Simple question about evading guards?

[theskid]

So if you are caught commiting a crime a guard will arive and try to chase you down? How long does it take to evade them until they lose interest in searching for you, I can't seem to find this answer anywhere. I know at a certain bounty level all guards will attack/capture on sight, but how long does it take till the one guard chasing you for a minor crime fucks off.

[gregathit]

Time is not a factor, distance is.  Once you are far enough away they "loose sight of you" so to speak.  However, they will immediately recognize you when you come back into range if you still have a bounty on your head.

[theskid]

Okay. Just seems weird that you can't find somehwere out of the way and hide out for a bit, they seem to know exactly where you are

[gregathit]

Yea, the guards don't have a line of sight ai package, it is a freaking radar instead.  There are mods for this or you can tweak it yourself via the CS by decreasing their detection distance.

[E.L. Palmer]

You can use Wrye Bash patch tweak to reduce guard awareness to 500 point distance, also maximizing Personality and Fortify Personality enchanted items and Charm [Lovers Stone] enchanted items will get the guards to payoff your fine.

[Symon]

Beth have always had issues witrh guard omniscience, back from the days of 'Halt! Halt!' in Daggerfall.