OStim Defeat Bridge - Lightweight Human & Creature Defeat Scenes 1.1

OStim Defeat Bridge is a small native bridge mod that catches fatal player damage and redirects it into an OStim / OCr scene flow instead of instantly killing the player.

This is not a full defeat framework. It does not start multiple scene rounds from the same defeat event, and it does not randomly select actors from a large actor pool. Scene participants are based on the valid actors present at the moment of defeat, and whether your installed OStim / OCr animation packs support that setup.

For a more natural gameplay experience, I recommend using this together with Stage Flow for OStim Standalone. Stage Flow can automatically take over active OStim threads, including non-player threads, select a matching staged animation chain when possible, and guide the scene toward a proper ending.

This is especially useful for NPC OCr scenes, because some creature animations may not reliably support manually ending the thread through climax.

This mod also moves the heavier actor scanning work to the native DLL instead of relying on constant Papyrus polling. It includes multiple fallback and recovery paths for failed scene startup, interrupted threads, invalid actors, and post-scene cleanup, designed to reduce the chance of stuck scripts or broken defeat states.

Key Features:

• Native fatal damage interception for the player. In most cases, the mod can help you avoid death, but it cannot prevent every possible death scenario.

• Safe downed-state handling before scene startup, covering the player and up to one eligible female follower.

• Human OStim support for female player / victim with male humanoid aggressors.

• OCr creature support for player defeat scenes. When multiple valid creature aggressors are available, the player and one eligible female follower can each be assigned to a separate creature scene.

Requirements:

• SKSE.

• Address Library for SKSE Plugins.

• OStim Standalone 7.35+.

• OCr is required for creature scenes.

• Compatible OStim / OCr animation packs.

Compatibility / Limitations:

• Tested on AE 1.6.1170.

• SE 1.5.97 should theoretically work with the correct SKSE / Address Library setup, but I have not fully tested it yet.

• The human branch in this version is designed around female player / victim + male humanoid aggressors.

• Male player + female humanoid aggressor support is not included in this version.

• Only one eligible female follower can be handled at a time.

• Animation fallback currently only applies to player-only single-thread starts.

• Actual scene availability depends on your installed OStim / OCr animation packs.

• This mod uses its own native fatal-damage interception for the player. Mods with similar death alternative, defeat, bleedout, or fatal-damage interception systems may conflict if they try to handle the same player death event.

• For best results, do not use multiple player death alternative / defeat bridge mods together unless their trigger conditions are clearly separated.