Request for tutorial - Recompiling Scripts

Post by **Befo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:34 am

I know there is a thread here with some basic info on how to recompile the scripts in FO3 mods (FOSE) but I was wondering if someone would be willing to do a video tutorial on exactly how to do this, or maybe a sticky'd thread with a screenshot walkthrough. I think it would help a lot of us who have very limited modding experience to transfer our favorite FO3 mods to TTW to test, while at the same time give us a chance to contribute to the TTW experience. Besides, as TTW grows, the more of us there are who can pass along the proper way to do this will go a long way to freeing up others to work on new content and bug fixes.

If this has been asked and answered before, and something is already out there, my apologies.

Post by TJ » Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:34 pm

My apologies for not doing pics or video, I'm about to leave for work. So you've got this esm/p file with a script in it. Can be a FO3 Fose mod, can be a straight NV mod with a script that you merged into a new esp. Doesn't matter where it came from, all that matters is the esm/p is set up for NV and the script needs recompiled.

Step 1: You have NVSE in your game? Good, you need it to mess with am (EDIT: FOSE) script. In your FNV folder you have a file called nvse_loader.exe. Make a shortcut to it and place it where you want it. You're set? OK Right click the shortcut and select properties on the "Shortcut" tab under the line target go to the very end after the " and place a space and "-editor". Use this shortcut to boot GECK from now on. Congratulations your GECK is infinately more powerful now.

Step 2: Open your new more powerful Geck and set your file as active. You can use TESSnip to also open the same esm/p to check the scpt line for what needs recompiled and just go down the line one at a time. Find the name of the first one in TESSnip- GECK Object Window> Miscellanious> Script then click the filter box and start typing the name of the script. It also will have an asterisk under count I believe to show that the active esm/p modifies this script. When you find it double click the script on the right side of object window and the script will open up. At this point all you have to do is click the floppy disk icon on that window. NOT the one that's half red. If it recompiles successfully it wont tell you anything. X out of that window and go to the next one. If not, it'll tell you what line needs to be fixed before you try again. After that it's just trial and error. Do all the scripts in your esp NOT all scripts in the game. Do NOT recompile all scripts either.

Step 3: Save, exit GECK, go make sure it works right!

Post by **Befo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:25 pm

Thanks for the guide, TJ.

A few issues I'm running in to:

1) TESSnip - I was only able to find TESSnip for Oblivion through a Google search, and it gives me an error when trying to load up a FO3 file. Is there a Fallout specific version? If so, where would I find it?

2) I was able to successfully open Amy Wong.esm and start recompiling the scripts. On occasion, after I would click the disk icon then go to click X to close, certain of the scripts i would ask me if I wanted to save. I would hit Yes, then attempt to close the window again, and the same menu would pop up, asking if I wanted to save. If I clicked No, then the window would close as it should. Even if I clicked No, the file would show with an asterisk in the count column, so I'm guessing it recompiled. Is that right?

3) After recompiling all fifty or so scripts (all that began with AW for Amy Wong), I tried to Save the file so I could exit. Unfortunately, Amy Wong is an .esm and it only wants me to save in the .esp format. How do I address that?

Thanks for the help!

EDIT: One other thing. I know I need to change my GECK so that I can allow multiple masters by changing/adding bAllowMultipleMasterLoad=1 the GECKCustom.ini. My issue is that I can't seem to find the GECKCustom.ini file. I have the NV GECK installed directly into my main FNV directory.

Post by **Befo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:56 pm

Solved two of these I think.

I found the GECKCustom.ini in my Documents\My Games\FalloutNV directory with the other .ini files. I updated the FO3 one while I was at it.

I saved the recompiled scripts as a separate .esp that I'll load after the AmyWong.esm master. I think that's how it was done for the scripts Shadow did for Mothership Zeta Crew, so I'm trying it here.

How do permissions work here? Can I upload my recompiled scripts here or do I need permission from the original author?

Post by **JaxFirehart** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:51 pm

Far as I'm concerned, so long as all you did was recompile the scripts, and you aren't trying to take credit for it, its fine.

The script that wouldn't save was doing that because there was an error in it. It is not recompiled and MAY still cause issues. If you post the trouble script here I can take a look at it and see if its anything obvious.

Finally, as for saving it as an esp: The GECK won't let you save .esm files or create new .esm files. You have to use FNVEdit or TESnip or Wrye Flash to change it from an esm to an esp, recompile the scripts, save and close the geck, and finally use one of those programs to change it back into an esm.

Post by TJ » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:03 pm

TESSnip comes packaged with FOMM. If you're using that you've already got it. Once you have it if you use windows to try to open an esm/p it'll pop up a box saying it doesn't know how to open this file, you can click open with browse to FOMM.exe and from then on Windows will open esm/p files with TESSnip. Even if you use NMM for your mods it's handy to have FOMM installed for the features it comes packed with.

