The Clever Way Bethesda Punishes It's Criminal NPC's

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[@csaylor4578]

Well said!

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[@notjimpickens7928]

I agree 100%.

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Thank the Gods!

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*Eight

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No

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[@daniels5040]

When the guard said: "HRWRARERWR" I really felt that

[@conorbaker7684]

Daniels i didnt think anyone could actually put that sound into letters but i read it in my mind perfectly lol

[@normanmccollum6082]

1:07 Poetic.

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[@daniels5040]

@@kolowatttz5321 have you heard of the High Elves?

[@MrBuns-yi2hk]

So beautiful.

[@madbrosheo1514]

This is one of the biggest things I miss in Skyrim. I don’t blame Bethesda for removing it, but I still miss it.

[@HoloFizz]

I feel like they should work on improving it and consider putting in back in for the next elderscrolls game... skyrim just felt dead and even though they are potatos, oblivion npcs felt more real.

[@TheKabuto90]

Improving it would take a lot of work that's not really worth it when that same work can be put somewhere more important. Even just making it at all was an impressive feat for the time. Still is an impressive feat these a days.

[@HoloFizz]

@@TheKabuto90 because of the massive cockup that was fallout 76 they need to make something exceptional for their next game (starfield or the next elder scrolls) in order to gain back any sort of respect at all. So I'd say bringing back and fixing the radiant ai system is the right step towards that.

[@TheKabuto90]

I highly disagree.

[@HoloFizz]

@@TheKabuto90 An rpg where the npcs are like brick walls is not going to make people happy. If they can't bring anything new to the table bethesda will be taken over by the company that can.

[@GuyontheInternet525]

Thought this guy was a Dwemer since he was gone for so long

[@judedavidson857]

That's good

[@pisscvre69]

I thought he was a friend abandoning me like they all eventually do ᴰᴬᴮˢ づ ͡ ͡° ͜ ʖ ͡ ͡°)づ ᴰᴬᴮˢ づ ͡ ͡° ͜ ʖ ͡ ͡°ᴰᴬᴮˢ づ ͡ ͡° ͜ )づ° ͜ づ ͡ ͡° ͜ ʖ ͡ ͡°)づ ʖ ͡ ͡°° ͜ ʖ°)づ ͡ʖ ͡ ͡°

[@aarondeancurtis2199]

Omg thats hilarous xD

[@s0uls4nd]

@@pisscvre69 cringe

[@feddyvonwigglestein3481]

You've just realized that there are no bathrooms in the entire game.

[@Android-dg5ri]

the world of elder scrolls is the cleanest of worlds

[@chavezhurtado6483]

Android 17 except all the buckets in Skyrim

[@Android-dg5ri]

@@chavezhurtado6483 you right you right. im from the first world so shitting in buckets never dawned on me

[@superscatboy]

@Excuse my Sass Lol whoever told you that was the first world was lying to you.

[@franktidepod8724]

The bathrooms were the friends we made along the way.

[@sosbro]

As I recall, npcs going to prisons was an early thing, but prison guards would kill them for their food, since prison guards weren't allowed to leave prison.

[@chrisrichfield8906]

Were do you find info like that about the prerelease versions?

[@lucianograff6512]

Lmaooo

[@sizenplace4554]

@@chrisrichfield8906 he can work with the howard

[@silverbeach1557]

I never found it strange because every NPC in Oblivion is the type to resist arrest over stealing a fork.

[@revishon]

I wanna see a solution for a town where they are cool with a necromancer so the people die even more frequently but they just bring em back

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What book

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Ricardo Senpai palla books 1 and 2

[@rbz0]

Radiant AI is absolutely amazing, like really amazing. Even if it's bugged, and sometimes NPCs behave in ridiculous ways, there is no better tool for worldbuilding than this. Besides, it's worldbuilding that serves the player and the gameplay directly. As a kid, the idea that NPCs followed a schedule and I had to monitor them to know when to enter their homes and steal their valuables, not to mention the mechanic of making them eat poisoned food, was absolutely great. Too bad they scaled it down. This needs to be back at the forefront of future titles.

