How to Fix Skyrims Combat | Vanilla Plus Combat Overhaul | Skyrim Mods

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Heya! for more Skyrim mods check out my channel: kzbin.info

[@ceeno9042]

Hey, could you turn this into a Vortex collection, or one for your main list? That'd be incredibly convenient

[@chompyhunter123]

Please make a vortex collection or a wabbajack modlist PLEASE

[@grandmasteryoda6717]

This actually released at an incredibly convenient time for me because I'm making a "Vanilla+" style modlist for myself to replay the main story.

[@chrisrobin4962]

Agreed, such perfect timing :) hope my gtx1070 and haswell processor have the power enough for all the mods though :D

[@breezy4500]

@@chrisrobin4962 im sure it will!

[@crazyspoonwizard]

Same doing my last "last dragonborn" playthrough. Want to 100% the game because I've avoided every faction and main quest for years now.

[@NameIsNuzumi]

@@chrisrobin4962 Bro, I use intel laptop and its working though download some mod that can fix the fps things and graphics..

[@dylanwight5764]

I'm a big fan of Combat Gameplay Overhaul + Wildcat + True Directional Movement + Smoothcam. I just want my Skyrim to taste like real Skyrim, ya know?

[@eldermoose7938]

same I love the grip switching. I'm just glad I'm not the only one who never got on the SkySA/MCO/ADXP bus

[@SkyrimExplorer]

CGO makes game easier. 180deg 2h hit is op imo and higher dps when standing still ease the game too. Both can be turned off luckily. They should also do something with infinite rolls.

[@dylanwight5764]

@@SkyrimExplorer I agree that the configuration options available could be more granulated but the overall combat experience isn't easier -- it's just streamlined. The 2H arcs don't necessarily make 2H weapons overpowered. They're best for crowd control but remain tricky to manage against tougher single encounters. This is why pairing CGO with Wildcat is the right balance for me. I can improve the intensity of fights with Wildcat's damage modifier control and make most weapons actually _feel_ like the lethal tools they're meant to be. And the combat AI also receives modest improvements with enemies able to take advantage of flanking, grip changes, timed blocks and bashes. The experience isn't perfect but it's far more intuitive and enjoyable than vanilla. It is as vanilla _should_ have been without overreaching the purview of Skyrim's simplified gameplay mechanics.

[@SirDremora]

Ahh I know what u mean..no fancy-flipping dragonball style eh ?..me too...

[@john_kramer516]

do you need nemesis for this setup?

[@devinsills6053]

This is actually a pretty good combat set up. Mainly because trying to turn Skyrim into a dark souls clone will never work. It will always have some jank to it. I recently tried some third person combat mods and animation mods and while yes it's cool. It's very janky. The animations are also not perfectly smooth and don't all transition well into one another. Instead, playing Skyrim into it's strengths I think is better. Simply making what's there already but better. I'd also maybe add the mod "crouch sliding" which works great in first person as well

[@kenz2756]

No offense but that's BS. I use the for honor movements by Smooth which I assume classifies as Souls like since it requires ADXP MCO. Though I never careD for making mu game like dark souls, I just want to make it better. You'd have no argument to say it looks 'janky', it looks great and so much better than what's shown here.

[@siddjp6539]

@@kenz2756 Those For Honor animations are an atrocity. Genuinely tragic to see FH's beautiful animations being butchered and pasted into Skyrim like that.

[@kenz2756]

@@siddjp6539 Troll?

[@siddjp6539]

@@kenz2756 You think I'm trolling? Do you play For honor? Have you experienced what the original animations are like? I can see how someone who hasn't played FH might like Smooth's animations. But to me it looked so bad.

[@kenz2756]

@@siddjp6539 No I suspected, which is why I asked. Because frankly, your opinion comes off as absurdly extreme. I've never played for honor, even if you did play it, that reasoning doesn't make sense because you are reasoning that it's bad due to the fact it's much better in for honor. Saying the for honor pack is bad seem like a lie anyway because I've tried a few other ADXP MCO animation sets and they look pretty clunky at times. Like the ADXP Nordic animation pack for instance, does not look half as good despite being quite popular. Hell I don't think there are any other that has such a well made transition between the power attacks and directional attacks, that animation loop is so good too. Is it possible that you used Smooth's anims without the requirements which caused it to look broken?

[@cios]

This makes me happy knowing that there are a lot of people who prefer playing a Vanilla Plus nowadays. I thought I'm alone. Good Video man.

