Reduce antagonistic animals (applies to SkyTEST)

Make animals less likely to attack you while you're minding your own business!

This mod is for SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators!

If you don't use SkyTEST, you might want to check out Less Aggressive Animals. This is the mod that inspired this!

I'm making a game that doesn't have fast travel, so I'm riding on the road a lot. Being attacked every 20 feet by a bear or wolf started to get really tedious after a few hours, so I looked for a solution to this problem! Sadly, many animal modification mods don't work with SkyTEST, but I really like SkyTEST! So I made this and thought I'd share. :)

what it can do

Generally speaking, this mod will reduce the aggro radius of most predators by about half, and lower their confidence level so they are less likely to be attacked if they don't stand a chance.

Maybe it's a matter of personal taste, but I also made another hate warning sound for the wolf. After hearing "Grrr..BarkBark!" from the vanilla era, I would have preferred something less repetitive and obnoxious. It might not be obvious in vanilla, as they'll attack before you get close enough for their aggro warning to repeat, if at all. If you don't want it, you can preview or delete it:

sound/fx/npc/wolf/aggrowarning/npc_wolf_aggrowarning_01.wav, 02.wav and 03.wav.

They are just loose files and not required for the mod to run.

For convenience, I've added some grids in SkyTEST that have been run through the nif optimizer to be better compatible with SSE. Again, not necessary, but recommended if you haven't done so yourself!

I also highly recommend Roads Free of Predators if, like me, you plan on doing a lot of road trips! This is fully compatible (SkyTEST will not edit vanilla animal spawn locations), it will only affect animals specifically added by SkyTEST, and even then it will still significantly reduce the number of predators on the road.

compatibility

Might be compatible with anything SkyTEST compatible!

Be sure to load it after SkyTEST or you won't get the changes!

Known issues

I haven't encountered this yet, but if you do, please let me know!

Detailed change list

Most animals' confidence levels change from Foolhardy/Brave to Average, unless they are meant to be cowardly or cautious.

Females, Bulls, and Baggage Leaders are still brave, and their aggro radius is slightly higher than other types, but still lower than vanilla or SkyTEST defaults. They are more protective, so be sure to give them space!

Mudcrabs, Goats, and Elks are all completely unoffensive.

Aggro series

WARNING------------->They will keep a close eye on you.

Warning/Attack ---> They will make warning actions/sounds and if you don't exit soon, they will attack.

Attack------------>They will attack immediately

Race ----------> Warning Range - Warning/Attack Range - Attack Range

Bear--------> 1500/500/350 (Vanilla 2500/2000/1500, SkyTEST 2500/1000/800)

Wolf ------> 1000/500/350 (Vanilla 0/2000/1500, SkyTEST 2000/1000/800)

Horker -------> 800/400/300（Vanilla 850/640/320，SkyTEST 850/640/320）

Sabre Cat  - > 1000/600/400（Vanilla 0/2000/1500，SkyTEST 2500/1000/800）

I'm pretty good at video editing, so if anyone else wants a better example vid, you're more than welcome! :d

I'm sorry for attacking you with hostility! D: The internet needs sample videos and I have to comply! I was going to show the friendly mudrabs too, but the bears ate them... :(

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This mod is meant for use with SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators!

If you are not using SkyTEST, you may want to look at Less Aggressive Animals instead. That's the mod that inspired this one!

I'm doing a play-through with no fast travel, so I do a lot of riding around on the roads. Getting attacked every 20ft by bears or wolves started to get very tedious after a few hours, so I looked for a mod to fix this! Sadly a lot of animal-modifying mods don't work with SkyTEST, but I really enjoy SkyTEST! So I made this and figured I'd share.:)

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