Month: January 2014

Trailers and Teasers – Cassius

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Here is Randy Westbrook voicing Cassius, part of a very short, not even miscellaneous quest I made up the other day. Randy is probably one of the more reliable actors in the community, and the character was fully voiced before I finished writing him. Crazy, but true.

In other news, I should mention I created another snag with Meresine. A bad condition makes it so that you have to enter the console code setstage DialogueMeresine 3 after meeting her to advance her dialogue.  All of this will be fixed in Monday’s mini update.

Yes, that’s right. I’ve mentioned this before, but never actually followed through. However, I think a weekly update might be doable. It won’t matter if you miss 1, or 2, or all of them, as they will be cumulative. Version 3.04.3, for example will include everything from 3.04.2 and 3.04.1, until we get all the way to 3.05 which will be a Nexus release.

The main obstacle previously was releasing half-finished content, but now I’m familiar enough with the CK to keep that stuff quarantined until it’s ready. So, it won’t matter if there’s only 10 new sound files included. Doing it every Monday will mean quicker fixes and quicker delivery of new stuff, especially for mod enthusiasts. Are you enthusiastic enough to download every week? Probably not. But you won’t have to.

3DNPC v3.04

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A couple notes on this latest update. In the tweaks section, I mention the removal of certain NPCs and turning them into vanilla clutter. Rest assured, they will not be permanently removed from the mod, as you can do that on your own if you dislike them via the console.

The reasons for this are two. In some cases, the dialogue has been altered in anticipation of an overhaul, and the old files don’t match the new script.

In other cases, I just wasn’t comfortable having such an old NPC be the first one you encounter. Given I can’t control the user experience, I can only hope that the first person you meet is representative of the overall quality of the mod. Temporarily removing some of the characters – like the placeholder audio I myself voiced, and voiced horribly, for instance – in addition to some archaic NPCs will help that.

NOTE: If you downloaded the mod BEFORE the appearance of this note, I need to replace the BSA. Sorry. It had 2 auto-generated blank, vanilla scripts in there. Hate when it does that shit and doesn’t tell anyone, but mostly I hate myself for not catching it earlier. 

Luckily, the fix is VERY simple. Just click on this wall of text to download – and replace the torrent BSA file with this one. The files below have already been updated. 

3DNPC v3.04 FULL [1.8GB Torrent] 
UPDATE FROM v3.03 [350 MB zip]
HEARTHFIRE PATCH [5MB zip]

New Quests
• Thrice-Bitten, Once Shy (Matthew Dixon, Lindsey Lorraine)
• The Gales of Guilt – (Giramor, Isaac Silbernberg aka MagnusDux, J.T. Decker, Matthew Dixon, Lindsey Lorraine, Paul Kilmer)

New Follower NPCs
• Meresine (Elisabeth Hunter)
• Daenlyn Oakhollow (Matthew Dixon)

Voiced but Incomplete NPCs
• Arghus (Daniel Hodge) – Follower Options disabled as unrecorded

Re-Recorded NPCs
• Glathriel (Alice Bell)
• Iria (Adoxographist)
• Godrod (J.T. Decker)
• Okapi (Draginite)
• Sadrin/Rumarin/Edwayne/Orondil/Jaysen (Jay33721)

Alterations and Tweaks
• Moved “Meet and Greet” Quests to Miscellaneous section of the Journal
• Added bisexual marriage option for Hagravi
• Major overhaul for dialogue of Valgus and Rumarin, improved audio and writing.
• Minor revisions to dialogue of Dravos, Batheru, Callen, Olivia, and Beatrice
• Added “meet me there” to Callen for Horker Quest, Children Fair, and portions of Brother and Keeper and Sleeping Giant
• Temporarily disabled dialogue for Eleanor, Yushari, and Jeerah-Nur while they are being re-worked
• Replaced cycled silent track when mod bards play outdoors with one-time, 2 minute silent track

Bug Fixes and Failsafes
• Teleport script added to the end of “Rose Without Thorns” in case Erevan takes the long way to Kynesgrove
• Fixed audio compression issues for Jerulith. Edited her dialogue to remove the word “Justicar.”
• Northwatch prisoners showing up at Robber’s Refuge even if they haven’t been freed.
• Songstress not playing “Tale of the Tongues”
• Alassea missing audio files – Affected scenes and Bard Songs like “The Journey”
• Skjarn not mentioning duels
• Anum-La follows in perpetuity after completion of Black Robes
• House on the Hill – Talking to Mr. Skeever advances the quest too early, will fix. Also there’s too much of a delay on the dialogue between the 3, should be more rapid fire.
• Fironet – Audio files not included from dialogue split in 3.03
• Tikrid‘s meet quest not completing
• Dravynea and Roggi not leaving bench after Rose Without Thorns

Trailers and Teasers – Glathriel

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Here is Glathriel voiced by the incomparable Alice Bell. Despite being one of the original ten or so NPCs introduced in the mod, I think only a small number of people have talked to her outside of her cameo in the Way of the Nine.

This overhaul has slightly expanded role play but most of the original stuff still holds up. The conversation about her pal Jorrik, her days in Solitude, the search for her mother, and of course, the reference to a certain Nord from Riften were left intact.