<link>https://www.loverslab.com/blogs/blog/2114-corysias-skyrim-vr-adventures/</link><description><![CDATA[<p> It's July 1st, 2023 and I'm diving back in to Skyrim VR with both feet, literally.  In the last year, I've picked up a <a href="https://www.kat-vr.com/" rel="external nofollow">KatWalk C2+</a>, a <a href="https://www.bhaptics.com/tactsuit/tactsuit-x16" rel="external nofollow">bHaptics TactVest</a>, and a <a href="https://www.bhaptics.com/tactsuit/tactvisor" rel="external nofollow">bHaptics TactVisor</a>.  I've had a number of failed starts in this, mostly because of trying to get the mods to play well with each other.  I think I've finally ironed out all the kinks and I'm ready to do this.  The first post of this blog will be my modlist and notes on installing them. </p> ]]></description><language>en</language><item><title>Troubleshootinghttps://www.loverslab.com/blogs/entry/19606-troubleshooting/ TROUBLESHOOTING

This entry is going to be a collection of notes on different ways of trouble-shooting mods.

If you are looking to set up Skyrim VR, please look at my previous blog post Modlist and Setup
 

Default Logging

 

By default, logs are written to two locations.  First is your Documents folder under My Games\Skyrim VR\SKSE.  You'll find several logs there that are interesting.  These are the ones I have:

  • JContainersVR.log
  • SkyrimVRTools.log
  • SkyUI-VR.log
  • FaceGenFixes.log
  • sksevr.log
  • TactsuitVRPlugin.log
  • higgs_vr.log
  • WeaponThrowVR.log
  • PapyrusTweaks.log
  • Fuz Ro D-oh.log
  • DualWieldBlockVR.log
  • crouchtododge.log
  • sksevr_steam_loader.log
  • sksevr_loader.log

 

More logs can be found in your ...\steamapps\common\SkyrimVR directory.  Here, I've found:

  • DDi.log
  • PapyrusUtilDev.log
  • SexLab.log
  • ./Data/Meshes/armor/AFSKoldunArmor/log.log
  • ./Data/Plugins/Sumwunn/AchievementsModsEnabler.log
  • ./Data/SKSE/Plugins/vrik.log


Looking over these can be helpful as sometimes there's a mod another depends on, but it isn't listed on the nexus.  For example, I found SkyUI was complaining about Skyrim VR Tools not being installed.  After I read that, I went out and found it and installed it, updating the Modlist and Setup blog entry to install earlier than I'd listed.

 

Right now, I'm seeing this error in JContainersVR.log that I need to try to fix:
  

[Error] JValue.readFromDirectory throws 'boost::filesystem::directory_iterator::construct: The system cannot find the path specified: "Data/creatures.d"'


The solution turned out to be just installing MoreNastyCritters.  It's the mod that adds "Data/creatures.d".

 

 

Papyrus Logging

 

Logging for Papyrus is turned off by default.  To turn it on, you need to add these lines to your SkyrimVR.ini file in Documents\My Games\Skyrim VR:

  

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=1
bEnableTrace=1
bLoadDebugInformation=1

 

This will log files out in to your Skyrim VR game folder.  In my case, this is D:\Games\steamapps\common\SkyrimVR\Data\SKSE\Plugins (TODO: update this to the exact location).  Each time you run Skyrim, it will create a new file.  It rotates the old ones, renaming them with numbers at the end.  The .0 file is the last run, the .1 is the run before it, etc.

 

VRIK Logging

 

Just noticed VRIK logs to D:\Games\steamapps\common\SkyrimVR\Data\SKSE\Plugins\vrik.log

 

Sexlab Animations Getting Twisted


@dexabcd found that if this happens, replace the SOSskeleton.nif with the skeleton from XP32.  Discussion here.

 

 

Radiant Prostitution


What works: Basic innkeeper prostitution, serving tables, and integration with Submissive Lola
What doesn't work: Any random radiant quest.  In game, you'll see a message that 16 quests have been loaded, but when you go back in to the MCU, you'll see it's still at 0.
 

