Which Arousal Mod is best? SLO Aroused NG or OSL Aroused or SL Aroused Redux?

[Chlodwig]

Which of the 3 Arousal Mods is currently best?

I still use SL Aroused Redux 

does it make sense to switch to one of the new mods?

If yes to which one?
SLO Aroused NG or OSL Aroused?

Are there any compatibility problems?

Are there diffrences between the mods

Which one runs more stable

Which one calculates arousel best?

[leSigh_86]

I use OSL Aroused because it works with both frameworks. IT does use it's own algorithm for calculating arousal, though. Basically the more you have sex the more you want it. You can switch it to just time-based, though, or do as I do and just set "libido" to max and the change rate to 0. Essentially has the same effect. Have never had an issue with the mod.

[Grevik]

Currently using SLO Aroused NG, it's still being updated and havn't had any issues with it but i've heard osl i supposed to be good aswell so i'd say you couldn't really go wrong with either of those.

[Chlodwig]

do you know if you can install these mods midgame?

I'M currently a bit annoyed by SL Aroused Redux because  the arousal is always extrem high, almost impossible to get down without manually editing in mcm
and gets in no time back to 100 without any reason.
So I thought about changing to one of these two mods  to the one who has a more "realistic" calculation of arousal.

[gamerpk2]

On 7/23/2025 at 8:17 AM, Chlodwig said:

do you know if you can install these mods midgame?

I'M currently a bit annoyed by SL Aroused Redux because  the arousal is always extrem high, almost impossible to get down without manually editing in mcm
and gets in no time back to 100 without any reason.
So I thought about changing to one of these two mods  to the one who has a more "realistic" calculation of arousal.

this could be from another mod .. like separate orgasm for example . does have options that make ur character turn to a nymph overtime and gets super hard to satisfy

pretty sure there might be other mods doing the same as well or increasing ur arousal for other reasons

 

im currently trying SLO Aroused NG . so far seems to work

problem is these mods need a lot of time to test

was using OSL Aroused before it for example and it randomly broke in the middle of a playthrou where EVERYONE had stuck arousal that never changes on its own

[Fraying9981]

I read somewhere that osl aroused can be used together with sexlab aroused redux. Is it true?

The reason being that some mods primarily use osl aroused and sexlab

[Chlodwig]

OSL Arounsed includes both OAroused.esp and SexLabAroused.esm
SLO Aroused NG is a replacer for SLAroused but should also suport mods that need OSL Aroused.

[Fraying9981]

5 minutes ago, Chlodwig said:

OSL Arounsed includes both OAroused.esp and SexLabAroused.esm
SLO Aroused NG is a replacer for SLAroused but should also suport mods that need OSL Aroused.

 

So thats the explanation...thank you

 

Typically, mods like unforgiving devices require osl aroused but dont work with other versions of sla then?

[Chlodwig]

14 hours ago, Fraying9981 said:

 

So thats the explanation...thank you

 

Typically, mods like unforgiving devices require osl aroused but dont work with other versions of sla then?

No Idea,  I don't use that device mod.   If it requires OSL than it shouldn't work with SLA

But I think it could maybe work with SLO if OSL is not a master file for that mod.

[Guest]

Wanted to share my experience with OSL Aroused.  As I use Ostim and SL, I switched to OSL Aroused.  The main thing I have found is that after sex, arousal is reduced with either framework activation now.  The SLA Monitor Widget that shows arousal rates around you works as well but not always accurate in crowds.  If you use that mod. 

 

My settings determine how quickly arousal rises again, presence of tattos, etc.  Settings do work to change arousal rate as well as mods I use which will impact arousal rates as well.  Main thing for me was the arousal is reduced after sex.  It was always high with SL redux and I had to manual turn it off or reduce it.  As much as I enjoyed the sexy idles, it really was too much for conversations in game when they activated all the time.  I do have issues with follower arousal rates getting high too quickly but that is my mods.  

 

Most of this may be my mod setup but the fact that arousal will return to 1 or 2 would never have happened in my game with Sexlab Aroused Redux.  

 

Keywords, most of the settings, all the same as SLA Redux so transitioning was easy.  One day I may try the new framework once I'm confident it works with Ostim as well.

[Fraying9981]

This thread is quite helpful. Thanks for sharing feedback.

 

It seems sl aroused ng has a bridge that allows it to replace osl aroused. Is it correct?

[Chlodwig]

On 8/1/2025 at 9:12 PM, TFor2 said:

Most of this may be my mod setup but the fact that arousal will return to 1 or 2 would never have happened in my game with Sexlab Aroused Redux.  

