Stumped (probably for a lack of reference)

[Desolatesins]

I'm making a simple script, and I want to knock someone down - and not let them be able to get back up until a certain time has passed. So far I just set the fatigue of the victim to a negative number, then knock him down and let loops handle the rest. This takes care of that part, but the next part stumps me, again, this is probably because I can't find a site that has good documentation of class functions(the TES wiki is ok, but still under documented) (a link would be appreciated!). I want to make the ragdolled body DRAGGABLE.

 

When you knock an essential NPC out, the game does something to him that let you drag him - but he is still alive. Unconscious is also in effect but it does not let you drag the bodies. So far I have to kill him to drag him, but there must be another way. How can I set an NPC to be draggable? Thanks for the help!

[angelwraith]

I'm making a simple script, and I want to knock someone down - and not let them be able to get back up until a certain time has passed. So far I just set the fatigue of the victim to a negative number, then knock him down and let loops handle the rest. This takes care of that part, but the next part stumps me, again, this is probably because I can't find a site that has good documentation of class functions(the TES wiki is ok, but still under documented) (a link would be appreciated!). I want to make the ragdolled body DRAGGABLE.

 

When you knock an essential NPC out, the game does something to him that let you drag him - but he is still alive. Unconscious is also in effect but it does not let you drag the bodies. So far I have to kill him to drag him, but there must be another way. How can I set an NPC to be draggable? Thanks for the help!

 

 

possible medhod:

set them to essential

kill the npc

at the end of the timer resurrect them

 

problem with this method.

when you kill npcs they reroll a lot of their stats when being resurected.. so they may not have the same inventory or same behavior when killed..

idk.. if its some random raider youre killing who gives a crap.. but if its a companion this could lead to major issues.

 

also when ersurrecting dead npcs there is an issue.. if you resurrect them over a non navmeshed area their resurrection can go kinda screwy.. sometimes its better to let them move themselves around

[Desolatesins]

Yeah, I thought of that but setting an NPC essential can be problematic...

 

For instance, if I set him to essential, kill him, shoot him, whatever that would originally kill him - he will be limp and I can drag him yes, but I cannot search him - it will say he is unconscious even though a getUnconscious will return 0. Futhermore if I remove the essential flag while he's knocked out he will be in the essential status permanently, so I can blow his head off but it will still say "He's unconscious" and he will never wake up, but he won't be dead.