About this mod
Better critical system & lightweight mod! Formula calculated based on YOUR Ability.
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Want to eliminate foe in one strike based on Your Ability? Try this!
"For ages I've been looking for a mod which adds critical strikes to add a bit of volatility to fights."~Mercer Meka
"This will be perfect to modify archery in Oblivion... No matter how many mods I use to improve it I just end up sticking my enemies with 40 arrows like they're some sort of acupuncture experiment. Now they'll just die sometimes" ~Dahveed
"This plugin is running very well, I can defeat strong monsters from mods !" ~Naritete
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Performance n Compatibility
- HUD Status Bar support !! (see picture) you can measure yourself with enemy based on critical chance ! To unlock this feature, see file "InstantKillAdv HUD Status Bar.txt" that already included in 'Main Files' download
- not using any esm esp master, so you can use this for Nehrim or others
- very lightweight mod, will not affect game performance at all. This is a good alternative for mod such as DeadlyReflex & UV
- esp load order does NOT matter, will not conflict with any mod (probably) because ONLY affect player hit attack
Gameplay
- this feature applied to Player only (by default), but if you want all actors can have critical strike too you can. By set value more than 0 for Actor Damage multiplier in 'ini' file
- critical chance is calculated based on Player's Skills + STR AGI INT WIL LCK and enemy's Skills + Endurance
- customize each multiplier critical chance in file InstantKillAdv.ini, if you set all the multiplier to 1000 then your target will always die in a single hit (except Boss monster/Boss NPC/hardcore enemies)
- if you still insist on killing boss or hardcore enemies by using critical, you can configure it in ini file by set immune to 0
hardcore means actor that have at least one stat that is 100 or more at Block/Endurance/Magic/Intelligence
- power attack required for critical hit, this ONLY applied to 1H 2H weapon & Hand to Hand. Default On, can be turned Off
- you can activate restriction and critical penalty based on % current fatigue, only applied to physical attack. Default is Off
- for better dynamic added sound effect when critical hit happen, like short 'KAboom'. Default On, can be turned Off
- Player & enemy will shout on critical strike, also knock back your target. Default On, can be turned Off
- optional, you can set Damage multiplier in file 'ini' to those who NOT prefer one-hit-kill but an enhanced damage
- in this 'Advanced' version, critical strike will be more frequent as you grow stronger. If you want to make this critical easier you should see this mod's sibling >>> Instant Kill Expanded. The downside of 'Expanded' version is the critical hit applied regardless enemy, so some strong enemies can be wiped out by critical alone!! BUT, the choice is yours :) you know what you're dealing with.
EXAMPLE, you use Sword (1H) and have Blade skill 15, STR 78, Luck 90. Your foe Combat skill is 15 and have Endurance 10
RESULT = Your critical chance is 36.2% to that foe --> How can this be? From where this value comes from?
Let's see below
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Magic = (Your Magic skill - foe factor S) x mult_S + ( Your Int - foe Intelligence ) x mult_A + Your Luck x mult_L
Hand 2 Hand = (Your H2H skill - foe factor S) x mult_S + ( Your Will - foe Endurance ) x mult_A + Your Luck x mult_L
1H 2H weapon = (Your Blade/Blunt - foe factor S) x mult_S + ( Your Str - foe Endurance ) x mult_A + Your Luck x mult_L
Bow = (Your Marksman - foe factor S) x mult_S + ( Your Agi - foe Endurance ) x mult_A + Your Luck x mult_L
* NOTE :
- Factor S magic attack on enemy (creature), then factorS = foe Magic Skill
- human different from creature. Magic skill that used in calculation determined by the spell type you strike them with
- Factor S physical attack on enemy, then factorS = foe Combat skill (creature) /Block skill (human)
- mult_S is skill multiplier, represent skill for Magic / H2H / Blade / Blunt / Marksman. By default mult_S is 0.2
- mult_A is attribute multiplier, represent Intelligence / Willpower / Strength / Agility. By default mult_A is 0.4
- mult_L is luck multiplier. By default mult_L is 0.1
- simply we can see that, mult_S + mult_A + mult_L = 0.2 + 0.4 + 0.1 = 0.7 -> max possible critical chance by default is 70%
- all of this multiplier, can be configured in .ini file to suit your taste
- skill or attribute that more than 100 will NOT added to calculation. This is to preserve the game balance
some boss or hardcore enemies usually have something like STR 100, Combat skill 100, Magic skill 100, etc...
so ... now you know why the RESULT is 36.2 % in Example above near the yellow title right?
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changelog
v30 null pointer on projectile crit bug fixed (report from Oooiii.Thx!)
v29 added INI setting for stagger effect & custom critical sound effect (suggest by Pushkin17.Thx!)
v28 healing bug because of vanilla Fortify Health ability fixed (report from TriniXjin.Thx!)
v27 wrong magic crit on melee atk bug fixed (report from Mercer Meka.Thx!). write projectile script from scratch
v26 null pointer in arrow and spell cast bug fixed (report from motarx & Mercer Meka.Thx!)
v25 change syntax SetAVMod with better effective syntax SetAV for instant kill (report from motarx.Thx!)
v24 fix small issue with syntax GetGameRestarted
v23 mod not working after load savegame bug fixed !
v22 script optimized and streamlined, added alternative for event handler postloadgame script initializer
v21 using event handler post Load so all script initializer is handled properly with the best possible performance
v20 script optimized further more, removed garbage in scripts
v19 all EDID renamed for future development, HUD not working bug fixed ! (use new HUD in txt included)
v18 ini file improved, added new feature minimum critical % chance (suggest by bevilex.Thx!)
v17 projectile script optimized, wrong ref magic projectile bug fixed. finally this mod reach STABLE version
v16 added new event handler for magic finally magic null pointer bug fixed, wrong name notification bug fixed
v15 magic null pointer bug fixed
v14 now enemy support bow & magic critical too, script algorithm tweaked & optimized
v13 Actor Damage Multiplier heal bug fixed (report from Mercer Meka.Thx!)
v12 added new feature critical penalty if you attack hardcore actors proved they are though to kill, if you set Actor Damage Multiplier more than 0 player are not immune to critical hit
v11 slight change in formula for skill calculation, added new feature to unlock critical immune
v10 critical % chance formula revamped, skill factor added in formula calculation (suggest by Mercer Meka.Thx!), ini file improved and categorized, immune formula leak critical % bug fixed
v9 added setting to turn off critical strike notification for immersionist (suggest by Mercer Meka.Thx!)
v8 added fatigue restriction & critical penalty (suggest by Mercer Meka.Thx!)
ini file improved, better script validation, better critical message (non instant kill)
v7 now all actors can have critical strike by modify 'Enemy Damage multiplier' in 'ini' file (suggest by Dahveed.Thx!)
v6 added new feature, damage multiplier rather than one hit kill in .ini setting (suggest by Mercer Meka.Thx!)
v5 little adjustment for HUD, minor changes not really an update. but I just upload it anyway to match my current
v4 added HUD Status Bar compatible, show critical % chance for physical & magic
v3 null pointer cast magic bug fixed, hostile non-damaged spell false critical bug fixed, wrong magic bug fixed
v2 Luck calculation not capped at 100 bug fixed, also added debugging mode in file .ini, validate sound ref
v1 first release. based on previous "Instant Kill Expanded" mod so it is more stable (I hope)
This is just my little contribution for Nexus & the community hope you like it. Oblivion is my first best custom personal game
Thanks to Master Forli my modding skill is improved
Thank you Bethesda! Thx Nexus! Thanks creative modders all of you give many great inspirations!
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