Wow, I downloaded this since 2014 & forgot about it until like last week.
I'd say, the description is a lie. There is no army of bandits for you to fight at all, no challenge at all. The bandit gang patrols the outside & that's it. You'll find regular NPCs just minding their own business. But when you go inside, sometimes you'll find a few bandits but it's not really an issue because a the local residents are essentials so they can't die & will eventually win anyway.
Then you'll find a random pull chain, you pulled it & a bandit army will spawn within the castle walls. Not as scary as you may think, the local residents are essentials & will eventually win.
Cannot believe this mod has so few DLs & endorsements, it is simply one of the best castle mods I have tried. It looks vanilla, looks authentic enough, looks a bit ramshackle - most second tier castles were. I love it !!!
I constantly alter other peoples mods to my own tastes or to get better performance, and spend more time doing this than playing the game so I can only guess at the huge effort you must have put into this mod. Well done ! As to why the low endorses, your guess is as good as mine, ..... ##the main "boss" fight is optional [don't pull that chain !] ##the inside fights are not hard [me - L28 "standard gear" archer & 1 standard house carl] ##inside fort space is vast, Inn is good, House is cosy, some rooms are a bit "tight" - but thats its charm ! ##fps ? - may be forum comments put a few off, its true the frames outside do drop a bit but always stay playable, and my rig is no beast [specs below]
Exterior lag - 80 to 90 inside the fort [using Convenient Horses mod] - this is high but anything under 100 is said to be OK Exterior fps - from low 20s to 40s - depending on what you look at - but always playable. Inside fps [anywhere] - did not record the fps - but it was always smooth & no stutter. Only time fps got really low was just North of fort looking at it from high pass in bad snow storm - was about 10.
JUST AN IDEA ..... could be some players come to this castle with a party of custom followers - possibly high spec ones ...... I'm talking textures here not character level, plus high tex gear.......... on a low end rig this is going to hurt !
my "not a beast" rig: Win7 x64, old quad-core Q9450 @2.66GHz, 1Gb GTX550Ti VC, 8Gb RAM my game is heavily modded [added stuff plus Texture mods - mostly 1k] with many Skyrim World edits ... but If I have learnt anything about Skyrim mods, its not about the number of mods you run but which mods, ie. selection, & compatibility, & maybe tweaking .......... and I will tweak this one a bit too.
PPS, ..... my only concern with this mod was not if I could run it , but if I could keep both it and another unloved mod "Foxchase Manor" !Since it is right next door. ANS .. no ....game CTDs after few days of play. I can run one or the other, but not both, maybe its my mod mix, or a very busy PC.
i had a problem at the barraks, after i killed the bandid king, i must kill the remaining bandid chiefs. the last bandid chief was killed by me but the marker is still on his corpse, that means that i must kill him. killing a dead mans corpse, that does'nt function. what could i do that the quest goes on.
i search the entire area, but i did'nt found another bandid chief.
camp still moon is cleared and talk to thorek fort greymore is in imperial hand till before i install the mod (no info about in the questlog) the labyrintheon is also cleared in the outer area (no info about in the questlog) the advanced camp is although cleared (no info about in the questlog)
i should talk to thorek in whiterun (says the questlog)
could you tell the the positons of the other two bandig chiefs, it could make the search easier ( i searched the entire area more than 10 times and found nothing that looks like a bandid chief.)
Spoiler!! One is in the area beneath the upper tower (check for trapdoor on lower level in Inner keep area). The other is below the tower to the left of the prison where the bandit king is. also accessible via a trapdoor or from a door on one of the levels of the prison.
REQUIRED Mods: ApachiiSkyhair v1_5 Full: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10168/? And under optional: ApachiiSkyHairFemale v1_3 (available at same link)
IF YOU DO NOY HAVE THESE TWO YOU WILL CRASH AT STARTUP!!!!!
It is not dependent on Hearthfires DLC, so aspects from that are not present in the Manor. That being said, many of the follower mods allow you to set the residence of the spouse or followers. there are also other mods that do this (my home is your home, I think the name of one is). There is a Master bedroom and a housecarl / child's room in the Manor house, so it does have some space for a family.
thanks for the fast answer, i take a look at your castle. i tried the castle draco riverwood mod before because the info says i could use everything in it, but i must later seen in the posts that i must restart complety new with a character when i would have a family that could live in the castle draco. my character is on lvl 56, that was frustating.
