Less Predictable Respawn

Less Predictable Respawn Readme v1. 1 by Tekuromoto Don\'t miss my other mods! SEE THE README IN THE DOWNLOAD FOR FULL INSTRUCTIONS, CREDITS, ETC. ------------ Introduction ------------ Tired of heading back from a dungeon crawl knowing the road is safe because you killed all the bandits only a day or two ago? Tired of seeing dead bandits cluttering the road for days and days? Do you wish the way back to the surface from three levels down in an Ayleid ruin could be a little more challenging, or at least unpredictable? Do you want a little more uncertainty about what is around the next bend? Do you want a less predictable respawn? This little mod aims to address this by randomizing the cell respawn timer - within a user-definable range - every time a new cell is entered. ------------ Requirements ------------ Oblivion Script Extender. Get the latest version here. You MUST have OBSE for this mod to work. You also MUST be some kind of Luddite if you refuse to use OBSE. :) Less Predictable Respawn was developed with Oblivion 1. 2. 0416, OBSE v16, and over 200 mods of all sorts installed (Fran\'s, MMM, COBL, body replacers, Natural Environments, Better Cities, Unique Landscapes, quests, you name it). I haven\'t tested it with Shivering Isles or any DLCs (because I don\'t have them), but it _should_ work just fine with any setup. ------------ How It Works ------------ In order to understand what the mod will and will not do, it\'s important to understand how the Oblivion engine respawns (or resets) cells. First off, what do I mean by \"respawn\"? Well, don\'t think of it in a Diablo-esque sense. You cannot respawn monsters in the area for a hack-and-slash style horde of monsters that continually come at you from off screen. In Oblivion, every cell contains data about what\'s in it: NPCs and monsters, items (both placed by the designers and dropped by actors including the player), havoked items (like books and dishes), plants, food, and containers. When a cell is respawned, a number of things happen: - dead actors (and their inventories) are removed - new actors are \"spawned\" if there are any spawn points in the cell - havoked items that are still in the cell are returned to their original positions (books onto shelves, dishes onto tables, whatever) - food that was initially in the cell (not dropped there by an actor) is replenished (this is a special case, and seems to have to do with NPCs being able to eat via the AI packages; other non-edible ingredients that have been removed do not replenish) - items that were left in the cell are removed - plants have their ingredients replenished so they are harvestable again - containers that are not marked as \"non-respawning\" (ie, most containers other than those in player houses) have all their contents removed and discarded, and new contents are generated. Everytime you enter a new cell, whether it\'s a shop, a dungeon, or a \"cell\" in the wilderness,