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  •  Author: Borgut1337

Version 3.87
9 August 2012
Borgut1337

Requirements

A working version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Recommended

Dual Wield Parrying, to make dual wielders and spellswords more viable in this mod. Download: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=9247
Dodge Mod: http://www.skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/29258/

Mod Description

The mod makes the combat in Skyrim faster-paced, more responsive and realistic and more rewarding to skilled players. A list of features follows. First is a list of ''game setting features'', which are changes to numerical game settings. As described in the next section, you can pick which of these you would like to use by picking individual .esp files.

Game Setting Features

(a) WEAKER ARMOR
Reducing the effectiveness of all armor, for both player and NPCs.
In unmodded Skyrim, it is possible to reach the maximum damage reduction
(which is 80%) with mere Orcish Armor if you have 100 Heavy Armor skill
and 100 Smithing skill, pretty much making upgrades useless.
This mod changes settings so you need at least Daedric armor to reach
the cap (which is lowered to 75%), still requiring 100 Heavy Armor and
Smithing skill and all perks. Clarification: This does not mean that armor which is not improved by Smithing is useless. All armor (improved and unimproved) is reduced in effectiveness by the same amount. All the mentioned values are WITHOUT shields! Shield users will be able to reach the armor cap slightly (but not much) faster.

( b ) STRONGER BLOCKING
Blocking is more effective. This makes it more important to block
attacks if you want to survive, and attacking targets who are blocking
will be less effective.

( c ) HIGHER DAMAGE
Increasing damage for both player and NPCs.

(d) SHORTER ATTACK RANGE
To make combat more risky, the range of all melee attacks and bashes
has been reduced to a more realistic level.
To win combat, you'll have to get up close and time your attacks and blocks well.

(e) HIGHER STAMINA COSTS
Blocking attacks now costs stamina, and power attacking costs more
stamina. To compensate for this, stamina regeneration during combat
has been increased. Stamina regeneration is further increased when standing still
and not blocking or attacking.

Now follows a list of ''gameplay'' features. These are all included in
the main ''DeadlyCombat.esp'' and they have a more noticeable impact on gameplay.

Gameplay Features

(f) PLAYER NORMAL ATTACKS STAGGERING
The player's normal attacks make enemies stagger, showing a realistic
reaction to getting hit. There are a few conditions for this to happen though:
The enemy may not be blocking, may not have a Ward spell active and may not be
a ghost. NOTE: Whether this feature can be ''spammed'' or not can be changed through an in-game menu.

(g) NPC NORMAL ATTACKS STAGGERING
The enemy's normal attacks also make their targets stagger or recoil, if they
did not succesfully block the attack. Hits by arrows and magic have a reduced chance for a ''full stagger'' (where wearing heavy armor further reduces this chance further). Instead they often make the player stagger ''lightly'', which means he still visibly reacts and the camera shakes, but the player will remain capable of performing actions. NOTE: when the mod loads, the player will automatically gain a new Alteration spell named ''Ignore Pain''. This is a short-duration spell which prevents the player from getting staggered by normal attacks during this short duration. This is intended for mages to be able to fully channel their Master-level spells without getting interrupted by normal attacks. This spell will NOT prevent staggers from any other sources.
NOTE 2: It is now also possible to buy potions with a similar effect to the ''Ignore Pain'' spell from any alchemist in skyrim. These potions are bought through a new dialogue option and do not appear in any levelled lists. This was done to make sure this mod will remain compatible with all mods touching levelled lists.

(h) TIMED BLOCKING
Timed blocking: if the player has only been blocking for a short time
(approximately half a second) at the time when he blocks an opponent's
attack, the block will cost no stamina and he'll take the attacker off guard,
staggering or recoiling him. Timed blocks against human-sized NPCs wielding one-handed
weapons will also result in 100% of the damage blocked. This rewards skillful play. This timed blocking cannot be executed when blocking with your hands (which is possible if you use my Dual Wield Parrying mod). On the other hand, if the player is ''turtling'' (=blocking for a long time) and in the end he does block an attack (or if he blocks multiple attacks in a row) each block will cost extra stamina based on the amount of time the player has been blocking (up to a certain maximum stamina cost). If the player blocks an attack whilst at a very low Stamina level, the block takes too much energy and the attack will stagger the player, even though it was blocked. NPCs can also execute similar timed blocks.

