I wrote a simple script that is supposed to execute when the player is in the Skingrad Worldspace. Problem is, the script isn't running. I'm just testing it right now. I am in the Skingrad Worldsapce (I think)...Does the Worldspace include cells around the outside of the walls? According to the CS, it does. But why isn't the script being triggered?

All the script does is check if the player is in the worldspace, and then play a sound. But the script isn't running. I tried leaving the Worldspace and then come back to it, thinking maybe GetInWorldspace has a limitation on when the function works when called, but that didn't help.

Any ideas?

Well, I did a little testing, and it turns out that Skingrad is returning an empty worldspace. I have no idea why, but the area around Skingrad isn't returning as a worldspace. So, I'll have to modify the script some.

have a look at 'nameincludes' functions.

Not sure what you're trying to accomplish, but maybe if ( player.getincell Skingrad ) could be useful.

Precisely what I did after learning that the Skingrad woorldspace was returning an empty string. Check this out though:
I used OBSE's ref walking function to return the cell I'm in. I then used CompareName (like you suggest) to find if the cell has "Skingrad" in the name. Turns out the cell name is returning an empty string as well. What the heck kind of an anomaly is this? Is Skingrad just fubar'd?



No. GetInCell only works for Interior cells. Thanks though.

No GetInCell works for exterior cells also. I used it myself in 1 of my mods to check if the player entered a city/village. This also includes the area outside a city btw.

Oh, okay. Well according to the CS Wiki, it only works for interior cells. Obviously, I didn't test it. But I'll give it a go and see if it works.

You are right, MatH! GetInCell does work for exterior cells. That function allowed my mod to do what I wanted it to. Thank you very much.

I wonder why when using the ref walking, the cell names returned empty strings, but when using GetInCell, all was good?

I don't know, maybe in my noobness I didn't script the thing properly...

That is because the cell name is empty for the Tamriel exterior cells (exterior cells don't have names, so functions like GetName and %n return the worldspace name for them. It just happens that the Tamriel worldspace does not have a name, so Tamriel exterior cells have no name)

On the other hand, GetInCell checks against the cell EditorID (not the name), and all cells have an EditorID (well . . . not counting the 'wilderness' cells).

As for the WIKI text, what it means is that GetInCell will only accept an interior cell EditorID as a parameter, not an exterior EditorID. So, GetInCell will compile if you use 'AnvilTheFocsle' (interior) as argument, but will not compile if you use, for example, 'AnvilBay' (exterior).
This is why, btw, the game has dummy cells named Anvil (or Bravil, or Bruma), so you can use Anvil as argument for GetInCell and get a positive return for all interiors that start with Anvil and all exterior cells in the AnvilWorld worldspace (which, btw, as opposed to Tamriel, does have a name that, obviously, is "Anvil")

Oh . . . and I do not understand why you attempted to use ref walking to get the cell name

Oh, okay. Great explanation. I'll be sure to remember that for future use.

I was trying to use ref walking because I am a noob when it comes to scripting, and that was the idea that came to my mind when I was trying to come up with a way to access cells in the worldspace of Skingrad.