Lovers-arrangement

[_Saraj_]

Hello, I am here today with a personal request. Like we all know the are TONS of Lover Mods but there isn't that many lover mods that contains story line. Now I have an idea (Female character only) i think the parents, relative, or friend of the player (or someone unknown to give it more excitement lol) Sets ups an arranged marriage between the female pc and another man now of course the PC has a choice to go with the marriage or refuse and must escape or kill the future husband (lol) Now this mod isn't going to be like some messenger boy comes to you and asks you to come to some little villa in the middle of the forest no...It should be more cinematic like you get knocked out and wind up in some castle you know what i mean :/ Now depending on the Awesome person who will spend there glorious time making this mod will have the choice of making the husband like some ugly orc thingy, a neutral guy, or some spoiled pretty boy that's loaded with gold -.- to the modders opinion it could be like a talk to this guy...now go talk to that guy quest or it can be more exiting maybe rapes at night or the PC gets raped at night while trying to sleep, embarrassment, Pervs, Money, and the overall outcome. If someone thinks this is a good idea and makes the mod i thank you but if this doesnt sound good just tell me :/ thanks [/font]

[gregathit]

You are far more likely to see this get made if you do it yourself. There are a number of tutorials out there to help you along. Feel free to ask questions if you get stuck along the way.

 

Cheers,

Greg

[_Saraj_]

Ok i may try that but for me it may be hard because i have like no experience with scripts animation or even make a decent quest...any suggested sites for a tutorial?

[Ark of Truth]

Good place to start

 

http://cs.elderscrolls.com/index.php/Main_Page

[perfectioncat]

Ok i may try that but for me it may be hard because i have like no experience with scripts animation or even make a decent quest...any suggested sites for a tutorial?

It's this one.

Construction Set Wiki

 

One necessary for you understands a making method of MOD and is to check MOD to refer to.

[_Saraj_]

Ok thanks (lol honestly i think the only things ill struggle with for this mod is 3 things 1. scripts 2. get the lovers animation to start up after dialog 3. making the terrain )

[_Saraj_]

Would anyone be interested in helping me make the terrain? and or the charcters?

[cold burn]

Would anyone be interested in helping me make the terrain? and or the charcters?

 

Why would it require landscapes? sounds like extra work for little

reward and combined with the fact that major landscape changes can conflict with anything that modifies the same cells- so higher chance of people being annoying and complaining about problems that honestly aren't your fault it just does not sound worth it to me, unless they happen to be integral to your mods functionality or theme?

[_Saraj_]

Sorry i guess i phrased it wrong when i say terrain i mean like buildings, trees, and that kinda stuff. This Mod could take place in a vanilla location but i find it more exiting to puting a mod in a custom area...Give me your opinion should we make a custom house and other stuff or should it take place in a vanilla location?

[idonotlikeusernames]

You can always try to find which of the many, many castle palace and mansion mods out there for Oblivion are relatively free to use (some modders will allow thier works to be used without prior permissions so long as you mention them in the credits of your own mod for example). Since house mods are some of the most common mods it could potentially save you some time so you can get on with the fun parts of the quest straight away.

[_Saraj_]

Ok thanks idonotlikeusernames what castle mods do you recommend that YOU would like to see in this mod if made?

[3m4041]

Rather than saying start small for your first time mod. I'd like to encourage you to expand on your thoughts for the storyline.

 

It sounded like you wanted to have some kind of romantic intervention, saving a poor girl from an arranged marriage (by her parents)

Player meets girl while shopping, sparks fly, yet she is betrothed to another.

Player must win the girl / expose/defeat the evil groom for his true nature (vampire/necromancer) saving the girl from becoming his blood supply slave/zombie. something like that?

 

Iron out the wrinkles.. write some mushy dialog, with options.

 

I've started out with the intent of just writing a lore book, and had a good enough story form to justify splitting it up into player choices, and alternate endings. (you'll never know what could have been, had you made different choices, unless you replay the game)

 

Once you have a good story, modding it is easy.

[_Saraj_]

Hmm...i like the story you put together 3m4041 are you currently making the mod or if not would you like to help me make it?

[3m4041]

Hmm...i like the story you put together 3m4041 are you currently making the mod or if not would you like to help me make it?

 

Wait a minute' date=' it was your story not mine. I was just asking you to fill in some blanks. I didn't mean to change from your story, if I was off base in my interpretation. If you like my ideas you can use them, but I'd really like to hear what you had originally intended.

 

The outline that I layed, would only work for a male player. A playable mod fair to both sexes would need an alternative...

 

Female player finds she's been drugged and forced into slavery.

A Handsome NPC comes to her rescue? said NPC is severely wounded while attempting the rescue- manages to kill all the captors, but collapses upon breaking player's chains.

