ExodusTransonicMercury Posted March 7, 2021 Posted March 7, 2021 Hi! (sorry if some sentences don't make sense, English is not my first languages) After of a couple years of modding (mostly on LE), I've experienced a lot of mods, with their lots of issues (whether problems within mods, incompatibilities, bugs and errors from the mods, improper installations, leaning to use tools, overloading the game/my computer). But in the end, the problem lied a lot in the monotony of some DD/SL-related situations (not helped by Defeat, Sanguine+, DA, etc.), I kept going (along with more vanilla playing than before) in cycles of being locked, aroused, etc., unable to have a smooth dungeon clearing though being at some point OP by arousal buffs, then defeated by OP added NPCs (I'm not the best player, but at some point, even with a squad of followers, defeat was quick to come, obviously due to too much mods and bad MCM tailoring). Though tailoring settings, removing incompatible mods, fixing issues, the result was still not to my liking and/or forced to break immersion and return to earlier saves to avoid broken defeat/slavery/animations mechanics. As I'm gonna reinstall SSE on a better PC soon, I wanted to ask the community about my current load order, and if they knew other great mods (or simply better settings choices on mods mentioned here) that could be interesting. I aiming for a game smoother, but also a more lore-friendlyish yet skimpy. Rape, sex and slavery exists, as do more consensual relationships. Bikini Armor exist, but there's still a "realistic" feel to most of the world (see Conan/Hyborian Age): most people have real armor and clothes (maybe with models more fitting to summer) and don't go half-dressed, raping each others or wearing pink latex dresses, but the still interact together, comment on the people that does kinky stuff in public. Instead of adding more lore to Loverslab universe (quests, NPCs, shops), I want to expand the possibilities (murder, enslave, rape, restrain, in any order, then go grab a skooma and a wench) in a more vanilla lore, while expanding it close the canon (Beyond Skyrim, The Second Great War...), or in sword-and-sorcery and cosmic horror stuff (Enslaved Wenches, Here Be Monsters, From the Deeps...). Voice-acted mods are scarce so I wanted to removed some non-voiced mods (Sexlab Romance, part of Dibella's Sisterhood) and options (shopping and bondage dialogue for examples). Despite their toll on the engine (as far as I understand it), I'm unwilling to remove survival mods. Given my experience on slavery mods (Simple Slavery, Sanguine+...), I'll keep them away for the time being (given how they've behave and how I felt using them, I felt it buggy, repetitive, or game breaking). I also removed most "new lands" mods (old ones, bugged ones, less-lore-friendly ones, strictly dungeons ones) Here's my choice of mods (the lists aren't exhaustive but mostly limited to the ambiance/gameplay I'm looking for, there also a lot of sneak/thief/archery/assassin/bad choices/dodge and such/bigger cities mods I won't mention) SL/DD framework and animations: - Sexlab Framework - Sexlab Aroused (remove all or most of the stats buffs) - Devious Devices (little to no arousal buff - Animations for humanoid races (including falmers, minotaurs, draugr...) and some monsters (lurkers...) (-- I've been unable to turn Matti the Minotaur into a valid actor) - Sexlab Inflation Framework (possibly, I often found it exaggerated despite the MCM options) NPCs overhauls and followers (nothing too much, more about adding not a lot of : - Bijin NPCs, Warmaidens, Wives - Metalsaber's Mages, Elves, Orcs - Men of Winter - Sassy Teens of Skyrim (I'll have to have a closer look in-game) - Immersive Patrols*, Hold Riders, Diverse Skyrim - Relationship Dialogue Overhaul Immersion, interactions and survival: - Deviously Cursed Loot (minimal version setting in MCM): for the Rape, Solicitation, Public Indecency, Comment options. Cursed Loot is kept to a minimum (0,5%, only in ornate, 2 or 3 devices max), no Leo and Leah, less dialogues options, etc. (maybe try to remove too flashy colors of devices, if I managed to know what I'm doing). The combat surrender