Hey folks,

For what reason would I put a reference variable name in quotes, as in : "SomethingREF".yada, as opposed to just SomethingREF.yada, without the quotes?

Thanks!
HerrBaron

I have no idea why you would do that, I've never done it. It wouldn't surprise me if it it doesn't even work.

Actually, it does work; as an example, the BlackWolf Backpack vendor replenish mod uses it, and I've run across it before. Just not sure why someone would use that notation. :blink:

Best,
-HB

It feels kind of ironic having someone who signs their posts ask why someone would do something unnecessary.

:biggrin: Hey, TT! Just thought perhaps it was some obscure characteristic of the engine that maybe caused it to deal differently with quoted refs... one doesn't know unless one asks, right? :wink_smile:

By the way, I've enjoyed your mods since Oblivion days; thanks for them!

-HB

The only need for quotes I've found is that if you're trying to refer to a reference via its FormID number rather than the editor ID, you'll get a compile error for any FormID that begins with a number unless you put it in quotes.

Ah-hah! So there IS a use for it; many thanks! Appreciate it, Imp!

-HB

But you should make it common practice to NOT used IDs that start with numbers. Do that and the need for quotes is moot and nothing has changed about how scripts work. Overall nothing is lost and only stability and ease of understanding is gained.

:rofl:

I was talking about form IDs, the hex numbers the GECK assigns, rather than editor IDs, the ID you assign yourself. Some of the things placed by the developers into the game world were given ref names that you can use to refer to them in scripts, but a lot of them are unnamed, so you have to refer to them via the form ID (or give the ref a name, but that could potentially conflict with another mod.) But yeah, that is good advice.