Intermediate creature design issues

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Greetings,
I am having some moderate difficulties pushing Aurora to do what I want and would appreciate some advice and help.
Most of my problems stem from trying to create a Golem that starts as non-functional but is repairable and eventually upgradeable.

To create my 'dissasembled Golem' I have started by using a VFX_IMP_SLEEP in the Golems' On_Spawn(), giving a nodeath-nodamage in on_damaged, and removing all the other scripts. (I had to remove the actual construct package, it apparently prevented me from manually setting him asleep). Problem is, most talking, etc. events turn the body towards the talker, which is bad. And I can usually manage to wake the golem up if I try hard enough.
Representing the body with some generic garbage seems lame, and I don't want to use any third-party haks (for a 'corpse system') and there doesn't seem to be a way to just place a corpse of a specific monster. (Plus, the non-responding body allows me some conversation options for handling the repair business, if I could get it to truly not respond, anyway.)
Secondly, is there a good way to perform a 'swithcheroo' with a creature, that is, replace it with a nearly identical one without some visual cue? I want 'pieces' for this golem to be replaceable; I think I may have to create multiple versions and swap them in and out depending. Any ideas?

 

To make a creature dead, is really simple. You just have to kill it. Add these lines to the creautes on spawn script

effect edeath = EffectDeath(TRUE,TRUE);
ApplyEffectToObject (DURATION_TYPE_PERMANENT, edeath,OBJECT_SELF);

Than save the on spawn file as something else, or every creature you create will die.

 

That is simple, simple enough that I should have figured it out for myself. I guess my 'comprehensive' listing of scripting data isn't. Assuming that the old 'fadeout' won't happen, you've solved my first problem, thanks.

Another minor question, do local on-PC variables carry over from module to module?

 

okay I forgot a line of the code, as it stands right now, that piece of code, just kills that creature. You have to add this line after the other pieces of code

SetIsDestroyable(FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);

This will allow the body to stay on the ground forever, cannot be resurected, and cannot be "looted".

 

Thanks, Thorin, it worked fine. There was only only annoying problem with it, I had 'plot' checked on the advanced tab, creature properties. It didn't work with that checked. I appreciate the quick and accurate help on at least one of my questions.

 

If i remember correctly plot creatures cannot die, so that's why trying to kill them on the on-spawn script would not work.