Basic Description: 
What this mod is all about:
This mod overhauls the visual aspect/functionality of melee fights allowing them to look more realistic and varied when compared to the original GTA V melee system. 
It completely enhances the melee combat system adding in new melee weapon combos, fighting animations, taunts, damage/ reactions and much more. It makes melee fights longer lasting, 
visually appealing and generally more fun. (Full description on OIV File Provided)

Included in this Mod: (Simple View)
+New Melee Animations (Used from Unreal Engine, AnimKit, GTA V database)
+Combo Finishers
+Melee Weapon Combos
+Alternate Unarmed Combos
+Enhanced Counter Moves
+Melee Weapon Animations
+Failed Takedown Animations Replace Forward Kicks
+Edited Ped Health and Damages
+Player and AI Taunts
+Melee Enemy Types with Different Buffs and Weaknesses
+Melee Enemy Types Have Different Melee Combos/Finishers
+Many Enemies Fight at Once
+Replaced Shove attack
+Armed Gun Melee Combos
+Edited Gunner Melee Reactions
+One Handed and Two Handed Gun Attack Combos/Combo Finishers

Version 6.0: 
-ALL fighting styles have been revamped with new animations from Unreal Engine via AnimKit as well as some of our own!! (Video showcases them all) 
-You no longer have to cycle weapons to activate animations. (HUGE RELIEFFF) 
-It is a much easier installation where all animations are contained in one clipset. 
-New custom goofy Drunken Brawler fighting style with custom fight moves from drunk fight vanilla sequence that has custom finishers, taunts, combos etc. (Just for fun) 
-Damages and reactions have been thrououghly revamped and should be more realistic when using melee weapons etc. 
-Boxer fighting style is now completely overhauled with new animatons and takedowns. 
-Arm break animations as well as all other new unreal engine takedowns/finishers have been given variations where the victim is ragdolled or executed. (Adds full animation visuals)
-Karate fighting style has been restyleized, overhauled and is full of new enhanced punching/kick combos, animations, taunts, intros and more! (Looks alot like Yakuza or Sleeping dogs)
-More grapple moves have been implemented when pressing "A" on remote while locked onto target or "kick button" on keyboard, for the following brawlingstyles. Now the drunken brawler can grapple from behind in a headlock or front tackle. Front tackle and tackle counter animations are available for Heavy Brawler fighting style as well. 
-BS_michael, BS_heavy_brawler, BS_franklin, BS_boss all have new attack animations that add flare, meet the style profile and provide stunning range of unique possibilities in combos and melee weapon attacks. 
-New custom hit reactions and stumble animations are available. 
-New taunts and intros are available for all fighting styles and AI. 
- Peds .ymt has been reedited and a new ped fighting style assignment list has been posted in "New Brawlingstyle info_Enemy Types_Edited ped list.txt"
- Animations no longer stop working and performance runs much better. 
- Reduced possibility of crashes. (I have had hour+ long playthrough without crash feel free to keep me posted ;D)


-New content with Version 5.5-
+All main story player characters have unique fighting styles and unarmed combo finishers/counters with melee weapon specializations. (Also implemented into the public of GTA V) BS_FRANKLIN, BS_TREVOR, BS_MICHAEL (Details explained in "New Brawlingstyle info_Enemy Types_Edited ped list.txt")
+4 new fighting styles with unique unarmed combos, unarmed/melee wpn counters, combo finishers. (Main charaters + BS_BOXER)
+Renamed BS_Monk to BS_Karate and BS_Strong to BS_Heavy Brawler to match attack style. 
+Enhancments to Karate fighting style using NEW animations provided by TheFuumaSage. (Aggressive karate kicks, flips etc)
+Implemented new anims from arena wars update (backflip kick parry, double kick takedown), karate chop emote taunts to Karate style (Includes new unarmed stance, knife stance, knife counter, large wpn counter and support taunts)
+Melee weapon and unarmed intros are now MP death match intro anims and AI support taunts. (Knuckle crunch, shadow boxing, all 1h or 2h weapon swings etc)
+Melee intro for player is also available when locking on to target. (One option for now)
+New first person (third person view) idle stance. (Russian drunk stance replace) 
+New grapple attacks implemented throughout all fighting styles. (Casino brawl throw, neck break/gut punch, and grapple headbutt) Can activate when close enough to "shove" the enemy. BS_trevor throws, BS_michael headbutts, and BS_franklin snaps kneck. Armed with guns (any fighting style) and up close with an attack cycles through all. 
+New Heavy_Brawler kick close attack "Russian Drunk bar fight/tackle sequence". (Press A on controller) 
+Edited damages for more better gameplay.
+Boss has revamped melee combo (new takedown anim ATTACK moves) with knee strike finisher (TheFuumaSage)
+Better melee reactions from hit while walking and standing idle. 
+New melee weapon takedowns (Stab through face, front gut slash etc)
+Peds.ymt has been edited to incorporate all 8 fighting styles into the public of GTA V. (Some are random, but others inentional)
+Fixed character "Pop-up" issue from certain takedowns, now all should make the victim ragdoll appropriatly including grapples. 

Total Fighting Styles so far: 
BS_BOXER
BS_BOSS
BS_MICHAEL
BS_FRANKLIN
BS_TREVOR
BS_KARATE
BS_HEAVY_BRAWLER
BS_DRUNKEN_BRAWLER
BS_AI

(PLEASE READ IMPORTANT INFO BELOW) 
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Installation: (read carefully please) 

Open OpenIV, go to the "tools" tab, click on "Package Installer". Double click the OIV file "Updated Enhanced Fighting Animations V.5.5" and then click "install" and "install into mods folder". 

Do the same for the other OIV file titled "Remove MW Fears"

IMPORTANT NEXT: Follow instructions from installation.txt document in "Anim_edits_installation" folder to manuallly install anims and missing file. (IF YOU DO NOT MOD WILL NOT HAVE NEW ANIMS OR ADDITIONS AND COULD CRASH)
(I am currently reusing an old IV Package by replacing with updated content, sorry for the extra stuff where pachage creator is not working at the moment)

Enjoy!

NOTICE: 

+Manual Install of main files is available. Click into folder "manual install" if you desire.
+Manual uninstall is also available with up to date pre-edited original vanilla files if you do not want to use uninstall package. 

Used: 

https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/openiv-package-creator

Thank you: Felix Bartling (reditec)
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Keep in touch: 

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