[@corwyn-corduroy]

Thank you so much for making a good Vanilla + overhaul! I've tried using some of the more Soul-like overhauls in the past, but I felt they were all so needlessly over the top and make the game harder to play in a not fun way. I've been trying to find a good balance between that and Vanilla and I think this is perfect!

[@jestervaleska1806]

i 100% agree, i liked the souls like action combat adxp / mco type of stuff but always felt like it does not encapsulate skyrims feel on a vanilla + setup rn way more fun tbh

[@shangrilaw7561]

One of the biggest issues with Skyrims combat that never seems to be addressed is the enemies lack of reaction when being hit. It makes it feel like my weapons are just gliding through the enemy when I “hit” them. Games had figured this out king before Skyrim came along. Even just a little flinch and having the weapon stop and connect with the enemy would improve the feel of combat immensely.

[@aidanmcsweeney]

The "Precision" mod fixes this

[@NightmareBlade10]

Jk's hitstop mod prevents this too.

[@lizdevilz7271]

Then, You should get Precision mod. Goated mod fr.

[@RIOGRANDE75]

I’ve acquired a habit of checking in to your channel every Saturday morning upon waking up after a long work week lol. Keep it up Soft your vids are great!

[@Midiu1981]

I'm so glad I found this video. I have seen a toon of combat overhaul videos, but they all want to recreate other games instead of keeping the Skyrim feeling. So later today I'm gonna try your mod recommendations out. From your video they seem exactly what I've been looking for.

[@redpax499]

Thank you for all your videos. You have helped me completely change my game. All your videos are extremely organized, all the links are provided, and your share a spreadsheet of all your mods, its so helpful. Thank you!!!

[@denniswade6727]

Another great and well-produced video! With all of the amazing new mods coming out now, it becomes very difficult sometimes to figure out how to use them together, and this was one of the best presentations of how to put together a group of combat mods that compliment each other and work well. I am in the midst of putting together a new modlist, and I think I'm going to give this a try. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@verymelonman12]

Man thanks a lot. You and HeavyBurns really became my go too sources for these mod overhaul ideas.

[@Markk4kk]

Some nice mods here and good explanation of the mods. Also good to see first person view included as part of this mod list. Thank you!

[@hopelessdroid]

letteraly perfect exactly what I was looking for thanks for your hard work brother !

[@brainnotbright1563]

this is a great set of mods for ppl that has issues running mco / payload interpreter as me on steam deck and dont want to bother with issues related to that

[@putrid2529]

The drauger doing the team rocket and cartwheeling at the end was the icing on the cake lol

[@nightwizard4168]

Amazing as always man! I'm a big fan of your work :) Thank you!

[@kriticals]

Wow! Last mod is really nice 😮 thanks

[@BeerusTVDB]

I really like this video I'll be using several of these mods for my next playthrough

[@PaulKMF1]

Awesome video. I've just started modding skyrim again and the first thing I want to do is combat. I love TDM and TK Dodge but I had to choose because I can't side dodge with TDM. I decided to nix TDM. I neglected to look at all the features in TDM and completely missed the setting to turn it off when weapons are drawn. Ha, now I can use both! That alone makes this video worth the watch for me. A lot of other great ideas there. Thanks

[@DustDragon]

That's a fine proposition of mods for a vanilla + load order. But once you've tasted MCO, you can't go back to ice-skating vanilla combat TwT

[@S0ulash]

Thank you very much for your great,awesome and thoughtful work in all your videos I appreciate the time and effort you put in them

[@Bucaneiro_]

This is what I needed. Thank you.

[@outriderjuno9371]

Awesome video, much love!

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Thankyou

[@mattmont1247]

very cool list, it makes skyrim much more modern and interesting.

[@Guy25096]

Haven’t watched the video yet but 0:01 this shot is so cool

[@turon1023]

as always, such a good video

[@alexcas5]

I love how as you said "cinematic" a draugr went helicopter mod lmao.

[@flameboomerang]

this one is the best combat overhaul. everything else doesnt feel like skyrim to me.

[@tja9212]

great video, thank you for the valvalis combo with mortal enemies, that helps perfectly atm

[@weriseforever3697]

Can’t wait for this to get ported😌

[@lenol0315]

love your vids man thanks alot !

