Devious Devices - Laura's Bondage Shop (16-aug-2025) v3.55 LE & SE

[badbat111]

ok thanks when i go back on it ill have a look

[swords and sandals]

I just finished the new quest. Great update! And such a tease... I'm really looking forward to the next steps.

 

On the grey face issue, I also had it, and this is with the LE version. By comparing the mod in TES5Edit with the nifs in the face gen folders, there are 45 NPCs in the mod, and only 40 nifs. The last 5 characters added don't seem to have the face gens included. I'll use spoilers here for those who haven't played to the end yet:

 

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Sloane had the grey face. Her guards presumably did as well, though their helmets mean it wouldn't matter so much for them as long as the vanilla steel plate helmets are being used in the player's game.

 

Thanks for the update, Laura. As excellent as always.

[valcon767]

have not played the new update (yet). was starting new game (for other reasons) and ran into an issue.

but had to stop in and say THANKS again for the great mod.

 

[Laura]

9 minutes ago, merManc said:

I just finished the new quest. Great update! And such a tease... I'm really looking forward to the next steps.

 

On the grey face issue, I also had it, and this is with the LE version. By comparing the mod in TES5Edit with the nifs in the face gen folders, there are 45 NPCs in the mod, and only 40 nifs. The last 5 characters added don't seem to have the face gens included. I'll use spoilers here for those who haven't played to the end yet:

 

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Sloane had the grey face. Her guards presumably did as well, though their helmets mean it wouldn't matter so much for them as long as the vanilla steel plate helmets are being used in the player's game.

 

Thanks for the update, Laura. As excellent as always.

Thank you.

 

I'll take a look at the grey face issue.

 

 

 

 

5 minutes ago, valcon767 said:

have not played the new update (yet). was starting new game (for other reasons) and ran into an issue.

but had to stop in and say THANKS again for the great mod.

 

[Laura]

For those with a grey face bug, I think I fixed it in the LE version. Please redownload and install it. No need for a new game or anything. Just overwrite it.

 

I forgot to add the meshes. That's why SE also had it. ?

[kapibar]

2 hours ago, Laura 'Lokomootje' said:

They look a bit over the top for me. Most hairstyles I see IRL don't even come close. They're cute, but I'm not sure they fit in Skyrim.

And I just rememberd that I'll probably have to do it for the other characters aswell.

But I'll take a look at it when I can.

Yeah, KS Hairdos are over the top, but beside Apache Hair this is the best we have. Besides, it wouldn't be out of place, as Cursed Loot uses KS and Laura is by her own admission somewhat tied to the Dollmaker, so story-wise it makes sense. And since KS has like 5 or 6 hundred hairstyles I'm sure you would be able to find something that would fit both your vision and your characters.

I don't know anything about modding, unfortunately, beside many ways of destroying someone else's work, but from what I can tell DCL has KS meshes & textures contained, so it's not creating additional dependancy.

Thank you for answering my question, I really hope you will keep my suggestion in mind for the future. Despite this little issue I really love and appreciate your work, although I really wish updates would be more frequent.

[Laura]

2 minutes ago, kapibar said:

Yeah, KS Hairdos are over the top, but beside Apache Hair this is the best we have. Besides, it wouldn't be out of place, as Cursed Loot uses KS and Laura is by her own admission somewhat tied to the Dollmaker, so story-wise it makes sense.

Knowing someone doesn't mean you take over their hairstyle though.

 

2 minutes ago, kapibar said:

And since KS has like 5 or 6 hundred hairstyles I'm sure you would be able to find something that would fit both your vision and your characters.

That's true, I'll take a look when I can.

 

2 minutes ago, kapibar said:

I don't know anything about modding, unfortunately, beside many ways of destroying someone else's work, but from what I can tell DCL has KS meshes & textures contained, so it's not creating additional dependancy.

Yeah, that's what I meant with allowing redistribution. It won't add a requirement, which is a good thing.

