NPC speech heard through house walls
- Zelek Uther
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NPC speech heard through house walls
REPORTED ISSUE:
NPC speech heard through house walls
ISSUE DETAILS:
NPC speech can be heard through the walls of a house (player speech cannot be heard).
Please see attached screenshot. In the Large Patio house you can see Josie, a hired NPC (fighter?). Her speech is heard by Zelek Uther in the Small Stone and Plaster house.
ENVIRONMENT DETAILS:
Windows 7 (32 bit), 3GB RAM, UO Client: Customized 5.0.8.3 (Patch 204), Razor v1.0.12
STEPS TO RECREATE:
The above example requires two houses. Stand in house 2, while someone in house 1 makes an NPC say something (e.g. by dropping an object on them).
EXPECTED RESULTS:
NPC speech should not be heard through house walls.
DATE REPORTED:
2011-02-21
STATUS: Open
DATE STATUS CHANGED: No status change at this time
NPC speech heard through house walls
ISSUE DETAILS:
NPC speech can be heard through the walls of a house (player speech cannot be heard).
Please see attached screenshot. In the Large Patio house you can see Josie, a hired NPC (fighter?). Her speech is heard by Zelek Uther in the Small Stone and Plaster house.
ENVIRONMENT DETAILS:
Windows 7 (32 bit), 3GB RAM, UO Client: Customized 5.0.8.3 (Patch 204), Razor v1.0.12
STEPS TO RECREATE:
The above example requires two houses. Stand in house 2, while someone in house 1 makes an NPC say something (e.g. by dropping an object on them).
EXPECTED RESULTS:
NPC speech should not be heard through house walls.
DATE REPORTED:
2011-02-21
STATUS: Open
DATE STATUS CHANGED: No status change at this time
Re: NPC speech heard through house walls
I started working on this, but suddenly had some doubt.
Hasn't it been the case that you've always been able to see your balance from outside the bank?
I think this needs some more looking into, I'm not sure what LOS should applie to and what it should not for NPC's; take the emotes from "rummaging" as well; I think there may be either be some special cases, or that NPC's may be immune from speech LOS.
Hasn't it been the case that you've always been able to see your balance from outside the bank?
I think this needs some more looking into, I'm not sure what LOS should applie to and what it should not for NPC's; take the emotes from "rummaging" as well; I think there may be either be some special cases, or that NPC's may be immune from speech LOS.
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- Zelek Uther
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Re: NPC speech heard through house walls
Oh yes, you're right! I didn't think of the wider consequences... I saw this while in my small home and thought it was strange at the time.
I played T2A in 1999, and I'm pretty sure I remember seeing bank balances spoken by an NPC in the bank, while I was standing outside the bank. (I know memory doesn't count as a citation...)
Perhaps someone can verify that this is Era Accurate, and therefore is already operating as intended?
I vote don't change it (unless evidence is brought to the contrary).
I played T2A in 1999, and I'm pretty sure I remember seeing bank balances spoken by an NPC in the bank, while I was standing outside the bank. (I know memory doesn't count as a citation...)
Perhaps someone can verify that this is Era Accurate, and therefore is already operating as intended?
I vote don't change it (unless evidence is brought to the contrary).
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Re: NPC speech heard through house walls
I'm more wondering why you have the ability to drop a book on the NPC from that far away...
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Re: NPC speech heard through house walls
I'm not sure which of those characters in the Patio dropped the "water trough (east)" deed on the NPC... but I think it may have been the one on the Llama?
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Re: NPC speech heard through house walls
Oh, my mistake, for some reason I thought you had dropped the deed onto the NPC
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Re: NPC speech heard through house walls
Nah, I was chillin' in my small house, spinning wool on my loom (my alt char in brown robe was cutting bandages)... and I got surprised to see someone "talking" from next door!
Re: NPC speech heard through house walls
We should be able to hunt down the info in the demo and/or EA's current shards; in the looking at this that I did do tonight I feel that this mechanic does need attention and tightening up so I'm very glad this question was raised. Thanks
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Re: NPC speech heard through house walls
You sir, are a scholar, and a gentleman. Your dedication to the pursuit of mechanical accuracy is truly inspiring...
Love your work!
Love your shard!
UOSA forever!
Love your work!
Love your shard!
UOSA forever!