thanks! @AaronOfMpls i do use Alternate Start, but when i say play as a bandit, that's a bit of an euphemism: i play more like a unhinged killer that attacks everyone including bandits, which is why tend to not pick the bandit start (i like permadeath runs but i'm tired of doing quests, so i came up with this) i will check if play as a bandit has a meaningful impact after this playtrough tho, since the author claims you need a fresh start
also i do have a high bounty but that doesn't seem to trigger most npcs either. my latest idea was to turn myself into a vampire to encourage hostility, even added this mod People Hate Vampires which is supposed to turn more npcs aggressive towards you, sort of works, not as effective as i hoped but... it's something
i just had an idea tho, what if i could add EVERYONE to the vigilant faction? that could have almost imperceptible collateral effects
and yeah i'm kinda hesitant to try adding myself to the bandit faction with console cause i don't want them to be friendly towards me, i'll test it tho, but probably not the solution. i think i'll just have to make my own mod for this