The asterisk in the count column just shows that that script is modified by the active file. I should've included this in my last post but install GECK Powerup and instead of acting wonky when a script has an error it'll tell you what line the error is on and a brief description of what's wrong.

Post by **Befo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:02 pm

Here is the first one I tried that wouldn't recompile. Sorry for the long post, but I don't know how to hide this as a spoiler.

[collapsed title=Script]

Scriptname AWActorAmyScript

ref xREF

short a

short b

float f

short intel

BEGIN OnStartCombat

set xREF to getCombatTarget

if xREF.getInFaction AWFactionAmy == 1

xREF.stopCombat

stopCombat

else

if AWQShareXP.level > 0

if xREF != Player

if xREF.hasMagicEffect AWBaseEffShareXP == 0

xREF.castImmediateOnSelf AWEffShareXP

endif

if hasMagicEffect AWBaseEffUseDrug1 == 0

castImmediateOnSelf AWEffUseDrug1

endif

if hasMagicEffect AWBaseEffUseDrug2 == 0

castImmediateOnSelf AWEffUseDrug2

endif

if hasMagicEffect AWBaseEffUseDrug3 == 0

castImmediateOnSelf AWEffUseDrug3

endif

END

BEGIN OnCombatEND

; ########################## Reset Hit Points ##########################

set f to getAV Health / getPermanentActorValue Health

set a to (20 * getAV Endurance) + (10 * getLevel)

if a < 150

set a to 150

endif

setAV Health a

restoreAV Health a

forceAV Health a

set a to a - (a * f)

if a > 0

damageAV Health a

endif

; ########################## Player Relationship ##########################

if getInSameCell Player

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenFriendlyFire == 0

set AWQAmy.Relationship to AWQAmy.Relationship + AWQConst.ARelModerateGain

elseif AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenFriendlyFire == 1

set AWQAmy.Relationship to AWQAmy.Relationship + AWQConst.ARelMinorGain

endif

if AWQAmy.Relationship > AWQConst.ARelMaxCap

set AWQAmy.Relationship to AWQConst.ARelMaxCap

endif

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenFriendlyFire 99999

; ########################## Accumlate Combat Experience ##########################

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenCombat 1

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenCombat > AWQConst.ALvlCombat

set a to 1 + getAV Confidence

if a <= 4

setAV Confidence a

endif

set a to 1 + getAV Strength

if a <= 10

forceAV Strength a

endif

set a to 1 + getAV Perception

if a <= 10

forceAV Perception a

endif

set a to 1 + getAV Agility

if a <= 10

forceAV Agility a

endif

resetHealth

restoreav perceptioncondition 100

restoreav endurancecondition 100

restoreav leftattackcondition 100

restoreav leftmobilitycondition 100

restoreav rightattackcondition 100

restoreav rightmobilitycondition 100

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenCombat AWQConst.ALvlCombat

endif

; ########################## Accumlate Weapon Experience ##########################

set intel to getAV Intelligence

if IsWeaponInList AWLstWeapSmGuns == 1

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenSmGuns intel

elseif IsWeaponInList AWLstWeapBgGuns == 1

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenBgGuns intel

elseif IsWeaponInList AWLstWeapEnergy == 1

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenEnergy intel

elseif IsWeaponInList AWLstWeapMelee == 1

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenMelee intel

elseif IsWeaponInList AWLstWeapExplosives == 1

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenExplosives intel

elseif IsWeaponInList AWLstWeapUnarmed == 1

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenUnarmed intel

elseif IsWeaponInList AWLstWeapMedic == 1

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenMedic intel

elseif getItemCount AWTokenTagSmGuns != 0

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenSmGuns intel

elseif getItemCount AWTokenTagBgGuns != 0

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenBgGuns intel

elseif getItemCount AWTokenTagEnergy != 0

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenEnergy intel

elseif getItemCount AWTokenTagMelee != 0

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenMelee intel

elseif getItemCount AWTokenTagExplosives != 0

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenExplosives intel

elseif getItemCount AWTokenTagUnarmed != 0

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenUnarmed intel

else

; Unknown weapon, try to guess what kind of weapon by its anim

; IsWeaponSkillType doesn't seems to work

if getWeaponAnimType == 2 || getWeaponAnimType == 3

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenMelee intel

elseif getWeaponAnimType == 7 || getWeaponAnimType == 8

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenBgGuns intel

elseif getWeaponAnimType == 4 || getWeaponAnimType == 5 || getWeaponAnimType == 6

set a to intel / 2

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenSmGuns a

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenEnergy a

elseif getWeaponAnimType == 9 || getWeaponAnimType == 10 || getWeaponAnimType == 11

