Hello. I have a simple script that equips a different armor when you unequip the first and removes the first armor.

I can get it to work by passing a reference to the armor into the script. But, it doesn't seem very elegant to have to do that. I tried using "Self". But, that seems to reference the script rather than the Armor that "RemoveItem" needs to work.

Is there a way to accomplish this without sending in a reference to itself?

Here is the script:

Scriptname ArmorSwitcherScript extends ObjectReference  

Armor Property ArmorRef Auto
Armor Property nextState  Auto

Event OnUnequipped(Actor akActor)

akActor.EquipItem(nextState)
akActor.RemoveItem(Self) ;Does not work like this. Does work if I change Self to ArmorRef and populate that with the Armor the script is attached to.

EndEvent

I have a feeling that there is some casting that needs to happen here. Tried several combinations but none of them worked.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The Armor type and a reference are two completely different things.

I think what you're looking for would be "Self.GetBaseObject()" not just "Self" for the RemoveItem call.

Thank you. I had tried GetBaseObject() as well. But, it didn't work. It returns "None".

Any other ways to approach it?

That's very interesting... I think inventory/containers in general get messed up with object references. It almost sounds like the object reference that the script is attached to is getting deleted and then replaced with something else when it is unequipped. I don't see anything wrong with what you have using ArmorRef above. If you want to eliminate one property to fill, you could just do something like this:

Armor Property nextState  Auto

Armor ArmorRef

Event OnInit()
    ArmorRef = GetBaseObject() as Armor
EndEvent

Event OnUnequipped(Actor akActor)
    akActor.EquipItem(nextState)
    akActor.RemoveItem(ArmorRef)
EndEvent

Thank you.

Yeah. It's not so bad to just have the ArmorRef there as I have it working. I just feel like it's a messy additional step. Also, I'd just like to better understand how Papyrus handles and references Objects, etc.

I tried your script and it didn't work. Same result. Maybe passing in a reference is the only way in this case?

Sorry, I wasn't thinking about it being in inventory (although I obviously should have).

Items in inventory aren't true references in 99.9% of the cases so there is no self attached to the script.

That's why it's failing, so yes you need the extra property for things like this.

Got it. Thank you for the clarification. A good point to know.

So, essentially, if the object were in the "game world" (in a chest or on the floor for example) it would have the self reference. Inventory items are just more basic code-wise because they haven't been "made real" in the game. Do I have that right?

It would have to be sitting loose in the world. If it's in a container (including being held by an NPC) then it won't have a true ObjectReference since those are only for things in the game world.