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So, this took a while as I suddenly got freezes when I had werewolves in view (PBR?). So guess I'll have to redo parts of that group. First test point at

Diverse Werewolves Collection

Fluffworks compatibility - Moonlight Tales

I removed those and the freezes stopped (good I had a save just before an encounter). What worries me is the 'unknown' mod modifying them.

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Thorsten recommended to test those two mods

Elegant Werewolf Replacer

Elegant Hairwolf (Werewolf Fur)

There will be less diverse werwolves but the fur looks good in the screenshots. I hope this fixes the 'unknown' reference. 

 

 

Found a small incompability with the bench from 'Hearthfire Carriages'. A rock 'hides' parts of the bench. It can be easily removed but I gave it to Thorsten so he can report this to the author of 'Riverwood has Walls'. Less hassle for us if it gets changed in the mod itself.

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Faeries. I'm a bit torn as they remind me too much of Disney's Tinkerbell. 

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A little bit of background.

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The new PGPatcher get several changes. I'll test the options available (entering the path to MO2 stops PGPatcher from working).

Posted

@Aylis 

Sorry for not being very specific. I have activated HPH certain NPCs like bandit chiefs and carriage drivers have stretching textures coming off of their faces. It's also only male characters that it happens too.  

Posted (edited)

1. The pics are still not hidden.

2. Did you activate the HPH parts during the character creation?

3. Recheck the beards in your LO. I don't have this bug so I have to guess here.

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Collecting links

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Offset Movement Animation

The Wolven Widow - Elisif Overhaul

Pelts 'o' Plenty - Fur Pelt Gear

     REQUIRED for Hrongar's SPID

Pelts 'o' Plenty - Fix

Pelts 'o' Plenty - 3BA Preset

Pelts 'o' Plenty - Fluffy Fur Pelt Cloaks

Adventurers Tunic

     REQUIRED for Hrongar's SPID

Adventurers Tunic - 3BA Preset

Arcane Mage Armor

     REQUIRED for Ysolda's SPID

Arcane Mage Armor - HDT-SMP Patch

Champion of Arkay Armor

Champion of Arkay Armor - HDT-SMP

Champion of Arkay Armor - HDT-SMP 3BA Preset

Champion of Arkay Armor - HDT-SMP HIMBO Preset

Einherjr Armor

Einherjr Armor - Fixes

Einherjr Armor - Textures

Einherjr Armor - HDT-SMP Patch

Master Thief Armor

     The one with 3BA

Master Thief Armor - HIMBO Preset

Master Thief Armor - 3BA HDT-SMP Patch

Master Thief Armor - HIMBO HDT-SMP Patch

Penelope Outfit

Sand Snake Armor and Weapon

     This is a reminder for me. For use after an expansion of 'Beyond Skyrim' drops.

Wine Duchess

Wine Duchess - Meshes (Non-HS)

Wine Duchess - Textures

     They are further down

Gryphonknight Regalia

Wind Ruler Armor

     REQUIRED for Uthgerd Overhaul

Wind Ruler Armor - Fixes

Wind Ruler Armor - HDT-SMP Patch

Wind Ruler Armor - HDT-SMP 3BA Preset

Wind Ruler Armor - HDT-SMP HIMBO Preset

Banneredge

CCC - Dawnfang and Duskfang - No Forced Quest

Egil's Rapier

Imperial Pugios

Orc Hero Swords

Old Orc with Orc Hero Sword - SkyPatcher

Master Thief Armor - Thieves Guild Replacer

Wine Duchess - Vampire Royal Armor Replacer

SPID Hrongar Thane of Whiterun Viking Armor

SPID Penelope Outfit

SPID Uthgerd the Unbroken Viking Armor

SPID Ysolda Aspiring Merchant Viking Armor

Pelt Cloaks for Wet and Cold

     ONLY if you installed the 'Pelts 'o' Plenty'. 

Immersive Equipping Animations

Eating Animations and Sounds - First Person Patch

First Person Animations - For some mods

Dynamic Lowered Hoods

Helmet Toggle 2

PBR Divine Crusaders

PBR Wine Duchess

 

I decided not to use 'Maelstrom' and 'Shindara'. They were great mods at their time, but now? The companions you get with them got the same problem as 'Auri' and 'Mrissi'. As soon as the quest is finished they become like the 08/15 companions in the vanilla game. No awareness, no comments about locations. There's simply nothing there beyond said quest. 

