Nobody saw the crime? Then don't penalize Rep!

[Moogiefluff]

I was disappointed to discover that my faction reputation was affected when I accessed a computer terminal that was marked 'red', even though I was Hidden and nobody was around to see my actions. I'd like to see a mod that adds a check of some sort to prevent this from happening. I don't know if this happens with theft and tresspassing as well, but if it does, I think the check should apply there also. Simply put, if nobody saw you do it, they should be none the wiser.

 

I had a look around in the GECK myself hoping to find an easy solution, but I had no luck finding anything even remotely promising. I hope someone can come up with a solution as I for one will be very grateful for this little tweak. :)

 

Thanks for reading.

[HaikenEdge]

I agree with this; makes no sense to affect rep. Karma, I could understand, but rep? Really? That's just nonsensical.

[cerebus23]

rep seem to be generally buggy as it is i was slaughtering legion across the east side of the map and checking off interest points yet after i had gotten a few notifications about my ever plummiting rep with the legion pukes.when i reached a bunch of outposts they were all orange and not red on my radar.

 

compared to the powder gangers when i slaughtered 6 of them to protect the town every powder ganger in the entire region was red and wanting to blow my brains out.

 

then i got the main ncr hq and shot the doctor just because, well he is a raging bleep. And the girl in the next room did not react, noone in the actual hanger there turned red or gave me a second glance, but the moment i stepped outside ohhhh boy.....the entire camp immediately opened fire and that is like 50 guys shooting at you and chucking grenades. like god guys he was a bleep that i am sure anyone that knew the guy did not like him and your all trying to kill me over it? :P.

 

the whole system needs some major fixes period.

[SaturnFX]

I think the oblivion crime radius and a line of sight mod is best for this solution...also, perhaps things like hacking friendly computer terminals may have a percent chance that it will lower your rep even if nobody is around, like in the real world...you don't need someone seeing you do the crime to get busted for it eventually...however, not every time.

 

So, perhaps the percent chance of lower rep will be atributed to whatever skill you used (sneak for stealing, security for breaking/entering, etc)

 

I think most mods in production should try to enhance the reality of the game while making it easier.make you have a reason for adding points to sneak if you simply want to be a burgler

[Moogiefluff]

If I could only figure out what script is even called when you commit a crime, there'd be a possibility of adding a check there, even if I couldn't directly modify the reputation system itself. I'll keep looking, but I'm not very good with this.

[MistahIncognito]

I think the oblivion crime radius and a line of sight mod is best for this solution...also, perhaps things like hacking friendly computer terminals may have a percent chance that it will lower your rep even if nobody is around, like in the real world...you don't need someone seeing you do the crime to get busted for it eventually...however, not every time.

 

So, perhaps the percent chance of lower rep will be atributed to whatever skill you used (sneak for stealing, security for breaking/entering, etc)

 

I think most mods in production should try to enhance the reality of the game while making it easier.make you have a reason for adding points to sneak if you simply want to be a burgler

 

And if someone spots you committing a crime, there should be a timed delay before it affects your reputation that way if you happen to get rid of all witnesses then no reputation change occurs.

[Moogiefluff]

I think the oblivion crime radius and a line of sight mod is best for this solution...also, perhaps things like hacking friendly computer terminals may have a percent chance that it will lower your rep even if nobody is around, like in the real world...you don't need someone seeing you do the crime to get busted for it eventually...however, not every time.

 

So, perhaps the percent chance of lower rep will be atributed to whatever skill you used (sneak for stealing, security for breaking/entering, etc)

 

I think most mods in production should try to enhance the reality of the game while making it easier.make you have a reason for adding points to sneak if you simply want to be a burgler

 

And if someone spots you committing a crime, there should be a timed delay before it affects your reputation that way if you happen to get rid of all witnesses then no reputation change occurs.

 

I like this idea very much, it's something that has bothered me about Bethesda games all the way back to Morrowind. But I'd be happy with just the basic fix for now. :)

[jamestellban]

I agree, I want this :)