Looked at the silver weapons in CK, something interesting came up

[WOTmodsproductions]

So I was looking through the creation kit for my mod, and came across something about the silver sword.

 

Its supposed to be effective agaisnt undead right? Well when I examined the script, all it does is give the player a perk thats hidden, I checked out the perk and it doesnt actually increase damage against undead.

It seemingly just 'increase damage output' which is general, meaning against everything. Has anyone ever noticed if it does extra damage against all things or just undead, ive never really tested it.

Anyone know how this works then if it just increases the player's damage output but not against specific creatures? As there seems to be nothing else associated with it that would suggest it targeting undead.

The term increase damage output is used with other scripts that have nothing to do with undead, so I wonder how the game could know to deal extra undead damage with nothing else guiding it?

Edited February 11, 2012 by thelonewarrior

[thesapien]

I never did like silver swords for being so vague. I don't think I've ever used one since the game never says anything about how much damage exactly. Anyway, I'll be checking back on this thread to see if someone has learned more if what you said says it all. Funny, it would explain why the description on silver swords looks like a temp tag to be finished later by a dev who never got around to it.

[blove]

Looking at the perk, SilverPerk, open the single entry in Perk Entries, then choose the Target tab in Conditions. You will see that it uses GetIsRace and HasKeyword to affect Werewolves, Undead, and Ghosts. It is plus twenty extra damage.