BeefLibrary

A library of functions that I found myself using often. I made it for myself, but feel free to use/cannibalize it for yourself.

My main uses in it are:

local bs = require("BeefStranger.functions")

bs.timer{dur = 1, iter = 3, cb = function() end}

local function onEffectTick(e)

local function doThis()

bs.onTick(e, doThis) ---For onTick Magic effects

local targetRef = bs.rayCast(900) ---Returns the reference of a rayTest, 900 is the distance

bs.typeCheck(targetRef, "npc") ---Used to check if an objectType matches what youre looking for

if bs.typeCheck(target, "npc") then

bs.msg("Target is NPC")

bs.inspect(tableToInspect) --Logs a table to the console

local log = bs.getLog("logName") ---Gets or creates a log, returns a table of other functions too.

local dbg = log.debug

local trace = log.trace

log.setLogLevel("DEBUG")

--Also has if need what would normally be the log you create. ie local log = logger.new{...}

=====Helper functions======

bs.sf()  ---Short for string.format

bs.addSpell(tes3.player, "light") ---Shorthand for addSpell

bs.sellSpell("fargoth", "light") ---Gives the spell to the target, and makes them sell spells

bs.keyUp("b", function()

bs.msg("B pressed")

bs.msg("Message #%s", number) --Shorthand for tes3.messageBox

=====Sounds=========

bs.playSound("bell6", volume, pitch, ref) -- BeefLibrary contains a table of all vanilla sounds so you can also do

bs.playSound(bs.sound.bell6) --- I find this very useful because it suggests valid sounds

bs.sound.register() ---Registers a few custom sounds I got from freesound.org

the custom sounds are under bs.bsSound / bs.bsSound.magicImpact for instance

==============EffectMaker================

This is very similar to MagickaExpanded just with a bunch of tweaks I wanted,

Has a lot of auto values for quick setup, Heres a valid effect creation.

event.register("magicEffectsResolved", function()

bs.effect.create({

id = "TestID",

name = "Test Name",

school = tes3.magicSchool.alteration,

onTick = testTick

this will auto assign an icon/sound/vfx based on what ever school the effect is.

========spellMaker=============

bs.spell.create({

id = "testSpell",

name = Test Test",

effect = tes3.effect. TestID,

duration = 3,

range = tes3.effectRange["target"],

alwaysSucceeds