Realistic Health
⚪ Last updated 2010⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #210 of 308 Gameplay Effects and Changes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
RealisticHealth =============== Version: 1. 03 Author: Donovan Baarda (abo@minkirri.apana.org.au) ATTENTION: This mod requires OBSE v0018 or greater, recommends OBGE v0. 1. 0 or greater, and is best installed with OBMM! Adds immersive indicators for low health and disease. Adds blur and tunnel-vision-fade low health warnings. Adds blur and peripheral-vision-colors disease warnings. Adds slow magicka, fatigue, and health burns for disease. This was originally developed as part of RealisticFatigue v2. 0-beta3, but I decided that it deserves to be a separate mod. Special thanks go to qzilla for ScreenEffects that showed me how to write OBGE shaders. Designed to work together with RealisticFatigue and Realistic Leveling, and but does not require them. Introduction ------------ This is a modification for Elderscrolls:Oblivion that provides immersive indicators for low health and disease, and slow magicka, fatigue, and health burns for disease. It attempts to be simple and easily configurable, with minimal game changes so it should be highly compatible with other mods. I wrote it because I was wanted a decent health indicator and was not happy with any that I found. It includes a light-weight OBGE shader for low health tunnel-vision-fadeout and disease peripheral-vision-color effects. I designed these visual effects based on personal experience with sporting injuries and fevers. It has the following features; Fully configurable using a RealisticHealth.ini settings file. The default settings provided should work for most users. All features can be adjusted or turned off if required. Very simple... 1 quest, 1 small script, 1 settings file, and 1 optimized OBGE shader. The code is very small and clean, and only provides visual effects and fatigue and health burns for disease. It also is very efficient and lightweight. * Uses OBSE to look up diseases so it should be fully compatible with any custom diseases added or modified by other mods. Ignores diseases with any positive fortify effects as used by some mods for providing special benefits. With the default settings for health effects, you will get a tunnel-vision-greyout fade and blur effect that start at 50% health and increase in intensity as your health gets lower. With the default settings for disease effects, you get a peripheral-vision color fadein/fadeout and blur effect that becomes noticable within one hour, and increases in intensity the longer you have the disease. You will also start to loose magicka, fatigue, and health at steadily increasing rates as the disease progresses. Diseases reach their peak intensity after about 48 hours of game time (not real time), when you will be loosing 10% of remaining magicka and fatigue, and 1% of remaining health every second. Installation ------------ 1) Download and install OBSE v0018 or greater. 2) Download and install OBMM. 3) Download and install OBGEv2. Make sure that the OBGEv2.dll is renamed to
Realistic Health adds immersive visual and gameplay warnings for low health and disease in Oblivion. It introduces blur and tunnel-vision effects for low health, plus blur and peripheral color changes for disease, along with slow stat drains. A classic mod from 2010 with a solid following.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 686 endorsements and over 20k downloads.
- Immersive visual effects that enhance the game's atmosphere.
- Simple concept that adds depth to health and disease management.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2010, so may have compatibility issues with modern mod setups.
- Visual effects might be distracting for some players.
For Oblivion players who want a more immersive and tense experience when their character is injured or diseased. If you enjoy atmospheric mods that add visual feedback, this is a great pick. Skip if you prefer minimal UI changes or are running a heavily modded setup that might conflict.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's an older mod, check if you have any other mods that alter health or disease effects to avoid conflicts.
- Test the visual effects in a safe area to see if they suit your preference before committing.
- If you use a mod manager, install manually by dropping files into your Data folder for best compatibility.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Oblivion Mods
- Author
- abo
- Version
- 1.3
- Downloads
- 20,782
- Endorsements
- 686
- Category
- Gameplay Effects and Changes
- Created
- 12/15/2008
- Updated
- 6/8/2010
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