As promised, here is the first of ten weekly updates before the release of version 3.05. Obviously, if I feel an unvoiced quest like Immortal Coil is on the verge of being fully voiced, I’ll delay things an extra week or two, but only if we’re on version 3.04.9. Otherwise, it will be released every Monday.

The releases will be cumulative. You don’t have to download every week. Version 3.04.2 will include everything in version 3.04.1. Moreover, the zips will be packaged with both the Main file and the Hearthfire patch. The Dawnguard patch is unnecessary since you aren’t overwriting any vampires with this update.

3DNPC v3.04.1 UPDATE [Requires Installation of 3.04]

New NPCs
• Geel-Jah (Matthew Dixon) and Torveld (Ryan Cooper) [Here are Torveld’s voice files if he isn’t speaking]

Fixes and Tweaks
• Black Robes (Silent, Beta Quest) – Telling Anum-La to Wait at the Mourner’s Den will cause her to wait there forever if Lattimore is sent to Winterhold upon completion.
• Improper condition for Meresine upon meeting.

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

The main file is actually smaller for v3.03 than v3.02. The reason for this is I included some work files – the original uncompressed voice files for Tikrid – in the previous version. They can be found in the TIkridVoice folder of v3.02, and can be deleted or kept and framed for prosperity, provided you have a printer that can print sound. In any case, here are the releases and notes:

3DNPC v3.03 Main File – Full Download [Torrent – 1.7GB]

UPDATE ONLY – v3.02 to v3.03 – For those who already have v3.02 installed. – 140 MB.

HF PATCH v3.03 – For Hearthfire Users. Dawnguard update not necessary as no new vampires were introduced in v3.03.

Main Additions
• Rumarin will now use dual bound blades and a bound bow
• Valgus heals the player when health under 40% and he is within 512 units. He will also heal you post-battle if your health is low once every 12 hours, for immersion purposes only.
• Random innkeeper interaction with Alassea, Morndas, and Amalee
• New NPC Mannequin available upon completion of the House on the Hill (voiced by J.T. Decker)
• New voice for Zajhirra and Hagravi (voiced by J.T. Decker)
• Additional combat and commentary lines for Hjoromir, Alassea, Rumarin, Dagri’lon, Zora, Morndas, and Valgus

Silent Additions (setstage 3DNPCenable 1)
• New Dark Elf Archer/Follower, Meresine. One of Zajhirra’s random hellos will point you to her.

Tweaks
• “Setstage DialogueNPCName 500” will now turn mod NPCs into vanilla NPCs, and fail any related quests. Previously the console command muted the NPC as opposed to making them vanilla.
• Split monologues and re-arranged much of Jerulith and Frik‘s dialogue for shorter replies
• Raised volume on Drelas and Jaspar
• Moved Iria‘s start point to the Hall of the Dead until PC speaks to her at least once
• Cassock‘s victims will now have urns in the Hall of the Dead

Fixes
• Alassea or other Marriage Issues – It seems when I make an existing NPC marry-able it doesn’t register on old saves. Added an extra script to add them to the “potentialmarriagefaction” just in case, and attached to the proposal line.
• Alassea post-marriage song related dialogue not connected
• Spell it Out for Me – In older saves, NPC not dying due to previously being set as “protected.”
• Alassea not playing Warrior’s Life – Unlocking Tears of the Hist is an improper condition.
• Iria looping “What can a corpse tell you…” question
• Fironet and Rinori‘s audio had too much treble
• Bodan missing an audio file for scene if PC is not a member of the Companions.
• Alisen not playing “Age of Aggression”