Also, NPCs walking past you when you're speaking directly to someone so the camera is zoomed in, and they dead-eye stare at you as they walk past. Simply hilarious every single time. 😂😂

Literally NPCs as they walk past during a conversation:

@gamingonlinux an interesting question really. I can think of dozens of ways to prevent that from happening, however, depending on how the system is done, it can a really nightmare to have some of the inner parts talking with each other like "what are you doing, can I do my thing now?"

@gamingonlinux Well, it's pretty simple actu-
[random pedestrian not involved in the conversation until this point interrupts to raise an unrelated point about the political situation on the planet]

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Bethesda game devs literally cannot sacrifice another child without going to jail so don't hold your breath for this to be fixed. Ever. In any Bethesda game. It has been written into their infernal compact.

@gamingonlinux Bethesda games have been the same since Elder Scrolls 4.

Oblivion.
Wasteland Oblivion.
Viking Oblivion.
More Wasteland Oblivion.
Multiplayer Appalachia Oblivion.
Space Oblivion.

@gamingonlinux Part of it involves threading and concurrency as I understand - the check for "Is player directly speaking to NPC?" Passes *before* they decide to play the speaking animation and audio, but...the player character initiates talking with another NPC before the speaking animation and audio kick in.