Hi gang!

I would like to add treasure maps to my co-authored Watchtowers mod, and then have the plaeyr start to dig if he enteres a trigger box with the map. To simulate buried treasure.I have no problem with trigger boxes and the scripting in general.

But I have no clue how to make the player play the digging animation, what commands to use.

i have some vague idea that i need to remove cotrols from the player, play the anmimation, and then restore control to player.

Hoping you can help.

Respectfully

Tony

is there a digging animation?

well. i find shovels in skryim, so I assumed. But even the diging with a pick animation would work.

you can use the pickaxing animation. better than nothing, and for skyrim's frozen grounds, a pickaxe might be the better means for digging anyway ,-)

edit: ..and for how to play it, in my lund + lambda mod, i had the player hacking through a floor with a custom scripted pickaxe furniture (which was pre-placed in that case, but you could also PlaceAtMe one) -

but i was new to papyrus when i did that and didn't know better , i figure you could just disable player controls and http://www.creationkit.com/PlayAnimation_-_ObjectReference or http://www.creationkit.com/PlayAnimationAndWait_-_ObjectReference (not sure about the pickaxing, might come with an end event) for something a little more efficient...

agreed. but how exactly do I code it?

It will be a trigger box that triggers upon entering the box with a treasure map previously found. I know how to set up the trigger box and check for the map.

but not how to force playere to do the pick animation.

There's an animation that's used with the smelter for digging in the charcoal pile and feeding the smelter. For a buried chest maybe pickaxe, then shovel in sequence?

Great find Ghastley! This digging is a really nice idea

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/u2mQVEfNOyV37q6sB9F9KL4_d2y6jT9W790jjl5IDCc?feat=directlink

wow, right.

100 points and a coupon for a weekend trip to the bermudas for you :_)

Ok, but guys, we still need to know how we script it. Actual papyrus code. Either animation is fine. We just need code now.

Left as an exercise for the reader (as if all that digging wasn't enough exercise).