http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/GetPos

Thanks,
but it isn't precisely what I am looking for. I wanted a command to tell me the cell that I am in (cell 0, 0 or 30, -19) something like that.

thanks again,
George

Exterior cells are 4096 x 4096 units (http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Oblivion_Units)

So, divide the position obtained with GetPos by 4096 and you have the cell coordinates.

Something like:

	set xPosX to player.getpos X	set xPosY to player.getpos Y	set xCol to xPosX  / 4096	if xPosX < 0		set xCol to xCol - 1	endif	set xRow to xPosY  / 4096	if xPosY < 0		set xRow to xRow  - 1	endif	messageex "You are in cell  %g, %g" xCol xRow

Thanks for this. I didn't realize that it needed to be calculated.

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Can someone give me a quick rundown on the difference between Ambient, Diffuse, Specular, and Emissive colors of a nif?

I'm not sure there is a difference between Ambient and Diffuse, I've seen both terms applied to the same thing, i.e. the basic color of the item under normal light, which is the RBG portion of the texture map, with alpha providing transparency.

Specular is the glossiness of the material, i.e how much it will reflect the light falling on it, stored in the alpha channel of the normal map. Since it doesn't have any color of its own, depending on the incident light for that, it only needs a single channel to store it. The RGB portion of the normal map is used to encode the direction of the normals of the surface, i.e. which direction the surface faces, letting you put more bumpiness into each triangle of the mesh, simulating a higher-poly mesh than you actually have, so it's not actually a color as such.

Emissive is light emitted, rather than reflected, by the object, i.e the glow map. Not all items will have one.

Emmisive is used with glow maps. Just gray scale the glow map then set the emmisive color on the nif file to whatever color you want.

Ok that brings up another question then. I'm using nifskope, and where you can edit the light properties of a nif, you're given a color wheel for each parameter. If the light properties are stored in the various channels of the texture maps, which I could most likely change in any given graphics program I use (Photoshop, Fireworks, Gimp, etc), what is the use of changing the color setting on the wheels? Is that like an alternative for a nif that doesn't have an attached texture or normal/glow map?

EDIT: Another completely unrelated question: I've been searching for information on how to edit the UI. All I want to do is add an extra icon to the HUD. Is there a simple tutorial around to explain how to do this, or is it a matter of learning XML and figuring it out myself?

Hi,

I'm adding my own spell to an actor (a merchant). The spell is an ability with my own script attached. My problem is that I need the script to run immediately when I add it (using AddSpell), even if there is currently a menu open. I have tried with Begin ScriptEffectStart and Begin MenuMode, but the MenuMode block is never run, and the ScriptEffectStart block is not run until I exit any menu.

So my question is - is thera a way to set the spell/script up so that the script gets run (at least once) immediately, even if in a menumode?

Noone?

Use a token - It's onAdd block runs in menumode as well. Similarly, the onActivate block.

Is there a way to script buying or selling?

Ok, this is more of a question about OBMM but I don't really know a better place to ask. With an OMOD script, is there a way to run something when the mod is deactivated (similar to when it is activated)? I think I already know the anwser but someone with a bit more knowledge of OBMM might know something. :shrug:

DerekBaker: If scripted buying and selling you mean moving items between inventories while retaining their individual extra data then you can try http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Category:RefStuff. But you probably already knew that. I don't think there are alternatives right now, maybe when OBSE v19 comes into the picture.

shadeMe, I guess you're right. I will test if the OnAdd block runs soon enough for my needs.



What kind of buying and selling? Buying of houses is scripted in the game, (a dialog topic, where the response has a result script that removes the money and adds the ownership of the house). You could look at that. Instead of house ownership, you could add the bought item. More general buying/selling is harder to script.

I'm way behind on this stuff, but an old idea is stuck in my brain now and I need a quick question quick answered.

If I make a cloneform of an item it gets saved in the savegame, correct? So, if I use setmalebipedpath (or whatever the correct spelling is) to alter the model for a cloned item, will that change get saved in the savegame as well, and therefore preserved on reloading? Or will I need to either store the path some other way, or reacquire it on every load?

Can be done with a C# script - Look for the plugin file in the Plugins.txt file the game generates ( should be in %AppData%\Oblivion ) and check if your plugin's name's present in the list ( a simple System.String.Compare would do ). From what I can tell, Timeslip hasn't defined any methods to do just that using an OBMM script.

From my testing ( and confirmations from behippo ), changes to clone forms persist and are saved to the game saves.

I'm hoping for some help modifying a pair of daedric gauntlets in nifskope. I want to add a few nifs to them (rubies) to make a pair of ruby studded gauntlets. I've pasted a few copies of ruby branches and placed where I want them on the gauntlets. I didn't change the original gauntlet NiTriStrip, but I added each ruby NiTriStrip to the main NiNode's Children list, updated all tangent spaces and saved the whole thing as a new nif into the armor folder of the Data directory. I made a new armor object for the gauntlets in the CS, saved it and loaded it up. But when I add the studded gauntlets to the player and equip them, the rubies are not there, only the gauntlets. What am I not doing right in nifskope? I've spliced armor/armor and weapon/weapon pieces together before with a lot of success, but I've never tried splicing a static or havok item to armor before. Can it be done?

Is there a reason why

r.activate player 1

doesn't result in a guard recognizing a crime has been committed, when r is a reference to a stolen object, but

r.activate player

does?

It's been ten months since I tried modding and I think my brain has atrophied.

Does basic Oblivion or OBSE provide a way to run a function when a container is closed or do I simply use a menumode block with a switch so it runs only once after each time the container has been opened?

edit: Also, is there any way to force an armor mesh to display with a particular skin tone (I want to make that part transparent)? Or simply a way to remove the skin portions entirely?

When I want a command or function triggered when something is closed, I do it this way:

short closedBegin OnActivateif ( closed == 0 )   set closed to 1   ActivateEndBegin Gamemodeif ( closed == 1 )   do stuff   set closed to -1;  Or set closed back to 0 if you want this done after every time the container is closed.endifEnd

Works pretty good for me when I want something done after the player closes a book.

Might have something to do with the http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Activate

Yeah, that's pretty much what I did, and it works, but for the life of me I can't remember whether Oblivion will only check the "closed" reference immediately after you close the container, or whether it will continue to run that script continuously in GameMode. Even if it does, the check is really quick, but I couldn't recall whether that was good practice or not.

Why do you put "()" / "parentheses" around your conditions?
what happens if you don't?

Nothing terrible, they are only required when you need to change the precedence of conditions or assignment (like with math things)

set result to 100 - 5 * 2	;this is 100 - 10 = 90set result to (100 - 5) * 2		 ;this is 95 * 2 = 190

Alot of modders always use it, either due to habbit from other scripting languages or cause they like how it looks. In the end it all depends on the modder.

P.S. parentheses around the entire condition don't serve a real purpose, since everything is inside them there is no change to the precedence of parts of the condition.

How would I separate an esp into an esm library (for armors, clothes, items) and an esp to refer to it....without pulling my hair out?