companion Meet Companion Ivy

[AzrielRagia]

Okay, I removed some weapon mods, a couple armor mods, and the SS2 Contest mega pack.  And It seems to work.  at least the game loaded with Nuka and Magaddon enabled.

[travelmedic]

35 minutes ago, AzrielRagia said:

Okay, I removed some weapon mods, a couple armor mods, and the SS2 Contest mega pack.  And It seems to work.  at least the game loaded with Nuka and Magaddon enabled.

 

OK, before you go any further...

 

I assume you still have a save game from right before you deleted those mods to test.  Don't lose it!!!

 

A BA2 archive file is a part of many mods - it's a compressed archive that will contain things like meshes and textures and other stuff.  The advantage of them is they load faster and more efficiently than having a bunch of separate mesh and texture files.  The disadvantage is that your game will have a variable limit where it can't load any more, and just won't start.  That limit can change from load order to load order.

 

One workaround is to get an archive extractor to unpack some of those archives.  I use one with the initial BAE (it's mod #78 in the FO4 section of Nexus I think) to unpack small mods.  I'd link it for you, but Nexus is down at the moment.

 

Basically, you find some of your mods that have small archives, which will show up as BA2 files if you look at your Vortex mods folder.  Use the BAE tool (it's an executable, but I've used it often without any issue) to extract the archives you want, and it will put the loose files into folders.  Then take those folders and put them into the original mods folder wherever Vortex stores it.  I use MO2 so I can't help with that.  Then cut the BA2 files that your just extracted and back them up someplace safe.  It might sound complicated, but it's really not.

 

You'd want to extract 4 archives to balance the 4 archives that the Ivy addons add.

 

Then try to start the game with all of your mods in the list you posted here enabled, and see what happens.

[LesboIsBesto]

anyone have any luck replacing some of the magazine art from the addon? there's a couple id like to swap out for my game for thematic purposes & id like to know other peoples attempts at it if there has been

Edited June 4, 2025 by LesboIsBesto

[IBAGadget]

58 minutes ago, LesboIsBesto said:

anyone have any luck replacing some of the magazine art from the addon? there's a couple id like to swap out for my game for thematic purposes & id like to know other peoples attempts at it if there has been

Not that I'm aware of, and for one simple reason - they are covers of real magazines from irl history, and Ivy's comments when you find them tells you the story behind those magazines. 

[Reginald_001]

7 hours ago, LesboIsBesto said:

anyone have any luck replacing some of the magazine art from the addon? there's a couple id like to swap out for my game for thematic purposes & id like to know other peoples attempts at it if there has been

A guy named Pixxel or Pixel, not sure, made an anime replacer for Ivy's mags, but they were removed from Nexus. 

[unevenrm]

PiCSeL, here on LL

Edited June 6, 2025 by unevenrm

[mrbat666]

i run into a problem, I did get the voucher, finish the goat and complete the quest, but when i talk to ivy again, she just ask for voucher and I have to do the goat over and over again, but she will always ask for voucher again. is there a bug?

[unevenrm]

13 hours ago, mrbat666 said:

i run into a problem, I did get the voucher, finish the goat and complete the quest, but when i talk to ivy again, she just ask for voucher and I have to do the goat over and over again, but she will always ask for voucher again. is there a bug?

Any multi follower mod? If so, was she the first person you hired? Message you hired her's popped? Any hint? Modlist perhaps?

Edited June 7, 2025 by unevenrm

[unevenrm]

Don't wanna hurt you guys, but everything bad happens with Ivy, its something wrong on YOUR end

Edited June 7, 2025 by unevenrm

[justcallmedots]

Can we at least get a official XDI patch please?

Edited June 7, 2025 by justcallmedots

[IBAGadget]

4 hours ago, justcallmedots said:

Can we at least get a official XDI patch please?

If you had read the FAQ, you would have seen that no XDI patch is required with the latest version of Ivy. Any warning you are getting in the game is merely a holdover from earlier versions and its removal got missed.

[mrbat666]

15 hours ago, unevenrm said:

Any multi follower mod? If so, was she the first person you hired? Message you hired her's popped? Any hint? Modlist perhaps?

yes i have multi follower and she is the first one i hired

 

[unevenrm]

1 hour ago, mrbat666 said:

yes i have multi follower and she is the first one i hired

 

Might be the culprit. Name please?

[Will55]

In several Ivy speech lines she says  Brahmin milk was used or needed  and in one case that it is essential, especially in ?"RanSex", the most expensive luxury addition to her core hooker offerings.

What does the milk do? Why is it needed? What is RanSex?(my guess was gangbang or bestiality).

