sexbound [Sexbound] NPCs not turning into sexnodes?

[B4ntoZ]

Like the title says, none of the npcs will turn into sexnodes. Vanilla or modded w/ support. I don't have any of the typical issue-causing mods (NPCs drop gear, Killable NPCs, etc..) I've tried the Aphrodites bow, I've tried defeat, but nothing works at all. The bow just says "Arousal Maxed" and the defeat mod just puts my character into the scene while the NPC just sits there still attacking. I really cannot find anything that could be causing the issue. I'll drop my most recent log in here so hopefully someone can find something to fix this !!

starbound.log

[Erina Sugino]

19 hours ago, B4ntoZ said:

Like the title says, none of the npcs will turn into sexnodes. Vanilla or modded w/ support. I don't have any of the typical issue-causing mods (NPCs drop gear, Killable NPCs, etc..) I've tried the Aphrodites bow, I've tried defeat, but nothing works at all. The bow just says "Arousal Maxed" and the defeat mod just puts my character into the scene while the NPC just sits there still attacking. I really cannot find anything that could be causing the issue. I'll drop my most recent log in here so hopefully someone can find something to fix this !!

 

You have Naturally Horny installed.

[B4ntoZ]

On 7/10/2025 at 11:39 AM, Erina Sugino said:

 

You have Naturally Horny installed.

I actually cannot find it anywhere in my mods folder and I know it's not on steam, so I'm confused how it's being caused by a mod I [supposedly] don't have

[Erina Sugino]

9 minutes ago, B4ntoZ said:

I actually cannot find it anywhere in my mods folder and I know it's not on steam, so I'm confused how it's being caused by a mod I [supposedly] don't have

 

Well from whenever the logfile is you sent, it clearly states the mod was installed at that point in time.

 

[13:56:49.550] [Info] Root: Detected asset source named 'nathorny' version '3.14.0' at '..\mods\SxB - Naturally Horny v420.pak'

 

Which would also align with the error description, as installing that mod will completely nuke the concept of arousal from NPCs.

[B4ntoZ]

4 minutes ago, Erina Sugino said:

 

Well from whenever the logfile is you sent, it clearly states the mod was installed at that point in time.

 

[13:56:49.550] [Info] Root: Detected asset source named 'nathorny' version '3.14.0' at '..\mods\SxB - Naturally Horny v420.pak'

 

Which would also align with the error description, as installing that mod will completely nuke the concept of arousal from NPCs.

I suppose the mod is installed somewhere because I opened up the game a few minutes ago and had the "horny" buff. I'm just clueless as to where it could be because i've searched my mods folder and found nothing 💔

[Erina Sugino]

2 hours ago, B4ntoZ said:

I suppose the mod is installed somewhere because I opened up the game a few minutes ago and had the "horny" buff. I'm just clueless as to where it could be because i've searched my mods folder and found nothing 💔

 

The Horny buff is from SBR itself and Naturally Horny does not mess with the player, so that side of things would still work.

 

The line from your log file I quoted above tells you exactly what the file is named.

 

EDIT: I jsut realized it contains the version number of the mod, meaning you are playing on a modded client, likely OpenStarbound. Make sure that one doesn't use its own mod folder.

Edited July 13, 2025 by Erina Sugino

[B4ntoZ]

17 hours ago, Erina Sugino said:

 

The Horny buff is from SBR itself and Naturally Horny does not mess with the player, so that side of things would still work.

 

The line from your log file I quoted above tells you exactly what the file is named.

 

EDIT: I jsut realized it contains the version number of the mod, meaning you are playing on a modded client, likely OpenStarbound. Make sure that one doesn't use its own mod folder.

Wait so should I not have my mods in the OpenStarbound mods folder? If that's the case where should I put the mods at?

Edit: I'm like completely new to modding starbound so sorry if I seem a little dumb 😭

Edited July 13, 2025 by B4ntoZ

[BlankFlamerec]

Hi, so did you fix the problem? I am also encountering this problem. In my case, I have sexbound reborn and aphrodite bow and I also have open starbound.  Everything seems to work fine when I look at the log and sexbound ui opens as well. When I shoot an arrow with aphrodite bow, the npc is maxed, but the npc will not turn into a sex node, neither will they join to the lounge sex node. So the character is only lying on the bed and the npc will not join. So I end up with an empty ui. I have subscribed to some mods in steam and also have race compatible mods. Currently I have mods that are not in the steam in the mods folder of the open starbound.

[Darkgaiaz]

I wanted to chime in and mention that I have been encountering this as well unfortunately. I have set the nodes and maxed their Arousal, but any NPCs do not seem to interact with or seek out any of the nodes on their own. I have been spending quite some time looking around the internet and the wiki as well but I have not located a solution to this issue as far as I know. Any help would be sincerely appreciated! Though this I have read a handful of people have been encountering this exact same issue.

[chopeisback]

I am having the same issue, was anyone able to figure out how to resolve it? I pretty much don't exist for npcs, they do get it on with each other but I am unable to initiate player x npc scenes.

EDIT: Resolved it by bumping up the horny gains over time in the config file, I guess the npcs just weren't horny enough.

Edited October 11, 2025 by chopeisback
Solved the issue

[Rabifoot06]

I think I've found the reason why the crews are frozen and unresponsive. I don't know if it's because of the new Reborn, but the reason the crews freeze and don't enter the scene with bows is because of their jobs. In the game's classic job crews, they interact, but there's a bug in the crew jobs added with different mods, and they don't react even if you use an impressive bow. If you want the game's classic job crews... you need to create your own NPC with the NPC editor or change the job. If you're lucky, the NPC you helped might have the same job as in the original game.