No Radscorpion Tunneling

Tired of Radscorpions tunneling/burrowing vast distances in an instant? This plugin disables that behaviour, forcing Radscorpions to close the distance the old fashioned way.

I consider Radscorpions' tunneling behaviour to be cheating. It's fine in theory, but the execution is iffy. I'd have no problem with it if they did it like Mole Rats do: Burrow underground, disappear for several seconds, then re-emerge somewhere nearby. But that's not how Radscorpion tunneling works. Typically, it goes like this:

1.) I shoot at a Radscorpion way off in the distance. 2.) It immediately burrows underground. 3.) 1-2 seconds pass. 4.) It pops out directly underneath me.

Whether it's just down the street or 300 meters away, it'll arrive at my location almost instantaneously. That's some physics-defying shit right there. What are they, Institute Radscorpions with teleportation powers? This isn't Big Mountain! I honestly thought the speed of their tunneling was a bug, but I haven't found anything to indicate that it's not by design. Although where they can 'tunnel' to is another matter. Sometimes they tunnel through solid rock, and a friend of mine even saw one 'tunnel' to the top of the Harbourmaster Hotel in Boston from the streets below. I don't know any way to make their tunneling less ridiculous, so I'm happy to disable it entirely and leave the burrowing to the Mole Rats (who don't seem to abuse it nearly as much).

Added 'DisableTunnelingKeyword' to several EncRadscorpion records. I don't think I missed any, but let me know if you encounter a Radscorpion that still tunnels, it is possible that I missed one.

Also, I'm not 100% sure on this, but Radscorpions that spawn already in the ground (waiting in ambush under dirt in a specific location, Mirelurk style, not actively tunneling) should still have that behaviour, which is fine by me because that's a far more legitimate tactic than the teleportation.

======== Installation ========

1. Extract the .esp file in the archive to the Data folder in your Fallout 4 main directory. 2. Activate the .esp with the mod manager of your choice.

======== Compatibility ========

Will conflict with any other mods that edit EncRadscorpion01-07 or the Legendary/Ambush Legendary variants thereof, but they'll be harmless conflicts and would be easily resolved with load order or a merged patch.

======== Changelog ======== v1. 0 - Initial release.

======== Tools Used ======== Creation Kit