(i) NORMAL ATTACK STAMINA COSTS
The player's and NPC's normal attacks now cost a small amount of stamina. Receiving hits also takes a small amount of stamina.

(j) REACTIVE NPC AI
After an NPC has been staggered by a normal attack, arrow or spell, he has various options to react in an attempt to prevent getting hit over and over again by his opponent. These options are: sprinting for a short amount of time, dodge moves in 3 directions (left, right and back), a forwards roll and blocking. If he blocks in such a way, directly after getting staggered, he can take the opponent who expected to have a clear shot by surprise, staggering the opponent for a short amount of time (very much like the player's timed blocking described in feature (h). NPCs will not always perform one of these moves after getting staggered. Whether or not they will is a chance which increases if they're higher level than their attack, and decreases if they're lower level than their attacker. Which move is executed if any depends on what kind of attack they were staggered by (melee, arrow or magic), the armor they're wearing (only light armor wearers can perform dodges and rolls), the distance between them and their target (they won't roll forwards if already standing
next to their target), the weapon type they're using (an archer or mage won't move forwards because he wants to stay away) and whether they have a shield or not (in melee they will block even without a shield, but against arrows they won't bother trying to block if they don't have a shield).

(k) PROACTIVE NPC AI
New AI tricks. NPCs will bash more often (this is based on the situation, NOT on some arbitrary chance) and are better able to follow such bashes up with attacks. When they feel safe they will also sometimes lower their shield or weapon if they notice you are holding your attack back, only to trick you into attacking and attempt to perform a timed block against your attack. Additionally, they will also some times attempt to dodge your power attacks.
NPCs with shields equipped will now also sometimes attempt to perform a timed block when they see you attacking. This will not always be succesful because they really react to seeing you attack, and their reaction speeds will in some cases be too slow. NPCs will now attack the player's mount instead of trying and finding themselves unable to reach the player when the player is performing mounted combat. They will now realise the only way to stop you is to kill your horse, and they will very much try to do so.

(l) TIMED WARDING
Timed warding: This works very similar to timed blocking, as in that it only works for a short amount of timed after casting a Ward spell. A well-timed Ward will reflect the spell cast at you back. It will be fired back to the location of your crosshair, so you can aim where you wish to reflect it. NPCs will also be able to reflect spells with well-timed Wards. This option can be disabled in the in-game menu.

(m) DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEAVY AND LIGHT ARMOR
The weight of each armor piece you are wearing will now have a slightly more noticeable effect on
your movement speed. Because of this, the difference between wearing light or heavy armor will become
more noticeable in combat.

(n) SLOWER MOVEMENT WHEN ATTACKING
Moving sideways and backwards whilst attacking at the same time will now be slower than in vanilla skyrim,
especially for one-handed weapons (the movement speed when swinging two-handed weapons already felt about
right). Combined with the previous feature, this means that especially heavily armored warriors will no
longer be able to ''skate'' sideways or backwards, avoiding all attacks, whilst happily slaughtering their
opponents themselves. If you wish to properly fight your enemies, you'd better make sure your positioning
is good first.
In the same spirit, this ''Ranger'' perk in the Archery tree has been made less powerful. In vanilla Skyrim,
this perk would allow you to run at 100% movement speed with your bow drawn, allowing you to easily kite
almost all opponents whilst shooting them down. Now it will still allow you to move faster with your bow
drawn, but no longer at 100% speed. (NOTE: this change ONLY touches this one specific perk, and it will
cause no incompatibility issues with any other mods at all unless they specifically touch this single perk
as well, and even in that case it will not cause any serious issues.)

