Detect([PC])

[Idobek]

Would Detect([PC]) trigger on the PC only or anyone in the party? I hate to go with the obvious where the Infinity Engine is concerned?

[SimDing0]

Anyone in the party.

[Avenger]

Let me cut in an ask, what is the difference between

Detect([pc])

and

See([pc]) ?

 

Does See handle seeing distance but Detect doesn't?

 

What is the difference if the script is running in a proximity trigger (which has no seeing distance)

[devSin]

Detect should be like a See/Hear combo. I think the only real effect is that it doesn't fail if a creature is hidden. I imagine the behavior is identical, regardless of the object running the script (although, I think that all objects actually do have a visual range). Both should only work if the object is in visual range. As far as I understand, Detect() is short and simple for InVisualRange() && !ProtectionFromCreatureType(ME).

 

Since we're talking [PC], note that it's "sticky" (like LastSeenBy), and you can use [PC] after calling Detect([PC]) (e.g., in IF Detect([2]) Range([2],10) Name([2],"Avenger") THEN DisplayString([2]) Spell([2],2112) Wait(1) Kill([2]) END, [PC] for all the actions should, assuming I'm not just making this up, always target the Detect()ed object). Good for some things, but makes it a bit difficult to switch targeting to another PC with such a generic argument (as far as I could tell, the engine doesn't waste time finding a new [PC] if the previous [PC] target is still valid).