Papyrus reports this error: 

[01/02/2023 - 08:52:25AM] Error: Cannot call getRank() on a None object, aborting function call


That's a classic Null Pointer Exception.  When I tracked down a call to getRank(), I found this block:
  

Debug.Notification("Adding "+i+" Quests")
    while(i > 0)
        i -= 1
        MF_RandomQuest QuestForm = JArray.getForm(quests,i) as MF_RandomQuest
        if(QuestForm.getRank() == 1)
            Handler.HomeJobs.addForm(QuestForm)


So JArray.getForm() is returning NULL.  And the error is thrown when getRank() is called on that null reference.

  It does work in Skyrim SE, however, which is using a newer version of JContainers.  SkyrimVR needs 4.1.13.  In SE, I'm using 4.2.3.  If I set SE to 4.1.13, it stops working.

This has been fixed now with the RMCW Edition!

]]>19606Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:55:46 +0000Modlist and Setuphttps://www.loverslab.com/blogs/entry/19256-modlist-and-setup/ INTRODUCTION

Skyrim VR is aging.  The SKSE site lists the different game versions, and Skyrim VR is the oldest and no longer receiving updates.  This is good, in the respect that Bethesda won't change anything about the game that breaks mods.  But it's also bad because mod developers are not making mods that are backwards compatible with the VR version.  In this list, I'll provide exact versions and URLs for where to find the mods I use, if I can.

 

Some of these are no longer available.  Ask me if you would like the version I have.  If I get enough requests, I'll put them on a cloud drive.

 

LEGEND

👄 means Adult content

♀️ means female main character content

♂️ means male main character content

 

INSTALLATION

  • Start with a fresh Steam install of Skyrim VR.
  • Ensure you have no files in "My Documents / Save Games / Skyrim VR" or "Skyrim Special Edition".  We're starting clean.  If cloud saves put games back in, that's ok.
  • Run Skyrim VR once, as is, without any mods, in SteamVR.  This will create and populate "My Documents / Save Games / Skyrim VR" with some files.

 

CLEAN MASTER FILES

This could be considered an optional step.  Some modders swear by it, others never mention it.  I've done this both with and without cleaning and I honestly can't tell the difference, which is why I call this "optional". This is the YouTube video that I follow.  Everything you need to know is in there about how to get SSEEdit 4.0.4, configure it for SkyrimVR, and how to clean the files.  I'll post some notes about this below the video.

I also don't have an opinion on when to clean. Before you start Skyrim?  Before your first save?  After?  I will leave that up to you because I don't think it makes any difference.
 

Spoiler

NOTES:

  • At this point in the video, he's just a little impatient.  Dawnguard takes a bit to load and the offending line will show up in red if you let the application work for a moment.
  • Autoclean Update
  • Autoclean Dawnguard
  • Manually clean Dawnguard
    - Cell block 5, sub-block 3, in the RIGHT HAND pane, 4th column - remove "RiftenRatwayZone [ECZN:0009FBB9]"
    - Cell block 2, sub-block 1, Guard - remote the whole record
    - Cell block 8, sub-block 1 Test - remove the whole record
  • Autoclean Hearthfires
  • Autoclean Dragonborn
  • DO NOT CLEAN SKYRIM

 

SETTING UP VORTEX

  • Install Vortex.  If you prefer another mod manager, that should be fine, but I've only used Vortex.
  • Use Profiles.  This will keep your mods and save games in sync.  Maybe you want to be a breton today, tomorrow a khajiit.  By using profiles, you can switch between them as if they're separate installs.  NOTE: you cannot change the settings of the mods, just whether or not the mod is installed, so keep that in mind when configuring later in SkyUI.
  • Take note of your profile's ID.  It is used for where your save games will be written to.  For example, mine is "SkS-j0XPh" and so my save games are written to C:\Users\corysia\Documents\My Games\Skyrim VR\Saves\SkS-j0XPh.  If you have trouble saving your first game, it may not have created that directory and you'll have to do it yourself, and then save.  I've only had that happen once, but it's easy to fix.

