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Mod Release - Karlov Manor Version 4.0 (LE/SE)

Alter Native

Entry posted by Alter Native in Karlov Manor

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Short Description

This mod adds a medium sized vampire castle to Skyrim and various screenshot locations (accessible via the carriage in the court or the location access room). It is located in north of Solitude. 
Even though normal house usage and gameplay is possible, it is intended for taking screenshots. 

 

Version:              4.0 LE/SE
Release date:     19.03.22 V4.0
Author:              Alter Native
Language:         English
Dependencies:  Skyrim LE/SE, Dawnguard, Dragonborn

 

 

 

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Long Description

Are you a millennia old vampire and tired of living in Harkon's dreg heap of a castle? Are you looking for class and luxury and a place to live your devious, bloody vampire fantasies? 
Fortunately Baroness Nora Karlov had to leave Skyrim on urgent business of the realm, and she was kind enough to grant you living rights in Karlov Manor during her absent. 

This mod adds a medium size manor to Skyrim. It is kept in a dark fantasy baroque style fitting for a vampire character or similar. The castle is located west of Solitude lighthouse, or accessible via the console ("coc ACCastleEx").
The manor features a large living area with various rooms. In an underground area you'll find thrall dungeons for your bloody needs, as well as crafting areas. Furthermore, this mod adds a gothic church/chapel dedicated to Molag Bal. Besides the mod adds various locations I used in my story blog "Of Blood and Pleasure" accessible via the main hall and a secret area. 
 

In more detail the main manor features:

  • An entrance hall
  • Kitchen
  • Dining/ballroom
  • Master bedroom including bathroom
  • Trophy & weapon room
  • Church dedicated to Molag Bal 
  • Various guest rooms
  • Gallery
  • Crypt 
  • Basement storage area
  • Crafting areas
  • Prison
  • Attic
  • Atelier
  • A courtyard (Exterior)

 

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Furthermore this mod features several screenshot locations, accessible via the carriage in the court or the location access room:

 

High Rock

  • Villa Adraa, a large, Renaissance style villa in it's own worldspace
  • Villa Valek, a medium sized abandoned villa.
  • A Noble house located in High Rock
  • Sanctuary, a destroyed church in the High Rock Worldspace
  • Ruined Cathedral
  • Fallen Shrine & Courtyard

 

Hammerfell

  • A new Hammerfell worldspace
  • City of Al Mahan
  • Palace of Al Mahan with private Quarters
  • Palace Garden and Bath
  • Temple of Salomne
  • Bathhouse
  • Hidden Altar
  • Vampire Church

 

Imperial City

  • Dusk Cathedral
  • Necropolis
  • Nightmare
  • Underground Vampire Club
  • Shrine

 

Noir Estate

  • Grand Ballroom
  • Royal Hallway
  • Somber Boudoirs
  • Abandoned Saloon

 

Miscellaneous

  • An Anor Londor version of the Manor, with changed lightning compared to the main manor with several different and new rooms
  • 'Blood Room'
  • The old, more basilica like version of the church of the main manor
  • Various other smaller locations I built for scenes in my stories 

 

 

Trailer (Version 3.0)

 

 

 

 

 

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Permission

This plugin must not be shared commercially.
The rights to the game, all official plugins, additional files and the Creation Kit are property of Bethesda Softworks.
Used external resources (listed below) in form of textures, models, sound effects etc. are property of the original authors.
Please do not distribute or offer this mod for download without my permission to do so. Any upload to the Steam Workshop, Bethesda.net, ModDrop and any form of console ports are prohibited.

Many of the used assets are from a store called "DAZ3d" (https://www.daz3d.com/shop/) which is effectively a stock database for 3D assets. Those can not be uses anywhere without acquiring the respective object and license from the store. (List below)
For any kind of permission please contact me first.


 

 


Credits

Special thanks to:
Collygon for creating custom models and textures for this mod, as well as creating animations
Antistar for Clockwork castle and making it a modders resource, which - in a way - kicked this project off as I had a solid asset base to start from (mostly textures in the style I liked).
Collygon for alpha testing.
Marmotte for beta testing and valuable feedback on lightning and general advice.
Tirloque for beta testing.
devious-Drunna for beta testing
Lord Inquisitor for beta testing
Crw0 for beta testing
Tinaa Slobodnik for beta testing

kozakowy for beta testing

Myst for beta testing
2xGHoSTx2 for beta testing the SE version
Artsick for improving various meshes and general advice.

