How do i get the location of behind an NPC

[Eldara]

I've just started scripting and i wanted to make a basic spell that Teleports behind a target then slits their throat. So far i've figured out how to teleport to a target, the problem with this is that the NPC then instantly notices you. What i want is to teleport about a foot behind the target (The spell is silent so they shouldnt notice you)

Here is what i have to far

Scriptname EldScriptShadowStrike extends activemagiceffect

spell property StrikeEffect auto

Event OnEffectStart(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)

StrikeEffect.Cast(akCaster,akCaster)

Utility.Wait(0.2)

akCaster.MoveTo(akTarget)

Utility.Wait(0.1)

akCaster.StartVampireFeed(akTarget)

EndEvent

The Vampire feed is just a place holder. As a second question does anyone know how you write the script to do the slit throat? I play an assassin style character and i currently have a mod that replaces pickpocket with slit throat when a dagger is equipt but i have no idea how i script the dagger slit throat in.

[WillieSea]

Will place actor in location relative to direction target is not facing

 

float anglez = akTarget.GetAngleZ() + 180

;or +90 for right, -90 for left, 0 for in front

float distance = 100.0

float offsetx = distance * math.sin(anglez)

float offsety = distance * math.cos(anglez)

Game.GetPlayer().MoveTo(akTarget, offsetx, offsety, 0)

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If your not behind them, remove the +180 from anglez at the top.

[Eldara]

Thanks that works great! I also figured out how to add in animations i couldn't find the slit throat but found a back stab, it will work for the time being i need to clean up a few of the timings to make it smoother.

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) not bad for my first time using the Creation Kit, the one other problem i have as can be seen in the video is often despite my crosshair being directly over the target nothing happens and i get the sound as if im not targeting anything, it seems to hit more in first person but as i like to play in 3rd person is there anyway to reolve this?

I tried making it a projectile spell over Target Actor but that seemed to break it. Is there anyway to make it do something like is Invalid target get nearest target within X feet of targeted location (Can set the distance low to say 3 feet, a sort of built in auto aim). Is this possible?

[WillieSea]

Glad it worked.

You might try an invisible 'explosion' over the target with a spell effect. But I really dont know, seems each creature has its own 'center of gravity' for where its detected to 'be'.