Immersive Dog V1.0.2.5

Adds the possibility to adopt a dog, that behaves naturally and feels alive.

A comprehensive dog mod built from the ground up. Initially began as a personal project, but evolved into a feature rich system with breed specific behaviors, advanced AI interactions, and unique mechanics like hat fetching and prey retrieval. The mod focuses on seamless world integration: your companion adapts to combat situations, camp life, and exploration while maintaining persistent appearance and realistic animal behaviors

Color:
Persistent appearance: Dog’s coat color/pattern is saved and maintained across game sessions
Consistency: Prevents random color changes that break immersion

Herding:
Unique Feature: Dog can drive deer and other prey animals toward your position
Tactical Hunting: Activates when you’re aiming at animals: dog flanks and pushes them into your line of sight
Breed Specific: Herding breeds (like shepherds and poodles) excel at this behavior
Smart Positioning: Dog calculates animal movement patterns and positions itself to guide them effectively

Prey fetching:
Core Mechanic: Dog automatically detects and retrieves small game/birds you’ve hunted
(exclusive to Poodles and Retriever breeds)
Intelligence: Distinguishes between prey you’ve killed vs. natural deaths – only fetches your kills
Practical Benefits: Saves time collecting scattered small game, especially birds that fall in hard-to-reach places
Limitations: Won’t fetch large game (realistic behavior), has cooldown periods to prevent spam

Hat fetching:
Universal Retrieval: Dog detects and retrieves any hat you’ve dropped, regardless of how it was lost
All Situations: Works in any context – combat, exploration, accidents, or intentional drops
No Limitations: Unlike other mechanics, hat fetching has no situational restrictions or cooldowns

Usage:
To adopt a dog, simply start petting it and press the “Adopt” prompt, then choose his name.
It will be yours forever.

Installation:
Requires Scripthook (preferably V2), simply put the .asi and the .ini files in your game folder.

Not compatible with Dog Companion. Use one or the other.

Credits:

somncoitus

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File	File size
Immersive Dog-1-0-2-5	262 KB