Adventures with Balazar (Balazar's Bitch) - Beta

[Gristle]

I just updated a revised version of the mod - v0.91b. This should address the issues reported to date. 

 

If you completed the first version of the mod (Parts I and II) and dismissed Balazar, you can get him back by obtaining a summon spell from a Mythic Dawn member in Dawnstar. However, continuing the quest in this manner is untested. You won't get some adjustments to the Balazar actors. I think all the scripts will update, but you can check that by traveling in and out of cities and towns. If Balazar changes forms appropriately, then they're probably fine. 

 

Better would be to load a save before the end of Part II (the end of the first version of the mod), so you can start Part III as intended. However, this will also not update all changes to the Balazar actors. So, best would be a new save. Any reports on issues with continuing the mod would be appreciated. The good news is that I have set it up so that future quest extensions can be added on existing saves.

 

Also, the ZaZ permissions allow me to use the ZaZ resources with credit, so I have included a collar asset. ZaZ not required. If you have ZaZ, your mod manager will report a conflict with ZaZ because of the identical assets. I would let ZaZ overwrite. Please let me know if you have any mesh or texture issues with the collar.

 

Finally, this version does introduce some new gameplay elements, but it is not a quest extension. The "Part III" that this mod creates is a framework for quest extensions.

 

[MereFJ]

oooh, new content!  already went back to end of Part 2 and installed this. Liking the revised dialogue and the additional quests to come.  So far questing with Balazar is going well; we'll see how it goes when I visit a city.  I like that the girl from the mines thinks Balazar is just an impressive warrior, works well with my npc overhaul that removed horns from the dremoras. So much potential here!  I hope you stay interested and keep adding little bits to this mod (like the author did with Troubles of Heroine).  Would love to see Balazar contributing to the Molag Bal, Hermaeous Mora and Sanguine quests in some way.  He's from Oblivion so thinking they all know each other? But maybe that's asking too much; I'm just such a fan of dremora companions is all.

[foreveraloneguy]

Liking this mod. Played it through twice so far, and for a longish quest mod, it's about the smoothest one I've played. I'll save 0.91b for my next playthrough as I'd like to see the changes.

 

Suggestion for a future version: after completing the final part of the quest, make the temple a player home, or even have Balazaar tell the player that he's making the old worshiper temple his home and invite the player to stay whenever they'd like with the same option to have Balazaar continue as a follower.

[Gristle]

5 hours ago, MereFJ said:

oooh, new content!  already went back to end of Part 2 and installed this. Liking the revised dialogue and the additional quests to come.  So far questing with Balazar is going well; we'll see how it goes when I visit a city.  I like that the girl from the mines thinks Balazar is just an impressive warrior, works well with my npc overhaul that removed horns from the dremoras. So much potential here!  I hope you stay interested and keep adding little bits to this mod (like the author did with Troubles of Heroine).  Would love to see Balazar contributing to the Molag Bal, Hermaeous Mora and Sanguine quests in some way.  He's from Oblivion so thinking they all know each other? But maybe that's asking too much; I'm just such a fan of dremora companions is all.

Not a lot of new content in this version, but it sets up the next quests so they won't have issues starting mid-game and it does add some new gameplay elements, like Balazar-guard fights, punishments, expanded sex options with Balazar, and the ability to solicit sex from dogs and horses. It looks like an adventure in Riften will be next. The next set of quests will be initiated with the Jarls, but one could easily involve another competing (or cooperating) daedric faction.  Also, eventually he'll have an option to change into an outfit less conspicuous than his daedric armor. Also, I hope to use new NPCs like the new Mythic Dawn woman and the freed woman captive in later adventures.

 

[Gristle]

3 hours ago, foreveraloneguy said:

Liking this mod. Played it through twice so far, and for a longish quest mod, it's about the smoothest one I've played. I'll save 0.91b for my next playthrough as I'd like to see the changes.

 

Suggestion for a future version: after completing the final part of the quest, make the temple a player home, or even have Balazaar tell the player that he's making the old worshiper temple his home and invite the player to stay whenever they'd like with the same option to have Balazaar continue as a follower.

Sounds good. Making the temple a player home is fine and easy enough, but it's a bit inconvenient  -- a long walk out through the ruins and the mine.  I suppose I could enable fast travel from the location, but that's a bit of a cheat. Also, Balazar probably has grander visions, like taking over one of the Jarl's thrones as his own.