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  • My Steam Library is on D:\Games, so Vortex needs to be configured to use the same drive.  In settings, under the Mods tab, I set my staging folder to be "D:\Games\Vortex\staging\{game}" and set Deployment Method to "Hardlink".
  • In Settings, under Download, I've got my Download Folder set to "D:\Games\Vortex\downloads"

 

SET UP SKYRIM VR FOR MODDING

  • Start Vortex.  When it first starts, it may need patching and provide a number of alerts in the upper right corner.  For loose files, just press 'fix'.  The rest we can ignore for right now.  We'll fix them as we progress.

 

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          [Required] FNIS Behavior VR 7_6 XXL

          (Optional) FNIS Creature Pack SE 7.6 if you are going to use creatures (I do)

          (Optional) FNIS Spells SE 7.0 (I don't use this one)

  • Configure FNIS in Vortex to auto-run.  Go to the Mods tab and then click "Configure FNIS" along the top menu bar.  Be sure to check the Skeleton patch, as we'll be needing it shortly.

 

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Also, if you run Fores by hand, it may repeatedly bring up this "Create a shortcut" menu.  If you read the message (I didn't, for the longest time! :flushed:), if you hit [Cancel], it won't ask you again.


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  • Install XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended (XPMSSE) 4.80.  This is what we needed the checkbox in FNIS for.  For options, I select the following:
    Skeleton - Physics Extensions
    Character Creation pg 1 - Racemenu (we'll install that shortly)
    Character Creation pg 2 - Out of sync
    Animation Variants - none for everything
    First Person Animation - none
    Mounted combat animations - none
    Compatibility pg 1 - 👄Schlongs of Skyrim (we'll install shortly)
    Compatibility pg 2 - none, I don't use Deadly Mutilation
    Compatibility pg 3 - none, I don't use Enderal
  • Install RaceMenu Special Edition v0-4-9 This specific version.
    Install RaceMenu VR 0.4.14
    Delete skee64.dll and skee64.ini from <your_steam_install>\steamapps\common\SkyrimVR\Data\SKSE\Plugins
    NOTE: When you install the next mod, you'll get a warning about deleting 2 files.  It's OK.
  • Install PapyrusUtil VR 3.6b.  NOTE: This version does not need the Address library
    When prompted, override SexLab with this version (in other words, Load After)
  • VR Address Library
  • Papyrus Tweaks NG
  • Install VRIK Player Avatar v0.8.1 Build 28.  NOTE: If you're going to play the vanilla introduction and not use Realm of Lorkhan as I do, disable these VRIK mods until after your hands are freed.
    (Optional) Install VRIK Rift-Index-WMR Controller bindings.  This will remap some of your controller keys.
    (Optional) Install Arctal's VRIK Tweak, tell Vortex to override VRIK.

  • 👄Install HDT-SMP VR (Skinned Mesh Physics) for Havok breast physics.

  • Install BodySlide and Outfit Studio v5.5.2

          Options: BodySlide and CBBE Body Physics, RaceMenu Morphs for CBBE

  • Install Caliente's Beautiful Bodies Enhancer - v1.6.2, tell vortex to override BodySlide when asked
    Base Options: Curvy, ?None, Vanilla, Face Pack, Thin + Trimmed Brows
    Optional Features: check everything

  • 👄Install Schlongs of Skyrim for VR 1.0.7
    Default body, Hairy, and all addons
    Load after XP32

  • Install Fuz Ro D'oh VR

  • Run BodySlide Studio.  You'll want to check the meshes checkbox and the "Build Morphs" checkbox, then press "Batch Build".  You'll get another dialog box asking about which sliders to choose.  I select ?"CBBE Body HDT" which will make my character nude when undressed.  There are other options for Undies, etc.   On the next screen, you'll also see a list of outfits and you need to pick a shape again.  Here, I choose CBBE Physics (I'll try to grab a screenshot next time).  It should generate morphs for 292 items.

 

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OPTIONAL PRE-GAME MODS

These are some additional mods I typically start with prior to creating a new game.

CREATING A NEW GAME

 

In this section, I'll describe how I configure these mods from within the MCM.  I won't go over all of my personal settings, but I'll call out some important ones.  In the end, you should set it up the way you want to play.

