I thought the OnHit event triggered the abBashAttack bool to true but it doesn't seem to be the case. Am I missing something obvious?

Scriptname BashTest extends ObjectReference

Event OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack, bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)
 
if ( abBashAttack as bool)

   Debug.Notification("Bash hit")

endif

EndEvent

Are you SURE you put this on an ACTIVATOR and not just on any old object?

Yes, it's an ACTI, a custom practice dummy I made. I can detect weapons hits with no issues but no shield bashing.

That is strange, because I have been doing this for a few years (in my combat mod you create feints by practicing hitting pells aka practice dummies) and a bash works fine for me. But I do not use a custom object , I only use the vanilla base object.

Many of the pells in the game are NOT activators (they are just statics) which drive me crazy. Why!!!??? Why Beth did you make some activators and some not activators?