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Secret Solace by sikozuShanu
Skyrim » Abodes - Player homes
Added: 09/06/2013 - 09:27AM
Updated: 14/06/2013 - 07:28PM
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Last updated at 19:28, 14 Jun 2013 Uploaded at 9:27, 9 Jun 2013





* VERSION 1.0 AND LATER ARE CLEANED WITH TESVEDIT. *





* This is my first mod. Ever. Of any kind. Please be gentle. *

This is a house mod complete with master bedroom and bath, companion rooms, a housecarl room, a room specifically for Serana, kitchen, dining, garden and more. As a girl and an artist, I might have gotten a little carried away with some of the lighting and effects. Apologies. Also, it much larger than I intended; when I began I didn't have a real sense of scale. Although, it does make a nice place to herd all of your companions.

It is located in a mountain near Riften and the rear of the building faces an underground lake. (Yep, I totally made that up just because I like water. And things that live in water.) So the back of the building is lined with aquarium walls. (It took me quite a while to figure that out.)

Secret Solace is chock-full of custom storage, shrines, stones and decorative lighting. (This took me forever and a day to create, partly because I spent massive amounts of time on lighting only to discover later that I needed to delete half of it if I wanted anyone to be able to run it.) I've uploaded quite a few images to give you a better idea of what this mod has to offer.

I did everything I could to make sure that it is clean and that all of the storage is safe (I triple-checked them) and I am using it myself. HOWEVER... I am completely new to this and that being the case, I would be surprised if I didn't mess something up. So please make a nice clean save to go back to, just in case.

Also, I have a powerful machine. I can run this mod without any difficulty. I do have some concerns that people with limited systems might experience some trouble. If this is the case, please let me know and I will try to pare it down some more.

I recommend the excellent W.A.T.E.R. mod to make the most of the aquarium walls.





v. 1.1 - Cleaned .esp using TESVEdit
- Added dragon claw storage
- Added thieves guild special item storage
- Finally fixed the front door (interior and exterior) so that you don't see rock/black void
- Continued the navmesh underwater so that followers can swim in the pond



v. 1.0 - Cleaned .esp using TESVEdit
- Adjusted interior front door to open same direction as exterior door
- Removed large obstruction from the master bedroom that I somehow managed to miss
- Fixed the key storage container







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Place the SecretSolace.bsa and SecretSolace.esp files in your Skyrim Data folder. Check the .esp file before starting the game. I love the Nexus Mod Manager. It makes my mod addiction less painful. *If updating, remove all player items from the home and create a new save before loading the new .esp and .bsa.*





Delete both files.





Apparently there is an issue with Sharpshooter's ENB that causes a severe lighting issue in the kitchen. Looking into it.





Thanks to these fantastic modders for their resources, without which this mod would be lackluster indeed.

Oaristys Modders Resource Pack
Blary OpenBooks Resource
Blary Ingredients Wall Art Resource
Blary Alchemy Clutter Resource
Blary Ingredients in a Jar Resource
Blary Moth in a Cage Resource
Runspect Resources for Modders
DarkRider Celtic Decor for Skyrim I
Deadly Serious Deadly Serious Tutorial - Nifskope and Texture Transparency
(If it weren't for this tutorial, this mod would have never been completed. Doomfunk helped me realize my aquarium dreams.)