Hiyoko Grow - Dukky Edition 3.1

(Based upon versions by Speele and Sunhawken)

 

What is HiyokoGrow?

 

 

This, as Speele so put it, was a 'minimalistic'  mod that lets the Hiyoko within your game to actually grow in size.  They begin their life  at a very diminutive size and will literally grow as time passes.

 

Within this mod, hiyoko will have seven stages of growth after birth, other than their initial infant/baby stage. They evolve from little child, through pre-teen stages into adulthood, each with a different height and possibly an age-adjusted face if blockhead is in use.

 

Also with age comes growth in the Hiyoko's personality and skill. The hiyoko may inherit the strength or personality of their parents.  However, HiyokoGrow takes that into consideration and stunts these, letting the hiyoko to get stronger and wiser as they grow.  Much of this  is adjustable  thanks to a comprehensive .Ini file within the package.

 

From a design and implementation standpoint, the original version only accounted for the (no-x117) version  of HiyokoGenerator, and hiyoko borne  with the (x117) generator would never grow to the full height of any typical/imperial sized NPC. For this, a new option and growth chart was added. This new option allows hiyoko based on races shorter than a 0.90 scale to grow to an approximate adult height.

 

The system affects only NPCs, and has no impact upon creatures.

 

 

 

FEATURES

• Seven stages of adulthood for any hiyoko
• Growth per stage based upon the hiyoko's adult race/sex standards
• Growth stages may adjust attributes, disposition and AI personality
• Some attributes and AI personality content may blend with parent's content
• Option to erase/clean hiyoko from the game upon its death
• (Blockhead Required) Facial aging of Hiyoko for each age stage
• Extensive INI file allow alteration of age stages, body growth, and much more

 

This system does not alter any of the hiyoko's inherited factions, inventory, or any learned spells. Nor does it affect any player spells that may affect or control the hiyoko in your game.

 

 

 

INSTALLATION

• Copy the .esp and accompanying Ini folder into your Oblivion/Data folder.
• Ensure that HiyokoGrow.esp is placed some place after/below HiyokoGenerator.
• Adjust the HiyokoGrow.ini file as desired.
• Activate your HiyokoGrow.esp and enjoy.

 

 

 

CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL:
No longer as minimalstic as Speele so suggested,  the original script was broken into smaller sections.  Sections determining a recommended adult age, and disposition with parents are now separate and enclosed. Isolating these separate sections allowed bug detection and elimination to proceed with ease.

 

The edit Speele placed into the hiyoko inventory option  has been removed.  This edit is no longer required  as the newer Tamago/Hiyoko updates  made it possible to disable the annoying alert message when checking a hiyoko's inventory.

 

The original system was defined to update each hiyoko at a specific, abiet slow, interval.  The original rate of speed  was that one hiyoko would be tested every thirty (30) seconds.  As such, testing four hiyoko as to their growth would take a lengthy two minutes.  This speed rate has been greatly altered, now performing tests every 1/4th of a second. But this rate covers not one hiyoko, but up to 10 hiyoko every 1/4th of a second... or fourty hiyoko a second.

 

To prevent or dissuade the possibility of mass graphic refreshes triggering your game to crash, HiyokoGrow's main system uses a staggered update system. With it, the system calculates how many hiyoko it needs to update at a time. And after it determines how many, it will process up to ten hiyoko in one session,  and after a minor 1/4th second delay, it will process another ten hiyoko. If your game had up to fifty hiyoko, it would take 1 1/4th a second to process (in groups of 10). And for one-hundred hiyoko, the process would take 2 1/2 seconds to test each.

 

 

 

COMPATIBLE WITH

Lovers Hiyoko Shooter - Dukky Edition (and older)

Tamago Fertility Clinic - Dukky Version (and older)

Tamago Setbody Override

 

 

 

NOT FOR USE WITH THE FOLLOWING
There are certain mods which will not function with HiyokoGrow for some apparent reasons. The ones known are listed below, and with the reasons given.

 

HiyokoGeneratorGeneForge

• Said system's aggressive graphic update system  may interfere  with the growth and face aging options.

 

 

HiyokoGenetics_tweakedChildInventory_and_FollowControl

• Obsolete. Not fully functional with the current Tamago/Hiyoko package that has revised and updated its system settings menus.

 

HiyokoFutureDream

• Unless HiyokoGrow's stat adjusting system is disabled, HFD's stat growing system will be disabled.