Talk:OnEquip

Deleting String Values

As per a suggestion from Haama on my talk page, I tested my own advice about deleting the String value of the sCantEquipGeneric constant. His suggestion was that this might blank out ALL messages. My experience is that the only message which will no longer display is "This item cannot be equipped." I have successfully loaded a plugin with the sCantEquipGeneric value completely removed (with the Backspace key, in case that matters), and other messages, such as "Your conjuration skill has improved." and custom messages I added myself still display correctly. Has there been a previous issue with this?

As far as I'm concerned, the sCantEquipGeneric message is not necessary anyway. If I click it and nothing happens, I can figure out that it can't be equipped on my own. Removing this message from the game opens up the ability to add script effects to ordinary clutter objects in the player's inventory, so to me, the tradeoff is well worth it. However, if it interferes with other aspects of gameplay, it should be noted as such in this article.
--RedFault 15:13, 14 January 2008 (EST)

The advice on this page should be perfectly safe. I have not tested that message in particular, but I have blanked out other Message GMSTs and only those messages were affected, in exactly the way you expect.

Dragoon Wraith TALK 15:46, 14 January 2008 (EST)

Actually, I was just running the same mod again, testing a few other elements. Now all of a sudden, no messages are showing. Not sure what the difference is between my first test and this one, but I'm going to remove my advice in this article until I can find an answer.

--RedFault 19:51, 14 January 2008 (EST)

Hmm... how about changing it to a space, then?

Dragoon Wraith TALK 20:11, 14 January 2008 (EST)