 

2 minutes ago, kapibar said:

Thank you for answering my question, I really hope you will keep my suggestion in mind for the future. Despite this little issue I really love and appreciate your work, although I really wish updates would be more frequent.

Thank you.

I really wish making stuff didn't take this long. But I'm not gonna rush it.

[donttouchmethere]

1 hour ago, Laura 'Lokomootje' said:

For those with a grey face bug, I think I fixed it in the LE version. Please redownload and install it. No need for a new game or anything. Just overwrite it.

 

I forgot to add the meshes. That's why SE also had it. ?

Thanks for the fixes!

Wouldn't that make it LBS v3.20.1 or v.3.21? ?

The ones that loose overview about what got updated lol

[kapibar]

1 minute ago, Laura 'Lokomootje' said:

Knowing someone doesn't mean you take over their hairstyle though.

Of course, however you can always ask for the hair stylist's number ;).

[Zaflis]

1 hour ago, merManc said:

On the grey face issue, I also had it, and this is with the LE version. By comparing the mod in TES5Edit with the nifs in the face gen folders, there are 45 NPCs in the mod, and only 40 nifs. The last 5 characters added don't seem to have the face gens included. I'll use spoilers here for those who haven't played to the end yet:

 

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Sloane had the grey face. Her guards presumably did as well, though their helmets mean it wouldn't matter so much for them as long as the vanilla steel plate helmets are being used in the player's game.

 

All vanilla helmets are invisible for me at least, i mean there's a chance you'd want to wear the steel helmet yourself and then look like that... nope.

[Laura]

2 minutes ago, kapibar said:

Of course, however you can always ask for the hair stylist's number ;).

Good point.

 

[Laura]

8 minutes ago, donttouchmethere said:

Thanks for the fixes!

Wouldn't that make it LBS v3.20.1 or v.3.21? ?

The ones that loose overview about what got updated lol

It's the same version but it includes some files I forgot. I don't think it's enough to call it a new version.

[swords and sandals]

Yeah, KS hairdos is a great mod, but of the hundreds of styles in it there are only a tiny number I personally use - either because the rest don't suit my characters, or they don't really seem to fit the Skyrim aesthetic. HG Hairdos has another big, impressive selection (some of which are also in KS) and does allow for using them in other mods. I used a handful of them for my Female Vampire Cattle mod.

 

There are also the "salt and wind" retextures for lots of hair packs, which make characters look less like they've just stepped up on the catwalk. I highly recommend those. The most up-to-date one for KS hairs is on the SE nexus, and it works for the LE version.

 

All of that said, I'm perfectly fine with the vanilla hairs. There aren't too many women left in my game using vanilla styles, true, but Laura, Katarina & Co don't feel out of place.

[donttouchmethere]

20 minutes ago, Laura 'Lokomootje' said:

It's the same version but it includes some files I forgot. I don't think it's enough to call it a new version.

Understandable, but from time to time I have to be "that guy" ?

[Laura]

36 minutes ago, merManc said:

Yeah, KS hairdos is a great mod, but of the hundreds of styles in it there are only a tiny number I personally use - either because the rest don't suit my characters, or they don't really seem to fit the Skyrim aesthetic. HG Hairdos has another big, impressive selection (some of which are also in KS) and does allow for using them in other mods. I used a handful of them for my Female Vampire Cattle mod.

 

There are also the "salt and wind" retextures for lots of hair packs, which make characters look less like they've just stepped up on the catwalk. I highly recommend those. The most up-to-date one for KS hairs is on the SE nexus, and it works for the LE version.

A lot of hairstyles I've seen are super fancy even by modern standards. It takes a lot of work to get some of them and even the practical ones look too nice.

Don't think it's a good fit, but I'll take a look at the salt and wind stuff.

 

36 minutes ago, merManc said:

All of that said, I'm perfectly fine with the vanilla hairs. There aren't too many women left in my game using vanilla styles, true, but Laura, Katarina & Co don't feel out of place.

