Ar HasKey

A function added by the Oblivion Script Extender.

Syntax:

(hasKey:bool) ar_HasKey src:array key:arrayKey

Returns true if the array has an element with the specified key.

This function can also be used to detect a new game load (after a restart, or loading from a save), in a way that avoids some of the limitations of GetGameRestarted, GetGameLoaded, and OnLoad blocks. The first two of these only return true for the first invocation of each from a particular script, regardless of how many base objects and references use that script. The OnLoad block may not execute if the player starts up the game and immediately loads a save from the same cell as the object.

Code like the following can be used to work around this, exploiting the otherwise-inconvenient fact that OBSE arrays are not persistent across game loads:

Array_var initFlagArray
Begin GameMode
   if Ar_HasKey initFlagArray, 0
      ; Initialization has been completed.
   else
      ; Need to initialize. Start by clearing the condition.
      let initFlagArray := Ar_construct Array
      let initFlagArray[0] := 0   ; Value does not matter as long as it exists
   endif
   ...
End