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Name: Automatic Difficulty Increaser
Version: 2.1.0 beta
Date: 12/09/2009
Category: Gameplay Effects and Changes
Requirements: Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.214, OBSE v18 beta 2 or greater
Author: Argomirr

Description
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This automatically moves the difficulty slider up as your level increases. As of v2.0.0, it is also fully customizable through an INI.


Details
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To change settings edit the INI file. How to do so is also explained in that file.

Note that the difficulty slider can still be adjusted, but will be moved back to the value calculated for your level automatically. So no cheating!
Also, it takes roughly 5 seconds before the difficulty is adjusted when you level up.

If you open the console, you should notice debug lines. If you are experiencing problems, look for an error message, memorize its ID and have a look
at the list of possible bugs. The scripts seem to be stable though, so no need to worry.


Updating
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1. Deactivate the v1.0.0 .esp.
2. Launch the game, load a saved game and save.
3. Exit Oblivion, overwite the old .esp and activate the new one.
4. Enter Oblivion again, load your saved game and save again.


Install
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1. Extract the files to your Oblivion\Data\folder.
2. Start Oblivion Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a checkmark beside the .esp file(s).


Uninstall
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1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esp file(s).
2. Delete 'Automatic Difficulty Increaser.esp', 'Automatic Difficulty Increaser - Settings.ini'Automatic Difficulty Increaser - Error IDs.txt' and Automatic Difficulty Increaser - ReadMe.txt'.


Incompatibility
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None known.


Known Issues or Bugs
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* The difficulty slider may not always move all the way up. This is due to the limited amount of decimals a float variable can contain.


History
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(Dates are MM/DD/YYYY)

2.1.0, 12/09/2009 - Fixes.
* Fixed a bug that pevented the difficulty to update if the players level is greater than the MaxLevel setting
* Fixed a serious bug that caused the difficulty to be set to 100% rather than the user defined value in certain cases
* Fixed a bug that caused an error message to be shown even though there's nothing wrong
* Updated "Uninstall" description in ReadMe to include the INI and txt files

2.0.0, 12/08/2009 - Complete remake.
* Now fully customizable through an INI
* Formulas optimized

1.0.0, 12/07/2009 - Initial release.


Contact
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You can find me on TESNexus as 'Argomirr'
You can send me an email here: Argomirr@gmail.com


Credits
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion.
Thanks to TESNexus.com for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.
Thanks to LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on.

Licensing/Legal
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You must contact me and obtain my permission before re-packaging any part of
this mod. If I do not respond, DO NOT re-package!

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Cool. I requested this a long while ago so it's nice to see I'm not alone in wanting it. Would it be possible to make it customizable, perhaps via an ini (I love inis), so you can set starting difficulty and rate of increase? Perhaps other settings as well - with FCOM I'm fine with default difficulty (50) for quite a while, so setting it start on Lvl X would be neat. Anyway, thanks for the release!

Good idea, but 100% difficulty at level 20, ouch, I'd be mincemeat. (I useOOO)

Yes, please make it configurable, or failing that be a bit more relaxed about the difficulty increases. How about starting at 50% and increasing at 1% per level, maxing out at level 50.

I'd use this in an instant with a gentler ramp up of the difficulty.

Yes, having 100% difficulty at level 20 with a full FCOM setup would seem ...interesting

Not to hijack the thread, but I have a fully configurable mod that not adjusts the difficulty, but instead controls the player health, thus getting a similar effect while still keeping your attacks as effective as before. One of the major drawbacks of a high difficulty level is that each fight gets so much longer since your attacks have so little effect. The mod is http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1027480.

Thanks for the feedback!

Making the settings customizable is a good idea indeed. It's something I should definitively try to include in the first update.

And yeah, the mod was designed to work with vanilla Oblivion, but with FCOM or OOO it'll get pretty hard.

Marvelous.
This is something that a few of us have wanted for a l-o-n-g time. :thumbsup:
It would be something if you could make it customizable. From experience, FCOM in particular is unplayable beyond 85% without the use of exploits.

Count me among the "few"............as well those who would appreciate an ini for individual customization.

Automatic Difficulty Increaser v2.0.0 beta, fully customizable through an INI, is now available!

I've worked on it for 4 hours straight to get it finished as quickly as possible.

WOOT! :clap:

Thank you :ahhh:

sweet!

Thanks! If you like it, don't forget to endorse the file.

I wonder if there'd be a way to have it track you deaths or near deaths to lower it in those really hard dungeons. The only flaw I see is that it may result in the player getting caught up because someone decided to make mobs of 40 enemies. OR if you're like me and have an inexplicable burst in goblin population in areas of your game (In my game the area East of IC but South of the road to Cheydinhall is infested, once I go diced by a mob of SIXTY!!! Goblins) Made me laugh at least.

Some serious bugs have been fixed in v2.1.0. See the "History" section the ReadMe for details. I highly recommend you to update to v2.1.0 if you're using an older version.

bump for awesomeness.