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Renames Iron Cub to "SmartBear" and increases his size to that of Iron Bear. Includes matching sound effects, skill description, animation/movement speeds, and stomp radius; otherwise only cosmetic.
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SmartBear - Full-Size Iron Cub
I didn't really like Iron Cub; partly because he isn't a set of new hardpoints like a shrapnel cannon and ballistic shield (or similar) for Iron Bear, but mostly because he's just an ugly rejected model for Iron Bear shrunk down to 50% size, which isn't even as tall as Moze. So I scaled him back up to the same size as Iron Bear, and tried to undo anything else that went with shrinking him, including fixing animations, move speed, spawn clearance, and even altering his AI slightly to deal with the new scale. Unfortunately, the actual model, with its dumb little monkey arms, remains unchanged - a better modder than I will have to fix that.
So technically this mod is not 100% cosmetic, but it shouldn't give SmartBear any real advantage over Iron Cub. While the slightly increased move speed and stomp radius are objectively improvements, they are hardly noticeable; and he also becomes a larger target and may not be able to follow you through as tight spaces as before. (Though as with all pets, he will still teleport to you if you get too far away from him.)
This mod does not change Iron Cub regarding the following:
❌ Hardpoint damage
❌ Armor or shields
❌ Fuel efficiency
❌ Number of hardpoints
❌ Moze's voice lines
❌ the Dakka Bear or Security Bear skills
Though I have not noticed any bugs I have not corrected, there is a decent chance some yet exist. Leave a comment or whatever and I'll see if I can do anything about it.
Optional Recommended Mod - Iron Bear - No Self Damage
Makes Iron Bear/Iron Cub deal no self-damage, so it can have even a chance to use its splash weapons, especially at higher mayhem levels. I don't know why this isn't how it works by default.
Does not require the SmartBear mod.
Installation
I didn't really like Iron Cub; partly because he isn't a set of new hardpoints like a shrapnel cannon and ballistic shield (or similar) for Iron Bear, but mostly because he's just an ugly rejected model for Iron Bear shrunk down to 50% size, which isn't even as tall as Moze. So I scaled him back up to the same size as Iron Bear, and tried to undo anything else that went with shrinking him, including fixing animations, move speed, spawn clearance, and even altering his AI slightly to deal with the new scale. Unfortunately, the actual model, with its dumb little monkey arms, remains unchanged - a better modder than I will have to fix that.
So technically this mod is not 100% cosmetic, but it shouldn't give SmartBear any real advantage over Iron Cub. While the slightly increased move speed and stomp radius are objectively improvements, they are hardly noticeable; and he also becomes a larger target and may not be able to follow you through as tight spaces as before. (Though as with all pets, he will still teleport to you if you get too far away from him.)
This mod does not change Iron Cub regarding the following:
❌ Hardpoint damage
❌ Armor or shields
❌ Fuel efficiency
❌ Number of hardpoints
❌ Moze's voice lines
❌ the Dakka Bear or Security Bear skills
Though I have not noticed any bugs I have not corrected, there is a decent chance some yet exist. Leave a comment or whatever and I'll see if I can do anything about it.
Optional Recommended Mod - Iron Bear - No Self Damage
Makes Iron Bear/Iron Cub deal no self-damage, so it can have even a chance to use its splash weapons, especially at higher mayhem levels. I don't know why this isn't how it works by default.
Does not require the SmartBear mod.
Installation
- Install B3HM, found on the Nexus here: https://www.nexusmods.com/borderlands3/mods/244
- Extract StygianEmperor_SmartBear.bl3hotfix from the .zip downloaded here to a folder in which you would like to keep your BL3 mods.
- In B3HM, use the Add Local Path button to find the file path to the .bl3hotfix you extracted.