Inigo, Lucien, Remiel and all the other good companion mods work way better than them and offer so much more.

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Posted

Can someone check if the light on the second floor of the dorm in the College of Winterhold is far too bright or it's just me ?

Posted (edited)

@Aylis I am the luckiest man alive, or the Elmlock armor SPID is still too much. Got 3 again in the same mine close to Riverwood. :D 

 

 

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Edited by Was1
Posted (edited)

@Was1

😊😶😀😁🤣

 

Time to play lottery (and share the numbers you pick)... I lowered it down from one in five to one in twenty.

 

Just to make sure. Drop this one in:

ElmlockSPID_DISTR.7z

Edited by Aylis
Posted (edited)

@Aylis @Was1

 

Wouldn't it be better to just adjust the level range of the npcs getting these armors instead? The code for level 25+ would look like this I think:

 

Outfit = 0x800~ElmlockSPID.esp|Bandittype|NONE|25/999|F|NONE|10
Outfit = 0x800~ElmlockSPID.esp|Bandittype|NONE|25/999|M|NONE|5

Outfit = 0x801~ElmlockSPID.esp|Bandittype|NONE|25/999|F|NONE|10
Outfit = 0x801~ElmlockSPID.esp|Bandittype|NONE|25/999|M|NONE|5

 

 

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Also, it looks like some mod authors think we do have too much free time. From the updated mods today, there are at least 2 that have diferent esp files now or one less and so on.

 

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Looks like the extended cut of Saints and Seducers does have some path issues. Made a bug report on the nexus site of the mod. If needed, I can make a temporary patch too, but for that kind of thing it would be better, if the mod author just fixes it in the next update.

Edited by YuFeng
Posted

@Was1

I have downloaded the patch but not installed it yet. So far everything seems to work fine.

 

@YuFeng

I have to see if your lines work when I add them to the SPID for a layered distribution.

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And now to something completely different:

 

Titan Quest 2

This one is a bit more old-school ARPG without the overly overdone visuals most 'modern' games have. That means you can actually see what is going on instead of having dozens of effects layered on each other. I got to say that I like it a lot more than 'Path of Exile 2'.

With its story based on greek mythology it is a refreshing change.

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Someone called for Sparta?

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VtM: Bloodlines 2

This one will be controversal. The RPG mechanics have been cut down a lot. You can get points to 'buy' new powers (and even ones from different clans) but thats it. The visuals are very good and what I've got storywise so far is also very good indeed. And the voice acting is great. 

So far I can recommend it if you like vampires in a modern setting. Just don't expect a direct sequel to 'VtM; Bloodlines', then you'll be disappointed.

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Welcome to Seattle

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Amazon Prime - Twitch games

Atm you can get two older Bethesda games ('Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition' and 'Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition') for free. So if you have gaps in your collection get them while they are available.

Posted (edited)

@Aylis

 

Okay, I looked through the werewolf section's esps in xedit and there are quite a few problems in there with each other, but also other mods like the monster facial animation or the face sculpture mod. That would require either one combined or several patches to get sorted out.

 

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okay, I admit that I was bored, so I made some new npc patches. This time the better vampire npc patches for the children of something npc overhauls since 3 of them did have at least one vampire inside of them. The fourth one had problems for Save the Icerunner, so there's a patch of that as well inside a bundle I called "Children of Tamriel NPC Patches"

 

Besides that, there also is a patch for Kagoutis and Guar as well, so the affected npcs there will use our installed overhauls properly. Works for the normal and soltheim only version since both have the same affected npcs only.

 

 

Children of Tamriel NPC Patches.7z Kagoutis and Guar NPC Patch.7z

 

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There is another problem. The Guards Armor Replacer - Guards Shields Reborn Patch isn't compatible with the GAR Dynamic Armor Variants Patch, since the later one replaces the esp of the main mod, resulting in quite a few errors - could not be resolved from the shield patch. The only fix possible if we want to keep both things would turn the shield patch into a dynamic armor variant one as well, but I'm not familiar with that stuff.

Edited by YuFeng
Posted (edited)

Can't type or change much atm. Struggling with the site again...

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Armors and weapons are complete. Added some SPID for armors and NPC.

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Ysolda with new look and clothing.

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Edited by Aylis
Posted (edited)

@Aylis

 

Ysolda looks nice like that. 

 

Besides that, the dynamic armor variant of GAR is incompatible with all patches for GAR we have it seems, so going for SPID instead might be a good idea there if possible.

