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Chainless Butterflies makes butterflies and moths behave more like actual animals rather than basic resource points. They are now free to roam and explore the world with you.

When I released Butterfly Land Real, I realized that the default butterfly behavior was very restrictive. With fewer landing sites, the butterflies can now land on each other. They keep landing on the same flowers. So I dug into the butterfly/moth AI and found that they were stuck near their spawning sites. I fixed this issue and took the liberty of improving the way they select their landing spots.

Requires unofficial Skyrim Special Edition patch

This mod is designed to be used with Butterflies Land True, they perform different actions.

change

Butterflies and moths are no longer released to their spawning sites and can move as far as desired. (They still disappear as usual).

Butterflies and moths can now lay eggs four times from their spawning point.

Butterflies and moths are more aware of landing on other butterflies and are less likely to do so.

Butterflies and moths will no longer jump between the same landing spots.

If butterflies/moths cannot find a nearby habitat, they will search further. To reduce the chance of butterflies passing through walls, their search radius is now based on their current location rather than their spawn point.

Butterfly search radius will randomly deviate from their position to encourage them to explore new areas.

question

Butterflies sometimes fly over walls and solid objects. This is an uncommon side effect of their ability to wander.

compatibility

Compatible with every mod as long as they don't override mothCritter scripts.

NOTE: These changes are made directly to the Moth AI script provided with the unofficial patch. However, I strive to keep existing functionality intact to maintain optimal compatibility with other mods.

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Upon the release of Butterflies Land True, I realized that default butterfly behavior was sorely limited. With fewer landing sites, butterflies were now landing on top of each other. They kept landing on the same flowers over and over. So I dove into the butterfly/moth AI and found that they were trapped near their spawn points. I fixed that and took the liberty of improving the way they choose their landing points.

REQUIRES Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.

This mod is designed to work with Butterflies Land True, they do different things.

CHANGES

Butterflies and moths are no longer leashed to their spawn points and can travel as far as they'd like. (They still despawn as usual).

Butterflies and moths can now spawn up to FOUR times farther from their spawn points.

Butterflies and moths  are more conscious about landing on other butterflies and are less likely to do so.

Butterflies and moths will no longer jump between the same landing points.

In the case that butterflies/moths cannot find a nearby perch, they will search farther away. To reduce the chance of butterflies clipping through walls, their search radius is now based on their current position instead of their spawn point.

Butterfly search radius is randomly shifted away from their position to encourage them to explore new areas.

ISSUES

Butterflies sometimes fly through walls and solid objects. This is an uncommon side-effect of their ability to wander about.

COMPATIBILITY

Compatible with every mod, as long as they do not overwrite the mothCritter script.

NOTE: These changes were made directly to the moth AI scripts provided by the unofficial patch. However, I made an effort to keep existing functions the same in order to maintain optimal compatibility with other mods.