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?

[ghastley]

Just adding to my catalogue of unfinished mods:

Smurf Hearthfires: I have the home, the location, the "during growth" models, and some Smurfs. My only idea for a triggering quest required the player to go to Solstheim, which isn't viable until level 20+.

Altmer Hearthfires: To use the Elven furniture I converted for the Markarth Arena mod. I've replaced part of a copy of Orotheim with a crystal cave using the Azura's star pieces, but the transition from gloomy cave sections to over-bright crystal is too much. That may just be because it's empty, and it's all bare crystal in that area. The original cave already had smithing stations, and the missing ones can be added. There's also a cave dining area, so the crystal part is just bedroom. Conversion to BYO could be complex.

Conina and friends: The Ghenghiz Cohen, Rincewind and Nijel the Destroyer characters need to be added somehow as NPC's, maybe replacing housecarl, bard, carriage driver for Lakeview, where the Salon replaces the Entryway. But they'd really need some fun dialogue, which is always an issue, because of voice acting.

Dwemer Bot: Needs a minimal cover-up for Bzuumz, using some more Bikini Armor pieces. And some Hand-to-hand balancing for her as an NPC. I think I have some scripts to avoid her swapping outfit, but a unique race for her may make that moot, as other gear would not apply. Hiring her from Mzthlft will re-use room rental dialogue.

Orc Stronghold Wise Woman: Most of this is done, but I have problems with the scene where she destroys Hervik's cursed mask. It just hangs up and won't finish. The dungeon needs a manual re-work of the nav-mesh, too, which is tedious. Again, it needs dialogue with voice acting, but at least that's for unique characters, not addition topics for existing ones.

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On top of these, the introduction of SKSE64 means I have a backlog of porting to SE. I've done Hulk Out! but haven't uploaded it yet. I'm not sure I want the XBox1 users to start whining that it's not like the comics.

This post has been edited by ghastley: Oct 2 2017, 03:48 PM