 

Also, Serana Spell Selector has a very weird problem of a missing armor that mysteriously vanished from the esp file there. It was a gargoyle armor. There were 4 in total, all of them are referenced in there, but only 3 are actually there, so one must have been deleted during some update. Probably accidentally, so it caused an error - could not resolve there. Since the armor parts of the missing armor actually exist in the dawnstar meshes, I made a fixed esp with the armor back in and the reference linked to that, so now there shouldn't be any problems. Just overwrite the original esp with that.

 

Serana Spell Selector Fix.7z

 

It also needs a patch with the immortan Serana, but since there seem to be multiple esp options there, I don't think we can make one patch for everyone. So I guess that would be a patch they would need to do themselves, if they want to use the spell selector and the immortan version of Serana.

Edited by YuFeng
Posted (edited)

So far I'm looking to use SPID or Skypatcher for all armors that need them. Bonus: I can skip patches this way.

 

'Serana Spell Selector' is most likely going the way of the Dodo. Too many people had issues and if its hard to patch I'll better remove it. And even if it works here a half-way broken mod is of no use for us.

Edited by Aylis
Posted (edited)

Well an appearance patch isn't hard to make, and we could make multiple ones if needed. Will have to look at the results the installer will spit out with different options some more. Maybe the patch I made above will help with the other problems of that mod, since the only error it had was fixed there.

 

Also two days ago I was almost angered to death and now found a mod that can fix that. Might be a good addition since we now had that alternate start update and the two times in the race menu after the default char save...

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/96970

 

Also there's a pbr version for that new alternate start thingy:

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/162569

 

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Found something else. The patch between Odin and the reasonable priced spells (That feel like the modder used the great skill "I don't even know what I'm doing" when coming up with the price changes) is outdates and includes some books that Odin doesn't have anymore. It also is missing a few of Odin's books that came in during newer updates. We do need to replace that, but that's quite easy and I made it. Just hide the "Odin - More expensive spells.esp" (or don't install it) from the Reasonably Priced Spells install and use my patch instead.

 

 

Odin - Reasonably Priced Spells Patch.esp

 

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The mod author of the Shellbug Overhaul might think, that leftovers from the time it was part of a combined mod with some shri-something warriors would be harmless leftovers, but I'd rather have a mod without any errors, so I made a fix for that esp as well.

 

 

Shellbug Overhaul - ESP Fix.7z

 

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Another of his mods has an error in the optional file. Even went unnoticed for so long. One of the patrol packages still references a marker from tamriel, but that's gone from the soltheim only version obviously. I just picked a free marker from soltheim and while it would make sense that it works properly, it would be good to check if the patrols spawn properly and behave like that should. Well it can't be worse than before at least....

 

 

Kagoutis and Guars - Only in Soltheim Fix.7z

 

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I made the patch between Serana Spell Selector and IMMORTAN Serana now including the usseep changes for Valeria. My first time making a FOMOD. It works. Wow. 

Serana Spell Selector - IMMORTAN Serana Patch.7z

Edited by YuFeng
Posted

Somethings wrong with the 'Blue Palace' working on a fix...

 

So far it looks to be 'JKs Blue Palace'.

Posted
52 minutes ago, Aylis said:

Somethings wrong with the 'Blue Palace' working on a fix...

 

So far it looks to be 'JKs Blue Palace'.

What's the problem with that? Besides one misplaced book because of Better Vampires I didn't find anything on the first quick look.

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On 10/26/2025 at 10:03 AM, YuFeng said:

What's the problem with that? Besides one misplaced book because of Better Vampires I didn't find anything on the first quick look.

Too many things at the same time. I got CTD pointing at two of its patches, then it was 'better Harvesting', and now the game complains about the ownership of plants in it.

 

I downloaded a fresh version and installed that. Didn't work. A completely new character didn't help either. Tried 'Palace Gardens' and the combo patch to rework the ownership, ended in a total mess (version related?). Removed all mods changing anything else in the palace, still crashing.

 

Removing JKs palace (and its patches) allowed me to enter the palace again.

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Tried several replacer now. The blue palace seems to have developed issues. Not a single replacer without a different problem. Either it was the plants or issues with items from the Creation Club. Worst thing is that you fix one thing and another one breaks.

