About this video

Lydia: Redefined - Demonstration 13 - Combat, ummm, Training

Sorry, I just had to. :D

The first time I heard that line, so inappropriately used, I just had to; had to make it seem like there actually was combat, er, training, at some point. Makes the line all the funnier!

Anyways...

Just a quick demo of the new combat training/sparring system that you can use occassionally to help increase some of Lydia's stats (not always, its random to kind of simulate actual growth) and how this system ties into her ongoing, work in progress, Affinity System.

Keen eyed observers will note that there is also a new "Lets talk about your Follower State" entry in her dialogue feed - this is the usual hire/dismiss function, but the one that uniquely identifies that she is using the Affinity System, and these ones MUST be used if you want the affinity system to properly track her. This was how I linked to DialogueFollower without altering and of the original forms or scripts on that quest, and was able to add my own code, to link it to the Affinity System.

More to come ... the Affinity System is nearly complete.

Oh! Another note... it was asked about adding a hotkey into the mod so that one could access the infinite backpack without having to go through dialogue, so I researched PapyrusUtils and found the way to have the mod read a .json file with a hotkey in it. PapyrusUtils is a soft-check, not iron clad required. But if you want the hotkey, you'll need it. If you don't install it, no problem, the mod will continue working as is without it.