(o) LOCATIONAL DAMAGE
This mod has a locational damage system which will add small additional effects to combat depending on which
location of a body the player or any NPC hit with melee and/or bow attacks.
The system for determining locations hit is similar to the one written by Kahmul78 for his Locational Damage
mod, but the effects generally have a smaller impact on combat and there are fewer distinguished locations.
Melee and Ranged locational damage can each be toggled on or off (default ON) in the in-game menu from the
customization power, for people who wish to continue using Kahmul78's Locational Damage mod or for those who
don't want any locational damage.

Not every time a specific location is hit will special effects follow. There is a chance on each hit that
something will happen depending on the hit location, and this chance depends on the attacker's level, crit
chance and stamina percentage and the target's stamina percentage. When above 75% of his maximum stamina
level, the player will not receive any special locational damage at all (NPCs still can).

The specific effects for each body part are as follows:
- Head = stronger stagger than normally applied from normal attacks, and a short visual effect blurring
sight when the player is hit on his head.
- Right Arm = 25% chance (if based on the chance described above something should happen) to be disarmed.
- Left Arm = injured blocking arm for a short duration, which means that any time the NPC or player block
an attack their block will block the attack but also break, allowing for quick follow-up attacks.
- Chest = extra stamina damage, and NPCs also show a different pain reaction from the normal stagger.
- Back = 50% chance (if based on the chance described above something should happen) to be knocked down.
- Groin = extra stamina damage, and NPCs also show a different pain reaction from the normal stagger.
- Legs = if the victim was sprinting or recoiling, he'll be knocked down. Power attacks will also knock
down.

Modularity

In a standard installation you would use 1 .esp file:

- DeadlyCombat.esp includes ALL features described above.

If you wish to use exclude one or more of the GAME SETTING FEATURES
described above, you can use one or more of the following .esp files
IN ADDITION to the main .esp (enable the extra file(s) and make sure
they are later in your load order than DeadlyCombat.esp is. You can
use tools like the Nexus Mod Manage, BOSS or Wrye Bash for this)

- DeadlyCombat_NoArmorChanges.esp: Restores the value changes related
to armor (feature (a)) back to vanilla skyrim values.

- DeadlyCombat_NoAttackDistance.esp: Restores the value changes related
to attack distance (feature (d)) back to vanilla skyrim values.

- DeadlyCombat_NoBlockChanges.esp: Restores the value changes related
to blocking (feature ( b )) back to vanilla skyrim values.

- DeadlyCombat_NoDamageChanges.esp: Restores the value changes related
to weapon damage (feature ( c )) back to vanilla skyrim values.

- DeadlyCombat_NoStaminaChanges.esp: Restores the value changes related
to stamina (feature (e)) back to vanilla skyrim values.

If you wish to tweak the GAMEPLAY FEATURES, you can do this using a lesser power
called ''Deadly Combat Customization'' which is automatically
added to your list of spells upon loading the mod. This will open a menu. Using this
menu you can:

- Toggle whether actors can be ''stagger spammed'' or not. (Default NOT possible)
- Toggle Timed Blocking on or off. (Default ON)
- Toggle Timed Warding on or off. (Default ON)
- Toggle Melee Locational Damage on or off. (Default ON)
- Toggle Ranged Locational Damage on or off. (Default ON)
- Disable the mod's scripts and re-enable them (Disabling the scripts before making
a clean save to upgrade to a new version of the mod will ensure that the mod leaves
as little trash in your saved game as possible)

Optional plug-ins

- DeadlyCombat_HardcoreDamage.esp increases damage even more than the
main plugin does. Load this after DeadlyCombat.esp if you wish to have
the extra damage.
- DeadlyCombat_GiantsAIFix.esp fixes an issue some people encounter with Giants,
where they show strange AI behaviour (running away instead of attacking). Can be
loaded before the other parts of the mod as well, and the fix will still work.
The bug only shows up when attack distances are modified, so users of the
''NoAttackDistance'' plugin described above will not need this AI fix.
- DeadlyCombat_PISE_Patch.esp improves the interaction between the PISE AI component
and Deadly Combat AI. Should be loaded AFTER PISE or PISE AI Tweaks Only.
- DeadlyCombat_UnarmedFix.esp fixes a bug related to attack distance changes where
some enemies may sometimes use their fists instead of weapons. This patch might
conflict with mods which overhaul unarmed combat though. It is not necessary to use
this patch if you are already using the NoAttackDistance.esp.
NOTE: as of patch 3.7, this patch should no longer be necessary, however it remains
available in case someone still happens to run into this issue.