 

 

[Miauzi]

27 minutes ago, Will55 said:

In mehreren Ansprachen von Ivy sagt sie, dass Brahmanenmilch verwendet oder benötigt wurde und in einem Fall, dass sie unerlässlich sei, insbesondere bei „RanSex“, der teuersten Luxusergänzung zu ihrem Kernangebot an Nutten.

Was bewirkt die Milch? Wozu wird sie benötigt? Was ist RanSex? (Ich tippe auf Gangbang oder Sodomie.)

 

 

 

The reference to this special milk reminds me of a quest chain from -> Fallout 3 (in Megaton)

 

https://fallout.fandom.com/de/wiki/Megaton

 

The local merchant, "Moria Brown," wants to write a "Wasteland Survival Guide" – and the player is supposed to help her.

In one of these quests, "Brahmin milk" is used -> as a healing remedy.

 

https://fallout.fandom.com/de/wiki/Moira_Brown

 

Among many Fallout fans, this merchant is something of an icon because of her unique sense of humor.

 

It's just a purely personal guess, however, that the mod author deliberately wanted to make the reference I implied.

[valcon767]

On 6/7/2025 at 8:29 AM, mrbat666 said:

yes i have multi follower and she is the first one i hired

 

 

not currently playing but see this post https://www.loverslab.com/topic/135013-meet-companion-ivy/page/159/#findComment-4304348

has personal observations about multi follower mods.

 

if you are using AFT this is almost certianly the caause.

[LesboIsBesto]

On 6/4/2025 at 5:28 PM, IBAGadget said:

Not that I'm aware of, and for one simple reason - they are covers of real magazines from irl history, and Ivy's comments when you find them tells you the story behind those magazines. 

ahh, havent even approached Ivy in my game yet lel

On 6/5/2025 at 12:18 AM, Reginald_001 said:

A guy named Pixxel or Pixel, not sure, made an anime replacer for Ivy's mags, but they were removed from Nexus. 

rip, just wanted to see if convertin pics into texture files was enough or if id have to do some editin bullshiet

[Lemurion287]

2 hours ago, valcon767 said:

 

not currently playing but see this post https://www.loverslab.com/topic/135013-meet-companion-ivy/page/159/#findComment-4304348

has personal observations about multi follower mods.

 

if you are using AFT this is almost certianly the caause.

 

 

Please note, the post you are referencing appears to reference the vanilla AFT mod, not AFT plus which has a specific patch for Ivy. Many people, myself included, have had excellent results with AFT plus and the Ivy patch but there is only ONE multi-follower mod guaranteed to work with Ivy and that's RAM-FM, available on the Ivy Discord.

[080184]

When you enter Layton towers Ivy asks if you know the story about Layton towers. What's that about? I thought the story she references was about herself?

[Miauzi]

Vor 18 Minuten sagte 080184:

Als du die Layton Towers betrittst, fragt Ivy, ob du die Geschichte über die Layton Towers kennst. Worum geht es da? Ich dachte, die Geschichte, auf die sie sich bezieht, handelt von ihr selbst?

 

It's possible that you have to go into this building because of the diaries... so it's a reference to that.
Ask yourself when her "previous life" as a gang leader actually took place... how many years ago that was.

[Reginald_001]

  

On 6/8/2025 at 11:07 AM, Will55 said:

In several Ivy speech lines she says  Brahmin milk was used or needed  and in one case that it is essential, especially in ?"RanSex", the most expensive luxury addition to her core hooker offerings.

What does the milk do? Why is it needed? What is RanSex?(my guess was gangbang or bestiality).

I don't know what 'RanSex' is. She uses Brahmin Milk because it lubes nicely with deepthroating/vomit sex.

 

19 hours ago, 080184 said:

When you enter Layton towers Ivy asks if you know the story about Layton towers. What's that about? I thought the story she references was about herself?

Layton towers reminds her, but there's no real significance to the location otherwise.

[Will55]

3 hours ago, Reginald_001 said:

  

I don't know what 'RanSex' is. She uses Brahmin Milk because it lubes nicely with deepthroating/vomit sex.

 

She says something like that  (?"Ransex": difficult to hear it precisely) when she is discussing her available whore services and it came AFTER deepthroating and appeared to be the ultimate costly service so was certainly NOT that WRT that line of speech.

 

BTW At very high affinity Ivy has suddenly stopped being in my char's bed bed  upon awaking.

Significance?

Edited June 10, 2025 by Will55

[Will55]

Unfortunately this mod does not allow Ivy to recognize AAF gender in sex talks and even if your Futa char is "hung like a horse" with all of those "veins  and the throbbing red cockhead dripping with precum" it is not noticed. Classically a Futa char gives the best of both worlds but with this mod it fails miserably as you miss some 40% of the personal sex lines. The sex animations are still okay and normal but the speech lines  WRT having a penis are non-existent for a futa .   

