Sanguine Debauchery SE (SD+) (January 2025)

[Sylphirion]

I'm using the latest DDNG and all the dependencies, but I get an issue when being enslaved: "SD Equip Device by String Failed". Really pisses Owner off. Research tells me this happens when running the game in languages other than English, but I'm playing in English so that shouldn't be an issue?

[DeepBlueFrog]

4 hours ago, Sylphirion said:

I'm using the latest DDNG and all the dependencies, but I get an issue when being enslaved: "SD Equip Device by String Failed". Really pisses Owner off. Research tells me this happens when running the game in languages other than English, but I'm playing in English so that shouldn't be an issue?

 

Is your character using a custom race? or maybe the owner?

An error log would help to see which string was used when it tried to equip something.

[dcoe50]

Has anyone figured out why the dreamworld freezes/crashes? When even i go in there it just freezes all the time, the only time it doesn't is when i look at the ground and walk 

[DeepBlueFrog]

2 hours ago, dcoe50 said:

Has anyone figured out why the dreamworld freezes/crashes? When even i go in there it just freezes all the time, the only time it doesn't is when i look at the ground and walk 

 

It happened to me only once in my tests and I have not been able to reliably reproduce it yet. No idea at this point.

[dcoe50]

18 hours ago, DeepBlueFrog said:

 

It happened to me only once in my tests and I have not been able to reliably reproduce it yet. No idea at this point.

Ahhh ok i don't know if it's something that's a bad spawn, even doing TFC 1 it still freezes the same at TAI and TCAI, a new game is the same, so at this point i have a feeling it's a mod conflict of some form or other. 

[Blackhearted]

Any way to get Sanguine's iron cuffs off?  I spent DAYS in the dreamworld doing everything he wanted but no release option ever came up except for the one that was always available that equates to "let me go" or something rather.  You get the quest objective to enjoy the locations he sends you to.  BTW I can find nothing about how to do these initial quests online.  I played the old LE version and was able to get stuff removed or lockpick it or ask certain NPCs for help.  When I try to remove the cuffs no menu come up and when I try to pick the lock on anything else I get "You can't pick locks with bound hands".  Asking people for help just gets me shunned or raped, even the college wizards and Euorland Greymane.  Are you supposed to be permanently bound forever once starting the SE version?  Thought I saw somewhere that people no longer help you escape the bonds.  And what is this "Enjoy the locations Sanguine sends you to" all about.  All I ever find are things to either rape or kill me or enslave me and even when I escape ordinary bandit slavers I still have everything Sanguine originally put on me.

[DeepBlueFrog]

26 minutes ago, Blackhearted said:

Any way to get Sanguine's iron cuffs off?  I spent DAYS in the dreamworld doing everything he wanted but no release option ever came up except for the one that was always available that equates to "let me go" or something rather.  You get the quest objective to enjoy the locations he sends you to.  BTW I can find nothing about how to do these initial quests online.  I played the old LE version and was able to get stuff removed or lockpick it or ask certain NPCs for help.  When I try to remove the cuffs no menu come up and when I try to pick the lock on anything else I get "You can't pick locks with bound hands".  Asking people for help just gets me shunned or raped, even the college wizards and Euorland Greymane.  Are you supposed to be permanently bound forever once starting the SE version?  Thought I saw somewhere that people no longer help you escape the bonds.  And what is this "Enjoy the locations Sanguine sends you to" all about.  All I ever find are things to either rape or kill me or enslave me and even when I escape ordinary bandit slavers I still have everything Sanguine originally put on me.

 

Sanguine's devices are supposed to vanish after a while. Their effect is on a timer btu sometimes it gets stuck.

Because of that, I added an automatic reset each time you go to Dreamworld. They may get re-equipped at random but they do get cleared when you get there.

 

If I remember well, I also added a forced clean up to the Debug option on the Submit menu (bound to the '\' by default).

If not, I should add it.

