Skyrim Chain Beasts

[killer_209_]

Im having a bit of an issue with my follower. A chainbeast attacked her and stripped and i wasnt aware that i could talk to her and tell her to get her items back, so i opened the box myself and handed her her things back. Now i told her a dialogue option along the lines of "go and get your things" and shes stuck in place not moving at the location the box was at. Is there anyway to fix this?

[MTB]

3 hours ago, killer_209_ said:

Im having a bit of an issue with my follower. A chainbeast attacked her and stripped and i wasnt aware that i could talk to her and tell her to get her items back, so i opened the box myself and handed her her things back. Now i told her a dialogue option along the lines of "go and get your things" and shes stuck in place not moving at the location the box was at. Is there anyway to fix this?

 

You can try:  go to MCM > Status, your follower should be listed under the `recovering gear' quest. Click on her name, select `force release', exit, exit the MCM.  Hopefully that will release her.

 

Note to self:  add a `box not disabled' check to the `start recover gear' option - (not sure why it would get stuck, but that would prevent the situation altogether, and makes no sense to go to empty boxes anyways).

[EiyuuOuu]

Can anyone help me? I can't install the mod. Any time I try, it keeps on telling me that I didn't install SexLab and Zaz animation Pack while I did. It also said that "skyrim.esm" is not active. 

[MysticDaedra]

Do people generally use the Beasts Are Dwemer plugin, or no? "Lore" opinions?

[mrdoodle]

Just a heads up. The latest version for oldrim contains both a chainbeast esm and esp, and doubles up on the menus.

[MTB]

8 hours ago, mrdoodle said:

Just a heads up. The latest version for oldrim contains both a chainbeast esm and esp, and doubles up on the menus.

 

Big oeps. Please remove SkyrimChainBeasts.esp it's not needed.  (I forgot to remove it.)

 

[MTB]

10 hours ago, EiyuuOuu said:

Can anyone help me? I can't install the mod. Any time I try, it keeps on telling me that I didn't install SexLab and Zaz animation Pack while I did. It also said that "skyrim.esm" is not active. 

 

Sound like your installer is not seeing the files you installed; perhaps an issue with directory or game settings or perhaps you are trying to use the oldrim version on SE?  Please try to find some how-to info on what ever mod manager you're using, because I don't think its related to this mod('s fomod).  

 

[MTB]

On 12/8/2021 at 4:21 AM, MysticDaedra said:

Do people generally use the Beasts Are Dwemer plugin, or no? "Lore" opinions?

 

Isran votes `yea'

 

Edit:  But Serana has her doubts...unless...  (attacked clip)

 

(Wait how does Serana know about MCM menus, something strange is going on here...).

 

 

Edited December 14, 2021 by MTB
expanded upon.

[MysticDaedra]

My character is stuck transparent after getting hit by a chainbeast. I don't see any active effects, nor a debug option to fix this?

[MTB]

On 12/12/2021 at 8:43 AM, MysticDaedra said:

My character is stuck transparent after getting hit by a chainbeast. I don't see any active effects, nor a debug option to fix this?

 

This is an effect attached to the SCB_SpellBiteFatigue spell.  It works exactly like the ethereal effect and should dispel as soon as that spell end (after 8 seconds or so). 

If it does not you've run into a vanilla bug, or perhaps script lag causing the end-effect function not being called.

You can try the following in the console to fix this:

- First ensure the spell SCB_SpellBiteFatigue is dispelled from the player:

player.dispell <spell_ID>

(help SCB_SpellBiteFatigue to find spell ID should be something like: ??0012CB  where ?? depends on load order.)

- If that does not solve it yet, remove the transparency manually:

player.setactoralpha 1

 

 

[MysticDaedra]

Thanks! I suspected script lag, tbh. I need to take a serious look at the mods I've got running I guess.

[Wow132666]

I don't know what's causing this, but I have two identical MCM menus for this mod when using this mod, even on a clean save. It seems they aren't linked, so changing one setting in one menu does not affect the other, so I'm not entirely sure if my changes to this mod in one menu affect the actual mod or not. Is there any easy way to fix this?

[Wow132666]

Just now, Wow132666 said:

I don't know what's causing this, but I have two identical MCM menus for this mod when using this mod, even on a clean save. It seems they aren't linked, so changing one setting in one menu does not affect the other, so I'm not entirely sure if my changes to this mod in one menu affect the actual mod or not. Is there any easy way to fix this?

 

On 12/7/2021 at 8:53 PM, mrdoodle said:

Just a heads up. The latest version for oldrim contains both a chainbeast esm and esp, and doubles up on the menus.

Nevermind, I just read this. Turns out there is an easy fix.

[Trill0]

Current version v054 on LE is causing Save Tool / Save Cleaner to crash when it loads a save with this installed.  IDK why.

Edited December 28, 2021 by Trill0

[NotKinkyEnough]

Can I please check if what I see in game is what is expected

 

I am in Ivarstead and there is one spot outside fellstar farm where chainbeast keeps respawning, attacking and stripping a villager and fixing them to the wall, then after a moment the chainbeast respawns again and attack someone else.

[DonQuiWho]

2 hours ago, NotKinkyEnough said:

Can I please check if what I see in game is what is expected

 

I am in Ivarstead and there is one spot outside fellstar farm where chainbeast keeps respawning, attacking and stripping a villager and fixing them to the wall, then after a moment the chainbeast respawns again and attack someone else.

