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They aren't immediately obvious. I actually had to ask after trying and failing.

Maybe users who hit a roadblock could make a thread in which everything that is not possible is listed? I think that could be really valuable to users who want to know what can be accomplished and what not, as well as show larian again that there is interest for these features.

Regarding the GUI: we can unpack the files with JPEXS [0] (I tried it). Maybe there is a way for us to change and compile them so the game accepts them like the people did with Skyrim. Although that would probably only allow slight modifications but not completly new GUI elements as they would probably need to call into the engine.

[0] https://www.free-decompiler.com/flash/features/

I have to agree here, some of the limitations seem just so very random. I mean resistance types are basically a single line entry with: Damage Type X decreased by Resistance type Y. And even some kind of damage type/armor type system is just a 2D table.

And the civic/magic/combat skill schools could be handled like one of the many other tree views (story editor for example). Were one entry is one school with a field for modifiers like increase duration of all entities with tag Summon by 10%.

I even searched if anyone looked at this in the first game, but nope. I could not find one discussion about how crime really works at the core.

1) you perform a "hostile" action (attack, kill, steal, pickpocked, use owned item, move owned item). This is the crime type: Assault, Murder, Theft, ... (names custom-defined by script/data; nothing is hard-coded regarding this)
2) the action is against someone that is (generally) not hostile to you (i.e., not in combat with you). This is the victim.
3) It is Osiris scripting that decides which actions under which circumstances are crimes, and then it just calls RegisterCrime() reporting the crime type (as a string), the perpetrator, the victim, evidence if any, optionally a specific position. E.g. (simplified) CharacterKilledByCharacter() -> register Murder crime
4) Others may see you perform this action (CanSee). Those are witnesses that may react to the crime. They are collected by code.
5) Others may hear you perform this action (distance check). They may start investigations. They are collected by code.
6) Some actions create leave behind evidence, such as murder (the body) or stealing (the missing item). If an NPC later on sees the crime scene, they may start an investigation at that point

Who can react to a crime?
* This is tag-based with priorities (defined in data, looked up using the crime type string that was specified when script registered the crime). MAGISTER and GUARD characters will generally get priority over anyone else. If no-one with a listed tag is found, no one will react (except for the victim itself).
* Different reactions can be specified depending on whether someone is a victim or a witness. E.g. attacking a BADASSCIVILIAN will immediately lead to combat, but attacking someone else with a BADASSCIVILIAN nearby, will make him try to arrest the perpetrator.
* Code will select who reacts to a crime (usually a witness or the victim), although script can transfer the investigation/reaction to another character (e.g. if the reaction of the victim is to call for help)How will they react?
* again tag-based. Some will flee (e.g. animals), while others may attack or arrest you.
* if they discovered a crime scene after the fact, or only heard the crime, they will start "investigating" to find the culprit. This boils down to interrogating all players they encounter in the neighbourhood. They will magically (and correctly) know whether you're guilty or not. Depending on tags and victim/non-victim status, they will then possibly allow you to bribe them, attack you, send you to prison, warn you, ...
* if they saw you performing the crime, they will directly go to one of the above behaviours without interrogating anyone (but it can be a different one compared to the one after an investigation)

Yeah, I honestly have trouble figuring out what isn't possible because of lack of documentation on some of the story functions and core elements of the game.

For example, I was looking at _crime, but I could not find how the story knew something was stolen. It just had a function call named CharacterCrimeSensibleActionNotifier or something and I see no mention of how it knows to send an event update.

I even searched if anyone looked at this in the first game, but nope. I could not find one discussion about how crime really works at the core.

Yes, I know it can be disabled.