Protective Guards - Factions and NPCs Protections (OpenMW)

This mod is an addition to Protective Guards. You must install Protective Guards first.

Recommended blacklists (you have to edit these files if you want these recommendations):

blacklistedAreas.lua:

local blackList = {

["Vivec, Arena Pit"] = true, -- to prevent guards from interfering with battles in the arena

["Vivec, Palace of Vivec"] = true, -- prevents unwanted interference when battling a god

["Mournhold Temple: High Chapel"] = true, -- prevents unwanted interference when battling a god

["Mournhold, Royal Palace Throne Room"] = true, -- to avoid spoiling intended and scripted event (karrod)

["anvil, the abecette: fight pit"] = true, -- to prevent guards from interfering with battles in the pit

["narsis, arena: pit"] = true, -- to prevent guards from interfering with battles in the arena

aggressor.lua:

local NPCsBlacklist = {

["giras indaram"] = true, -- duel fighting in Armigers Stronghold

["tr_m7_voras sarobar"] = true, -- guard training in Ald Marak, Kogotel

["tr_m7_senil thelas"] = true, -- guard training in Ald Marak, Kogotel

["tr_m3_hlarven berend"] = true, -- duel in Roa Dyr's Hall of Judgement -- thanks to plutofish13

["tr_m3_madril berend"] = true, -- duel in Roa Dyr's Hall of Judgement -- thanks to plutofish13

No more guard fighting his colleague to protect a thief PC from a rival faction... And NPCs have rights to protection too!...

These are the cases where guard is not going to protect the defensor:

- guard, attacker & defensor are in the same "faction family"(*), and (attacker rank > defensor rank, or attacker rank = defensor rank and attacker is guard and defensor isn't guard) => guard will attack defensor

- guard, attacker & defensor are in the same "faction family", and attacker rank = defensor rank and attacker is guard and defensor is guard => guard won't attack

- guard & attacker are in the same "faction family", not the defensor => guard will attack defensor

- guard is in a "faction family" different than attacker & defensor, and attacker is