Animal Mansion 4??? (Dev Thread)

[tasairis]

8 hours ago, killer905 said:

Oh? I try on LE and nope Skyrim LE not start after click PLAy on steam.

 

https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/3524-sexlab-more-nasty-critters-install-guide/

[killer905]

1 hour ago, tasairis said:

 

https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/3524-sexlab-more-nasty-critters-install-guide/

What am I looking for here? Without the AM4, Skyrim starts normally.

[sophiextime]

hello,

 

I have always loved having Animal Mansion in my plays and in the past used the older versions BUT this new one looks amazing!. I am wanting to ask out of curiosity and just to get a feel of timelines for future use, when is the expected or hoped availabilty for a mostly finished version aimed for? I understand a date cant be given exactly but just kind of trying to get a feel for realistic expectations

 

[unwashed biomass]

Don't. Giving any deadlines is trap on so many levels. Just do strategy: It will be ready when it's ready.

[sophiextime]

50 minutes ago, unwashed biomass said:

Don't. Giving any deadlines is trap on so many levels. Just do strategy: It will be ready when it's ready.

For one i was NOT asking you and i was NOT trying to trap anyone. get a life dude. 

[tasairis]

12 hours ago, killer905 said:

What am I looking for here? Without the AM4, Skyrim starts normally.

 

You said you were starting Skyrim through Steam, right? Did you mean through the SKSE "game" or Skyrim LE directly?

[tasairis]

11 hours ago, sophiextime said:

hello,

 

I have always loved having Animal Mansion in my plays and in the past used the older versions BUT this new one looks amazing!. I am wanting to ask out of curiosity and just to get a feel of timelines for future use, when is the expected or hoped availabilty for a mostly finished version aimed for? I understand a date cant be given exactly but just kind of trying to get a feel for realistic expectations

 

I can't imagine when the mod will be finished. Like "Okay guys, this is all done, nothing left to do with it anymore".

 

If you mean when I'll put it up as a regular Download, sometime relatively soon. I'm thinking when the next two main quests are done: that should be when the most important parts of the mod are ready to go, and I think will be v0.6. For example, the client stuff isn't out yet (v0.5) and that's a critical feature of the mod. v1.0 will be when the vanilla questline is done and I start with the brand-new content.

 

As for dates, 0.4.2 this weekend (wanted to do it early this week but got too much stuff going on) to try to fix some issues people are having. Then 0.5 "when it's ready": one quest, but the main focus will be the client system and that's going to be rather complicated. 0.6 after that will be another main quest, or maybe two if I get the second one written in time, and increasing the client base.

[killer905]

3 hours ago, tasairis said:

 

You said you were starting Skyrim through Steam, right? Did you mean through the SKSE "game" or Skyrim LE directly?

Yeah by  SKSE - And i have the required mods.

[tasairis]

9 minutes ago, killer905 said:

Yeah by  SKSE - And i have the required mods.

 

Then... I don't know? Nobody else has mentioned that problem.

 

Try running TES5Edit and see if it complains about anything?

[killer905]

2 hours ago, tasairis said:

 

Then... I don't know? Nobody else has mentioned that problem.

 

Try running TES5Edit and see if it complains about anything?

TES5Edit only say this for Worldspace -> landscape (Disable helgen Reborn change nothing)

For now ignore this and focus for SE. <Hugs>

[tasairis]

32 minutes ago, killer905 said:

TES5Edit only say this for Worldspace -> landscape (Disable helgen Reborn change nothing)

 

Just a LANDscape conflict shouldn't cause a CTD, and if it did then I'd expect it only when you're nearby - not during load.

If you haven't done it yet, do a Check for Errors just in case.

 

There aren't too many things that can cause crashes on startup, but I don't know of a reason why any of them could be relevant...

[zarantha]

5 hours ago, killer905 said:

Yeah by  SKSE - And i have the required mods.

 

Did you run it through CAO to extract of the BSA, or extract the BSA using another tool? I'd expect a CTD with an SE BSA, just like SE will crash with an LE BSA.

[Ade4u1]

16 hours ago, unwashed biomass said:

Don't. Giving any deadlines is trap on so many levels. Just do strategy: It will be ready when it's ready.

Like planning a wedding, right?  ? 

[killer905]

5 hours ago, tasairis said:

 

Just a LANDscape conflict shouldn't cause a CTD, and if it did then I'd expect it only when you're nearby - not during load.

If you haven't done it yet, do a Check for Errors just in case.

