Hi, I have made a lamp but need to know if I can activate it so it turns on and off whenever I click it. I have searched the forums for 'turning on lamps in the construction set' yet can't find this answer. Please help

Try the http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Light_switch_tutorial tutorial on the CS Wiki. It should be just what you need.

With the below attached to the lamp, a switch could be made with a single activator rather than necessitating a pair as the tutorial suggests.

scn LampActivatorSCPTInt bLightsOnRef rLightBegin OnActivate	Set bLightsOn to (bLightsOn == 0)	If bLightsOn		If rLight			rLight.Enable		Else			Set rLight to PlaceAtMe TestLight		EndIf	Else		rLight.Disable	EndIfEnd

Thank you guys for the replies

Vyper I will look at the link cheers!

Justin:



Thanks for the script Justin.

My light is called aaCustomLampRef (that's the ref ID when I placed it in my home). Where should I put this name in the script??

EDIT: I replaced rlight with my custom name.

Also Justin, there was an error message with the 'blights on line 6', why is this happening?

aaCustomLampRef: Neither the lamp nor light need to be persistent for the script to work. That will work without assigning editor ID's to the reference(s). If using a different light, just substitute TestLight with whatever base LIGH record want to use.

Error: Not sure. It compiles here as is and works in game. If you post what you've got together, I might be able to discern what went wrong. As utumno suggests, make sure the var name used matches the var name declared.

Hi Justin, I just can't get the script to work. It always says 'error at line 6' which is frustrating. Thanks for trying though.

Post it? Something went wrong with the implementation, evidently. A variation would work for the fireplace in your other thread.

scn FireplaceActivatorSCPTRef rFireInt bFireBegin OnActivate	Set bFire to (bFire == 0)	If bFire		If rFire			rFire.Enable		Else			Set rFire to PlaceAtMe ActivatorFlameNode6 ; might need positioning		EndIf	Else		rFire.Disable	EndIfEnd

Do post the script
@Justin:

scn FireplaceActivatorSCPTRef rFireInt bFire    ; shouldn't it be short ? does it compile with int ? news to me !			Set rFire to PlaceAtMe ActivatorFlameNode6 ; No PlaceAtMe with activators - use moveto with a persisten ref - Rowdy will be bloating our saves soon lol

Utumno, what do you mean 'rowdy will be bloating our saves?'

Justin, as for the script, I just used exactly what you posted here, why would I need to re-post it? Makes no sense.

Anyway, I went with the fireplace script that was provided in the other thread. It worked flawlessly

actually it is quite serious : http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/PlaceAtMe - your case is exactly the activator one :nono:

How can turning a fireplace on/off (it doesn't use placeatme btw) cause game bloat?

I've been using this script for my fireplace instead of a light:

scn aaMyFireplaceScript

Short FireState

Begin onactivate
If ( FireState == 1 ) ; On
Set FireState to 0
[FireRef].Disable
ElseIf ( FireState == 0 ) ; Off
Set FireState to 1
[FireRef].Enable
EndIf
End

ah ok - you said you were using justin's script which contained the line

Set rFire to PlaceAtMe ActivatorFlameNode6 ; might need positioning

:shrug:

Yes I should have been clearer, my bad.

I was originally using Justin's script but it was too problematic. I am grateful for the info though, it's just I couldn't get it to work. CDM's script (which I posted above) worked perfectly.

It both compiles and works in game here. :shrug: Int/Long/Short vars behave identically (IsLongOrShort).

No PlaceAtMe with activators: If more than one fireplace activator were placed, there would need to be an additional persistent ACTI ref for each fireplace activator. I can't see too much bloat transpiring unless all fireplace static references were to be replaced with the activator versions or something. Too bad http://geck.gamesas.com/index.php/MarkForDelete didn't show up until Fallout 3 or...

Begin OnReset	If bFire	ElseIf rFire		rFire.MarkForDelete	EndIfEnd

...would wipe the slate clean. I wonder if OBSE could pull of an equivalent function? Maybe OBSE's DeleteReference is equivalent *tinkers*? If only a few fireplaces were placed, I wouldn't worry about it though as the script would only use PlaceAtMe once.

Edit: OBSE's DeleteReference seems to be working much like Fallout 3's MarkForDelete.

Because it compiles and works here, so something must have changed or it would compile for you too. I'm just curious as to what. Glad to hear you've got things working though.

I had not noticed the placeatMe was only called once :whistling: - I will be looking into this Int thing - news to me :shrug:
nice script btw

Justin, even though the script didn't work for me and I found an alternative, I do want to thank you for your posts here. I do appreciate it that goes for the others who gave advice to, Vyper and Utunmo.