Difference between revisions of "Scripting Tutorial: My Second Script"
Scripting Tutorial: My Second Script (edit)
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The first ''string'' (the text between the first pair of quotation marks) is the text actually displayed in the box; the other texts, separated by commas, tell the game to make "buttons" with the given text displayed one string per choice. | The first ''string'' (the text between the first pair of quotation marks) is the text actually displayed in the box; the other texts, separated by commas, tell the game to make "buttons" with the given text displayed one string per choice. | ||
But how do we ensure that the riddle is asked only the first time we try to open the chest and not every time? We now come to a very central point: the use of do-once conditions and state variables. Most of the problems that beginners encounter with scripting for Oblivion have their roots in misunderstanding how the scripts are actually executed and how scripts should accordingly be structured. So let's have a look at this in greater detail. | But how do we ensure that the riddle is asked only the first time we try to open the chest and not every time? We now come to a very central point: the use of do-once conditions and state variables. Most of the problems that beginners encounter with scripting for Oblivion have their roots in misunderstanding how the scripts are actually executed and how scripts should accordingly be structured. So let's have a look at this in greater detail. Remember to save regularly. | ||
===How Object scripts are executed=== | ===How Object scripts are executed=== | ||