NPCs don't investigate rock throws

[Seldkam]

title... stealth is just kind of miserable when this doesn't work. This has to be a bug, right?

[Ģ◊иℤ◊⚡ℤ∀муpΛй]

They need to be rather close to the NPC, im pretty sure if you hit a wall with a throw a real person would even hear that from 20 meters away now, its around 5 meters ingame, you can lure him away with this anyway he will investigate each throw.

[hulahoopah]

yeah am softlocked on some stage, trying to sneak back out of an area and throwing rocks as close to a guard as I can get, no reaction.

[lörd farkwa ‡]

Originally posted by Seldkam:

title... stealth is just kind of miserable when this doesn't work. This has to be a bug, right?

So I have noticed 2 things that influence this:

1) The rock needs to be thrown sort of close to the NPC. I'm just going to say within 10 feet of them, but that's not an official measurement.

2) There's a bug I've noticed that if you are not on the same floor as an NPC, they will not notice the rock no matter how close it is. I.e., if you're on a staircase, even if you're only 1 or 2 steps up, and you throw a rock at someones feet, they won't react.

[Seldkam]

Originally posted by hulahoopah:

yeah am softlocked on some stage, trying to sneak back out of an area and throwing rocks as close to a guard as I can get, no reaction.

We're probably at the same spot, are you in the castle and need to save Hans before the thingy happens? I'm probably in the same spot lol.

Originally posted by lörd farkwa ‡:

Originally posted by Seldkam:

title... stealth is just kind of miserable when this doesn't work. This has to be a bug, right?

So I have noticed 2 things that influence this:

1) The rock needs to be thrown sort of close to the NPC. I'm just going to say within 10 feet of them, but that's not an official measurement.

2) There's a bug I've noticed that if you are not on the same floor as an NPC, they will not notice the rock no matter how close it is. I.e., if you're on a staircase, even if you're only 1 or 2 steps up, and you throw a rock at someones feet, they won't react.

Ah maybe it's the elevation, I was on a floor above the guy... guess I have to load a previous save then

[Gaspard]

Originally posted by Seldkam:

We're probably at the same spot, are you in the castle and need to save Hans before the thingy happens? I'm probably in the same spot lol.

Same problem here

[SuboptimizedUtopia]

Same thing happened to me, I think it depends on your stealth skills. I've never had to perform any kind of stealthy action and I literally have to throw the stone less than 3 meters for them to have any kind of response and this is not guaranteed. This is completely ridiculous and unfair. It punishes people for not playing a certain style (stealth).

[omNomios]

Kill the guard on the top of the tower and drop that on the one blocking the stairs.

Works every time. They'll go away looking for the murderer.

[frosti]

You need to takedown the guard if you are above him.

[Mouse Rat]

Originally posted by Seldkam:

title... stealth is just kind of miserable when this doesn't work. This has to be a bug, right?

they do , just be close so they can hear it, or in their direct visual los

[Kamamura]

I am an NPC, and I can't even remember the last time I "investigated" a rock throw. Realistic, then, I would say...