 

Female player [i']must[/i] go and get ingredients to save the Handsome NPC, and restore him to health. (if she wants to)

 

player nurses NPC, bathing him, and so forth for days. NPC regains consciousness and is smitten by Player's beauty, and devotion... his Angel.

 

NPC turns out to be Prince of blahlaland, and has a castle with player's name all over it. Heart-shaped bed, hot springs, and servants, beach setting somewhere near the coast....

[_Saraj_]

Lol The problem with this mod is its REALLY gender based and i see what you mean and honestlty this mod can go 4 ways:

 

1. your a male and YOU get in an arranged marriage and you dont want to be apart of it becuase you are in love with some other girl

 

2. your a male and you fall in love with a girl who is in an arranged marriage and you have to help her

 

3.your a female and YOU get in an arranged marriage and you dont want to be apart of it becuase you are in love with some other male

 

or 4. your a female and you have a crush on a male who is having an arranged marriage and you have to help him get out of it

 

NOW honestly no modder would probably want to make all 4 so it can wither be 1 and 3 or 2 and 4. I have been thinkning of locations of places where this will take place and i think i found it, its called Vaernlor Manor so you guys download it, try it out and tell me what you think. Ok now for the second problem i have gone through tons of tutorials and web pages about making scripts, animation, dialogue, and how to make conversations and im still not getting it and for being a flat out noob when it comes to the construction set im going to need help with this ill probably spend a day about story and coming up with one and see what happens next.

[3m4041]

Lol The problem with this mod is its REALLY gender based and i see what you mean and honestlty this mod can go 4 ways:

 

1. your a male and YOU get in an arranged marriage and you dont want to be apart of it becuase you are in love with some other girl

 

2. your a male and you fall in love with a girl who is in an arranged marriage and you have to help her

 

3.your a female and YOU get in an arranged marriage and you dont want to be apart of it becuase you are in love with some other male

 

or 4. your a female and you have a crush on a male who is having an arranged marriage and you have to help him get out of it

 

NOW honestly no modder would probably want to make all 4 so it can wither be 1 and 3 or 2 and 4. I have been thinkning of locations of places where this will take place and i think i found it' date=' its called Vaernlor Manor so you guys download it, try it out and tell me what you think. Ok now for the second problem i have gone through tons of tutorials and web pages about making scripts, animation, dialogue, and how to make conversations and im still not getting it and for being a flat out noob when it comes to the construction set im going to need help with this ill probably spend a day about story and coming up with one and see what happens next.

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If you google "marriage in oblivion" there's a hilarious monologue regarding the arranged marriage of Sir Mazoga. It's not really relevant, but very funny.

 

more closely related, check this:

 

http://www.loverslab.com/showthread.php?tid=5698

 

and

 

Housewives by BkWyrm13 on Nexus

"Fixed a minor problem where multiple wives in the same house would stop and stare at each other."

 

I haven't used the Ring of Mara, but I have the Housewives mod

[_Saraj_]

I tried The ring of mara but that problem with that mod its more directed to a male character plus if you do the "serve your husband" and your a female you get male animations :/ So yah but i've never heard of house wives ill check that out

[_Saraj_]

Also try out the Vaernlor Manor mod and tell me what you guys think and if this is where it should or possibly take place in

[3m4041]

Also try out the Vaernlor Manor mod and tell me what you guys think and if this is where it should or possibly take place in

 

Vaernlor is a nice mod. Pros and cons:

 

OK to use it, or it's resources. +

highly custom, non vanilla + -

doesn't have hundreds of mod addons, and quests that could cause conflicts. +

It's not your typical evil lair, but appearances can be deceiving. + -

 

Q: At what stage does Vaernlor fit your story.

a)starting there...

b)the entire story takes place in this one location.

c)ends at Vaernlor happily ever after

d)Vaernlor was secretly built on the ruins of AHHAHHCHooo the frozen underworld hidden for centuries. cold has + effect on female characters. - on males.

[_Saraj_]

i think it would B (but you have to get there or be transported and at the end of the quest you can either escape from the house or obtain it), Whats Actually really cool *SPOILER* about this place is in the 3'rd floor you will see a green tapestry and next to it is circle paintings. Click the left one and the tapestry will open and leads to a secret chest room now that's something i can make a lot of uses for. (it can be used for a secret meeting point between a family member or ext. lol) *Also take in mind that depending on the story of the quest I people who are arranging the marriage are rich and deceiving but are evil so naturally there going to br in a nice environment but as the story progresses i do agree that the setting should change to be more evil...like a greater purpose dont you agree?

[3m4041]

...like a greater purpose dont you agree?

 

I fell asleep on the bloated float... my ass is sore, and I have a splitting headache. I should look for some aspirin.

 

Hey, this is not the bloated float.

