Bal Oyra Change script

[Inferno_str1ke]

as many of you will know Bal Oyra is being made in both Telvanni and imperial, it can change type depending on the result of a quest. for this reason I have made all the buildings activators, so that they can be made to disappear. but how would i make a script for the telvanni buildings that would have them hidden, but then visible with one outcome? and how would i make one for the imperial that would make them visible but allow them to be hidden if a certain quest outcome is reached?

[Greybeard]

I haven't looked at how the quest log is set up, but you should be able to query that and then enable or disable the statics. If no one else puts up the solution, I'll experiment with it this evening.

[wererat]

would possible a building script be valid. like the ones used for strongholds and ravenrock. when you first visit the areas the buildings are not there, but when you complete certain quests the buildings appear. i suggest that you look at those scripts and see what was done and if you could duplicate it to your town.

and the changing thing sounds cool

[Greybeard]

Thanks, wererat, you saved me from re-inventing the wheel

[Cep]

Its fairly easy to get them to appear/disappear in scripting terms based on the outcome of a journal entry.

However the main prob that I am aware of is the amount of statics that must be disabled/enabled.

It can be done though,

something like,

if ( getjournalindex Bal_Buildings == 10 )
Imperial_Building1->disable
Telvani_Building->enable
endif


However I am not familiar with the code for region specific ID's.

[Zarkis]

It's rather simple. Since you use activators as statics, each static gets the same script. To enable/disable them you can use a journal entry or a global varible. Here is an example for imperial buildings which get enabled with a journal entry:

begin Bal_Oyra_Change_sc

if ( GetJournalIndex Bal_buildings == 10 ) ;imperial buildings will appear
if ( GetDisabled == 1 )
enable
endif
else
if ( GetDisabled == 0 )
disable ;disables all buildings before the quest
endif
endif

end

[Cep]

Aye but would that script account for the architecture being used outside Bal Orya?

[Zarkis]

I don't understand the question. The script only works on the activators (= statics) it is attached to.

[Cep]

Yeah but statics are governed by an ID right?

So if you have in Balmora a static

House_01

And in Bal Oyra you have a static

House_01

When your script effects the ID House_01 it will affect all the houses of ID House_01 including the one in Balmora.

That make sense?

[Geowulf]

Yes but the buildings aren't statics... cause you can't attach a script to a static. So each building or piece of a building must be made as a unique activator. So there isn't any problem with other towns or places since the activators are each unique and only used in Bal Oyra.

[Cep]

Ah righty, my mistake then

[Inferno_str1ke]

thanks for that. ill try the scripts tonight, and hopefully get the mod up, so you can all see it.

[RaJevir]

You should probably see to unique, Bal Oyra IDs in any case.

[Inferno_str1ke]

ok, the script is part working, but it works odd. ive put the file up, along with a readme expaling whats wrong. if you want to have a look and give me some advice, or even (and im not expecting this) do it for me, feel free

[Zarkis]

Ahem, the solution is quite simple: The scripts are working fine, but you used some normal statics in between.

Btw: There are some small alignment errors (wall pieces in fortress; imperial bridge/pier).

[Inferno_str1ke]

u mean, there are statics in the same positions as the activators?