and sex demand options are handled by Defeat and Sexlab Sexlife) - Further Lover's Comfort, Spouses Enhanced (for more PC-NPC and NPC-NPC interactions) - Skyrim Reputation - Sexlab Fame, SLSF Fame Comments - Go To Sleep, Sleep Tight, Realistic Room Rental, Keep It Clean, Sleep to Level Up - Wintersun - Faiths of Skyrim - Burdens of Skyrim, possibly Pumping Iron - Simply Knock - Crime Overhaul, Suspicious City Guards (maybe check the settings for a smooth compatibility) - Sexlab Eager NPCs : this one is kind of a deviation from my idea, but I find quite fun the idea that the people of Skyrim would initiate orgies upon dragon slaying (it would almost be fun to have the scene teleported into the nearest inn or Jarl's longhouse to continue the revelings). Most other options would be disabled or tailored if possible (I add mixed impression as my first NPC interaction played pretty well , but others led to nowhere except always successfully bribing my way (with too much "speech" xp). - Beasts of Tamriel, Animallica and/or Skyrim Immersive Creatures* (BoT and SIC have bad rep in CTD incidents but allegedly, removing some mechanics, creatures and spawn solve it), along with Wild World. - Sexlab Sexlife : people have relationships (or rape each other)... - Sexlab Privacy : ...but rarely do it on the market place (I'll have to test it in a vanilla city, in Bruma it always teleported me to the beds/litters of the refugees camp outside of the walls, as Bruma is not in a separate worldspace). - a few survival/environmental mods: Frostfall, Hunterborn, Campfire, Realistic Needs and Diseases (and possibly Real Needs), Wet and Cold. I know survival mods are pretty "heavy", but I feel they're important to the ambiance. - Stress and Trauma (really great, with arousal effects less invasive) - Intoxication - Beeing Female (possibly, the buffs/debuffs, and the armors, whether or not they will equip, scale or clip, or if they're enough available modded armors make me hesitant, and it might have an excessive toll on the game's fluidity, I've experienced it only on Wartimes, A Daughter's Tale) (SL Survival was always on load order on LE but in the end, there is too much options and a lot notifications in disabled options, so I'll leave it away, but it's really a great mod otherwise as far as I'm concerned) Defeat and death: - Death Alternative (including Resurrection which is supposed to fix bugs from the core mod) - SL Defeat (but not the only nor main outcome) (sadly, the "put in a bag" option, which is great for various purposes, is often buggy for me. Armors: - Bikini armors mods - Topless Forsworn, Fur, Hide, Studded, Leather (with pauldron/amulet/etc.) - Keo's Skimpy (I kind of preferred the LE version) - Nord War UI armors (factions, legion, race, guards) - a lot of non-skimpy variants from Bruma (maybe I should try to make a simple modifier to add some bikini and skimpy armors combinations) - Bikini Mage (possibly Naked Mage as well) - Some Christine/Sunjeong conversions (Akavir Ren, Dragon Breaker, Forsworn Retribution, Imperial General, Troll Bone, etc.) (With possible tweaks in TESEdit to downgrade/upgrade, and also - True Armors - All Geared Up (but bikini, devices and sheathed weapons are seemingly competing for slots) New lands and quests, civil war: - Beyond Skyrim: Bruma (and other existing and future Beyond Skyrim mods) - From the Deeps - Buxom Wench Yuriana- and Captured Wenches Quests (and maybe others, but I have to check to avoid excessive additions of hostile wenches, especially if I chose to use - Here There Be Monsters (and other possible future add-ons/sequels - Civil War Overhaul* (Warzones would maybe be pushing it) - After The Civil War - The Second Great War *I really want to have Stormcloak giants, despite requiring pretty heavy or possibly straining mods. I also want actual giants, so I added Grandiose Giants and/or Giants Force of Nature (I'll have to verify how giants mods they interact on SE) So, I wanted to know if anyone had any advice on this kind of setup, or mods and tweaking to contribute to it. I also wanted to thanks all the authors of all mods mentioned here and others !
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.