SKYRIMLE Yet Another Skyrim Hardcore mod - YASH.

Smile44 · August 10, 2013

Yet Another Skyrim Hardcore mod - YASH, by dAb. This mod is an overhaul that is highly underrated. Some of the top modders around were contributorsÂ in some fashion. It is very lore friendly and works very well. You do not need a large number of gameplay mods if you run this and it can be installed in a modular fashion or via 2 .esp files. It deals with just about everything and feels like part of the original game - BUT much harder. Thinking and planning go a long way towards making this work.

Not a CORE STEP mod but as a package installing this along withÂ Alternate Start - Live Another Life, ASIS, Frostfall, Immersive Armors, Immersive Creatures, Immersive Weapons, Run For Your Lives, Wet And Cold and When Vampires Attack as your gameplay section and you have quite a challenge on your hands. This is true of both STEP and SR. Of course other overhauls included in SR such as Deadly Dragons, Realistic Needs and Diseases and SkyTest would need to be looked at and or removed.

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OVERVIEW

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YASH is my personal attempt to make the game mechanics more interesting, by adding subtle but substantial gameplay elements in a strictly lore-friendly way. It's primarily aimed at hardcore roleplayers but due to its nature it should please just about everyone.

The main goal is to start as a complete nobody, suffer greatly at first and feel a real sense of accomplishment when you level up and increase your skills. YASH is not necessarily harder than vanilla but its gameplay is way, way different.

YASH abides by three strict rules:

1. Never, ever affect the player with something that will NOT affect the NPCs. Never. If your Khajiit character runs fast it's because ALL Khajiit in the game run fast. If your Redguard character is more skilled with one handed weapons it's because ALL Redguards are more skilled with one handed weapons. If your Bosmer character can deal more damage with bows and draw them fast it's because ALL Wood Elves are more skilled with bows. And so on. The essence of the mod is that you are NOT anything special compared to other people, save for your innate ability to shout.

2. Don't disrupt the vanilla mechanics: improve them. YASH intentionally does NOT add new perks, new skills, new spells, new weapons, etc. Instead, it improves the existing game elements by making them more interesting and useful, sometimes essential to proceed.

3. Replace the player skill with the character skill. YASH is not aimed at button mashers but at players who carefully plan their characters.

Last but not least, never let anyone think that he's playing with a mod on. The best mod is the one that doesn't feel it's a mod at all, but something so well integrated into the game that the player could think it's always been like that since day one. This was the hardest goal but I did my best to accomplish it. Also, one fundamental rule here is that the mod should NOT need instructions at all. Everything is explained in-game thanks to non-intrusive messages that inform the player about what's going on. I also have to add that YASH is intentionally NOT user configurable by any means, but I am willing to provide instructions to alter the mod to your likings using either the CK or xEdit.

Anyway though I have mentioned this mod before in passing as it were, I am still very stunned at how little notice this mod is getting.

Please consider and enjoy.

:)

exploiteddna · August 10, 2013

as great as it may or may not be, mods that are considered to be gameplay overhauls of skyrim typically have no place in STEP. Unless my interpretation of the STEP mandate is incorrect... but im pretty sure that's the case. Im sure one of the admins will confirm or deny this

WilliamImm · August 10, 2013

This would want its own dedicated pack, I'm sure. Yash is a nicely designed overhaul for those who don't want to have the overhead of SkyRe or Requiem.

Smile44 · August 10, 2013

Definitely not for CORE STEP but is a good idea for a package as I stated. Especially useful for those who want a more challenging game but with a vanilla feel - and by extention the closest overhaul to the STEP mandate.

This changes about as much as Requiem does in terms of how much it touches in the game and somewhat more than SkyRe does. But it does so unobtrusively with lots of nice touches. AI across the board is much smarter, dragons much harder, combat trickier especially as monsters will now chase you outside.

Not for everybody but definitely worthy of far more attention than it has received.

:)

torminater · August 10, 2013

Interesting but not all in it is to my liking...

Smile44 · August 10, 2013

It can be used in a modular fashion as described below. All seem to work very well and a useful combination can be achieved with a little work. Of course some of the esp files render some other mods in either STEP or SR obsolete.

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for the full YASH experience enable YASH.esp *AND* YASH_AllOptionals.esp

- for a customized experience enable YASH.esp plus one or more of the following:

YASH_CombatAI.esp - this ESP alters the enemies combat AI and combat style. It can be used as a standalone mod.

YASH_DroppableQuestItems.esp - with this ESP enabled all non-MQ quest items are droppable. It can be used as a standalone mod [requires DG, HF, DB, USKP and UDGP]

YASH_FoodsAndDrinks.esp - with this ESP enabled foods and drinks will give timed boosts to magicka, health and stamina. It can NOT be used as a standalone mod.

