Long story short, I want to take a reference variable (obtained from GetContainer or GetParentref), and somehow get the base object from that so I can compare it to something. For example, say I have a scripted item, "Pie". "Pie" can be placed in one of two containers; "Box A" or "Box B" (with different base objects). I want the script on "Pie" to act differently based on which box you put it in, with all the scripting (for this part) done on "Pie".

As a follow-up question, say "Pie" has a GameMode block in it's script. If I put "Pie" inside of "Box", will the script on "Pie" run while the player is in the same cell as "Box"? If not, how can I make the script on "Pie" run, ideally before the player opens up "Box"?

Edit: By the way, I AM using OBSE (I have v 19 beta 2 installed)

I'm no expert, but it sounds like you want to be looking at the GetScript / SetScript functions.

As to the base obect, you can use of this snippet which came from the wiki:

short InvPosref pInvObjref pCont...set pCont to YourDesiredContainerset InvPos to 0Labelset pInvObj to (pCont.GetInventoryObject InvPos)if pInvObj  set InvPos to (InvPos + 1)  ;Do whatever you want to do  Gotoendif

The OBSE function http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/GetBaseObject sounds as exactly what you want. But maybe GetIsID can work too, i.e. "if ref.GetIsId BoxA"

I think so. I don't have much experience, but I have GameMode block that runs successfully on items in the player's inventory, and would assume items in other containers work similarly, but if you make a gamemode script that prints something to the console, you'll find it out pretty fast.

Thank you! That sounds like exactly what I need!