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Small but still very annoying thing when breaking into a house

Vildebill
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Every time you break in to someone's house, sneaking, not being detected, the NPC's both talk to you and turn to face you like they knew you were there. Acting like they just caught you in there, but no bounty given and everything works like it should.

Could this be fixed please? It's really annoying and immersion breaking when you stealthily enter a house, sneak to the first floor and someone screams "You should leave!" while still undetected :grimace:
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  • ChunkyCat
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    Size doesn’t matter.

    That’s what I keep telling myself.
  • barney2525
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    They do catch you.

    What you don't realize is that they are burglars too.


    :#
  • Starlock
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    What they should do is a complete pass of owned locations and update them with the new mechanics introduced several DLCs ago. Flag interiors as ‘you are now tresspassing’ and fix the insta-detect from NPCs living there.
  • Red_Feather
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    Maybe you have keys that work on the door and it's the wrong house.
  • Everstorm
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    They comment on the invisible burglars, but not on the bodies of their loved ones that were killed while they were in the next room...
  • Vildebill
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    Starlock wrote: »
    What they should do is a complete pass of owned locations and update them with the new mechanics introduced several DLCs ago. Flag interiors as ‘you are now tresspassing’ and fix the insta-detect from NPCs living there.

    Great idea, it works a lot better in those locations. Especially since the insta-detect is not at detection at all.
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  • Major_Lag
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    Vildebill wrote: »
    Every time you break in to someone's house, sneaking, not being detected, the NPC's both talk to you and turn to face you like they knew you were there. Acting like they just caught you in there, but no bounty given and everything works like it should.

    Could this be fixed please? It's really annoying and immersion breaking when you stealthily enter a house, sneak to the first floor and someone screams "You should leave!" while still undetected :grimace:
    Even better - I constantly hear NPCs react to my nightblade, who is ALWAYS CLOAKED in such areas and therefore 100% invisible :D
  • SeaGtGruff
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    They aren't talking to YOU. They heard a noise and they're talking to the ghost or skeever or spider that they think is lurking in their house! :#
    I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than me!
  • Amphithoe
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    Do you guys not shout out warnings to possible hidden burglars when at home, just to be sure? You can never be too careful!
    Edited by Amphithoe on September 29, 2019 8:23PM
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  • CMDR_Un1k0rn
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    Do you guys not shout out warnings to possible hidden burglars when at home, just to be sure? You can never be too careful!

    I shout those warnings when I'm in the middle of the high street.
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  • TheImperfect
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    I'm not much of a complainer normally and I could overlook this but it would be great if it was fixed after more serious issues are fixed.
  • Kali_Despoine
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    my feels are in line w/ OP
    would be a nice fix to have
  • Nestor
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    Sneak does not mean you are invisible or not seen. It means your actions are not noticed by the NPCs.

    So, they see you standing there by the table, but they don't see you swipe the cheese.
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  • Ufretin
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    It's not only immersion breaking. It also makes pickpocketing or stabbing much harder as npcs constantly turn around to shake fists at the invisible intruder.
  • max_only
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    Nestor wrote: »
    Sneak does not mean you are invisible or not seen. It means your actions are not noticed by the NPCs.

    So, they see you standing there by the table, but they don't see you swipe the cheese.

    Ehhhhhh not buying it.

    “You shouldnt be here”
    They turn around 20 secs later and continue cooking or whatever.
    That’s not how it works. Either I get in unnoticed or I don’t lol. Not that they are just tolerating a stranger in their locked house until they catch me actually swiping their stuff.
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  • TheNightflame
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    Even though I don't RP, I also would appreciate this being fixed
  • DocFrost72
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    Nestor wrote: »
    Sneak does not mean you are invisible or not seen. It means your actions are not noticed by the NPCs.

    So, they see you standing there by the table, but they don't see you swipe the cheese.

    What do they see happen to the cheese?
  • Major_Lag
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    Nestor wrote: »
    Sneak does not mean you are invisible or not seen. It means your actions are not noticed by the NPCs.

    So, they see you standing there by the table, but they don't see you swipe the cheese.
    Fair enough, it's not that the whole "crouch stealth system" makes a whole lot of sense to begin with.

    But how do you explain it away on Nightblades - who are, in fact, completely invisible when cloaked?
    Or any character using an invisibility potion, for that matter.
  • Ysbriel
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    The bounty system in this game is bonkers anyways.
  • Vildebill
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    Nestor wrote: »
    Sneak does not mean you are invisible or not seen. It means your actions are not noticed by the NPCs.

    So, they see you standing there by the table, but they don't see you swipe the cheese.

    What's that information based on? If I'm wanted by a guard I can stand in front of him and not being caught if I'm sneaking. That seems to be very contradictory of what you said.
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