u/Arturia_Cross

I have a few questions about explosives and friendly fire, as well as a bonus question about the perk Demolitions Expert.

-Do thrown or fired explosives harm allies when friendly fire is turned off?

-What about land mine damage?

-Do allies set off land mines?

-Do the explosive arrows and bolts benefit from Demolitions Expert?

-Can you 'build' around predominantly using explosives (and spear) if you're already doing lots of scrapping?

I have tried playing Skyrim on and off multiple times across multiple platforms since it first came out. Each attempt only lasted a few hours before I lost interest. But something changed a month or two ago when I got really immersed into games I can hunt, forage and gather in. Skyrim seemed like the ideal opportunity to continue that trend but I have a pretty low end PC and not a lot of technical knowledge for modding so I started small and mostly stuck to creation club stuff.

It started simple enough. Adding tons of trees, foliage and then more wildlife. That lead to things like weather, sound and skybox overhauls. I planned to play on survival for the hunter gatherer playstyle so I found overhauls for that as well as camping, hunting and fishing. The game might not look like someone who plays with 1000 mods but it was already starting to feel like my own. I was immersed already. I am looting every container I find. Wearing cold weather gear and eating hot foods. I am sleeping every few ingame days, cooking and hunting. Grabbing every plant I see for alchemy. Hell I barely feel like I even have to focus on the main campaign. When I get a new PC I could unironically see this as a forever game.

Im sure its a texture issue but I am unsure how to fix this. I am only using creation club stuff, and nothing that should affect bodies at all. Its only on certain NPCs as well and I cant find any kind of pattern. Maybe tattoos? Is there a way to somehow fix/restore character models specifically? Im new to modding so im not doing anything besides creation club stuff and the mod order in that.

Edit: Went through mods one by one. For some strange reason it was just a mod that added a bunch of trees and foliage to Eastmarch. Why in the world would that affect NPCs?

I love looting items in games. I don't just mean gear like in ARPGs. I like Ubisoft games like Far Cry, Division and recent AC games. Things like Fallout 3-4 as well as Elder Scrolls and Witcher 3. Even Monster Hunter to a lesser degree. I've played most of the big name series that I know of that let you loot hoard, and some smaller ones like Core Keeper.

I want more suggestions of games where you are picking things up nonstop. Plants, rocks, everything humanly possible when going into people's houses. And the game needs to make this worthwhile in terms of a crafting system, alchemy, etc. Preferably open world RPG. Not really looking for stuff like Minecraft that has no real goals/progression. Even better if it has any kind of skill trees that interact with foraging, mining, etc but thats not necessary.

Im going to be playing FC6 with a friend. This friend is brand new to gaming but likes the series. They are very bad at navigating menus, combat, etc but wants to commit to the game so I am going to be helping in co-op probably the entire time. I have a few questions with that in mind.

-Can anyone choose fast travel destinations or only the host?

-Do both players travel at the same time?

-How far away from one another can you stray before it teleports the partner?

-Does the partner lose out on anything in terms of items or tools? I know they dont get personal quest progress.

-Do you still get a pet ally when in co-op to command?

-Do item pickups such as crafting materials, guns and armor from crates get picked up for both players or does each player need to touch the crates?