ref horseRefset horseRef to GetPCLastHorseif horseRef == HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef  let horseFound := 1  ; do somethingelse  let horseFound := 0endifif horseFound  Message "I Found AnvilWhite horse."else  Message "I found nothing."endif

If I mount the horse, then call this script, it goes "I found nothing".

Tried with if horseRef.GetBaseObject == HorsePCWhiteAnvil and nothing too.

How can I make it work?

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/If#Comparisons_and_Reference_Variables

Thanks a lot!

Did it work ?
What did you use finally ?

umpf...

Tried:

horseRef.GetIsReference HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef ; objectRef put in the world space

horseRef.GetIsID HorsePCWhiteAnvil ; objectID in the editor

Doesn't work.

Any help?

GetIsID ObjectIDReturns 1 if the calling object is a reference to ObjectID. The parameter for this function is a base object ID, as defined in the object window. 

HorsePCWhiteAnvil is the Object ID.

HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef is the Reference Editor ID.

let horseRef := GetPCLastHorse 

should return HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef (my last ridden horse)

if horseRef.GetIsID HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef 

<- doesn't work because I have to use an Object ID.


Then, if I use:

if horseRef.GetIsID HorsePCWhiteAnvil

HorsePCWhiteAnvil never matches horseRef because horseRef is Reference Editor ID (HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef) that is put in the world space.



Another try:

GetIsReference ReferenceIDReturns 1 if the calling object is the specified reference.As opposed to GetIsID, which checks against the base object ID as defined in the object window,this function takes a specific reference as a parameter. The reference must be persistent. 

if horseRef.GetIsReference HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef 

<- this should work. But it doesn't!


What's going on? Well, horseRef.GetIsReference seems to be treating HorsePCWhiteAnvil as the calling object instead of HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef, which is the reference I want to match against!



Another try:

[Ref.]GetBaseObjectReturns the base object of that reference.Notes:    * If Ref is a base object already, then calling BaseObjectRef.GetBaseObject will halt the script (quest scripts will show as still running but won't execute any more). 

let baseObj := horseRef.GetBaseObject

(In this case, should return HorsePCWhiteAnvil)

if baseObj.GetIsID HorsePCWhiteAnvil 

<- this freezes the script and I don't know why again...


It is being very frustrating to handle these peculiarities...

You're using too many functions where you just need to test for equality.

GetPCLastHorse returns a refid, so you can just compare it to the one you have. The appropriate test is

let horseRef := GetPCLastHorseif ( horseRef == HorsePCWhiteAnvilRef )

or in your last test where you get the base id

if ( baseObj == HorsePCWhiteAnvil )

However, there's a subtle difference between these results. The first test is saying "is this the exact same instance of this item?" and the second is asking "is this a copy of the same base object?" If there are multiple instance of HorsePCWhiteAnvil in the game, it's significant which test you use.

Thanks, but that is exactly where I started. Check OP.

Basicaly, yeah, "is this the exact same instance of this item?" is what I want.

Can anyone help?

Did you say it works when not on the horse, but doesn't when mounted?

I mount the horse to make the script register the reference. Or, I can just select it in a menu but that's not the point.

The point is that I have a horse, for this example, AnvilWhite.

However, I can't make the script in the OP acknowledge the Ref. It returns negative and I can't do anything. I'm lost here because I don't understand it


Edit:
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=21862 to the rescue.

Result: I had been playing with a horse that is not the vanilla horse. Mods... eheh


if (varRef.GetIsReference otherRef) works as intended.


Case closed