Odd thing happening with a script

Neverwinter Nights 2 Toolset, Scripting, NWNX
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I have a custom made item with an activate script, using the item activate template in the script assist. However, when the item is activated it disappears/gets destroyed, even though I have not stated that it should be destroyed in the script. Is this some kind of hardcoded function perhaps? I guess I could get around the whole thing by creating a new item once the item is activated, but it would be nice to don’t have to do that.

// i_temp_ac
/*
   Template for an Activate item script.
   This script will run each time an item's "custom activation" is used.
   
   How to use this script:
   Item needs an item property that will cause a custom activation such as Cast Spell:Unique Power
   Replace the word "temp" (in line 1) with the tag of the item.  Rename the script with this name.  
    
   Additional Info:
   In general, all the item "tag-based" scripts will be named as follows:
   - a prefix ("i_" by defualt)
   - the tag of the item
   - a postfix indicating the item event.
   
   This script will be called automatically (by defualt) whether it exists or not.  If if does not exist, nothing happens.
   
   Note: this script runs on the module object, an important consideration for assigning actions.
      -ChazM
*/
// Name_Date

void main()
{
    object oPC      = GetItemActivator();
    object oItem    = GetItemActivated();
    object oTarget  = GetItemActivatedTarget();
    location lTarget = GetItemActivatedTargetLocation();
    object oPC1 = GetFirstPC();

	
	AddJournalQuestEntry("q_quest",21,oPC1);//Your code goes here


}
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Is it set to unlimited uses or charges? It sounds like you have it set to single use, meaning it destroys itself upon use.

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You can have the item set to unlimited uses and have the script set a variable on run that it can check later to exit on.

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OK. Thanks.

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Unfortunately, items with single use powers will vanish after activation, even if they have other powers that are not single use.

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Yeah, for the story I just wanted a way to cast a spell on an item, but when thinking about it I realized that isn’t possible in NWN2 (ok, maybe it is, if it’s lying like a generic bag on the ground), so I thought to use the activate thing, which I have done quite a few times before, but I’ve never realized an item always gets destroyed with a single use Cast Spell:Unique Power. And to have the unlimited uses on that activation spell is illogical storywise, so I instead created a new item upon activation, where the name states that the PC has activated the item/cast a spell on that item. I tested it ingame and found it quite alright to do it that way.

Again, thank you everyone for teaching me how this works.

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