cannons are more like big ass match locks if anything, it requires someone light something on fire than put it to the fuse, unlike flint locks which have a self igniting system (IE the flint on the hammer) idk folks in enderal are smart, im sure they'll figure out a way to make a rock create sparks to ignite a volatile explosive material, after all there is gunpowder

Cannons were invented before the musket, and flint lock rifle and pistols are from 17th century irl. idk about enderal but cannon doesn't mean that it would allow flint lock to exist. It depends on the type of cannon.

Huh that's odd the mod won't load even though I subscribed to it I went ahead and downloaded your nexus version instead

I'm fucking rating before I even try the mod lol. Who the Hell doesn't love guns?

Could you port this to Enderal SE?

Question: I see that pistols can be improved at the grindstone, but their stats don´t seem to change. Is that intended?

Can someone make the guns more accurate? I can't hit most of my targets!

While I like the idea. not only do I feel the guns are too strong. I'm not to big of a fan that its a charge system. I feel having ammo the player has to craft would be better. lets us enchant the guns. and maybe musckets and blunderbuss could be their as well

good

to OP for me, i prefer to have some challenge than 2 shooting mini bosses on master difficulty

Awesome Mod so far!
I reached Riverdale and they way to it was made so much more fun with an off-hand pistol.

The entire mod theme fits well with the mod and balance-wise it feels like a very good fit since the game puts you at a severe disadvantage if you get outnumbered, which a pistol fixes.
At the same time the low fire rate and high upkeep make sure its not overused too much.

This is a great mod, thank you! Balance-wise I like that they're powerful yet resource-limited, imo it gives them a nice niche as a panic button. Especially useful for getting through some tough fights at lower levels. Flavor wise, impressive job making guns feel in-place in this universe. It's also nice to have a one-handed ranged option that isn't magic.

I don't know about any of the magic perks but "marksman" does seem to positively affect the damage of pistols. Also, haven't experimented with this yet, it does appear that the pistols may be upgraded at the grindstone.

Hello, excelent work! I want to know if they advance with "elemental spells" perks or with "marksman" or even a combination of the 2. ty! :)

Do they scale of any of your stats?

To anyone else having trouble finding the first skeleton: It is not on the beach, but up the path in an alcove on your right, across from the entrance to the ruins. You'll know it's the right skeleton because it is named Fleshless Lost One instead of just Skeleton.

where can i find the item ids id like to play around with them to know if i want to use this or not

Thanks for the feedback. I updated the sound files, and the guns shot works normally again.

Needs a gunshot sound

no sound?

@ta'veren yup my bad. As soon as I started playing again I remembered

@[NCP]blood_guts - in Enderal you level skills by buying skill books. In turn, that affects your damages with affected weapons. You do not level skills by using items (it is different than Skyrim)

Do flintlocks/staves level any kind of skill?

I didn't find any, not on the skeleton at the start either.

I eventually found teh one on the skeleton on the beach my clutzy charectar knocked it about the hand was near the shoreline, not to sure about aiming / shooting with it , kinda awkward! if they can be crafted , can they be tempered at all ?

I too couldn't find a flintlock on either skeletons anywhere on the beach, ended up using cc to give myself one, it was weird trying to aim or shoot with it, but you do say its based on a staff, so trial n error =)
I'm hoping because its not overally loud like a pistol flintlock would normally be, I'm be able to be a little more sneaky with it whilst being a mage same time , pistol in right hand spell in left =)

Hm, not sure why. Any other mods that affect loot? Move the mod to the bottom of load list, and see if it still does not show

i cannot find a pistol on the skeleton either.

@ArielyP: The very first pistol is found on skeleton in beach area where you start the game after coming back from the meditation area the first time. As you go up the path fo the right is a skeleton with a few items including a flintlock. The other pistols are found on enemies in or around Pyrean ruins, which come a bit later. For instance the group wanting you to find Pyrean artifacts will lead you to one or more pistols or blueprints

hello Ta'veren
I just subscribed to your mod, but I have a problem- the mod dosn't seem to work for me.
I can't find any weapons or bluprints from your mod anywhere. I tried to come back to the beach at the start of the game where you said there is a skeleton with a pistol, but there weren't any. maybe I did something wrong?
thanks for the help

That fixed it. Thanks.

