Kind of a boring and poorly presented video. TLDW: Get Pack Attack (but be wary of script latency), and if you want extra difficulty, complement it with 4estGIMP's AI Edits or Combat AI Empowered (if you're feeling dangerous).

Update: On August 9th, 2023 a new AI mod called Chemfluence AI Combat Dynamics was released. You can download it for PC here: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...

It's a script based mod like PANPC/PACE, but far more simple. To illustrate, Chemfluence has a single 9 kilobyte script, whereas PANPC alone has dozens adding up to over 2 megabytes.

All Chemfluence does is change each NPC's combat style depending on several factors:
chem they've most recently consumed
equipped weapon (melee/shotgun/ranged)
health dropping below configurable threshold

The Pack Attack mods have their own dynamic combat style switching system, which already has the latter two factors covered.

I imagine if you attempted to use both PANPC/PACE and Chemfluence at once, NPCs would constantly flip between combat styles, which would be undesirable. Due to this soft conflict, these mods shouldn't be used together. If you can handle the script load caused by Pack Attack, I see no reason to choose Chemfluence over it.

Every other mod I've reviewed will work fine with Chemfluence, although any changes they make to the default combat styles will be overwritten by Chemfluence's new combat styles most of the time. For Arbitration/Advanced AI Tweaks, this may be a benefit rather than a downside.

I hope no new AI mods release any time soon, because I'm running out of description space.

Here are links to all the mods featured in this video:

Real.AI
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
Xbox: https://mods.bethesda.net/fallout4/mo...
Real.AI – Untethered
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
Real.AI – Dialogue
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
Arbitration
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
Xbox: https://mods.bethesda.net/fallout4/mo...
Stealth and Detection System
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
Search and Destroy
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
More Realistic Stealth
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
Advanced AI Tweaks
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
4est GIMP’s AI Edits
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
Combat AI Empowered
PC: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mo...
Pack Attack NPC/Companion Edition [recommended]
PC (not on the Nexus, sadly):   / discord  

Music tracks used, in order: Fallout 4 Concrete Mysteries, Fallout 4 Hope Remains, Fallout 4 Tread Carefully, Fallout 4 Lone Wandering, Fallout 4 VATS or Die

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Recommendations/Caveats
2:58 Real.AI
5:39 Real.AI Untethered & Dialogue
6:11 Arbitration
8:35 Stealth and Detection System
9:46 Search and Destroy
10:29 More Realistic Stealth and Sneaking
10:51 Advanced AI Tweaks
11:51 4estGIMP’s AI Edits
12:44 Combat AI Empowered
13:48 Pack Attack NPC/Companion Edition (recommended)
17:07 Outro





my paytreon:   / pancuronium