clayne/zedit-patcher-smart-encounters-levels

Experimental patcher to dynamically guess and assign levels to encounter zones.

Smart: encounters' levels

This is an experimental patcher to dynamically guess and assign levels to encounter zones.
Based of different JSON, it will patch all ECZN records while walking their respective LCTN to get more info about the zone.

WARNING: this patcher is still a work in progress, thus the JSON contain the info to delevel / level the world are experimental (and without support to other mods such as Wyrmstooth, Falskaar, Moon path...).

Properties

The properties used in all the files. Removing a property from the JSON will let the patcher ignore it's application.

MinLevel

"MinLevel": number The minimum level of the zone.

MaxLevel

"MaxLevel": number The maximum level of the zone.

Range

"Range": number A random value range to sum when adding levels.

NeverResets

"NeverResets": boolean Sets the flag "Never Resets". The zone will never resets so once cleared, it will be cleared forever.

MatchLevel

"MatchLevel": boolean Sets the flag "Match PC Below Minimum Level". The zone will match its level with the player if he's below it.

DisableBoundary

"DisableBoundary": boolean Sets the "Disable Combat Boundary". Enemies can follow you through loading screens.
Note: Use this property carefully!

Traverse

"Traverse": boolean Tells the patcher if should traverse up the parents location to apply the configuration.
Note: Use this property carefully!

Operation

"Operation": string The type of operation the operation should do when using the object configuration. Operations:

• "merge": it will merge only higher records into the existing.
  • For example, a MinLevel: 10 will be overwritten by MinLevel: 20.
• "override": the rule of one, same as skyrim plugins. The last configuration applied wins.
• "zoning": it will sets the "base" configuration starting from the parent to which existing values will be added to. This will traverse up by default.
  • For example, using { "Matches": [ "WhiterunHold" ], "MinLevel": 20, "Operation": "zoning" } will sets all zones belonging to the Whiterun Hold to start with a base level 20.

Example

{
  "MinLevel": 0,
  "MaxLevel": 0,
  "Range": 0,
  "NeverResets": false,
  "MatchLevel": false,
  "DisableBoundary": false,
  "Traverse": false,
  "Operation": "merge"
}

Specialized properties

Keywords

"Keywords": string[] The location type keywords to match in order to apply the configurations.
Note: this is done using a substring match strategy, so be careful and check for typos or overlaps!

Every animal den will start with a minimum level of 1.

{
  "Keywords": [
    "LocTypeAnimalDen"
  ],
  "MinLevel": 1
}

Matches

"Matches": string[] The editor ID of the location to match in order to apply the configurations.
Note: this is done using a substring match strategy, so be careful and check for typos or overlaps!

Every zones of the DLC2 book will not follow you through loading doors.

{
  "Matches": [
    "DLC2Book"
  ],
  "DisableBoundary": false
}

Files

The order of the files and their applications is signed by a priority here in the docs. The lower, the first.

zoneTypeDefault.json

Priority 1
This file contains the default configuration.

zoneTypesByKeyword.json

Priority 2
It uses the property Keywords. Apply all matching configurations for a zone if has those keywords in its location.
Note: use here the property Keywords, because Matches will be ignored in this file.

zoneTypesByEdid.json

Priority 3
It uses the property Matches. Apply all matching configurations for a zone if its editor ID location matches.
Note: use here the property Matches, because Keywords will be ignored in this file.

zoneTypesByBoth.json

Priority 4
It uses the property Keywords first, then uses Matches.