 

There aren't too many things that can cause crashes on startup, but I don't know of a reason why any of them could be relevant...

I have to give a big apology. I read the information in the first post but I didn't do it in the 0.4 version post which has information about unpacking. <BIG SAD>

 

 

3 hours ago, zarantha said:

 

Did you run it through CAO to extract of the BSA, or extract the BSA using another tool? I'd expect a CTD with an SE BSA, just like SE will crash with an LE BSA.

Thanks for the information!

[tasairis]

4 hours ago, killer905 said:

I have to give a big apology. I read the information in the first post but I didn't do it in the 0.4 version post which has information about unpacking. <BIG SAD>

 

Yeah, no worries, I completely forgot that I had started using a BSA.

[killer905]

3 minutes ago, tasairis said:

 

Yeah, no worries, I completely forgot that I had started using a BSA.

Maybe make fix head parts as a separate file for the LE version? At least in theory it will not require a file with each update.

[tasairis]

5 hours ago, killer905 said:

Maybe make fix head parts as a separate file for the LE version? At least in theory it will not require a file with each update.

 

I can't remember whether the LE files work properly for SE. I thought so, but if they did then why do I keep regenerating their heads to get new files?

Besides that, there will eventually be a point where there are new custom NPCs, and I don't know if there's a way to downgrade SE headparts to be compatible with LE.

[sophiextime]

On 3/25/2021 at 10:25 PM, tasairis said:

 

I can't imagine when the mod will be finished. Like "Okay guys, this is all done, nothing left to do with it anymore".

 

If you mean when I'll put it up as a regular Download, sometime relatively soon. I'm thinking when the next two main quests are done: that should be when the most important parts of the mod are ready to go, and I think will be v0.6. For example, the client stuff isn't out yet (v0.5) and that's a critical feature of the mod. v1.0 will be when the vanilla questline is done and I start with the brand-new content.

 

As for dates, 0.4.2 this weekend (wanted to do it early this week but got too much stuff going on) to try to fix some issues people are having. Then 0.5 "when it's ready": one quest, but the main focus will be the client system and that's going to be rather complicated. 0.6 after that will be another main quest, or maybe two if I get the second one written in time, and increasing the client base.

Thank you for your kind anmd informative response. Not sure why people have an issue with the question i asked but as always the mod developer is the kind professional one. So thank you, your reply means a lot and makes full sense

 

[Fakenet]

20 hours ago, sophiextime said:

Thank you for your kind anmd informative response. Not sure why people have an issue with the question i asked but as always the mod developer is the kind professional one. So thank you, your reply means a lot and makes full sense

 

It's very simple why people don't like it when you ask for release dates, most times those that ask feel like they are entitled to the mods.
And when they are given a date and it is not kept, as is to be expected, they put pressure on the modder, the modder gets stressed, cans the entire projekt and noone wins.

That probably wasn't your intention but it's still best to make no promises, as you just saw since you were only given *soon™.

[tasairis]

Question answered, point made, let's move on.

[Shahariel]

On 3/13/2021 at 10:56 PM, tasairis said:

 

Hmm. That may be something I have to code into my mod. I'll look into that.

 

In the meantime, anything that starts a sex scene works, like Aroused Creatures's invite thing, or even MatchMaker.

 

 

 

 

Which stage number was it on? I assume the first Temba objective was failed and the active one was for Gwilin?

 

 

 

There is a little bit of that already, but I could certainly add more. Kinda forgot about doing that after I trashed the original quest and rewrote it.

 

 

 

I'm not really sure that a werewolf-Aela makes sense in that situation? I'd also like to keep the quest on the simpler side, and it already has 4 variations now.

 

I think anything involving werewolf-ed Companions would be better served through side quests. Keep the main quests fairly straightforward so the player can unlock animals, clients, and side quests faster, then focus on side quest variety for more interesting things.

Sorry if I've overlooked the suggestion and/or you generally dismissed the idea before, but - if (when) the player did the Companions quest and/or is a member of the Companions, why not set up a "special event"  for special guests (for instance the guests at the Thalmor Embassy plus Elenwen) including two "feral" werewolves (vulgo: the twins not only having fun with the player for free but get PAID on top of it... with that clientele the money should be quite generous...). A radiant quest which naturally would end the moment Farkas, Vilkas or both are not werewolves anymore.

