No world edits, all bugs are fixed, light weight, highly compatible, still no scripts, and no new animals only improved vanilla animals. This is SkyTEST Lite, animals have improved AI behavior, and will forage for food and water daily, and hunt in packs. I will be supporting this work indefinitely.
Requirements
This mod does not have any known dependencies other than the base game.
Patches, fixes, and updates that require my main file do not need my permission - upload and earn 100% of the donation points and live your best life. I am very laid back about permissions but If you want to use my assets in your mod just ask me first. I am very quick to respond to messages as well.
File credits
Special thanks to EtaYorius for giving me permission to post this mod. Thats insanely cool of you man. Thank you for making the community what it is today. We really appreciate you and everything you have done.
Edmond's SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators - Lite - Turkish Translation
Changelogs
Version v3.6
First I removed USSEP as a master file since it wasn't actually required. Please note however that all* of the fixes USSEP provides are forwarded and included in the mod file. Additionally while reviewing edits I found some vanilla defects not already caught specifically concerning Goats and the player horse. If sneaking in front of a goat or your own horse they would count to your detection meter making it impossible to sneak around your own horse or a goat. This is worse yet because is you are trying to surprise a Bandit Camp or Storm Cloak/Imperial Camp and there were wild goats or your horse nearby they would detect you and raise the alarm to the hostiles in the area. This is now resolved. Please note however that wild horses and unbridled horses will still count to your stealth check and this is because they are placed in areas were if you spooked the horse it could sound a alarm or cause a herd of wild horses to flee from you.
Version v3.5
Added a optional ESL version of SkyTEST Lite please note that you cannot go from using a mod flagged as a .esp to a mod flagged as a .esl on the same save - you have to make a new game.
-Reviewed edits of animals and resolved a number of minor bugs were USSEP fixes were not forwarded or values were overlooked
-Recreated the One With Nature Patch from scratch. The original was good but was missing a lot of values and fixes - name has been updated as well to be in line with my naming convention
-improved the AI and dynamic attack nature between bears and wolves - basically I made there be more of a difference between bear types this also includes their size. I used real life models to ensure the bear sizes matches the correct size for the bear compared to a human depending on its type - their attacks are more dynamic now and not static as well so a Cave bear will have a .50 increase to damage for certain attack types but a regular bear will have no bonus and a Polar Bear will have a .25.
-Sabre cats have improved AI to hunt and successfully kill Mammoths - to this end they have a unique set of perks that make them incredible tough against mammoths and make them do a ton of damage to a mammoth. In real life they hunted and killed mammoths regularly - but in game this was never possible - I have improved them so that against specifically mammoths they have a affinity and edge to killing them. They will now be able to hunt them again - mammoth is back on the menu boys.
Updated mod page to move ESP version of SkyTEST Lite and all ESP version compatible patches to the Miscellaneous files section. Moving forward the ESL version of the mod will be the main one supported. Currently however both ESL and ESP versions of the mod are the same and provide the same features - future updates will only be for ESL however.
Added support for the mod "Real Wildlife Improved" which is for the ESL version of the mod NOT the ESP version of the mod*
Version v2.3
Made USSEP a master and patched for any differences - In a number of cases EtYours fixed the same issues already in his own way in other cases he did not and I made sure USSEP fixes carried through. I also re- did EtYours fixes around specifically bears and changed his fix to be in line with USSEP - no real point to do this other then being OCD but I did it. you wont notice a difference the fix is the same using his method or USSEPs method.
Version v1.2
After reviewing the mod file I found a wild edit to slaughter fish (no biggy just means the slaughterfish record was included in the mod file but didnt actually edit anything so it should be removed thats all) and I found another defect with the original SkyTEST mod which I fixed in my version of the mod which prevented horses from dropping horse meat. The "Use All" flag was not checked on the horse item death thats all its a minor update but fixes another little bug I found with the original mod file.
Version V1.1
No .esp edits at all in this update - I only deleted Audio files out of the audio folder that I reviewed and ensured were no longer required. Also thanks to Disitinerant who initally reviewed the audio file for me and created the patch between my mod and One With Nature.
Description This mod is stand alone and does not require the original mod to work. The mod itself is only a .esp and a couple sound files so it can be installed and uninstalled at any time. This is a light weight alternative to SkyTEST and includes all of the benefits of sky test to include improved animal behavior and AI but nixes additional features like additionally placed animals, world edits, or new animals, etc. This is a highly compatible version of SkyTEST and only includes edits to vanilla animals. I have also gone through the entire bugs tab of the original SkyTEST mod and fixed all of the bugs as well to include the rag-doll CTD bug and wolf faction infighting bug +others.
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Whats Included This is a simple mod that does a simple thing. Animals in skryim will search for water during the day, will forage for food, and will hunt. They fear fire, and predators will hunt in a pack attempting to wear their pray down. Additionally due to the faction system predators will not attack in tandem so you wont get saber cats and wolves teaming up against you. They are as likely to attack each other as they are to attack you.
As of version 3.5 the mod now is offered in ESL in addition to ESP as well.
Compatibility As stated previously this mod is highly compatible and is based on the original most recent version of SkyTEST. That said everything the original SkyTEST is compatible with this mod is compatible with as well, and it should honestly be more compatible then the original. I have open permissions to make patches to this mod if any are required no need to ask just make sure they require this mod to work because I will be updating/supporting this mod.
Note: Because this mod is now ESL you must remove all previous SkyTEST patches that you were using and only use the patches hosted on this mod page or patches that specifically state that they are for the .ESL version of this mod.
Required Files and Installation -Only Skyrim is Required (Any Version) -Install on a Existing Game or a New Game Doesn't matter
Known Issues -None
Special thanks Special thanks to EtaYorius for giving me permission to post this mod. That's insanely cool of you man. Thank you for making the community what it is today. We really appreciate you and everything you have done.
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