Help with a Faction script

[LostData751]

Hello, I've been using a custom script effect spell I created to remove NPCs from any factions they are on, but it seems it is causing other actors with the same cell to also be removed from factions,

I'd like to know if there's something that isn't right or whatever is causing this odd behaviour of the script.

 

EDIT: The issue I'm having happens when I recast said spell on an actor that already had their factions removed.

 

Here is the script.

Spoiler

scn FactionCheckR

ref me

 

ref fac1
ref fac2
ref fac3
ref fac4
ref fac5

 

Begin ScriptEffectStart

 

    set me to GetSelf

 

    set fac1 to me.GetNthFaction 0
    set fac2 to me.GetNthFaction 1
    set fac3 to me.GetNthFaction 2
    set fac4 to me.GetNthFaction 3
    set fac5 to me.GetNthFaction 4

 

    printC "Original Factions: F1 %n, F2 %n, F3 %n, F4 %n, F5 %n" fac1 fac2 fac3 fac4 fac5

 

     me.SetFactionRank fac1 -1
     me.SetFactionRank fac2 -1
     me.SetFactionRank fac3 -1
     me.SetFactionRank fac4 -1
     me.SetFactionRank fac5 -1

 

End

 

[LostData751]

Actually, it seems actors identical to those who had the spell cast on seem to already be in no faction, so if I cast it on a bandit, the next bandit that is the same spawned due to a leveled list, will already be out of the faction, is there a way to have the desired effect only on the targeted actor and is there a way to revert the just now mentioned issue?

[mem4ob4]

If you have not already, you might check this entry discussion in the construction set wiki- DiscussionOfSetFactionRank

I have not seen OBSE able to get around this issue.

 

Mem