I've been getting very frustrated over a script that I've been trying to pull off lately. It's a local script on an NPC that tries to position this NPC and another NPC into a different cell after a global variable is met. My question is: Can PositioncCell only work in global scripts? If not, should it be written differently in local scripts? Here's a snippet of the script that matters.


Begin ik_Ildran2Script

short nolore
short tripstate
short tripdone
short doOnce
;global ik_slaversenablestate
;global ik_hiddendooropen

if ( ik_slaversenablestate == 1 )
Enable
elseif ( ik_slaversenablestate == 3 )
Enable
else
Disable
endif

if ( ik_slaversenablestate == 2 )
if ( doOnce == 0 )
"ik_ildran_tistar2"->PositionCell 0, -192 -128 0 "Firemoth, Guard Quarters"
"ik_aendelin2"->PositionCell 0 -256 -128 0 "Firemoth, Guard Quarters"
Set tripstate to 0
Set tripdone to 0
Set doOnce to 1
return
endif
endif

....(more after this, but less important/all functioning)

Thanks guys.

According to this script, ik_ildran_tistar2 must be transferred into the cell AND disabled at the same time. Is this right?

Local scripts are only active when you're in the same cell with their bearers. If you switch ik_slaversenablestate when not in the same cell ik_ildran_tistar2 currently is, he won't be moved until you visit it (and not unless ik_slaversenablestate is changed further until then).

PositionCell can be glitchy *even* in global scripts if you issue it towards NPCs you never met yet.

moving the object running the script should be last thing you do, because script will stop as soon as you position away as Kir explained, so next script command can't execute, I'd try something like this

	if ( doOnce == 0 )		"ik_aendelin2"->PositionCell 0 -256 -128 0 "Firemoth, Guard Quarters"		Set tripstate to 0		Set tripdone to 0		Set doOnce to 1		PositionCell 0, -192 -128 0 "Firemoth, Guard Quarters"  ; last thing done. You don't need the prefix for the object running the script, it is implicit		return	endif

if it still does not work, you can try moving from a global script, e.g.

	if ( doOnce == 0 )		Set tripstate to 0		Set tripdone to 0		Set doOnce to 1		stertscript jrkMoveScript		return	endif

begin jrkMoveScript"ik_aendelin2"->PositionCell 0 -256 -128 0 "Firemoth, Guard Quarters"  ; this line should work from a global script even if moved belowPositionCell 0, -192 -128 0 "Firemoth, Guard Quarters"  ; prefix still not needed as passed from the local scriptstopscript jrkMoveScriptend

O :facepalm: Makes sense now. Seems that I forgot about the most basic of basics in local scripts: player location. Urg. Thank you both for your feedback.