Valheim Combat Overhaul

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1. Index

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• []Index

  []Requirements

  []Mod Rationale

  []Recommended Mods

  []Features

  []To Do

  []Installation

  []Uninstallation

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  2. Requirements

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  • []A non-pirated copy of Valheim updated to version 0. 148. 7 or higher

    []BepInExPack Valheim version 5. 4. 9 or higher

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    3. Recommended Mods

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    While I haven't personally played with all of the mods listed below yet, I am sure they are compatible and should go well with my changes:

    • []Terraheim by DasSaueurkraut

      []Better Archery by Ishid4

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      4. Mod Rationale

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      The purpose of this mod is to balance various combat options provided to the player in Valheim without straying too far from developers' original intent and vision of the game.

      All of the changes are meant to remedy problems identified by me (or pointed out in discussions) while playing the game as normal. Changes themselves are a result of well thought out (or so I would like to believe) decisions made after extensive testing, research (inside and outside of the game), and comparisons of found key balancing factors between available strategies.

      Why use tower shields if regular ones are objectively better - and why consider either in the first place, if bows solve problems both faster and safer?

      So these are the first two issues addressed by the mod.

      While adjusting game's difficulty is not one of the mod's goals, it may inadvertently cause combat to be slightly more difficult than in the

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      5. Features

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      5. 1. General

      [] Allow for negative stamina values (by default capped at -50)

      [] Rotate character in the direction that player is aiming while wielding any weapon

      [] Allow character rotation (at reduced speed) during weapons' special attacks

      [] Lock character's movement/rotation during recovery f