 

Ivarstead is almost 'The Home of the Chainbeasts'!  They live there in families and spawn in numbers.  LOL

 

Probably because one of the ChainBeast quests is housed in the bear frequented cave just off to the right after you cross the bridge to the foot of the 7000 steps pathway, ie the cave with the dead hunters lying outside it

 

So the simple answer is: 'Yes. that's as expected - lots to see there'

 

Hope that helps

 

[NotKinkyEnough]

Thanks @DonQuiWho, it was my first experience of chain beasts, installed it and did a random Alternate Start Tavern Patron 'surprise me!' and ended up in Ivarstead, stepped out side and thought "dang this mod is a bit full on"!

 

if it is just that I have spawned at chain central then that's ok I understand...

 

bloody innkeeper going on and on about that haunted barrow but not a word about the rapey animated chains all over town!

 

do you know if it would break anything though if I delete that one spawn point in the street there, idk if it is because a town overhaul has moved stuff around but a chain beast spawning out of nowhere right on the main street every couple of minutes is a bit unimmersive and also the townsfolk really ought to be in a permanent state of emergency over it if that is whats happening to them! Instead of wandering around then acting surprised when it happens again for the 19th time that day

 

 

 

[DonQuiWho]

1 hour ago, NotKinkyEnough said:

Thanks @DonQuiWho, it was my first experience of chain beasts, installed it and did a random Alternate Start Tavern Patron 'surprise me!' and ended up in Ivarstead, stepped out side and thought "dang this mod is a bit full on"!

 

if it is just that I have spawned at chain central then that's ok I understand...

 

bloody innkeeper going on and on about that haunted barrow but not a word about the rapey animated chains all over town!

 

do you know if it would break anything though if I delete that one spawn point in the street there, idk if it is because a town overhaul has moved stuff around but a chain beast spawning out of nowhere right on the main street every couple of minutes is a bit unimmersive and also the townsfolk really ought to be in a permanent state of emergency over it if that is whats happening to them! Instead of wandering around then acting surprised when it happens again for the 19th time that day

 

 

 

 

I don't really know about that as I'm not really a techie person

 

That probably really needs a summons out for @MTB , so to write ?

 

I'm sure he'll be able to help you on that

[MTB]

On 1/18/2022 at 8:18 AM, NotKinkyEnough said:

Can I please check if what I see in game is what is expected

 

I am in Ivarstead and there is one spot outside fellstar farm where chainbeast keeps respawning, attacking and stripping a villager and fixing them to the wall, then after a moment the chainbeast respawns again and attack someone else.

 

It keeps eating my post. Retrying.

 

Note that capturing a victim does not kill the beast. After dropping of its victim, the beast will continue to `terrorize the neighborhood'. Until its killed; usually the locals eventually manage that, but you could give them a hand.
(There is a moment where it's not visible but that's just because I don't have a better way to show the grabbing/releasing of the victim by the beast.)
If new beasts keep appearing even if they are killed, something is going wrong...
Actually stray beasts should not be wandering about town in general. There are a few reasons why beasts might appear but most shouldn't trigger if you just started a new game. Perhaps a trap was triggered. You can disable NPCs triggering traps in the related section in the MCM (it's under plugins).

 

[asdt123123]

The last mine in Beauty quest isnt marked. Cant find it anywhere

[izumonoryu]

There's no actual sexing in the mod I take it - the beast captures you and brings you to a furniture?

[MTB]

On 1/25/2022 at 1:36 PM, asdt123123 said:

The last mine in Beauty quest isnt marked. Cant find it anywhere

 

Do you have the Dragonborn plugin active - if so, that question likely already tells you where to look.

 

9 hours ago, izumonoryu said:

There's no actual sexing in the mod I take it - the beast captures you and brings you to a furniture?

 

Most beasts will indeed just bring you to a furniture (or a jail or a cage or an auction...). 

There are some exceptions that do/may lead to some `sexing'  (always human, never with beasts). (Also you could combine it with other mods like dangerously nude if you're looking for more action, or PAHE if you like to be on top...).

 

Spoiler

One type of beast and two quests will and one quest may lead to sex.

 

Spoiler

If you choose `you will pay' after the sohal klymer quest, in the follow up quest (vengeance is a chain bitch) one way to resolve the quest involves sex.

 

If you get capture by Mark (caged quest) he will want to `have lots of fun' with you (and you're in no position to refuse...)

 

If you get to the aspect quest, the Sa aspect quest (what a wedding) will have an interesting surprise involving well you guessed it.

The beasts in this quest are not currently used anywhere else, but you can summon them anywhere using the console. You can also make any variation of the beasts used in the capture test spell behave in this way by setting their `type' appropriately.  (With the self capture test spell you likely want to set `gameplay>quick capture' to true else you will end up unable to cast before you get fully captured.)

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2022 by MTB

[kohlteth]

Hi on SSE vers, you still cannot skip to "Black widow" level to get the summon chain spider or the walking cage thing as it stops before then and the option to skip further goes away. 

 

 

[MTB]

6 hours ago, kohlteth said:

Hi on SSE vers, you still cannot skip to "Black widow" level to get the summon chain spider or the walking cage thing as it stops before then and the option to skip further goes away. 

 

 

 

Just a check before I go bug hunting;  there are some requirements for advancing in that quest, have you checked that you satisfy them (see your quest log or spoiler note below)?  (The skip option to advance will gray out if you do not match the requirements. There was an old bug where they could disappear altogether and things broke but that should be fixed already.)

 

Spoiler

Advancement requirements (after you have the golden version of the Chain Beast):

To receive the summon spider spell you need to have the first (I think it's called Novice) conjurer perk to

receive the summon walking prison spell you need to have the second (I think it's called Apprentice) conjurer perk.

 

[xyzxyz]

I have 2 questions: 1. What does "contemplate on your knowledge", the quest after getting captured for the first time, mean? What to do?
and second the "mark your gear box" quest doesn't work. It starts but has no map marker or log entry.