- 7hr08ik for giving me permission to use his "Leveled Lists Addon" and all the help he provided me. - andrelo1 for giving me permission to use his "Stealth Meter Tweak". A big thanks to everyone who gave feedback and helped to keep me motivated with nice words, endorsements and donations. Without your support this mod would not exist! Used Tools: -NifSkope -3ds Max -GIMP -TES5Edit and also -Creation Kit -FOMM

You are allowed to use all of my assets freely, as long as you don't use them in mods/files that are being sold, for money, credits or any means of payment.

Play without crosshair they said

It will be fun they said



OutLaw666 proudly presents:



Scoped Bows

The amazing Bow Sights Mod









100% Immersive - 100% Lore-Friendly The amazing Bow Sights Mod

Short Description

Scoped Bows is a huge weapons mod that adds scoped variants of all bows to the game, designed to be used without crosshair.



It comes with 4 optional tweaks (scroll down for details) that will greatly improve your archery gameplay experience.





Each scoped bow has two scopes. One is

designed for quick shots ( used when standing), the other one is

designed for precise shots ( used when sneaking).

All scopes are matching the design of the corresponding bow to keep them lore-friendly.





You are getting 32 Scoped Bows

in total.







Obtaining

Scoped bows are seamlessly integrated into the game.

Accordingly to your level scoped bows will randomly appear in the world of skyrim (on npc's, in shop vendor menus or in containers), but you can also craft them yourself if you have the required smithing perks and the corresponding vanilla base bow. Unique bows are already scoped when you find them.





Complete List of Bows



Craftable/Level-Listed Bows



Dwarven Sniper

Daedric Wrath

Nordic Assault Bow

Dragonbone Bow - Scoped

Glass Bow - Scoped

Hunting Bow - Scoped

Noble Hunting Bow - Scoped

Imperial Bow - Scoped

Orcish Bow - Scoped

Elven Bow - Scoped

Stalhrim Bow - Scoped

Ebony Bow - Scoped

Forsworn Bow - Scoped

Longbow - Scoped

Nordhero Bow - Scoped

Falmer Bow - Scoped

Ancient Nord Bow - Scoped

Imperial Legionary Bow

Stormcloak Hunting Bow



Unique Bows



Auriel's Bow

Glass Bow of the Stag Prince

Bound Bow

Dwarven Black Bow of Fate

Angi's Bow

Bow of the Hunt

Zephyr

Nightingale Bow

Firiniel's End

Drainspell Bow

Gauldur Black Bow

Froki's Bow

Dravin's Bow









Installing



Install/Uninstall:

Scoped Bows comes with a FOmod scripted Installer and therefore requires a mod manager to be installed.

You can get "NMM" (Nexus Mod Manager) here, or you klick on the link on top of the page.







Load Order:

The lower, the better.

Help:

If you are having troubles make sure you read the entire description as well as the Troubleshooting instructions.









Recommendations

For the best gameplay experience (in other words to use this mod how it is intended) you should:







Optional Tweaks

*You can choose inside the installer whether or not you want to use them.

Stealth Meter Tweak:

Moves the Sneak Eye away from the center to enable an unobstructed view through the scopes. - This tweak is incompatible with any mod that changes the hudmenu.gfx file.



ini Tweaks:

Increases the distance arrows fly, removes the aim assist and makes the crosshair or reticle the centre (rather than being slightly above it). They are the same as recommended in "S.T.E.P." (http://wiki.step-project.com/Guide:Skyrim_Configuration_Settings). You don't have to edit your skyrim ini manually. ScopedBows.ini is overwriting the settings without changing the original skyrim.ini. - Ini tweaks should be compatible with everything.



Faster Arrows:

Makes arrows go 50% faster and further. - This tweak is incompatible with any mod that does the same thing.

Better Eagle Eye:

Increases the zoom you get with the Eagle Eye perk. (Vanilla value: 0.6, modded: 0.8) - This tweak is incompatible with any mod that overhauls the archery perk tree.