Nostromo79 for the candelabras and candles used in this mod.
Everybody who provided feedback and bug reports after release
All readers of my Skyrim Story Blog "Of Blood and Pleasure".

 

Everyone who created modders resources and allows the use of their assets.

You'll find a detailed list of those in the readme, as well as further credits, installation instructions and details about incompatibilities and bugs (No bugs and incompatibilities known as of yet).

 

 

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Thanks for reading and downloading, have fun!

- Alter Native

 

 

 

Additional Screenshots:

 

 

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Changelog

 

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Version 4.0:


Hammerfell Section
- Added Hidden Altar
- Added Vampire Church

 

High Rock Section
- Added a Ruined Cathedral
- Added a ruined Courtyard
- Added Melancholy

 

Added an Imperial City Section
- Added Dusk Cathedral
- Added Dusk Cathedral Tower
- Added Necropolis
- Added Nightmare
- Added Underground Vampire Club
- Added Dressing Room & Theatre
- Added Shrine

 

Added a Noir Estate Section
- Added Grand Ballroom
- Added Royal Hallway
- Added Somber Boudoirs
- Added Abandoned Saloon


Karlov Manor
- Added a Crimson Wing
- Added an Atelier
- Added Hannah's Room

 

Bugfixes and smaller changes
- New wall textures in the main Karlov Manor
- Various new clutter added throughout the Manor and other rooms
- All textures now have mipmaps
- Various smaller bugfixes

 

 

 

 

 

 

Version 3.01:

- Changed the Pool in the High Rock Sanctuary to be better usable for screenshots
- Fixed a broken mesh in the main manor potentially causing CTD
- Fixed two columns in the master bedroom not showing up correctly
- Fixed the library framerate by making the shadow caster an optional enable


SE only:
- Fixed broken LODs in the High Rock Worldspace at the Sanctuary
- Fixed the bedframe not appearing on SE

 

 

Version 3.0:
Hammerfell Section
- Added City of Al Mahan
- Added Temple of Salomne
- Added Bathhouse
- Added Palace of Al Mahan with private Quarters
- Added Palace Garden and Bath
- Added a separate palace room
- Added Destroyed Temple
- Added 'Hammerfell Studio' screenshot location
- The Hallway and private quarters have interior versions in case the shadow casters are not working for you

 

High Rock Section

- Added a Sanctuary to the High Rock Worldspace
- Reworked the Noble House

 

Karlov Manor

- Added a new dressing room including a storage area for gameplay
- Added an attic 
- Added a new room to the library
- Reworked the Bathroom
- Added a new 'Blood Room' accessible via the location access room

 

Anor Londor
- Added a new dining room
- Added a sunny version of the ballroom


Bugfixes and smaller changes

- The weapon plagues are now usable
- Cleaned all used assets to reduce disk space usage
- Added gameplay functionality to the church of Bal, you are now able to get 'Blood of the Ancients' by praying at the Molag Bal shrine
- Added a cleaned up version of the dark room in the first floor
- Removed the night version of the library (it's now part of the main library)
- Expanded the travel system
- Fixed the clipping leaves on SE in the Courtyard
- Fixed the Bathroom sink
- Fixed the not activatable gargoyles in the Guest Bedroom
- Fixed various clipping errors
- Fixed various chairs and furniture to be usuable now
- Fixed various floating objects
- Fixed smaller navmesh issues
- Fixed various .nif issues
 

 

Version 2.0:

 

- Reworked the Church of Karlov Manor
  -> The old version of the Manor was a very popular screenshot location so an unaltered copy of it was kept and is still accessible via the location selection menu
- Reworked parts of the Palor
- Reworked parts of the Master Bedroom, especially the oriel
- Reworked parts of the Dining/Ball Room 
- Reworked 'Valentina's room' 
- Reworked the 'Golden Room' and it's tileset completely, including furniture
- Reworked parts of the entrance hall
- Reworked the exterior area of Karlov Manor
- Added a Gallery to the main building
- Added many new furniture pieces throughout the castle
- Added several screenshot locations with switchable furniture
- Added a carriage to the court for fast travel
- Reworked the "Location access room" with different areas for the different locations

