I assigned a script to an area that originally doesn't have a script (AR0527, house in the Bridge District). The relevant parts of my .tp2 look like this:
EXTEND_TOP ~ar0527.bcs~ ~Scripts\E3AR0527.baf~
COPY_EXISTING ~ ar0527.are~ ~override\ar0527.are~
WRITE_ASCII ~0x94~ ~AR0527~
E3AR0527.baf is a creature creation script:
IF
Global("CREATUREEXISTS","GLOBAL",0)
THEN
RESPONSE #100
SetGlobal("CREATUREEXISTS","GLOBAL",1)
CreateCreature("CREATURE",[374.353],14)
END
The script does get assigned properly--I checked with NI. The problem is, when I enter the area, it just doesn't run. The game just sort of freezes a bit and then continues. The creature doesn't get created, and the variable doesn't get set, either.
Could somebody help please? Really at my wits' end!
Area script not running
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, Sep 08 2004 04:35 PM
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hlidskialf
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Posted 08 September 2004 - 04:51 PM
Three things pop into mind.
1) That your area's script is being overwridden by the main BridgeDistrict script. Try adding your new area to the MastArea.2da file to remedy this.
2) That your global is already used somewhere else in the game, thus mussing things up. (Use a prefix to help prevent these things. It's why we started using 'em.
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3) Your cre has a problem. Have you tried consoling the cre in?
1) That your area's script is being overwridden by the main BridgeDistrict script. Try adding your new area to the MastArea.2da file to remedy this.
2) That your global is already used somewhere else in the game, thus mussing things up. (Use a prefix to help prevent these things. It's why we started using 'em.
) 3) Your cre has a problem. Have you tried consoling the cre in?
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Posted 08 September 2004 - 09:10 PM
Thanks for the prompt response. Nothing's wrong with the .cre, I CLUAed it in to check. Don't think there's anything wrong with the variable either--I do have a prefix, and when I did a GetGlobal it returned variable does not exist.
I'll check the Bridge District script to see if it does anything. If I get really desperate I'll just spawn the creature in somewhere and get it to EscapeAreaMove(), think that would work?
Thanks, again.
I'll check the Bridge District script to see if it does anything. If I get really desperate I'll just spawn the creature in somewhere and get it to EscapeAreaMove(), think that would work?
Thanks, again.
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Posted 09 September 2004 - 08:21 PM
Find the problem, you shouldn't need a work-around for something this easy. (It'll give you a buggy mod if you're not careful.) Have you tried #1?
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Posted 10 September 2004 - 03:49 AM
Have you already visited the area? If the area is stored in a save game the the new script won't take effect.
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Posted 10 September 2004 - 09:04 PM
True enough. Just to clarify though, it's not having been in an area previously that prevents the script from running it's changes, but the fact that the original area never got the script assignment update.Have you already visited the area? If the area is stored in a save game the the new script won't take effect.
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Topaz
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Posted 13 September 2004 - 02:17 AM
Have you already visited the area? If the area is stored in a save game the the new script won't take effect.
Except if it's written in mastarea.ids? (question)
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hlidskialf
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Posted 13 September 2004 - 09:51 AM
An area script will ALWAYS update when you load a new game whether you run a new game or not. In this particular case, it's a matter of whether the area itself has had the script ASSIGNED to it. That factor is saved in the savegame. It has nothing to do with the MastArea.2da.
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Posted 13 September 2004 - 04:34 PM
Just checked. Yes, I have visited the place before it seems. I'll find another savegame where I haven't visited and see what it does. Thanks again, guys.
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Posted 14 September 2004 - 09:34 AM
Is there a big demand for a tool which is able to remove an area from a saved game?
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Posted 15 September 2004 - 04:54 PM
Yes, the problem was because I'd visited the area before. Everything's now running fine, and I learned something I didn't know before. Thanks!
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Posted 18 September 2004 - 12:10 PM
I can see how such a tool would be very useful for mod testing.....
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Posted 24 September 2004 - 04:26 PM
NI should be able to do this...
