How to mod difficulty?

[jelf]

Sorry if this has been asked before, I did a quick forum search and couldn't find anything relevant.

So which file should I look into to mod difficulty? Just changing very basic stuff like damage multiplier for enemy, health multiplier, etc.

Thanks a lot!

[panurgy]

If you want an excellent mod, try SkyTweak. It lets you control a ton of variables on the fly through a well-designed MCM menu. There are similar mods with a smaller focus like Dynamic Difficulty. Not sure the state of those because I always use SkyTweak.

 

For a more technical answer:

There are a number of GMST settings (global variables). There's no file to tweak, you need the Creation Kit or TES5Edit.

 

This topic is a good read for technical details about what the variables are and what they do. Each difficulty setting has two variables a "by player to NPC" and a "to player by NPC" damage multiplier. There are also additional variables that alter damage, it depends on how far you want to dig into it.

[jelf]

If you want an excellent mod, try SkyTweak. It lets you control a ton of variables on the fly through a well-designed MCM menu. There are similar mods with a smaller focus like Dynamic Difficulty. Not sure the state of those because I always use SkyTweak.

 

For a more technical answer:

There are a number of GMST settings (global variables). There's no file to tweak, you need the Creation Kit or TES5Edit.

 

This topic is a good read for technical details about what the variables are and what they do. Each difficulty setting has two variables a "by player to NPC" and a "to player by NPC" damage multiplier. There are also additional variables that alter damage, it depends on how far you want to dig into it.

 

Thanks for the reply.

 

But is this for Skyrim or does it also apply to The Witcher 3? Or did I post in the wrong forum? :sick:

[jelf]

I just want to modify the modifiers applied to monster damage/health and player damage/health, e.g. on Death March settings. Does anyone know how to do it? Thanks!