 

The good thing is that I accidently found a new replacer for the children. 'RS-Children' is quite old and has hidden issues. 'The new kids' got clipping hair and sandals in snowy areas. SkyChild is new, looks realistic and I found new patches for it. From what I've seen it seems like everyone is switching to it.

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There will be an update tomorrow. Primarily fixing the palace and removing mods that might cause issues. I'll also be adding some new replacer, an alternative for Solitude and the docks (finally got that working) and the new mods for the children. 

 

Preparation

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JK's Blue Palace

Khajiit Has Wares - A Caravan Camp Overhaul

Khajiit Has Wares - Jar Replacement

RS Children Overhaul

RS Children Patch Compendium

RS Children - Clothing Fix

College of Winterhold - RS Children Patch

The new kids - Skyrim children replacer

CCC - RS Children Overhaul Patch

CCC - Farming - Tweaks Enhancements and Quest Expansion - RS Children

Khajiit Has Wares - Caravan Mules Patch

Environs - Abandoned Abodes - Patch Collection

Serana Spell Selector

KHW - Embers XD Patch

KHW - Peltapalooza Patch

Khajiit Has Many Things

Caves - PBR - Snow AO Fix

 

Subgroup: Solitude

Option 1

Option 2

Grand Solitude - The Walls of High King Erling

Solitude Docks

     INCOMPATIBLE with 'Redbag's Solitude'.

     This is to be used in combination with 'Option 2' for Solitude.

SkyChild

SkyChild - Long-Sleeved Clothes

SkyChild - Dagny's Hairband Fix

SkyChild - College Of Winterhold Expansion Patch

SkyChild - Grand Solitude Patch

     Only if you selected 'Option 2' for Solitude.

SkyChild - Solitude Docks Patch

     Only if you selected 'Option 2' for Solitude.

SkyChild - The Gray Cowl Returns

SkyChild - Some More Patches

Ysolda Overhaul

     Version 2 (Short hair) is REQUIRED for the patch.

Ysolda Overhaul - Skypatcher

Followers

Free Housecarls

Hidden Blade - Delphine Overhaul

Lydia of Whiterun                                                                                                                     < Requires instructions

     Do NOT use the custom body.

Unbound Unbent Unbroken - Uthgerd Overhaul

Unbound Unbent Unbroken - Armor Fix

     I recommend to keep it separate.

Unbroken's Body - Bodyslide Preset

     ONLY if you use the replacer

Grand Solitude - Patch Collection

     Only if you selected 'Option 2' for Solitude.

Restored Whiterun Defences

PBR Alternate Start Reborn

PBR Alternate Start Reborn - True Light Patch

 

Edited by Aylis
Posted (edited)

Update to 3.0.8

What I intended as a hotfix for the 'Blue Palace' and the children mods became a fullblown update. A lot of bugfixes (thanks to @YuFeng) and upgrades to NPC, followers and (new) companions.

 

Had to move 'Alternate Start' (and addons). Otherwise it would have become really messy. I also had to remove 'Guards Dialog Overhaul' as the required changes would also create a mess. 

 

Mods to REMOVE

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World - Locations [Interior]

Blue Palace                                                                                                                                Suddenly broken

 

World - Locations [Exterior Skyrim]

Khajiit Has Wares - A Caravan Camp Overhaul                                                                      Can cause landscape issues.

Khajiit Has Wares - Jar Replacement

 

NPC

RS Children Overhaul                                                                                                               Got something better

RS Children Patch Compendium

RS Children - Clothing Fix

College of Winterhold - RS Children Patch

CCC - RS Children Overhaul Patch

The new kids - Skyrim children replacer                                                                                Some logic bugs and clipping

 

Fauna - Animals

Khajiit Has Wares - Caravan Mules Patch

 

Gameplay - Vampires

Serana Spell Selector                                                                                                               Might cause issues

 

Gameplay - Werewolves

Diverse Werewolves Collection                                                                                               Caused freezes

Fluffworks compatibility - Moonlight Tales

 

Sound - Characters

Guard Dialogue Overhaul

Guard Dialogue Overhaul MCM

Guards Dialogue Overhaul and Gender Fix

 

Patches CCC

CCC - Farming - Tweaks Enhancements and Quest Expansion - RS Children

 

Patches

Environs - Abandoned Abodes - Patch Collection                                                                Had only a patch for 'RS Children'.

