User blog comment:Deadpool of the Wastes/Mods I'd like to see.../@comment-4519402-20120226184246/@comment-4353017-20120226233044

No, zooming with the bow doesn't let you identify NPCs at all - it simply gives you a slightly closer look at them. Big difference. The word I used was 'tag', as with VATS, whereby the NPCs name (even if it's a generic 'Raider') appears at the bottom of the screen. The NPC would then show as a marker on the player's compass, as long as they were in range - in Skyrim, it only does this for hostiles, and only until the player becomes 'hidden'.