Mod restartitis, Cross-infection from the game itself? Options

[ghastley]

I'm finding myself doing with mods what others do with their characters. I'm starting new ones, before I've finished work on the existing ones.

Bear Riders - I built Riders Lodge, added a couple of new NPC's, lots of skimpy outfits, and two or three quests. Got stuck trying to pair up recruits with their bears, and establish the patrols. I'm also having issues getting Unna to train more bears, because I don't know how to attach properties to an Actor.

Thieves Guild Continued - Created a number of new NPC's, the beginnings of the first quest, and added content to Riftweald Manor to open its doors once the Guild takes it over. Got stuck with quest conditions for executing Sibbi. I want to have him chopped by Svidi, but she may be dead, so I need Mjoll (who's essential) to step in for that situation. I just can't get the aliases to fill properly!

Orc Hearthfires - This was going nicely until it started crashing the game as soon as I created the small hut layout.

Elf Kids - I made a high-res head to generate the model-space normals, but can't get that process to work. The tutorial on it requires 3DS MAX and ZBrush, which I don't have. I figured out how to use Blender for the sculpting, but there's some subtle use of MAX that's eluding me. Stuck again.

Alik'r Dancer - still adding more content. It's released, but unfinished. I just made a modified Scimitar model, because I wasn't happy with the hilt on the vanilla one, and I'm working on a high-end one (probably ebony) for variety.

Diablita for Skyrim - She's OK apart from a kink in her tail when idle. It's a problem with one bone in the Bethesda animation, because I can see it in the Khajiit tail, too. It's just a lot more noticeable with a more slender tail. I downloaded the Havok tools to try and fix it myself, but again seem to need other software (like MAX) to use with it.

Hulk out - Actually finished that one! I just have to make myself leave it alone.

And all this is on top of multiple mods for my own use only, just to tweak things for one character. Drelka's getting a new dress like her one in Oblivion, for example.

I'm finding myself going back to my old characters and doing new quests with them. How do I get myself to go back and finish the mods I started?

[SubRosa]

That looks good. Why not use the Blades shield? Those always had an Islamic/Moorish look to them in both Skyrim and Oblivion.

This post has been edited by SubRosa: Aug 15 2015, 05:15 PM

[ghastley]

That looks good. Why not use the Blades shield? Those always had an Islamic/Moorish look to them in both Skyrim and Oblivion.

Only because he hasn't got that far in the MQ. He'll take a look at that shield when he encounters one. I don't let him get ahead of the game, so he had to wait until he could smith the Steel Plate before I let him have the Alik'r version. There's also a mod with alternative shields that I may try. No plans for a shield in this mod, as there's enough choice out there already.

Grits: I was considering putting the scimitar in the Alik'r Dancer mod with the white texture, but haven't finished that yet. His housecarl is wearing that, sort of. She has piercings instead of the bra and panties ( ) which meant that I never got round to texturing those bits. I'll have to do that some time.

Now the scimitar, and making it at the forge, will probably go with this.

Edit: Here's a screenshot of Al and his housecarl Claudia. She replaces Calder in his game. I almost posted this in the Where Am I thread, but I'm not sure I can remember where they are!

Edit again: Al now has a Blades Shield and I like the look, but there's no perk for tempering it, so it's starting to lag behind his other Steel Plate gear. I remade the helmet using the top of the stormcloak/guard one, and I'll post screenshots once I have the female version of everything done.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Aug 17 2015, 04:23 PM