 

  Update 7.0 should fix this, like the references to "customers" when Ivy has not hooked for 62+ years  and the admissions of infidelity after she has repeatedly told the SS that she is exclusive to him/her.

 

My guess  is that being an old mod before futa mods were available this part was not considered but the rest is just plain wrong. You either want Ivy as a whore or a real live love object, but the latter is too often undermined. But by accident or deliberately? If you care for Ivy as a lover and a person then I hear that the Far Harbor addon has even more pain. so IMHO it is deliberate: the creator wants her to remain a lying, selfish vulgar, whore who sees the SS as just useful. and so is beyond redemption When you dismiss her the line" I shall miss having sex with you" says it all as she obviously wont miss the SS as a person.

 

Ivy is a wonderful creation and IMHO a work of genius  and she is flawed like all of us but redeeming her game wise is not enough, she has to be redeemed as a person as her imposed flaws can destroy all trust and love in someone who actually cares for her. I realize that some women need to be treated like a piece of sh*t or they do not feel loved but that can be cured. Ivy has her AI pain as the excuse but Stein should be capable of doing something about this and placing the AI/Deborah united mind into a new synth body should be possible. IMHO After all, he has had 60+ years to work that out and did so for himself so...... and it would never change her personality if done right.

 

Lastly, a trivial nuisance: Ivy often says "come & sit with me". But, if you do so she jumps up and walks away ALWAYS. WTH??

 

Edited June 11, 2025 by Will55

[Miauzi]

Vor 40 Minuten sagte Will55:

Leider erlaubt dieser Mod Ivy nicht, das Geschlecht von AAF in Sexgesprächen zu erkennen, und selbst wenn dein Futa-Charakter „aufgepumpt wie ein Pferd“ ist, mit all den „Adern und der pochenden roten Eichel, die vor Lust tropft“, wird es nicht bemerkt. Klassischerweise bietet ein Futa-Charakter das Beste aus beiden Welten, aber mit diesem Mod scheitert er kläglich, da man etwa 40 % der persönlichen Sex-Zeilen verpasst. Die Sex-Animationen sind zwar noch okay und normal, aber die Ansprachen zum Thema Penis sind für einen Futa nicht vorhanden. 

 

Update 7.0 sollte dies beheben, wie etwa die Verweise auf „Kunden“, wenn Ivy seit über 62 Jahren nicht mehr an einem Sexpartner war, und das Eingeständnis der Untreue, nachdem sie dem SS wiederholt gesagt hat, dass sie nur für ihn/sie bestimmt ist.

 

Ich vermute, dass dieser Teil nicht berücksichtigt wurde, da es sich um ein altes Mod handelt, bevor Futa-Mods verfügbar waren, aber der Rest ist einfach falsch. Entweder man will Ivy als Hure oder als echtes Liebesobjekt, aber Letzteres wird zu oft untergraben. Aber aus Versehen oder mit Absicht? Wenn man Ivy als Geliebte und als Person mag, dann habe ich gehört, dass das Far Harbor-Add-on noch mehr Schmerz enthält. Also ist es meiner Meinung nach mit Absicht: Der Ersteller will, dass sie eine verlogene, selbstsüchtige, vulgäre Hure bleibt, die die SS nur als nützlich ansieht und damit nicht mehr zu retten ist. Wenn man sie abweist, sagt der Satz „Ich werde den Sex mit dir vermissen“ alles, da sie die SS als Person offensichtlich nicht vermissen wird.

 

Ivy ist eine wundervolle Schöpfung und meiner Meinung nach ein Meisterwerk. Sie hat wie wir alle Fehler, aber sie spielerisch zu erlösen, reicht nicht aus. Sie muss als Person erlöst werden, da ihre auferlegten Fehler das Vertrauen und die Liebe zu jemandem zerstören können, der sich wirklich um sie kümmert. Mir ist klar, dass manche Frauen wie ein Stück Scheiße behandelt werden müssen oder sich nicht geliebt fühlen, aber das lässt sich ändern. Ivy benutzt ihre KI-Schmerzen als Ausrede, aber Stein sollte in der Lage sein, etwas dagegen zu tun, und es sollte möglich sein, den vereinten Geist von KI und Deborah in einen neuen Synth-Körper zu versetzen. Meiner Meinung nach hatte er schließlich über 60 Jahre Zeit, das zu klären, und hat es für sich selbst getan, also …

 

Zum Schluss noch eine kleine Unannehmlichkeit: Ivy sagt oft „Komm und setz dich zu mir“. Aber wenn man das tut, springt sie IMMER auf und geht weg. Was soll das??