[@whisperuser7323]

Beth decided to replace it with radiant quests instead. We all love those.

[@ak47-sh97x]

@@whisperuser7323 i unironically like radiant quests and think it should be in all future beth titles

[@whisperuser7323]

@@ak47-sh97x yea, I actually do like them, however skyrim can do them a little bit better than by sending you to non important not quest related locations.

[@DeisFortuna]

300% agree. The main problem was that NPCs couldn't go to jail or pay their fine, so if they *did* commit a crime, they kinda had to fight the guards.

[@thomasflores7817]

Sadly I fear that future titles will become only more basic

[@sethappleton7628]

When he said "this is the part where everything gets more complicated." All I heard in my head was "This is the part where YOU FALL DOWN AND BLEED TO DEATH"

[@gokublack8342]

I legit thought he was gonna play that sound

[@kazmakazii]

"I'VE FOUGHT MUDCRABS MORE FIERCE THAN YOU"

[@blarg2429]

"WHY! WON'T! YOU! DIE!!"

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When we thought all hope was lost, the Cantina returns with a BANGER! Hope you're doing well mate

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Me: _accidentally touches a bowl that's not mine_ Guard: _swings a sword at me_ *"HUUAARAARRUGH!"*

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To quote ManyATrueNerd "I'm sorry I touched the shoes while I was shoe shopping!"

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Tought the cantina had evolved into the corona.

[@Alice0x]

I've just started learning to program and it only makes me appreciate Oblivion's buggy glory more. Love the mechanical way you break down the quirky behavior!

[@greenscheme2040]

Love that phrase: "Oblivion's buggy glory." It is what keeps pulling me back to the game over and over again. I love Morrowind too but it just doesn't replay as well because you just don't get all these accidentally provided by the software crazy, humorous moments there.

[@NaelsonDouglas]

I almost had a stroke when the bell notification rung. HE'S BACK!

[@lladerat]

I wonder for how many thousands of hours he has played this game.

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Lazovets He has sacrificed children to the Daedric lords so that he live longer and play this game even more

[@grefsteel3989]

i bet 1,5k

[@darthkek1953]

@@grefsteel3989 That ain't very much, I put 600 hours into Skyrim and I barely touched it.

[@Notchella1]

Here's some ideas building off what you mentioned: -The options to resist arrest, pay the fine and go to jail will be dependant on a character's personality and wealth. Hot headed characters would immediately fight, weaker and poorer characters would go to jail, charismatic and wealthy characters would pay a fine and be off. With paying your fine as well every character with this option could have a set amount of money to pay these fines, which they either expand if they're a merchant or thief or if they run out they go to jail -For NPC's killed in resist arrest their bodies should despawn after a while or even taken to a nearby gravesite where they're prepared for burial, or do what Morrowind did and let the player have the option to get rid of a body -If one prison is full and another NPC is arrested, the NPC who has been in jail the longest is released and the newly arrested NPC is placed in that cell -There could be an option to free prisoners, if caught you'll get a bounty, if successfully freed your relationship with that NPC increases and could lead to them giving you secrets and items in exchange for their freedom

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

NPCs also have a responsibility attribute, that determines if they steal (under 30), and if they report crimes. (if they have a high disposition the the player, they are less likely to report) Bribing NPCs adds to their money. They also have confidence and aggression attributes. Confidence determines if they flee from fights and aggression if they attack. They could even attack (high aggression) and when you defend yourself, flee (low confidence) Fleeing NPCs will even run to guards for protection, even if the guard is dead, but the guards won''t react in any way. So with these attributes a high aggression value would mean the NPC is more likely to fight the guards. Beggars have little to no money, but would probably prefer prison, since it means they have some form of shelter. And for the money, most NPCs have a job. Let the job determine how much money they have and how quickly it replenishes. A Merchant would have as much as seen in the trade window (so selling to them increases and buying reduces the funds) But other NPCs would basically have a "wage" that gets added every couple days. That way they get money for pickpockets to steal, but also for the NPC to pay fines. I like the idea that if a prison is full, the longest serving prisoner is released. But that requires a value on how much the prison can hold. Perhaps they might even send prisoners to a different town. Especially the Imperial City should have lots of cells. And once released, let the NPC walk back.

