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this script causes every nearby actor to attack whom is under the cursor when chop hit animation player

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• using camera makes player script
• when the target dies, actors stop the combat package against that is removed by engine
• ignore list can be emulated
• TODO: expand this script to handle whatever equipment in some plot and make table to exclude from actors

local camera = require("openmw.camera")
local nearby = require("openmw.nearby")
local util = require("openmw.util")
local ui = require('openmw.ui')
local core = require('openmw.core')
local self = require('openmw.self')
local I = require('openmw.interfaces')
local types = require('openmw.types')
local async = require('openmw.async')

I.AnimationController.addTextKeyHandler('', function(groupname, key)
  if key == 'chop hit' then
  local weapon = "nerevarblade_01_flame"
    if types.Actor.getEquipment(self, types.Actor.EQUIPMENT_SLOT.CarriedRight).recordId == weapon then 

     local centervect = camera.viewportToWorldVector(util.vector2(0.5,0.5)):normalize()
     local pos = camera.getPosition()

     local nearacts = nearby.actors
    
        nearby.asyncCastRenderingRay( async:callback(function(rayC) 
          
          if rayC.hitObject then
            if rayC.hitObject.type == types.NPC or rayC.hitObject.type == types.Creature then

            ui.showMessage( tostring( rayC.hitObject ) )
                for a, _ in pairs(nearacts) do
                   nearacts[a]:sendEvent('StartAIPackage', {type='Combat', target = rayC.hitObject })
                end
            end
          end
        end) ,pos, pos + centervect * 20000)
    
    end
  end
end)