Better NPC Support for Devious Devices 0.6

Version 0.6

• Do not apply bound idle to sleeping or unconsious NPCs
• Prevent sleeping or unconscious NPCs from struggling
• Script changes to allow conversion of mod to .esl

 

Version 0.6 beta 3

• Fix lockpick escape: NPCs first need to access lock before they can pick it, just like players
• Apply Devious Devices cooldown difficulty modifier (configured in DD MCM) to NPCs
• Optimize escape attempt triggering code, especially for "(by device)" case

 

Version 0.6 beta 2

• NPCs will abide by device cooldowns when trying to escape; they will only use the action with the largest chance of success, though
• Add new struggle frequency option "(by device)", this will choose struggle frequency automatically according to worn devices
• Make "(by device)" default struggle frequency for followers (only new games, existing games will continue to use the currently configured value)
• NPCs can now try to escape by picking the lock of their devices, as long as they have lockpicks in their inventory (they will break on failure)
• Add MCM setting to enable/disable escape by picking locks, default option is "Current Followers Only"
• Some small fixes

Version 0.6 beta 1

• Make bound NPCs behave defensively even if bound combat is enabled
• Do not make bound NPCs behave defensively if they are followers and player is bound, too
• Allow non-followers to use bound combat, too, if it is enabled in Devious Devices settings
• Unequip arrows too when unequipping weapons from bound NPCs
• Ignore disabled NPCs
• Various optimizations
• Build system: Support different files for classic skyrim and special edition
• Make MCM mod name display work for esl's in special edition (this requires se-only script changes)

 

Version 0.5.1

• Hotfix: Tighten code to reduce chance of race condition and implement additional code to mitigate the problem

 

Version 0.5

• Same as 0.5 RC 3, other than version string

 

Version 0.5 RC 3

• Change how the escape system recognizes NPCs that should not struggle, it now checks if their outfit contains devious devices
• Block The Whip And Chain actors from escape system in addition to outfit check mentioned above
• Change build scripts to support Skyrim SE, the scripts are now compiled with SE and a .bsa is built using the SE format
• Optimize "restore original outfit" code

 

Version 0.5 RC 2

• Small performance optimization (override DD bound NPC sandbox packages with custom script to prevent unnecessary EvaluateAA call)
• Clean masters of esp

 

Version 0.5 RC 1

• Change logic for unlock difficulty, use similar logic like DD does for player
• Prevent struggling when NPC is being animated by sexlab
• Internal changes allowing to recalculate helpless/not helples without full fixup

 

Version 0.5 beta 8

• Interrupt escape attempts when NPCs are hit
• Prevent struggling NPCs from moving or using furniture

 

Version 0.5 beta 7

• Change package to contain .bsa archive instead of loose files
• Add option to fix inconsistent devices of current followers automatically, enabled by default
• Player teammates will not start to struggle when the player is in combat or sneaking
• Change layout of MCM menu
• Add more MCM settings for tweaking struggling behavior
• Fix enable/disable NPC processing in MCM
• Various minor fixes and improvements

 

Version 0.5 beta 6

• Change MCM settings for player notifications to three states: None, summary only, detailed
• Be much more restrictive about which NPCs are allowed to escape devices if they are not current follower
• Various fixes, tweaks and internal changes to escape system and handling of devices

 

Version 0.5 beta 5

• Tweak timing and messages of escape system
• Fix handling of quest devices by escape system (will now struggle but always fail)
• More MCM improvements

 

Version 0.5 beta 4

• First version of escape system, disabled by default, needs to be enabled in MCM
• Some bugfixes, e.g. race conditions when loading game
• Change layout of MCM

 

Version 0.5 beta 3

• Refactoring and small fixes

 

Version 0.5 beta 2

• Recognize devious plugs, too (they were ignored up to now)
• Some refactoring and additions to ExternalApi.psc

 

Version 0.5 beta 1

• Prevent NPCs with equipped devices from becoming bard audience
• Allow the player to manipulate NPC's panel gags by removing/inserting plug
• Allow the player to lock NPC's DCUR rubber gloves with D-links
• Fix unlocking NPC's DCUR locked rubber gloves (DCUR assumes it is only worn by player)

 

Version 0.4

• Add more information to MCM: Show tracking id and equipped devices of NPC under crosshair.
• Add DDNF_ExternalApi to support other mods getting or equipping devices.
• Some more internal changes.

 

Version 0.4 beta 5

• Further refactoring to improve performance and to make the mod more reactive on changes to NPC inventory by player (container menu).

 

Version 0.4 beta 4

• Add option to clear all cached data to MCM; this can be used for example after an update to DD that changes keywords of existing devices (not expected).
• Apply code changes to reduce the chance of race conditions leading to wrong animation sets or orphaned rendered devices.

 

Version 0.4 beta 3

• Check keywords of all devices, not just the ones with magic effects.
• Use StorageUtil to speed up analysis of equipped devices by caching information for each "rendered device" that is encountered.

