Mator Smash Rules

Manual rules for Mator Smash. Manual rules enhance the functionality of Mator Smash, making it more accurate than the Smash_all universal rules.

Mator Smash Rules

is a collection of manual rules for Mator Smash.

The purpose here is to save other users the time of making their own manual rules. When Mator Smash first came out, I thought there would be a ton of people sharing the manual rules. It seems only natural that the mod author would release a manual smash rule to be downloaded with the main download. Somehow that never happened.

Mator Smash defaults to Smash_All, which is better than Wrye bash, but still leaves a lot to be desired. Especially when a large number of mods edit the same record. If multiple patches affect the same record, the broken patch may not make the expected changes.

Manual rules are the solution. Manual rules work by telling Mator Smash to ignore all changes or reversals made by a given mod that are unrelated to the intended changes made by the mod. Not all mods require manual rules. But I do find that the following mods work better with manual rules. However, manual rules work best if other related mods also have manual rules. For example. If you have NPC Look rules that affect NPC_Non-Player Characters (Actors), then it's best to look at what other mods do to that record and make manual rules for them.

I haven't bothered to make rules for many mods. Immersive Weapons Battle with Zia's weapons and other weapon models that re-equip NPCs. Instead of making manual rules for each mod and then resolving conflicts with load order. I just deleted all NPC records from IW.

Even with manual rules, not all conflicts will be resolved. Some records Mator Smash will not handle rules correctly. Other times, two seemingly similar mods will solve a problem in different ways, or make out-of-scope changes that you still want to keep. So always take a quick look at each smashed patch in xEdit to make sure everything is working properly.

Remove the zip folder and put into the \Mator Smash\settings\Skyrim directory. Then you need to assign the rules to the esp. Right click on the mod. Then select Smash Setting / Ungrouped / then select the mod name. From there, you can click the Manage Smash Settings button at any time to view my edits and decide if you agree with my settings or if they need editing. Either way, even if you think I'm doing it wrong, you should save yourself some time and effort.

The rules do not eliminate the importance of load order. If two different mods affect the same value, the lowest mod will still win.

All Credit goes to Matortheeternal for making the utility first.

Rules included:

NPC Look - This is not a mod, but a general rule for NPC beautification mods. It only activates the tint mask, head, hair, etc. But ignore anything else.

Independent Fans -.....General rules for independent fans. I've found that many standalone follower mods make changes that they shouldn't. This is somewhat of a relief but does not apply to all independent minions.

UUNP book

CACO

College of Winterhold

consistent seniors

CRF

Dynamic dungeon loot

ELE

Elemental Destruction Magic

ELFX

iActivate

Immersive music

Immersive sound

More interesting plunder

NARC

Obis Loot

Orvis

gorgeous costumes

Potion

real water

Modified Armor

Remove indoor fog

lack

sexy armor

SOGS

Tiwa  -  Minidresses

Unique loot

USSEP

UUNP Vanilla Outfits

WAFR

Zias Weapons

If people want, they can post their own rules on Google Drive or somewhere appropriate and I can use this page to put together manual rules.

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Mator Smash Rules

is a collection of manual rules for Mator Smash.

The intention here is to save other users the time of making their own manual rules.  When Mator Smash first came out I thought there would be a surge of people sharing manual rules.  It seemed natural that mod authors would post a manual smash rule for download alongside their main downloads.  Somehow that never happened. …