Forest Keeper

Commentary

Forest Keepers are a bit too oppressive in their current state, and have (rightfully so, IMO) earned their reputation as the outdoor enemy that most negatively affects outdoor balance. Luckily, this is an extremely easy problem to solve, and it's very likely their biggest issue is unintended behavior anyway.

Forest Keepers track a "suspicion value" for each player in the game, and enter chase if that value reaches 100%. It increases while you are in line-of-sight, and seems intended to decrease when you aren't - but due to the code's logical flow, none of the values can decrease unless at least one player is in the giant's sight. While not objectively unintended, this behavior makes them relentless in-game, instantly aggroing players on sight from any distance after they have been chased at least once before. They feel much better to deal with if this behavior is adjusted to work when no players are visible.

(EDIT: While I originally included a fix for the above in this mod, I've since relocated it to Buttery Fixes as FixGiantSight, since it's a host-side fix. It is intended to be used in tandem with the below.)

The only other change they deserve is a decrease to vision range on blizzard moons, where visibility is low for players as well. Vanilla already accounts for foggy weather by decreasing the giant's range, so I just apply the exact same limit to the snow maps, and leave it at that. (Rend's visibility is pretty much just as bad as any foggy moon, anyways)

If you are interested in further customization of giants, consider checking out Fair Giants too (you should disable my settings, if you do). I just wanted something that worked a little closer to vanilla behavior, and also had compatibility with Artifice Blizzard's random snow chance.