- Several doors to various rooms changed
- Removed the Gargoyle Balcony from the main building, it is only accessible via the location selection area.
- Reduced overhaul red/orangeness of the light
- Further optimization in terms of the amount of candles used which should increase the draw distance

- Fixed Nora Portrait as Door in the story location area
- Fixed a missing texture in the bathroom mirror
- Fixed the collisions of several furniture pieces
- Fixed a room bound problem in the church
- Fixed several glitches in the exterior area
- Fixed the visual bugs at the entrance to Amelia's room

 

 

 

 

 

Version 1.0.1:
Made Karlov Manor it's own location 
Redone/Improved textures for the golden room, Amelie's room and Valentina's room
Redone textures for the knight armors in the west wing
Redone/changed textures for the golden mirrors
Various Bookcases are now containers and can be used for storing items
The Molag Bal seats in the church are now useable. Watch your neck!
Reduced the total number of candles a bit 
Tied many candles to the light enable/disable system in order to increase the draw distance of the candle flames in the main hall
Adjusted Erics death year to no longer be in the future
Various room bound optimizations

Fixed an issue where some god rays would appear green to some players
Fixed a bugged texture of a knight armor that could cause a crash
Fixed a missing blood texture that was used by some of the blood glasses
Fixed a texture bug of an unsupported L8 format 
Fixed a room bound problem regarding the entrance of Amelie's room
Fixed the collision for the cellar load door.
Fixed a deleted navmesh in the exterior cell
Removed identical to master records
Various smaller cosmetic bugfixes

 

 

 

 

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fmilluminatus

fmilluminatus

Posted (edited)

1 hour ago, Alter Native said:

 

Just read the description of the mod:

 

 The castle is located west of Solitude lighthouse, or accessible via the console ("coc ACCastleEx").


Sorry, I read this: "It is located in north west of Solitude" and thought that was the only location description, I didn't expect there to be more info further down. My bad. ?

Finally found it walking around though, I know why I missed it, it's behind a mountain that blocks the view from the normal walking path around area of Solitude and the sea, from the lighthouse you can only see it if you're on the roof. 

IMO it still needs a marker or a map. ?‍♀️

Just exploring the manor now, it's really beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️ But quick note, not sure if it's intentional, but on many of the chairs NPCs (and the PC) sit sideways.

Edited by fmilluminatus
NicolauTorres

NicolauTorres

Posted

Hi, if anyone in 2023 is reading this, welcome, the mod works and is perfect, it's beautiful, it gives a house or houses, depending on the interpretation, I'm having a problem with my saves but I hope to resolve it today

Alice2107

Alice2107

Posted

All the best!  Is there an update planned?  version 5.0?

Uialdaer

Uialdaer

Posted

I'm just discovering this mod....and what a treat it is to explore. I am floored by the amount of detail you put into this. Locations within locations...Truly outstanding work! I don't even screenshot this game I just wanted to experience this mod, and I'm very happy I did. I think the cathedral so far is my favorite place, it gives me Anor Londo vibes. I love what you've done here.

Alter Native

Alter Native

Posted

On 9/24/2023 at 4:22 PM, NicolauTorres said:

Hi, if anyone in 2023 is reading this, welcome, the mod works and is perfect, it's beautiful, it gives a house or houses, depending on the interpretation, I'm having a problem with my saves but I hope to resolve it today

 

On 12/14/2023 at 2:09 AM, Alice2107 said:

All the best!  Is there an update planned?  version 5.0?

 

2 hours ago, Uialdaer said:

I'm just discovering this mod....and what a treat it is to explore. I am floored by the amount of detail you put into this. Locations within locations...Truly outstanding work! I don't even screenshot this game I just wanted to experience this mod, and I'm very happy I did. I think the cathedral so far is my favorite place, it gives me Anor Londo vibes. I love what you've done here.

 

 

Thanks guys. Glad you like it.

So far there is no version 5 planned.

shebop

shebop

Posted

On 6/11/2023 at 5:57 AM, Alter Native said:

DAZ3D items are used throughout this mod including various churches.

Which cell are we talking about? There are many cells fitting your description. 

