Laura's Bondage Shop Character Makeovers

[BreadDain]

1 minute ago, aurreth said:

Ok, try this.  Load one in the CK, set it as the active file, but before you hit OK to load everything make sure High Poly Heads are checked.  Let's make sure that the heads are getting loaded correctly.

It loads automatically because it is a dependency. I've already written what was the problem, game doesn't want to read facegeometry from your mods and reads one that is provided with LBS, original geometry BUT your plugins re-define face parts and this causes black face. I am 100% sure I've loaded both your plugin and assets after LBS, and I am 100% they are not getting overwritten by Overwrite in Mo2. Renaming your mod folders to make them actually overwrite LBS fixed the issue.

[aurreth]

21 minutes ago, BreadDain said:

It loads automatically because it is a dependency. I've already written what was the problem, game doesn't want to read facegeometry from your mods and reads one that is provided with LBS, original geometry BUT your plugins re-define face parts and this causes black face. I am 100% sure I've loaded both your plugin and assets after LBS, and I am 100% they are not getting overwritten by Overwrite in Mo2. Renaming your mod folders to make them actually overwrite LBS fixed the issue.

 

Ah.  So FaceGeom/LBS - Makeover.esp/ to FaceGeom/LBS.esp?  And the texture ones too of course.

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by aurreth

[BreadDain]

6 minutes ago, aurreth said:

 

Ah.  So FaceGeom/LBS - Makeover.esp/ to FaceGeom/LBS.esp?  And the texture ones too of course.

 

FaceGeom - yes, didn't rename textures.

[aurreth]

13 minutes ago, BreadDain said:

FaceGeom - yes, didn't rename textures.

 

Prolly should do both.  kk, got fixed versions going up in a minute.  Thanks for catching that.

 

Ok, those should work properly.  Hopefully.  Please?   

Edited January 3, 2022 by aurreth

[aurreth]

Part of the problem with getting these things packaged right for other people to use is that my version of Laura's Bondage Shop doesn't look anything like the stock one.  I have a number of experimental changes and additions, so sometimes it can be difficult to sort out which files belong where.  It doesn't help that I'm mostly used to modding large structures such as Vaults in Fallout 4, so I'm not 100% on the file structures for NPCs.

 

So, I appreciate all the help getting these things straight.  If anything else is broken please let me know and I'll do my best to get it fixed in a timely manner.

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by aurreth

[BreadDain]

3 hours ago, aurreth said:

 

Prolly should do both.  kk, got fixed versions going up in a minute.  Thanks for catching that.

 

Ok, those should work properly.  Hopefully.  Please?   

Yes it works perfectly now

[N.Gamma]

Thanks for doing this makeover, the NPCs really needed it.
But could you please also create versions that have other hair mods as a prerequisite? Something like KS Hair or SG Hair.

[aurreth]

2 hours ago, N.Gamma said:

Thanks for doing this makeover, the NPCs really needed it.
But could you please also create versions that have other hair mods as a prerequisite? Something like KS Hair or SG Hair.

 

I chose a common hair mod that has styles I liked for the characters, and I really don't want to spend another hour per character flipping through hairstyles from another mod. ? 

 

Hair is honestly the most time-consuming part of this kind of mod, because soooo many hair mods consist of bloated iterations of exactly the same thing, differentiated only by things like the color of the hair band.  Hair is easy to change, but it takes forever.

 

[aurreth]

I'm finding an issue when using AE and DD 5.2 beta 4, where you can't talk to Laura when she's leaning on the shop counter.  It's not that you can't talk to her period, but something about her positioning makes you wait until she stands up and takes a step back.  I suspect this is a DD5.2 beta issue, but of course can't confirm that until the next DD beta or 5.2 release is out.

 

It's mildly irritating, so until something changes I'd recommend not using the Laura makeover if you are using 1.6.353.

 

[special]

On 1/29/2022 at 11:59 PM, aurreth said:

I'm finding an issue when using AE and DD 5.2 beta 4, where you can't talk to Laura when she's leaning on the shop counter.  It's not that you can't talk to her period, but something about her positioning makes you wait until she stands up and takes a step back.  I suspect this is a DD5.2 beta issue, but of course can't confirm that until the next DD beta or 5.2 release is out.

