Background for Skyrim SE
Member of the Message script
voidfunctionShowAsHelpMessage(stringasEvent, floatafDuration, floatafInterval, intaiMaxTimes)Native

Description

Wiki Description

Displays a help message on screen for a specified duration at specified intervals until a specified number of showings occurs or until a user event takes place.

Documentation Comment

Shows help message for a user action on screen.


Caveats


Parameters

stringasEvent

CK Wiki Description

The event which both identifies and ends the help message. There can be only one message per event and once the event occurs, the message will not display again. To redisplay a message or display a new message for an event, use Message.ResetHelpMessage(...). Button Tag Replacement.

floatafDuration

CK Wiki Description

How long should the message appear before going away? A value <= 0 means no time limit.

floatafInterval

CK Wiki Description

How much time should elapse in between showings of the message.

intaiMaxTimes

CK Wiki Description

After this many times being shown, the message will stop appearing. A value <= 0 means no occurrence limit.


Examples

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Auto-Generated Example

string myString__asEvent
float myFloat__afDuration
float myFloat__afInterval
int myInt__aiMaxTimes

myMessage__toCallFunctionOn.ShowAsHelpMessage(myString__asEvent, myFloat__afDuration, myFloat__afInterval, myInt__aiMaxTimes)

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Additional References

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