[@dakat5131]

"it would completely undermine the option to resist arrest(...)" That assumes the NPCs understand the rammifications just as well as the players, and wouldn't have any stat or personality or rng that determines whether they do or not.

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Alberto Laurella and now we pray sorenova returns.

[@The_Sharktocrab]

When you said "this is the part" I automatically filled it in with "where you fall down and bleed to death"

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dude i’ve been binging all your oblivion videos for days during this sad dark time in the world and it’s more enjoyable for me than you know. please keep making them! sending my love and stay safe

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“He’s back! My [dude] is back!” Cicero, I guess

[@ilovemykitties84]

the funniest glitch i found in oblivion, is when you join a guild, then commit a crime and go inside the guild with guards after you, your guildmates will defend you and sometimes go and kill all the guards

[@olivercuenca4109]

My favourite thing was setting off a forever war between the guards and the Arcane University.

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I swear I strarted rewatching his videos last night thinking when will he upload again and boom here we are. Nice.

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Nobody : The Cantina : 1 video per year

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He had a problem with his microphone

[@ALSIVAmusic]

One time, I was wandering around a city (I think Cheydinhal) and saw a Khajit that I recognized as part of the castle staff sneaking around. I thought this was odd, so I followed them around for a bit. They snuck a circle around the town, then up to the castle, where they entered the barracks, and stole a piece of bread off of a table. A table that a minimum of three guards were sitting at. And was subsequently, almost immediately slaughtered. Because the punishment for bread theft is DEATH.

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Love that you still produce oblivion content. Great vid as always

[@dakat5131]

These arguments could be used to argue against including anything in a game

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More Oblivion content from The Cantina! Liked during ad. Still tho, wanna say I actually *like* the vid. SO rewarding to still see so much appreciation for my favorite game.

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3:28 "This is the part..." WHEN YOU FALL DOWN AND BLEED TO DEATH!

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4:32 "Now it's time to fix the copious amount of bugs" ***SAID NO BETHESDA EVER***

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[@kalamrashid78]

After this video and the huge break he had I now know.... This guy is one of the developers of elder scrolls 6 and he is just uploading his complaint on what Todd wants the next game to have.

[@TheCantinaChannel]

Haha

[@Ryan-ij3ge]

I actually just watched your video on npc behavior this morning before work. Hours before you released this!

[@voldlifilm]

I kinda like how Bethesda created this amazing system, but then nerfed it because it wouldn't fit into their miniature towns of five NPC's. In a procedural worlds with thousands upon thousands of citizens in a big city, a system like Radiant AI would be amazing. The guild of thieves in such a city WOULD be a guild of actual thieves, doing their thing regardless of the player. That would be awesome.

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I’ve missed these videos as well. Watching these got me back into playing Oblivion again.

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6:00 *NO TOUCHING THE LOCKS!!*

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I've just been binging your Oblivion playthrough videos and now you have a brand new vid?? My prayers have been answered!! :D

[@upsher]

6:11 - So you solved the problem with Trenus always stucking outside of his destination point. Great job!

[@GreenBean451]

Great to have you back again. Legit just thought of you and was so excited to see that you just posted a video!

[@artzlynx1215]

I mean they could make it so that if the prison is filled up, the criminal just has no choice but to either pay up, resist arrest, or maybe even flee the city for a day or two (And to save storage and prevent bugs, you wouldn't be able to find the criminal outside the city. They would just leave and go to the "void"), and then after that respawn and return to their daily lives. (to prevent problems with quests and such) But since npc's don't do much crime anymore, that probably would never have to happen.

[@alterpls]

I actually missed your content so much please dont leave us again 😭❤️

[@Phoedox]

This is guy is a Oblivion expert he should get a certificate

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He already has one

[@bukk_shot]

Primary punishment is well ya know “herrblbll”

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Good to have you back!

