Skyrim Chain Beasts

[MTB]

21 hours ago, Vampir2005 said:

One question what mod disables the Menu function?

 

I don't understand the question.  Do you mean the mod is not appearing in the MCM list of mods?  (If so that's likely a general issue rather than one specific to this mod; please try those for a possible solution.)

[MysticDaedra]

Sometimes the sound crashes when there are a lot of chain beasts nearby, forcing me to restart Skyrim.

[MysticDaedra]

Finally finished the Beauty and the Chain Beasts quest, now I'm trying to figure out what to do next? There doesn't seem to be any direction or hints... I did get a letter from Filjnar in Shor's Stone since I completed the OG redbelly mine quest, so I went and did that, but I don't see any other notes or books or anything in my inventory. The quest guide says to read up on Chain Beasts... where should I go about doing this?

 

EDIT: I'm also now doing The Ebony Mine, I'm at the point where it says "become an altromancer, then get friends captured". What is an altromancer, and how do I become one? I tried sleeping to see if there would be a dream from Mephala, but... zip.

Edited August 28, 2023 by MysticDaedra

[MTB]

On 8/27/2023 at 8:37 PM, MysticDaedra said:

Sometimes the sound crashes when there are a lot of chain beasts nearby, forcing me to restart Skyrim.

 

Not had this myself.  All I can think of to address this;

- limit the number of beasts around (lower max extra beasts setting might help).

- remove sound altogether;  file is Chain4_LP.wav in data\Sounds\Fx\SkyrimChainBeasts.esm\  perhaps renaming it to Chain4_LP.wav.bk already does the trick (else need to edit the esm to remove the sound from the ChainBeast race.

 

There's mods that are supposed to help some issues caused by having large numbers of actor around, but no idea if any of that relates to sound...

 

On 8/28/2023 at 7:12 AM, MysticDaedra said:

Finally finished the Beauty and the Chain Beasts quest, now I'm trying to figure out what to do next? There doesn't seem to be any direction or hints... I did get a letter from Filjnar in Shor's Stone since I completed the OG redbelly mine quest, so I went and did that, but I don't see any other notes or books or anything in my inventory. The quest guide says to read up on Chain Beasts... where should I go about doing this?

 

EDIT: I'm also now doing The Ebony Mine, I'm at the point where it says "become an altromancer, then get friends captured". What is an altromancer, and how do I become one? I tried sleeping to see if there would be a dream from Mephala, but... zip.

 

Altromancer; someone skilled in Altromancy.  (You're using the  Vokrii perk overhaul, right? else don't use the Vokrii plugin. Without it, this would read, become a Novice conjurer, Apprentice conjurer, etc.)

 

read up on chain beasts

Spoiler

Places where you encountered an unstable mine, as well as places where you would expect to find books might be good places to look around a bit.  Reading chain beast spell tomes should also do the trick.

 

As you finished Beauty and the Chain Beast and  already read a tome (as you know how to summon beasts), the follow up quest should likely be on its way already. You should be able to tell based on the skip menu; if TJH is mentioned and the action is advance (not start) then its running and you should be getting another note soon.

 

[Vampir2005]

On 8/27/2023 at 9:58 PM, MTB said:

 

I don't understand the question.  Do you mean the mod is not appearing in the MCM list of mods?  (If so that's likely a general issue rather than one specific to this mod; please try those for a possible solution.)

Hi i dont mean the MCM Menu.

 

I mean the Menu function from Playercontrols.

 

After i freed my Char the Menu function ( open Inventory or open the Map )  here is nothing, only when use the Console or Zaz then i can via console use the command Enableplayercontrols. This set it back to normal.

 

Cu.

[La furie du Dragon]

On 8/18/2023 at 4:38 PM, MTB said:

 

Not my expertise but I think the steps that are needed:

- add the slider effects in outfit studio

- build the outfit (& tri shape) in bodyslide

- update the armor add-ons to support different weight versions in the mod eg in Xedit  (add the _0 in the nif name... 4 times, one for each material version.) - I've attached a file where that's already been done.

 

With that, the different shapes should take effect, at least for me with a quick test changing a slider and then moving that in the morphs in racemenu had some effect.

 

 

 

SCB-SSE-WeightedCocoon.7z 176.76 kB · 8 downloads

that 7z file only has an esm file inside, is that normal, or am I missing something ?

Edited September 2, 2023 by La furie du Dragon

[MTB]

On 8/30/2023 at 4:40 PM, Vampir2005 said:

Hi i dont mean the MCM Menu.

 

I mean the Menu function from Playercontrols.