 

 

Thats exactly my reason why I was looking for a alternative to SLA Redux.
I'm trying now SLO Aroused NG 

[BikerBob]

I'm running skyrim se 1.5.97, and getting a plugin error with aroused extended, I gave up an AE because they are changing it so fast that modders can not keep up. That maybe what Steam wants. $$$$

[someperson1423]

On 9/23/2025 at 10:43 AM, BikerBob said:

I'm running skyrim se 1.5.97, and getting a plugin error with aroused extended, I gave up an AE because they are changing it so fast that modders can not keep up. That maybe what Steam wants. $$$$

 

Are they still updating AE? Maybe I'm too new to the scene but .1170 has been out since Jan of 2024 which seems like a good stretch. I know there is .1179 now but that is just GOG. IDK, hopefully they have finally moved on from Skyrim with the release of Oblivion instead of yet another Skyrim re-release. I hope they are distracted enough fucking up ES6 in the mean time to let us be.

 

As for the topic at hand, I've used SLAX, SLAR, OSL Aroused, and am now playing with SLO Aroused NG. In my experience, both SLAR and SLO Aroused (in either frame work) didn't work for me at all. Things like exposure not updating at all from SLAR and SLO Aroused constantly and harshly pulling arousal to 0 for no apparent reason (which is a shame because I really liked how it is suppose to work).

 

SLAX worked OK in that it was a functioning mod, but it was still very wonky. Exposure and TR seemed to randomly spike and drop (way faster than the decay rates dictate they should). The MCM was also a mess, with almost everything having no description. I trawled through some threads to try and see what all the features and mechanics were but to not much avail so I was basically guessing what things did based on their name. Additionally some features were locked out and not editable like Exposure Rate which was the final straw for me.

 

That brought me to SLO Aroused NG which is behaving (for me) much more reliably and arousal seems to be working as I'd expect. It still has an MCM with a bunch of the settings lacking description which is annoying, but everything seems to be functioning. I do want to figure them out eventually so I can customize a bit but for now, after being disappointed with 3 other arousal frameworks, I'm just happy to finally have one that seems to be functioning reliably with my build.

 

Side note, I made a similar thread myself asking the basically the same thing and talking about the issues I had with various arousal mods and got 0 replies lol so I'm glad this thread is getting responses. I learned about SLO here and am really glad of it, saved me a lot of frustration on this playthrough. Thanks everyone for the tips and discussion!

[Bizarro]

On 7/22/2025 at 1:23 PM, leSigh_86 said:

I use OSL Aroused because it works with both frameworks. IT does use it's own algorithm for calculating arousal, though. Basically the more you have sex the more you want it. You can switch it to just time-based, though, or do as I do and just set "libido" to max and the change rate to 0. Essentially has the same effect. Have never had an issue with the mod.

Wouldn't your setting make it so arousal is maxed at all times though?

[Kamikatana]

I go back and forth a bit, but i've found that crjjjj's SLO Around NG the best of the lot so far.   Really really stable.   I've found that in OSL Aroused, the arousal goes up way too fast and i'm constantly fiddling with it to slow it down but with SLO Around NG, it just works.

 

Also, big fan of crjjjj as everything he provides just works....

[leSigh_86]

On 12/7/2025 at 9:20 PM, Bizarro said:

Wouldn't your setting make it so arousal is maxed at all times though?

No. I set my orgasms to a -35 loss, so 2 or 3 puts me pretty much at 0, and then I set the arousal change rate to something around 10, so the character isn't "ready to go" again until most of the day later. I also don't go around naked or with devices in or sexy armor on or anything like that. So, in general, once a day is about what my character "needs". I also might recommend changing NPC max libido to something around or just under 60, which is where Horny Idles lives

[assassin394]

I'm using OSL Aroused and have no problem so far.

[eflat01]

I use OSL Aroused  and disable the oaroused.esp ...OSL Aroused technically is an NG mod just due the fact it's using a DLL to do all the arousal calcs and the DLL is using the new plugin code to register with SKSE. In any case it works rather well and I just updated it to the newest version on Nexus. 

 

If you're using the sex lab - SexLabAroused.esm - version, How to tell if it's working or if you want to trouble-shoot it's pretty easy to toy with.

 

There are factions in SexLabAroused.esm which hold the PC/npc arousal values. (You can look up the factions in SSeEdit)

 

sla_Arousal

sla_Exhibitionist

sla_Exposure

etc... 

 

You can target an npc or the player in console and if you have "More Informative Console" examine the factions.

 

You can set the factions by console too... 

 

Help "sla_Arousal"  

 

(will return the faction's form id xx03FC36 where xx is the load index, then)

 

player.addfac s xx03FC36 90 

 

(would set the the player's arousal to 90 for instance. or if you target an npc)

 

addfac s xx03FC36 0

 

(would set the npc's arousal to 0)

 

There was a bug in the a previous version - two versions back - which was not ignoring children... I noticed because I have some sexy idles driven off OLS Aroused and a few of the girls were using those idles... the author fixed that and I had to go through and correct the kids in my save, so they would not act so lewdly, little brats.

Edited December 17, 2025 by eflat01