Open world RPG design notes from Enderal, a big long Skyrim mod
Radiator Blog
MAY 5, 2021
It's probably not worth the hassle for a solo indie. This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. Skyrim was already notorious for this "break the AI pathing and snipe at them" exploit metagame, but Enderal sort of just gives up here.
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