Skirmish - Combat Overhaul

by wocky727·v1.02·Updated 2025-12-01

Complete overhaul of combat, damage, Dead Eye, and adjustments to the stealth system.

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About this mod Machine translation

Complete overhaul of combat, damage, Dead Eye, and adjustments to the stealth system.

Skirmish - Combat Overhaul

🎮 **Brings combat to a whole new level in Red Dead Redemption 2! **

To me, RDR2's combat, while fun, always felt a bit monotonous. So I completely revamped the combat system, added new content, and adjusted the difficulty to my ideal level.

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✨ Main features

**Comprehensive upgrade of combat and AI**

  • **Dynamic Tactics**: Different gangs, law enforcers and free NPCs have unique flanking tactics, making every encounter full of variables.
  • **Dynamic Accuracy**: NPC shooting accuracy is now affected by weather! The accuracy is highest on sunny days with high pressure, and lowest on sandstorms and snowstorms.
  • **More Aggressive**: The overall game pace is faster, forcing you to be constantly on your toes and plan your next move.

**Real Damage System**

  • **Achilles heel**: New organ models such as intestines and kidneys have been introduced (other organs and spine sizes have also been adjusted).
  • **Players are no longer invincible**: NPC anatomy damage system now also applies to players. Got a headshot? Fell to the ground instantly!
  • **Environmental factors**: Rain will enter the barrel, affecting bullet speed and damage. Damage in rainy weather is about 80% of normal.

**Death Eye Adjustments**

  • **Strategy Comes First**: Each enemy can now only be marked once, forcing you to think carefully about which fatal spot to hit.
  • **Duration slightly increased**: The duration of Death Eyes has been slightly extended.
  • **Aiming Threshold Increase**: More challenging to use.

**Stealth and Perception Optimization**

  • **Stealth fine-tuning**: In view of the limited stealth system of the game itself, I have tried my best to make minor optimizations.
  • **Night Combat**: Enemies have poor vision and reduced accuracy at night. This effect can be stacked with different weather conditions.
  • **Animal Senses**: The hearing, smell and vision of different animals have been adjusted according to reality, and the smell is also affected by the wind direction.

**Equipment and Logistics**

  • **Limited Ammo**: Enemies no longer have unlimited ammo! Once you've used up all their bullets, you can harvest them easily.
  • **Weapon differentiation**: The differentiation of guns is increased, allowing you to feel the unique "character" of each weapon in deadly gun battles.

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🛠️ Installation method

  • Drag and drop the `Combat` and `stream` folders into your `lml` folder.
  • You can find Lenny's Mod Loader (LML) here.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Ked29 for providing the script, which improves the effect of this module more than ten times!

Hope you like this mod! 🚀

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
Combat
File size
5.9 MiB