 

I answered you previously but didn't get a response.  Probably because I didn't quote you.  So here are the details...

 

I checked this out as a source for material as I found the "old church" cell in a video I saw on this mod intriguing.  It really fit my needs well.  I am making a mod in my little spare time (which may or may not get finished and released) which is related to Skyrim lore (adding some pseudo lore and related quests) regarding the Aedra and Daedra and was curious if I could use your content.  A few questions:

 

  1. I discovered a new land while COCing to different cells.  Are you planning on finishing that? (Part of my mod takes place off at least one island of the coast of Tamriel.  Currently I am using (and will probably continue to use) the abandoned Lost Colony of Akavir, which I really like but was curious about using this land as well.
  2. May I use your content?  Specifics on the cells: The ACBPOldChurch cell for sure (the much smaller, older version of the Cathedral).  Also interested in the ACHFVampireTemple but wanting to redecorate it with the big statue from the Salomne Temple and more candles.  Finally, I have uses for both AcimpWinterFallen (looks like a "nature" room) and the small Cathedral Tower room (not the cathredral itself... way too big lol for my needs).  I don't really have any interest in any of the statues... so I would remove them except for the previously mentioned statue from the Salomne Temple.
  3. Theoretically, I could use your mod as a master and alter at will... though not sure that would be ok either.
Alter Native

Alter Native

Posted

On 1/15/2024 at 2:58 AM, shebop said:

I answered you previously but didn't get a response.  Probably because I didn't quote you.  So here are the details...

 

I checked this out as a source for material as I found the "old church" cell in a video I saw on this mod intriguing.  It really fit my needs well.  I am making a mod in my little spare time (which may or may not get finished and released) which is related to Skyrim lore (adding some pseudo lore and related quests) regarding the Aedra and Daedra and was curious if I could use your content.  A few questions:

 

  1. I discovered a new land while COCing to different cells.  Are you planning on finishing that? (Part of my mod takes place off at least one island of the coast of Tamriel.  Currently I am using (and will probably continue to use) the abandoned Lost Colony of Akavir, which I really like but was curious about using this land as well.
  2. May I use your content?  Specifics on the cells: The ACBPOldChurch cell for sure (the much smaller, older version of the Cathedral).  Also interested in the ACHFVampireTemple but wanting to redecorate it with the big statue from the Salomne Temple and more candles.  Finally, I have uses for both AcimpWinterFallen (looks like a "nature" room) and the small Cathedral Tower room (not the cathredral itself... way too big lol for my needs).  I don't really have any interest in any of the statues... so I would remove them except for the previously mentioned statue from the Salomne Temple.
  3. Theoretically, I could use your mod as a master and alter at will... though not sure that would be ok either.

 

You can not just copy and paste parts of my mod into yours.

Such as cells like ACBPOldChurch or entire worldspaces, this is not a modders ressource. There are plenty of worldspaces on the Nexus that serve as modders ressources and allow exactly that.

Making your mod a dependence on mine is fine and so are edits, as long as you don't copy cells from my mod into yours or reupload parts of my mods (with the exception of the .esp. (Btw. you can also make .esps depend on other .esps)

 

 

Abelyo

Abelyo

Posted

Sadly this isnt working for me. If I install it as it is, it crashes my game. Then I used Cathedral to optimize the files, then the game doesnt crash but inside the house theres a lot of purple objects, like the paintings for example. Damn shame, I finally find a cool house to use it for my playthrough and it ends up being the only one that causes me this much trouble.

Nuverotic

Nuverotic

Posted (edited)

Dude. It looks like I'll love this mod but I have spent an hour running up and down the North Coast. I climbed all over the mountains behind Solitude. I cannot find this place... "North West in Solitude" is REALLY not good enough directions my man. There are no other instructions. No Youtubers saying where it's at. Everyone else acts like it was a cake walk to find but like I said, I've been searching for an hour. I even turned off clipping and flew around. I just can't find it. Can someone take a screenshot of it's location on the map please?

Read through all these comments and found the location. I'd recommend changing it to "North EAST of Solitude, Behind the Lighthouse on the Coast".

Looks great. Sound of the fireplaces are REALLY loud. I'm going to make a patch for that if anyone wants it. 

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bapcules1

bapcules1

Posted

Seriously!

