My NPC Creature refuses to attack

[jamochawoke]

Ok. So I have a skeleton NPC that starts out dead until you get close to it. Then it revives and catches on fire (it's in a bonfire) and is supposed to immediately attack the player until it's dead.

 

However, nothing I do can get the skeleton to attack.

 

Here's my script:

 

scn VDRiseFireSkeleton

short riseOnce

begin GameMode


if GetDistance Player <= 150 && riseOnce == 0
	if Player.GetLevel <= 5
		setav Health 70 
	elseif Player.GetLevel <= 7
		setav Health 150
	elseif Player.GetLevel <= 10
		setav Health 240
	elseif Player.GetLevel >= 11
		setav Health 375
	endif
	PlayMagicShaderVisuals effectFireDamage
	resurrect 1
	set riseOnce to 1
	StartCombat Player
endif

end

begin OnDeath

StopMagicShaderVisuals effectFireDamage

end

 

The creature starts out with 0 health so it can be placed with havok dead and the resurrect 1 command makes it get up.

 

Everything else works perfectly, but the creature just stands there. It has 100 aggression and I even included the code to startcombat against the player. It has fatigue to work with and it has plenty of strength so it isn't being burdened. Occasionally it will use the handtohand equip animation but will never attack. Even the combat music plays so you know it has properly targetted the player.

 

If I target the creature in the game and use the console command resurrect it will attack as normal but resurrect 1 will simply make it not attack like when it runs the script.

 

What gives?

[jamochawoke]

Just had a thought...

 

Would it be better to force havok on the NPC (no idea how to do it but i've seen it done on mods where they toggle it on and off for like a "force throw" or something) and ghost it so it can't be interacted with by the player until the player gets within range and then toggle the havok off so it gets up and fights like regular?

 

I think the reason it isn't fighting has to do with some weird stuff that Oblivion does with "dead" NPC's that start with zero health..

[Ghoulz]

Look at the script for one of the special skeletons of Epic Old School Dungeon. They pop up and attack on sight.

[jamochawoke]

Never heard of that mod and it doesn't seem to be on the Nexus?

[David Brasher]

An Old School Dungeon