Possible to make nearby NPCs look at you?

[Unison5]

Hello. I'm making a vampirism mod (like everyone and their brother, I figure). It's pretty much done. But there's one thing I'd like to add.

 

The player takes sun damage in stage 3 and 4, with a shader effect. I'd like to make the player sort of a spectacle when in towns or near human(oid) NPCs when taking sun damage. Maybe people stare at or shout at the player.

 

I've thought of making the player cast a hostile spell on everyone within a certain range, but I don't really want the player to be attacked.

 

I'm guessing this isn't something that's easy to do, and at very least involves iterating through all nearby humans and doing a bit of scripting magic..But I haven't really messed with AI stuff at this point.

[Georgiegril]

I don't know exactly how to do it, but it seems like you could link it so that the "fire is not a toy!" dialogue is spoken under the condition of your having that damage, as it is if you are walking around with a fire spell equipped.

[gasti89]

Painless: If checked, the target of this effect does not cry out in pain.

 

Have you tried unchecking this on the effect you thought (the "hostile" one).

[Unison5]

Painless: If checked, the target of this effect does not cry out in pain.

 

Have you tried unchecking this on the effect you thought (the "hostile" one).

Interesting..

 

Would they still flee/attack/alert the guards?

[gasti89]

Don't know, i don't usually mess with spells, but it's worth a try

[steve40]

@Unison5: The type of behavior you are describing is usually done using Quests (either the Dialog or Combat Dialog tabs). That's also how the "fire is not a toy" type of dialog is managed.