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It's now known that the PlaceAtMe command is likely to cause bloating. Used a few times, no problem. Used a lot of times, problem. However, you can often avoid it by defining a permanent ref object and moving it to the player. But suppose that you don't want it right at the player's feet, but instead in front of them? | [[Category: Useful Code]] | ||
It's now known that the [[PlaceAtMe]] command is likely to cause bloating. Used a few times, no problem. Used a lot of times, problem. However, you can often avoid it by defining a permanent ref object and [[MoveTo|moving]] it to the player. But suppose that you don't want it right at the player's feet, but instead in front of them? | |||
Here are some considerations: | Here are some considerations: | ||
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* Moving a displayed object fails to update its collision data (notably required for getting activation cursors to work correctly). You can fix this by disabling the object and the re-enabling it. | * Moving a displayed object fails to update its collision data (notably required for getting activation cursors to work correctly). You can fix this by disabling the object and the re-enabling it. | ||
* However, if you move, disable and then re-enable, the object will appear briefly at the player and then reappear at new position. Instead, you should disable, move and then re-enable. And there should be a time gap of a frame or two before enabling and disabling. | * However, if you move, disable and then re-enable, the object will appear briefly at the player and then reappear at new position. Instead, you should disable, move and then re-enable. And there should be a time gap of a frame or two before enabling and disabling. | ||
* The original ref has to be placed and set to | * The original ref has to be placed somewhere and set to persistent. If you want the original to be unfindable, a simple thing to do is place it in the Aleswell dummy cell. | ||
So here's a chunk of code that does this for Wrye's [http://wrye.ufrealms.net/Summon%20Bed.html Summon Bed] mod. (Some irrelevant code trimmed for the purpose of clarity.) | So here's a chunk of code that does this for Wrye's [http://wrye.ufrealms.net/Summon%20Bed.html Summon Bed] mod. (Some irrelevant code trimmed for the purpose of clarity.) | ||