The Pain of Coding Cutscenes, The bloody thing wont start. Options

[Amazor'dra]

In the Neht mod there is now a cutscene where an Enforcer (insanely powerful undead that hunts other undead) makes a lich die in a very painful and flashy way.

The Enforcer gives his mightier-than-thou speech and it fires off like it should, until the very end when the cutscene is supposed to start. The game goes into cutscene mode... and does nothing. I have no idea why it is not doing anything, except that is probably something simple and/or moronic that I missed.

The Enforcer's Banter:

CODE

CHAIN IF ~Global("Enforcer","LOCALS",1)~ THEN SK#ENF 0ENF
~Well now, gaining access to your little hideout turned out far easier than I thought it would be, lich. Having to hunt you down and kill you in pieces all the way from Calimport had been fun up till now. A pity only the skull of you is left.~ DO ~SetGlobal("Enforcer","LOCALS",2)~
== SK#ENF ~Are these allies of yours, Aeldredus? Not that their help would do you much good against me.~
== SK#LICH ~Hardly.~
== SK#ALGOL ~Soooo sorry, Master!~
== SK#LICH ~I'm sure you are, as sorry as anyone whose main concern is preserving their own rotting skin.~
== SK#NEHTJ ~<CHARNAME>... with an Enforcer here, we should leave immediately.~
END
++ ~I have no idea what is going on.~ EXTERN ~SK#ENF~ 1ENF
++ ~Why? Things are just beginning to get interesting.~ EXTERN ~SK#ENF~ 2ENF
++ ~We came here to put an end to the slave trade, not run away at the first sign of trouble.~ EXTERN ~SK#ENF~ 3ENF
++ ~I agree, leaving seems to be a good idea.~ EXTERN ~SK#ENF~ 4ENF
++ ~We should help that lich.~ EXTERN ~SK#ENF~ 5ENF


APPEND SK#ENF
IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 1ENF
SAY ~Just as well, I might have to kill you too. Fleshies knowing too much about the undead could cause problems for my masters. Let me deal with the lich, then you and I can spend as much time as we want together.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("Enforcer","LOCALS",2)
ClearAllActions()
StartCutSceneMode()
StartCutScene("SK#CUT1")~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 2ENF
SAY ~That's the spirit! I knew I would like you. Ever thought much about what you'd do once you died? No? Well, I suppose soon we'll find out.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("Enforcer","LOCALS",2)
ClearAllActions()
StartCutSceneMode()
StartCutScene("SK#CUT1")~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 3ENF
SAY ~Only a fool doesn't run away from what can kill him, but I digress. Give me a moment and then we'll spend some more quality time together.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("Enforcer","LOCALS",2)
ClearAllActions()
StartCutSceneMode()
StartCutScene("SK#CUT1")~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 4ENF
SAY ~It is now far too late for that, little fleshling. You will now stay, stay and realize just how deep the hole you have dug yourself into.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("Enforcer","LOCALS",2)
ClearAllActions()
StartCutSceneMode()
StartCutScene("SK#CUT1")~ EXIT
END

IF ~~ THEN BEGIN 5ENF
SAY ~No, you will do nothing, and by doing nothing you'll live just a few moments longer.~
IF ~~ THEN DO ~SetGlobal("Enforcer","LOCALS",2)
ClearAllActions()
StartCutSceneMode()
StartCutScene("SK#CUT1")~ EXIT
END
END

The Cutscene:

CODE

IF
    True()
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        CutSceneId("SK#CUT1")
Wait(1)
ActionOverride("SK#ENF",ForceSpellPoint([608.304],CUTSCENE_METEOR_SWARM))
Wait(3)
ActionOverride("SK#ENF",ForceSpellPoint([608.304],FLASHY_DEATH_3))
Wait(1)
DisplayStringWait("SK#LICH",~I am sorry, my wife... for being unable to give you the child you wanted.~)
        ActionOverride("SK#LICH",Kill(Myself))
        Wait(2)
EndCutSceneMode()
ActionOverride("SK#ENF",StartDialogueNoSet(Player1))
END

Any help in fixing this will be very much appreciated.

[Amazor'dra]

Thanks everyone for the help. I'll try out those methods as soon as I am able to--I can't right now, stuck in an art workshop and then have to go to a developer meeting.

Good stuff.

ForceSpell("SK#LICH",FLASHY_DEATH_3) // actually kills target chunks

Hadn't been too sure if this just created the graphic of a character explosively dying, or also killed the character while playing the graphic, hence why I added the Kill() action to be safe.

DisplayStringWait is especially nifty if you want an NPC to draw the player's attention to something, that doesn't warrant an entire banter about it.