Complete Archery Overhaul
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About this mod Machine translation
Archery has been overhauled to make it more fun and challenging.
Automatic assistance for disabled targets.
Dead arm at zero Stamina (camera and controller shake if you keep drawing the bow when Stamina is zero).
Arrows/bolts cause bleeding damage.
Drawing the bow now drains stamina.
Bows/Crossbows now require bowstrings. They can be crafted, purchased, or found in Skyrim.
Arrows/bolts now require x6/x3 bundled Fletchings. They can be purchased or found in Skyrim.
A bundle of arrows/bolts is now 24/12.
Arrow/Bolt damage increased by 100%.
Since their bolters entered the game, they've added steel/dwarven rockets/frost/shock arrows to Forge.
It's possible to nail a limb to a hard blow.
Bows/Crossbows deal 50% more damage, but are 15% slower.
Up to 15 arrows/bolts can be seen on one fuselage.
Increased the number of stray projectiles allowed in a cell to 50.
Craftable Longbow joins Forge's Wood Section.
Forgeable hunting bow added to the iron section of the Forge.
Craftable Imperial Bow joins the Imperial section of Forge.
Crossbows/Bolts can now be crafted at any Forge if you have the necessary DG requirements.
Arrows/bolts fly flatter.
NPCs use ammunition.
The Archery tree (renamed Marksman) has been rebalanced to simulate real-life progression. Speed and movement perks have gone down, while power perks have gone up. Removed 'Hunter's Discipline' as arrow retrieval has been reset to 70%. Eagle Eye can zoom in by 40%. Perks also have new descriptions.
Each level of "overdraft" also causes increased bleeding damage (only affects bleeding NPCs).
Added Apprentice level spell 'Ethereal Bow'. It is a lower level Bound Bow (vanilla BB stats). Added to the level list so they can be purchased from merchants selling apprentice level spells.
Removed Skyrim Sidestep.
Fixed a bug with minion hunting bows. By default, all fans use their hunting bow, not the bow you give them, even if you remove the bow from their inventory. Followers will also no longer pull hunting bows out of thin air if they don't have a bow in their inventory (you may need to put this mod lower in the load order than any other follower tuning mod).
If you are using a mod that modifies Perks and don't want to use the skill tree in this mod, just put the Perk Overhaul mod below this file.
IMPORTANT: Due to the way the game engine handles scripts, it is recommended not to remove scripted mods midstream.
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
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- Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
- 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.