H3lp Yours3lf - OpenMW Helper Interfaces

H3lp Yours3lf

H3lp Yours3lf is a toolkit of helper modules for Morrowind Lua scripting, focused primarily on OpenMW-Lua.

It does not add gameplay by itself. Most players should install it because another mod lists it as a dependency. For mod authors, H3 provides reusable infrastructure for object access, settings-backed systems, UI helpers, state machines, events, caching, timing, diagnostics, and other common scripting patterns.

In short: H3 is a small helper library for the weird little things OpenMW modders keep rebuilding.

Who Should Install This?

Players: install H3lp Yours3lf when another mod requires it. Enable H3lp Yours3lf.esp like a normal OpenMW content file.

Mod authors: use H3 when you want cleaner OpenMW-Lua APIs, reusable utility modules, settings-backed managers, UI helpers, or plain Lua infrastructure you do not want to rewrite for every mod.

Main Feature: s3lf

s3lf is the headline module. It is a friendlier facade over OpenMW's built-in openmw.self API.

OpenMW's normal self API is powerful, but some common calls are long and easy to misuse. For example, checking the current health of the object running the script normally looks like this:

self.type.stats.dynamic.health(self).current

I.s3.lf.health.current

s3lf flattens many fields modders commonly need:

• []object fields[/]

  []record fields[/]

  []actor stats[/]

  []dynamic stats like health, magicka, and fatigue[/]

  []attributes and skills[/]

  []equipment helpers[/]

  []animation helpers[/]

  []distance and event helpers[/]

  []combat target tracking[/]

  []visited-cell tracking[/]

  []console logging from scripts[/]

  It also caches many lookups where that is safe, so repeated access can be cleaner and cheaper than manually walking the OpenMW API every time.

  Basic usage:

  local I = require('openmw.interfaces')

  local s3lf = I.s3.lf

  if s3lf.health.current < 10 then

  s3lf.consoleLog('I am almost dead!')

  s3lf is especially useful in local and player scripts, where you often want concise access to the object the script is attached to.

  Main Feature: ProtectedTable

  ProtectedTable is for building game systems around OpenMW global settings groups.

  A ProtectedTable binds to a storage/settings group, mirrors its values, subscribes to updates, and exposes them through normal table indexing. This is