[Gristle]

5 hours ago, MereFJ said:

oooh, new content!  already went back to end of Part 2 and installed this. Liking the revised dialogue and the additional quests to come.  So far questing with Balazar is going well; we'll see how it goes when I visit a city.  I like that the girl from the mines thinks Balazar is just an impressive warrior, works well with my npc overhaul that removed horns from the dremoras. So much potential here!  I hope you stay interested and keep adding little bits to this mod (like the author did with Troubles of Heroine).  Would love to see Balazar contributing to the Molag Bal, Hermaeous Mora and Sanguine quests in some way.  He's from Oblivion so thinking they all know each other? But maybe that's asking too much; I'm just such a fan of dremora companions is all.

Also, any mesh or texture issues with the collar? It's a ZaZ asset so I'm not 100% certain if I set it up right (i.e., so it works without ZaZ). I tried to disable ZaZ in my game to test, but my Skyrim didn't like that -- my saves would no longer load once I removed ZaZ (it's a dependency of a lot of my mods).

Edited November 21, 2023 by Gristle

[bubba999]

Just dropped in to say this is really awesome.  Great work!

[Skelletoncz]

I have now finished version 0.91b on Skyrim LE. The new game, from the introduction to the start of the third task, ran on my computer without any problems. I'm just a player. I have no modding experience. I look forward to the next step. Thank you for your work on this mod.

Edited November 21, 2023 by Skelletoncz

[Doctor_Womble]

Just finished what was available. Great work, especially the first chapter. The priestess of whiterun especially.

 

Will we have the option to keep Balazar in his dog form? Came for the amazing beast content!

[rilieAP]

Wanted to drop in and say the quest is pretty awesome, done through part 2.  So far I've had just 1 issue.  I can't lay down in a bed and sleep, it's possibly conflicting with the sleep mod "Go To Bed". 

 

I went back and tested before the quest and right when I start it.  I went to my house in Riften and sleep with no issues.  I started the quest in the temple and went back to the house and when I activate the bed to sleep, I lay down then get right back up.  Zero chance to actually sleep.  Could be the mod mentioned or the sleep animations, but regardless at least for me it breaks sleeping.  I finished part 2, asked to pause to get the collar off and still can't sleep.  Let me know if there is anything you need from me to debug.

[Gristle]

2 minutes ago, Doctor_Womble said:

Just finished what was available. Great work, especially the first chapter. The priestess of whiterun especially.

 

Will we have the option to keep Balazar in his dog form? Came for the amazing beast content!

Thanks. In the current version, there's dialogue (after the end of the second part of the quest) to ask Balazar to stay in dog form (but he will still change form from time to time as needed for the quest going forward).

[Gristle]

4 minutes ago, RileyAP said:

Wanted to drop in and say the quest is pretty awesome, done through part 2.  So far I've had just 1 issue.  I can't lay down in a bed and sleep, it's possibly conflicting with the sleep mod "Go To Bed". 

 

I went back and tested before the quest and right when I start it.  I went to my house in Riften and sleep with no issues.  I started the quest in the temple and went back to the house and when I activate the bed to sleep, I lay down then get right back up.  Zero chance to actually sleep.  Could be the mod mentioned or the sleep animations, but regardless at least for me it breaks sleeping.  I finished part 2, asked to pause to get the collar off and still can't sleep.  Let me know if there is anything you need from me to debug.

Wow. That is puzzling. I'm not aware of anything in this mod that would affect sleep. Could you temporarily disable the Go To Bed mod just to confirm that the conflict is with that mod?

[rilieAP]

1 hour ago, Gristle said:

Wow. That is puzzling. I'm not aware of anything in this mod that would affect sleep. Could you temporarily disable the Go To Bed mod just to confirm that the conflict is with that mod?

Yes, going to play around with it to see if I can isolate which of the literally thousands of mods it is.  Since it's sleep related I'm guessing that mod or the animations, but really not 100% sure yet.  I might not get it figured out, but will keep you informed as to what I find.

 

Edit - That didn't take long, it's Go to Bed.  With the mod off you no longer do an animation to get into bed and it allows you to just non-interactively sleep like vanilla.  I'll play around with xEdit and look around to see what I find.

