Alternate Mining Scripts - Please Help : V

» Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:18 am

So basically I'm working on a mod that adds a new pickaxe into the game. This pickaxe is essentially going to be able to extract more ore from ore veins. So, instead of getting 1 ore per 3 hits for a total of 9 hits yielding 3 ore per vein, I would like it to get 1 ore per 2 hits for a total of 10 hits yielding 5 ore. Obviously, I could do this by simply editing the values in the mineOreScript and be done. HOWEVER, I want to add this pickaxe but still have the normal one! This means I will need 2 separate mining scripts, 1 for each pickaxe. I know how to create the pickaxe and it to a formlist but I need help with the script. I understand I could copy the mineOreScript and change the resources yielded values and change the conditons to a different formlist containing my pickaxe, but I would then have to apply the script to EVERY SINGLE ORE IN THE GAME! Therefore I have several theories on how to complete this task:

- There's some way to add a script to every single ore in the game in several clicks

- There's some way to add a script to every item that has a certain script (thus I could add my mineOreScript2 script to all items that have the default mineOreScript)

- I can somehow edit the mineOreScript (the default one on all ores) to have variables dependent on the pickaxe being used so it could determine which pickaxe the player has equipped and give the appropriate ore

If any of these ways are possible please explain how I can do it!

Thanks for reading and sorry if something didn't make sense, It's hard to explain what I'm trying to do... If you help me out I will be very grateful!

Here's the default mineOreScript for all ores in the game:

Spoiler

scriptName MineOreScript extends objectReference

;

;This script handles the Ore Veins and handshakes with the mining furniture

;===================================================================

sound property DrScOreOpen auto

{sound played when Ore is acquired}

formlist property mineOreToolsList auto

{Optional: Player must have at least one item from this formlist to interact}

Message Property FailureMessage Auto

{Message to say why you can't use this without RequiredWeapon}

Message Property DepletedMessage Auto

{Message to say that this vein is depleted}

MiscObject Property Ore Auto

{what you get from this Ore Vein}

LeveledItem property lItemGems10 auto

{Optional: Gems that may be mined along with ore}

int Property ResourceCount = 1 Auto

{how many resources you get per drop}

int property ResourceCountTotal = 3 auto

{how many resources this has before it is depleted}

int property ResourceCountCurrent = -1 auto Hidden

{Used to track the current remaining resources}

int property StrikesBeforeCollection = 1 Auto

{how many times this is struck before giving a resource}

int property StrikesCurrent = -1 Auto hidden

{Current number of strikes}

int property AttackStrikesBeforeCollection = 3 Auto

{how many times this is struck by attacks before giving a resource}

int property AttackStrikesCurrent = -1 Auto hidden

{Current number of attack strikes}

mineOreFurnitureScript property myFurniture auto hidden

{the furniture for this piece of ore, set in script}

objectReference property objSelf auto hidden

{objectReference to self}

AchievementsScript property AchievementsQuest auto

Location Property CidhnaMineLocation Auto

Quest Property MS02 Auto

Quest Property DialogueCidhnaMine Auto

ObjectReference Property CidhnaMinePlayerBedREF Auto

;===================================================================

;;EVENT BLOCK

;===================================================================

event onCellAttach()

; debug.Trace(self + ": is running onCellAttach")

blockActivation()

SetNoFavorAllowed()

objSelf = self as objectReference

if !getLinkedRef()

; debug.Trace(self + ": does not have a linked ref, going to depleted state")

depleteOreDueToFailure()

endif

endEvent

event onActivate(objectReference akActivator)

; debug.Trace(self + " has been activated by " + akActivator)

;Actor is attempting to mine

if akActivator as actor

;if the actor is the player

if akActivator == game.getPlayer()

;if this is not depleted and the player has the right item

If ResourceCountCurrent == 0

DepletedMessage.Show()

elseif playerHasTools() == false

FailureMessage.Show()

;enter the furniture

else

If Game.GetPlayer().GetCurrentLocation() == CidhnaMineLocation && MS02.ISRunning() == False

; debug.Trace(self + "Player is in Cidhna Mine, activate the bed to serve time")

CidhnaMinePlayerBedREF.Activate(Game.GetPlayer())

DialogueCidhnaMine.SetStage(45)

Return

EndIf

; debug.Trace(self + " should cause " + akActivator + " to activate " + getLinkedRef())

if getLinkedRef()

myFurniture = getLinkedRef() as mineOreFurnitureScript

myFurniture.lastActivateRef = objSelf

getLinkedRef().activate(akActivator)

AchievementsQuest.incHardworker(2)

Else

; debug.Trace(self + ": error this ore does not have a linkedRef")

endif

Else

if getLinkedRef()

getLinkedRef().activate(akActivator)

Else

; debug.Trace(self + ": error this ore does not have a linkedRef")

endif

EndIf

;Furniture is telling ore it has been struck

ElseIf akActivator == GetLinkedRef()

; debug.Trace(self + ": has been activated by" + akActivator)

ProccessStrikes()