@MihailisDeNada: I found the problem. The recipes were programmed to only work when in the "Blueprint Collection" book. I have re-programmed them to work even in the absence of the Blueprint Collection. Hope it work for you now.

oh hell yeah going to play a character who is a witch hunter with these

Rechecked with ancient crystal coins, ingots of ancient nation, glowing thorium ingots, spare parts, nails,gems,most everything one can craft with in inventory. Handicraft of 40 without enhancement. Recipes for priest's (handicraft 28) and aristocrat's dueling (handicraft 40) pistols in inventory. Moved mod to last in my load order. The pistol crafting option doesn't show up grayed out. Just not there. Added mod mid game. Perhaps a mod conflict, but I figured moving it to last in the load order would avoid that. Don't know what else to do. Pity, looked like a fun mod. Thanks for the quick response.

For the crafting recipes also note that you need an increasing level of 'handicraft' to produce the pistols. Unless you have the required level of handicraft (e.g. 20) the recipe will not show up at the crafting areas (this is an Enderal feature)

@Reaper: thank you for the continued feedback. I am happy with anination as it is, yet like the idea of the arrow-quiver relationship. I will look into it when I have some time.

@MihailisDeNada: I'll check to make sure there no issue. Recipes work on my end. Have you checked to make sure you have all the parts? I purposely inclued unusual items (ancient crystal coins, ingot of an ancient nation) in the recipes

I have found 2 pistol blueprints and have the handicraft skills both say I need, yet neither shows up at any of the crafting stations. Tried them all. What am I missing?

the hammer coming down, and pow.

and if your worried about realism, don't be because you can just leave the hammer uncocked till they go to fire, and the pull the hammer back, and when you release the mouse you fire.

bullet pouches like quivers. and if thats the case, use the animations for the bows then.

The other important consideration is that if the pistols were made to be single-shot, and required reloading after every shot, it could be very immersion breaking given how Enderal/Skyrim inventory works. Players would have to open inventory, charge the pistol, close inventory, then shoot, and repeat.
So I settled for a compromise the between realism and game play enjoyment

Dawnstar is not included in Enderal. So, yes, it would be quite challenge to import animations for a weapon (crossbow) NOT included in the base game

skyrim itself has a crossbows. which, has animations and ammo, and a single shot fire type. so how is the engine itself limited and tbh it doesn't sound like its too much for too little simply because, iron ingots, are very abundant, in fact i have too much. and you can scrap down iron weapons and stuff. while I see your point, the mod would be better if it didn't use soul gems.

Thanks for the comments.
@Reaper: the cannons are a blackpowder variant, so I feel my pistols are consistent with that. Although I can add a recipe for a musket ball, given the game engine limitations, it would not be easy to implement.
@Eli & Reaper: it would be possible to make the pistols be single-shot (which obviously is most 'accurate'), but that would be very hard on resources (either soul gems, or the suggested "musket balls"). And perhaps beyond my modding skillset level to be honest. At present they only require a low level soul gem (e.g. petty) to recharge, and these are plentiful. So, while I did consider the additional work to implement a single-shot, musket ball ammunition scenario, I felt it was too much for too little reward (my ideal situation would be something like 'Greedfall', where the pistol works until you run out of ammo, but id does not seem possible within the Skyrim game engine to implement that)

Since the pistols function like staves, why not make them have next to no charge and create a type of "soul gem" that is effectively useless for anything except reloading a pistol. If people want to waste grand soul gems on a handgun, they can go ahead

also, add a recipe for a musket ball, and different kinds of musket balls, just like the guns in skyrim mod they have reg musket balls and silver ones. those guns ran on the crossbow stuff. like the crossbow animations.

because, I mean some people are sticklers and might actually correct you.
may even correct me.

actually you might want to really look into what kind of cannons they have, and then adjust accordingly as there are different types of those kind of pistols, the final pistol built like that was the caplock pistol. using a cap instead of flint and steel to ignite the gunpowder behind the cartridge. just a little tidbit.

New version uploaded that fixes the installation pathway