 

It's mildly irritating, so until something changes I'd recommend not using the Laura makeover if you are using 1.6.353.

 

I get this issue also but I can live with it for now, no other issues so far with textures etc.  I am using the latest AE install and DD 5.2 Beta4.

@aurreth, are you planning to expand the makeovers to other NPC's from this mod?  If so, may I request Jade be next?

thanks

[aurreth]

2 hours ago, special said:

@aurreth, are you planning to expand the makeovers to other NPC's from this mod?  If so, may I request Jade be next?

 

I've actually thought about Jade, but I'm waiting to see how prominent she is in the next installment.  In general I don't consider it worth the effort for an NPC you only see once or twice.  I'd also have to hunt down the outfit changes for her, and the way LBS is constructed the Nightingale outfit she wears in Embershard might be buried in the main quest script, which I don't want to touch.

 

[Delzaron]

too bad that mod was never finished.... it's a nice one !

[aurreth]

8 hours ago, Delzaron said:

too bad that mod was never finished.... it's a nice one !

 

Never finished?  The next chapter is under active development.  No one talks about it because it just ends up filling up the forums with people asking when it will be released.

Edited December 25, 2022 by aurreth

[Delzaron]

3 hours ago, aurreth said:

 

Never finished?  The next chapter is under active development.  No one talks about it because filling it just ends up filling up the forums with people asking when it will be released.

 

I didn't knew. That's a good new!

[aurreth]

1 minute ago, Delzaron said:

 

I didn't knew. That's a good new!

 

Only a dozen or so do, the ones who do the testing and provide editorial input.  It's probably still a couple months out, but there has been definite progress.

 

The next release wraps up the current story line.  @Laura will probably take a long break afterwards, but I know she has a few ideas for some more light-hearted content in the future.

 

[SobervaLL]

Nice one but in my opinion it would be better to have 1 esp not 3 or at least create all in one version. Most of people would go for that anyway.

[aurreth]

19 minutes ago, Xaxaks said:

Nice one but in my opinion it would be better to have 1 esp not 3 or at least create all in one version. Most of people would go for that anyway.

 

I wanted people to be able to pick and choose.  I always hate it when I see one thing from a mod I want to use but to do that I'd end up with a dozen questionable choices.  Should be an easy merge though, none of them conflict with the others.

[Miauzi]

Thanks for this character makeover.

I just installed it as a trial and intend to use it for my illustrated blog story.

 

Spoiler

 

 

[luMMG]

Somehow this mod doesn't work for me, all required mods are installed.

[Miauzi]

Vor 4 Minuten sagte luMMG:

Irgendwie funktioniert dieser Mod bei mir nicht, alle benötigten Mods sind installiert.

 

Does the basic mod - "Laura's Bondage Shop" - even work?

[luMMG]

5 hours ago, Miauzi said:

 

Does the basic mod - "Laura's Bondage Shop" - even work?

Yes it works. This mod changes Laura's hairstyle but it doesn't match the picture and the face is not applied correctly.

[Miauzi]

22 minutes ago, luMMG said:

Ja, es funktioniert. Dieser Mod ändert Lauras Frisur, passt aber nicht zum Bild und das Gesicht wird nicht korrekt angewendet.

 

No face is applied correctly - but you didn't even mention which Skyrim version (LE - SE - AE) you have installed... or if you have a facial enhancement like "Botox" (or similar) installed.

 

[luMMG]

19 minutes ago, Miauzi said:

 

No face is applied correctly - but you didn't even mention which Skyrim version (LE - SE - AE) you have installed... or if you have a facial enhancement like "Botox" (or similar) installed.

 

AE version, I use Expressive Facegen Morphs, tried to disable it, still not work after that.

[LFQ]

Can someone tell me why my Secure Steel Chastity Belt does not appear when equipped, but the Steel Chastity Belt shows up normally? all items with “Secure” in the name fail to display.   I checked, and the “Secure” ones come from the DDNG mod.