 

  • (Optional) Disable RaceMenu while you initially create your character.  I do this because I just want a Breton.  After you create your character and make your first save, you should re-enable RaceMenu.  I find Race Menu too hard to work with in VR.  Leave it on if you want the full functionality of it.
  • Start a new game and create your character.  I have found that when I try to switch from Male to Female, SteamVR locks up and I see my harddisk running solid for a bit.  Sometimes I have to restart, other times I can just wait a bit and the female model will eventually show up.  It didn't used to do this, but I am running in to this often now.  Just be patient and keep trying if you're going to play a female character.
  • After your character, configure VRIK.  Go in to your Magic menu and select the VRIK Calibration Power.  First, go with "Headset Height".  After the power cooldown delay, go in again and choose "Default".  I'm 5'3", so I then choose "shorter" a few times to get me at the height I want my character to be.  Finally, choose "VR Scale" and then done.  You can now unselect the VRIK Power option.
  • Next, in the MCM, select VRIK.
    Under Controls, I like to check "selfie" and set the compass to "left hand up" so I only see the compass when I look at the palm of my left hand.
  • For SexLab, first you need to choose Install and then exit the MCM.
    After it is installed, go in to the MCM again and under VR I like to choose "Lock view to body" and then I usually prefer to "disable 3rd person" so it's all 1st person.
    Under Animation, if you want creatures, turn that on and then exit the MCM.  You'll get two notifications that Creatures is installed and you have to wait for both of them before the MCM will respond again.
    Go back in to Animation and set your preferences.  If you want aggressive animations, be sure to set them to be allowed here or you'll get messages later saying how they were blocked.
    Under voices, I change my voice from Random to a voice I prefer.  For NPCs, I set them to reuse their voice.
  • Quit out of the MCM and save your game.  Now is when you verify that your saves are going in to the correct subfolder.  In my case: C:\Users\corysia\Documents\My Games\Skyrim VR\Saves\SkS-j0XPh
  • Re-enable Race Menu if you turned it off.

 

These are the core mods I start with.  The rest of them are Quality of Life changes, adventures, and bugfixes.  I'll continue to update this post periodically.

 

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QUALITY OF LIFE MODS

 

In this next section, I'll list out all of the mods I add just to improve Skryim VR.

 

 

MAGIC

 

bHaptics and KatWalk

 

  • No Stamina Drain For Sprinting - This sounds overpowered, but I'm using a KatWalk.  I promise you, my stamina drains faster running Real Life than it does in the game!
  • TactSuit SkyrimVR - Only useful for someone with bHaptics toys.  They're so much fun!
  • Skyrim VR Configuration Tool - This handy tool allows you to adjust a lot of things.  I read about it on reddit.  I'm 5'3" and to physically crouch on a KatWalk with the default settings is more burn than I can handle right now, so this let me adjust it to a more comfortable stoop and still let me walk.
    NOTE: Another very useful feature is it allows you to increase the priority of Skyrim VR, making it run smoother.

 

At this point, I run the game again and configure the MCM.  And make another save game.  Here I also joined the Forsworn faction and chose the Lover's Stone.  Next, we'll start installing the Adult mods.  Here we have to be careful because loading too many of these at once can overtax Papyrus.  So, I periodically start the game and configure the MCM.

 

 

This is enough for now.  I start up the game, and wait a bit for the MCM to catch up.  The game might crash.  Just try again.  If it keeps crashing, start taking out mods and retry.  Configure the MCM, and make a save.  Now for the next batch of mods...

 

 

Time to break again to let Papyrus handle this.  Before starting the game, run BodySlide to update the morphs for your new outfits.  You'll get a list of options to choose.  I choose HDT or CBBE SE whenever it's offered.  It should be up to 448 morphs now.  I always get an error on the Khajiit chain harness and the Breast Rope Extreme harness.  I don't know how to fix it, so I ignore it.  It hasn't messed me up so far.

