I'm trying to force the act on one of those ham radio's while avoiding the use of Activate, I've tried PlayGroup and PlayIdle but they do not appear to do anything, is there some way to make the dial sweep without using Activate?

Ok, lets try another question

I'm trying to get Showmessage to display a float variable, these are the formats I've tried without success

Showmessage msgref var
Showmessage msgref:var

I've created a msg which just displays for 2 seconds and works, but the value from the variable does not show, any ideas please?

Ok guys, I figured out the ham radio, it's logical and yet not logical, the command is usually only indicated for use on doors.

To force a ham radio into a particular state use the SetOpenState command

RadioREF.SetOpenState 0 ; turns the radio off.RadioREF.SetOpenState 1 ; turns the radio on.

Or if the script is already attached to the radio you can leave out the name "RadioREF."

I hope this is useful to others.

It's me again, back for more help, anyone know the function for returning the weight of items within a "container"?

Thanks in advance.

GetAV InventoryWeight
Might not work on non-Actors, though.

For showing a float in a message, have the message include %f and the ShowMessage command should be like this:

ShowMessage MessageName fVariable

So if your message is "Float: %f" and fVariable equalled '12.5', you'd get "Float: 12.5" showing up.

Thanks Langy, very helpful, at least the message one in any case, GetAV does only work on actors, guess I'll have to find another way for containers.