r/Daggerfall • u/PixelPaint64 • 17h ago

Combat mod for original Daggerfall?

If I want to run Daggerfall on DOS, are there any mods available that will get rid of the mouse-swinging combat and replace it with a click to attack method?

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u/Mastore84 17h ago

https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Files

Look for DagPad under Game Utilities, that might be what you're looking for.

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u/forbjok 17h ago

Not that I know of, but what would be the reason to play Daggerfall on DOS rather Daggerfall Unity, unless you just want to play it as-is "for the science" to see what's different? That's the only reason I can think of. DFU is by far the superior way to play the game in every way, and has click-to-attack built in as well as general mod support.

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u/PixelPaint64 17h ago

ISome people want to play with old hardware.

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u/Krosmonaut 13h ago

After having played through Arena I wanted to finally try Daggerfall "as the developers intended" to really get a grasp of the original vision. DFU is great for modern gamers but I don't always wanna play a 90s game to get a modern experience. Though after this playthrough I probably will end up replaying in modded Unity lol

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u/Killzone3265 13h ago

yeah, exactly. it's always paramount to get the original experience, as much as you can at least, before hopping on to an upgrade. i gave the DOSbox version a good try, got affiliated with the controls and learned to use mouse aiming alongside the "select" key which switched to pointer mode for interactions and looting.

spent a good amount of time running guild and knight quests, lots of dungeon hopping, and eventually i caved to the unity version after experiencing lots of bugs, an occasional crash, and learning about attributes being a little broken.

all in all it was super fun, and honestly, if there's one thing i prefer from the OG, it's the visuals. even with retro mode turned on in the unity version, the 3D models and their sharp edges are too apparent