I'm new to scripting, for fallout anyways, and regret saying that the tutorials are not written very well, and therefore, somewhat difficult to understand at times. I'm attempting to write a script that is linked to an item, the items are Ingestible food items and I want to confirm that using Begin onEquip Player will work? Thanks ^_^ *Sorry for the noob question*

Man, everyone complanes about the tutorials... I had no trouble with them :/

Anywho thats beside the point. I think OnEquip should work. However you can probably do whatever you are trying to with an item effect, and put that on the item instead. What exactly do you want to happen when the player eats said item?

Ingestibles cannot be equipped (I'm fairly certain), so OnEquip/Unequip aren't applicable for ALCH forms. Check out Beth's Psycho ingestible and you should be able gain some insight.

Edit: Just tested and code within OnEquip and OnUnequip blocks didn't fire when attached to an apple. Also, code calling EquipItem or UnequipItem on ingestibles compiled, but halts after inapplicable commands are executed.

I'm working on a Player Needs system so I just want to create a script that will change GLOBAL variables when the player consumes certain items. Do you know of any other tutorials? I worked with the G.E.C.K "Beginner" tutorial and like I said, it just jumps around a lot and loses me... Truly sad, C++ is a breeze but Fallout scripting is a pain. xD

You have to apply a 'base effect' to the ingestible that runs an 'effect' script. Effect scripts can only use three block types: ScriptEffectStart, ScriptEffectUpdate & ScriptEffectFinish (http://geck.gamesas.com/index.php/Begin). You also must define the script as an Effect script in the drop down box on the tool bar of the script window.

Try a script effect attached to a base effect attached to your ingestible(s), like vanilla's Psycho is set up. All should work well if it's done in a similar manner.

As far as I'm aware, my http://www.cipscis.com/fallout/tutorials/beginners.aspx tutorial is the only general purpose scripting tutorial written specifically for Fallout 3. Is this the one you're talking about?

Changing a global variable when the player uses a consumable item is a very easy task. As the others have said, you'll want to use an effect script that is linked to your ingestible via a base effect, using a http://geck.gamesas.com/index.php/ScriptEffectStart block:

Begin ScriptEffectStart	; Do stuffEnd

Cipscis

I'm curious, does End take arguments? Such as writing a script that goes
Begin ScriptEffectStart
*stuff*
End ScriptEffectFinish

End just ends the last begin.

And you cannot insert a 'begin' block inside another begin block.