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About this mod
A framework which makes it really easy to make SPID INI files to distribute items/outfits etc randomly to groups of NPCs without any overlaps.
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This mod does nothing on its own, but is designed to make it easier to do certain things with SPID.
This mod is in fact just a SPID INI file, named so that it should run before any other SPID INI files, so it can set things up to make them more convenient.
It does 2 things:
1) Defines easily useable groups for a number of different categories of NPCs, e.g. bandits, high level bandits, warlocks, vampires etc.. This should hopefully be convenient to any modders who want to use SPID to distribute to any of those groups.
2) Divides all NPCs into a number of different random groups, with well defined probabilities, and which don't overlap.
Say you want to distribute 5 different outfits among bandits, you'll quickly realise that this is slightly messy with SPID. It's easy to assign the first outfit to 10% of bandits, but if you assign the second outfit to 10% of bandits as well, it will overwrite some of those wearing the first outfit (and seemingly in some cases merge the two outfits, although I've not been able to consistently replicate that issue). By the time you get to the fifth outfit it will all be getting a bit messy.
It's not a huge problem, but this mod hopefully makes it much easier.
If you have three outfits, and you want each to be assigned to 10% of bandits, then your INI file can just look like this:
Outfit = 0x819~MyMod.esp|GroupBandit+GrpA_10pct
Outfit = 0x820~MyMod.esp|GroupBandit+GrpB_10pct
Outfit = 0x821~MyMod.esp|GroupBandit+GrpC_10pct
GroupBandit and GrpA_10pct etc are all defined in this mod. There are various groups with different percentage probabilities, down to a few with 1% probability.
I think that anyone used to making SPID INI files who takes a look at this file will quickly see what I've done, and hopefully will find it useful.
This mod is in fact just a SPID INI file, named so that it should run before any other SPID INI files, so it can set things up to make them more convenient.
It does 2 things:
1) Defines easily useable groups for a number of different categories of NPCs, e.g. bandits, high level bandits, warlocks, vampires etc.. This should hopefully be convenient to any modders who want to use SPID to distribute to any of those groups.
2) Divides all NPCs into a number of different random groups, with well defined probabilities, and which don't overlap.
Say you want to distribute 5 different outfits among bandits, you'll quickly realise that this is slightly messy with SPID. It's easy to assign the first outfit to 10% of bandits, but if you assign the second outfit to 10% of bandits as well, it will overwrite some of those wearing the first outfit (and seemingly in some cases merge the two outfits, although I've not been able to consistently replicate that issue). By the time you get to the fifth outfit it will all be getting a bit messy.
It's not a huge problem, but this mod hopefully makes it much easier.
If you have three outfits, and you want each to be assigned to 10% of bandits, then your INI file can just look like this:
Outfit = 0x819~MyMod.esp|GroupBandit+GrpA_10pct
Outfit = 0x820~MyMod.esp|GroupBandit+GrpB_10pct
Outfit = 0x821~MyMod.esp|GroupBandit+GrpC_10pct
GroupBandit and GrpA_10pct etc are all defined in this mod. There are various groups with different percentage probabilities, down to a few with 1% probability.
I think that anyone used to making SPID INI files who takes a look at this file will quickly see what I've done, and hopefully will find it useful.