#21679 Enemies should not follow invisible characters until they stop

ChildofBhaal599 · March 2016

I am not even sure how this happened. The enemies quite clearly went to the location of my character, the leader of the party in my MP game, and kind of just surrounded him. They clearly couldn't see and hit him, they just circled him and trapped him. I can't tell if it is a bug, but I can't think of how it happened.

Anyway, I don't have a good save for testing if you ask. I didn't think of it at the time. Did take a picture of the situation, though.

argent77 · March 2016

It's the result of badly coded combat scripts.

The responsible script blocks are
1. GPMERC.BCS (around line 350):

IF
  OR(2)
    !Allegiance(LastSeenBy(Myself),GOODCUTOFF)
    !See([GOODCUTOFF])
  Range(Player1,40)
THEN
  RESPONSE #100
    MoveToObject(Player1)
END

2. GPMAGE2.BCS (around line 470):

IF
  !Allegiance(LastSeenBy(Myself),GOODCUTOFF)
  !See([GOODCUTOFF])
THEN
  RESPONSE #100
    MoveToObject(Player1)
END

You can replace "MoveToObject(Player1)" by "RandomWalk()" or "NoAction()" to make them behave more naturally.

bob_veng · March 2016

they can still sniff you, no?

Dee · March 2016

"Look, mate, we know where you are, you know we know where you are, you haven't taken a bath since you left Candlekeep... Why not just give it up?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, there's no one here, where's that voice coming from? OOoooooo..."

"We can wait all day, Smelly-Face."

argent77 · March 2016

It's no wonder judging from the fact that there is not a single bathroom and only two toilets (at exposed locations) in the entire game.

CamDawg · March 2016

While I agree with @argent77 that this is likely unintentional, the game does distinguish between being able to see a creature and being able to detect it. The idea that a creature could hear, smell, or otherwise sense an invisible creature is entirely possible.

bob_veng · March 2016

i think that it should be fixed because it's inconsistent behavior. in some encounters it's like this and in others it isn't (speaking from experience).

Gate70 · March 2016

Hi
Raised as a feature and see what happens.
Thanks

ChildofBhaal599 · March 2016

I should remember to show up here more often. Thanks for the insights and laughs. Yeah, it just seemed inconsistent. Although it got especially hilarious because of the way they enclosed there and forced a confrontation! They were promptly incinerated and wilted away to allow me to get moving

#21679 Enemies should not follow invisible characters until they stop

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