Devious Devices NG

[Morgoth Bauglir]

Hi . I have an issue(?) where no of the gag apply the gaggged/muffle effect. Is it supposed to do it or am i missing something? is it a setting MCM? From what i tested only rhe zap devices apply the muffle effect (only accessible through the console). None of the crafted ones do

[ERROR333]

Items from mod are invisible and don't work.
I followed instructions: installed dependencies, built Bodyslide morphs, launched Nemesis, started a new game, and initiated Sexlab.
Saved and loaded the save file, and waited the required amount of time. Where did I make a mistake or what step did I miss? Bodyslide takes textures from Data folder, not root folder.

[CaptainJ03]

7 hours ago, ERROR333 said:

Items from mod are invisible and don't work.
I followed instructions: installed dependencies, built Bodyslide morphs, launched Nemesis, started a new game, and initiated Sexlab.

Did you also follow the instructions on Bodyslide and your mod manager?

Typical mistakes here are wrong output folder for BS, or the same nonsense with MO2 (at least what I heard, I'm using Vortex)

If other clothes you made with BS are visible, you did it right and I have no idea why DDs shouldn't work.

[ERROR333]

1 hour ago, CaptainJ03 said:

Вы также следовали инструкциям на сайте Bodyslide и в вашем менеджере модификаций?

Типичные ошибки здесь — неправильная папка для вывода BS или та же самая ерунда с MO2 (по крайней мере, так я слышал, я использую Vortex).

Если другая одежда, созданная вами с помощью BS, видна, значит, вы всё сделали правильно, и я понятия не имею, почему DD не должны работать.

The clothes created with Bodyslide are visible, and Vortex also works fine with other mods. I'll try reinstalling DD SE and DD NG again. Thanks for the help anyway!

[CaptainJ03]

1 hour ago, ERROR333 said:

The clothes created with Bodyslide are visible, and Vortex also works fine with other mods. I'll try reinstalling DD SE and DD NG again. Thanks for the help anyway!

Just an idea, as Vortex tends to be stupid: This mod comes with 4 esp's which all need to be activated. If you don't kick Vortex in the shins, it may activate only one or even none. You will see the Devices in Bodyslide, but not in the game.

[Fraying9981]

hi, using Devious Devices NG v0.4.2 with DD 5.2, I'm not getting the plug animations = NPCs don't animate when their plugs are active. 

How can i diagnose this?

 

basically:

• i never see the NPCs run the animations by themselves despite having plugs
• when i use the spells to trigger, i can hear the sounds and a notification, but the target stays still

Edited June 25 by Fraying9981

[Siudhne]

On 3/9/2026 at 10:03 AM, shrtjsrtj said:

Having some issues with contraptions, NPC work and all the mechanics for me work but when I get in, the device disappears and I just stand there. It used to work and if I start a new game it works, but at some point along this save I broke it.

 

Is there any way to recover from this?

Same here, it worked before, then suddenly they turn invisible when entering them. Have you found the culprit? Maybe I updated a mod or something...

 

Edit: It's definitely a save issue. Not long ago (luckily) it's still working. Then, not having changed anything in particular, it's broken on a later save. Oh well, will just revert to the earlier save, but something to keep an eye on I suppose...

Edited June 26 by Siudhne

[shrtjsrtj]

10 hours ago, Siudhne said:

Same here, it worked before, then suddenly they turn invisible when entering them. Have you found the culprit? Maybe I updated a mod or something...

 

Edit: It's definitely a save issue. Not long ago (luckily) it's still working. Then, not having changed anything in particular, it's broken on a later save. Oh well, will just revert to the earlier save, but something to keep an eye on I suppose...

Never found a fix but the contraptions would eventually show up if I waited for a while, I think maybe a minute or two? No idea what caused the lag and that was many saves ago so I can't go back to test.

[UntitIed]

On 6/24/2026 at 11:33 PM, CaptainJ03 said:

Did you also follow the instructions on Bodyslide and your mod manager?

Typical mistakes here are wrong output folder for BS, or the same nonsense with MO2 (at least what I heard, I'm using Vortex)

If other clothes you made with BS are visible, you did it right and I have no idea why DDs shouldn't work.

I have the same issue but it turns out you need to drop DD items and equip them manually. Is it supposed to be like this ? 
I want to view items in screen archer menu but cant do that 😕

[CaptainJ03]

1 hour ago, UntitIed said:

I have the same issue but it turns out you need to drop DD items and equip them manually. Is it supposed to be like this ? 
I want to view items in screen archer menu but cant do that 😕

You should be able to put on the DDs from your inventory. It's not possible (due to all the scripts involved) to equip them from some container using Shift-E

This mod is but a framework, it doesn't do much (anything at all?) on its own.

 

I have no idea what screen archer is (Nexus links to some external site i definitely won't visit) so I can't help you there. Use QUI to get stuff from mods as if the mods were containers.

 

[UntitIed]

12 minutes ago, CaptainJ03 said:

You should be able to put on the DDs from your inventory. It's not possible (due to all the scripts involved) to equip them from some container using Shift-E

This mod is but a framework, it doesn't do much (anything at all?) on its own.

 

I have no idea what screen archer is (Nexus links to some external site i definitely won't visit) so I can't help you there. Use QUI to get stuff from mods as if the mods were containers.

 

That makes sense. Screen archer menu does not behave like a container. It force equips items like using console commands. There should be a debug option to enable restrictionless equiping. 

Do you know what mods to pair with DD since it is a framework ?

[CaptainJ03]

2 hours ago, UntitIed said:

Do you know what mods to pair with DD since it is a framework ?

The classic choice would have been Deviously Cursed Loot (DCL) but that's very intrusive, changes a lot of vanilla dialogue options and hasn't been maintained for some years.

