Skyrim Chain Beasts

[MTB]

14 minutes ago, metalhead_hr said:

Vortex is giving the following error for SkyrimChainBeasts-v066Update-SSE.7z.  When I try to hit ignore the installation still fails.

 

Seems MO2 is again more forgiving.   I've adjusted those elements and re-uploaded, hopefully also works with Vortex now.

 

[xyzxyz]

About which mountains is that letter after the mine quest talking? Skyrim has a lot of them and the letter reached my in Solstheim^^

[metalhead_hr]

2 hours ago, MTB said:

 

Seems MO2 is again more forgiving.   I've adjusted those elements and re-uploaded, hopefully also works with Vortex now.

 

I just downloaded the fixed version and tried and am still getting the same error message with the same result of failing to install even when selecting ignore.

[Gamer_Auto]

8 hours ago, MTB said:

 

Well, I do have one chapter ready - Chapter 4.3 which I've decided to call Chapter 5 instead.  Was waiting till I had more parts ready, but that has already take a while and will likely take quite some time yet as some relate to quests that are not finished yet.  So here it is.

Continuing from

 

Adventures of Brenty – Seek and You Will Find.

 

Chapter 5 Working out frustrations.

 

 

BCB-Chapter5.pdf 5.63 MB · 0 downloads

Didn't expect _this_ as a reply! Thanks for the update! Looking forward to playing Chainbeasts for myself at some point! Any suggestions on other mods that have good synergy with yours?

[metalhead_hr]

22 hours ago, MTB said:

 

Seems MO2 is again more forgiving.   I've adjusted those elements and re-uploaded, hopefully also works with Vortex now.

 

After playing around a bit with the ModuleConfig.xml file I was able to get it to work in Vortex with the following change to lines 45 and 55.

 

45            <type name="Optional"/>          instead of            <Type name="Optional"/>

55            <type name="Optional"/>          instead of            <Type name="Optional"/>
 

After the change Vortex installed the FOMOD without any obvious or immediate issues.  I'm still building my modlist so can't test at the moment to verify it worked correctly ingame.  Opening the installed deployment folder shows everything I selected during installation in the deployment folder.

[MTB]

22 minutes ago, metalhead_hr said:

After playing around a bit with the ModuleConfig.xml file I was able to get it to work in Vortex with the following change to lines 45 and 55.

 

45            <type name="Optional"/>          instead of            <Type name="Optional"/>

55            <type name="Optional"/>          instead of            <Type name="Optional"/>
 

After the change Vortex installed the FOMOD without any obvious or immediate issues.  I'm still building my modlist so can't test at the moment to verify it worked correctly ingame.  Opening the installed deployment folder shows everything I selected during installation in the deployment folder.

 

Thanks ! 

Did not even occur to me it might treat the tag names as case sensitive. Might technically be following the specification, but still. Anyways I re-uploaded again so others can benefit from your fix as well.

 

[MTB]

21 hours ago, xyzxyz said:

About which mountains is that letter after the mine quest talking? Skyrim has a lot of them and the letter reached my in Solstheim^^

 

There's two hints about it in the note.

Spoiler

 

Swords against blades ... who is enemies with the blades, and where do they reside...

 

many are alone ... what is another word for being alone and also one of the most populated places in Skyrim?

 

Spoiler

Thalmor up in their embassy and Solitude. 

So from solitude head up towards the embassy and look for something you can `face'.

 

(If still lost; look at Bretny's story, Chapter 4 part 1, pages 1 and 2)

 

 

Edited April 9, 2023 by MTB

[MTB]

14 hours ago, Gamer_Auto said:

Any suggestions on other mods that have good synergy with yours?

 

Hoping the other forum members can make some good suggestions.

 

Back in the day that there were reviews of mods there were some suggestions of mods that work nicely together. 

The ones where there are plugins are obvious options eg with PAHE the beasts are very useful if playing a dominant character.

Things that react to nudity/begin restrained - eg dangerously nude or similar might make things `interesting'.

Followers / encounter/populated mods might be useful to distract the beasts from the PC.

 

[xyzxyz]

3 hours ago, MTB said:

Bretny's story

And where is that hidden? It's not in the Klymer story file or in the guide.

I found the box with the gift but what comes next?

Edited April 9, 2023 by xyzxyz

[MTB]

10 hours ago, xyzxyz said:

And where is that hidden? It's not in the Klymer story file or in the guide.

I found the box with the gift but what comes next?