This is not my beautiful wife.

well, how did I get here?

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

Into the blue again after the money's gone

Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

You may ask yourself, how do I work this?

 

 

Need to figure out a quest giver, or starting point.

could be Rumors: Did you hear, sowanne sow is getting married?

NO really? I'm in stitches, tell me more.

There's going to be quite a party up at Vaernlor Manner.

you should attend, free food at least. here i'll mark it on your map.

 

could be like that poor NPC outide Rumare Castle, who stands in the road for months waiting for player to talk to him.

 

something to get player into situation x or position y

which leads to zzz and you wake up with a ring on your finger

 

no no no there's been some kind of mistake. I've never even met you before, there's no way we can be married.

[_Saraj_]

Very interesting starting ideas, and like your ides we need something that isn't blunt like "Oh HEY! your going to Vearnlor Manor and Spoilers! your going to get in an arranged marriage even though you don't want to! so go, go now!" (lol) But after some thinking of your suggestions and or examples i think i have come up with a story

[Phelps1247]

There's something similar already. I think loogie made it but I don't remember what it's called. There's an arranged marriage in it though.

[_Saraj_]

When you install the mod and play the game the following (if decided to go with these events) will happen.

 

After doing a dangerous quest you decide to go the an inn in The Imperial City, there you proceed to the inn keeper and request a room. The inn keeper knows your tired and after everyone has either fell asleep or left the inn he proceeds to your room and attempts to take advantage of the situation and (you guest it, he attempts to rape you) But before he can do anything a single Man steps in and restrains the inn keeper in till the guards show up to lock em' up . But even the rescuer can't help to look at the Young beautiful Girl that was almost raped (You) and from the first moment he saw you he loved you, But Knows he wont be able to get a girl like you so he leaves and goes to Vaernlor Manor where him and his family lives. There he tells them about the girl that he rescued. So the Evil Mother/Father/Brother/ and or sister arrange a marriage and lures you (the pc) to Vaernlor Manor By Suggesting you should come there to rest after the incident. After arriving there and spending the night and Attempt to leave the next morning you discover all the doors are locked and you are stuck and trapped there and later find out that you are staying there for an arranged marriage between you and the man ho rescued you. At that point you will have to find out how to get out before the marriage id held to do this you will have to use bribery,Sex, Blackmail and threats to get out.

 

 

So tell me what you guys think and tell me if someone could make this for me

[3m4041]

Very interesting starting ideas' date=' and like your ides we need something that isn't blunt like "Oh HEY! your going to Vearnlor Manor and Spoilers! your going to get in an arranged marriage even though you don't want to! so go, go now!" (lol) But after some thinking of your suggestions and or examples i think i have come up with a story

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I like adventure, running around to complete a few tasks for a quest is ok, but I don't like it when the quest goes too far, or when a quest breaks because it relies on another mod which you don't have installed, and didn't know you needed. The exception to this, is allowing for specific cases where an Item is extremely rare, and realistically could take a while to find. That justifies an excessive amount of running around, and asking questions. spot remover doesn't grow on trees. I also dislike quests that won't let you pick up an item that you know you will need later, only to force additional quest stages, after you talk to someone who asks you to go back and get the item. MF'er I was just there, and now I have to run back and get it.

 

Most of all, I hate when a quest gives you only one option. Like Siren's deception. She says take off your clothes, and I was like OK! but the only option on my screen was NO.

 

 

http://s9.postimage.org/mwg555ran/Screen_Shot9.jpg

 

 

At least give a choice of some kind, even if it leads to the same conclusion. Never force the player into one answer.

 

Quests that are too simple are lame. Do this. do this, do this. follow the map marker, and do this, hurrrrr. There should be enough clues around, that you don't need a walkthrough to get you there, but don't make it too easy, or too hard for the average player.

 

You can make "the easy route for dummies" and "the challenging route for smart people" this satisfies both player styles, and gets more thumbs up.

 

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best to not mess with Innkeeppers. especially, if I have invested 500 gold in their shop. Throwing them in the dungeon as a criminal could be bad for business. But there are lots of stalker type NPC that hang around in all the inns, if you have "More NPCs" installed.

 

You say "attempts to rape" need a variable here. I just finished a dangerous quest... grabbed a bite to eat, a nice mead, and i'm getting ready for bed. In comes a rapist.

What was I wearing when he first saw me at the Inn? Was I dressed provocatively... was I asking for it? Did I flirt with him in passing? Did he buy me a drink? Did he put something in my drink?

 

As bad as it might sound, there really is a lot more to saying no, than just saying no, in terms of rape.

 

In comes the hero who rescues you, but then turns into the bad guy?

It works. A psychopath is capable of performing a good deed no and then. But if his Mother is the one arranging the marriage, then you need a good shower scene at the hotel.