TehMuffin

Thank you very much for all your help WillieSea, the script now works exactly as it's supposed to!

Thank you for the help! I managed to clear away most of the errors. However, now I'm getting a new one. It says: (13,17): no viable alternative at input '\\r\\n The line it points to is the start of my event. From what I can gather, it doesn't like my parentheses? But I'm not sure how to change it. I apologize for all the questions; I just really want to figure this scripting thing out!

Hi there! I'm trying to learn scripting for Skyrim, and boy is it difficult! I've been looking through tutorials; however, it seems all but the simplest scripts don't work for me. Here's a little thing I've been working on: Scriptname JFTestScript01 extends Object Reference {Button has varying responses based on player condition and action} Message Property prizequestion Auto Message Property prizequestionyes Auto Message Property prizequestionno Auto int count ;stores the number of times this object has been activated int Button int playersHealth int PlayersMagicka int PlayersStamina Event OnActivate (ObjectReference akActionRef) count = count + 1 if count == 1 ;initial conversation Debug.MessageBox("Hello! My name is Button. Pleased to meet you.") else if count == 2 Debug.MessageBox("Let me tell you a little about myself.") else if count == 3 Debug.MessageBox("I was once an ordinary button. Then a wizard got bored. The end!") else if count == 4 Debug.MessageBox("Now, what about you? Let's see...") ;message based on player condition playersHealth = Game.GetPlayer().GetActorValue("Health") playersMagicka = Game.GetPlayer().GetActorValue("Magicka") playersStamina = Game.GetPlayer().GetActorValue("Stamina") if playersHealth >= 160 Debug.MessageBox("You look tough!") elseif playersMagicka >= 160 Debug.MessageBox("Know a bit about magic, don't you?") elseif playersStamina >= 160 Debug.MessageBox("You look strong.") else Debug.MessageBox("Bit of a small fry, aren't you?") endif else if count == 5 Debug.MessageBox("Still here? Wow, no one talks to me this long! I like you! Press me again, and you'll get a prize!") else if count == 6 prizequestion.show() ;asks player if they would like 1000 gold if Button == 0 prizequestionyes.show() ;gives player 1000 gold if they answer in the affirmative Game.GetPlayer() .AddItem (Gold001, 1000, True) elseif Button == 1 prizequestionno.show() ; response if player answers in the negative endif else Debug.MessageBox("I'm done talking for now.") endif EndEvent This was supposed to be just a cutesy little thing that combined both the first couple of tutorials on the CK wiki, as well as the first tutorial for scripting on this site. But I can't get it to work! Everything works up until the fourth message box. Then it stops working! I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong. There are other things I'd like to do with this script, like adding a coin sound if you get the gold, but I can't get that to work either! If someone could at least give me some direction as to what I'm missing, I would greatly appreciate it. I have actual modding projects I want to work on, but I seem to hit such a barrier when it comes to scripting. It's pretty frustrating. :/

Thanks for the welcome, and the delicious internet cookies! And thanks for the tip, _echo, I'll check those places out.

Hi there! TehMuffin's the name. Here's the relevant backstory: I stumbled across this site while browsing for mods. Though I've been using mods for a little while, only recently have I begun learning how to create them. I wanted to join a group of modders so that I could get involved in the community and learn by example. I was happy to find this site because it seems like there's a lot of good modders and plain cool people here! My hope now is to learn a lot and have fun! (And I promise not to suck up as much as I'm doing in this post.)