WARNING – THIS WILL MAKE YOUR GAME HARDER.
Right now, settlers are protected, which means they can only be killed by you. They are basically immortal when it comes to the NPC attacks on your settlements. They enter bleedout for 15 seconds, then get back up and will repeat this cycle until all attackers are dead. So there is no point in you even helping with defense or giving them good equipment as they will eventually kill everything, zombie style. I did not like that, so I removed the protected flag from MOST of them.
If it matters, I made it with FO4Edit.
What does this mod do?
Removes the protected flag from most settlers so they can now be killed in the settlement attacks by NPCs.
The “starter” settlers (Sturgis and the Longs) have not been changed, so it doesn’t break your game.
The “Provisioner” settlers that travel between settlements have not been changed, so it doesn’t break your game.
Companions have not been changed, so it doesn’t break your game.
What is the effect?
You should actively defend your settlements.
You should equip them with good equipment.
I would hesitate to give them grenades, missiles, molotovs or fat man because they are flat-out psycho with them.
How did you test it?
Loaded mod, went to Sanctuary, set myself to god mode, spawned a lot of raiders and watched.
Did this 3 x.
Provisioners and the Longs entered bleedout like normal and got back up.
Companions (Codsworth) entered bleedout like normal and got back up.
Settlers died.
What are the known issues?
There is some game setting that despawns corpses on some condition. I dont know what it is.
While I was walking through the bodies, a settler body despawned, so whatever she had equipped was lost.
So you might lose items on corpses if they despawn. (If someone tells me how to fix it, I will).
I am a very novice modder and am no expert.
THIS MIGHT BREAK YOUR GAME EVEN THOUGH I TESTED IT.BE WARNED.
BE WARNED. Although I will feel terrible, I take no responsibility if this breaks your game. BE WARNED.
If you have bugs, fixes, suggestions, etc, please post comments and I will try to address.
