True Directional Movement - Modernized Third Person Gameplay

The mod began as a small SKSE plugin that introduced the core feature - true directional '360°' movement. Then I realized that it needed a custom target lock component because the available mods wouldn’t play right with it. Still, my vision couldn't be 100% realized with the use of current mods, so I kept adding more custom features that I felt were still related either to the core idea or to the other, already included changes. I tried to make each of them feel like it fits the vanilla game as much as possible.

Along the way, the goal of the plugin changed into modernizing Skyrim's TPP gameplay to be a bit more like contemporary action RPGs. The plugin name stuck, however, and I couldn't really come up with a better one that didn't sound too generic.

I ended up with this huge list of features, learning a lot on the way. And here we are, with a plugin that's pretty much a third-person gameplay overhaul/UI mod. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

• []Move and attack in any direction while in third-person perspective

  []A vanilla-style movement mode is also available while retaining some improvements due to unlocked camera

  []Target lock tailored specifically to work with the directional movement, with support for multiple target points on a single actor

  []Animated target lock reticle widget with a few styles to choose from

  []Projectile aim support (prediction/homing) during target lock

  []Mounted directional movement and camera fixes

  []Vastly improved mounted archery

  []Swim up/down with the sneak and jump buttons

  []Supports both keyboard & mouse and controller

  []Everything is done through SKSE, can be installed/uninstalled anytime

• Modular and flexible - all features can be disabled and configured through MCM

  Unlike other attempts to achieve '360° movement', this is not faked through clever animation/behavior modifications. The rotation of the player character is actually changed, and thus, melee, sprinting, and everything else works correctly.

  The speed of the player character's rotation to input direction can be configured and has different multipliers for the various states the character can be in.

  By default, it's set up to enforce attack commitment after the weapon swing (disable character rotation), but you can swiftly rotate during the attack wind-up. Paired with a combat behavior overhaul like SkySA or ABR that locks movement during attacks, and some good attack animation pack, it makes the game feel almost like a modern action RPG. You can configure each rotation multiplier individually if you don't like this approach and prefer the vanilla gameplay, or just want to tweak some of the values.

  There are quite a few MCM options that you might want to tweak. For exa