[@martink2875]

Great work on the video in general, thanks a lot! Two things, though: 1. Pray tell, can you block / parry to the sides and to the rear? CGO didn't know how to do that for example. For all that fancy and truly fun attacking and movement in 360° whenever you've tried to block or parry, the character instantly turned to the front and blocked there. Not only such thing breaks the immersion, it's also chaotic af. Nearly nobody ever address this in videos like this. Can anyone please confirm, that blocking / parrying can be done to the sides or to the rear? 2. No stagger / flinching / poise deterioration. What's presented here still mostly looks as if the character is bashing a semi-movable wall and not a living thing. Reasonable and various degrees of stagger, flinching, poise, etc. that's what Skyrim missed immensely.

[@meterod]

Can you do a guide on how to make our game look like yours? In terms of gameplay, looks etc

[@Beavor921]

I think MCO and SCAR are must have combat mods for Skyrim in 2023. Surprised to see neither here

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

They are very good but neither are vanilla+ :)

[@Beavor921]

Ah fair enough :)

[@benshapirosgreasycock5381]

Essential if you hate having fun lol

[@PANCAKEMINEZZ]

Those HEMA insoired swing attacks from Leviathan are sexy

[@brelaksm7287]

now i am a big fan of softgaming, i always really like the mods he share all the time. and on the same day I immediately activated the mod that he shared on KZbin

[@eothorn3217]

I'd love to see you cover unarmed combat as well

[@rohanluke8129]

can you create a video showcasing new enemy bosses in skyrim? Thanks for the videos. Really love them and modded my game based on the mods you showcase😊

[@ellvis94]

One day I will finally Instal Skyrim I promise, then all mod vids i watched will come in handy [its not like ill need to rewatch or sth xd]

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Absolute mad lad :')

[@dejureclaims8214]

Awesome list

[@CursedPR]

I would like 2 additions with this. The dodge mechanic to be used by humans and elves NOCs as well. And some form of counter, like in the old Assassin's Creed games, where you'd have to press the counter button while blocking at the right timing to perform a counter move. And then I'd be happy with the combat. I dont much like Souls conbat besides the convinient rolling for dodging purposes. And I would love for it to be a dash dodge too. Like maybe you roll of you press the roll button while blocking, and dash if you press the dodge button without blocking.

[@6aphomeh]

switch out tkdodge with the ultimate dodge mod which has dodge ai and install enden counter

[@Anibal-gg9px]

"How much DOF would you like?" Yes

[@darkzen134]

Under rated mod for vanilla dodging is quick spell dodge it works instantly and is a lesser power, with all variations for roleplay like stealth dodge, master dodge, ethereal dodge.

[@tut-4126]

Eeh, after spending literally 5 days trying to make graphics mod work with my OG setup of mods, I feel like I lost 5 days of my life... But I want this now, so time to dig another hole for me to fall in!! God I hate this game, but love it SO MUCH!!!

[@austinhathaway182]

Good stuff thanks!!

[@sayaankhan3484]

I'm literally playing on an I5 Laptop. And this shit still works smoothly wtf

[@Sam87hitk]

CFPAO causes crosshair misalignment on bows added by Scoped Bows. Could extend to beyond that mod, but I know this issue exists if one is trying to use CFPAO with Scoped Bows.

[@Err0rkatze]

Thank you for this dude. I've been looking for some QoL and refreshing overhauls that don't try and turn it into a Souls game. Minus the hitboxes and skating, I actually prefer vanilla and this just builds on that while fixing those two issues.

[@darkzen134]

EVE no skating fixes vanilla sliding, recoil skate fix, and large stagger fix help vanilla. OAR animations help bring vanilla to life.

[@MaxLevel4KYT]

I love this and am making a new modlist based off this. What is the mod with the impact effect that shows dust and blood when attacking? How can I get that effect?

[@MortSalazar]

Killmoves was my main enjoyment out of Skyrim combat Without them i'm bored there

[@TopoSalsero]

I just wish of a game with the extension of skyrim and dragons dogma/ monster hunter ( darksouls) type gameplay

[@lcs.m.fer02]

Your game looks really great!! would you create a collection to be downloaded in the vortex?

[@luksalb]

7.7k in 11 hours in SKYRIM. AMAZING!

