MSFD Determine whether an Actor is detected by another Actor

 

[no fix] GetDetected, "Actor ID"     (returns Boolean/short)

 

     If ( GetDetected, Player == 1 )

 

Returns true if any calling Actor can detect "Actor ID" (thanks for the correction, ThePal!). This function will return 0 if the Actor is hidden in some form, e.g. is sneaking successfully, or has an invisibility or chameleon spell active. According to the helpfile this is a slow function, do not call it a lot (e.g. make a counter to only call it every 3 seconds).

 

Sample script: The player must approach an object undetected – if not he is "caught"

 

 

Begin jeanneScript

 

float timer

short nolore

 

if ( GetJournalIndex "EB_Bone" < 20 )

     Return

endif

 

if ( GetJournalIndex EB_Bone >= 40 )

     Return

endif

 

Set timer to ( timer + GetSecondsPassed )

 

if ( timer < 5 ) ;this makes sure GetDetected is only called every 5 seconds

     Return

endif

 

Set timer to 0

 

if ( GetDistance Player <= 1024 )

     if ( player->GetDistance "com_chest_02 " <=128 )

          if ( GetDetected Player == 1 )

               ForceGreeting ;The player has been caught and will be punished

               Journal EB_Bone 50

          endif

     endif

endif

 

End jeanneScript

 

GetDetected calling an NPC's ID if there's more than one reference in the game will return nothing. For example:

 

getDetected, "fargoth"

 

will return 1, but:

 

GetDetected "Imperial Guard"

 

Returns nothing. (Not 0, it doesn’t return a value). However if you reference an exact NPC:

 

GetDetected "Imperial Guard00000002"

 

A value is returned.

(Forum info / Fliggerty )