 

Posted in this topic. There are links to the specific posts under `documentation' on the download page.

 

Profit! You should now be able to battle the beasts more effectively.  (For the Beauty and the Chain Beast quest - Read the note to complete the optional objective if that is what you mean. If you have not already done so, there is still the main objective to complete...)

 

[xyzxyz]

55 minutes ago, MTB said:

 

Profit! You should now be able to battle the beasts more effectively.  (For the Beauty and the Chain Beast quest - Read the note to complete the optional objective if that is what you mean. If you have not already done so, there is still the main objective to complete...)

I have no more open quests. I destroyed the unstable mines, gave the guards some keys and got my revenge. Where are the other quests of this mod? The riddle was just to find the box?

[MTB]

1 hour ago, xyzxyz said:

I have no more open quests. I destroyed the unstable mines, gave the guards some keys and got my revenge. Where are the other quests of this mod? The riddle was just to find the box?

 

Spoiler

The riddle is not related to the gift box; that is just the `aid against chain beasts' that the Beauty and The Chain Beasts quest mentions.

There are some more quests once you find the location the note is referring to. 

(You're too close to dragons bridge, the path up to the embassy is closer to Solitude. Just before the embassy there is a clearing/side path...)

 

[xyzxyz]

Is it still a bug that "mines, mines everywhere" doesn't update when you destroy a mine but the quest isn't active? I destroyed the mines in riverwood and whiterun but the counter is still at 3.

I don't use the newest version so I wonder if it is still a problem.

Edit: So I destroyed the mine in riverwood with the quest active. The marker is gone but the counter is still at 3.

Edited April 11, 2023 by xyzxyz

[xyzxyz]

And "of Fangs and Chains" didn't update after I emptied Movarth's lair and Haemar's shame.

Edited April 11, 2023 by xyzxyz

[Celedhring]

Does this mod include sexual content?  Like chain beasts equipped with dildoes to keep victims distracted from escaping?

 

[Gamer_Auto]

1 hour ago, Celedhring said:

Does this mod include sexual content?  Like chain beasts equipped with dildoes to keep victims distracted from escaping?

 

If it doesn't, it should. That would be a nice added bit of challenge; especially if used by the "Pink Chainbeasts" from the most recent walkthrough entries!

[MTB]

On 4/11/2023 at 5:29 PM, xyzxyz said:

Is it still a bug that "mines, mines everywhere" doesn't update when you destroy a mine but the quest isn't active? I destroyed the mines in riverwood and whiterun but the counter is still at 3.

I don't use the newest version so I wonder if it is still a problem.

Edit: So I destroyed the mine in riverwood with the quest active. The marker is gone but the counter is still at 3.

 

If you started `mines, mines everywhere' before completing beauty and the chainbeast that would break things (prevented in recent versions). There may have been bugs in that quest that got fixed, don't remember. Maybe the change logs say something... For the former skipping beauty and the chainbeast in the skip menu may be needed. If that is not it, stopping the quest in the console may be needed.

 

On 4/11/2023 at 6:01 PM, xyzxyz said:

And "of Fangs and Chains" didn't update after I emptied Movarth's lair and Haemar's shame.

 

Spoiler

This is a radiant quest your goal will be in one of the three locations. 

After you check the marked boss-chest in each location and do not find it there, that marker should disappear, but no other update until you find the right chest.

 

12 hours ago, Celedhring said:

Does this mod include sexual content?  Like chain beasts equipped with dildoes to keep victims distracted from escaping?

 

 

The sexual content included in the mod is human only.

Spoiler

Optionally; for the beast with a gem that gem is stored in a specific place and might vibrate while the victim is traveling (depends on bodyslide version chosen and MCM setting set),  but that is as close as it gets to what you mention.

 

 

11 hours ago, Gamer_Auto said:

If it doesn't, it should. That would be a nice added bit of challenge; especially if used by the "Pink Chainbeasts" from the most recent walkthrough entries!

 

Anyone is welcome to make a plugin to add it ;)

 

[xyzxyz]

2 hours ago, MTB said:

If you started `mines, mines everywhere' before completing beauty and the chainbeast that would break things (prevented in recent versions).

I did not. I finally figured the riddle out and got the quest there.

Edited April 14, 2023 by xyzxyz

[xyzxyz]

4 hours ago, MTB said:

 

This is a radiant quest your goal will be in one of the three locations. 

After you check the marked boss-chest in each location and do not find it there, that marker should disappear, but no other update until you find the right chest.

