While trying to start modding, I discovered a lot of gaps in my knowledge.  Little things like getting the Creation Kit to behave the way I needed. Why is it still necessary to "fix" the default settings for the CK? I spent several hours yesterday getting it to load multiple masters and several other things, just so I could use the darn thing.

This morning, thinking I was now ready to go... more "discoveries".  It seems I need a bunch of third party apps also... Audacity, NifSkope, silent voice generator, some community add in resources.  And a few hundred YouTube tutorials on mod design and CK tips and tricks. And that doesn't even begin to touch on scripting. 

Right now, I am sure there are experienced modders laughing about this. My God, you folks went through all this? A respectful tip of the hat to you. Hope I am up to it.

You are still forced to be the parent of Shaun, the Sole Survivor,  rescue the lame npc's with Garvey and then build them a home and babysit them. These  people should all be dead, since they are too stupid to even pick their own bed, and whine that they are starving while staring at  a field full of tatos, corn, carrots, melons, mutfruit trees, etc (even more heavy sighing by me).

OK, I know there are a lot of limitations when developing a video game, and RPG's still need some structure, through a story with a beginning, middle, and ending.  It is the forced "Sole Survivor must rescue Shaun" part that yanks me out of the role play.

I can not change these "problems" with FO4. I would have to make a new video game from scratch... nope, not gonna happen. no skills in that area.

All I can do is find ways to give myself more Role Play freedom within the confines of the game.  Until now, I have used a multitude of mods by others to help me out, and that almost works.

But.... the majority of these mods do not provide any significant motivation for the PC to go off adventuring and abandon Shaun to his fate!

The underlined part above ... I think I can do something about that.  We will see.

1. My mod(s) will be focused on a single game change. This means:

a. no feature creep.

b. no unrelated hidden features, such as changes to a characters faces.

2. I will make every effort to keep it as simple as possible. This means:

a. find the simplest method to accomplish my goal. If necessary, change what I am doing, even if I have to start over from scratch.

b. no additional requirements, such as other third party mods, specific female (or male) body mods, or outfits.  Exceptions: FO4SE and its' extensions, and official DLC.

3. Most important of all, remain true to the mod concept. Try not to get distracted with a cool idea, such as adding interior cells or creating a new drug, at least until the primary parts of the mod are complete. Remember rule 1.a.!!!

Bramble, a DAZ Studio render by BDRagnorok.

LoversLab has all sorts of interesting adult quest mods, even the Nexus has a few well disguised mods.

However, none of them provide any significant IMMERSIVE reasons for our favorite Sole Survivor to engage in the provided perversions.  Gotta  hunt down Shaun, you know.

I NEED REASONS!

Idea... the Vault 111 overseer decides he will help the post war commonwealth with repopulation, by creating a drug that "encourages" all wastelanders  to procreate as often as possible.  Unintended consequences occur, and his drug causes a lust epidemic, first in the vault, then all over the Commonwqealth.

more info from an earlier post