disoriented
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Scripting question regarding the detection of characters:

If... "Wait for entity type" <-returns true if the specified character is in the expected region and is visible.

However, it seems to return false if the character is there and not marked visible.

For what I'm doing, Beethro needs to be able to step on a character so it's not marked visible, and ghost display is on.
How can DRODscript detect the presence of the invisible character?

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Xindaris
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The standard way I'd handle this is by having the scripted character in question use "Wait for player to touch me" or if that won't work, use _MyScript vars set to _MyX and _MyY so that the "Wait for Entity Player at" condition checks the specific spot that invisible character is on.

Or...if you only have one of the character in question it could set a pair of global vars to its own location and have another character detect whether those match a certain range. It depends on what you're after specifically.

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Someone Else
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It's not possible to detect an invisible character, per se. "Wait for player to touch me" don't work either, IIRC (though it does for a ghost touch character - I'm not 100% sure if this is what you're asking). Can the character not check its own coordinates for Beethro? That's (probably) what I'd do, and then set a flag variable if other scripts need to be notified.

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Thanks, you've both been very helpful.

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