[@DmitiryPopyoutopov]

For Xbox download GDB's Impossible Animations: Elden Scrolls Edition. (74.73 MB) Has: Animated Potions Animated Poisons Animated Ingredients Vitrium Sky Idles SkySa and Bugfix Elden Souls the Collection Unblockable Vanguard Jump Behaviour Overhaul Jumping Attacks Proper Stagger Direction MBO True Directional Movement SkySa

[@Glenox21]

One thing that I would like to suggest is ABR (attach behavior revamped) however the latest build requires ADRI's patreon

[@Cronalixz]

That's not vanilla plus though, it's a complete overhaul like MCO. It's also unfinished because ADRI has been focusing on making a game, and it's turning out amazing

[@Xavier2596]

I'm surprised you didn't at maximum carnage. But overall, a good list.

[@braynruiz7186]

thank you man

[@Zeliodas]

In the beginning of the video is that sword LOTR

[@nikolapetrovic4814]

Are all these mods compatible with each other. Is this a compilation list of mods which work with each other or just a list of random combat mods? And of course all the mods have a shit ton of other required mods. It's funny how all the youtubers who make these kind of lists always fail to mention that.

[@eilonz3333]

Hi, great video! Which of these mods has the juicy Sekiro parry sound/ particle effect?

[@OverlordMalarkey]

I guess it's time to give MCO a break and try this combat setup

[@ylik223]

What about gun mods?

[@shltoof]

Man these overhauls make it easy for lazy modder like me, i will always have you to thank. and what's that mod that makes the shield pan over to the side that it's being attacked from when parrying

[@chosenstation]

For me its valvalis+sekiro lite+ precision + true directional movement+ vanargand animations + jump attack+ JBO + Better Jumping+ Block behavior overhaul. Im thinking of switching to CGO lean and jump attack only.

[@alfredobelloni3258]

what i really liked were the attack particles. Blood for living and dust for the undead. Whats the name of that mod?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Dynamic impact slash effects mod

[@alfredobelloni3258]

@@SoftGamingOfficial Thanks!

[@vidmohit4684]

Looks great, I've never modded the combat aspects of skyrim before (new to modding).. do I need nemesis for these to work?

[@JeLo2332]

Welp, time to play skyrim for the nth time!

[@6aphomeh]

Me: "Vanilla Plus" (Has 936 mods installed)

[@crecanadavid]

Awesome compilation! What's the mod that adds the effect after an attack? The light trail one after a sword swing, for example? Does anyone know?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Hi it's dynamic impact slash effects

[@hexaldecima6839]

Precision is quite difficult to use when other town's people or non-aggro npc's help fight the aggressive ones without getting a bounty on the head.

[@zacturner7894]

Comes with a setting switched on by default to not damage friendlies in combat

[@hexaldecima6839]

@@zacturner7894 Wait wut!?

[@valicaidriktur389]

how was that bandit in bleak falls puzzle room wearing a shield on back while using a two-handed weapon?

[@ronas1996]

is it Valvalis Combat or Valravn that's making me super slow when attacking? I cant even rotate my camera, it's super stuck.

[@CnekFilms]

Have had nothing but trouble trying to get TK Dodge RE to run on my Septimus 4 Build game just won’t boot with it installed

[@zeadly7991]

No mention of blade and blunt from simonmagus? I think the mod deserves a mention since its used in almost every vanilla plus modlists in wabbajack.

[@chrisanders713]

I hate the Leviathon weapon movements. They look so unnatural when swinging weapons. Should have just gone with the entire Smooth movest. Great video altogether, though. Thanks for the mod suggestions.

[@joker6558]

It looks hema inspired to me

[@hexmurdur7059]

For some reason I just cannot get Valhalla Combat executions to work at all. I tried so many things. Tinkered with all sorts of settings. At first I thought maybe its because of Valravn (in its description on the mod page it said it disabled cinematic kills unless targets were at least 15% hp) so I thought if I get the enemy really low before breaking their stagger bar, but no. I tried different bindings which also didn't work. I really want it to work cause it seems like it would be immense fun but it just doesn't.

[@RedlinePush]

Liked and subscribed. I didn't like MCO, it was juat too much. It's the 3 stamina mods that I'm eager to try. Sidenote, literally last night I was on a cliff over a forsworn camp. I dropped down and attacked, but I was really wishing I could melee in midair.

[@eldermoose7938]

Never tried MCO but SkySA's lack of directional power attacks absolutely killed any desire to try it's successors.

[@ayoub.boughaba]

When top best roleplaying mods ? Like eating animations , etc...