 

Version 0.4 beta 2

• Add special handling for panel gags.
• One more very minor performance optimization.

 

Version 0.4 beta 1

• Add support for unequipping "weapon on back" display armors, currently supports "All Geared Up Derivative".
• Some minor performance optimizations.

Version 0.3

• No changes, same as 0.3 beta 5 other than version number.

 

Version 0.3 beta 5

• Try to prevent bound NPCs from sandboxing (most of this depends on DD NPC slots being enabled and available)
• Add option to restore original outfit of NPCs after DD replaced it with empty outfit (false by default)

 

Version 0.3 beta 4

• Slightly increase delay after devices are added/removed to prevent race conditions with DD (could lead to lost animations e.g. after adding gags, or removed devices staying visually applied)

Version 0.3 beta 3

• Change handling of dummy weapon to prevent bug causing all equipped items to be unequipped

 

Version 0.3 beta 2

• Improve the fix for corrupt devices (devices sometimes get "bad" when they are stored in a container for a long time)
• Detect rendered devices being unequipped while NPC is loaded and try to fix the issue
• Prevent prisoners from using bound combat even if not wearing fetters (use membership in dunPrisonerFaction)

 

Version 0.3 beta 1

• Add option to fix the NPC under the crosshair to MCM
• Optimization: Change handling of animations, should now recognize when animations are still applied after loading screen and not re-apply them

Version 0.2

• Support pahe dwemer slave suit and dwemer pet suit as a soft-dependency (they needed special handling)

Version 0.2 beta 3

• Some more small optimizations

 

Version 0.2 beta 2

• Optimizations after testing with Devious Devices 5.1
• Add flag for papyrus logging to MCM  

 

Version 0.2 beta 1

• Add a simple MCM with the following options:
  - enabled/disable processing of NPCs (can be used to temporarily disable the mod)
  - frequency of NPC scanner (default: scan for NPCs every 8 seconds)
  - how fast to process NPCs (default: 3 NPCs every 3 seconds)

 

Version 0.1

• Tweaks to improve weapon handling of bound NPCs.

 

Version 0.1 RC 3

• Changes to improve compatibility with DDe (and possibly other mods that use non-standard ways of equipping and unequipping devices).

 

Version 0.1 RC 2

• Optimization: Detect if an added/removed device does not change the existing animations (e.g. when gagging bound NPCs) and skip refreshing animations in that case.
• Optimization: Refactor detection of keywords on devices, will hopefully reduce the amount of keyword checks for NPCs wearing many devices.
• Fix: Prevent NPCs with bondage mittens from using shields.

 

Version 0.1 RC 1

• Use a workaround to force the game to correctly hide body parts according to armor addon item slots (this fixes hands clipping out of elbowbinders).
• When scanning devices, check for each device if it has an enchantment; if not, assume it has no special functionality (e.g. heavy bondage, different animations).
• When unequipping and reequipping devices, skip devices that have no enchantment (they have no effect that needs to be restarted).
• Improve handling of weapons for bound followers: They should no longer try to draw weapons, and they should no longer run with one or both arms sticking out.

 

Version 0.1 Beta 5

• Detect concurrent modifications to a NPC while the mod is fixing up devices of the NPC and abort the fixup (fail fast).
• Reduce number of NPCs that can be found by the scanner quest from 8 to 4 (the mod is still able to handle more, it will just take longer to find them).
• Only allow fixing devices of a particular NPC every 5 seconds real time (slow down). This includes situations where the fixup was aborted.
• Only allow fixing devices of 3 NPCs over a period of 3 seconds (slow down).
• Various other small optimizations.
• Add very minimal logging. It is off by default and can be enabled using "setpqv DDNF_NpcTracker EnablePapyrusLogging true".

 

Version 0.1 Beta 4

• Optimize all papyrus scripts after using the built-in profiler.
• Remember devices of NPCs as long as they are being tracked to prevent repeaded inventory scans.
• Try to be smarter about when to re-apply animations of a NPC (zadBoundCombatScript.EvaluateAA) as doing so is expensive and slow.
• Allow pausing the mod by using "stopquest DDNF_NpcTracker". Use "startquest DDNF_NpcTracker" to start the mod again.

 

Version 0.1 Beta 3

• Fix: Factions for combat packages were not cleaned up when NPCs were removed from the reference alias.

 

Version 0.1 Beta 2

• Fix: Mod can become stuck in certain situations, stopping to work.

 

Version 0.1 Beta 1

• Refresh effects on NPC after NPC is (re)loaded by game engine.
• Refresh effects on NPC after NPC inventory changed.
• Sheathe weapons after bound NPC draws weapon, and try to keep them sheathed.
• Prevent usage of weapons/spells when NPC is wearing bondage mittens or is bound.
• Allow bound combat if enabled in DD settings and NPC's feet are free.
• Try to fix rendered items not being equipped (e.g. compatibility problems with mods like AllGUD).
• Try to fix the issue that giving a NPC a device is sometimes not registered by the game engine (often when the player has multiple identical devices in inventory).