Scripting Help

[jastey]

I know I had problems making a script work with an invisible creature, but I can't recall what the problem was. I do recall I used a different cre to test... a cow.

(Cows are great. You see them, and they do what you want them to.) Maybe using another creature without any invisibility / disabling effects to try the script would be an option for you, too. It worked for me. (And it was a bit of fun after all the frustration.)

[Caedwyr]

Yep, I've done exactly what you did there Nythun and nothing happened as usual.

 

I'm going to take jastey's suggestion and try using some other creatures to cast the spell.

[Caedwyr]

Ok, it seems to be doing something now. The CA#STLOS spell is being applied, but the kit isn't. Any hints on what I can do to get the kit to be applied as well?

The squirrel I'm now using appears and disappears almost right away, together with the -2 being applied to my STR, CON, AGI.

[Guest Guest_Nythrun_*]

Add the kit before compilation? Your compiled script is probably doing AddKit(0) at the moment.

[Caedwyr]

.... fixed

[jastey]

Add the kit before compilation?

Is it working now? What did you change? I want to understand so I don't run into the same problem next time.

[Caedwyr]

I had the line

 

COMPILE ~DruidSor/BAFs/CA#AGEO.BAF~			 		   // Script for invisible creature to apply kit for Tutu and ToB games (TEMPORARY)

Located above

// Internal Name of the Kit
ADD_KIT ~CA#DSORC~

// appended to CLASWEAP.2da
~CA#DSORC			   1		   0		   1		   1		   0		   0		   0		   0~
// appended column-wise to WEAPPROF.2da
~CA#DSORC 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0~
// appended to ABCLASRQ.2da
~CA#DSORC			   0	   0	   0	   0	   13	  9~
// appended to ABCLSMOD.2da
~CA#DSORC			   -2	  -2	  -2	  0	   0	   0~
// appended to ABDCDSRQ.2da
~CA#DSORC			   0	   0	   0	   0	   17	  17~
// appended to ABDCSCRQ.2da
~CA#DSORC			   0	   0	   0	   0	   17	  17~
// appended to ALIGNMNT.2da
~CA#DSORC			   0	   1	   0	   1	   1	   1	   0	   1	   0~
// appended to DUALCLAS.2da
~CA#DSORC			   0	   0	   0	   0	   0	   0~

// path to your CLAB-style 2da file
~DruidSor/2DAs/CA#DSOR.2da~

// PC races and classes allowed to use this kit, from KITTABLE.2da
~~

// usability flags, added to the end of the KITLIST.2da entry
~0x00004000	 19~

// HLA table to use; see LUABBR.2da
~GE0~

// list of starting equipment for PCs starting in ToB. Appended column-wise to 25STWEAP.2da
~* * * BAG29 RING06 RING40 * BOOT01 AMUL21 BRAC15 BELT10 AROW11,40 BULL03,40 BOLT06,40 POTN52,5 POTN4,2 POTN14,5 SLNG05 DAGG05,40 STAF20~

/* Lower, mixed, and help kit names and descriptions, added to KITLIST.2da */
SAY @100
SAY @100
SAY @102

In the .tp2. Since the script references the kit name, the kit needs to be installed in order for the script to compile with AddKit(CA#DSORC) instead of AddKit(0). Its similar how I had to also compile my dialogues after installing the kit, because the dialogues have the same section of script in them to AddKit(CA#DSORC)

[jastey]

Thank you.

[devSin]

Out of curiosity, which animation were you previously using? Bird?

[Caedwyr]

Squirrel I think, it had worked just fine for the PnP Celestials summoning spells invisible creature.

[devSin]

Er, so what did you change about the creature ("The squirrel I'm now using"...)?

 

(With everything else correct, the only things I'm aware of that can make your scripts act funky are 271 and using any of the bird animations.)

[Caedwyr]

I had at first thought I was using another animation but I then checked and didn't change the phrasing.

 

The big issue was the compiling the script before installing the kit (order of operations)

[devSin]

That wouldn't have caused this: "I didn't see any sort of 1 appear above Player1's head when I used the item (new game after reinstalling the mod having made the changes)." (unless your script wasn't compiling to the override)?

 

In any case, glad that it's working now.