This is a great idea. You should definitely add these books to the normal lists of books so we can find them out in the world. For the record, you can do that by adding them to the leveled item LItemBook0All. You can do that with a simple quest. If you want to, then first, make a new FormList and put all of the new books in it. Save it, then do this to set up the script:
1: Make a new quest, and press ok to save and close it (seriously, do it). 2: Open the quest and go to the scripts tab. 3: Add a new script, and double click [New Script]. 4: Name it whatever you want as long as it's unique, and press ok. 5: Edit that script and paste in this: LeveledItem Property LItemBook0All Auto FormList Property NewBooksList Auto
Event OnInit() Int i = NewBooksList.GetSize() While i > 0 i -= 1 LItemBook0All.AddForm(NewBooksList.GetAt(i)) EndWhile EndEvent
Make sure you paste it below the script name on the top line, don't overwrite it. 6: Save with Ctrl-S and exit the script. 7: Click Properties. 8: Select LItemBook0All and click Auto-Fill. 9: Select NewBooksList, click Edit Value, and choose your new formlist. Save and close everything and try it out in game. If it works, then you should be able to buy the books from vendors that sell common books like the general merchant by Arcadia's Cauldron or the Riverwood Trader. Remember they're random, so they might not show up at first and they won't show up unless their inventory resets after you make eh changes (so wait 48 in-game outside Riverwood Trader, save, exit, make these changes, then load up the game and go inside and check).
hmm it returns an error when I save saying that Compliation Failed - are you sure you want to save? and then the console thing says Starting 1 compile threads for 1 files... Compiling "BoTScript"... Crogram Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonskyrimDataScriptsSourcetempBoTScript.psc(9,14): argument ailevel is not specified and has no default value Crogram Files (x86)SteamsteamappscommonskyrimDataScriptsSourcetempBoTScript.psc(9,14): argument aicount is not specified and has no default value No output generated for BoTScript, compilation failed.
Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed. Failed on BoTScript
That's because I assumed AddForm worked the same on both FormLists and on LeveledItems. I've used it on FormLists before and that's all you need for it to work. Make it use AddForm(NewBookList.GetAt(i), 1, 1) and let me know if it works now. (And obviously the smileys are there 'cause the site thinks you're just that excited about the errors lol)
Since I already made a merchant already I will probably just make multiple of them and place them around Skyrim to sell books. Thanks for helping though!
Looks great, an idea is make a traveling book merchant that has some books on him in a tavern somewhere. Tracking the mod & hoping you add more stories
I will try making an NP but I will need someone to voice act it. Also, I will need to look up how to make an npc too. Other wise thanks for the response! A new update with the Rest of the Shining Ebony series and the Shade of Sorrow series completed will be coming sometime this week.
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1: Make a new quest, and press ok to save and close it (seriously, do it).
2: Open the quest and go to the scripts tab.
3: Add a new script, and double click [New Script].
4: Name it whatever you want as long as it's unique, and press ok.
5: Edit that script and paste in this:
LeveledItem Property LItemBook0All Auto
FormList Property NewBooksList Auto
Event OnInit()
Int i = NewBooksList.GetSize()
While i > 0
i -= 1
LItemBook0All.AddForm(NewBooksList.GetAt(i))
EndWhile
EndEvent
Make sure you paste it below the script name on the top line, don't overwrite it.
6: Save with Ctrl-S and exit the script.
7: Click Properties.
8: Select LItemBook0All and click Auto-Fill.
9: Select NewBooksList, click Edit Value, and choose your new formlist.
Save and close everything and try it out in game. If it works, then you should be able to buy the books from vendors that sell common books like the general merchant by Arcadia's Cauldron or the Riverwood Trader. Remember they're random, so they might not show up at first and they won't show up unless their inventory resets after you make eh changes (so wait 48 in-game outside Riverwood Trader, save, exit, make these changes, then load up the game and go inside and check).
Starting 1 compile threads for 1 files...
Compiling "BoTScript"...
C
C
No output generated for BoTScript, compilation failed.
Batch compile of 1 files finished. 0 succeeded, 1 failed.
Failed on BoTScript
Tracking the mod & hoping you add more stories