Category:Activators

What are activators?

An activator is a World Object can be used (or activated) by an actor or another activator. As a rule, they have scripts on them with Begin OnActivate blocks that trap the attempt to use them and perform some action. An activator without a script will still show the activation icon to the player, even if it is inert.

A typical example of an activator is the push buttons seen in many of the Ayleid ruins.

Activators can:

• be activated
• cast spells
• act as global data stores (if they are persistant references)
• use GetSelf

Reference Fields

• ID: The Editor ID for this object. This is a unique name used to identify the activator within the Construction Set.
• Name: The name of the activator. This is the name displayed to the player in the game. (For example: "Button")
• NIF File: File name for the 3D art used to display it in the world.
• Looping Sound: Name of the sound to play for this object.
• Script: Name of the script to attach to this object. Activators use Object Scripts.
• Dangerous: Marks whether this object is dangerous or not.
• Quest Item: Marks this as a quest item.