Skyrim Special Edition

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About this mod

Another equipment break/degradation mod.
Compatible with ALL well-made weapon/armor mods.
Compatible with ALL armor slots.
Compatible with PC and NPCs.
Broken equipment can be repaired at grindstone or workbench.
Equipment in NPCs' inventory, equipment in containers and eqiupment placed at habitable area are randomly temper

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Breakable Equipment System

Description

  • Another equipment break/degradation mod.
  • Compatible with ALL well-made weapon/armor mods.
  • Compatible with ALL armor slots.
  • Compatible with PC and NPCs.
  • Broken equipment can be repaired at grindstone or workbench.
  • Equipment in NPCs' inventory, equipment in containers and eqiupment placed at habitable area are randomly tempered.

Requirements

  • SKSE
  • SkyUI
  • PapyrusUtil

 Upgrade

  • Open MCM, disable this mod.
  • Save game, and quit game.
  • Overwrite files.
  • Start game, open MCM, enable this mod.


Uninstall

  • Move to cell that has no NPCs like qasmoke.
  • Open MCM and disable mod.
  • Wait 2 minutes.
  • Save, quit game and remove files.

Features

You can configure various settings via MCM. Watch screenshots in IMAGES tab.

Equipment Break/Degradation

  • Untempered equipment can break anytime! Temper it! ASAP!
  • When attacking, blocking, hit by enemies, equipment degrade. Equipment break when quality falls below untempered state. Quest items and non-playable items won't break.
  • You can add/remove any equipment to Unbreakable Item list. Equipment in the list never break.
  • When equipment break, it may drop to the ground.
  • After armor break, you can't equip another armor during combat. (You can disable this feature using MCM)
  • Power attack boosts break/degradation chance.
  • Weight of aggressor's weapon influences degradation rate of victim's armor. The heavier weapon is, the worse degradation is.
  • Magnitude of aggressor's spell influences degradation rate of victim's armor. The more powerful spell is, the worse degradation is.
  • Weight of victim's armor influences degradation rate of victim's armor. The lighter armor is, the worse degradation is.
  • You can set base weight of heavy armor, light armor, clothing/jewerly individually. The ratio of armor weight to base weight influences degradation rate of victim's armor. It prevents clothing becoming too fragile.
  • Magic armor spell prevents armor breaking/degrading. Instead, it dispells.
  • To take a defensive position right before hit is assumed Timed Block. It prevents equipment breaking. You can try it once every 2 secs. If you succeed in it, you can try it once more immediately.

Repair

  • When you activate grindstone or workbench, your broken equipment are converted to normal ones, then crafting menu opens.
  • If you temper converted equipment, it remains in your inventory. If you don't temper converted equipment, it become back to broken after crafting menu closed.
  • YOU CAN NOT REPAIR EQUIPMENT THAT HAVE NO TEMPER RECIPE.
  • Mod adds temper recipes for clothing/jewerly temporally, you can repair it.

Loot

  • Equipment in NPCs' inventory are randomly tempered. If NPC is merchant, goods are also tempered.
  • Equipment in containers are randomly tempered.
  • Equipment placed at habitable area are randomly tempered.
  • Equipment in Boss NPCs' inventory and equipment in Boss containers are more tempered.

Salvagers

  • Salvagers come to Skyrim! They are in the inns of various towns.
  • They salvage broken equipment left on the ground, and sell it.
  • Salvaging takes time, but If you pay fee, they do it within a day.

Equipment HUD

  • HUD shows player's equipment and its numerical quality.
  • Quality of broken/dropped equipment is shown as "B"/"D".
  • HUD position, font size, text colors and duration are configurable.

Profile

  • You can save MCM settings into JSON files and load settings from them.
  • JSON files are located at 'data/skse/plugins/BreakableEquipmentSystem/'.


Optional Files

  • Honed Metal Patch: You can ask blacksmith to repair broken equipment.
  • Nether's Follower Framework Patch: It fixes a problem that warning message is shown continuously in Whiterun city when you enable automatic container tempering.

FAQ

  • Q: Merchant goods are not tempered. A: Close bartermenu, and open it again, then goods will be tempered.
  • Q: My sword is broken when I cut the air. A: It's in the specifications for faster processing.
  • Q: I checked/unchecked Numerical Upgrade option, but equipment names don't change. A: Save, quit game, and restart. Then, it will change.
  • Q: I can't repair my equipment with a workbench or a grinding wheel. A: Execute the following command in the console to fix the problem.

stopquest bes_CraftingFurnitureQuest
stopquest bes_CraftingQuest
startquest bes_CraftingQuest
startquest bes_CraftingFurnitureQuest