Difference between revisions of "Player"

Player (edit)

794 bytes added , 12:47, 20 January 2010

Claarifying Player vs. PlayerRef

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-Player is a reference variable that always references the player.
+; Player
+#The character controlled by the user.
+#A [[Reference variables|reference variable]] that always references the player.
-==See Also==
+===Notes===
-[[Reference_variables]]
+* The player [[Glossary#B|base object]] is hardwired into the engine with formid 0x00000007.
-[[Reference_functions]]
+* The player reference is also hardwired into the engine with formid 0x00000014.
+** The player reference does not actually appear in Oblivion.esm. The game engine automatically adds it at runtime.
+* In scripts, use "playerRef" to refer to the player reference (formID 0x00000014).
+* When the string "player" is used in a script, the compiler (and OBSE) give you some leeway, treating it as a reference when necessary (e.g. before a dot) but both can get confused when the usage is ambiguous (e.g. as a function argument).
+** If you need to refer to the player base object in a script, then you'll need to use its formid. (Or if using OBSE, use a call like "playerRef.getBaseObject".)