Ambient Slaves SE/VR 0.4b (with Mister X fix)

This mod adds Frostbite Clan slave dealer branches, at the outskirts of all five of the Skyrim Capitals. In two cases, where the branch facility is not located directly at a main access road, i.e. Windhelm and Solitude, it also adds a market stall at the palace district (Windhelm) and at the marketplace (Solitude).

 

Please note: Since this mods adds quite a few exterior structures, it is very possible that it will clash with other mods which do the same. Even if the structures aren't in the same place, just the changes in navmeshes can cause CTDs as far as two cells apart. This is as much my fault as much as that of the authors of the other mods. The simple reason being, creating a navmesh which will prevent this issue is an extremely difficult and time-consuming process. It would easily triple the number of hours that go into this, so I just can't be bothered.

Known Issue: At the Fort Anguish location (near Dusnikh Yal, near Markarth) an unknown phenomenon is causing static objects like walls and towers at the fort become invisible, while preserving their hitboxes. If anyone has any suggestions as to what may be causing this, please share them with me.

 

TLDR:

 

Features:

- 9 non-interactive slaver outposts at or near the Skyrim capitals and towns 

- 1 outpost at Solstheim: Raven Rock
- 1 quarry (WIP)

- 2 non-interactive marketplace stalls, at Windhelm (palace district), and Solitude (marketplace)

- roughly 300 NPCs
- 8 slave caravans

- all slavers and slaves are female (this will have a backstory reason)

Planned Features:
- more quarries, mines, brothels...

- more factions

- some public pillories with misbehaving slaves

 

Requirements:

 

ZAZ8

v0.2d and lower:

Devious Devices 5

Sexlab Framework

 

and their respective requirements!

 

Compatibility Patches:

 

For versions 0.2c and higher I highly recommend downloading the compatibility patches done by gregaaz.

In the main plugin patch, he optimized a great number of navmeshes and removed a ton of ITMs, and fixed a lot more stuff. If you are running the experimental version 0.3a or higher, do not install the main plugin patch, as it is already integrated, so you would be basically downgrading to 0.2d

Below a list of gregaaz's patches with the names of the corresponding mods:

    Ambient Slaves SE - updated main plugin
    AS-3DNPC Compatibility Patch - for Interesting NPCs
    AS-CRF Compatibility Patch - for Cutting Room Floor
    AS-Honeyside Compatibility Patch - for Sweet as Honeyside
    AS-LOS Compatibility Patch - for Lanterns of Skyrim II
    AS-MISLP Compatibility Patch - for Midwood Island - Ship Location Patch
    AS-ROB Compatibility Patch - for Rigmor of Bruma
    AS-SC Compatibility Patch - for Markarth Sky City
    AS-SMIM Compatibility Patch - for Static Mesh Improvement Mod
    AS-XPO Compatibility Patch - for Prison Overhaul Patched
    AS-ZDD Compatibility Patch - for Diabloesque Decorations
 

 

Details:

 

The purpose of this mod is to provide a slightly less over-the-top alternative to Hydragorgon’s Slave Girls (which deserves the credit for being the inspiration to create this mod in the first place). The goal is to populate Skyrim with slaves and slavers in a non-intrusive way and to create an atmosphere that slavery is a natural part of Skyrim’s life.

Another purpose of the mod is to provide a stage for another future mod of mine, which will be a slavery campaign, in which the unfortunate enslaved player will be shipped around between outposts and worked hard and/or sold. It will provide a framework for various enslavement mods, like A Perilous Maze, and slavery mods (like quarries, mines, brothels etc.), but that’s still music of the future. Right now, the mod is non-interactive, simply providing the visuals. The only interaction you can have is a hello-line the dealers will drop if you come close to them. All the Frostbite Clan members have rudimentary AI and most (some guards and most slaves always stay in one place) of them will be on a schedule. All the branches feature highly detailed interiors, but stuff like ownership of all the multitudes of objects is still not completely finished. As said, the main purpose of the mod is to give you the impression that slavery is a commonplace thing so that you are not the only slave in Skyrim (if enslaved).

Future versions will improve upon the detail and features of the current locations (I would like to make the dealers actual merchants able to sell you accessories and sell or buy slaves), Add more outposts in some of the smaller towns, add, as mentioned, various mines and quarries and othe places of slave employment, add one or two more slaver factions, and similar to Hydragorgon’s Slave Girls, some slaver caravans, but much fewer.

 

This mod, like my previous as well as any of my future mods, focuses on the utilization of VR. Though this makes no practical difference, as of now, the future slavery campaign mod will be best experienced in VR (in particular things like slaving in the mines with realistic mining – you will sweat. But that, too is the music of the far future), though I will try and maintain support for SE, too, with some compromises.

 

The Branches:

 

Riften:

The smallest of the capital outposts. This is due to its vicinity to the Frostbite Clan Fort over the exit from the Perilous Maze, which is a major base of operations with training and storage facilities. Slaves are transported from there, by boat, over Lake Honrich. The outpost is located right at the south-eastern gate of Riften.

Windhelm:

The Windhelm Facility is the main hub for the import of dark elf slaves from Solstheim. The facility is located down at the docks, around the corner, to the north.

Whiterun:

A slave shop on the main road, south-west of the main gate and west of the stables

Markarth:

Can’t miss it. Right on the access road to Markarth, this facility is the only branch trading in orcs. This is due to the difficulty of subduing and dealing with them. Unlike slaves of other races, orcs are only sold in bulk, to companies, for hard labor in mines and the like.

Solitude:

Thanks to its deep harbor, Solitude is the main hub for the import of slaves from overseas, mainly Redguards, and, of course, the export of Nord slaves. Due to the local strong influence of the Thalmor, this branch does not trade in high elves.

Dushnikh Yal:

Currently under development: The first of the Frostbite Clan quarries, along with a small FC settlement.

Morthal:

A small branch next to the sawmill
Dawnstar:

A small branch in the center of town, across the street from the jarl's hall
Riverwood:
A small branch at the southern side of town, on the small island with the sawmill
Falkreath:

A small branch at the southern side of town, leaned against the side of the mountain

 

Credits:

 

gregaaz – who has graciously agreed to clean my mods from bad navmeshes and ITMs and other bugs, as well as lend me a hand with some of the more advanced stuff that is coming

jc321 - for his continued support and essential testing

Hydragorgon – for creating the mod that inspired this project

Download his mod here:
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The DD, ZAZ and SexLab teams - for providing all those fabulous resources

philo221 - for his continued support

Pamatronic - for his furniture alignment script, which is included in the mod

Dan Ruta - for creating xVASynth, which I am using to do the female voices