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Upgrading from previous versions

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If you have previously used an older version of Deadly Combat, it is always
advised to make a clean save before upgrading. This means following these steps:
1) Load your saved game.
2) Use the customization lesser power to deactivate the mod's scripts.
3) Save the game. (it's best to make sure you are not in combat before saving)
4) Deactivate the .esp file in the game's launcher and uninstall the mod.
5) Load the saved game made in step 3).
6) Wait for a few seconds, then save the game again. This will be your clean save.
7) Install the new version of the mod and activate it.
8) Load your clean save made in step 6) and play!

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Installation

Extract the downloaded archive in a temporary location. Then move the .esp file(s) you wish to use to your Skyrim installation location Data
folder. Also move the scripts folder to this folder. This location is:

/Steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/Data

After installing, make sure that the chosen .esp file(s) is/are
enabled by clicking the checkbox you see when you click ''Data Files''
after launching the game.

Uninstallation

First, in-game, before deactivating the mod, use the customization lesser power to
deactivate the mod's scripts.

Find Skyrim's data folder. This will be:

/Steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/Data/

In that folder, delete all files starting with ''DeadlyCombat'' and
ending on ''.esp''.

Then open the Scripts folder (so in SkyrimDataScripts) and remove the following files:
"DCAbEnemyMagEffLocDamScript.pex"
"DCAbEnemyMagicEffect.pex"
"DCAbPlayerMagicEffectLocDamageScript.pex"
"DCAbPlayerMagicEffectScript.pex"
"DCAbPlayerSpellMagEffScript.pex"
"DCAbTimedBlockingNPCsScript.pex"
"DCAbTimedBlockingScript.pex"
"DCAbTimedWardingScript.pex"
"DCAdvancedEnemyAIMagicEffectScript.pex"
"DCCombatNPCAliasScript.pex"
"DCCustomizationMenuEffectScript.pex"
"DCEnemyFeintAIMagicEffectScript.pex"
"DCHurtBlockingArmMagicEffectScript.pex"
"DCInitQuestScript.pex"
"DCNPCAntiMountAI.pex"
"DCNPCAttackMountAIScript.pex"
"DCNPCBlockAIScript.pex"
"DCNPCDodgeAIMagEffScript.pex"
"DCPlayerDodgeRightMagEffScript.pex"
"DCPlayerScriptVersionTwo.pex"
"DCUpdateQuestScript.pex"
"QF_DCInitQuest_01001ACF.pex"
"QF_DCUpdateQuest_0102D6B1.pex"

Incompatibilities

No known incompatibilities except for mods which aim to change exactly the same data, like other combat mods.

Known issues/bugs

- There is a small delay between hits and reactions to hits. This is probably caused
by the fact that Skyrim's scripting language, Papyrus, is quite slow and not very
reliable for scripts which require very precise timing.
As of version 3.01, this delay should be greatly reduced, but whether you notice any
delay or not will likely still depend on your framerate, CPU power, amount of active
mods, etc.
If you are interested in a more in-depth explanation of this, that can be found here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49019227/Skyrim_Papyrus_Scripts_Runtime.pdf
- Some people run into issues with Giant's AI. There is an optional extra plugin named
DeadlyCombat_GiantsAIFix.esp which fixes this issue.
- Reflecting spells through timed Warding will increase your skill in the spell type which
you reflected.
- The damage numbers shown on weapons in your inventory might sometimes change. This is caused
by a hidden perk which increases your damage when you hit someone in his back. Your damage
is only reevaluated every time the game needs to know your damage, so if the last time the
game ''checked'' your damage it decided that your hit would get bonus damage from attacking
from behind, it will show the increased damage in your inventory. In combat in game the damage
will always be correct though.

