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  1. Brehanin2
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    Instead of a mod website, I put all the information in sections of the mod description.
    Please read all about Better Vampires in the mod description
    (including troubleshooting and FAQs).




    Have a problem? Then PLEASE post in this forum so others can see my answer if they have the same issue.
    I cannot respond to personal messages asking me how to fix your installation or explaining why something isn't working for you. Only message me if you are seeking permission for a translation, are making a video of my mod, etc.









    Fallrim Tools - Script Cleaner and more: A powerful savegame editor/cleaner for Skyrim LE and Skyrim SE.

    Relationship Dialogue Overhaul: All default voices now have follower dialogue. Essential for those you want to turn into Vampires or enthrall.

    Enhanced Invisibility: SKSE plugin that improves and fixes bugs with Invisibility effects

    Face Discoloration Fix: Eliminates the dreaded "dark face" issue that occurs when the game encounters FaceGen errors.

    Vampire Lines Expansion: This mod provides new spliced lines to (mostly) vampires, giving them more personality and making encounters unique.

  2. Brehanin2
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    PLEASE read the instructions carefully if you are updating from an older version ...
    Every time I release a new version people post here that their game is broken or my mod doesn't work. It works just fine, you must follow the steps very carefully and don't skip anything.
    You should use the Remove Better Vampires.bat file BEFORE installing to make certain that you have no vampire-related loose files in your Skyrim\Data folder. If you do .... they will overwrite my BSA and my mod will not work ...

    If using a mod organizer/loader make certain no other mods are loading loose files that affect vampires - especially PlayerVampireQuestScript!  A loose file will overwrite my .bsa and it will break things!


    If using RS Children Overhaul don't install the RSC Vampire Script Patch in the FOMOD installer, it is incompatible to Better Vampires.

    If you are a custom race (they can cause many issues) and are using Race Compatibility.  You will have to talk to TMPhoenix.
    You have to follow his instructions perfectly or it breaks my mod. They are complex and if you made a mistake you will have to seek his help. His mod works fine, but custom races inherently add more problems. Many issues have resulted from his mod (and people not setting it up properly) and I tire of defending my mod when it works fine. If you have an issue, it is 95% mod conflict or user error.
  3. Brehanin
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    Version 8.9 is released!
    and ...  Better Vampire Lords is updated too

    A new save is recommended, OR follow these steps to blank the mod and make a "clean save" and update.

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    1) Rest/wait INSIDE for 24hr in the game - this will allow any NPCs you have fed upon, or used Seduction on, time to recuperate.
    2) Use my MCM - Troubleshooting and Cleanup page (or my customization power) and click on "BLANK Better Vampires Mod".
    3) If using my MCM, exit it to have the mod blanked.
    4) Wait until told the blanking is complete, then save your game (it must be a real save, not a quick save).
    5) Exit the game.
    6) Uninstall and delete the old version of my mod (completely DELETE it from the Skyrim\Data and Skyrim\Data\Scripts folders). I use MO to remove mods, but you can check the files section and use my "Remove Better Vampires" batch file - it will ENSURE everything is gone.
    7) Download and install my latest mod version using NMM, MO, or Bethesda.net (for PC or XBox One).
    8) Start the game and load your saved game from step 4.
    9) Use my MCM - Troubleshooting and Cleanup page (or my customization power) and click on "Reset Sanguinare Vampiris".
    10) Customize my mod with the MCM, customization power, or console commands.
    11) You were infected in step 9, now you must wait 3 days for your disease to run its course and you will become a stage 1 Vampire (fully fed).
    * You must feed once on a living victim to have your proper rank set the first time.
    OPTIONAL STEPS
    12) Make a new save after you turn into a vampire the first time (it must be a real save, not a quick save).
    13) Exit the game.
    14) Use the Script Cleaner (or Skyrim Tools for SE) on the save from step 12 (to ensure the cleanest slate possible).
    15) Start the game and load your cleaned saved game from step 14.


    Changes/Additions
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    - Fixed the Summon Gargoyle spell not working at higher levels.
    - Removed my shortened VL Skeleton from the mod so it won't conflict if anyone is using a custom skeleton or mesh.  I will have it available as a separate download if people still want it (it helps you fit through some doors - but you can always use bats if need be).
    - Re-adjusted and modified existing scripts/abilities to mesh with Better Vampire Lords 1.2
  4. Brehanin
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    I am back!  but busy as ever ...
    Daughter graduated from basic training in CAF and my son is playing AAA hockey (his draft year).  Proud Dad here.

