Thanks to everyone that's already been helping me; you're too kind. However I have another problemn. I downloaded Zinx' RefStuff plugin and tried using DestroyClonedForm. However, whenever it is called it breaks my script and it stops running- no CTD, but in a way even worse. Does anyone have an idea what the cause could be?

That command's called experimental for a reason

Is there any way to detect and manipulate player made potions? For a mod I'm making, I would like the potion that a player creates to be added to a merchant's inventory instead of directly to a player....I just have no idea how to do this lol. I'm already using OBSE too so any functions from that are fine.

Thanks!

All player made potions have a formID starting with FF. You can use getFormIDString and getItems to walk through the player's inventory and do the job.

forEach aIterator <- player.getItems 40	 let rPot := aIterator[ "value" ]	 if eval (( getFormIDString rPot )[0:1] == "FF" )		  let sNumItems := player.getItemCount rPot		  player.removeItem rPot sNumItems		  shopKeeperRef.addItem rPot sNumItems	 endIfloop

Thanks shadeMe, I will try to make this work. I could have never come up with that on my own lol.

quick question, let's say my quest has 3 stages (5, 10, & 15) and on stage 15 the "complete quest" box is checked. When running a script that looks at stage 15 should i use GetStage or GetStageDone?

Both should work, I don't think it matters which one you use in this situation. You know what the difference is between the two conditions?

well i assume that "GetStageDone == 15" is equivalent to GetStage > 10" but i'm not sure is a stage is counted as current if the quest is completed, so GetStageDone i think is for completed quests..though i'm not sure.

GetStage QuestID == X checks if the last triggered stage (the current stage) of the quest is X. With GetStageDone you check if a specific stage has ever been reached, no matter if it has advanced to a different stage later. So if your quest could advance from 15 to 20 as well, and you had a piece of dialogue with the condition "getstage QuestID == 15" it wouldn't show. But if the condition was "getstagedone QuestID 15 == 1" then it would.

GetStageDone would also allow you to create the condition that stage 15 has NOT been reached, by using "GetStageDone QuestID 15 == 0".



By the way, one thing I noticed once that I haven't had the chance to test yet is that there is one problem with getstage, which is that it doesn't return the current stage, but the highest stage. Meaning that if you'd advance the quest from 10 to 20, and then from 20 to 15, the game would still think that the current stage is 20 so any dialogue with the "getstage QuestID == 15" condition wouldn't show. Has anyone else experienced this?

[edit] Beat by povuholo. I'll leave my long-winded explanation anyway. [/edit]

What povuholo said - you're fine either way in this specific instance. The difference between GetStage and GetStageDone is slightly different than you've stated, however, so maybe this will help you or somebody (hence the overbroad description here) in the future:

- Both can be used anywhere. Completed quests, uncompleted quests, dialogue, whatever. The game will remember what stage you last completed even if the quest is completed, so no real difference in the way you said*.

- GetStageDone looks at a single quest stage to see if it's been completed.
- GetStage looks to see if the current stage is equal, greater, or lesser than the one specified in the GetStage check.

Here's the big difference. Let's say you have a quest with stages 10, 20, 30, and 40.

GetStageDone == 20 will only be true if you set the stage to 20 at some point via Setstage. What this means, in terms of complex quests, is that if you were, say, at stage 10 and then setstage to 30, GetStageDone == 20 would NOT be true. If they later go back and fulfill the requirements for stage 20 and get the setstage, then GetStageDone == 20 would be true. OTOH, if they get the setstage to 20, then move on to stages 30 or 40, GetStageDone == 20 is still true, because it got completed at some point.

GetStage == 20 is only true when and only when the current stage is 20. Once you move to stage 10 or stage 30, it stops being true.

GetStage > 20 is only true when the stage is greater than 20, which means if the current stage is 30 or 40. Setstage back to 10, it stops being true. GetStage < 20, >= 20, and <= 20 work the same way. GetStage != 20 would be true anywhere besides if the current stage is 20, but would be true again if you moved from 20 to 30.

