About This File
Description:
Adds a quest to retrieve some books, a descriptive user's manual for Devious Devices, in nine volumes, with pictures.
There are also a couple of other books too, that don't necessarily have much to do with the quest.
You get (most of) the books by doing a series of fetch quests for Herra, at her house at the Half-Moon Mill in Falkreath hold.
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This mod requires (including all prerequisites):
Devious Devices Integration
Devious Devices Assets
ZaZ Animation Pack
SexLab Aroused OR
SexLab Aroused Redux (recommended)
SexLab Animation Framework (this mod made with version 1.59c)
SKSE
SkyUI OR
SkyUI + SkyUI-Away (if you really hate SkyUI)
Fus-Ro-D'oh
Also recommended: Sexlab Interactive Arousal 
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Known bugs, conflicts and other issues:
Anything that modifies the following NPCs might break progress in this mod:
. Grogmar gro-Burzag (Shor's Stone)
. Anton Virane (Markarth Understone Keep)
. Garvey (Markarth Warrens)
. Odar (Solitude Blue Palace)
Note that this means that if you've killed any of those NPCs before installing this mod, it'll break progress. A possible fix is to .placeatme them if they're missing.
. Herra's mouth stays open and her lip animations when speaking twitch oddly after her gag is removed. There's nothing I can do about this. Saving, exiting the game, and re-entering fixes it.
. It is possible to fast-forward the quest, possibly breaking things, by pickpocketing books 1, 4, and 7 before the quest reaches that stage. You should probably not do that. 
. Many people have problems finding the dead courier(s). These posts HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE should help.
. Exiting dialog early at some stages may lead to the quest becoming unfinishable. Also, pickpocketing or otherwise obtaining the books before they are needed for the quest may break progress.
. Alva may be hostile or nonhostile, and her schedule may alter quite a bit, depending on the status of the Laid to Rest quest. I am not sure if killing her before that quest is completed would mess it up, so I recommend stealth to get her book.
. Cutting Room Floor v1.13 adds in an NPC to Kynesgrove (Froa, daughter of Kjeld and Iddra). This isn't exactly a conflict, but it makes no sense to have two Froas there. 
. There are two versions of this mod. One should only be used if you use Skooma Whore 1.0 or later. Using the other version will block you from accessing the Markarth skooma den.
. The Skooma Whore patch has been removed and replaced with a full Skooma Whore version, so you only have to download one.
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FAQ
Flying Astronaut Quadrupeds. No, I mean Fortuitous Apple Questionnaire. Or possibly Forthright Assholes Qualify.
Okay, I'll stop playing whack-a-mole with the abbreviations, here's a Frequently Asked Questions section.
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Q: I'm having a problem with this mod.
A: That's not only possible, it's likely. I'm a newb to modding. Leave a comment in the support thread and I'll get back to you. I can't guarantee I can fix a problem, but I'll do my best.
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Q: I have a question about this or any other mod. Should I PM you?
A: No, please. Use the support thread. That's what it's there for.
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Q: Your mod conflicts with <other mod>.
A: That's also highly likely. In general, for stuff like this, put whichever one you want more lower on the list.
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Q: Can I suggest <feature> or <NPC>?
A: Yes please! I can't guarantee the request will get into the mod, because as I've said I'm not very good at modding, but I'll certainly consider it!
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Q: Can I translate your mod?
A: Certainly! I didn't write it with any sort of translation in mind, though, and I do tend to use American English idioms and phrasing, so... good luck! Go ahead and post your translation in the support thread and I will link to it in the OP.
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Q: Can I or you upload this to another site?
A: Nope. I don't personally have anything against other sites, but this mod is Sexlab-based so it's all staying right here on Loverslab.
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Credits and thank-yous:
. jordisslave, for inspiration, beta testing, bugfixing, text editing, and most especially all the images, without whom these books would be much more drab, not to mention shorter, and quite frankly boring.
. Also thanks to jordisslave for writing "Harnessed and Free" and "Ariel's Mistress"
. And special thanks to DocClox, WaxenFigure, Z0mBieP00Nani, mybrainhurts, Kimy, and Coopervane, for helping me figure out how to actually do stuff.
. Extra special thanks to Jfraser, for helping with the scripting, saving me from going completely insane and punching the computer right in the CK, and without whom this mod wouldn't even exist in its current form. Also for spotting grammmmmmmmar and spelping eors.
. Special thanks to mybrainhurts for helping me to learn and grow and become a better person and chop out the aliases in this mod with pruning shears, I'm really annoyed with aliases right now, and thanks to mybrainhurts, this mod actually works for more people than just me.
. Zadil, Min, Coopervane, and Veladarius for making my Skyrim much more interesting. I'm stopping there, because if I wanted to mention everyone who made a mod I particularly enjoy, I'd have to list over 230 names.
