Engarde

Engarde

Combat fixes that makes sense

SSE version

Enderal version

Notice:Version 4. 1 has been released! This update brings spellsword blocking and dodging. Please see video and post for more details.

While there are alot of combat mods that added alot of interesting mechanics, I felt that none really attempt to fix the problems with the base game mechanics, such as stamina, and un-interesting power attacks. Thus the focus of this mod is to fix as much as possible while being as compatible as possible.

My philosophy:

• []Everything that exists in game must exist for a reason, focus on fixing useless actions more than creating new ones. For exmaple, fixing and rebalancing walking vs running, making the different type of power attacks actually worthwhile.

  []Be compatible and customizable, everything is implemented using the most compatible and most performant method I can dig up. Most features can be turned off or are simple to disable.

• I want a "thoughtful" combat experience, I want the player to care whether the opponent is using a long weapon vs a short weapon, heavy armor or light armor.

The history:

A little over a year ago, I set out to create a mod list that can offer the best combat experience possible. I added to the list, remove from the list, tinker with each one to make them balance and play nicely with each other. It wasn't long before that urge kicked in, the urge to make just that one little modification to make it all perfect, but of-course no one little mod is ever going to be enough, and before I realize it, I was learning papyrus scripting, learning how to create animation, learning to read and modify the havok behavior file, and the list goes on and the changes piled on.

Now, a little over a year later, I finally arrive at a package that I think is complete enough to present to the rest of the community. The final result no longer resembles much of the modlist I started with, but I still wish to thank the original authors of these mods for the inspiration and showing me the ropes. The modlist that I started with are Mortal Enemies, Attack Commitment, Weapon range fixes, Action Combat, Ultimate Combat.

Rather then list down each changes and tweaks, I'l