ForceRefTo(help)

[edhelsereg]

I've been racking my brain trying to get the ForceToRef function to fill a quest alias through papyrus script.

 

My goal is to track the specific instance of an item as a quest object (so it can't be dropped) while it is equipped by the player.

 

Scriptname tempQuestItemSCRIPT extends ObjectReference

 

Actor property playerRef auto

Quest property myQuest auto

ReferenceAlias property myAlias  auto

ObjectReference property SelfRef auto

 

EVENT OnEquipped(Actor akActor)

SelfRef = Self as ObjectReference

 

IF akActor == playerRef

IF myQuest.IsRunning()

myQuest.stop()

endIF

myAlias.ForceRefTo(SelfRef)

myQuest.start()

endIF

 

EndEVENT

 

EVENT OnUnequipped(Actor akActor)

 

IF akActor == playerRef

myAlias.clear()

myQuest.stop()

endIF

 

EndEVENT

 

The Quest does not start game enabled and has repeatable stages checked. The Quest contains one empty stage.

 

The Quest Alias starts empty, has a fill type of "specific reference" and has "optional" and "quest object" flagged.

 

I've tried all sorts of scripts, placing the ForceRefTo function on ObjectReference script, Quest script, and ReferenceAlias script; None of them filled the alias.

[soupdragon]

Old topic but you're trying to force a ref into an alias before the quest has started/is stopped. Do it after the quest has started and it should work ok.