Scripting help concering Slow Time

[shinny]

I wanted to practice some scripting, I'm very new at it so I decided to do something simple. My goal was to add a bow in the game that, when fired, slows time for a second or two. I was confused on how to do this though in Papyrus. Do I have to slow time by using some sort of Shout property or is there some way to just add the actual effect to the player when the bow is fired?

I googled a lot about magic effects and shouts but could not find any good explanations on how to use them in Papyrus.

 

If someone could provide an example script with an explanation that would be great.

 

[WillieSea]

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I am not sure about that enchantment. It 'may' work the way you want, but it may be difficult to setup.

 

An 'enchantment' on the weapon would probably take effect as soon as you equip the bow. And I am not sure if 'conditions' on the enchantment could be added to only activate when fired.

 

A script 'might' work, by adding and then removing the enchantment after a few seconds. But it might mess up if the 'kill camera' activates. (It does slow time and the camera follows the arrow.)

The script would also be problematic, getting it to execute only when you fire the weapon.

[BrettM]

Just a thought: perhaps you could find out how the Steady Hand perk works, which slows time when you zoom in while aiming. Maybe it could be made to work when the bow is fired.

[Dwiss]

To my best knowledge there is no script function that allows you to 'catch' the fire/release-string-of-bow-state. Which makes it kind of hard to achieve what you explain.

 

If you would slow time when you hit something that would be something different. You could achieve that by creating special ammo that has the slow time effect - the magic effect is called VoiceSlowTimeEffect. You would need to attach that to your ammo.

 

The other option i see if you insist on scripting would be to check for the controls - you can get the release state of the pressed buttons/controls and then 'fire' your slowtime magic effect whenever that particular button/control is released.

 

As Brett suggested the Steady Hand perk: It changes the bowspeedbonus - that means actor value "bowspeedbonus" affects the speed of the world around you when you draw an arrow - and any actor value can be set/changed via a script of course. Normal value for it is 1 and it would have to be set to something lower like 0.5 or 0.25 to actually affect speed of the world around you.

[BrettM]

You can do it if you have SKSE. See RegisterForActorAction, which includes the "Bow Release" as one of the possibilities. Otherwise, perhaps it is possible to use OnAnimationEvent in a script for a Slow Time active magic effect.