NGoS version 1.9 needs a few testers

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As I FINALLY finish the update I have been working on, I am hoping to recruit a few testers to double check that everything works as intended before I release it,

 

This is not a super rigorous testing process compared to the initial testing I did, since it's just an update instead of an entire mod. 

 

Basically I only have a few questions I need testers to answer.

 

• Does the mod work?
  • Or, if you have downloaded a previous version, does it still work?

 

• Did I miss anything in regards to models/textures?

 

• Do XPMSE animations work with the skeleton path I have set up?
  • I defined a nymph specific skeleton in one of the mod folders.  It is just a copy of the most recent XPMSE skeleton, but supposedly pointing at a different/custom mesh path can break the animation style cloaks. 
  • No idea why this would be, and it was working just fine for me, but if it is going to be a problem I'd like to know this before I release it.

 

• Does the new follower, Nai'yari work?
  • Does her multilayer parallax equipment look strange on ENB setups other than rudy/snapdragon?
  • Also some feedback on her combat effectiveness would be appreciated. 
    • Her skillset was extremely challenging to balance correctly, and I had a hard time keeping her from being either too weak or too strong.  The level of her powers have been finely tuned, but I haven't done as much testing I want on her average fighting strength and how long a fight needs to be for her to ramp up into full frenzy, or how often she actually reaches this point. 
    • This is part of the persistent balance issue I have had with her; She will either build strength too slowly in a fight, and it would end before she contributed much, or she would frenzy into killing machine mode in basically every fight, which isn't supposed to happen.
  • She had a strange bug for a while where she would sometimes ditch her cutlass mid fight and loot a 2handed weapon off a dead enemy.   This seemed to happen most often after she had built up a large stack of frenzy and was getting a sizable melee damage buff. 
    • I managed to fix it by locking her abilities to only work with her actual weapon so her cutlass at +500% damage looks more powerful than pretty much anything else.
    • If you encounter this bug again please let me know.

 

• Do the random nymph world placements work? 
  • There are enough of them that they are scattered pretty much across the map, but I will include a guide with the location of each one.
    • Do they look the way they are supposed to? 
    • Are they all correctly set to use recruitable follower friendly voicesets or did I miss any?
  • I encountered a strange bug a few times early on that resulted in a CTD when entering a cell containing a beast nymph preset.  It only happened a few times, but I don't think I did anything specific to fix it yet.
    • It could have been a coincedence, but if this happens to you please let me know.

 

• Any thoughts/opinions on the finished follower ultimate abilities
  • Synne's DOOM OF TAMRIEL
  • Yulia's Saintsword
  • Lykaea's Indomitable Will

 

 

Barring some huge unforseen issue, I will probably only want about 1-2 days for testing, then I need another day to update the mod page/mod description (this actually takes a long time), after which I will release it.

 

I'll make sure and credit all of my testers on the mod page, so if you're interested in helping, let me know in this thread.  I am in the process of packaging everything up and will upload the test build tomorrow afternoon to anyone willing to help.