Version History

3.87 (9 August 2012)
- Fixed an issue where scripts would lock up and stop the game from progressing correctly.

3.86 (7 August 2012)
- Hopefully fixed some issues randomly showing up in the game's intro scenes in and around Helgen.

3.85 (4 August 2012)
- Added a few more attempts to fix random CTDs which some people have been reported (hard to test if
all is fixed now since they were so random to begin with), so please give feedback on whether you
notice any improvements! Should also reduce the amount of errors shown in papyrus logs, though some may
still show up (this is inevitable, but harmless).
- Slightly increased the duration of staggers produced by timed blocking.

3.84 (30 July 2012)
- Improved script stability.

3.83 (18 July 2012)
- Fixed a bug where staggers caused by timed blocking would be affected by the stagger spam prevention
cooldown. Compared to version 3.82, timed blocking should be much more effective and reliable again.
- Removed an unfunctional ''Locational Damage'' button from the ''Other Features'' part of the
customization menu. The seperate Locational Damage menu which actually works is still there, just removed
an additional button which accidentally got left in the mod and didn't do anything.

3.82 (12 July 2012)
- Deadly Combat should now complain a bit less in the Papyrus error logs. This might also slightly
increase performance.

3.81 (10 July 2012)
- Fixed a bug where locational damage would also work (usually very inaccurately) against all kinds of
creatures.

3.80 (8 July 2012)
- Made further optimizations in most of the mod's scripts.
- Normal attack stagger durations on NPCs are now dependent on their current health percentage. During the
largest part of a fight, stagger durations on NPCs should be slightly shorter than in previous versions,
and only when they are nearly dead might they be slightly longer than in previous versions.
- Slightly reduced the window of opportunity in which a block counts as a timed block.
- Timed blocking an attack with any 2-handed weapon will now result in the blocker recoiling as well.
- Staggers which are the result of blocking at very low stamina levels now have a slightly shorter duration
than in previous versions.
- Added a locational damage system to the mod, using a very similar location-detection system as used in
Kahmul78's Locational Damage mod. This feature can be disabled (ranged and melee locational damage can be
disabled individually) in the mod's in-game menu, for users who either don't want any locational damage
or those who prefer to continue using Kahmul78's version.

3.70 (25 June 2012)
- NPCs will now attack the player's horse if the player is mounted. Before this change, mounted combat would
often have NPCs trying to attack the player but being unable to do so because the player was sitting too high,
and they would just stand around looking at the player.
- Slightly increased all attack distances. They are still much lower than in vanilla (and only a little bit
higher than in previous versions), but because of this the following bug should be fixed once and for all:
- Fixed a bug where, even when using the appropriate extra patches for this, some NPCs would still sometimes
use unarmed combat instead of their normal weapons.
- Reverted back to the system used in 3.51 and before for spreading scripts. This will fix the following
bugs:
- Fixed a bug where the player would be accused of using magic in a fistfight.
- Fixed a bug where some NPCs would suddenly start attacking the player.

3.60 (23 June 2012)
- Weight of worn armor will have a more noticeable effect on movement speed. See feature (m).
- Movement speed whilst attacking has been reduced. See feature (n).
- Archery perk ''Ranger'' nerfed. See feature (n).
- The known issue where damage numbers shown on weapons in your inventory sometimes change should
show up less often, but is probably not entirely removed.
- Reduced stamina costs for attacking/being attacked for NPCs (player still has same costs).
- Reduced all damage taken by bows by the player.
- Doubled the duration of the ''Ignore Pain'' spell.
- Added Adrenaline Rush potions. See note 2 in feature (g).
- Fixed a bug where unused properties in scripts would show up in Papyrus error logs.
- NPCs with shields will now sometimes attempt to execute timed blocks when they see their opponent
attacking.
- Rewrote the system which spreads all the required scripts over all Actors. Now using a system using
hidden cloak spells also commonly used already by many other mods.