Compatibility and Issues





Please note that Scoped Bows is script free and therefore should not be able to cause any harm under any circumstances.

Compatibility:

"Ordinator - Perks of Skyrim"

don't install the optional "Eagle Eye Tweak" that comes with Scoped Bows! Ordinator removes that perk and in conjunction with my tweak it breaks the archery perk tree.

Known Issues:



Clipping when using thick gauntlets.

(only with some of the bows)

-Fix: None, but i's barely noticeable after getting the "quick shot" perk.



Opaque glass lenses with Ebony Mail armor. -Fix: Use the mod called Ebony Mail - Smoke Only.

Field of View (FOV):



The sights are working with all possible FOV values.

But keep in mind: The higher the value, the smaller (further away) the sights will appear. I strongly recommend to play with the default fov-value!







FAQ

A: Make sure the mod is correctly installed (use a mod manager!). Read Troubleshooting for details.

A: No, it does not. Read Troubleshooting for details.

A: You have to play the quest to make sun shots work.

A: No. Crossbows don't line up with your line of sight while aiming. The only right way to do it would require to change the 1st person aim animation. But that's beyond my capabilities.

A: No. I think mod authors know best how their weapon should look like. Ask them if they want to release a scoped version. Scoped Bows aims to add scoped versions of all vanilla bows.

A: Because i'm using Glass, which is a building material added by Hearthfire as a crafting requirement on bows which have target lenses. Makes sense and increases immersion.

A: Belethor in Whiterun has it always on offer. Other general goods merchants or Khajiit traders are selling it randomly.

A: Hunter Cinematic: "Crimson Ranger Armor", hood from "Imperial Mage Armor", "cloaks of skyrim", gloves and face cover from "wet and cold".

Auriel Cinematic: Rahgot with retexture from "Apophysis Dragon Priest Masks" and the default vanilla royal vampire armor.

A: In most of the pictures i was using "Kinematic-ENB-Extensiv", the predecessor of today's "Kinematic ENB Southern Light". Other than that i'm using Flora Overhaul, Verdant, Realistic Water Two, HD Detailed Terrain, aMidianBorn Landscape textures and AOF Detailed Mountains.







Permissions

You are allowed to use all of my assets freely, as long as you don't use them in mods/files that are being sold, for money, credits or any means of payment.

Crediting me with a link to the original page would be appreciated.

Note about Translations shared on Nexusmods:

Your translated file should only contain the esp when sharing it here on the nexus, so that all nexus users still have to download the original mod.









Disclaimer



Scoped Bows is a fanmade modification ("mod") for the pc game "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ". A legal copy of the original game is required in order to use this mod. You are using this mod at your own risk. Scoped Bows partially contains content, such as meshes and textures, from the original game. I do not claim to be the owner of such content. Scoped Bows is, and always will be, free of charge!









Credits



Credit goes to Bethesda for this amazing game.



A big "Thanks!" to everyone who gave feedback and helped to keep me motivated with nice words, endorsements and donations. Without your support this mod would not exist!



A big "Thanks!" also goes to all the developers who made the tools which where neccessary to create this mod.









Used Tools





-NifSkope

-3ds Max

-GIMP

-TES5Edit



-Creation Kit

-FOMM







More than 5000 hours of work where necessary to create this mod.

To know more about why this mod exists, read: Development History





Scoped Bows is the first mod ever that brought bow sights to skyrim.

Since its release it is the most popular archery mod on the nexus.









Have fun and make every arrow count!

OutLaw666

Scoped Bows comes with the following optional* tweaks:The position of the Sights featured in Scoped Bows is carefully tweaked to work with vanilla animations and skeleton. The sights are supposed to point exactly into the center of the screen.Mods that change the way your character holds the bow in first person mode (first person skeleton/ first person animations), or mods that change the position of the first person camera will most lkely interfere with the alignment of the sights. The sights would no longer appear in the center of your screen, aka: You would no longer look trough the sights when aming which for obvious reasons would make them useless.When using the modQ:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q: