Choosing Which Knife to Skin Mutants With [MISERY 2.2] Thread - MISERY mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

I've just started my first playthrough of 2.2 yesterday. I think the new features are pretty cool overall. However, I'm a little infuriated now that I've found out I (apparently) can't choose which knife to use for looting animals. I bought myself a hunting knife so I can kill dogs and fleshes without having to waste ammo this early in the game, but I'm also bringing a utility knife along since it has a low blunting rate for mutant skinning.

However, when I try looting one, the game always seems to prioritize the hunting knife for butchering. That's really annoying, especially since it's counter-intuitive (why would my character use the knife that's objectively worse for the job?). So, is there any way to make the game use my utility knife instead? Having to drop my hunting knife to the ground every time I want to skin an animal is kind of a huge hassle...

Get a hunters kit. Yes, there is a weight burden, but also zero blunting, sharpening costs.

Seeing as how there are ample mutants being constantly killed around you, why do you need to hunt them?

Well, thanks for the advice. I already found a hunter's kit in the meantime, and it's pretty convenient that it works without decay.

Still, I would've prefered a proper solution to what's clearly a design flaw in my mind.

And no, the majority of mutants I'm meeting is very much alive and craving my flesh , so I would like to make use of the more powerful knives the game puts at my disposal. Although now I'm already nearing the stage where I can afford virtually infinite ammo, so it's quickly becoming a moot point.

My AR always seems to dissuade them from getting within knife range. They are so easy to avoid or kill from a distance I never even carry a knife or shotgun.

However, when I try looting one, the game always seems to prioritize the hunting knife for butchering. That's really annoying, especially since it's counter-intuitive (why would my character use the knife that's objectively worse for the job?). So, is there any way to make the game use my utility knife instead? Having to drop my hunting knife to the ground every time I want to skin an animal is kind of a huge hassle...

Game look trough your items in inventory and always choose to use best available tool for a job. Unfortunately, it is hard to develop better script/UI that will allow you to choose knife you want to use for skining. It is necessary to adopt to some things that are within game engine limits and time frame available for development.

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