Endless-sky: NPC success condition does not consider actor of actions
For example, if the success criteria is disable "scan cargo" and you disable the ship, but Cap'n Pester hops into the system and scans the Syndicate Test Vessel, you're done, all set, mission complete - no need for you to scan it.
tehhowch
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If this is fixed at all, it would probably be to consider the actor of scans, and not disables, because if a target ship is disabled by another faction, you won't be able to complete the mission (?). Besides, it doesn't really matter鈥攖he target ship is disabled anyways. But it's pretty hilarious that you can have Cap'n Pester scanning your mission ships for you.
MessyMix
on 26 Aug 2017
Yes, only certain actions make sense to consider the actor, and really only the scanning criteria.
That said, having a new NPC success condition that requires the player to be the actor (playerkill, playerdisable?) would allow some creative missions and more realistic Bounty Hunting missions (e.g. regular Pirate government, and if you don't get the kill shot, you don't get the payment)
tehhowch
on 26 Aug 2017
Fixed in d3fd026.
endless-sky
on 31 Aug 2017
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Yes, only certain actions make sense to consider the actor, and really only the scanning criteria.
That said, having a new NPC success condition that requires the player to be the actor (playerkill, playerdisable?) would allow some creative missions and more realistic Bounty Hunting missions (e.g. regular Pirate government, and if you don't get the kill shot, you don't get the payment)