3DNPC v3.05.4

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Here is version 3.05.4, the fourth of ten weekly updates until a full Nexus release. Similar to last week, I spent most of my time working on things outside of the mod. In particular, this website.

One thing I wanted to do was stress test this motherfucker. But judging by the speeds I’ve gotten so far, I decided it was best to purchase a more expensive plan. And while we won’t have that sweet, sweet WordAds money, GoogleAds should be enough to fit the monthly server costs, I hope. Right now it’s just showing a stupid tan box at the bottom. Stop that, Google.

3DNPC v3.05.4 (91MB Zip Download) – REQUIRES v3.05 INSTALLED

New NPCs
• Mithril (Ronja Monto)

Re-Recorded NPCs
• Jerulith (Jessica Osborne)
• Carmella (Elegant Artist)

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.05
• Increased difficulty by adding reanimated corpses and healing mechanic to Forgotten Lore
• Provided option to turn in Talos worshipers for Immortal Coil
• Fenced In – Morndas asks to meet fence but script referenced wrong quest.
• Immortal Coil – Added wandering, potentially hostile Thalmor patrol in Markarth for first phase of the quest and objective to ensure PC talks to Froa upon retrieving the soul gems. Also added objective to return to Widow’s Watch.
• Froa’s 100+ Post-Quest audio files were not included in 3.05
• Hagravi missing marriage lines added
• Dropped HP of Darkened Steel NPC and added failsafe script to ensure proper outcome
• Ylgyne dismissal was incorrectly conditioned to Meresine being in your group as opposed to Ylgyne
• Removed instances of double voices for Larkspur, Duraz, and Yushari
• S’vashni’s minimum level raised to 20

Creation Kit – More Quest Tweaks

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In the v3.05.1 update, I added a wandering Thalmor Agent to the Immortal Coil quest in order to add some tension to the letter delivery. So, when a user was curious why there was no option to turn in the Talos worshipers, it made sense to use the same agent to do so. Moreover, as the dialogue is conditioned to the MaleElfHaughty voice and Thalmorfaction, you can actually turn them in to any male Justiciar.

Keep in mind this is not an Imperial option, but rather a Thalmor option. Imperial-aligned PCs should still be able to complete the quest normally. I’m of the belief the Imperials aren’t interested in enforcing this law, which is why Ondolemar has trouble convincing the Jarl to arrest Ogmund.

Now I realize a mod NPC, Orenius, mentions doing that very thing, but that’s to show how distanced he is from the Penitus Oculatus. In other words, the Empire basically put him out to pasture by assigning him to a zero priority task, annoying both him and the Thalmor in the process by having them work together. The reason for this “punishment” being his obsession with the Raven of Anvil.

Still, even if you disagree and feel the quest is only friendly to Stormcloaks, this will provide you with an option to turn Arilwaen in.

Hello World!

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Hello world indeed. Here is the Alpha version of the new website. The domain name is temporary, I’ll be switching it out to 3DNPC.com soon enough.

FORUMS
To enter, click on the FORUMS button in the top right corner or the recent bulletin posts on the left. This is where discussions, comments, and things of that nature should take place. If you want to start a discussion regarding an NPC or quest, do it here. The Q&A is for bug reports and troubleshooting, the wiki is for information. General chat and the like goes to the forum, just click on the button in the top right corner.

Q&A
In the upper right hand corner, you’ll notice links to the forums as well as a place to ask, answer and browse user questions. Try it out, ask a question, any question, and I’ll do my best to answer it.

The one disadvantage to the Q&A section is that anonymous posters can’t ask questions. Why? I have no idea. The creators say it has to do with spam. It’s bizarre because they could’ve just gave me the option and let me decide for myself. Hopefully they’ll change that in a future update.

A FULL WIKI
The wiki is indexed more or less like it was previously, with one major change. If I’m not mistaken, it can be edited by any subscriber. Unfortunately, it can’t be edited by anonymous users, however, unless I pay $19 a month which is crazy given the information will be mostly static. The linkable text also makes a huge difference.

HTML5 AUDIO PLAYER
The audio player has a pop-out feature that will let you play music while you browse the site. This isn’t as ideal as having it run regardless of what page you’re on, but the only player I found that does that (Background Music Player) doesn’t list the tracks and titles, let alone have a playlist feature. You’ll also notice a DOWNLOAD button. Not a hallucination. You can download right off the player.

WEBM
As evidenced by the top, you’ll notice the site supports the WEBM format, which is better than uploading to Youtube because reasons. Well, mostly due to the fact that the videos load in full quality. I prefer WEBMs to GIFs because they don’t run in perpetuity and cause me motion sickness. Here are some I stole off 4chan earlier this week: 

The last thing you should check out is the comment system. Youtube videos will automatically embed. Still working on images like GIFs and whatnot.

LINKABLE KEYWORDS
There’s a plug-in that will allow every instance of a keyword to link to that respective page in the Wiki. So if I type the words Fontaine it will link to his page automatically. This should work anywhere on the site, whether it’s the comments, the forum, ANYWHERE.