Attack Commitment No turning during attacks

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I do not claim its a realism mod, only that it changes Skyrim's combat in a pretty substantial way, by fixing what I perceived as an issue.

If you like this mod, thats great, Im happy I could help. However if you dont, then please remember that nobody is forcing you to use this mod.

HELP ME TEST A NEW VARIANT

Race Based Attack Commitment

Finally I have found the way to stop the player and NPC's from changing direction during attack animations. Turns out it was very easy...

Anyway, the ability to track enemy movement when you were attacking bugged me a LOT. Especially after playing Dark Souls. When I tested a fake dodge animation I saw a guard do a lounging thrust attack and track me the whole time doing a 180deg turn. I just couldnt treat Skyrim combat seriously after that.

In DS when you or the enemy attacked you couldnt change the direction mid swing. Now it is possible to have similar thing in Skyrim. It is possible to completely lock the direction (optional files), but when you swing the camera is completely locked then. Now actors can turn during an attack about 20 degree (as opposed to 180), this allows a bit of camera movement. Im still testing out values, so if you guys feel its too much let me know.

Note that creatures like animals and such are NOT affected.

In addition I edited the movement speed with weapons drawn so its slower and same in every direction for more DS style of gameplay. When you have different speeds for different directions the combat feels really clunky.

Also I reduced the speed at with you can move during an attack. It means you cant cover as much ground when attacking (swinging speed is till the same). Watch out, a running power attack can still cover a fair bit of a distance, but now you can actually dodge to the side.

Overall it makes combat much more tactical as you actually can dodge you enemies' attacks, but you also open yourself up when you do the attack. Judging the distance becomes important.

Its a tiny mod that should be combined with other combat mods such as:

Suggested mods:

TK's HitStop - gives the "oooph" feeling to the attacks that hit, by applying some effects like slight blur, time slowdown, very customizable

TK's Dodge - adds a dodge button with actually gives you some invincibility frames

Lock-on - for more Dark Souls style of gameplay (grab a retexture). BTW:this mod would be even better if there was any mod that would add 360deg run with weapons drawn, if you know one let me know.