Continuing from the http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1031323.


The Oblivion Script Extender, or OBSE for short, is a modder's resource that expands the scripting capabilities of Oblivion. It doesn't make any modifications to oblivion.exe, TESConstructionSet.exe, or any other files in your oblivion install, so don't worry about permanent side effects. As of v0017, OBSE requires the 1.2.0.416 version of Oblivion.

http://obse.silverlock.org/download/obse_0017b.zip - current stable version
http://obse.silverlock.org/beta/obse_0018_beta_4.zip - beta version, only use if you are interested in testing new functionality
http://obse.silverlock.org/
http://obse.silverlock.org/obse_command_doc.html

Please note: Due to changes in bytecode, scripts compiled using OBSE 0018 beta 2 or later will require the user to have 0018 beta 2 or later installed. Because beta 4 fixes several bugs, it is recommended that all testers upgrade to the most recent beta.

whatsnew:


v0018 New functions:

    Function    Call    SetFunctionValue    GetClassSkills    SetClassSkills    SetClassSpecialization    SetClassAttribute    SetClassAttributeC    GetCreatureModelPaths    GetUserTime    GetSkillGoverningAttribute    SetSkillGoverningAttribute    GetSkillGoverningAttributeC    SetSkillGoverningAttributeC    ActorValueToCode    GetPlayerBirthsign    GetBirthsignSpells    GetActorAlpha    RemoveBaseSpell    GetMapMenuMarkerName    GetMapMenuMarkerRef    GetWeatherClassification    ToNumber    GetActiveEffectCodes    GetActiveEffectCasters    GetCurrentRegions    SetPackageTarget    GetBaseAV2    GetBaseAV2C    GetSpecialAnims    ToggleSpecialAnim    GetLeveledSpells    GetDescription    sv_Split    ar_List    ar_Resize    ar_Insert    ar_InsertRange    GetGameDifficulty    SetGameDifficulty    SetCurrentCharge    ModCurrentCharge    SetDoorTeleport    GetDoorTeleportX    GetDoorTeleportY    GetDoorTeleportZ    GetDoorTeleportRot    GetCellDetachTime    GetCellResetHours    SetCellResetHours    PrintD    GetPCLastDroppedItem    GetPCLastDroppedItemRef    GetTelekinesisRef    GetActorPackages    GetOblivionDirectory    IsClassSkillC    IsClassAttributeC    SetPlayerBirthsign    GetPlayerSkillUseC    Get/Set Package Flags    Get/SetCombatStyleIgnoreAlliesInArea    Get/SetCombatStyleWillYield    Get/SetCombatStyleRejectsYields    Get/SetCombatStyleFleeingDisabled    Get/SetCombatStylePrefersRanged    Get/SetCombatStyleMeleeAlertOK    GetWaterShader    SetOLMPGrids    OutputLocalMapPicturesOverride    GetGridsToLoad    con_outputLocalMapPictures    GetRaceReaction    TriggerPlayerSkillUse    TriggerPlayerSkillUseC    SetCurrentHealth    ModPlayerSkillExp    ModPlayerSkillExpC    GetPlayerSkillAdvances    GetPlayerSkillAdvancesC    SetPlayerSkillAdvances    SetPlayerSkillAdvancesC    GetRaceScale    GetCurrentPackage    GetCurrentEditorPackage    GetWorldSpaceParentWorldSpace    QuestExists    GlobalVariableExists    StringToActorValue

How should I detect a control and a modifier?

Why do I not see the message with this?

		if(OnControlDown 5 && OnKeyDown 42)			PrintC "Found Act + LShift"		endif

Because you'll never be able to press both keys at once, so it will always detect one key, then the next frame the other. Use IsKeyPressed3 for the modifier key instead. Although that way you'll need to press the modifier key before pressing the other key.

Question of my own, well more of a request. A way to redirect a messagebox to a specific script. As in, calling MessageBox(Ex) from one script but the game will think it came from another script, thus GetButtonPressed can be used from that script. Useful for MessageBoxes from result script but I can think of a few other uses aswell.

[edit]How are things going with the non-beta release? I assume the biggest holdup is the issue tejon brought up?[/edit]

-kyoma

It really is all my fault.

Yes it is, yes it is..... :nono:

Thanks.

Why do I see the message now, but still get the default activation?

Let r := GetCrosshairRefif(r)	if(r.GetObjectType == TypeWeWant)		DisableControl 5		if(OnControlDown 5 && IsKeyPressed3 42)			PrintC "Found Act + LShift"		else			EnableControl 5		endif	endifendif

OnControlDown probably detects disabled controls just like its sibling OnKeyDown detects disabled keys.

It does, which is how I handle map marker clicking in Map Marker Overhaul. So when you disable the control key, you can set a variable, i.e. "let activation_disabled := 1", and then check for that value when deciding what to do.

Sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear. I'm asking why I get the default activation behaviour despite disabling the use control?

Oh no, you were clear. I was looking with the other set of eyes. :facepalm: Um not sure why it would still activate normally. Could be another mod that re-enables the activate control after it did something.

I'm trying to get the magnitude of a magic effect from enchantments. I'm using this code, but it somehow doesn't reports correct value.

set gauntlets to player.getequippedobject 4set enchantment to getenchantment gauntletsif ( enchantment != 0)	if ( magicitemhaseffect FISH enchantment )     ;;fire shield		set count to magicitemhaseffectcount FISH enchantment		set magfireshield to getntheimagnitude enchantment count	endifendif

Did I do something wrong?

Incorrect function usage - magicitemhaseffectcount doesn't return the index of the effect item. You'll need to walkthough the magic item's effect items and do your checks on each.

Aha! Thank you!? Back to the while-loop then...

Pretty much.
Stephen tracked down the cause of the problem last evening. We need to relocate our LoadGame hook. IIRC there were a few minor outstanding issues as well. I am still trying to get back into the swing of things.

I/O doesn't work like that in scripts. In order for this code to have any effect the user would have to press your key combination at a precise moment between lines 4 and 8 above.
If you are using key #42 as a sort of modifier key for activation to do some alternate activation I suggest disabling control 5 whenever key #42 is held down and re-enabling it when released.

Thanks scruggsy.

Quick question: What would happen if I called DeleteReference on an object to which the object script was attached to, like:

scn ANRLVarlaStoneLightScriptBegin OnActivate playerdisableDeleteReferenceplayer.AddItem VarlaStone 1End

Since I've just removed what the script is running on, will the player.additem line not run, or will the script terminate on completion?

Did some testing on optional arguments - Didn't see any screw ups. The local variable that stores the argument remains uninitialized and the function doesn't have any issues with that. In essence, un-passed (leading) arguments practically pass 0 to the function.

Any chance of proper support in 18 Final ?

I didn't see that this got answered in the last thread so I'll repost:
If I wanted to make the HUD slowly disappear until it's invisible in 5 seconds, would the script be something like this:

float alphaOLDfloat alphachangeshort donebegin gamemodeif done == 0	 set alphaOLD to Getmenufloatvalue "HUDxmlfilestuff/alpha" 1004; I presume its just called alpha	 set done to 1endifif done == 1 	 set alphachange to 100 - (100/5) * GetSecondsPassed	 setMenuFloatvalue to "HUDxmlfilestuff/alpha" 1004 alphachange	 if alphachange == 0		  set done to 2	 endifendifend

[/quote]

Can anyone shed some light on why this doesn't work?

scn ANRLSkydomeScriptref Dome;Monitors day/night to toggle the animation state of the skydome object.Begin GameMode	if( player.IsInInterior == 0 )		return	endif	set Dome to Player.GetFirstRef 28	while (Dome)message "in loop"		if( Dome.ModelPathIncludes "skydome" )message "found skydome"			if( gamehour >= 6 || gamehour < 20 )				Dome.playgroup Stagger 1message "stagger"			else				Dome.playgroup Unequip 1message "unequip"			endif		endif		set Dome to Player.GetNextRef	loopEnd

All I ever see for testing are the "in loop" message. No message that the dome was found and of course nothing else processes either.

That would imply that it's not finding the Dome. Maybe have an Else line that reports the name of each object found? That way you can see if it's ever finding the appropriate object (use a doOnce though to prevent re-iteration, or you'll have a very long list).

ConScribe will make your life much easier.

Is Player.GetFirstRef correct? Compared to: set Dome to GetFirstRef 28.

Er. No. Time for *facepalm*. It was because I used || instead of && in the gamehour check. Oops. Everything else worked fine except that

GetBookSkillTaught can only be used with base objects, despite what the docs claim?

Let b := r.GetBaseObjectPrint "Skill: " + $GetBookSkillTaught b

is fine, but this isn't :

Print "Skill: " + $r.GetBookSkillTaught

EDIT:
From the Command Doc:

I'm only seeing the correct result in an if eval with -1.

Is it possible to convert between OBSE strings and Pluggy strings?

Yes, with the latest functions in http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=23979

FromOBSE (STILL IN DEV PHASE !!!) (alt: FromOBSEString)Imports an OBSE string to a Pluggy string.Note that this is preferable to "SetString PluggyStringID $OBSEStringVar", as that method has a 256 character limit.		   FromOBSE <PluggyStringID:long> <OBSEString:long> <Global:long>

ToOBSE (STILL IN DEV PHASE !!!) (alt: ToOBSEString)Exports a Pluggy string to an OBSE string.Note that you must use Set instead of Let - i.e., "Set sOBSEvar to ToOBSE PluggyStringID".		   (OBSEStringID:short) ToOBSE <StringID:long>