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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The EasyNPC discord server has a channel for preview requests and a channel full of fulfilled preview requests. This was pure gold! They also have links to all the tools they use for making consistent mostly-automated previews if you want to give it a shot yourself.

IIRC it's linked from the mod page.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

That sounds like something wasn't right with your SKSE installation. Version mismatch? Files in the wrong places? A conflicting file somewhere?

For help diagnosing crashes, post the crash log in a pastebin or gist! SKSE should write logs if it gets far enough along. And for crash logs from SKSE plugins, use this crashlogger.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do you run the checker on your modlist afterward? It'll help you diagnose things like that. Also, before you build you really should review its notes about potential problems and fix them. It tries its best to help you build a great merge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, we sure were. Sigh.

 

I've now been working on my next modlist for nearly four months. screaming internally

First, I wanted to try new combat mods. Several million confusing animation set choices later, I think I have something working. I then got the wild idea of trying one of those methods of distributing random bodies to all NPCs in the game, so I downloaded about a hundred bodyslides for HIMBO and CBBE and got that working. Which tree mod? Which grass mod? I've changed my mind at least twice.

Then I figured out how to enable physics for things like hair and cloaks. Ooooh, neat! Except no, heavy fur cloaks should not swirl around like they're made of gauze what even is this do I have to turn it off again no wait, I am too busy downloading HDT-SMP patches for every armor set I'm using. Oh, these armor sets don't have OWL patches? I'll make some for myself. Learning how leveled lists work sure was interesting.

I tried to shake up the load order with different city and town overhauls than usual. Today I ripped them all out for JK's Skyrim because my test runs made me unhappy. Well, I kept some of Expanded Towns and Cities, which I liked a lot for its voiced NPCs. This meant I had to rebuild the EasyNPC face merge again. And all my merged patches. And all my lods.

Is there a yak shaving mod? I think I need it.

Send halp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The mod author changed his user name on the Nexus to look like he deleted his account but he did not. 🍿🍿🍿

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Here are some not-Immersive-Armors armors you can use to spice up that load order:

And here are some weapons:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, that Reddit post was one heck of a journey.

I end up being pissed off that the mod author is likely using false claims of transphobic harassment to distract from his own commonplace sleazy behavior coming to light.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There are some great base-install modlists for both the Vortex (via Nexus Collections) and for Wabbajack (a more fully-featured modlist installer). These modlists will cover the major bug fixes plus the frameworks or extensions used by many other mods.

One modlist for each tool covering what essentials if you want to move on and install some other fun mods of your choice on top:

If you're modding with Mod Organizer 2, use Wabbajack to install a modlist. If you're using Vortex, install a Nexus collection with it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I keep coming back to Elysium Estate as the best home I've tried if I want to adopt the maxed-out number of orphans. This has all the mod cons and the latest version has been around long enough that it's well-patched. Bath, kitchen, basement with enough display space for me, crafting stations in believable places, comfy bedroom, cozy decor!

In the playthrough that I'm going to start any day now I swear I am going the entire opposite direction. I'm installing some small shelters in out of the way places, and probably sticking with Breezehome for a main base. Right now that list is:

I am still hunting for something in Hjaalmarch and something near Markreath if anybody has a suggestion!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I look forward to tools like this putting me out of a job answering questions about crashes :D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used to steal everything that wasn't nailed down in Elder Scrolls games. Somewhere along the line, I stopped being a pickpocketing klepto and started being a boring paladin, even with the sign of the thief on me. I did a playthrough recently with the goal of getting all the daedric artifacts to get the acheivement, and oh my god, I hated killing Erandur. I will not do that again. It felt awful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is great. TY for the pic!

 

My question for y'all today is inspired by this comparison vid by wSkeever showing off Realistic Water 2, Water for ENB (looks like the Nordic Blue variation), and their own Simplicity of Sea aka Water Mod. Then there's Cathedral Water, which only edits water records and doesn't make all the cell edits that make water mods the usual patching mess. This video adds vanilla water with ENB to the comparison, with results that surprised me.

What are you doing to make your water look good?

Whatever you're doing, Natural Waterfalls is probably an amazing addition. And come to think of it, Natural Waterfalls claims to have a water mod built in that I haven't tried out yet.

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