3.51 (12 April 2012)
- Some changes which should improve the mod's performance in areas with large amounts of NPCs.
- Slightly lowered the stamina cost for power attacks. It is still higher than in vanilla skyrim.

3.50 (7 April 2012)
- Timed blocks against human-sized NPCs wielding one-handed weapons will block 100% of the damage taken.

3.40 (5 April 2012)
- Replaced the customization scroll with a customization Lesser Power. This is more user friendly
for people who wish to enter the menu multiple times in a row, removing the need to constantly
re-open the inventory.
- Added an option to terminate scripts in the customization lesser power. This will allow for better
clean saves when upgrading to later versions in the future.
- Added an ''Ignore Pain'' spell which is added to the player when the mod first loads. This is a short
duration Alteration spell which prevents the player from getting staggered by normal attacks for that
short duration (everything which caused staggers in vanilla Skyrim, like power attacks, will still stagger).
This spell is intended for mages to be used right before they cast one of their longer channeling Master spells,
to allow them to actually finish their spell without getting staggered by normal attacks.

3.32 (30 March 2012)
- Fixed a CTD issue especially occuring in the intro, but also possibly occuring anywhere else in
the game.
- Improved performance.

3.31 (26 March 2012)
- Added a version number to the main menu of the customization scroll.
- Made several performance improvements.

3.30 (25 March 2012)
- Added a patch .esp for the bug where some enemies will sometimes use their fists in combat
instead of their weapons.
- Fixed a bug where if the player got staggered whilst drawing a weapon/switching weapons, he
could get stuck in a mode where he can't swing any weapons but can't draw any weapons either.
- NPCs will sometimes attempt to dodge the player's power attacks. Currently their reaction times
for this are pretty slow and you won't notice them succesfully dodging often yet, I'm hoping to
improve their reactions in the future.
- Made NPCs slightly less smart with their bashing behaviour.
- Increased the bonus damage for attacking from behind from 20% to 33%.
- Increased stamina regeneration for both the player and enemies if they are standing still,
not attacking and not blocking.

3.21 (19 March 2012)
- Small performance increase for people using a saved game from a character which has already
used previous versions of the mod.

3.20 (18 March 2012)
- Fixed an issue where breaking a spider's web could stagger the player.
- Improved timed blocking for NPCs
- Added new tricks to NPC AI (see feature k).
- Added Timed Warding.

3.14 (12 March 2012)
- Fixed an issue where the player could obtain the script which is supposed to run on NPCs.
If you already have this script running on your player character (you will notice by for
example being forced into a blocking animation after getting staggered some times), it will
remain in your saved game. Try reverting to an earlier saved game. If this is not possible,
tell me and I will try to provide a special version which will work with ''bugged'' saved
games.

3.13 (10 March 2012)
- Made some changes to scripts, hopefully resulting in faster execution and fixing an issue
some people reported where they were ''randomly'' getting staggered after combat.

3.12 (7 March 2012)
- Implemented further attempts to speed up scripts.

3.11 (6 March 2012)
- Hopefully optimized my scripts enough to prevent a delay occuring between hits and staggers
for people with lower-end CPUs.

