[RELz] Wilson the clannfear!

[Jheuloh]

Nope, never even heard of that.

I scrapped the idea of Wilson spawning in the dungeon.

Anyways -

I think it's his follow PC AI package that's telling him to avoid script started packages.

In otherwords;

Follow/Stay commands in Wilson's script may be what he needs to cure the error. (Cheydinhal petshop animals had 5 aggression, though script supported player following rather than AI package based following.)

Scripting! This'll be fun. (Let's hope the syntax doesn't kill me.)

[StryderOfOblivion]

Well then e-mail me your ESP when you are finished and I will merge them (mine and yours)  together.

If that does work tell me, but if it doesn't, it will take five minutes to fix, so no bother, and if I do it that way, then you can implement the idea I mentioned in PM. Where Wilson might not fight the guards if he just started following you.

[DarkRider]

What is his aggression set at? Shouldn't be higher than 12 for a companion 15 MAX.

[Jheuloh]

His aggression is 5.

[StryderOfOblivion]

Should have something to you by the end of today...hopefully. My day is pretty filled up so we shall see!

[Jheuloh]

Also -

I just realized Wilson has no owner. I set the ownership of Wilson to the player, this may explain a thing or two.

Does the 'Enable Parent' feature in the reference window affect interactions as well?

[Jheuloh]

Alright it's fixed.

It was an ownership issue. Since guards tracked him separately as an actor with no owner, my crimes gave them no incentive to attack Wilson, and at 5 aggression, Wilson had no reason to fight them either.

Another note is that Wilson no longer responds with hostility when you attack him out of combat.

[Jheuloh]

Version 1.1 is up!

[StryderOfOblivion]

Alright!

I'll have an ESP for you tomorrow. What it will do is add a spell that gives you a command list (MessageBox) for Wilson. At the very least I will have a Follow and Wait command, but I will see if I can get a "remember this spot"  and return home.

[Jheuloh]

Made an item with a begin onactivate item that moves Wilson to me;

'Begin onactivate

; WilsonRef.MoveTo Player 128,0,0

End

Going to see if the numbers make sense at all.

Something I've noticed;

This is essentially my scripting class, but without the scripting scholar.

[StryderOfOblivion]

Want be to just include it into the spell? I have everything worked out...just need to test. What changes did V.1.1 make? Did it just change ownership?

And tell me if that does work.

P.S. Can you change Wilson's ReferenceID to WilsonRefID? That's what I have been using in my Scripts so if you don't mind...

[Jheuloh]

His RefID is WilsonRef in v 1.1, so hopefully the change isn't too big if you already specified a refID.

And I'll send you a beta version of 1.2 if you wish, I can't pull the loose ends together.

The only difference is that there's a new item called WilsonBone and new script called WilsonSummonScript (Which WilsonBone uses.)

So far 'Begin onactivate' fails to actually move Wilson. Here's the script;

scriptname WilsonSummonScript

Begin OnTrigger

; WilsonRef.MoveTo Player 128, 0, 0

End

x_X

Anyways -

I'd prefer the follow/command control be a menu that appears when you interact with Wilson, rather than when you cast a spell, in future versions possibly. (Chorrol petshop relied on script spells almost entirely to function, and it was 3x as confusing as cheydinhal petshop, + unnecessary spell development occurs, making the mod less approachable to efficiency players.)

A script spell would be a fine temporary solution though.

Edit: v 1.1 Also boosted Wilson's health to 250, damage jumped from 4 to 12, and speed increased to 40 coupled with .80 scale and 48 reach.

And the summon Wilson item refuses to function regardless of variables, not sure how I'll get that to work.

[StryderOfOblivion]

One menu isn't exactly complex...Can you just PM me all the changes you are planning on making for 1.2. That way there aren't any errors when I merge the two...

And use

Begin OnEquip

and make sure it is a Misc item...

[Jheuloh]

I shall never touch scripting again for a long while after Wilson's done.

[Vereta]

Frustration? That's gonna' be me when I start development of my mod.

[Jheuloh]

Nah,    that would be closer to what I'm thinking.

[StryderOfOblivion]

Hmm, well I love scripting sooo. The headache that sometimes accompanies it is just an addition to the challenge  

[Jheuloh]

Hmm, maybe this is somethin' we could take up to WillieSea. x_X

[Jheuloh]

Finally! I got Wilson's pearl to work. >_

[Jheuloh]

The pearl will most likely be my scripting limits, unless follow/wait commands are capable of being done with no if/elseif/and/or/syntax and so on. (AKA I've most likely reached my limit on what I can do for Wilson myself.)

[StryderOfOblivion]

Well, can you give me control over the file on Tesnexus, that way I can upload the next version?

[Jheuloh]

Yes. I'll see what your user ID is and copy/paste that.

[Jheuloh]

Alright added your ID, you should be able to edit Wilson's stuff on TES now. (Unless I did something wrong.) :S

[StryderOfOblivion]

Thanks.

[Jheuloh]

Apparently it's not as simple as copying/pasting IDs into the Give editing access menu. What additional characters am I missing? (Currently I have 839257 in the text bar below the info that says "Give editing access to other members.")