[absol89]

Requested by Eric · project thread

Part of tiltedphoques#938 ("Detect life doesn't detect players").

What

• A remote player's Detect Life used to replay on every client and sync to nearby players, so everyone saw living targets. Now it only applies on the caster's own client, whether PvP is on or off. Players who don't have the mod that adds the spell aren't affected.
• With PvP on, your own Detect Life now shows other players, which HookAddTarget used to refuse.
• Detect-life effects are excluded from AddTargetData::ShouldSync. New EffectItem::IsDetectLifeEffect() checks the archetype.

Independent of the other PvP PRs; applies cleanly on dev alone.

Verified vs assumed

• Assumed: the spell uses the Detect Life archetype. A modded variant built another way won't be caught.
• Not tested in game yet.

Testing

• Builds with the client and server.
• Still needed, two clients: A casts Detect Life and sees B (PvP on) and NPCs; B doesn't see the shader on anything; same with PvP off (A sees NPCs only, B sees nothing).

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