3.10 (4 March 2012)
- Spells will now only be able to stagger when they visually hit a target. This
means that a long-duration spell dealing damage over time will only have a chance
to stagger on initial impact, and not later when it deals damage again.
- Many issues with stamina costs for normal attacks were fixed. Now the correct amounts
should be remove at the correct moments.
- The 5 Shield Wall perks will now also reduce the extra stamina cost penalty for blocking
too long. This is done through script which means that it remains compatible with any mods
changing perks.
- Stagger chances from arrows and magic are now larger when the distance between attacker
and victim is smaller, and vice versa.
- When the player strikes an enemy who is performing a timed block, he'll be staggered for
a bit longer (previously it was too short to notice)
- If the player has the ''Quick Reflexes'' perk, a block will count as a timed block if it
was timed at the time when time started slowing down. This means that the perk will no longer
prevent you from timed blocking, and actually makes timed blocking power attacks slightly easier
(which makes sense for a perk named ''Quick Reflexes'').
- The window of time in which a block counts as a timed block has been reduced very slightly. On
the other hand, the scripts will realise that you are blocking faster, which means that very closely
timed blocks should no longer bug and should properly count as a timed block.
- When the player is staggered by normal attacks, it will be for slightly longer and the player
will play a proper stagger animation now instead of a recoil animation.
- Attacks from behind deal extra damage. This opens up new opportunities in combat to for example
first disable the enemy through a stagger and move around the target and strike him in his back for
bonus damage.
- Added an optional Giant AI fix plugin.

3.01 (23 February 2012)
- Optimized most scripts, delay between hits and staggers should now be much smaller or
completely gone, depending on your setup.
- NPCs should no longer sometimes keep in a blocking stance after combat.

3.00 (22 February 2012)
- The player will now only ''fully stagger'' (stagger in a way where he is unable to
act) when the mod requires it. This means that staggers from causes outside of this mod
(like shield bashes) will revert to their vanilla behaviour. This will remove the issue
where some people were getting ''stagger locked'' even with the stagger spam prevention
enabled.
- Arrows and spells which hit the shield of a blocking target will no longer stagger.
- Continuous spells like breath shouts and flamethrower spells should be less likely
to stagger lock a target.
- Staggers on NPCs last for a shorter amount of time
- NPCs can utilize various moves after getting staggered in an attempt to prevent future
staggers. These moves are: sprinting, rolling, dodging sideways or backwards, and blocking.
Whether they use one of these moves and which one they use depends on the situation.
- NPCs will now get staggered if they're blocking when at VERY low stamina
(just like the player).

2.55 (19 February 2012)
- Fixed a bug where the player would get stuck in the intro scene when moving to
chopping block.
- Fixed a bug where helpful spells (like a healing spell from a companion mod) would
stagger the target.
- When the option to prevent stagger spam is on, staggering from spells gets an extra
second cooldown. This makes constant spells like flames or a vampire's drain less
overpowered and makes the ''Impact'' perk in the destruction tree more interesting again
(because the cooldown only applies to staggers caused by this mod).

2.50 (18 February 2012)
- Hopefully fixed CTD and corrupted saved game issues which people encountered in
version 2.40. STILL BE CAREFUL AND BACK UP YOUR SAVED GAMES AND REPORT ASAP IF YOU
ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS WITH THIS MOD!
- Slightly reduced stamina costs for normal attacks and being hit.
- Fixed a bug where hitting enemies with magic or getting hit with magic yourself
would cost stamina.

2.40 (17 February 2012)
- Reworked how the player's attacks stagger enemies on the level of implementation
(this change should be unnoticeable for the users). The reason this change was
made is that it helped to fix almost all of the following bugs and create almost
all of the following features.
- Fixed a bug where normal attacks would only cost stamina if they also staggered
the enemy
- Player and NPCs now lose a small amount of stamina if they get it.
- NPCs now also have the same stamina cost for attacking which the player has.
- NPCs can now stagger each other with normal attacks as well.
- Constant magic effects like the ''flames'' spell and the absorb health spell
from vampires will no longer continuously stagger the player if ''stagger spamming''
is disabled.
- Bows no longer have a 100% stagger chance.
- The bonus from a well-timed block now only applies if the player has a weapon or a
shield equipped in at least one hand. This means that users of my Dual Wield Parrying
mod will no longer get a timed block bonus if they are fighting with their bare hands.