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Just found you while binging some Elder Scrolls lore. You make some awesome content man, you have a new sub. Keep it up! You will grow for sure. I think the subjects you talk about all of us Elders Scrolls fans think about. And that is not to downplay your other videos, I like that you have a mix up. I'm happy I found your channel and can't wait to watch through the back catalog tonight!

[@Rohdigum123]

I love how much you love Oblivion and recognize its awesomeness! I still play Oblivion!

[@Krauser975]

NO TOUCHING THE LOCKS. *Sneak -10*

[@M4Production]

I love the ghost in your unfinished cell, like he got arrested for being a spooky ghost and he went to jail like okay... you got me.. i spooky

[@TheSkateNsnow]

Love your videos man. Missed you! Thank you for Oblivion content!

[@thomasj.9686]

I missed this. Such an iconic voice

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This is what I needed today, thanks!

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By Azura, by Azura, by Azura, it's the Grand Champion! I can't believe it's you! Posting a video!

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This video made my day. Thank you for your glorious return!

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Cantina is back 😍 I love your content man 😁

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This channel is a hidden gem! (Hidden from me, lol, I only just found it and I already love it). Very well made entertaining videos.

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Yayyyyy, I missed your videos so much

[@gastonibarlucea]

glad to have u back. Hope you cover Stalker NPC system one day. That could be great, or at least, i think it!

[@sagacious03]

This was pretty interesting, if painfully short! Thanks for uploading!

[@milkduds9148]

Knowing nothing about this game but everything about how bethesda's code is held together by duct tape and todd howard's prayers, I was almost expecting to hear something like "if an npc goes to jail, the entire game implodes, the map folds over on itself and the half-loaded areas clipping into each other rearrange your system32 files" but I'm pleasantly surprised. I also really appreciate how concise this video was, dont see that much these days. Good job

[@misterkid]

I've never seen an NPC confronted by a guard. I have seen them steal stuff off tables

[@roseheartfire]

I was so happy to see this! Love your videos!

[@FingerSpazm]

"You'd have to make an exception for every NPC" Idk why this isn't an option. There's not THAT many npcs, it would be tedious but a modder has done this for free

[@spider-spectre]

Endless prison, just have a new floor pop up with like 8 more cells, when they get full and a new prisoner comes, procedurally generate another. THen it would be saved in case the same people keep committing crimes.

[@bawilliams18]

Welcome back! I have missed your videos. I'd love for you to keep doing questlines in Oblivion, or even Skyrim.

[@lucubus8403]

THE GRAND CHAMPION RETURNED

[@mimmikibilly]

That "It's all over, lawbreaker!" gave me a warm feeling of nostalgia.

[@christianalexandermarion]

oblivion in 2020? may the night mother wrap you in her cold loving embrace

[@jamesgodred9428]

Great to see you back, man.

[@theri-verse6880]

OMG WELCOME BACK MY DUDE!!

[@SirRavix]

Welcome back! If they could make it work, it would be pretty awesome...

[@billymain7735]

Welcome back!! So good to see you!!

[@justsomeguardsman9090]

"You have to fix the bugs" something noone in bethesda ever sayed

[@0MVR_0]

3:25 "However that is basically where our luck ends, because this is the part where..."

[@taigarus7166]

I cant believe he is back PS: we miss your videos so much Master Jedi

[@donaldsmith4201]

and i thought you were dead. thank you for making a video! we miss you

[@alexandergonzalezlugo3866]

Damn, we really missed you. I was looking in your twitter account and everything.

[@MeMe-up9dn]

OMG I MISSED YOU SO MUCH Ima go play oblivion now!

[@LeAnnBurnz]

My goodness!!!! We really missed you!!!!! So happy youre back

[@Squantanamo]

Dude she really just pickpocketed Martin freakin Septim

[@MartynofCarcosa]

You've been sorely missed bro. Welcome back

[@ammarsalim1185]

HE'S BACK.

[@ammarsalim1185]

I GOT A HEART. Quarantine life's great.

[@stormwatcher1299]

The unique AI system is what made me want to play Oblivion and I still do.