[no_way]

Does the "we're going on a journey" enslavement scenario work for anyone?  What is actually supposed to happen?  My master just stays put forever afaik.

[ArgyleSmith]

After using SD for years I have run into a goofy new problem.

On the Meridia quest the player character was SD enslaved by Malkoran. She failed to swipe the key or kill him, so appeased him and asked for release, joining his faction. But there's no way out of the temple without killing Malkoran. So, character kills Malkoran and heads back home to Winterhold. Once there, I discover magicka won't regenerate at all unless I use the sleep anywhere mod. Meditating or sitting tops off magicka, but again it won't regenerate without sitting or kneeling to rest.

Blocks on magic use and magicka levels are a part  of SD, of course. How did I make this behavior jump the tracks? And can it be fixed without going to a save prior to enslavement?

(A bit surprised Meridia let her have Dawnbreaker after the romps she had with Malkoran, actually)

Perhaps of note I see a faction section on the SD menu. Could the faction change, joining Malkoran's and then killing him have led to the current state?

thanks in advance for any help/guidance.
And thanks to DBF for this mod. It's a classic.

 

[DeepBlueFrog]

8 hours ago, ArgyleSmith said:

After using SD for years I have run into a goofy new problem.

On the Meridia quest the player character was SD enslaved by Malkoran. She failed to swipe the key or kill him, so appeased him and asked for release, joining his faction. But there's no way out of the temple without killing Malkoran. So, character kills Malkoran and heads back home to Winterhold. Once there, I discover magicka won't regenerate at all unless I use the sleep anywhere mod. Meditating or sitting tops off magicka, but again it won't regenerate without sitting or kneeling to rest.

Blocks on magic use and magicka levels are a part  of SD, of course. How did I make this behavior jump the tracks? And can it be fixed without going to a save prior to enslavement?

(A bit surprised Meridia let her have Dawnbreaker after the romps she had with Malkoran, actually)

Perhaps of note I see a faction section on the SD menu. Could the faction change, joining Malkoran's and then killing him have led to the current state?

thanks in advance for any help/guidance.
And thanks to DBF for this mod. It's a classic.

 

 

If that didn't clear after a while, it is possible a magic effect got stuck. 

I think I saw mods that can remove lingering magic effects like visual effects from spells that get stuck.

You could also try getting enslaved again with the Submit key and immediately canceling it with the Safe word option in the menu.

[DeepBlueFrog]

14 hours ago, no_way said:

Does the "we're going on a journey" enslavement scenario work for anyone?  What is actually supposed to happen?  My master just stays put forever afaik.

 

I am sorry to say that part is broken right now.

I have to completely redo the leash mechanics.

[DonQuiWho]

1 hour ago, DeepBlueFrog said:

 

I have to completely redo the leash mechanics.

 

Good to hear that that's still under consideration

 

That was the part of this mod, with its inherent uncertainty, that made for most fun when I first played it back 10+ years ago.  If you can fix that and bring back that sort of gameplay player/slaver gameplay, making the player involvement less of a wet blanket experience, this will be straight back in my modlist!

 

DQW   

[DeepBlueFrog]

5 hours ago, DonQuiWho said:

 

Good to hear that that's still under consideration

 

That was the part of this mod, with its inherent uncertainty, that made for most fun when I first played it back 10+ years ago.  If you can fix that and bring back that sort of gameplay player/slaver gameplay, making the player involvement less of a wet blanket experience, this will be straight back in my modlist!

 

DQW   

 

I agree.

 

I tried to fix some of the main issues with the leash system, like getting stuck on a stair or being chained to a brainless master doing nothing in a cave, but by doing that, i went too far in the other direction. I need to bring back some helplessness.

[no_way]

8 hours ago, DeepBlueFrog said:

 

I am sorry to say that part is broken right now.

I have to completely redo the leash mechanics.