 

  • Skyrim Utility Mod (SUM)
  • 👄Prison Overhaul Patched 5.32 (requires SUM)
    👄Prison Overhaul Patched Voice
    SUM & POP No Spin VR Patch - load after-all
  • 👄♂️Flower Girls SE and VR - remember to go back to Fertility and monitor FG girls if you'd like.
    👄♂️Flower Girls SE Adventures
  • 👄Public Whore
    👄Public Whore voice
    👄Public Whore SlaveTats
    Public Whore SE/VR patch
  • 👄♀️Submissive Lola Resubmission 2.1.0
    NOTE: If you don't set this to nickname mode or your character's name will be changed to Lola and it will affect your save games. When you end your service, you can get your name back.  But you will need to save and restart your game for it to work properly. 
    NOTE: By default, zaz slave control is off.  Unless you've another mod that would conflict, I suggest turning this on because it will require other NPCs to ask your owner for permission first.
    ?Submissive Lola voice
  • 👄♀️♂️Radiant Prostitution Gigolo SE 7.0.4 - This mod does not fully work, none of the additional quests will load in Skyrim VR.  I've been trying to figure this out, and I think it's due to JContainers VR not being as current as JContainers SE.  But the basics work.
  • 👄Radiant Prostitution RMCW Edition
    👄Radiant Prostitution v7.0.4 Voice Pack Gen4
  • 👄Simple Slavery Plus Plus 6.3.19 [SE] 
    👄Simple Slavery Plus Plus voice
  • 👄Spank That Ass SE v4.5 (25-Jan-2021) - there is a voice file for this one, but it doesn't match my chosen voice.  Oddly, this will sometimes show up as "trial run alpha".
  • 👄Dripping When Aroused SE (DW 2022-03-03) - also called Dripping Wet or Dripping When Wet.
  • 👄Love Sickness 1.0.1 - Set this for hearts only on onset so you know when you first enter this stage.

 

I have a lot more mods installed.  I'll list them here, in no particular order.  If there's interest, I'll track down the exact URLs like I have above where I can.  But I'm not sure anyone's read this far!

 

  • Skyrim VR Change Your Bindings
    NOTE: If you try to load VRIK Rift-Index-WMR Controller Bindings V2.1.0, this app will throw a parsing error. It turns out that the VRIK map adds an unexpected Activate option to the "Favor" section of the file. If you open the file in a text editor and delete Line 229, the VRIK mappings will open in this app.
    NOTE: combos are supposed to work, but I can't get them to, so maybe this is useless.
  • 👄Body Search & voice files - gets repetitive, so turn it way down.
  • 👄♀️Troubles of Heroine - can be Troubles of Hero, lots of options.  I disable some side quests I don't personally care for.
  • 👄♀️A Forsworn Story
  • iNeed Food Water and Sleep Continued v1.93 - I can only see 1.94 now, so I don't know if one can still get this version.
    iNeed Water VR
  • 👄Amorous Adventures
  • All Male Housecarls light version
  • 👄Animated Prostitution
  • 👄TDF Prostitution
  • 👄Bathing in Skyrim - I ended up removing these because of conflicts with layers on my character.
    👄Bathing in Skyrim Tweaked
  • Becoming a Bard & voice
  • 👄Dark Desires Club
  • 👄Devious Lore
  • 👄Devious Enslaved Continued v13.25.0
  • 👄Dibella Sisterhood
  • 👄Fade Tattoos
  • 👄Rape Tattoos & Rape Tattoos Tweaked
  • 👄Horrible Harassment + no spin patch
  • Improved bound sword and dagger collision
  • 👄Sex Slaves aka Mia's Lair
  • Immersive Good Boy - for Meeko, if I pick him up.
  • Quiet Dog - Sit - I'm tempted to go with Complete Silence, but I don't want to break conversation.
  • Ride Sharing
  • Semi-open guard helmets
  • 👄sex with thieves
  • 👄Dangerous Nights - turn this WAY down or you'll never get any sleep
  • 👄SL Kidnapped
  • Spouses Enhanced
  • Blood and Silver - vastly increases the size of Cidhna mine.
  • 👄Skooma Whore
  • Relationship Dialog Overhaul
  • Relationship Dialog Overhaul - RDO SE - RDO - AFT SE Patch Final

 

 

 

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