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[Vlan]

Does not matter if it's (90) or (5) or just EscapeArea(). The NPC's immediately disappear.

 

Some NPC's however do wander away although they literally have the same Action as the one I just modified (Alec from Romantic Encounter in Candle Keep walks away, Aoln the Ranger in the Coast Way immediately disappears [both have EscapeArea()]).

There are also no other EscapeAreas in the NPC's scripts which might conflict with the EscapeAreaDestroy() action in the modified dialogue of the NPC.

 

Also, the area where the npc's located has exit points.

Edited by Vlan, 16 March 2015 - 05:11 PM.

[The Imp]

The delay is for the "not blocked" -removal of the creature, not the delay on how long it takes for it to start moving ... and by the way, the original game has no script that has anything else than closed brackets there, so it doesn't actually have a live example of the timer. And it could have been left out even.

Edited by The Imp, 16 March 2015 - 05:16 PM.

[Vlan]

EscapeArea() isn't working either. Modified NPC is not "blocked(?)" but immediately disappears.

 

edit: Is there any definition for blocked in Infinity Engine scripting?

 

The BG2: ToB Script Action site says:

This action, in its first form, instructs the active creature to leave the current area, either by walking, or, if the path is blocked, by simply disappearing.

 

Seems like that this blocked thingy might be the cultprit. But the NPC's surely do not look like as if they are blocked.

Edited by Vlan, 16 March 2015 - 05:26 PM.

[Miloch]

EscapeArea() and its variants are quirky, as they are tied up in some complex pathfinding code. You're better off using MoveToPoint() or MoveToObject() and then either DestroySelf() or EscapeArea() from there. Possibly suboptimal, since you may not always know where you want the actor to move to, but that's the thing: EscapeArea() doesn't always know either.

[Vlan]

MoveToPoint() was my solution at the end as well.
Thanks for the answers.