 

After i freed my Char the Menu function ( open Inventory or open the Map )  here is nothing, only when use the Console or Zaz then i can via console use the command Enableplayercontrols. This set it back to normal.

 

Cu.

 

> Freed my Char

From which situation and how?

SCB disables player controls and (enables AI control) when traveling and in a zaz device and returns the controls after that.

Using force release (status menu) should also return control and should be the only way the char is freed from those cases.

 

On 9/2/2023 at 1:25 PM, La furie du Dragon said:

that 7z file only has an esm file inside, is that normal, or am I missing something ?

Indeed, yes and no.

It's just the edits to the esm that are needed to add weight support to the cocoon `armors', so that if you make  _0, _1 versions of the mesh using outfit studio & bodyslide that those will actually be used by the mod.  (Step 3 in the list you quote.)

 

[wareware]

I seem to have triggered a quest in the Warrens in Markarth prematurely by just walking to the end of them. Something about a critter escaping a chest but nothing is present on the quest marker.

[xyzxyz]

What does "Enjoy your power" mean in the Mephala mine quest? I got the final CB but don't know what do do now.

I'm totally expecting a trap by now.

Edited September 13, 2023 by xyzxyz

[Vampir2005]

On 9/11/2023 at 7:46 AM, wareware said:

I seem to have triggered a quest in the Warrens in Markarth prematurely by just walking to the end of them. Something about a critter escaping a chest but nothing is present on the quest marker.

The same here. It points at a empty spot.

[Celedhring]

On 9/12/2023 at 1:29 PM, Vampir2005 said:

The same here. It points at a empty spot.

I got the same thing after a chain beast delivered my PC to the Riften slave auction (Simple Slavery) and sold to Markarth as it's Public Whore.  (it was a pretty fun runthrough, right down to missing something by a guard while my PC was getting gangbanged as an PW outcome and got arrested and thrown into Cidhna Mine. 

She did however escape (fell through a floor right into the middle of all those Silverblood guards near the mine entrance resulting in yet another "swarm" gangbang that put my PC close to the end of her 37 person quota.   Had a run in with vampires as part of the Dawnguard main quest but the guards killed them - just as well as my PC wasn't armed. 

The trip while caged in a gemmed chainbeast while having Aroused Creatures turned on with "creatures prefer collars" ticked on and the range set to 200 made for slow travel especially with encumbrance turned on in Fill Her Up....she was getting accosted alot by wildlife and creatures along the way! 

She's pretty infamous throughout the Rift now.  XD

[MTB]

On 9/11/2023 at 5:46 AM, wareware said:

I seem to have triggered a quest in the Warrens in Markarth prematurely by just walking to the end of them. Something about a critter escaping a chest but nothing is present on the quest marker.

On 9/12/2023 at 6:29 PM, Vampir2005 said:

The same here. It points at a empty spot.

 

Looks like the initially disabled bit was not set on the trigger. (Pretty sure I'd done that but perhaps a CK crash killed it...)

In any case, will be fixed in next update.

 

On 9/11/2023 at 8:10 PM, xyzxyz said:

What does "Enjoy your power" mean in the Mephala mine quest? I got the final CB but don't know what do do now.

I'm totally expecting a trap by now.

 

Spoiler

> final CB

Big and gold right? (else try getting a few more friends captured.)

 

Try sleeping.

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by MTB

[xyzxyz]

57 minutes ago, MTB said:

 

> final CB

Big and gold right? (else try getting a few more friends captured.)

 

Big golden spider. I slept a few times but nothing happened. I don't actually remember how the quest started. The journal mentions a dream but I don't know. Could just trying the ebony mine out trigger the quest early?

I stumpled upon a bounty quest where the spider was really usefull but it ended after I told the guard that the spy is in Morthal.

Edited September 15, 2023 by xyzxyz

[MTB]

33 minutes ago, xyzxyz said:

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Big golden spider. I slept a few times but nothing happened. I don't actually remember how the quest started. The journal mentions a dream but I don't know. Could just trying the ebony mine out trigger the quest early?

I stumpled upon a bounty quest where the spider was really usefull but it ended after I told the guard that the spy is in Morthal.

 

Spoiler

Nope, not there yet.  Try to get more friends captured; you should get a quest update soon.

 

You don't get the ebony version of the mine until the quest starts so no that should not be possible.

 

Spying on the swamp?  I'd not have guessed that...

(that quest ends there for now, have more plans for it, if I ever get to them...)

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by MTB

[xyzxyz]

Great. Thx. I found Vaerminas aspect but Hermann has nothing to teach me after a couple of days. What dialogue was it?