;Something unexpected has activated the ore

Else

; debug.Trace(self + "has been activated by: " + akActivator + " why?")

endif

endEvent

;;;May add on hit with pickaxe here later

Event OnHit(ObjectReference akAggressor, Form akSource, Projectile akProjectile, bool abPowerAttack, bool abSneakAttack, bool abBashAttack, bool abHitBlocked)

; debug.Trace(self + ": onHit - akAgressor = " + akAggressor + "; akSource = " + akSource)

if akAggressor == game.getPlayer()

;PATCH 1.5 CAPTURE ON HIT EVENT AND BRING UP SERVE TIME DIALOG FOR CIDHNA MINE

if mineOreToolsList.hasForm(akSource)

If Game.GetPlayer().GetCurrentLocation() == CidhnaMineLocation && MS02.ISRunning() == False

; debug.Trace(self + "Player is in Cidhna Mine, activate the bed to serve time")

CidhnaMinePlayerBedREF.Activate(Game.GetPlayer())

DialogueCidhnaMine.SetStage(45)

Return

EndIf

proccessAttackStrikes()

endif

endEvent

event onReset()

; debug.Trace(self + ": is running onReset")

;THIS WASN'T WORKING RIGHT

self.Reset()

self.clearDestruction()

self.setDestroyed(False)

; if getLinkedRef()

resourceCountCurrent = -1

; else

; depleteOreDueToFailure()

; endif

endEvent

;===================================================================

;;FUNCTION BLOCK

;===================================================================

bool function playerHasTools()

if Game.GetPlayer().GetItemCount(mineOreToolsList) > 0

; debug.Trace(self + ": playerHasTools is returning true")

return true

Else

; debug.Trace(self + ": playerHasTools is returning false")

return false

endIf

endFunction

function proccessAttackStrikes()

if AttackStrikesCurrent <= -1

AttackStrikesCurrent = AttackStrikesBeforeCollection

EndIf

AttackStrikesCurrent -= 1

if AttackStrikesCurrent == 0

AttackstrikesCurrent = AttackStrikesBeforeCollection

giveOre()

endIf

endFunction

function proccessStrikes()

if StrikesCurrent <= -1

StrikesCurrent = StrikesBeforeCollection

EndIf

StrikesCurrent -= 1

if StrikesCurrent == 0

strikesCurrent = StrikesBeforeCollection

giveOre()

endIf

endFunction

function giveOre()

if ResourceCountCurrent == -1

ResourceCountCurrent = ResourceCountTotal

EndIf

if ResourceCountCurrent > 0

ResourceCountCurrent -= 1

; debug.Trace(self + ": ResourceCountCurrent = " + ResourceCountCurrent)

if ResourceCountCurrent == 0

; debug.Trace(self + ": ResourceCountCurrent == 0 - depleted" )

self.damageObject(50)

getLinkedRef().activate(objSelf)

DrScOreOpen.play(self)

self.setDestroyed(true)

; if this vein has ore and/or gems defined, give them.

if ore

(game.getPlayer()).addItem(Ore, ResourceCount)

endif

if lItemGems10

(game.getPlayer()).addItem(lItemGems10)

endif

DepletedMessage.Show()

else

DrScOreOpen.play(self)

; if this vein has ore and/or gems defined, give them.

if ore

(game.getPlayer()).addItem(Ore, ResourceCount)

endif

if lItemGems10

(game.getPlayer()).addItem(lItemGems10)

endif

elseif ResourceCountCurrent == 0

getLinkedRef().activate(objSelf)

(getLinkedRef() as MineOreFurnitureScript).goToDepletedState()

DepletedMessage.Show()

endif

EndFunction

function depleteOreDueToFailure()

self.damageObject(50)

;THIS WASN'T WORKING RIGHT

self.setDestroyed(true)

ResourceCountCurrent = 0

endFunction

» Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:36 am

Wow, that is one ugly vanilla script right there

You don't need to make a whole new script, nor do you even have to modify the current one. What you do need to be able to do, is edit the properties in this script when the player activates the mining activator. Meaning these kinds of things:

int Property ResourceCount = 1 Auto{how many resources you get per drop}int property ResourceCountTotal = 3 auto{how many resources this has before it is depleted}

This is going to require a little bit of knowledge about how scripts communicate with one another -- i.e., how you can modify the variables on another script from your own script. Which is slightly tricky if you haven't learned anything about papyrus yet.

The way I would try to do this is by giving a perk to the player with the Entry Point "Activate" -- then condition the Activate script fragment to run only when the player is holding your special axe, and only when they are activating a mining activator (probably would need to make a formlist of those to use in your condition). Once you have that set up, it would be a simple matter of a short script fragment attached to the perk entry, something like...

mineOreScript thisScript = (akTargetRef as mineOreScript)thisScript.ResourceCount = 3 ;or whatever new number you wantthisScript.ResourceCountTotal = 9 ;ditto

You would probably also have to set those values back though when the player gets up, which would add to the complexity a bit -- you'd have to add the player to a temporary alias or somehow detect when they stopped mining so you could set the numbers back.