On another train of thoughts: would it be possible to put two "specialists" for the more obscure Dawnguard (Death Hound, Gargoyle, a group of Falmere with their pet chaurus , reapers and hunters) and Dragonborn (bound Lurkers and Seekers, maybe a (drunk) netch as well, or a group of rieklings with their boar(s)) creatures - namely two "gentlemen" who should be VERY grateful the player saved them from being permanently tortured by Molag Bal in Coldharbour (Arch-Curate Vyrthur) respectively have their soul linger forever in Apocrypha (Miraak)? The latter already HAS a working follower system via mods, don't know if that could be used - and as for Vyrthur, theoretically it should be possible to "revive" him after his death (or have the player finding him in Auriel's Chapel after Dawnguard ends regardless of the side chosen - as a punishment from Auriel, who can be VERY bitchy at times). Ok, rethinking it whil I'm writing, Vyrthur is the "easier" candidate, and you (and we all) would have the oppurtunity for "special shows" with  a whole group of Falmer (and Chaurus pets) as well as Death Hounds and/or Gargoyles all unter Vyrthur's control... who knows, he'd even like it...

Having Falmer and even typical "vampire" beasts as (sometimes for parties and/or for good customers used) attractions could toggle some Vigilants as "haters", any work (see "werewolf party" above and/or other side quests) with the Companions could trigger a group of the Silver Hand (maybe a ranting survivor, whom noone believes when he/she rambling about the Werewolves being Farkas and Vilkas (since they change before any customers could see them and change back once they are safely out of sight) and the two are seen regularly as "normal" customers.

Just a few ideas, I don't know how hard it would be to actually program these scenes (but hey, who of us does NOT want to have a real Snow Elf Vampire as their pet... errr, business partner?)

[Violence6884]

Big sad that LE is not going to get this, it was like "Ooooh someone's finally bringing this back!" into "OOOOOH but no LE... ;_; OK..."... What an emotional roller coaster ;3 In any case then, GL and I hope you finish it. Too bad.

[tasairis]

3 hours ago, Shahariel said:

Sorry if I've overlooked the suggestion and/or you generally dismissed the idea before, but - if (when) the player did the Companions quest and/or is a member of the Companions, why not set up a "special event"  for special guests (for instance the guests at the Thalmor Embassy plus Elenwen) including two "feral" werewolves (vulgo: the twins not only having fun with the player for free but get PAID on top of it... with that clientele the money should be quite generous...). A radiant quest which naturally would end the moment Farkas, Vilkas or both are not werewolves anymore.

 

?

 

3 hours ago, Shahariel said:

On another train of thoughts: would it be possible to put two "specialists" for the more obscure Dawnguard (Death Hound, Gargoyle, a group of Falmere with their pet chaurus , reapers and hunters) and Dragonborn (bound Lurkers and Seekers, maybe a (drunk) netch as well) creatures - namely two "gentlemen" who should be VERY grateful the player saved them from being permanently tortured by Molag Bal in Coldharbour (Arch-Curate Vyrthur) respectively have their soul linger forever in Apocrypha (Miraak)? The latter already HAS a working follower system via mods, don't know if that could be used - and as for Vyrthur, theoretically it should be possible to "revive" him after his death (or have the player finding him in Auriel's Chapel after Dawnguard ends regardless of the side chosen - as a punishment from Auriel, who can be VERY bitchy at times). Ok, rethinking it whil I'm writing, Vyrthur is the "easier" candidate, and you (and we all) would have the oppurtunity for "special shows" with  a whole group of Falmer (and Chaurus pets) as well as Death Hounds and/or Gargoyles all unter Vyrthur's control... who knows, he'd even like it...

 

Not entirely sure I follow, but having some random quests where a Dawnguard/Apocrypha "specialist" wants the player to do something involving those DLCs' creatures makes sense.

[tasairis]

2 hours ago, Violence6884 said:

Big sad that LE is not going to get this, it was like "Ooooh someone's finally bringing this back!" into "OOOOOH but no LE... ;_; OK..."... What an emotional roller coaster ;3 In any case then, GL and I hope you finish it. Too bad.

 

So far people have said it works in LE, except for NPC heads which I seem to keep breaking but hopefully not anymore starting with the patch that's landing later today, and I'm trying to keep it that way. But it's not official: "do so at your own risk", etc.

[killer905]

3 hours ago, Violence6884 said:

Big sad that LE is not going to get this, it was like "Ooooh someone's finally bringing this back!" into "OOOOOH but no LE... ;_; OK..."... What an emotional roller coaster ;3 In any case then, GL and I hope you finish it. Too bad.

Well, I can confirm that it works on the LE version only requires unpacking and repairing the heads, but after that it works fine. (At the moment)