Difference between revisions of "Modding Terminology"

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Some clarifications on scripting in light of discussion here.
Some clarifications on scripting in light of discussion here.
* getSelf applied to a mod based item will always return the original formid of the item.
* getSelf applied to a mod based item will always return the original formid of the item.
* getSelf applied to a dynamic item will always return 0 -- even when the item is in a cell and has a reference. While you might expect it to return it's the formid of it's dynamic reference while in the cell, apparently the function is rigged to return zero for safety reasons.  
* getSelf applied to a dynamic item will always return 0 -- even when the item is in a cell and has a reference. While you might expect it to return the formid of its dynamic reference while in the cell, apparently the function is rigged to return zero for safety reasons.
* placeAtMe creates a dynamic reference -- ''and'' returns the correct formid. (Directly contrary to behavior of getSelf.)
* placeAtMe creates a dynamic reference -- ''and'' returns the correct formid. (Directly contrary to behavior of getSelf.)


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