    I will be updating my mods and will try to update them for XBox too - BUT I don't use XBox myself AND some features require SKSE so some will not work properly or at all.


    Please be patient :)

    In the meantime, PLEASE help me out and send me a message on Nexus with
    things you think might need to be fixed for BV, Coldhaven, BVL.

    Please read about my mods first though ... some things people think are broken
    are just a MCM setting or not being at the correct rank or satiation
    stage.

    Many thanks!
  5. Yunanesca
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    I noticed when I have vampire hunter active,  Um .. Their actually vampires themselves when they come for you. Cause you pick  vamp dust off them.  I'm restro build vampire and I do mass dmg to them. I find this funny a vampire hunter already a vampire. Hunting their own. i've had a few turn to ash and the one just teleported like vamp lord would i'm like ok now dawngaurds don't do that .
  6. Valartelo
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    BV 8.9 compatible with Race Compatibility 2.16?
  7. Pablo1982001
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    Better Vampires+ Survival Mode bug (In Nightlord State)

    When i become into a Vampire Nightlord, the final state of Vampires, and my character are tired...something streange happens. Everyone knows than in the survival mode your stamina and magica are reduced if you dont eat or you dont sleep, when i feed being a Nightlord, my magic and stamina appear and disappear, comes to 0 and appear again, this all the time...I do't know how fix this, anyone can help pls...
  8. teyx
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    Does an ENB interfere with night eye? Even when ENB is deactivated?
    I am crouching to activate that night eye and all it does is making the screen the tiniest bit brighter. But neither "bright enough" nor do I have that red hue you're showing on the description page.
  9. PineappleForScale
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    Minor incompatibility with skyrim souls RE [https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/27859].

    Skyrim souls re has a feature that slows game speed when in a menu and side step reflexes also occasionally slows game speed when attacked. So if you open a menu when sidstep reflexes is triggered then you'll be stuck in slowmo. My known fix is attempting to trigger ss reflexes again or restarting the game, loading save doesn't undo the slowmo.
  10. ShaunIronside
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    Hey I have a question can this mod work with https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/53466
    its really immersive to wear a hood specially Obi's Crimson armor's hood covers your face entirely from sunlight and also I m wearing all armors so getting sun damage even after that is non immersive .
  11. Jacoblh
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    Funny how this entire mod is useless, as there is no way to prevent the horrid sunken face nightmare. Normal face should be default and with some toggle for masochists to uglify themselves. And no I can not use a mod or the Mask spell due to custom race. So dumb.
    1. Mazeekel
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      the fact that you're using a custom race already says a lot lmfao...
    2. Arkayjiya
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      The mod is great. If you can't live without KPop face syndrome, then it's not for you, move on.
  12. NadmanFR69
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    I have an issue with all the animations in this mod and the better vampires lord. I got no feeding animation no transform animation for the vampire lord is there any kind of missed requirements or this mod don t work properly with other animation mods?
  13. cjmd3419
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    Can't dismiss or recruit followers after turning them. Can't trade with them either.
  14. AzureFailure
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    Hi, I have loved this mod for years but have recently but am experiencing an issue, not sure if it's due to an interaction with another but in any case, if I use the MCM to tick the checkbox next to a "powerful" NPC name, the MCM will afterwards become inaccessible for all my mods with no possible way to reclaim it, forcing me to reload an earlier save.

    This may also happen when changing other MCM settings though I have not done too much extensive testing.

    For example, I fed on M'aiq but it did not seem to register, so after a couple in-game days I ticked the checkbox in the MCM since I noticed it was un-ticked (I know it's a joke effect for him anyway). After this, the MCM becomes completely broken and no console command can save it - whenever I open the MCM, it is completely blank with no mods listed. If I save and reload the game, the list of mods will appear but each will be empty when selected, and if I back out and go in again, the list is once again blank.

    Has anyone experienced this? It's an issue which I have not been able to figure out for a couple years now and it always seems to happen once I modify the Better Vampires MCM.