Faction Ownership

[Reginald001]

I'm a bit lost with Factions and ownership.

 

The idea is that I have an NPC that 'owns stuff' until I recruit her as companion, then her stuff becomes 'my stuff' as well. I took at a look at how this was setup for Piper. There's a faction DmndPublickOwnerFaction and I copied this setup. I checked her recruitment quest and found the player was added to this faction. So I think I copied this whole setup right, yet.. well read the issues below in more detail:

 

- I have a custom NPC that can be recruited. In her cellar, there are a lot of items.

- I've created a faction called '_ivy_ownership_faction' and have assigned ownership to all of these items by selecting that faction.

- I set the faction to be able to be 'owner'

(This works, the items turn red when I go into her cellar).

 

I have two problems:

1) Ivy does not attack the player when they steal her stuff.

2) Her stuff does not become 'my stuff' once I recruited her.

 

- I have added my NPC to this faction at rank 0.

- When she is recruited I call Game.GetPlayer().AddToFaction(_ivy_ownership_faction)

 

But after that the items stay red.

There is no error in the papyrus log, so the call must be functioning.

 

She does not attack me when I steal her items, this is also an issue I need to solve.

So I added a crime faction to her that tracks crime. But when I checked the 'Use Info' for the DmndPublickOwnerFaction I saw it was only being called in her recruitment quest, it's not some sub-child of another crime faction.

 

So at this point I'm a bit lost... Any tips for both problems will be greatly appreciated!

 

(SOLVED> This solution was correct all along. But I had an ESP overriding the NPC I was working, overriding my work.)

Edited May 15, 2019 by Reginald001

[Reginald001]

1st problem solved. I had the 'AddToFaction' after a loop call, so it never ran. Items now belong to the player after recruitment.

I still can't get her to attack the player though when they steal.. must have something to do with the crime factions.. or perhaps the follower script vars..?

[Reginald001]

Hey.. any one have an idea on my second issue? My NPC does not attack the player when they steal.. I've been looking into crime factions but can't really make heads or tails of it. Any ideas are welcome!

[SKKmods]

I seem to remember this from a while back getting companions to steal and murder. If Piper is in DiamondCity crime grab something when she is a companion and just after dismiss I think that being a companion over-rides most faction crime alarms.

[Reginald001]

I seem to remember this from a while back getting companions to steal and murder. If Piper is in DiamondCity crime grab something when she is a companion and just after dismiss I think that being a companion over-rides most faction crime alarms.

Yes I figured something like that too, but she is not a companion yet at that time. (Hence why she should attack when the player steals).

I'm looking into the follower/companion script. I think I'm missing an event property there or something.

[Reginald001]

Anyone have any other ideas why my NPC would NOT be attacking upon theft?

[DieFeM]

Check the AI data of the actor: Aggression, Confidence, Assistance and Morality.

[Reginald001]

Anyone have any other ideas why my NPC would NOT be attacking upon theft?

Hey.. I think you might be on to something here. Checking it now!

[Reginald001]

Ok so I am a complete fool. You helped me a lot, thanks.

 

1) She was set to 'no crime'.

2) I had created an ESP overriding some of her facial/hair features a long time and it was still active.. blocking any effin changes I made to the ESM base mod.

 

Uhmm.. yes.. so I think I can handle it from here, withdrawing in shame now.. thank you. :)