Khajiit Has Many Things

Sons of Skyrim - More Patches

 

PBR (Physical Based Rendering)

Caves - PBR - Snow AO Fix                                                                                                      Got integrated

 

Mods to ADD

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SKSE

SOS Voice Pack

 

World - Locations [Exterior Cities]

Subgroup: Solitude

Option 1

Option 2

Grand Solitude - The Walls of High King Erling                                                                 Powerhungry but beautiful,

 

World - Locations [Exterior Skyrim]

Fort Dawnguard Roofs

Fort Dawnguard Roofs - JK Patch

Solitude Docks                                                                                                                      Very nice expansion

 

World - Quests

Save the Icerunner - Lights Out Alternate Routes                                                            Moved from 'Gameplay - Foundation'.

Alternate Start - Live another Live                                                                                     Moved from 'Bugfixes'.

Alternate Start Voiced

Alternate Start Race Menu Activator

Alternate Start Reborn

Alternate Start Reborn - Textures

Alternate Start Reborn - More Spells

Alternate Start Reborn - Music

Alternate Start Reborn - Lights

Alternate Start Reborn - Race Menu Activator

KSHair For Alternate Start

 

World - Locations [Housing]

ColdSun's Visions - Asset Pack                                                                                            Moved from 'NPC'.

Order of Aetherius                                                                                                               Tucked away with some inhabitants

The Iceheart Mill

The Iceheart Mill - Landscape Fixes for Grass Mods

 

NPC

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul (RDO)

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul (RDO) - Update and MCM

Relationship Dialogue Overhaul (RDO) - NPC Overhaul

AI Overhaul - RDO Updated Patch

Project ja-Kha'jay - Relationship Dialogue Overhaul Addon

High Poly NPC Overhaul - Alternate Start Live Another Life (ASLAL)                            Moved from 'Bugfixes'.

SkyChild                                                                                                                                Bestlooking replacer 

SkyChild - Long-Sleeved Clothes

SkyChild - Dagny's Hairband Fix

SkyChild - College Of Winterhold Expansion Patch

SkyChild - Grand Solitude Patch

SkyChild - Solitude Docks Patch

SkyChild - The Gray Cowl Returns

SkyChild - Some More Patches

Ysolda Overhaul

Ysolda Overhaul - Skypatcher

 

Followers

Free Housecarls                                                                                                                     No more just waiting for the Dragonborn

Lydia of Whiterun

Unbound Unbent Unbroken - Uthgerd Overhaul

Unbound Unbent Unbroken - Armor Fix

 

Companions

Heart of Ice - Astrid

The Iceheart Sisters

The Iceheart Sisters - NPC Comments and Banter Addon

 

Fauna - Animals

Kagoutis and Guar - NPC Patch (see 'Files')

Kagoutis and Guars - Only in Soltheim Fix (see 'Files')

 

Fauna - Creatures

Shellbug Overhaul - ESP Fix (see 'Files')

 

Gameplay - Anatomy

Heart of Ice - OBody Patch

Unbroken's Body - Bodyslide Preset                                                                                   This is a config, not a preset.

 

Gameplay - Magic

Odin - Reasonably Priced Spells Patch (see 'Files')

 

Sound - Characters

Evanora - RDO Patch

Improved Follower Dialogue - Lydia                                                                                   WTH was this missing?

Improved Follower Dialogue - Lydia - Lipsync Minor Fix

 

Sex Mods

Heart of Ice - Astrid - Sexlab Patch

Heart of Ice - Astrid - OStim Integration

 

Patches

3DNPC - AtlasMM - New Beginnings - Map Marker Patch (see 'Files')

Project Cougar - Tilma the (mildly less) Haggard                                                             Tilma is healed now...

Project Cougar - Tilma - AI Overhaul Patch

Grand Solitude - Patch Collection

Restored Whiterun Defences                                                                                              The mod I've been waiting for.

 

PBR (Physical Based Rendering)

PBR Alternate Start Reborn

PBR Alternate Start Reborn - True Light Patch

 

Integrated/Reuploaded Patches

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Kagoutis and Guar - NPC Patch

Kagoutis and Guars - Only in Soltheim Fix

Shellbug Overhaul - ESP Fix

Odin - Reasonably Priced Spells Patch

3DNPC - AtlasMM - New Beginnings - Map Marker Patch

 

Rechecking for missed mods Done

Adding instructions Done

Repacking and implementing patches Done

Reuploading patches Done

Last minute fixes Done

 

Edited by Aylis
  • Aylis changed the title to Skyrim AE for Beginners - V 3.0.8

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