Ok glad its not just me fucking up somehow

[DeepBlueFrog]

43 minutes ago, no_way said:

Ok glad its not just me fucking up somehow

 

No worries.. I can perfectly do that in my own mod for everybody

[ArgyleSmith]

15 hours ago, DeepBlueFrog said:

 

If that didn't clear after a while, it is possible a magic effect got stuck. 

 

Thanks for the suggestions.

I made a long post all about the fix but a server error 86ed it. Long story short, console commands fixed it by eliminating a damage debuff.

if you want the fix posted here I'll try again to post it. Typing patience is currently exhausted.

[haltcriminal]

On 2/8/2026 at 7:42 PM, Sylphirion said:

I'm using the latest DDNG and all the dependencies, but I get an issue when being enslaved: "SD Equip Device by String Failed". Really pisses Owner off. Research tells me this happens when running the game in languages other than English, but I'm playing in English so that shouldn't be an issue?

Try using Devious Devices SE-AE-VR as well. For some reason the 'equip devicebystring failed' stopped once I activated it, even though I had DDNG installed at the same time. No idea if it's fucks things up in the long run 😌

[DeepBlueFrog]

2 hours ago, haltcriminal said:

Try using Devious Devices SE-AE-VR as well. For some reason the 'equip devicebystring failed' stopped once I activated it, even though I had DDNG installed at the same time. No idea if it's fucks things up in the long run 😌

 

I don't know if it is still the case for for a while, DD NG required the latest version of Devious Devices SE to be installed as a base first.

[haltcriminal]

5 hours ago, DeepBlueFrog said:

 

I don't know if it is still the case for for a while, DD NG required the latest version of Devious Devices SE to be installed as a base first.

Yeah? For whatever reason half the stuff worked without it, but makes sense

[DeepBlueFrog]

4 hours ago, haltcriminal said:

Yeah? For whatever reason half the stuff worked without it, but makes sense

 

According to the Devious Devices NG 0.4.2 page, Devious Devices SE 5.2 is still a requirement.

 

Did you mean something else by Devious Devices SE-AE-VR?

[haltcriminal]

On 2/28/2026 at 11:25 AM, DeepBlueFrog said:

 

According to the Devious Devices NG 0.4.2 page, Devious Devices SE 5.2 is still a requirement.

 

Did you mean something else by Devious Devices SE-AE-VR?

Oh yeah that's just what it was called in MO, when I activated it it all worked. Seen a lot of people posting about the devicebystring issue though so I just gave my experience.

Edited March 2 by haltcriminal

[DeepBlueFrog]

I wonder how many people miss that the old DD SE is still needed for DD NG to work well.

[no_way]

So I finally ended up in the dreamworld after a sleep at an inn.  I spoke with sanguine, got drunk and enslaved, then all my bindings went away and it said I was free. Then I got put back in a bunch of leather gear and whipped, and the current objective is "play along and enjoy the destinations sanguine has picked out for you". He said I wasn't ready and come back later. Then I talked to him again and said I"m ready send me where you will, and I got teleported back to the inn where I slept. now in bondage gear.

 

What the heck do I do now?  Was that supposed to be the normal flow?  

[DeepBlueFrog]

1 hour ago, no_way said:

So I finally ended up in the dreamworld after a sleep at an inn.  I spoke with sanguine, got drunk and enslaved, then all my bindings went away and it said I was free. Then I got put back in a bunch of leather gear and whipped, and the current objective is "play along and enjoy the destinations sanguine has picked out for you". He said I wasn't ready and come back later. Then I talked to him again and said I"m ready send me where you will, and I got teleported back to the inn where I slept. now in bondage gear.

 

What the heck do I do now?  Was that supposed to be the normal flow?  

 

Yes.. that looks like the normal flow.

Now you keep playing until Sanguine brings you back to him for round two.

[SlutMolly]

I am having an issue with the Flowering Spriggan quest. It seems like it cannot be completely. Is there a way to force complete it? Thank you!