Going to publish the 1.0.0 Quest Version as a new MOD. I will post the link here. I will also include a bevy of followers and compatibility patches at that location.
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I'd say, the description is a lie. There is no army of bandits for you to fight at all, no challenge at all. The bandit gang patrols the outside & that's it. You'll find regular NPCs just minding their own business. But when you go inside, sometimes you'll find a few bandits but it's not really an issue because a the local residents are essentials so they can't die & will eventually win anyway.
Then you'll find a random pull chain, you pulled it & a bandit army will spawn within the castle walls. Not as scary as you may think, the local residents are essentials & will eventually win.
any suggestion guys?
It looks vanilla, looks authentic enough, looks a bit ramshackle - most second tier castles were. I love it !!!
I constantly alter other peoples mods to my own tastes or to get better performance, and spend more time doing this
than playing the game so I can only guess at the huge effort you must have put into this mod. Well done !
As to why the low endorses, your guess is as good as mine, .....
##the main "boss" fight is optional [don't pull that chain !]
##the inside fights are not hard [me - L28 "standard gear" archer & 1 standard house carl]
##inside fort space is vast, Inn is good, House is cosy, some rooms are a bit "tight" - but thats its charm !
##fps ? - may be forum comments put a few off, its true the frames outside do drop a bit but always stay playable, and my rig is no beast [specs below]
Exterior lag - 80 to 90 inside the fort [using Convenient Horses mod] - this is high but anything under 100 is said to be OK
Exterior fps - from low 20s to 40s - depending on what you look at - but always playable.
Inside fps [anywhere] - did not record the fps - but it was always smooth & no stutter.
Only time fps got really low was just North of fort looking at it from high pass in bad snow storm - was about 10.
JUST AN IDEA ..... could be some players come to this castle with a party of custom followers - possibly high spec ones ...... I'm talking textures here not character level, plus high tex gear.......... on a low end rig this is going to hurt !
my "not a beast" rig: Win7 x64, old quad-core Q9450 @2.66GHz, 1Gb GTX550Ti VC, 8Gb RAM
my game is heavily modded [added stuff plus Texture mods - mostly 1k] with many Skyrim World edits
... but If I have learnt anything about Skyrim mods, its not about the number of mods you run but which mods, ie. selection, & compatibility, & maybe tweaking .......... and I will tweak this one a bit too.
PPS, ..... my only concern with this mod was not if I could run it , but if I could keep both it and another unloved mod "Foxchase Manor" !Since it is right next door.
ANS .. no ....game CTDs after few days of play. I can run one or the other, but not both, maybe its my mod mix, or a very busy PC.
No chain mail bikinis = no coverage by YouTube Mod Showcasers = no downloads : (
Oh well.
You might try the quest version of this Mod - it's even more fun and has border forts and khajiti caravans on a schedule.
E N J O Y !
camp still moon is cleared and talk to thorek
fort greymore is in imperial hand till before i install the mod (no info about in the questlog)
the labyrintheon is also cleared in the outer area (no info about in the questlog)
the advanced camp is although cleared (no info about in the questlog)
i should talk to thorek in whiterun (says the questlog)
could you tell the the positons of the other two bandig chiefs, it could make the search easier ( i searched the entire area more than 10 times and found nothing that looks like a bandid chief.)
One is in the area beneath the upper tower (check for trapdoor on lower level in Inner keep area). The other is below the tower to the left of the prison where the bandit king is. also accessible via a trapdoor or from a door on one of the levels of the prison.
I can't play your mod, I'll crash immediately when I'm near the castle & the camp.
http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/52971/?
Even has a non-apachii version for those that want that.
pls help me and sry for my bad english
ApachiiSkyhair v1_5 Full: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/10168/?
And under optional:
ApachiiSkyHairFemale v1_3 (available at same link)
IF YOU DO NOY HAVE THESE TWO YOU WILL CRASH AT STARTUP!!!!!
and sorry for my bad English
There is a Master bedroom and a housecarl / child's room in the Manor house, so it does have some space for a family.
i tried the castle draco riverwood mod before because the info says i could use everything in it, but i must later seen in the posts that i must restart complety new with a character when i would have a family that could live in the castle draco. my character is on lvl 56, that was frustating.
I will post the link here.
I will also include a bevy of followers and compatibility patches at that location.