Script Help

Neverwinter Nights 1 Toolset, Scripting, NWNX
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I’m looking to illuminate my pillar with pulsing red light.
ive used effect eEffect and ApplyEffectToObject and nothing seems to happen. I put it on user defined handler?

2

Can you post the script?

3

sorry.

void main()
{
object oObject = OBJECT_SELF;
effect eEffect = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_DUR_AURA_PULSE_CYAN_RED);
ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_PERMANENT, eEffect, oObject);
}

4

The script itself is working a-ok. It’s just put on the wrong event…

If you want it to be “fired” when the player enters an area, try putting it on a Generic Trigger-OnEnter event, so when the player steps in, it activates…

void main()
{
// Fires OnEnter. Gets the tag of the Pillar you want to apply the effect on, and applies the effect.
object oObject = GetNearestObjectByTag(“Pillar_Tag”); //Or GetObjectByTag…
effect eEffect = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_DUR_AURA_PULSE_RED_BLUE);
ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_PERMANENT, eEffect, oObject);
}

Or, if you want to “fire” when the player clicks on the pillar, simply put it on “OnClick/OnUsed/OnOpened etc” event of the pillar…

object oObject = OBJECT_SELF;

etc…

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yeah, I just can’t get it working. Did the generic trigger, OnEnter

void main()
{
object oObject = GetNearestObjectByTag(“X0_RUINEDPILLAR01”, oObject);
effect eEffect = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_DUR_AURA_PULSE_RED_BLUE);
ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_PERMANENT, eEffect, oObject);

6

Sorry the for the slow reply
Have you by any change checked the “STATIC” Checkbox on the Pillar’s properties?

7

I played around with it set it, to static, and non-static. Nothing.
I’m going to try again.

8

Nothing. Do we need to call the PC? in this script?
My apologies. My scripting is complete rookie.

9

This works for me…

void main()
{

    object oPC = GetEnteringObject();

    object oObject = GetNearestObjectByTag("x0_runepillar", oPC);
    effect eEffect = EffectVisualEffect(VFX_DUR_AURA_PULSE_RED_BLUE);
    ApplyEffectToObject(DURATION_TYPE_PERMANENT, eEffect, oObject);
}

In your code, the tag is in the wrong case but you may just have changed it yourself, just make sure it’s accurate, obviously :slight_smile: I’m also not sure you can use oObject in GetNearestObjectByTag because it hasn’t had a value assigned to it until the call to GetNearest has completed. You’ll also want to use a ‘do once’ flag to only do this the first time the trigger/area is entered.

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I’m all good.
Thank you very much you guys for helping out. I learn a little more every day. :slight_smile:

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