Hand placed enemies - Light (Populated spawns and dungeons)

For the original version go here: Hand Placed Enemies

As requested. A more moderate version of hand placed enemies. Unlike the original, battles will now be more consistent and capped at around 4 enemies per fight. No more mod-added bandit armies holding forts.

If you are switching from the original, please uninstall the original, install this version and START A NEW GAME!!

Compatible with Lawbringer and SRC by default.

What does it do:

Adds 1263 hand-placed enemies to skyrim's dungeons and POIs. This effectively increased the overall number of enemies at these locations by roughly 40%. Emphasis was placed on strategic and immersive placement. I did not simply add Npcs just to add them but rather to reinforce the spots that felt like they needed it. Some dungeons remain unchanged, others had their spawn count doubled.

Focus on intelligent placement-

Archers hold high ground and guard long hallways. Melee guard doors.

Thief missions remain largely untouched for a focus on stealth.

In dungeons with multiple enemy types, enemies were placed in their appropriate sections.

Ambushes- (Main file only, optional file exists without this feature)

In a handful of dungeons, enemies may spawn in a room behind the player and seek to ambush you. Only a few dungeons have this feature and only when I felt it made sense. (A bandit raiding party returned, more falmer came out of the tubes.. etc.)

Uses default leveled lists for maximum compatibility

If you use mods that diversify enemy spawns, my mod will further place those enemies, not just default ones.

So why does this exist?

There just aren't enough enemies in skyrim for my liking. And nothing else fixes the problem to my satisfaction. There are mods that dynamically "clone" spawns but they are limited by vanilla placement. An already-crowded room would end up filled to the brim with enemies and an empty room would remain empty. I wanted a more strategic placement and focus. Not just constant waves.

And the populated series adds too few enemies for my liking, (Only a few hundred) plus they use their own leveled lists. I wanted compatibility.

Installation and compatibility.

Install via a mod manager or manually extract to your data folder.

Load near the TOP (EARLY) of your load order BEFORE any lighting or sound overhauls. Any mod that wants / needs to overwrite aspects of this one can do so but needs to be loaded AFTER mine.

You should be able to add or remove midgame without issue but I advise doing so in a t