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenExplosives intel

elseif getWeaponAnimType == 1

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenUnarmed intel

endif

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenSmGuns > AWQConst.ALvlSmGuns

set a to 1 + getAV SmallGuns

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

forceAV SmallGuns a

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenSmGuns AWQConst.ALvlSmGuns

endif

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenBgGuns > AWQConst.ALvlBgGuns

set a to 1 + getAV BigGuns

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

forceAV BigGuns a

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenBgGuns AWQConst.ALvlBgGuns

endif

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenEnergy > AWQConst.ALvlEnergy

set a to 1 + getAV EnergyWeapons

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

forceAV EnergyWeapons a

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenEnergy AWQConst.ALvlEnergy

endif

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenMelee > AWQConst.ALvlMelee

set a to 1 + getAV MeleeWeapons

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

forceAV MeleeWeapons a

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenMelee AWQConst.ALvlMelee

endif

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenExplosives > AWQConst.ALvlExplosives

set a to 1 + getAV Explosives

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

forceAV Explosives a

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenExplosives AWQConst.ALvlExplosives

endif

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenUnarmed > AWQConst.ALvlUnarmed

set a to 1 + getAV Unarmed

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

forceAV Unarmed a

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenUnarmed AWQConst.ALvlUnarmed

endif

; ########################## Weapon Repair ##########################

set a to getWeaponHealthPerc

if a < AWQConst.AEquipMinHealth

set b to getAV Repair

if a < b

setWeaponHealthPerc b

endif

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenRepair intel

endif

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenRepair > AWQConst.ALvlRepair

set a to 1 + getAV Repair

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

forceAV Repair a

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenRepair AWQConst.ALvlRepair

endif

; ########################## Get Aids ##########################

if getItemCount Stimpak < AWQConst.AMinStimpak && AWContTHREF.getItemCount Stimpak >= 2

AWContTHREF.removeItem Stimpak 2

addItem Stimpak 2

endif

; ########################## Use Medicine Skill ##########################

set f to getAV Health / getPermanentActorValue Health

if f < AWQConst.ALvlEndurance

set b to 1 + getAV Endurance

if b <= 10

forceAV Endurance b

endif

if f < 1.0

set a to getAV Medicine

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

restoreAV Health a

restoreAV perceptionCondition a

restoreAV enduranceCondition a

restoreAV leftAttackCondition a

restoreAV leftMobilityCondition a

restoreAV rightAttackCondition a

restoreAV rightMobilityCondition a

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenMedic intel

endif

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenMedic > AWQConst.ALvlMedic

set a to 1 + getAV Medicine

if a > 100

set a to 100

endif

forceAV Medicine a

AWContExpAmyREF.removeItem AWTokenMedic AWQConst.ALvlMedic

endif

; ########################## Reset Health if is teammate ##########################

if getPlayerTeammate == 1

resetHealth

restoreav perceptioncondition 100

restoreav endurancecondition 100

restoreav leftattackcondition 100

restoreav leftmobilitycondition 100

restoreav rightattackcondition 100

restoreav rightmobilitycondition 100

endif

; ########################## Use Stimpak ##########################

if getAV Health < getPermanentActorValue Health

if getAV Health < AWQConst.AMinHPtoStimpak

if getItemCount Stimpak != 0

removeItem Stimpak 1

resetHealth

endif

; ########################## Disarm Weapon ##########################

if AWQAmy.disarm == 1

if hasMagicEffect AWBaseEffDisarm == 0

castImmediateOnSelf AWEffDisarm

endif

END

BEGIN OnHit Player

AWContExpAmyREF.addItem AWTokenFriendlyFire 1

if AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenFriendlyFire == 1

set AWQAmy.Relationship to AWQAmy.Relationship - AWQConst.ARelMinorLost

elseif AWContExpAmyREF.getItemCount AWTokenFriendlyFire == 2

set AWQAmy.Relationship to AWQAmy.Relationship - AWQConst.ARelModerateLost

else

set AWQAmy.Relationship to AWQAmy.Relationship - AWQConst.ARelMajorLost

endif

if AWQAmy.Relationship < AWQConst.ARelMinCap

set AWQAmy.Relationship to AWQConst.ARelMinCap

endif

if AWQAmy.hintHitAmy != 1

set AWQAmy.hintHitAmy to 1

showMessage AWMsgHint1001

endif

END

BEGIN OnDeath

AWContTHREF.removeAllItems AWAmyREF

AWContTHFoodREF.removeAllItems AWAmyREF

AWAmyREF.setPlayerTeammate 0

AWAmyREF.removeFromFaction FollowerFaction

ShowMessage AWMsgDead

END

[/collapsed]

Post by **Befo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:06 pm

Bah, I figure out how to do it as a spoiler, but it doesn't want to save the formatting with copy and paste...

Post by TJ » Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:56 pm

I'm gonna download this mod after dinner to take a look at that script. No promises but I'll see what I can do.

Post by **Befo** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:20 am

Well, that was just one of the ones that didn't recompile. The mod has a few dozen scripts (maybe around 50 or so) and about a third had issues recompiling. That is unless I was doing it wrong, but your instructions seemed pretty clear.