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This mod adds the WeapMaterialSilver keyword to all Dawnguard weapons ever. Patchless, and no ESP. Designed to be used with mods like Know Your Enemy 2 and Sanctified Steel SkyPatcher or any other mod that uses silver to fight against the growing vampire menace. Also works with pure vanilla!
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I've always wondered why the Dawnguard's weapons weren't silver laced. It seemed a shame to not have another edge when fighting against the bloodsucking fiends known as vampires.
Attention Dawnguard!
All of your Dawnguard weapons will now have the Weapon Material Silver Keyword from vanilla. Two methods Available to you:
Using Skypatcher by Zzyxzz, the ini reads the keywords located within the weapons forms. It will detect DLCDawnguardItem + WeapTypeXXX and inject the Silver keyword into the weapon.
Using Keyword Item Distributor by powerofthree, the ini reads Weapon Name, and Weapon NIf name. If either of those two names, has the word Dawnguard in it, it will add the Silver keyword.
It will do nothing else! This is for max compatibility. Use mods like Sanctified Steel - SkyPatcher, Know Your Enemy 2 or other mods that utilized the vanilla keyword to weaken the vampire scum.
What is the difference? Why Both SkyPatcher And KID
Simple. Order of Operations. We are in a unique and powerful modding distribution meta, and knowing what's doing what and WHEN is important. When you boot up the game, these distributions tools happen in a specific order:
Skypatcher cannot read keywords Injected by SPID. SPID is happening afterwards. So anything SPID is doing, Skypatcher literally doesn't detect. The Skypatcher version of this mod has a stricter parameters of detection, but it benefits from every overhaul that is SPID powered, like Awakening - Vampires of Skyrim, or Know Your Enemy 2. Additionally, it has compatibility with mods like Sanctified Steel, or any other future mods that uses Skypatcher as a framework.
Included the KID version of this mod, because I already made the file... Nah, its because I can't trust every weapon mod author to properly keyword their dawnguard items. In fact, some Dawnguard weapons get the WeapMaterialSilver through various means, but in my research for this mod, I noticed things that slipped through the cracks of the existing methods. Also not everyone has Skypatcher!
To be honest. Just use both files. I made it optional just in case, but the skypatcher version is the one I recommend always, while the KID version is for anything that slips through the cracks. The TLDR is that, the Skypatcher version is future proofed for any overhauls that will ever come out involving Silver, Skypatcher based or otherwise. KID Version is a catch all to simply add they keyword to mislabeled mods.
Potential Mods to use DWAS with
Future eventually
Skypatcher will probably get an update that will allow me to make this mod even more immersive! Such as adding a silver ignot to dawnguard weapons as well. Not possible currently. But it IS possible if the function ever gets added.
Credits
PowerofThree
Zzyxzz
Attention Dawnguard!
All of your Dawnguard weapons will now have the Weapon Material Silver Keyword from vanilla. Two methods Available to you:
- SkyPatcher
- Keyword Item Distributor
Using Skypatcher by Zzyxzz, the ini reads the keywords located within the weapons forms. It will detect DLCDawnguardItem + WeapTypeXXX and inject the Silver keyword into the weapon.
Using Keyword Item Distributor by powerofthree, the ini reads Weapon Name, and Weapon NIf name. If either of those two names, has the word Dawnguard in it, it will add the Silver keyword.
It will do nothing else! This is for max compatibility. Use mods like Sanctified Steel - SkyPatcher, Know Your Enemy 2 or other mods that utilized the vanilla keyword to weaken the vampire scum.
What is the difference? Why Both SkyPatcher And KID
Simple. Order of Operations. We are in a unique and powerful modding distribution meta, and knowing what's doing what and WHEN is important. When you boot up the game, these distributions tools happen in a specific order:
- Synthesis (This happens via ESP so its BEFORE you boot. But i'm mentioning it anyway for folks)
- Skypatcher
- PowerOfThree (KID, SPID, CID, Etc)
Skypatcher cannot read keywords Injected by SPID. SPID is happening afterwards. So anything SPID is doing, Skypatcher literally doesn't detect. The Skypatcher version of this mod has a stricter parameters of detection, but it benefits from every overhaul that is SPID powered, like Awakening - Vampires of Skyrim, or Know Your Enemy 2. Additionally, it has compatibility with mods like Sanctified Steel, or any other future mods that uses Skypatcher as a framework.
Included the KID version of this mod, because I already made the file... Nah, its because I can't trust every weapon mod author to properly keyword their dawnguard items. In fact, some Dawnguard weapons get the WeapMaterialSilver through various means, but in my research for this mod, I noticed things that slipped through the cracks of the existing methods. Also not everyone has Skypatcher!
To be honest. Just use both files. I made it optional just in case, but the skypatcher version is the one I recommend always, while the KID version is for anything that slips through the cracks. The TLDR is that, the Skypatcher version is future proofed for any overhauls that will ever come out involving Silver, Skypatcher based or otherwise. KID Version is a catch all to simply add they keyword to mislabeled mods.
Potential Mods to use DWAS with
- Sanctified Steel
- Resistances and Weaknesses
- Know your Enemy 2
- Better Vampires
- Awakening - Vampires of Skyrim
Future eventually
Skypatcher will probably get an update that will allow me to make this mod even more immersive! Such as adding a silver ignot to dawnguard weapons as well. Not possible currently. But it IS possible if the function ever gets added.
Credits
PowerofThree
Zzyxzz