LE Time to make my mod (Silver Crossbow Bolts) more friendly with others!

[AegisRunestone]

My Silver Crossbow Bolts mod is here and in my sig.

 

So, it's been a looonnngggg time since I updated this mod. But, I think it needs an update with two things First, to get the triple damage against undead (I need to double check if it effects everyone in the silver spectrum, including vampires), you need a perk since ammo items cannot have enchantments (those Sunhallowed Elven Arrows, though...).

 

So, I edited all the base races to start with the Silver Bolt Perk added in the mod.

 

However, that will clash with any mods that edit any of the base races, and I really would like my Silver Bolts to be stand-alone. So, I was thinking of removing the perk from the races, and then either making a MCM (which I don't know how to do) to activate the effect, or just let people know on the description to add the perk via the console commands. The latter is more hassle for the player, though.

 

If there IS a way to get an enchantment on the silver bolts though without a perk, that would be fabulous (*looks at Sunhallowed Elven Arrows*).

 

The other thing I want to add is to make the Silver Bolts more common with Dawnguard merchants...

 

Would anyone like to pitch in your ideas or comments? I'd appreciate it.

[IsharaMeradin]

The Sunhallowed Arrows and Dawnguard exploding bolts have an explosion attached to the projectile form of the ammo. In this explosion a magic effect is added which gives the type of damage that they want. So you'll want to edit the projectile of your silver bolts and add a similar explosion which has the type of damage effect that you want.

 

As far as the merchants, you'll want to add the bolts to the leveled lists that the merchants use. You can use AddForm on a run once start up quest script to add your items and not have your users worry about whether or not they patched properly with the bashed patch.

[lofgren]

You could also just use the same run-once script that adds the arrows to the leveled lists to also add the perk to the player, who is most likely the only character who would ever notice the triple damage anyway. (Although I admit I find it slightly annoying that giving your allies silver weapons does not make them more effective against undead, and the explosion method would bypass that inconsistency.)