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About this mod
Simple plugin that allows you to tame weakened hostile creatures with an ability.
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Simple & Lightweight Taming is a small mod that allows you to tame hostile creatures through combat.
The backend implementation was inspired by Simply Tame, although this mod is even simpler.
Taming
To tame a creature, you need to bring its health down below a certain percentage. At that point, you can cast Tame (lesser power). A quick calculation is made against your stamina to determine the chance of taming the creature. If you fail, you can try again.
You can tame up to 5 creatures at a time. A variety of living creatures are eligible, including all kinds of animals, giants, werewolves and so on. Farm animals and creatures commanded by somebody else cannot be tamed.
Commands
When the creature is tamed, simply activate it to bring up a custom wheel menu with some commands.
If you dismiss a tamed creature, it will no longer respond to activation. If you want to bring it under your command again, simply cast Tame at it. It will immediately rejoin your ranks.
Notes
Location of the Tame ability spellbook:
How to modify the taming health threshold yourself in game:
This mod isn't intended to be particularly balanced. It was mainly an exercise in gameplay scripting and implementing wheel menus. I'm uploading it for people who want a really simple way to tame creatures in combat for roleplaying, without all the unnecessary mechanics like new perk trees and riding. Furthermore, I have not touched the Bosmer racial ability or the Animal Allegiance/Kyne's Peace shouts for the sake of compatibility.
I recommend using the 60 FPS Wheelmenu Patch to make the menu animations smoother.
Requires UIExtensions.
I am indebted to the Skyrim Scripting channel, which hosts a great tutorial on implementing wheel menus.
The backend implementation was inspired by Simply Tame, although this mod is even simpler.
Taming
To tame a creature, you need to bring its health down below a certain percentage. At that point, you can cast Tame (lesser power). A quick calculation is made against your stamina to determine the chance of taming the creature. If you fail, you can try again.
You can tame up to 5 creatures at a time. A variety of living creatures are eligible, including all kinds of animals, giants, werewolves and so on. Farm animals and creatures commanded by somebody else cannot be tamed.
Commands
When the creature is tamed, simply activate it to bring up a custom wheel menu with some commands.
If you dismiss a tamed creature, it will no longer respond to activation. If you want to bring it under your command again, simply cast Tame at it. It will immediately rejoin your ranks.
Notes
Location of the Tame ability spellbook:
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On a shelf at the Drunken Huntsman in Whiterun.
How to modify the taming health threshold yourself in game:
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Open the console and type `set SLT_ThresholdHealthCreature to <float>`, where <float> is a value from 0 to 1 representing a percentage. The default is 0.30.
This mod isn't intended to be particularly balanced. It was mainly an exercise in gameplay scripting and implementing wheel menus. I'm uploading it for people who want a really simple way to tame creatures in combat for roleplaying, without all the unnecessary mechanics like new perk trees and riding. Furthermore, I have not touched the Bosmer racial ability or the Animal Allegiance/Kyne's Peace shouts for the sake of compatibility.
I recommend using the 60 FPS Wheelmenu Patch to make the menu animations smoother.
Requires UIExtensions.
I am indebted to the Skyrim Scripting channel, which hosts a great tutorial on implementing wheel menus.