 

 

 

 

22 minutes ago, donttouchmethere said:

Understandable, but from time to time I have to be "that guy" ?

Sometimes, you need a "that guy"

[worik]

59 minutes ago, merManc said:

There are also the "salt and wind" retextures for lots of hair packs, which make characters look less like they've just stepped up on the catwalk. I highly recommend those.

That's really really cool! Exactly what I was looking for ?

[swords and sandals]

10 minutes ago, Laura 'Lokomootje' said:

I'll take a look at the salt and wind stuff.

 

If you like those, there is a version that re-textures the vanilla hairs in the same style, called Bed Head. From memory, I think it was the original that Salt and Wind came from or was inspired by. It's a nice, detailed but performance-friendly texture that applies to all characters using vanilla styles, and fits in well with the game as a whole.

 

edit - That one might be of interest to you too, @worik

 

 

[CanoLathra]

I seem to be having an issue with the latest version. When I go and ask to find some cursed restraints, dialogue continues as normal, Laura gives me a name and a city, but then no quest starts. I'm not sure why. I do not have any of her story quests active, so that's not the problem. I tried starting the next story quest, and that works (I reverted the save afterwords to not have it active). I have not tested the delivery quest.

[Laura]

The grey face bug is now fixed in all versions. Please redownload it if you have the bug. No need to start a new game, just overwrite it.

[Laura]

4 hours ago, CanoLathra said:

I seem to be having an issue with the latest version. When I go and ask to find some cursed restraints, dialogue continues as normal, Laura gives me a name and a city, but then no quest starts. I'm not sure why. I do not have any of her story quests active, so that's not the problem. I tried starting the next story quest, and that works (I reverted the save afterwords to not have it active). I have not tested the delivery quest.

Are you using SE?

Are you using Alternate start?

[kapibar]

20 hours ago, Laura 'Lokomootje' said:

 It takes a lot of work to get some of them and even the practical ones look too nice.

Thinking about it Laura is an owner of a bondage shop, it's in her job description to know knots that would make carribean pirates feel inadequate. If anyone can make overly complicated braid seem like it's nothing - it's probably Laura .

[CanoLathra]

4 hours ago, Laura 'Lokomootje' said:

Are you using SE?

Are you using Alternate start?

I am using SE, and I am not using Alternate Start.

[Forgetandeatcake]

Cool mod.

 

I think the only thing that I would want is after doing a certain number of jobs, you get an increase in pay as the shop does better.

 

It would be nice to see that your efforts are helping the shop, plus it means that doing the jobs can be worthwhile for higher leveled players.

 

If you wanted to get fancy you could increase the stock shown in the shop, or maybe add some more furnishing ect to show that the shop is getting more money ect.

[Laura]

6 hours ago, kapibar said:

Thinking about it Laura is an owner of a bondage shop, it's in her job description to know knots that would make carribean pirates feel inadequate. If anyone can make overly complicated braid seem like it's nothing - it's probably Laura .

You've got a point. ?

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, CanoLathra said:

I am using SE, and I am not using Alternate Start.

Sounds like it fails to fill an alias.

If you can, try it with a new game. If it still doesn't work, please post the papyrus log.

 

 

 

 

51 minutes ago, Forgetandeatcake said:

Cool mod.

 

I think the only thing that I would want is after doing a certain number of jobs, you get an increase in pay as the shop does better.

 

It would be nice to see that your efforts are helping the shop, plus it means that doing the jobs can be worthwhile for higher leveled players.

 

If you wanted to get fancy you could increase the stock shown in the shop, or maybe add some more furnishing ect to show that the shop is getting more money ect.

That's a really cool idea. I wanted to add rewards for doing the repeatable quests, but adding stuff to the shop is really cool.

[Dude2000]

8 hours ago, Laura 'Lokomootje' said:

The grey face bug is now fixed in all versions. Please redownload it if you have the bug. No need to start a new game, just overwrite it.

Yes, now it is fixed!