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AI revamp of NPC shout users featuring Miraak (The first Dragonborn), the ancient Nord heroes, the greybeards, and more. Intelligent use of shouts; unmatched, consistent shout variety and voicing. Witness why Thu'um users are feared throughout the land! Sky Above.... Voice Within.....
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The Problems:
I'm a believer that "Gameplay Reinforces the Narrative". If we are told that Miraak is Dragonborn, I want to witness it with my eyes. When they say Gormlaith slew 4 dragons in a day, but she can barely dispatch one lousy bandit, it's disappointing.
Even worse, vanilla AI is very bad at ability management. That is, it doesn't matter how many abilities you give them, they end up spamming the same ability. And the nail on the coffin? The voice architecture used for shouts operates on a spaghetti quest system.
Check out this video and skip to 0:13
Here you'll see Gormlaith shout, but the first line (Fus) is completely skipped, whilst the last lines (Ro Dah) happens 2 secs after the shout is fired. This is a common occurrence in heavy combat situations.
These problems have always irked me and i want a mod to solve these problems for good. This brings us to the features!
The Features:
The Showcases
1) Miraak vs Bleak Falls Barrow
2) Gormlaith vs Mirmulnir (Coming soon...)
Load Order and Installation:
Please, see the requirements Tab. This mod removes the default shouts from Thu'um Users (Miraak, Ancient Nord Heroes, GreyBeards, Tsun, Ulfric, and The Ebony warrior).
It has been tagged with the appropriate bash tags. However, it's good practice to load into SSedit and check that other mods aren't re-adding these shouts. And to make sure that new abilities you add with other mods (that affect these NPCs), carry over.
Recommended Mods:
Highly recommend the Ashes of war mod if you use MCO by Gildboye.
Credits and Special Thanks:
This mod would not be possible without the incredible work by mod authors whose assets make my work possible.
1)Kittytail- Beautiful Spell assets used in shouts.
2)Keysmash2c- Beautiful shout assets from his Thoom mod.
3)serio420 - Inspiration for new shouts
4)dbs156 - Sound assets from is wonderful ShoutSFX mod (Original credits are in the File Credits section)
5)Delta - His Forceful shouts mod greatly inspired my mod. His mod is a staple of my load order, and i see this as a spiritual successor but for NPCs instead of the player.
6)L3st4t- Storm Shout asset for Miraak from the amazing Elemental Dragons mod.
7)Distar - Wouldn't have achieved 100% voicing consistency without his tutorial videos on animations using Hkanno and his python tools.
I'm a believer that "Gameplay Reinforces the Narrative". If we are told that Miraak is Dragonborn, I want to witness it with my eyes. When they say Gormlaith slew 4 dragons in a day, but she can barely dispatch one lousy bandit, it's disappointing.
Even worse, vanilla AI is very bad at ability management. That is, it doesn't matter how many abilities you give them, they end up spamming the same ability. And the nail on the coffin? The voice architecture used for shouts operates on a spaghetti quest system.
Check out this video and skip to 0:13
Here you'll see Gormlaith shout, but the first line (Fus) is completely skipped, whilst the last lines (Ro Dah) happens 2 secs after the shout is fired. This is a common occurrence in heavy combat situations.
These problems have always irked me and i want a mod to solve these problems for good. This brings us to the features!
The Features:
- Consistent Shout Variety and New Shouts: NPCs use different shouts, consistently. Myriad NPC shouts to make them feel distinct.
- 100% Snappy Voice delivery: My disappointment in the voice system led to discovering how the animation community implemented sounds. A night and day difference.
- Distinct AI: One of the main "IPs" of my mods thanks to many hours of research on how the base game AI works. This AI takes into account their weapons and fighting style. The results are breathtaking. Please, see the showcase below on Miraak. I'll upload a video with the legendary Gormlaith soon (Just wanted to get this out).
The Showcases
1) Miraak vs Bleak Falls Barrow
2) Gormlaith vs Mirmulnir (Coming soon...)
Load Order and Installation:
Please, see the requirements Tab. This mod removes the default shouts from Thu'um Users (Miraak, Ancient Nord Heroes, GreyBeards, Tsun, Ulfric, and The Ebony warrior).
It has been tagged with the appropriate bash tags. However, it's good practice to load into SSedit and check that other mods aren't re-adding these shouts. And to make sure that new abilities you add with other mods (that affect these NPCs), carry over.
Recommended Mods:
Highly recommend the Ashes of war mod if you use MCO by Gildboye.
Credits and Special Thanks:
This mod would not be possible without the incredible work by mod authors whose assets make my work possible.
1)Kittytail- Beautiful Spell assets used in shouts.
2)Keysmash2c- Beautiful shout assets from his Thoom mod.
3)serio420 - Inspiration for new shouts
4)dbs156 - Sound assets from is wonderful ShoutSFX mod (Original credits are in the File Credits section)
5)Delta - His Forceful shouts mod greatly inspired my mod. His mod is a staple of my load order, and i see this as a spiritual successor but for NPCs instead of the player.
6)L3st4t- Storm Shout asset for Miraak from the amazing Elemental Dragons mod.
7)Distar - Wouldn't have achieved 100% voicing consistency without his tutorial videos on animations using Hkanno and his python tools.