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

[Plumber]

On 12/23/2022 at 9:17 PM, aurreth said:

And I don't think you ever actually have to buy Breezehome, so just removing that line from Proventius' dialogue should keep things tidy.

 

You are talking about the game where the intro cutscene could be destroyed by a random bee. Breezehome is probably holding the entire universe together or something like that. ?

[aurreth]

1 minute ago, Plumber said:

 

You are talking about the game where the intro cutscene could be destroyed by a random bee. Breezehome is probably holding the entire universe together or something like that. ?

 

It does have more tie-ins and hooks than I initially thought.  None of them are actually critical to anything, but yeah, best not to screw with it.  I found another location that works, if my editing skills are up to it.

 

[threp]

1 hour ago, aurreth said:

So now the hard part, building a stone wall around the building, then filling it in with some sort of level ground to hide the big ugly rocks, that you can't remove because you end up removing the ground with it.

 

Looks good there. If you want a flagstone flat surface, the floor sections in the Pelagius Wing are pretty small and very, very easy to fit together neatly. There's a few in the basement or in the upper corridor under the rug that are without the obligatory cobwebs.

 

I wanted a flagstone patio at Lakeview on one of my saves. Used copied planting soil plots to make the soil for the flower beds (unfortunately they weren't plantable, something about Positioner not being able to copy complex things with activators, but there's plenty of wild growing plants to copy and paste in. )

Edited December 25, 2022 by threp

[Viri1]

A very interesting discussion. Good luck in getting things to work to your liking, may the world not implode or something like that

 

My own personal take, purely from an in-verse, realistic business standpoint, would indeed be the shop being inside a city. A two-person operation with various expensive items looks a bit exposed out there. As for cities other than Whiterun, Solitude is also a safe logistical hub, and large enough that a "toy" shop would blend in. 

 

"But this conflicts with ideas Laura has for future development post 3.x, so that's as far as it went." Oh? Now I'm curious.  

 

As for the "BUT, as I've explained before, the player is not the hero of this story, Laura is." comment: all true, and I'm in perfect agreement. Easier to think of the player character as not the Dragonborn, but a more normal person, as if the mod was some standalone DLC or something. But it's still funny to think of how easily my Dragonborn could end this mess, all she needs is Sloane's address, lmao

[aurreth]

32 minutes ago, Viri1 said:

As for the "BUT, as I've explained before, the player is not the hero of this story, Laura is." comment: all true, and I'm in perfect agreement. Easier to think of the player character as not the Dragonborn, but a more normal person, as if the mod was some standalone DLC or something. But it's still funny to think of how easily my Dragonborn could end this mess, all she needs is Sloane's address, lmao

 

You'll notice that at no time in this quest is the character ever referred to as "Dragonborn" ?  That's entirely on purpose.  Yes, we all know the player could probably eradicate Sloane, her army, her extended family, college roommate, and the girl who walks her dogs, but Laura and Katarina don't.  And apparently prefer that large tracts of Tamriel aren't laid to waste to solve their problems ?

 

[Guest]

So, i cant speak to Laura, its just general responses like "need something", no shop popup, no talking options or nothing, just "hmmm" and "need something", what do?

 

[aurreth]

10 minutes ago, flipflopontheclickclock said:

So, i cant speak to Laura, its just general responses like "need something", no shop popup, no talking options or nothing, just "hmmm" and "need something", what do?

 

 

Make sure you have the correct version of Fuz Ro Dah for your game.  If you have the voice pack installed disable or uninstall it.  Bathe occasionally.

[Viri1]

3 hours ago, aurreth said:

 

You'll notice that at no time in this quest is the character ever referred to as "Dragonborn" ?  That's entirely on purpose.  Yes, we all know the player could probably eradicate Sloane, her army, her extended family, college roommate, and the girl who walks her dogs, but Laura and Katarina don't.  And apparently prefer that large tracts of Tamriel aren't laid to waste to solve their problems ?

 

 

If we really want to go down that line of thought, the Dragonborn could just randomly decide on their own volition to do it, and only later tell Laura and Katarina. And if mass murder is an issue, well... Lvl 50 Stealth Dragonborn goes brrr, it would be Sloane and her lieutenants just straight up vanishing overnight, no bodies discovered.

[Laura]

10 hours ago, Viri1 said:

If we really want to go down that line of thought, the Dragonborn could just randomly decide on their own volition to do it, and only later tell Laura and Katarina. And if mass murder is an issue, well... Lvl 50 Stealth Dragonborn goes brrr, it would be Sloane and her lieutenants just straight up vanishing overnight, no bodies discovered.

While we absolutely could level and entire province, we also tend to walk into traps a lot. We're strong but not unbeatable.

[JustMe469]

12 hours ago, Laura said:

While we absolutely could level and entire province, we also tend to walk into traps a lot. We're strong but not unbeatable.

And while we may be the mighty Dragonborn, or not, the overriding factor is that we care about Laura and Kat, and what they want. It isn't that the story demands that of us, it's that we are fans of this wonderful story the real life Laura has created for us to enjoy. We enjoy having our emotions persuaded by the characters, and "playing along". Is it perfect? No, obviously, there's more than one of us here. It would be impossible to be perfect for everyone. But Laura has come closer than anyone else, in my opinion, to writing something I would write if I had any idea how to do it. I love this mod!  ?

