Advanced Combat System

The primary purpose of this mod is to grant the player the ability to use all humanoid NPC combat animations available in the game.

Read through the Tutorial section under the Glossary menu within the ACS mod menu for more information.

The NPC animations are organized into 8 unique extra movesets:

• []Olgierd + 1-Hand Sword

• []Spear + Staff + Halberd

• []Eredin + Shield + 1-Hand Sword

• []Gregoire de Gorgon + 2-Hand Sword

• []Imlerith + Caranthir + Caretaker

• []1-Hand Hammer + 2-Hand Hammer

• []Dettlaff + Bruxa

• []1-Hand Axe + 2-Hand Axe

  Geralt's default moveset/behavior/animations are available for use at any time.

  Each ACS moveset comes with:

  • []Its own unique combos, special abilities, counter-attacks, attack ranges, VFX, SFX, and weapon arts.

  • []Its own set of dodges, rolls, parry animations, hit animations, death animations, and weapon-holding/passive behavior animations.

    Additionally, the mod allows for higher vampire claw combat and abilities while the player is unarmed.

    Can be toggled on or off in the mod menu, or set to apply only when the player has certain items equipped.

    Also adds bow/arrow combat with special arrows and abilities, though is limited by weapon mode.

    All extra animations included within ACS allow for animation canceling, meaning you can start another dodge/roll/evade/attack before the current one finishes.

    This is by design, since some NPC animations are too long in duration to be used properly by humans without this feature, and I see no need to append the animations when they can be canceled.

    This does not mean, however, that the animations were completely suited for human use, and to that end I had to modify them somewhat.

    That being said, the animations are still quite complex and require timing as well as practice to use them effectively, especially for certain movesets.

    Easy to perform, hard to master.

    Key Inputs/Combos

    There are seven main key inputs to perform different attacks for each ACS moveset:

    • []Light attacks

    • []Forward (W Key) + Light Attacks

      []Heavy attacks

    • []Forward (W Key) + Heavy Attacks

      []Special Attacks (Hold Light Attack)

      []Forward (W Key) + Special Attacks (Hold Light Attack)