I think the universe is against my Mod :/

First the CK wiped all my Magic Effect Settings, and now 'GetName' does not seem to be working...

I have :

String MyName = Target.GetActorBase().GetName()

That should work, based on my understanding of the Wiki, but 'MyName' is coming up as a blank... I know the Actors have names; but the only thing it works on so far is MAmmoths, and I cannot see why...

Try narrowing things down by calling it, instead of attempting to store it?

Like make a simple string function and have it return.

Yay, that worked I wonder why storing it isn't... ? Well, either way, my re-naming is fixed Only the bit about message-boxes to solve now

According to the Wiki, can be used to get an item's base name, and Text Replacement can be used in a MessageBox's title and message. But it says that an object needs to be linked to a Quest... That is where I am stuck: I want to make the name of a purchased item appear in a Message Box... Any ideas, anyone?

That wasnt a solution. It was a troubleshooting suggestion. Obviously storing is more efficient but there is a reason its not working for other actorbases. Perhaps the value is lost after the effect is applied? But it persists longer for mammoths?

Ah, fair-enough Well, it does solve what I needed--I literally only need to store it for like, 1 second, so I can prefix it with something else. I might take a look at it later, have a mess about with my effect and see if I can find any patterns

Hey if thats all you need it for then great lol. I originally was going to suggest getdisplayname as an alternative.

Also you asked this a while back:

A little math and some Utility.RandomFloat/Int you could probably script your own.

OR let the condition system do it without a script: http://www.creationkit.com/GetRandomPercent

I never used that though.

What are ReferenceAlias' used for generally? I can find examples that use them, but they don't explain why and although the CK wiki says ReferenceAlias extends Alias, it also says you'd almost never use Alias.

Thanks again, Terra

I'm gonna have to do some experimenting later this week... According to UESP the Breton Racial DOES absorb Spells like in Oblivion (never played a Breton/used their power, so...) but the CK wiki says Absorb works on Attributes :S I'll know soon enough

Tip : When in doubt, try it out, haha

I always use a Breton and I've never used their power.

The info on the wiki could possibly referring to the archetype being hardcoded to get the spell magnitude(damage) of the incoming spell and convert 50% of that into the player's magicka.

I once attempted a gravity based spell and while I was successful(drained 40% of health) it stopped working for some reason on later tests, even at full health.

That is good question on the part about the Alias script. Reference Aliases on the other hand are generally used for the Quest system and is one of the safest ways to manipulate any object(especially actors) without directly manipulating the form itself.

@Sponge,

To tie into what Terra said:

ReferenceAliases can hold references like Actors, and can be used to let you individually add Packages, Abilities, Keyword, Items, etcetera. Or they can be used to randomly find an NPC who matches a specific requirement, like "A Redguard with a Silver Sword". In my experience, if you're making a permanent change to an Actor the best way is to use an Alias unless you absolutely have to alter the base-reference.

A good example is adding new Perks or Spells to the Player at Start-Up: you can either write a script to add the spell/perk, or put the Player in an Alias that gives them the Spell (Perks have to be added via magic Effect, but it amounts to the same).

You can also use them to create semi-generic Objects for Quests, which is cool

I would *assume* you would almost always use 'extends ReferenceAlias' because you're running your Script on the actual Reference being put into an Alias, rather than the Alias itself? And looking at the Wiki, that looks like the case--the ReferenceAlias functions are more about manipulating the actual thing being held in an Alias, whereas the Alias functions seem to be more generic-form stuff.

Hey Is anyone here good at boolean algebra and could evaluate some Condition Functions? The CK wiki gives exampless of certain complex functions i.e. (A and B ) or (C and D) will evaluate as the sequence (A OR C AND B OR C AND A OR D AND B OR D) but not the sequence I'm looking for unfortunately.

http://www.creationkit.com/Category:Conditions

I'm not having any luck with

A or (B and C) or (B and D)

I'm having total logic failure on this one I simply cannot figure out a logical sequence that will evaluate bearing in mind OR has priority over AND

Can anyone figure out a logical sequence for me? Or point me to a calculator that will? Maths was never my strong point.