(Above: E3 demo version + ritual spell animation)
DSAMG - Dragon Soul Absorb More Glorious is a mod that attempts to make the process of dragon soul absorbing more satisfying. Up until the beginning of this month, this was done purely through careful sound editing, and four slightly different versions were available for download:
1. ORCHESTRAL V1
2. KEVKAS' EDITS OF ORCHESTRAL V1
3. ORCHESTRAL V2
4. CHANTING
At the beginning of June, I watched the Skyrim pre-release trailer and E3 gameplay demo again and realized there was still a lot of room for improvement. I put together two new versions to emulate that footage:
5. TRAILER VERSION
6. E3 DEMO VERSION
Perhaps more importantly, I renewed my efforts at learning Papyrus, which had produced nothing but frustration before. After several days of toiling without any results, the stars aligned, and my script finally compiled. Booting up a test run, I could scarcely believe my screen - my Dovahkiin had come to life and was performing the ritual spell animation. Eureka!
Since then, I have ironed out some of the wrinkles with the animation and the new sound versions. I have also made available an optional male victory cry, which can be combined with any of the six musical versions.
In terms of future directions, there are two things I am focusing on right now:
1) Creating a believable female victory cry.
2) Changing the sound paths to leave word wall sounds and Greybeard quest sequences unaffected by the mod.
However, I am definitely open to feedback and/or suggestions at this point.
Happy dragon hunting!
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The Greybeards quest sequence could be improved, that I won't argue, but it's not a big deal for me honestly, I can live with that.