Oblivion Style Spellcasting Quickcasting OSSC ( OpenMW )

# Oblivion-Style Spell Casting (OSSC)

Make sure to have Spell Framework Plus up to date!

REQUIRES OPENMW 0. 51RC1

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Oblivion-Style Spell Casting (OSSC) brings modern spellcasting mechanics to OpenMW. It allows you to cast your currently selected spell (and enchanted item casts) using a dedicated hotkey without needing to switch to spell stance, similar to TES IV: Oblivion.

## 1. Features

- Dedicated Casting Key: Quickly cast the currently selected spell using a single button (unset by default—bind it in settings). Gamepad compatible.

- Per-School / Per-Range / Per-Perspective Animation Selection: Choose a different animation for each magic school × cast type (Self/Touch/Target) × camera (1st/3rd person).

- Configurable Animation Speeds: Adjust speed per animation group and apply a global scale multiplier.

- Casting VFX Options: Toggle player swirl, hand swirl (element ball), and hand glow effects.

- Snap Sound Control: Optional snap animation sound with a configurable volume slider (0. 0–1. 0), timed to the animation.

- Physics-Based Projectiles: Spells are launched as real world objects via Spell Framework Plus, supporting collision and physics behavior.

- Enchanted Item Casting Support: Casting from selected enchanted items is supported and uses the same school/range/perspective animation selection logic.

- Safety / Anti-Spam Reliability: Input is ignored while a cast is still playing; unlock occurs on animation stop (with a configurable safety-unlock timer fallback).

## 2. Requirements

To run OSSC, the following must be enabled:

1. Spell Framework Plus — provides spell launch / projectile / impact logic.

Also required:

- OpenMW 0. 51RC1+.

## 3. Installation

1. Install OSSC.

2. Ensure OSSC is enabled in your OpenMW mod list.

3. Ensure Spell Framework Plus is installed and enabled.

## 4. Usage & Keybindings

- Cast Key: Press your assigned key to cast the currently selected spell. This system exists next to vanilla casting, not replacing it.

- Rebinding:

`ESC → Options → Scripts → Oblivion-Style Spell Casting`

Click Quick Cast and press any key/button to bind.

- Casting is locked until the animation reaches its stop text key (prevents spam bugs and “delayed next cast” issues).

- If the player is knocked down/knocked out, casting will remain locked until recovery animations finish.

## 5. Settings

Settings are found in:

`ESC → Options → Scripts → Oblivion-Style Spell Casting`

### General

- Quick Cast binding DO NOT SET THIS BUTTON TO YOUR READY SPELL STANCE - IT DOESN'T OVERWRITE IT

- Enable Player VFX/Particles (player swirl)

- Enable Hand VFX (element ball) (hand swirl)

- Enable Cast VFX around hand (school cast static glow burst on the hand)

- Debug Mode (prints OSSC logs in console)

### Gameplay

- Use Fatigue (optional fatigue usage on casting)

- Quick Cast Chance Penalty (optional failure chance multiplier)

### Snap Sound

- Snap Sound Volume (0. 0–1. 0)

Controls the volume of the snap sound used by the `qcsnap` animation group.

Sound timing is driven by the animation so it stays consistent and doesn’t retrigger during spam.

Setting to 0. 0 mutes the sound.

### Cast Animations (Core feature)

Choose the animation group used for each:

- School: Alteration, Conjuration, Destruction, Illusion, Mysticism, Restoration

- Cast Type: Self / Touch / Target

- Perspective: 1st person / 3rd person

### Animation Speeds (Advanced)

- Per-animation-group speed multipliers

- Global speed scale

- Safety Unlock Timer

Maximum time before OSSC force-unlocks if an animation fails to send its stop key (default: 1. 00s).

This is a fallback; normally unlocking is done by the animation stop key.

## 6. Animation Groups

OSSC expects the configured animation groups to exist in your animation set. Common groups used by OSSC include:

- `quickcast`, `quickbuff`, `qcconj`, `qctouch`, `qcalt`, `qcalts`, `qcill`, `qcsnap`, `qcdrain`, `qcskrow`

Each group should contain appropriate text keys used by the script (typically `start`, `release`, `stop`).

If an animat