HI. This is a question that has occurred to me as I begin to populate my city. Naturally my houses have furniture etc, and in some cases, most notably in a Tavern etc, there are quite a few tables and chairs.

If I want an NPC to sit down at a table in a tavern, is it better to make the chair persistent, and point the NPC at it, or is it better to add an XMarker, point the NPC at that and set the target to any object->furniture?

I ask because Id not want to bloat the mod with persistent refs if its not needed, in fact I don't even know if lots of persistent references would bloat the mod or its saved games.

Any information/advice?

Cheers

MVK

I don't have much experience with AI, but I'd go for the xmarker. That allows you to point multiple NPCs to the same xmarker and let them sort out the seating issue themselves.

Thanks Qazaaq. I was leaning toward that anyway, generally because it doesn't feel right to have every single chair or bench allocated to specific NPC's, not to mention complex to make sure two don't try to sit in the same place at the same time!

MVK

I could be wrong but I thought furniture had to be a persistent reference anyway in order for NPCs to be able to use it?

I think you might be right at that, but in any case, Id rather leave it to the AI to choose where they sit because then it gives a certain amount of randomness to the scene.

Cheers

MVK

Okay, this is annoying! I assumed that UseItemAt would work here, but it doesnt. Even more annoying is that in the Wiki it says:



How does this work? There is no Target in a travel package, and if Any Object: Furniture is selected then a location reference cannot be given. Do I really need to have another package to get the NPC to where the chairs are?

I tried a find package, which, according to the Wiki will allow the NPC to find the location, make a list of the items in the area and choose one accordingly, however, this doesnt work and the NPC remains standing in place, just as he does if I use the UseItemAt method.

So how do I get the NPC to choose a chair and sit down?

Cheers

MVK

Try it this way.

Give them a

Travel Package

location target xmarker (persistent) in your cell, flagged much reach location, set time to start,

Eat Package (the eat package will force them to get food and find a place to sit down has well without needing furniture persistent)

flag must complete, set time to run in hours

location current area

If setup that way, travel package run first complete, then eat package run until is complete, then you can wander package below eat package so they will wander in area until told to do something else, travel back home..

Read this has well should help alot..

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/A_beginner%27s_guide_-_Appendix_3

look at my travellers mod and how it travel/eatpackages/wander packages are setup.

Corepc

Thanks Corepc Ill give that a go.

MVK