Inventory Item Quantity Fix

I was over at the Seahaven Blog where Merecraft had started the ball rolling (after a tip from Amraphael) to fix the limit of items placed within an inventory. I posted a new script to his blog and repeat it below (because there was a slight bug in his) and I also updated the script so that it would give feedback of the items to quantity limit in the Container GUI. It meant updating the container.xml slightly more as well, and as I could not post it in a comment to him, I will try to post it here instead (as an image). NB: The quantity figure does not show until after the PC has interacted with the inventory in some way. One could script it to show the figure OnUsed, but I am not sure if the extra coding is necessary.

Note, this alters an official XML file, and so it should be placed in a hak to be used with a specific module only. It only fixes the issue for modders and their scripted modules and does not fix modules that have not used the scripting initially.

First, here is the script that goes on the container's OnInventory Disturbed:

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE VIEW TO READ)

Note: I have not altered the original code that determines how many slots the object has, which is currently set as a variable on the object. This can, of course, be made more accessible by tying the quantity figure to one of the less used (but more accessible variables from properties) such as Reflex Save or Will Save. (I have tested the Will Save property and this works fine.)

And then here are the XML alterations to the Container.xml file:

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE VIEW TO READ - UPDATED 22/04/09)

I have highlighted the additions in yellow. NB: There is also a commented line in the XML code above the last yellow line to ensure it is not used instead. (Marked with an exclamation mark.)

My thanks go to Merecraft & Amraphael for the inspiration.