I'd just like a spell to be added once when the player first installs my mod. Not having much luck setting it up. Can someone give me the 'for Dummies' explanation? I get all kinds of compile errors when I try to use the Papyrus fragment section.

Also, I'd like to be able to store some configuration variables selected by the player. I think in geck I would have used quest variables, but that does not seem to be an option now. Do I use globals?

Attach...

ScriptName YourQuestScript Extends Quest ConditionalActor Property PlayerREF AutoBool Property bYourBool Auto ConditionalSpell Property YourSPEL AutoEvent OnInit()	PlayerREF.AddSpell(YourSPEL)EndEvent

...to a quest with its http://www.creationkit.com/Quest_Data_Tab flags ticked and the spell will be added.

The 'Conditional' keywords will allow you to check bYourBool's value from effects/MessageBox buttons/etc. using http://www.creationkit.com/GetVMQuestVariable.

To get/set bYourBool from another script:

YourQuestScript Property QuestScript AutoEvent SomeEvent()	QuestScript.bYourBool = TrueEndEvent

The 'Conditional' keywords are not necessary for a script to manipulate the variable.

Thanks, but this adds the spell every time a game is loaded, even a game saved after the mod was installed. 'Run Once' seems to do nothing. Any ideas?


Edit:

Nevermind. I had to deactivate my mod, run the game and save without the mod, then activate the mod and load the last saved game. The spell is only added once now. Gracias.

So the suggested method works great. But let's say the first time I released this mod without any quest variables set. The updated mod now uses them. I can give the users a warning as such:


but I expect some will ignore the instructions. Is there a chance my mod will crash the game if it calls on quest variables that don't exist for the user?