better bat

The top of the bat emerging from the cave. There is now an optional esp that allows bats to be knocked down by water droplets, and there are several bats clinging to cave walls.

This mod replaces the vanilla bats with hollow holes that you can throw around, with textures that are twice the size.

It comes in four colors: light gray, light brown, dark gray and dark brown, so you need to go to the download page and choose one

Download with NMM. (For the record, images in unlabeled screenshots use dark brown)

There are screenshots of vanilla bats for comparison.

This mod is mainly used for taking screenshots. I took some real movie screenshots of vanilla bats the other day and found them to be overly ugly blobs,

Obstructing said movie screenshots. With Halloween coming up, I can't afford to have too many bats on screen.

Now also included in the download section is the optional esp: with it you can now shoot or strike at a swarm of bats if you are fast enough and, if you are lucky, shoot down one. After striking, search the surrounding area; it may land around you (it's flying very fast, after all; inertia is a thing).

It also occasionally sticks bats to cave walls, and is only found in caves with bat swarms (13 locations with bat swarms were recorded, and a total of eight bats were found clinging to the walls). The bugs will remain in place and are easier to shoot down than swarms, but they are difficult to see, especially in dark caves. You have to look hard.

They're great for bat wings, which is a pretty powerful ingredient. The color of the wings will correspond to the texture you choose (dark brown in the picture above).

Note that esp is independent. You will need to download a texture file for retexturing. This means you can use only the retextured portion of this mod (no esp), only the esp portion of the mod (no retexturing of the bat), or both.

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This mod replaces the vanilla bats-that-fly-out-of-caves-just-to-mess-with-you textures with textures twice the size.

It comes in four colors: light grey, light brown, dark grey, and dark brown, so you'll need to go to the downloads page and pick one to

download it with NMM. (for the record, the ones in the unlabeled screenshots used dark brown)

There are screenshots of the vanilla bats up for comparison.

The mod is mostly for screenshots. I took some really cinematic screenshots of the vanilla bats the other day and realized they were excessively ugly blobs that were

getting in the way of said cinematic screenshots. With Halloween coming up, I can't afford blobby bats in my screens.

Now also includes an optional esp in the download section: with it, you can now, if you're fast enough, shoot or strike at the bat swarm and down one if you're lucky. Once you strike, search the surrounding area; it may land a ways around you (it was flying very quickly, after all; inertia is a thing).

It also adds the occasional bat clinging to cave walls, found only in caves where there are bat swarms (for the record, there are 13 places with bat swarms, and 8 bats total that can be found clinging to walls). These will stay put and can be shot down more easily than the swarms, but they can be very hard to see, especially in dark caves. You'll have to look hard.

They're lootable for bat wings, a fairly powerful ingredient. The color of the wings will correspond with the texture you chose (pictured above is the dark brown).

Note that the esp is standalone; you will need to download a texture file with it for the retexture. This means you can use just the retexture part of this mod (which has no esp's), just the esp portion of the mod (which will not retexture the bats), or both at the same time.