. Omega1084 for a stolen line of text. Thanks to r5e4w3q2 and Thermius for ideas and suggestions.
. Adorabledeviant for pointing out the "failed to complete quest" bug, fixed in 2.1.3.
. spoonsinger for pointing out a bit of leftover scenery in 2.1.7.
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Important things I have learned:
1. 
Aliases are only necessary for scenes. For everything else, there's Mastercard properties.
2. Object references are generally the best way to enable/disable objects. Duh.
3. Planning is very important. Double duh.
4. There's a reason vanilla quest stages usually go by tens and not ones. Inserting quest stages is sometimes very important.
5. When you get started writing dialog, it's hard to force yourself to stop.
6. Setstage scripts don't seem to want to run at the end of dialog branches, only in the middle. Aah, Skyrim.
7. Creating new dialog views for every topic is unnecessary. Triple duh.
8. Creating new topics for every dialog option is unnecessary. I'm running out of duhs, here.
9. Pointerless quests are more fun than pointered quests. Your mileage may vary.
10. Save. Often. The Creation Kit likes to crash at random intervals.
11. Don't save too often. Keep backups of your work from before you decided to be an idiot and change something drastic.
12. <Alias=player> only works for your own voice. NPCs can't say your name.
13. Sex through dialog is easy. Sex through other means is hard.
14. Scripts in dialog generally work better than scripts in quest stages.
15. There are NUMEROUS exceptions to point 14.
16. Okay, Aliases are useful for a couple of things other than scenes. Mostly stuff dealing with actors.
17. And Aliases can really FUCK YOU UP if you let them. I'm with Veladarius and Jfraser - I hate the buggers.
18. Do not add in things that you do not intend to use. Duh.
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Previously, in version 1.1:
NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE QUEST VERSION YET! No quests implemented. This is it, folks... we're done until next year.
This is just a quick update taking full advantage of Jordisslave... I mean, taking full advantage of Jordisslave's pics.
This *should* work just fine if you just overwrite the old one with the new.
On the off chance it doesn't work right, or breaks your game, or makes your computer melt and your keyboard violently attack you... It's all John Von Neumann's fault. He and Bill Gates are in it together, it's a conspiracy, I tell ya!
This is not the finished product yet - just a lot of improvements to the books themselves.
Please feel free to comment... we would love to hear your thoughts!
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Description:
This little modlet adds several books to the game.
The books are a descriptive user's manual for Devious Devices, in nine volumes. Now with pictures!
They can be found in a chest in Half-Moon Mill.
Eventually, this is going to be a full-fledged quest mod, but for now, it's just books.
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Conflicts:
Probably anything that modifies Half-Moon Mill interior cell.
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To-do list:
Make up the quest and everything that goes with it (hopefully I can get some decent time for this starting January 2015).
Figure out how to add in my own book cover textures
Take out the plugs, they make sitting for long periods uncomfortable (sorry, darkconsole).
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Credits and thank-yous:
Zadil, Min, Coopervane, and Veladarius for making my Skyrim much more interesting
Images courtesy of the lovely and talented Jordisslave, without whom these books would be much more drab, not to mention shorter, and quite frankly boring.
Inspiration and editing for the entire set also thanks to Jordisslave.
Omega1084 for a stolen line of text.
And everyone else who should be spanked thanked.
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NOTE: Unfortunately, our data directories are a confusing, mixed-up morass of many miscellaneous mods, and isn't alliteration wonderful?
If you've made one or more of the mods shown in the images presented herein, we would love to give credit to you... please leave a note in the support thread.
And if you're intent on asking "what mod is this" about something shown here, well, you're probably out of luck... we recommend posting the image and your request in one of the "what mod is this" threads.
What's New in Version September 30 2015
Released
- 2.1.1 - final version (hopefully) (apparently not)
- -- Bugfixes
- -- Hopefully fixed navmeshes so followers aren't a problem.
- -- Typo (Vonada -> Voada) thanks to Thermius.
- -- Jaef's dialog fixed to better reflect Skyrim's standards.
- -- Quest logs (but not pointers) added. Thanks r5e4w3q2.
- -- Fixed Herra having a hat at one point. Dunno how I left that in there...
- -- Cleaned with TES5Edit
- 2.1.2 - fix grammar and spelling errors in the PG book and Herra's words
- 2.1.3 - fix a bug that left the quest open after finishing. Also changed the text of the market ledger - no trap, sorry.
- 2.1.4 - fixed Froa's dark forehead bug
- 2.1.5 - argh
- 2.1.6 - Hopefully fixed the second courier not showing up as he should. Also added another book in the game world. It's in the same spot as Ariel's Mistress.
- 2.1.7 - Added an MCM for the "No4" setting.
- 2.1.8 - Fixed a bit of leftover scenery. Got rid of the patch, made it a full version so you only have to download one.