[@Attario]

Спасибо, теперь мой Скайрим это DMC под воздействием эля xD

[@jond7691]

I would love a dodge mod, but no matter what I do, TK's will not work for me. Just keeps throwing warnings in nemesis.

[@chriskoloski32]

I might go through and download this. But ill have to double check which mods i already have because one of the mods has kinda messed with the difficulty a bit, since raising the difficulty adds survival mode features and i dont like that

[@GreatBerer]

Yoooo, where you get those fancy hit effects?

[@ilike3dalot610]

Ok, I finally managed to understand why I couldnt do directional heavy attacks. I had the MCO/ADXP installed, and I think MCO prevents you from using directional heavies. Soft, do you know if the version ADXP works with this? I wanted to add new combat animations to my enemies if possible.

[@SirGopnik]

Great video! But Im dying to know what that blood splatter mod is.

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Hi it's called Dynamic impact slash effects

[@SirGopnik]

@@SoftGamingOfficial Cool, thanks mate! Subbed!

[@Veritas666]

I reallly like this kind of videos and want to try this... but the "mod list" is always so "short". As soon as you start to install these mods, every single mod has 3-6 additional mods required... should be something which is a "must have" information in the video from my point of view...

[@tylergalligani6450]

I like this list a lot. Are there any mods that address the ice skating feel of combat in first person? I like how MCO ADXP addresses it in third person and hoped there'd be something similar for first person

[@dylanwight5764]

Unfortunately no. I think Mortal Enemies can add attack commitment to the player. Plus True Directional Movement has a lock-on feature. Although the movement still feels a little floaty, overall it's much closer to how Kingdom Come Deliverance handles first person perspective than vanilla Skyrim. And there's something to be said for smooth footwork feeling smooth.

[@C.Kowalewski]

Hey there! I am incredibly new to the modding scene for Skyrim, I was wondering if you have a nexus collection for this "Vanilla Plus" style mod list, to make things bit easier for the newbies?

[@gabrielycan]

Hi, I really need someone to help me if you don't mind. You see, I have Skyrim SE completely in Spanish, but I like to play it with voices in English and the rest in Spanish, so in Steam, in properties, I changed it from Spanish, Spain, to English, and now all the subtitles and others are still in Spanish, but the voices are now. they are not heard by the way I don't know if this matters but I open skyrim by Mod organizer 2 with SKSE and my mods if they are heard

[@Franzkrooziek]

I thought Precision and Mortal Enemies has the same feature? So those mod can play nice together?

[@wanzet11]

I watch that beautiful combat modded videos and decide to mod skyrim but always end up with shit buggy broken game

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

a little of a late question but how would this list of mods work if you try to combine it with the ones suggested in the Modern COMBAT Overhaul video you did? is it a good/bad idea? would they work together? thanks for this showcases of them btw, these serve as a good framework to try to build something on my own.

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

I wouldn't use valravn with MCO ADXP or the attack animations either. But most of the others like Valhalla combat and precision are good to use

[@DoggieTamer]

Good video! could you tell me what textures you use for the draugr tombs?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

It's from the skurkbros retexture project dungeon section

[@daanishtaaseen2507]

Valvalis combat visceral tactics when installed shows same files are in Valhalla combat and says it opposes it and to decide which loads last I use vortex. How to solve?

[@petervlcko4858]

I do not know why but every time you swing with weapon i see white explosion on screen and if you hit targets blood explosion with it. After like 10 times my eyes are done and i can watch sun with not problems hence they are done. I do not know who like this but less is sometimes more my man.

[@hamartia_theorist]

Regarding "Cinematic Kills", should we use the original mod mentioned in the video or "Cinematic Kills Plus" by Scrabx3 which is clamed to fix some bugs and improve performance?

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Oh thanks didnt realise there was an updated version, probably that one :)

[@johanbergman4882]

Thanks. All but the dodge was good 😊 This dodge crap in games needs to stop.

[@joker6558]

Why?

[@SAWOG]

Hi mate i downloaded combat mods but my hud is gone i mean it doesnt show compass+ interact things do you know where i can open?

[@SlySoSerious]

would be more than useful for me to know in which order i should install them? and if I can install them all by vortex? I rly just wanna get a Skyrim with an action combat system..since the combat system was always why I quit the game so many times.

[@diswazzi1683]

Is there a way to increase the speed of the weapon swing animations? They're still way too slow and heavy feeling

[@SoftGamingOfficial]

Yep theres a mod called PACE which lets you adjust weapon speeds