Mod articles
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I was inspired to create the Detect Runes spell when I saw someone ask if something like that exists. It's a surprisingly tricky task. The current implementation relies on powerofthree's Papyrus Extender, but it should be possible to implement this in vanilla as well.
The game already has a "Detect" effect, used for the Detect Life and Detect Dead spells. (The only difference between those spells is the list of conditions on their Magic Effects, which limit what they apply to.) The Detect effect highlights all nearby characters that match the effect conditions. In theory it should be possible to add further conditions to limit these (e.g. Detect Actors Carrying At Least 500 Gold; Detect Thalmor; Detect Marriageable NPC), but detecting non-character objects in a similar manner ...