These days I use Devious Curses NG (which has just been updated yesterday)

Then here's Devious Lore (linking to that comment becuase you need the no-underscore ESP on SE/AE) which gives you a reason to voluntarily wear Devious Devices.

 

And of course ther's a lot more. There had been a 'Devious Skyrim' thread, but I can't find the link and it has been dead for years now.

 

[RobinRouche]

Hi,

I've run into a strange problem with Devious Devices NG and I can't figure out how to fix it.

Most Devious Devices become invisible when equipped.

The following devices are visible: Collars, Gags, Plugs, Genital piercings

Everything else is invisible, including belts, bras, cuffs, harnesses, etc.

Some items, such as the Catsuit, make the entire character's body invisible when equipped.

The devices are definitely being equipped:

Their effects work correctly.

They appear as equipped in the inventory.

I built all Devious Devices in BodySlide for 3BA, and I'm using the 3BA body.

Has anyone encountered this issue before or knows what could be causing it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

[Taki17]

8 hours ago, RobinRouche said:

Most Devious Devices become invisible when equipped.

...

I built all Devious Devices in BodySlide for 3BA, and I'm using the 3BA body.

You evidently haven't or the Bodyslide output is not in the correct folder or not active in the mod manager or something like that, because your issue is textbook missing unbuilt meshes.

[NuclearDevice]

Hi everyone, I have Pandora+ installed. Could this be because the behavior engine isn't seeing DD in the mod list?

[CaptainJ03]

8 hours ago, NuclearDevice said:

Hi everyone, I have Pandora+ installed. Could this be because the behavior engine isn't seeing DD in the mod list?

Sory, we don't know the reason why you installed Pandora+, you'd need a mentalist to learn that...

I can confirm that this mod works with Pandora. If you heed the instructions.

[RobinRouche]

On 7/6/2026 at 10:03 AM, Taki17 said:

You evidently haven't or the Bodyslide output is not in the correct folder or not active in the mod manager or something like that, because your issue is textbook missing unbuilt meshes.

Thank you! That was exactly the problem.

 

BodySlide was generating the meshes into a separate folder that MO2 wasn't actually using, so the game never loaded the newly built meshes. I moved the generated files into Overwrite (and I'll create a proper BodySlide Output mod), and now all the devices are displaying correctly.

 

I really appreciate your help!

[ponygirl4456]

Excuse me,why do I keep running into this problem? Whenever I put on the device and try to wriggle out of it, this message pops up, now I can’t take off any of the devices—even keys, also get stuck in this part. 

[ponygirl4456]

14 minutes ago, ponygirl4456 said:

Excuse me,why do I keep running into this problem? Whenever I put on the device and try to wriggle out of it, this message pops up, now I can’t take off any of the devices—even keys, also get stuck in this part. 

By the way, since the DD NG version in the bundle I downloaded from the internet was pretty old, I downloaded version 0.42, unchecked the old version, and checked version 0.42—which is when this problem occurred. After testing, I found that if I switch back to the old version, it works fine, but switching to 0.42 causes this problem. I don’t understand where exactly the problem lies.

[AlebreQue]

I have skyui and have different outfits setup on the quick menu hotkeys.  Using them breaks something with locked devices making them removable.  Just wondering if there's a fix?

[CaptainJ03]

9 hours ago, AlebreQue said:

I have skyui and have different outfits setup on the quick menu hotkeys.  Using them breaks something with locked devices making them removable.  Just wondering if there's a fix?

Yes. Don't use hotkeys.

[deadnstorage]

I tried searching this and the SE thread but couldn't find anything. I use Improved camera for fpov and none of the blindfold screen effects carry over into SL scenes. Improved camera switches to "Scripted" first person I guess when a SL scene starts. Is there any way to make the blindfold effects apply to this camera state also?

[TheDest1ny]

Hi, any idea why the genital piercings suddenly stopped working? Everything was working fine and I did some adjustments to my mod list just for combat mods and all of a sudden genital piercings became invisible, also there seems to be something broken with the script because they also don't lock properly and you can simply unequip them plus the debug function of the  cursed loot mod also has trouble with them because when it tries to equip a full device set on me it simply can't do piercings and then stops equipping the rest of the set. I've tried running bodyslide again and with a different output folder and installing the output like a proper mod, I've tried starting a new game, I've ran pandora plus again. Really weird overall...

 

Edit: Figured it out, it was the Papyrus Tweaks NG mod causing it, removing it and starting a new game fixes everything.

 

Edit 2: Actually it's the 3BA mod, there is an option in its MCM in the player slot menu that says it's Devious Devices compatible. Apparently by default it takes the piercing slot and makes the DD script freak out. 

Edited July 19 by TheDest1ny
Found solution

[CaptainJ03]

56 minutes ago, TheDest1ny said:

Everything was working fine and I did some adjustments to my mod list just for combat mods and all of a sudden (...)

Did you start a new game?

If not, do it. Changing the LO mid-game is a recipe for diaster.

If you did, make sure to adjust your LO not only for the combat mods but also for the DDs. Your mod manager should help you with this.

[TheDest1ny]

14 minutes ago, CaptainJ03 said:

Did you start a new game?

If not, do it. Changing the LO mid-game is a recipe for diaster.

If you did, make sure to adjust your LO not only for the combat mods but also for the DDs. Your mod manager should help you with this.

I've tried it, the same thing happens. I removed everything sexlab related including the DD stuff and I'll reinstall cleanly again because I noticed that my LO had become bloated with things I didn't really care about. Do you have any recommendations on the most lightweight LO possible for DD? The only thing I like is the chance to trigger DDs when looting and then someway to remove them.  I don't care about quests/new locations/sexlab animations with sex or whatever.