I want my trap to spurt poision gas opon the death of an npc. below is the ORIGIONAL script for the trap:

scn ARTrapGasEmitter01SCRIPT; spurt gas on activationshort initfloat timershort nextref mySelfref myParentfloat fTrapDamagefloat fLevelledDamagefloat fTrapPushBackfloat fTrapMinVelocityshort bTrapContinuousbegin onActivate	if init == 0		set mySelf to getSelf		set myParent to getParentRef		set init to 1	endif	if isActionRef player == 0 && isActionRef mySelf == 0				set init to 2	; set up the damage values		set fTrapDamage to 10		set fTrapPushBack to 0		set fLevelledDamage to 0.125		set fTrapMinVelocity to 20		set bTrapContinuous to 1				set timer to 8		set next to 1		playgroup forward 1			endifendbegin gameMode;daisy-chain	if next == 1 && timer <= 7		set next to 0		myParent.activate mySelf 1	endif	if timer <= 0 && init == 2				playgroup forward 1		set timer to 10	endif	if timer > 0		set timer to timer - getSecondsPassed	endifend

And hear is the npc's script used to activate the trap and advance the player further in the quest:

scn AAadvanceOnDeath01Begin OnDeath	SetStage AABattleMageStartTEST 110	Activate DeathTrapEnd

This type of scripting is WAY past my know how and I need help.

--Thanks
-MNPred

The way you are calling activate is not correct. Should be DeathTrap.activate NPCRef 1. That means you need to set a ref variable to your NPC in his script, like set NPCRef to getself. The trap needs a parent to work too, so you need to set that up. I guess you could use the NPC as the parent if that makes things easier.

So my npc's Script should be:

scn AAadvanceOnDeath01Begin OnDeath	SetStage AABattleMageStartTEST 110DeathTrap.activate SelfRef 1End

No more like this.

scn AAadvanceOnDeath01ref meBegin OnDeath	set me to getself	SetStage AABattleMageStartTEST 110DeathTrap.activate me 1End

So, I keep the trap script the same and only change the npc's script?

My game still crashes when the trap is supposed to be activated. Hmm...Is it possible that it is not the script that crashes the game, but something else related to the trap.. maby the Dasy-chain linking it to 3 other traps of the same nature.

Probably because the trap doesn't have a parent.

This. Load the cell with your NPC and double click on him/her in the Render Window. A Reference Window for your NPC will open. Towards the bottom left-hand side, you will see a box named Persistent Reference. Click on it to make your NPC a Persistent Reference. In the middle of the Reference Window, you will see several tabs (3D Data, Enable Parent, Merchant Container & Travel Horse). Click on the Enable Parent tab. Now click on the button that says Select Reference in Render Window. A red crosshair will appear. Move it over the first gas trap in your chain (the crosshair should turn white) and double click on it. That should fix the problem.

Ohhh! THAT was my problem!!! I had the Parent marked as the Child and Vis\Versa! Oh I feel Sooo stupid...

Thanks!