Aminal Mansion Rebirth? (Questions/Ideas/Dev Thread)

[WolfyLune]

7 hours ago, killer905 said:

The horse quest has been completed. Now we’re moving on to the mini-quests, which will involve putting on shows for customers in Masnion.

after the mini quests are done, are we going to see the first public release of the mod?

[killer905]

58 minutes ago, WolfyLune said:

after the mini quests are done, are we going to see the first public release of the mod?

We’re also planning some repeatable quests with Dog and Horse outside the Masnion area, but we’ve yet to decide on that. BUT! Details of the first public release will be posted here.

Edited June 4 by killer905

[eflat01]

14 hours ago, WolfyLune said:

after the mini quests are done, are we going to see the first public release of the mod?

 

@killer905 and @Gristle will decide where a good point for a public release will be. 

 

So far Dog, Wolf and Horse main invitation quests are done, they want to start on functional shows in the mansion along with some repeatable quests outside the mansion. There obviously needs a bit of clean up here and there as there are areas and cells set up for future use which are not settled yet.

[zhyzhy]

On 6/5/2026 at 6:18 AM, killer905 said:

We’re also planning some repeatable quests with Dog and Horse outside the Masnion area, but we’ve yet to decide on that. BUT! Details of the first public release will be posted here.

I have an idea, maybe Dragonborn can participate in the Skyrim Tour, with a different theme in each city.

[killer905]

3 hours ago, zhyzhy said:

I have an idea, maybe Dragonborn can participate in the Skyrim Tour, with a different theme in each city.

I don't think I quite understand your idea. Could you explain it in more detail?

[killer905]

We have an (almost) fully functional system where mansion clients can request a show for themselves from mansion staff or for a PC female or female follower if PC have current.

 

That means only one thing...

Spoiler

...we're getting closer and closer to the “Public Premiere”

 

[WolfyLune]

16 hours ago, killer905 said:

We have an (almost) fully functional system where mansion clients can request a show for themselves from mansion staff or for a PC female or female follower if PC have current.

 

That means only one thing...

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...we're getting closer and closer to the “Public Premiere”

 

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[eflat01]

On 6/14/2026 at 1:24 AM, zhyzhy said:

I have an idea, maybe Dragonborn can participate in the Skyrim Tour, with a different theme in each city.

 

There's many quests which involve travel, Also plans for side-quest jobs (seemingly radiant) quests which may be in differing locations. You should elaborate on what your idea is> With the word tour, I only get the picture that you wants some travel quest to each city which would have a theme in part related to the hold?

 

iow if we looked at banners or coat of arms:

Dawnstar — Who knows? (maybe snow sabre cat?) 
Falkreath — Stagg (Elk)
Markarth — Ram (Goat)
Morthal — Who knows?
maybe Raven RockDB — maybe Netch?
Riften — Who knows?
Solitude — Wolf
Whiterun — Horse
Windhelm — Bear
Winterhold — Who knows? (Maybe horker seems a few around there?)
 

Edited Thursday at 06:17 PM by eflat01

[killer905]

58 minutes ago, WolfyLune said:

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[Pater Aelred]

Is there any way to include P+ compatibility? Willing to test. 

 

[Gristle]

1 hour ago, Pater Aelred said:

Is there any way to include P+ compatibility? Willing to test. 

 

It should work with P+. The "TrackActor" function that seems to give P+ problems is not used.

[killer905]

1 hour ago, Pater Aelred said:

Is there any way to include P+ compatibility? Willing to test. 

 

Current testers aren't using it or haven't mentioned any issues related to P+. However, I can't promise that it will work, because I haven't personally tested P+ with AMR. HOWEVER!   AMR doesn't use the tricks found in Balazar or Animal Research (or maybe I just didn't notice them). I'd also like to point out that I don't do any scripting for AMR.

 

Edit:

Well... gristle already give anwser

Edited Thursday at 09:42 PM by killer905

[newbest]

Hello, I was wondering if this mod will conflict with Animal Mansion Plus NS in the future?

 

From the context, they seem to be two completely unrelated mods. I'm thinking about whether I should remove the old mod from my new modlist.

[killer905]

1 hour ago, newbest said:

Hello, I was wondering if this mod will conflict with Animal Mansion Plus NS in the future?

 

From the context, they seem to be two completely unrelated mods. I'm thinking about whether I should remove the old mod from my new modlist.

The mod is being written from scratch, so both the version you mentioned (I haven't even seen a version labeled “NS”) and this one will work without any problems. But to be honest, you have to decide whether you want a version closer to the original or a mod that offers the opportunity to create more creatures, customers, employees, etc.

 

However, the themes of both mods are the same. PC/some NPCs fuck creatures ❤️

[Donuts4me]

2 hours ago, newbest said:

Hello, I was wondering if this mod will conflict with Animal Mansion Plus NS in the future?

 

From the context, they seem to be two completely unrelated mods. I'm thinking about whether I should remove the old mod from my new modlist.