Edited November 21, 2023 by RileyAP

[Gonzeh]

What am I missing here? On the quest to goto Dawnstar but when I get near the area I get electrocuted...

 

EDIT: Didn't realise my character had to be naked to enter towns with the collar on. Silly me

Edited November 21, 2023 by Gonzeh
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[rilieAP]

4 hours ago, RileyAP said:

Wow. That is puzzling. I'm not aware of anything in this mod that would affect sleep. Could you temporarily disable the Go To Bed mod just to confirm that the conflict is with that mod?

So more testing it's just an issue so on my current save game. which I had cleaned when upgrading to .91b.  I started a new game(with Go to Bed enabled) in Riften, consoled some gold and rented a bed.  I was able to sleep and then start the quest, go back to the bed and still sleep.  Could just be something weird with upgrading from the previous version mid-game or an artifact of something else in my save that has hundreds of hours.  I'll just keep Go to Bed off on that save and keep playing. 

 

Once again great mod, probably the smoothest working adult quest mod I've ever played in FO4 or Skyrim.  Seriously great work and I look forward to my continued adventures with my demon doggie master.

Edited November 21, 2023 by RileyAP

[xtro334]

25 minutes ago, RileyAP said:

So more testing it's just an issue so on my current save game. which I had cleaned when upgrading to .91b.  I started a new game(with Go to Bed enabled) in Riften, consoled some gold and rented a bed.  I was able to sleep and then start the quest, go back to the bed and still sleep.  Could just be something weird with upgrading from the previous version mid-game or an artifact of something else in my save that has hundreds of hours.  I'll just keep Go to Bed off on that save and keep playing. 

 

Once again great mod, probably the smoothest working adult quest mod I've ever played in FO4 or Skyrim.  Seriously great work and I look forward to my continued adventures with my demon doggie master.

 

Must have been the upgrade, for I have used Go to Bed in all my play through, with no problem.

Never updated in the middle though, since I started a new clean starts every time.

[rilieAP]

2 hours ago, xtro334 said:

Must have been the upgrade,

That's my guess at this point, but it's not a game breaker either way.  I can live without it for the little bit of time I have left in this save before I restart.

[Kanerah]

Great mod. Any possibility of male player version? I figure dremora/succubus could change shape/gender at will, for whatever partners.

[Asphodelium]

Hi, is this mod voiced? If not, does a xVASynth/Elevenlabs generated voicepack exist for this?

[Toxicology1]

love this so far! only just started but its been great, no bugs to report

[Ambustin]

I just finished the revenge quest and the emissary quest is triggered but I can't talk to the different jarl about this quest, is the end of this version or my game is corrupted?

[Gristle]

6 hours ago, Asphodelium said:

Hi, is this mod voiced? If not, does a xVASynth/Elevenlabs generated voicepack exist for this?

Not voiced. Hopefully, someone will make a voice pack for it at some point.

[Gristle]

1 hour ago, Ambustin said:

I just finished the revenge quest and the emissary quest is triggered but I can't talk to the different jarl about this quest, is the end of this version or my game is corrupted?

That's the end of this version as far as the quest goes. But you will be able to update the next version mid game and play each Jarl quest as they get added.

[Gristle]

9 hours ago, Kanerah said:

Great mod. Any possibility of male player version? I figure dremora/succubus could change shape/gender at will, for whatever partners.

I'll have to think about it. That's a tough one for a couple of reasons. One is that Balazar is already changing form based on locations, time of day, quest stages and other mod events). He will soon also be changing outfits based on locations, quest stages and other mod events. Throwing in support for another form switch on top of all that might make my head explode. So, for that reason and to more easily address the dialogue and SexLab animation changes that would be needed, adding support for a male player would best be done, as you note, in a different altered version of the mod. That's fine, but then a separate version means four versions to support (including the LE/SE variants). The next is that there's no succubus model in vanilla Skyrim, so I'm not sure how to create a female version of Balazar. Is there a mod with wearable horns?

[killer905]

7 hours ago, Gristle said:

Not voiced. Hopefully, someone will make a voice pack for it at some point.

As of this moment, I have not seen a voice for Dremor in xVASynth.  In this case, you would have to give him a different voice than the dremora.