[eldoctore]

I'm a big fan of this mod so far and I'm loving the story. I'm playing the SSE version if that matters. I'm at the Origin mission and I've gotten past the first flashback at the inn and I woke up in the cell. I slept when it told me to sleep, but when I get put in the yoke the guard just stands there and looks up at something through the floor not moving. I've tried sprinting into him to get him to move but he just walks back to that spot in front of the cell. What can I do?

[Laura]

7 hours ago, eldoctore said:

I'm a big fan of this mod so far and I'm loving the story. I'm playing the SSE version if that matters. I'm at the Origin mission and I've gotten past the first flashback at the inn and I woke up in the cell. I slept when it told me to sleep, but when I get put in the yoke the guard just stands there and looks up at something through the floor not moving. I've tried sprinting into him to get him to move but he just walks back to that spot in front of the cell. What can I do?

Have you tried using the wait function? That usually teleports people when they're stuck.

[Laura]

10 hours ago, JustMe469 said:

And while we may be the mighty Dragonborn, or not, the overriding factor is that we care about Laura and Kat, and what they want. It isn't that the story demands that of us, it's that we are fans of this wonderful story the real life Laura has created for us to enjoy. We enjoy having our emotions persuaded by the characters, and "playing along". Is it perfect? No, obviously, there's more than one of us here. It would be impossible to be perfect for everyone. But Laura has come closer than anyone else, in my opinion, to writing something I would write if I had any idea how to do it. I love this mod!  ?

You're too kind. ❤️

[aurreth]

1 minute ago, Laura said:

Have you tried using the wait function? That usually teleports people when they're stuck.

 

He's not using the Alpha Test.  The guard is staring up at Hilde, who is on the wrong floor.

 

[Laura]

24 minutes ago, aurreth said:

He's not using the Alpha Test.  The guard is staring up at Hilde, who is on the wrong floor.

Oh.

 

8 hours ago, eldoctore said:

I'm a big fan of this mod so far and I'm loving the story. I'm playing the SSE version if that matters. I'm at the Origin mission and I've gotten past the first flashback at the inn and I woke up in the cell. I slept when it told me to sleep, but when I get put in the yoke the guard just stands there and looks up at something through the floor not moving. I've tried sprinting into him to get him to move but he just walks back to that spot in front of the cell. What can I do?

This version should fix that. Laura's Bondage Shop v3.32 SSE Alpha Test Version - fixes by aurreth.7z

You can also wait for the upcoming update.

[aurreth]

23 minutes ago, Laura said:

You can also wait for the upcoming update.

 

You just had to say it.  Now you're gonna get pages of "When?  I want it now!" posts.  

[Laura]

13 minutes ago, aurreth said:

You just had to say it.  Now you're gonna get pages of "When?  I want it now!" posts.  

I know.

[eldoctore]

3 hours ago, Laura said:

Oh.

 

This version should fix that. Laura's Bondage Shop v3.32 SSE Alpha Test Version - fixes by aurreth.7z

You can also wait for the upcoming update.

Thank you! Since it's technically the same mod am I able to uninstall the old one and swap it with this one without starting a new game?

 

[Laura]

8 minutes ago, eldoctore said:

Thank you! Since it's technically the same mod am I able to uninstall the old one and swap it with this one without starting a new game?

Yup, as long as Origin isn't running you'll be fine.

[Sora丶]

I had problems in the quest Blending In,just after Holden ask me to go to the cage and wait for him,and I entered it.After that nothing happen,Holden just walk aroud and do nothing.

I'm SSE 1.5.970version

[threp]

57 minutes ago, Sora丶 said:

I had problems in the quest Blending In,just after Holden ask me to go to the cage and wait for him,and I entered it.After that nothing happen,Holden just walk aroud and do nothing.

I'm SSE 1.5.970version

Spoiler

Edited: Is this when you first enter the cave, or later on?

 

Edited December 27, 2022 by threp

[aurreth]

9 hours ago, eldoctore said:

Thank you! Since it's technically the same mod am I able to uninstall the old one and swap it with this one without starting a new game?

 

 

You can swap it out, but you need to load a save from before you give Glemme her sword back.  Returning the sword starts Origin, and once that happens trying to change versions will likely cause problems.

 

[dudeguy123456789]

Great mod though I am having an issue, probably a conflict with another mod. Whenever I ask laura to tie me up nothing happens on any of the options and she keeps just saying welcome. Also the rock quest did not auto equip anything. I'm newer to modding so any help resolving this would be great! 

[aurreth]

48 minutes ago, dudeguy123456789 said:

Great mod though I am having an issue, probably a conflict with another mod. Whenever I ask laura to tie me up nothing happens on any of the options and she keeps just saying welcome. Also the rock quest did not auto equip anything. I'm newer to modding so any help resolving this would be great! 

 

LE, SE, or AE?  Do you have the correct version of the prerequisites?  The wrong version of Fuz Ro Dah will mess up the dialogue.

 

Did you build the bondage items from Devious Devices in Bodyslide?  They won't show up if you don't.  For that matter do you have all the prerequisites for Devious Devices installed?

 

[Sora丶]

6 hours ago, threp said:

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Edited: Is this when you first enter the cave, or later on?

 

Yes,when I first enter the cave,this problem happend.I had reloaded,reopened the game but this problem still happen