When I made the custom enemies framework, I avoided soul traps / soul bound because it was non-trivial.
We should eventually support it. Here's the current situation:
The Soul Trap effect is able to trap custom enemies both in normal soul gems and in Azura's Star.
Saving and reloading with the filled soul gem will replace the trapped enemy with a Rat (same issue as #2535)
Going to the item maker with a trapped custom enemy will
Be ignored if using a normal soul gem
Throw an exception if using Azura's Star
Even if we fixed the above issues, we need to specify the cost offset and mobile enchantments for the new enemies
What code is involved in these issues?
For point 2, the issue is ItemData_v1. We'd need to migrate to a new version that applies the same fix as #2535. Not too bad, just a lot of copy-paste.
For point 3 and 4, the issue is mostly contained in the SoulBound entity effect. I think it's possible that a mod might be able to fix these two issues through a simple effect override? SoulBound has no "special privilege" in the DFU codebase, and all its mechanics are on virtual methods, so any mod could add custom enemy support.
I think I'd like to see a DFU fix for point 2 and 3, and let Daggerfall Enemy Expansion override SoulBound for the extra effects.
When I made the custom enemies framework, I avoided soul traps / soul bound because it was non-trivial.
We should eventually support it. Here's the current situation:
What code is involved in these issues? For point 2, the issue is
ItemData_v1. We'd need to migrate to a new version that applies the same fix as #2535. Not too bad, just a lot of copy-paste. For point 3 and 4, the issue is mostly contained in theSoulBoundentity effect. I think it's possible that a mod might be able to fix these two issues through a simple effect override?SoulBoundhas no "special privilege" in the DFU codebase, and all its mechanics are on virtual methods, so any mod could add custom enemy support.I think I'd like to see a DFU fix for point 2 and 3, and let Daggerfall Enemy Expansion override
SoulBoundfor the extra effects.