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Thoughts on an Interactive Trader workshop

This is my review of an investing workshop on options trading by Interactive Trader.

The Reticent Modder

Robbie at Reddit wrote this a while ago: What is with all these files being hidden lately? It's ridiculous. You always had the odd author who deleted their work for some reason or another, but it's to the point where we're losing major mods that he community loves all the

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Locational Damage Fixes Part III - SKSE Plugin

To add locational damage to Skyrim one needs to do math. There's no alternative since the onHit event that is exposed when a target is struck does not include any coordinates of impact nor does it include hit box enumerations. It would of course be better if Papyrus and the

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Locational Damage Fixes Part II - States

I'm new to modding. But it just so happens that a simple tweak to Locational Damage makes it chug along better in big and chaotic battles. Cipscis has an informative blog on Skyrim modding (one of the few in existence). In one particular tutorial he dives into states. Papyrus offers

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Locational Damage Fixes Part I - Ranged Attackers

In the process of repairing Locational Damage I plan to document a series of major changes to the mod. All credit should go to the original author Kahmul, whom absolutely put in much more work to starting and developing this mod. I cannot begin to describe the attention to detail

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Getting ready to script with Papyrus

There are a few steps that need to be done before compiling scripts with Papyrus. Out of the box, a Skyrim installation isn't set up for any aspect of modding. Compiling scripts in particular requires additional steps above and beyond installing the Creation Kit. Install TES V: Skyrim. You can't

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Locational Damage Rebirth

Released circa 2012, Locational Damage introduced a missing feature to TES V Skyrim: positional-dependent damage and effects. Skyrim has no native support for hitboxes. The mod uses trigonometric calculations to determine what portion of an enemy's body was hit. The idea is great and the need is there. The mod