GIST-Really Intelligent Soul Trap

A new and improved way to solve the problem of missing soul gems.

The problem of insufficient soul treasure: it's as old as Skyrim itself, but none of the previous solutions were perfect.

Purchasable soul gems will throw away small souls to prevent unfilled large gems from being filled. But this is removing a feature from vanilla rather than fixing it.

Solution:

[replacement]

Small souls should be allowed to fill a soul gem. However, if a larger soul appears later, it should be able to push the smaller soul away. This way you never miss a little soul or a big one. If you have soul space, you will grab it.

[relocation]

Optionally, allow displaced souls to move to smaller available gems. example:

Large Soul Gem (fewer) + Small Soul Gem (empty) + New Large Soul

-> Large Soul Gem (filled) + Small Soul Gem (filled)

[shrink]

Optionally, if there really isn't a gem large enough to hold a soul, it can also be shrunk to fit a smaller gem:

Large Soul Gem (less) + Small Soul Gem (empty) + New Grand Soul

-> Large Soul Gem (full) + Small Soul Gem (full)

[Multi-threading]

If multiple souls are captured at once, the algorithm is multi-threaded. It prioritizes by size, finding a spot for the largest souls first, then moving on to smaller souls.

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Upgrades] Finally, there's an optional system that allows your soul capture ability to be upgraded along with your summoning (or enchantment) skills. All features of this mod, as well as the ability to capture souls of a specific size, can be set to be unlocked at specific levels. Each function can be configured individually. (This system is disabled by default.)

Notice:

Before installing this mod, any soul gems you filled will be considered blank by the algorithm. This is a limitation of the engine. Please use or sell these gems before enabling this mod. (Pre-filled gems will be available when you find them, while Azura's Star/The Black Star will be unaffected.)

Configuration via MCM menu. You need SkyUI to use it. Without SkyUI you can still use the mod, but if you want to change any options you will need to use console commands (see FAQ).

Azura's stars can only store large souls, while black stars can only store black souls by default. Optionally, Black Stars can also store Greater Souls, but they cannot be later replaced by Black Souls, so they are disabled by default.

Happy side effect 1: Now the same gems will always be stacked in the inventory, with one exception - the black soul gems (grand) will be divided into two groups, one for white souls and the other for black souls.

Happy side effect 2: You can now drop filled gems without them becoming empty.

Happy Side Effect 3: Followers use weapons with soul traps attached to send captured souls to players.

That’s the gist!

technology

Installation: Use Mod Manager or install manually and enable the plugin.

Requirements: None

Recommended: SKSE and SkyUI (access configuration menu)

Compatibility: Automatically compatible with any mod that adds new Soul Trap spells (assuming they use vanilla scripts), no patches required! Not compatible with mods that overhaul the Soul Trap mechanic.

Patches are available for the Multi-tiered Parallax Soul Gem and Village Soul Gem in the Downloads tab. Note that the MPSG patch is different from SE's patch, which is a patch created by Madcat221 with special features.

Uninstall: Please make sure to delete "magicsoultrapfxscript.pex" from the "Data/Scripts" folder. You will lose all filled gems when installing this mod.