This is by far the coolest Mansion I have ever seen for Skyrim.
It's unbelievable to me what you've created.
What a Talent.
Thank you 1000 Times!

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Alter Native

Alter Native

Posted

On 1/29/2024 at 10:46 PM, bapcules1 said:

Seriously!

This is by far the coolest Mansion I have ever seen for Skyrim.
It's unbelievable to me what you've created.
What a Talent.
Thank you 1000 Times!

 

 

Thank you very much!

belegost

belegost

Posted

Are you a genius?

 

Don't answer, that was a rhetorical question.

Anyway, this is my 5th playthrough in the past 2 years alone with this mod installed. I allways visit and lose a whole day (real life) to explore. I still haven't seen everything.

 

Just wanted to say, if you ever read Zelazny's "Chronicles of Amber", the whole thing - with locations turning into different locations, shifting in time and space - gives me those vibes. The place might have as well be owned by one of the Lords of Chaos, I'd say Mandor would probably like it, as one of his personal pocket dimensions.

brendja

brendja

Posted

Baroness karlov is there a follower edition? I think she is inhabitant for the karlov manor. Can you make her a follower? only a question

Alter Native

Alter Native

Posted

4 hours ago, brendja said:

Baroness karlov is there a follower edition? I think she is inhabitant for the karlov manor. Can you make her a follower? only a question

 

No, she is my OC and there is no follower version of her.

K895

K895

Posted

Alter Native I really have no words for how in awe I am at your work here. I actually stared at my screen in disbelief at how well this is all made, the manor itself, the diverse other travel locations, the customization through furniture options/lighting. This is one of the best mods ever, holy moly. Your aesthetic taste and work is breathtaking. These are awesome locations for screenshots. At some locations, like the cathedral, I actually had to say out loud "How awesome is that". I thought this would "just" be a bigger player home, but the quality and diversity is out of this world. Thank you very much for your work and providing this mod for us! Take care!

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Alter Native

Alter Native

Posted

4 hours ago, K895 said:

Alter Native I really have no words for how in awe I am at your work here. I actually stared at my screen in disbelief at how well this is all made, the manor itself, the diverse other travel locations, the customization through furniture options/lighting. This is one of the best mods ever, holy moly. Your aesthetic taste and work is breathtaking. These are awesome locations for screenshots. At some locations, like the cathedral, I actually had to say out loud "How awesome is that". I thought this would "just" be a bigger player home, but the quality and diversity is out of this world. Thank you very much for your work and providing this mod for us! Take care!

 

Thank you! 

Glad you like it.

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poiyoyo

poiyoyo

Posted

i love your mod but its not compatible with The Underlight from egil demon hunter or is there a patch for this?

Alter Native

Alter Native

Posted

15 minutes ago, poiyoyo said:

i love your mod but its not compatible with The Underlight from egil demon hunter or is there a patch for this?

 

In what form is it conflicting? 

poiyoyo

poiyoyo

Posted

On 1/6/2025 at 4:10 PM, Alter Native said:

 

In what form is it conflicting? 

i don't know

because i deleted the underlight and after that it work perfect

before it i can't enter the manor because rock from underlight blocked door

and much of the underlight dissapears

Dowser

Dowser

Posted

On 1/10/2025 at 5:56 AM, poiyoyo said:

i don't know

because i deleted the underlight and after that it work perfect

before it i can't enter the manor because rock from underlight blocked door

and much of the underlight dissapears


Did you read the note on that mod page that clearly mentions that The Underlight is not compatible due to location conflict?

mjonilr

mjonilr

Posted

so is it just me or do the armchairs have a wrong sitting animation?

brussh

brussh

Posted

As other have said this is outstanding. Just over the years it has been on occasion hit and miss with ctd other times Ive had bundles of followers hanging out there partying up. 
I have what I consider one of my most stable mod lists so time to give it another whirl.

 I look forward to the day when I can have a ai NPC identifying potential issues. Probably not in my lifetime but the the ungrateful generation have something to look forward to.

Amazing bit of kit. Thanks x

ervin_78

ervin_78

Posted

Is there Lux patch for Karlov Manor? Looks awesome there and really wish there is LUX patch

Monkito

Monkito

Posted (edited)

cant download...google says everytime to much dls and have to wait 24 hours

is there another link ?

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