YASH_GuardsWithoutHelmets.esp - with this ESP enabled town guards won't wear any helmets. It can be used as a standalone mod [no DLC and UPs required].

YASH_ImprovedClasses.esp - with this ESP enabled all NPC and creatures receive a bonus to all attributes and skills. Leave it disabled if you find the game too hard. It can be used as a standalone mod [requires DG, HF, DB and USKP].

YASH_ItemsStats.esp - this ESP alters items, ingredients, weapons and armors stats and weights. Disabling this ESP will revert a lot of things to their vanilla state, thus unbalancing the gameplay a bit. The only reason why it's optional is for mods compatibility. It can be used as a standalone mod [requires DG, HF, DB and USKP].

YASH_OpenEncounterZones.esp - with this ESP enabled the enemies will cross the zones boundaries, chasing you outside dungeons, caves and town buildings. It can be used as a standalone mod [requires DG and DB].

YASH_Perks.esp - with this ESP enabled all perks will be altered and race specific perk ranks will be added. Plus, all perks are skippable to reach the perk of choice. It can NOT be used as a standalone mod.

YASH_PowerfulShouts.esp - with this ESP enabled all shouts are way more powerful [this applies to Dragons, Draugr and Miraak as well]. It can be used as a standalone mod [requires DG and DB].

YASH_RenamedSkillBooks.esp - with this ESP enabled all skill books are renamed to match the teached skill. It can be used as a standalone mod [no DLC and UPs required].

YASH_SmithingRecipes.esp - this ESP alters smithing recipes and adds skill requirements for tempering. It can be used as a standalone mod [requires DG, HF, DB, USKP and UDGP].

YASH_UncommonPlants.esp - with this ESP enabled all plants are harvestable for ingredients. There's also a small chance to find hidden small treasures. It can NOT be used as a standalone mod.

YASH_UnleveledEnemies.esp - with this ESP enabled all NPC are spawned at any player level but the hardest enemies are rare. It can be used as a standalone mod [requires DG and DB].

YASH_UnleveledLoot.esp - with this ESP enabled all items in the world are available at any player level but the valuable loot is rare. It can be used as a standalone mod [requires DG, HF, DB, USKP and UDGP].

The author seems very keen to keep as close to vanilla as possible. I for one am very keen on the un-levelled skyrimÂ approach as it makes no real sense that all npc's monsters etc.. are the same level as you or lower, and that merchants stock as well as various treasure items increase in quality and value as you increase in levels. There is almost no real incentive to train your skills and level up. Of course in a general gameplay sense the vanilla approach makes sense - but then this game was made for consoles. It is supposed to be an RPG but the vanilla game pretty much leaves out the role playing element as well as any real need to learn strategy to solve difficult combat situations. Which is a lot more fun than running into any given dungeon waving a sword about, killing everything in sight and grabbing all the treasure - which is pretty much the case with vanilla.

:)

statmonster · August 10, 2013

So if one used this (or perhaps other unleveled) mods, which mods should not be used alongside it? For example I assume something like High Level Enemies would not work with it. What about NPC/Creature mods like SkyTest, Skyrim Immersive Creatures? What about something like Timing is Everything?

Or perhaps a simpler way of addressing this issue is what other gameplay mods do you use alongside this?

Smile44 · August 10, 2013

The general rule of thumb is that texture, animation, and weather / lighting packs OK. Everything else needs to be checked. The recommended mods are shown in the first post the rest is decided by considering what this mod does affect and what it doesn't.

Here is modlist.

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And the load order.

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This particular configuration has not been fully tested yet but seems to be working well so far. I hope this helps to answer your question.

:)

Garfink · September 2, 2013

My latest playthru, I struggled between using this mod or Skyrim Unleashed. Ended up picked the latter because that mod even though very similar in scope works fine with SkyRe's perk changes which I would miss very much. I use ASIS too. I also liked the changes at low levels in Skyrim Unleash to make the beginning of the game less painful, less aggro from powerful bandits who see you as too weak and poor to attack and less aggro from wildlife. That mod also messes big time with the level lists but doesn't mess with the scaling with the player much. meaning it retains the ability for the player to explore where ever he wants, but need to know that some previously easy kills like draugrs are now a lot tougher, but a draugr is still a draugr.

Otherwise this would've been a fine choice as well. Maybe my next play through.

Aside: If someone can tell me how to use Lootification I would be very happy. I was planning to spread enchants to Immersive weapons & armor but just can't get lootification to work. I keep getting errors saying such and such "armorbladewhatever" is invalid and needs cleaning with TesVedit. But I don't know what's wrong though.

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