[Submitted 70644] If Tarian is in combat, speaking to him will cause dialogue exit

07/06/2022 21:13
Title: If Tarian in Tenebris Harbor has a Staff equipped, speaking to him will cause dialogue exit
Reproduction Rate: 10/10
Blocker?
Details: There's an animation used with Tarian, that he will occasionally equip a staff. If at any time Tarian has that staff equipped, if the player speaks to them, the dialogue window will immediately close. This is 100% repeatable, for me.
Steps to Reproduce: Go to the location stated below. Wait until Tarian has a staff equipped. Speak to them. The dialogue window will immediately close.
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz (8) System RAM: 16303
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU RAM: 8079
SotA.Win.64.1556.Date.07.04.22
Area: Novia_R6_Forest02_01
Area Display Name: Tenebris Harbor
Loc: (-86.5, 31.8, -125.5)
Debug: Tm92aWFfUjZfRm9yZXN0MDJfMDF8fCgtODYuNTA0LCAzMS43NjUsIC0xMjUuNDU3KXwoMCwgLTAuNzAyLCAwLCAtMC43MTIpfDc1OC41MjkyfDI1Ljg1Mzk1fDMuNzU2MTk=

 

i tried three seperate times to talk to him with his staff out (waiting each time for him to put it away and bring it out again) and each time he put it away and talked to me.

...then i tried turning on conversation close-ups, waited 'til he had his staff out, and tried to talk to him. dialog closed! this fails IF he has his staff out (or has only just put it away a second or two ago) AND conversation close-ups is on.

this may be appropriate, though. he has his staff out when he's in combat, as indicated by his dialog at those times starting with "(fighting)". i would not be surprised if @Sannio says conversation close-ups are disabled when the target is in combat.

 

Crap thanks, I completely forgot I have Enable Conversation Close-Ups checked.

 

The conversation with him will still break (ONLY if you have Enable Conversation Close-Ups checked), But I *hopefully think* I know why: NPC's are set with a schedule(?) that will cycle through various animations. I don't know the exact specific name of each of the animations but he uses, but they are the Drunk, Drink, and Pray which work fine, but he then does a fourth animation, Fighting? In speaking to him when he is playing or played this animation it says this: Tarian: (fighting) Your fate is sealed! And then the dialogue window immediately closes (only if you have Enable Conversation Close-Ups checked).

That fourth animation is what I think is actually causing this? Can you remove that? Could possibly be Shakes Fists, or something else.

If you need further information, observation on this just let me know.

07/08/2022 20:44
Title:
Reproduction Rate:
Blocker?
Details:
Steps to Reproduce:
User Specs:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz (8) System RAM: 16303
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GPU RAM: 8079
SotA.Win.64.1557.Date.07.08.22
Area: Novia_R6_Forest02_01
Area Display Name: Tenebris Harbor
Loc: (-86.3, 31.8, -124.4)
Debug: Tm92aWFfUjZfRm9yZXN0MDJfMDF8fCgtODYuMjUsIDMxLjc2NSwgLTEyNC40MzYpfCgwLCAtMC44NTQsIDAsIDAuNTIxKXw2MTcuNjUwMXwyNC43MjQ2OXwzLjE1NTQ4Mw==

 

he fights when he's in combat. that happens when he gets aggro on something, i think. i noticed it happens more often if i leave the front door open; he's getting line of sight on enemies.

maybe a faction change?

 

It’s possibly that, or he is suddenly is going into combat? I can’t think of anything around him that would cause them to go into combat. Could there be some odd faction setting on him?

 

Could the NPC schedule script that Tarian uses, could there be some animation that can be called, that when played, could put them into combat mode?

 

He also does the Drunk animation. What is calling that? Or that is also on the waypoints? Just hoping that might help. :/

 

confirmed this is still happening in 1558. not having a staff has no effect, now he just randomly puts both his fists up for empty-handed combat.