LE New kind of tracking mod for hunting?

[bluesmurph]

So i was thinking about making a mod that would let you track animals you are hunting. Before i go fumbling through the Creation kit I decided i would ask more experienced modders it is even possible or if they could take up the project (i'm lazy and not a great modder).

 

So the idea is that you should be able to track an animal you are hunting with a trail like Clairvoyance. So my thought is to make a poison called "tracking potion" or whatever and when you apply the poison to your weapon then the next animal/npc you attack will be "marked". In order to see the trail you just create a copy of the Clairvoyance spell but point it towards that last "marked" creature so every time you use the spell it shows a trail leading to them.

 

Idk if this is possible. The iffy parts for me are:

1. Giving the poison the ability to put a "mark" on the target

2. Making the Clairvoyance spell copy have the power to point towards that "mark"

 

If you cant have the spell dynamically follow the target then maybe have it set to the last spot the creature was at each time you cast the spell? I don't know but maybe someone out their knows how to do this. If anyone knows how to do this could you explain it please?

[TheLonePhantom]

I highly endorse this concept.

[Deleted1308005User]

Have you checked these:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22745

This mod gives most of animals some footprints, makes tracking easier, or at least it looks really cool and realistic.

 

And

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20721

This gives some good hunting skills, like smelling.

I haven't tried this one out myself, but it sounds like it might be something you want to try.

 

Anyway, I don't know if it would be possible to make quest, for example called "Tracking", set "hunting arrow" as quest item required for it and when shot at enemy you could turn the quest on and thus follow your target.

[bluesmurph]

Have you checked these:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/22745

This mod gives most of animals some footprints, makes tracking easier, or at least it looks really cool and realistic.

 

:o Looks interesting. I like this one but to bad it only works in snow :/ It probably would only look good in the snow too...

 

Anyway, I don't know if it would be possible to make quest, for example called "Tracking", set "hunting arrow" as quest item required for it and when shot at enemy you could turn the quest on and thus follow your target.

 

Yah, I wanted to make this mod a long time ago and thought of that but didn't want to do that so i gave up on ideas. recently i came up with this idea when playing Monster Hunter and I had Paintballs that I could stick to my target monsters and they would show up on the mini-map. The idea is almost the same being that you aply a poison that once you have hit the creature it allows you to use a spell to create a highlighted path to the creature if it runs away.