Which is to say that you'd be fine using either GetStageDone == 15, GetStage == 15, GetStage > 10, or GetStage >= 15, although I'd personally use GetStage == 15 for a completed quest like that.

* - Big completed/not completed differences are the completed checkbox, which moves the quest to the completed part of the journal, and the StopQuest function, which stops the dialogue and quest script from running, which is important to keep old quest scripts dead, although you can still reference variables and stages from them. Note also the generous use of quests labeled FIN by vanilla for post-quest dialogue for those precise reasons.

That was probably way more than you wanted to know, but HTH.

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Yes, although it's been long enough I can't remember if it was consistent about it, and if I remember correctly, it worked fine enough when moving between stages via setstage in the CS, but setstage via the console wouldn't move back at all ever, although that may be a different issue. I generally work around it via generous use of quest script variables and GetStageDone checks as appropriate.

thnx guys, more info the better

damnit, i can't figure out how to disable an npc while i'm sleeping. I tried via quest scripts but no luck. I even tried setting the following script on the npc but still to no avail.

scn VmpGoreDanusSCRIPTBegin GameMode		If IsPCSleeping == 1		   If GetStageDone VmpGoreCrimsonQueen 15				VmpGoreDanusRef.MoveTo VmpGoreDanusHoldingRef				VmpGoreDanusRef.Disable  		   Endif		 EndifEnd

any ideas? all i want is for the npc to disappear when the player goes to sleep. but only if the quest is finished (stage 15 is the last stage of the quest)

When the player's sleeping, the menuMode block runs. Not the gameMode block. That is why your script doesn't trigger at all.

Is there a way to make the enchantment charge on a staff unlimited. In the CS, if I set the enchantment to 0 does that make it unlimited or just unable to cast spells?

If it is not possible, do you think I could add a script to the staff which would constantly check the enchantment charge with GetEnchantmentCharge and then SetEnchantmentCharge the charge to maximum if the value returned is not maximum?

Edit: Nevermind, I just realized I can just set the enchantment I'm using to cost no charge . Still, it would be nice to know if there is some simple way of getting unlimited enchantment...

Edit2: Another question. Is the reach value on weapons in game units? (as in 21.3 units to a foot)

Aight well i have the following script on an npc:

scn VmpGoreDanusSCRIPTBegin MenuMode		If IsPCSleeping == 1		   If GetStage VmpGoreCrimsonQueen 15				VmpGoreDanusRef.MoveTo VmpGoreDanusHoldingRef				VmpGoreDanusRef.Disable  		   Endif		 EndifEnd

but it still doesn't work. i go to sleep, and when i wake up he's still there :brokencomputer:
any ideas on how to get rid of this guy?

If GetStage VmpGoreCrimsonQueen15 == 1
If GetStage VmpGoreCrimsonQueen15 == 0


You must specify if the GetStage statement is true or false.

you mean If GetStage VmpGoreCrimsonQueen == 15 right?
i'll give it a try ]

EDIT: hey that was it! thnx a ton i can't believe it was as simple as that

Your right, the syntax I used refers to the GetStageDone statement, my bad.

After going through all the horse-related functions, I'm pretty sure the answer is no, but just in case...

...is there a way to set playerslastriddenhorse, either to another ref or to nothing? I mean, I know how to GET it. But, I want to SET it. Specifically, to none, to prevent said lastriddenhorse from fast-traveling with the player. Open to any suggestions. OBSE is fine, convoluted workarounds are A-ok.

Forgetting '==' after getstage was something that caused several :facepalm: moments for me too, especially since it doesn't trigger a warning when you save the script. So you look for something complicated and then miss that. :banghead:

Are there any OBSE functions to control the camera position (ie lock in first person)? I found con_show1stperson in the command doc, but it had no description of what it does.

Just disable the middle mouse button and the change view control. http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Category:Console_Functions.

Um, sorry, how do I do that? So I disable middle mouse button, then use "TapControl 14" to change the point of view, then disablecontrol 14, to stop them changing it back? How do I detect whether they are in first or third person to start off with? Thanks

isThirdPerson

Ah, fantastic! Thanks for your patience shademe. :hugs: