is open, this would limit it to picking stuff up.

AddInventoryEventFilter is not an event, it is the filter for OnItemRemoved and OnItemAdded Events. This will do what you expect:

ScriptName MyGatherExperienceScript extends ObjectReferenceFormList property MyIngridientsFormList auto  Event OnInit() AddInventoryEventFilter(MyIngridientsFormList)EndEvent Event OnItemAdded(Form akBaseItem, int aiItemCount, ObjectReference akItemReference, ObjectReference akSourceContainer);Will listen ONLY for anything in the formlist. A nifty function!EndEvent

cheers!

And you can use states for those events to flip flop between either to suit your needs, or even put it in a Done state with no event all if you have no further use for the script after its served its purpose.