The quest "Sleep tight" is still active somehow.

And serpent it is. I hope it doesn't have 5 versions like the others...

Edited September 15, 2023 by xyzxyz

[Celedhring]

Sometimes the chain beast spider in the Brittleshin Pass dungeon where you find Zora Fair-Child is stuck.  I was able to trigger it by shooting it with a bow.  

It does have issues getting down from the top of the stone platform once it ensnares the PC. 

[xyzxyz]

7 hours ago, Celedhring said:

Sometimes the chain beast spider in the Brittleshin Pass dungeon where you find Zora Fair-Child is stuck.  I was able to trigger it by shooting it with a bow.  

It does have issues getting down from the top of the stone platform once it ensnares the PC. 

What quest is that?

[xyzxyz]

 

I have 2 identical looking spells for the serpent in my list. 1 calls a silver serpent and the other  spell calls a steel serpent. That looks like a bug.

Silver became gold but I still have 2 spells. I guess the elephant is next...

Edited September 16, 2023 by xyzxyz

[Celedhring]

5 hours ago, xyzxyz said:

What quest is that?

None that I can think of. In prior run throughs to acquire Zora Fairchild as my companion, it's always been up on the ceiling overlooking the big cavern in Brittleshin Pass.  In the past it's triggered whenever my PC steps on the top of the stone pillar with wooden steps leading down to the cavern floor. 

If you mean Zora Fairchild, she's one of the NPCS in the "Interesting Characters" mod and hands down one of my favorite companions. 

[xyzxyz]

37 minutes ago, Celedhring said:

6 hours ago, xyzxyz said:

 

None that I can think of. In prior run throughs to acquire Zora Fairchild as my companion, it's always been up on the ceiling overlooking the big cavern in Brittleshin Pass.  In the past it's triggered whenever my PC steps on the top of the stone pillar with wooden steps leading down to the cavern floor. 

I just was there but no spider at all.

[Celedhring]

10 hours ago, xyzxyz said:

I just was there but no spider at all.

Weird.   The spider has always been there in every single one of my runthroughs ever since I installed Chain Beasts...did you get the first quest that kicks off the Skyrim Chain Beasts quests? 

[xyzxyz]

2 hours ago, Celedhring said:

Weird.   The spider has always been there in every single one of my runthroughs ever since I installed Chain Beasts...did you get the first quest that kicks off the Skyrim Chain Beasts quests? 

I'm hunting daedric books about the beasts so yeah, I've done the first and most of the mods quest.

[MTB]

On 9/15/2023 at 8:05 PM, xyzxyz said:

Great. Thx. I found Vaerminas aspect but Hermann has nothing to teach me after a couple of days. What dialogue was it?

The quest "Sleep tight" is still active somehow.

And serpent it is. I hope it doesn't have 5 versions like the others...

 

Yeh, Herman does not know what to do with that book yet.

(i.e. I've not thought up a related reward power ... if you have suggestions shoot...)

 

> Sleep tight.

Remains open so you can easily try both paths. If you want to get rid of it, use Herman's `abandon a quest' topic. (You can always get it back with `reexamine an aspect' if you want.)

 

On 9/16/2023 at 6:41 AM, Celedhring said:

Sometimes the chain beast spider in the Brittleshin Pass dungeon where you find Zora Fair-Child is stuck.  I was able to trigger it by shooting it with a bow.  

It does have issues getting down from the top of the stone platform once it ensnares the PC. 

 

Spoiler

Stuck or simply not triggered?   There are a number of possible traps stones (one obvious, the others more hidden) that can trigger this spider, but as any `standard trap' it is random when they are present (settings under plugins).

 

Spoiler

 

The larger the beast, the more trouble the path finding/moving has, especially in tighter spaces like this;  taking control `struggling' may be needed or fast forward is fall else fails.

 

Spider should always be there, but if it is not triggered, it's hidden away a bit.

 

Spoiler

 

 

Double spell:

Spoiler

Don't know what caused that; its exactly the same piece of code for any spell that is added/removed.  You can manually remove it in the console;

player.removespell xx070543

where xx is the load order of the SCB esm (in hex).

 

> I guess the elephant is next...

Spoiler

Not to spoil things but good guess...

 

 

 

Edited September 17, 2023 by MTB

[xyzxyz]

Sometimes captives get stuck after beeing released from the zap device. I can free them from the chains but they don't move or try to get their gear.

[brdc]

Could someone please explain how to make use of the DBVO files? They can't be installed with MO2 like normal DBVO voice packs and I really dunno what to do, as the mod discription and user guide haven't mentioned...