Exile on 10/5/2003 at 05:53
Does anybody here know how to reference an NPC with spaces or nonstandard charachters (mostly ') in its name in the console? I've tried something like
"Urul gro-Ghorak00000000" -> Enable
and similar statements, but it always responds with the "mismatched quotes" error. I've also tried leaving the quotes out, but the console interprets the first word of the NPC's ID is the reference object, for some reason.
sappe on 10/5/2003 at 08:32
ye I think if there's a spave in the id-name you should have qoutes on it.
I don't know that command so I can't say if something is wrong. I think you can use ' in the consle.:eek:
Exile on 13/5/2003 at 18:30
As I said, if I enclose it with quotes, I get the "Mismatched Quotes error. If I do it without the quotes, it is interpreted as referencing the command to "Urul."
sappe on 13/5/2003 at 18:49
maybe it's something you do with the spaces. You could try and experiment a little with them.:eek:
Exile on 13/5/2003 at 21:02
There are only two types of spaces. I don't think that Bethesda went through all the trouble of making every single space in the names of thousands of NPCs non-breakers just to piss off people trying to reference the NPCs using the console.
DMouse on 20/5/2003 at 23:20
Names with spaces worked fine for me... are you sure there's no apostophere there?
Hidden_7 on 21/5/2003 at 02:01
Are you sure you're referencing the character's ID instead of their name?
Besides that I could just say try switching the syntax, and using the command first, and name second.
Exile on 21/5/2003 at 04:06
>Are you sure you're referencing the character's ID instead of their name?
Yes, I'm using the ID of the NPC. When I enter it in with spaces, the console just takes charachters in the ID before the first space.
>Besides that I could just say try switching the syntax, and using the command first, and name second.
I've never tried that, nor have I seen a console command written in that syntax. Is it possible? Would it just be like
Enable <- "Urul Gro-Ghorak"
or would there be something that you have to prefix the command with?
Hidden_7 on 22/5/2003 at 00:43
I think it would probably be enable -> "Urul Gro-Ghorak"
But I don't know. I just say this because with all the other commands I tend to use the name of the object in question comes last.
Exile on 22/5/2003 at 06:51
I think it would probably be enable -> "Urul Gro-Ghorak"
I guess I'll try that, though I'm doubtful it would work because "enable" could easily be interpreted as the reference and "Urul gro-Ghorak" as the command.