Three locations? There are no markers or locations named in the quest entry aside from the 2 I mentioned.

I may have to upgrade and start the whole mod over again. I use V065

Edited April 14, 2023 by xyzxyz

[MTB]

3 hours ago, xyzxyz said:

Three locations? There are no markers or locations named in the quest entry aside from the 2 I mentioned.

I may have to upgrade and start the whole mod over again. I use V065

 

Have you checked other locations (eg solstheim) ; maybe the quest objective is present but just not on the skyrim map?

V066 fixes some things but not related to the quests you mention.   No idea why the `mines everywhere' quest does not update. Maybe it's just the counter that is not working properly and the quest completes if you also take care of the third mine?

 

[xyzxyz]

1 hour ago, MTB said:

 

Have you checked other locations (eg solstheim) ; maybe the quest objective is present but just not on the skyrim map?

I was there but no marker.

Edited April 14, 2023 by xyzxyz

[DonQuiWho]

20 hours ago, MTB said:

The sexual content included in the mod is human only.

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Optionally; for the beast with a gem that gem is stored in a specific place and might vibrate while the victim is traveling (depends on bodyslide version chosen and MCM setting set),  but that is as close as it gets to what you mention.

 

@MTB

 

There's no chance of me ever creating a plugin to deal with this issue, LOL, but you maybe could consider 'Fill Her Up'? 

 

IIRC, there, if the PC/NPC receives a creamy deposit or dessert from a 'new' race/creature you get asked to add that 'being' to FHU and set what sort of size of load is being conveyed.  So sexual 'consequences' might be as simple as just sending a mod event to FHU when the beastie's 'vibration' happens?  

 

Obviously, my technical credentials are zero-, but might it be worth a peek to see if the thought is close to reality (thinks : reality in Skyrim? ?), even only if it makes you laugh hysterically?

 

Thanks for the continued progress on this mod, tho.  It makes every trip through the wilderness fraught with risk

 

DQW

[MTB]

6 hours ago, DonQuiWho said:

maybe could consider 'Fill Her Up'? 

 

IIRC, there, if the PC/NPC receives a creamy deposit or dessert from a 'new' race/creature you get asked to add that 'being' to FHU and set what sort of size of load is being conveyed.  So sexual 'consequences' might be as simple as just sending a mod event to FHU when the beastie's 'vibration' happens?  

 

The `vibe' events already sends out a mod event to increase arousal (slaUpdateExposure in OnUpdate() in SCB_VibeEffectScript ), so it may be as simple as also sending out a modevent that FHU listens for. 

If FHU doesn't have a (custom) event it listens to that would need to be added as a patch to FHU. (eg listen for "SCB_VibeEvent" and add me.sendModEvent("SCB_VibeEvent") at line 30 in SCB_ViveEffectScript).

 

 

20 hours ago, xyzxyz said:

I was there but no marker.

 

I have discovered what might be the issue with the Mines everywhere quests; if you use the `destroy mine' spell rather than brute force; i.e. just hacking it to pieces (with spell or weapon) after weakening it, the destruction tries to register for the wrong quest, so the right quest never updates. If you use brute force on a later one though, the count should be correct again.  Added to my `to be fixed' list.

 

Still no clue about the "of Fangs and Chains" ;

Spoiler

if somehow there are less that 3 vampire dens in total, there may be less than 3 locations to look for, but then the tome will still be in one of the ones that were found.

 

What do you mean with does not update?  Does the marker not disappear after you open the marked boss chest?

Or have those to markers disappeared but they did not contain the tome?

Can you see what LocA is  (eg with sqv SCB_INT_AspectQuestMB  in the console?) This alias contains the location that has the tome?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by MTB

[xyzxyz]

2 hours ago, MTB said:

I have discovered what might be the issue with the Mines everywhere quests; if you use the `destroy mine' spell rather than brute force; i.e. just hacking it to pieces (with spell or weapon) after weakening it, the destruction tries to register for the wrong quest, so the right quest never updates. If you use brute force on a later one though, the count should be correct again.  Added to my `to be fixed' list.

I didn't even know I can just hack it to bits^^ i always use the spells.

[xyzxyz]

3 hours ago, MTB said:

 

Or have those to markers disappeared but they did not contain the tome?

Marker disappeared after looting the boss chests but nothing unusal inside them. The 2 locations were listed in the quest entry but not anymore.

Edited April 15, 2023 by xyzxyz