 

 

The "sitting" and "standing" of companions is a problem with the engine – you find it in Skyrim as well... and it really annoys me, too.

 

Futa characters may be a "hit" in the porn industry... but in regular games - which are "spiced up" with sex - they occupy a tiny niche.

And in this small niche, "Sykrim" is the absolute leader - in comparison, "Fallout 4" is practically not represented at all.

I'm writing this as a user who frequently uses futa characters in his game.

 

I can certainly understand why a mod author for companions doesn't cover this small niche... and especially with "Ivy," the focus is on completely different (depth psychological) things.

 

The Dr. That Dr. Stein's intention was to transfer himself into a synth body became clear to me halfway through the storyline... when some of the background information about these special cyborg bodies was revealed.

Essentially, the human brain is removed from the original body and replaced by the synth brain.

Our gang leader was ultimately a random but highly welcome victim for experimenting with the necessary transfer techniques.

 

And since she didn't do this voluntarily, there was also the part about the suppression of the original personality... which we as players learn about through the "inside trip" and the discovered diaries.

 

I still don't understand Dr. Stein's motivation for creating the "construct Ivy" (i.e., this special personality) in the first place.

Just speculation on my part -> purely artificially created personalities are too "colorless"... but which part of a real personality do you leave "alive" and which part do you "suppress"?

[Will55]

20 hours ago, Miauzi said:

 

The "sitting" and "standing" of companions is a problem with the engine – you find it in Skyrim as well... and it really annoys me, too.

 

Futa characters may be a "hit" in the porn industry... but in regular games - which are "spiced up" with sex - they occupy a tiny niche.

And in this small niche, "Sykrim" is the absolute leader - in comparison, "Fallout 4" is practically not represented at all.

I'm writing this as a user who frequently uses futa characters in his game.

Thank you for the thoughts. As I always play a female char and do not wish to spend a game mostly lying on my back or giving head I find that a beautful woman with a penis to be the best of both worlds and I still boggle at times at how beautiful my main SSE and F4 chars are. Ivy is a preFuta mod and it is scarcely Reg's fault that it was missed as  a possibility in the mod. I actually see my chars as hermaphrodites(I actually met one and no I did not see the proof) and capoable of both roles in a female body.

20 hours ago, Miauzi said:

 

I can certainly understand why a mod author for companions doesn't cover this small niche... and especially with "Ivy," the focus is on completely different (depth psychological) things.

 

The Dr. That Dr. Stein's intention was to transfer himself into a synth body became clear to me halfway through the storyline... when some of the background information about these special cyborg bodies was revealed.

Essentially, the human brain is removed from the original body and replaced by the synth brain.

Our gang leader was ultimately a random but highly welcome victim for experimenting with the necessary transfer techniques.

She was not random but deliberately targeted by Stein. He wanted her for her strength, intelligence and courage as all previous attempts had failed and he thought due to lesser quality material. He fell in love with Mercy while he was treating her and when she was dying had to act fast as nothing was ready enough to do it perfectly and he had just become aware of the need for both the synth body and the donor to acknowledge each other immunologically, but even then it was rough.

20 hours ago, Miauzi said:

 

And since she didn't do this voluntarily, there was also the part about the suppression of the original personality... which we as players learn about through the "inside trip" and the discovered diaries.

 

I still don't understand Dr. Stein's motivation for creating the "construct Ivy" (i.e., this special personality) in the first place.

Just speculation on my part -> purely artificially created personalities are too "colorless"... but which part of a real personality do you leave "alive" and which part do you "suppress"?

The AI was necessary to allow interaction between the body and the brain and to suppress Reg's concept of pain (I disagree with that but.....) and Stein wanted only Deborah/Mercy, not Ivy. He was so distressed that he used and trained her as a sexbot but eventually he became aware of the new Personality: Ivy and he fell in love with her as he saw the traces of Deborah within her. But despite that he ultimately only wanted Deborah and was prepared to destroy Ivy to get her(IMHO). He dumped her in her bunker while he tried to work out how to do so. He learnt how to transfer himself to a syn 3 and had Ivy chosen him in NW  he would have probably destroyed Ivy in transferring her to a synth body. Ivy is a fusion of the two  brains: AI + Deborah and they are one soul and any removal of the AI soul would probably have  a nasty effect upon what was left. All IMHO BUT I still think that anyone as smart as Stein could overcome this and give the SS an Ivy who is a syn3+(courser) with a brain which is  a fusion of the Ivy AI/Brain intact and with the memories but without the need for pain suppression(the motivation for her self hate & perversions) IT Should be possible but I doubt that Reg wants this as he appears to want her to remain always as she is and not help her.

Edited June 12, 2025 by Will55