2.30 (12 February 2012)
- Fixes a bug where timed blocking an arrow with the Deflect Arrows perk
could stagger archers.
- Melee attacks from enemies against the player now usually recoil the player
instead of staggering. This still interrupts the players action but is a much
faster response, allowing the player to play again more quickly instead of being
forced to wait for the stagger to end.
- Timed blocking a power attack will now make the enemy recoil instead of stagger,
to represent the extra momentum an enemy gets from his power attack. Timed blocks
against normal attacks will still stagger as before.
- The player's normal attacks now cost a (very small) amount of stamina.

2.20 (11 February 2012)
- Timed blocking.
- ''No stagger spam'' option for player staggering.
- Bows and magic have less overpowered staggering effects on player.
- Reworked modularity of the mod.
- In-game menu for tweaking some features.
- Most features in one main file, allowing me to work more efficiently on
future versions from now on.

2.10 (8 February 2012)
- Removed the dependancy on vanilla Skyrim perks for player's normal attacks
staggering enemies. This means that there is no longer a risk of
incompatibilities with mods changing these vanilla perks.
- The player now uses the same stagger animations as all other NPCs in the game.
This means that the play is unable to continue attacking whilst staggered.

2.00 (8 February 2012)
- Fixed a bug in the DeadlyCombat_WeaponsArmor.esp plugin, which caused skill
increases to REDUCE the player's damage instead of increasing it.
- Added the ability for normal attacks executed by enemies to stagger the player.

1.40 (11 January 2012)
- Slightly reduced the difference in weapon damage between highly skilled
players/NPCs and characters with low skill. At high skill, the player will
have slightly lower damage than in previous versions of the mod (still
higher than vanilla), and at lower skill the player will have slightly higher
damage than in previous versions.
Lower skilled NPCs will also deal more damage than in previous versions, and
higher skilled NPCs will deal less damage than in previous versions.
- Added an optional Hardcore Damage version, with all damage values even
higher than the older versions.
- Increased modularity. Now weapon damage and armor rating effects are combined
in one plugin, and the changes to shields have their own plugin now.

1.30 (9 January 2012)
- Reduced the effectiveness of armor slightly more than previous versions
did.
- Now enemy mages who have magic Ward spells up should no longer be
staggered by normal attacks.

1.20 (8 January 2012)
- Added stamina effects.
- Added modularity.

1.10 (7 January 2012)
- Added optional version to prevent stagger spamming.

1.00 (6 January 2012)
- Initial release

Alternative/similar mods

Something about this mod in particular you dislike, but still looking for a combat rebalancer? Try one of these similar, popular mods:

- Duel - Combat Realism: http://skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2700
- Duke Patrick's Heavy Weapons Combat: tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/files/file/1139-duke-patricks-heavy-weapons-combat/

If you feel like locational damage should have a greater impact on combat than it does
in this mod, deactivate the locational damage in this mod using the in-game customization
menu and try Kahmul78's version here: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/12615

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Permissions & Disclaimer

- ALL FILES IN THE DOWNLOAD ARE PROVIDED ''AS IS'' WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE OF ANY KIND. IN NO EVENT CAN THE AUTHOR BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY CLAIMS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE RELATED TO THE DOWNLOAD.

Contact information

The author can be contacted through private messages on the nexus sites and on the official bethesda softworks forums, in both cases
under the name ''Borgut1337''. The author will also read the comments section of his mod on www.skyrimnexus.com regularly.

Tools used

- The Creation Kit
- SkyEdit v0.041 alpha (for versions of the mod before 2.00)

Credits

Thanks to:

- Bethesda Game Studios: For making the awesome game Skyrim
- Kahmul78: For allowing me to look at and use his Locational Damage scripts
- Dave Humphrey: For making SkyEdit, which allowed me to make all versions
before version 2.00 of the mod.
- All contributors to the unofficial elder scrolls pages (uesp.net),
for all the information they wrote on armor and damage formulas.
- All contributors to the Creation Kit wiki, without which learning
the new Papyrus scripting language would have been hell.
- All people who have posted bug reports, suggestions and constructive
criticism on the bethsoft forums and the skyrimnexus comments section.
- spiderexpert for making the NMM installer.
- Topeira for making a video of my mod.