Alright, I am totally new to Oblivion scripting so please forgive if I am missing something obvious, basically I have a certain NPC, and I want him to fade out when he dies.

I had a look at some example scripts here and there and here is what I have come up with:

scn 0deathXfade

begin OnDeath

set fade to 1

if ( fade > 0)
set fade to fade - 0.3
CreatureREFERENCE.SetActorAlpha fade
endif

end

I also want to disable or move him away when he's done fading ... and I can't think of any way of integrating that into the above except with a seperate timer script.

Here is a stripped-down version of Haskill's fade out script. It will disable the ref when it's done fading out. You may need to adjust the values if it goes too fast or slow for your liking.

short Deadshort FadeOncefloat DeadTimerfloat RefsAlpha	If ( Dead == 1 )		Set DeadTimer to ( DeadTimer + GetSecondsPassed )		If ( DeadTimer >= 2 )			Set FadeOnce to 1		EndIf	EndIf			If ( FadeOnce == 1 )		Set RefsAlpha to 0.9		Set FadeTimer to 4		YourActorRefGoesHere.SAA RefsAlpha		Set FadeOnce to 2	EndIf	If ( FadeOnce == 2 )		If ( FadeTimer > 0 )			Set FadeTimer to ( FadeTimer - GetSecondsPassed )			Set RefsAlpha to ( RefsAlpha - .01 )			YourActorRefGoesHere.SAA RefsAlpha		ElseIf ( FadeTimer <= 0 )			Set RefsAlpha to 0			Set FadeOnce to 0			Set FadeTimer to 0			YourActorRefGoesHere.Disable		EndIf	EndIfEnd

And of course, replace "YourActorRefGoesHere" with your actor ref.

Thanks for replying

I have a few questions:

- Should I make this a quest script or magic effect script (I believe its not meant to run from an actor since its using a reference)?

- How exactly does this script know when the actor has died ... doesn't that require something like GetDead or Begin OnDeath (if it was on the actor) ?

This script which I wrote should be easier to use. Just place it on the creature you want to fade when dead.

The benefit of this script is that no matter how slow or fast your computer is, the fade is always the same speed.

scn MyDeathFadeScriptfloat myAlphashort myStatebegin OnDeath	set myState to 1	set myAlpha to 0.9endbegin GameMode	if myState > 0		if myState == 1			set myAlpha to myAlpha - GetSecondsPassed			if myAlpha < 0				set myState to 2				return			else					SAA myAlpha			endif		endif		if myState == 2			disable			set myState to 0		endif	endifend

@WillieSea: Thanks for the script ... it works perfectly

I am glad it worked for you. The trick to that script is using the games timer to control the fade time which is one second.
If you want a longer duration, you can take the timer and use math on it.

For example, a 2 second fade:

set myAlpha to myAlpha - ( GetSecondsPassed / 2 )