 

56 minutes ago, killer905 said:

The mod is being written from scratch, so both the version you mentioned (I haven't even seen a version labeled “NS”) and this one will work without any problems. But to be honest, you have to decide whether you want a version closer to the original or a mod that offers the opportunity to create more creatures, customers, employees, etc.

 

However, the themes of both mods are the same. PC/some NPCs fuck creatures ❤️

 

I don't know what the NS is either. But I still have AM+ installed and have been helping test AMR and there are no issues. The new mansion is nowhere near the old one. It's a little weird having two mansions and two Thaena's, but they both still work together. I'm keeping the old one installed just for the hell of it.

 

I suppose the player can always choose which version they want to complete for each character. Or, just do both even though it doesn't make any sense?

[Gristle]

27 minutes ago, Donuts4me said:

I don't know what the NS is either.

The filename is AnimalMansionPlusNS_SE_v1.1.  I also have this installed alongside AMR. No issues. Different location; different NPCs.

[Donuts4me]

7 minutes ago, Gristle said:

The filename is AnimalMansionPlusNS_SE_v1.1.  I also have this installed alongside AMR. No issues. Different location; different NPCs.

 

Ah! I see. Yeah that is the version I have as well. I was looking at the mod page but not the file name. No mention of NS there in the title or description.

[newbest]

Thank you very much for everyone's replies... I know what I need to do now.

Edited 17 hours ago by newbest

[eflat01]

7 hours ago, newbest said:

Thank you very much for everyone's replies... I know what I need to do now.

 

To be honest, and just may be just my taste and scope because I prefer mods in my load list somewhat fit into my game including the lore for more immersive purposes. I always felt older versions of animal mansion - while good mods - had never fit very well into the game. 

 

The reborn version so far seems does fit into the world, cultural so much more than any past versions of the mod and others based upon similar ideas of it. The authors @Gristle and @killer905 do take into consideration the lore, the politics and even down to the npc character be them new or existing in the base game. Thus the mod seems more like it belongs. imo... most people would find the characters and story-lines fit, and few will use any other version. 

 

AMR ... also adds a few new locations- I don't mean a just a few buildings - along with many npcs with plenty to expand upon so far seems like the beginning of a small dlc. The questlines are far more than typical go get creature, fuck it and bring it back for more fucking... npcs have charater, relationships and side quests.

Edited 10 hours ago by eflat01

[killer905]

24 minutes ago, eflat01 said:

To be honest, and just may be just my taste and scope because I prefer mods in my load list somewhat fit into my game including the lore for more immersive purposes. I always felt older versions of animal mansion - while good mods - had never fit very well into the game. 

 

In my opinion, the original version implied that these kinds of activities were more normal than they actually are. Even the NPCs in that version had more positive than negative dialogue when acquiring creatures like a Dog or a Horse.

 

The Reborn version, in my opinion, fits better because it views such activities as socially unacceptable, but that doesn’t mean that after the initial reaction an NPC might have (i.e., a negative one), they might actually end up liking it (because it’s something new), or maybe deep down they’re a beast lover too, but have been suppressing it? We’ll see, we’ll see.

25 minutes ago, eflat01 said:

The reborn version so far seems does fit into the world, cultural so much more than any past versions of the mod and others based upon similar ideas of it. The authors @Gristle and @killer905 do take into consideration the lore, the politics and even down to the npc character be them new or existing in the base game. Thus the mod seems more like it belongs. imo... most people would find the characters and story-lines fit, and few will use any other version. 

 

AMR ... also adds a few new locations- I don't mean a just a few buildings - along with many npcs with plenty to expand upon so far seems like the beginning of a small dlc. The questlines are far more than typical go get creature, fuck it and bring it back for more fucking... npcs have charater, relationships and side quests.

[eflat01]

12 minutes ago, killer905 said:

In my opinion, the original version implied that these kinds of activities were more normal than they actually are. Even the NPCs in that version had more positive than negative dialogue when acquiring creatures like a Dog or a Horse.

 

The Reborn version, in my opinion, fits better because it views such activities as socially unacceptable, but that doesn’t mean that after the initial reaction an NPC might have (i.e., a negative one), they might actually end up liking it (because it’s something new), or maybe deep down they’re a beast lover too, but have been suppressing it? We’ll see, we’ll see.

 

 I don't like to give away spoilers, just putting it out there that you and @Gristle think about how the mod fits in the game and further ahead. So, I'm stating that most players would have little need for other versions of Animal Mansion if at all like them in comparison to AMR.

Edited 9 hours ago by eflat01

[killer905]

2 hours ago, eflat01 said:

 

 I don't like to give away spoilers, just putting it out there that you and @Gristle think about how the mod fits in the game and further ahead. So, I'm stating that most players would have little need for other versions of Animal Mansion if at all like them in comparison to AMR.

In our opinion, this will be a much better version of Animal Masnion, but it's up to other users to decide whether it's actually better.