Hmm, i'm having problems with the initial menu with all the difficulty settings and such starting up, so i would like to know what quest or script it uses to run, so i can manually trigger it using the console. This causes the alchemy shop folks to not sell me anything or accompany me, regardless of my level. I'll be looking at the problem myself but if anyone shows up with a hint, it'll save me some pulling of hair!
Years later and i got hit with the same issue again, turns out all i needed to do was turn this mod on later, as it clashes with other stuff i had that also have a startup menu right into the jail scene, which is generally not good practice. At the very least there must be some time delay before those mod startup scripts get their first run, unless it's absolutely imperative for it to start right away.
The author released a new version of this mod recently. The description sounds like the latest version (v7.0) has quite a lot of addition and improvement. Not sure if he/she will be back here, I'm putting a link to the download page on his/her website, where you can also get detailed information about all the new features.
By the way, the author also created a new compilation mod that adds hundreds of weapons and armor pieces. The description says that it focuses on exploration, allowing you to encounter new weapons and armor pieces everywhere in the world by chance. If you're interested, you can get the mod here.
I went ahead and downloaded v7 and fired it up. When I started my game, I was subjected to a 6-question quiz to configure the options/difficulty. I was then given a book that suggested that I'd made the wrong choices. ;-) Fortunately, there's a sack near the prison exit that has a crystal for resetting your choices.
Anyway, the shop has a map marker, so it was easy enough to find. The place was surrounded by horses, like I'd come across a biker bar before there were Harleys. A few weeds were in front of the stoop, but the interior of the shop was immaculate. I found a few of the followers (all with probably a bit more makeup than their mothers would have approved) but no Julienne. I guess she was out. Upstairs was the dog, which amusingly took the shape of a chest, if you clicked on him, as well as another follower with odd patches of gray on her skin. I'm guessing the characters are configured for vanilla bodies and that my HGEC bodies were throwing it off, but I can probably fix that.
Mystina wouldn't follow me unless I gave her a filled black soul gem, so that's on hold, for now. Haven't had any more time to kick the tires, yet, but I'll report back, as I learn more.
ETA - OK. The author further explains on the v7 site that I would have just been wasting my time to get a black soul gem, because the only one she'll accept is actually in the basement. Sure enough, taking that one (even though it's marked as theft) was good enough for her, and she joined me as a follower. No idea what her daily rate is. I figured she'd tell me when she signed on, but she didn't.
Anyway, I've decided that the mod is just too broad and ambitious for a "follower mod," which was all I was after, so I've uninstalled it. Not necessarily a knock on the mod. It just didn't fit my needs.
Downloaded 1st Alchemy Companion Julienne v7.0 and also Oblivion Masterpiece Equipment Collection Optimized. They both are working fine. Many thanks for supplying the links. Superb mods.
Can someone who installed the mod tell me how do the "alchemy services" work exactly? Is it just a shop or is it combining ingredients like normal alchemy?
I have noticed multiple instances of the addtopic box being used from a GREETING* topic, which may lead to the "adtopic box bug" of missing topics. Therefor I reccoment running the mod last in the load order, or a least after any other mod which may have altered or custom GREETING*s topics, until your have finished all 5 companion recruitments and thus have gone through all the GREETING*s.
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This causes the alchemy shop folks to not sell me anything or accompany me, regardless of my level.
I'll be looking at the problem myself but if anyone shows up with a hint, it'll save me some pulling of hair!
At the very least there must be some time delay before those mod startup scripts get their first run, unless it's absolutely imperative for it to start right away.
1st Alchemy Companion Julienne v7.0
And if you have trouble with the mod, you can get a detailed guide here.
How to fix the problems
By the way, the author also created a new compilation mod that adds hundreds of weapons and armor pieces. The description says that it focuses on exploration, allowing you to encounter new weapons and armor pieces everywhere in the world by chance. If you're interested, you can get the mod here.
Oblivion Masterpiece Equipment Collection Optimized
Anyway, the shop has a map marker, so it was easy enough to find. The place was surrounded by horses, like I'd come across a biker bar before there were Harleys. A few weeds were in front of the stoop, but the interior of the shop was immaculate. I found a few of the followers (all with probably a bit more makeup than their mothers would have approved) but no Julienne. I guess she was out. Upstairs was the dog, which amusingly took the shape of a chest, if you clicked on him, as well as another follower with odd patches of gray on her skin. I'm guessing the characters are configured for vanilla bodies and that my HGEC bodies were throwing it off, but I can probably fix that.
Mystina wouldn't follow me unless I gave her a filled black soul gem, so that's on hold, for now. Haven't had any more time to kick the tires, yet, but I'll report back, as I learn more.
ETA - OK. The author further explains on the v7 site that I would have just been wasting my time to get a black soul gem, because the only one she'll accept is actually in the basement. Sure enough, taking that one (even though it's marked as theft) was good enough for her, and she joined me as a follower. No idea what her daily rate is. I figured she'd tell me when she signed on, but she didn't.
Anyway, I've decided that the mod is just too broad and ambitious for a "follower mod," which was all I was after, so I've uninstalled it. Not necessarily a knock on the mod. It just didn't fit my needs.
Many thanks for supplying the links.
Superb mods.
Thank you
Is it just a shop or is it combining ingredients like normal alchemy?