You’ll see lots of scripts, (unless you forgot to load Oblivion.esm) which pretty much confirms the point I made earlier: scripts are used for so many things, the game wouldn’t be the same without them. Pretty straightforward, eh? Give it a try. The open button, is surprisingly, used to open scripts. The open and save buttons (first two), together with the new button under Script are the only ones you need, save the script type box, which we‘ll get to later. Now, back to that truckload of buttons we discussed earlier. Just hover your mouse over the lower right corner till an arrow appears and drag it around to change the size like you’d normally do. There’s lots of space left on your monitor, why not utilize it? It’s rather small by default, which is annoying if you’re editing large scripts. Don’t be frightened by this vast amount of clickable things, you’ll only need two or three of these.īefore we continue, you may want to change the size of the Editor a bit. This is your home while you follow this tutorial.įirst, let’s open the Editor by clicking the pencil icon in the upper left corner.Īs you can see, there are several buttons in the top left corner. The Construction Set comes with a nifty tool for scripting: the Script Editor. Know your working environment: the Script Editor It is assumed that you have at least some knowledge of the CS before you start this tutorial. When you finish this tutorial, you should be familiar with the basics of Oblivion scripting. (The sky being the game engine’s limitations. ) )

Scripts aren’t limited to boring administrative tasks. Especially with OBSE, the Oblivion Script Extender, you can go far beyond what was previously thought to be possible. On the other hand, it also offers so many possibilities. Oblivion scripting language is very straightforward and it’s easy to learn the basics. Without a script, that’s not going to happen.įortunately, learning how to script is easier than most people think. Or perhaps you want two NPCs to have a conversation at a given moment. Imagine, you’ve made quest, and you want it to advance to the next stage when the player has found a certain item. Don’t worry, when I started modding Oblivion I hadn’t touched any scripting/programming language before, and here I am, writing a tutorial about it. :P While many, many things can be done without a single line of code, or simply by modifying a vanilla Oblivion script, when things get specific, a script will be needed. Many people who do not have any previous programming experience have difficulties learning how to script and try to avoid it as much as possible. They handle many things and are used for many purposes nearly every quest has a script, every trap is controlled by a script, every innkeeper that offers room is backed by a script, some unique spells have scripts - and the list goes on.

Scripts play a major role in Oblivion modding.

2 Know your working environment: the Script Editor.

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