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tes3book⚓︎

A book game object.

This type inherits the following: tes3item, tes3physicalObject, tes3object, tes3baseObject

Properties⚓︎

blocked⚓︎

The blocked state of the object.

Returns:

  • result (boolean)

boundingBox⚓︎

The bounding box for the object.

Returns:


deleted⚓︎

Read-only. The deleted state of the object.

Returns:

  • result (boolean)

disabled⚓︎

Read-only. The disabled state of the object.

Returns:

  • result (boolean)

enchantCapacity⚓︎

The object's enchantment capacity.

Returns:

  • result (number)

enchantment⚓︎

The enchantment used by the object.

Returns:


icon⚓︎

The path to the object's icon.

Returns:

  • result (string)

id⚓︎

Read-only. The unique identifier for the object.

Returns:

  • result (string)

isLocationMarker⚓︎

True if this object is an editor marker for a gameplay location. These include travel, intervention, prison, door, and interior north markers. Markers are invisible in-game.

Returns:

  • result (boolean)

mesh⚓︎

The path to the object's mesh.

Returns:

  • result (string)

modified⚓︎

The modification state of the object since the last save.

Returns:

  • result (boolean)

name⚓︎

The player-facing name for the object.

Returns:

  • result (string)

nextInCollection⚓︎

The next object in parent collection's list.

Returns:


objectFlags⚓︎

Read-only. The raw flags of the object.

Returns:

  • result (number)

objectType⚓︎

Read-only. The type of object. Maps to values in tes3.objectType.

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owningCollection⚓︎

The collection responsible for holding this object.

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persistent⚓︎

The persistent flag of the object.

Returns:

  • result (boolean)

previousInCollection⚓︎

The previous object in parent collection's list.

Returns:


scale⚓︎

The object's scale. The value range is (0, 10).

Returns:

  • result (number)

sceneCollisionRoot⚓︎

The scene graph node for this object's physics collision, if its mesh has a root collision node.

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sceneNode⚓︎

The scene graph node for this object.

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script⚓︎

The script that runs on the object.

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skill⚓︎

The skill learned from the book (from tes3.skill table), or -1 if the book doesn't have one, or has already been read.

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sourceless⚓︎

The soruceless flag of the object.

Returns:

  • result (boolean)

sourceMod⚓︎

Read-only. The filename (including the extension) of the mod that owns this object. It has nil value if the object was anything other than loaded from an ESP or ESM file.

Returns:

  • result (string)

stolenList⚓︎

A list of actors that the object has been stolen from.

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supportsLuaData⚓︎

If true, references of this object can store temporary or persistent lua data.

Returns:

  • result (boolean)

text⚓︎

Read-only. Loads and displays the text of the book.

Returns:

  • result (string)

type⚓︎

The book type. Maps to values in tes3.bookType namespace.

Returns:


value⚓︎

The value of the object.

Returns:

  • result (number)

weight⚓︎

The weight of the object.

Returns:

  • result (number)

Methods⚓︎

__tojson⚓︎

Serializes the object to json.

local string = myObject:__tojson()

Returns:

  • string (string)