Adaptive NPC Aim - F4SE

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Introduction

Ever noticed how NPCs often aim for your feet, even when you are standing right in front of them?

A Raider with a pistol.

A Gunner with a combat rifle.

Even a sniper with a scoped rifle.

Instead of aiming where it actually matters, they often shoot at random body parts, making combat feel unnatural and making weapon classes feel far less distinct than they should.

This mod overhauls that completely.

NPCs now use smarter body-part targeting based on their weapon, firing mode, scope, movement and distance to the target.

A sniper will prioritize high value shots instead of aiming at your feet from hundreds of meters away. Semi automatic rifles reward precision. While automatic weapons keep you under pressure with sustained suppressive fire aimed at center mass. Pistols, shotguns and energy weapons each receive their own unique aiming behavior.

Just one piece of advice: don't underestimate enemies armed with a Gauss Rifle. They certainly won't underestimate you.

Recommended

For the best experience, I highly recommend my other mod, DirectHit (Link).

It fixes a vanilla bug where the player does not always receive the correct headshot damage multiplier. This issue is especially noticeable with NPCs that are now capable of landing more accurate shots.

I am also considering releasing this fix as a standalone mod or integrating it into my other mod Energy Weapon Calculation Fix (Link). This mod currecntly only contains the energy calculation fix.

What to Expect

Adaptive Aim gives each weapon type its own targeting behavior. NPCs no longer choose body parts with the same g