A "Grand Soul Gem" with a Grand Soul trapped in it (ID# 0002E4FC) is not the same thing as a "Grand Soul Gem (Grand)" (ID# 0002E4FF) even though they look exactly alike in game. There are mods that will automagically replace the former with the latter, in part to fix the Soul Gem dropping bug. I strongly suggest you get one of them..
Can you give me a link to the mod that you use? I can't find it via a search of "Soul Gem drop bug."
A must have mod for me. Super useful if you're using High Level Enemies, since even Skeevers and Mudcrabs start having Grand Souls at high enough levels, so a way to convert lower tier soul gems to Grand is awesome.
Going to install this mod because I have the means of making Soul Stealer Arrows, but finding fragments is a pain. This way, I can use the unfilled soul gems as Soul Stealer Arrows.
I read you were interested in us recommending old mods we'd like to see renewed or made even better. I know that was a long time ago so your probably not even into this anymore. But I figured it couldn't hurt to ask.
There was/is a MOD called Amazing Follower Tweaks. It's been ported over to SSE but it hasn't been updated. Not sure if it needs fixing up but from what I remember it does. This is my first try playing SSE. Previously I played the heck out of Oldrim or basic vanilla Skyrim. In Oldrim AFT had quite a few bugs. Here's a link to the ported version
If you can breath new life into that MOD then you will have made my dreams come true. lol
Also, there's a long standing bug in Skyrim, and SSE, having to do with Soul Gem's stacking. When they stack while full you only get 1 actual soul gem with a soul in it. The others lose any captured soul they contained. You can google it and find TONS of posts about this. No one seems able to explain why or able to fix it. Maybe you can? There is one MOD called something like Soulstices or something that came close I think and he may have been on the right track. It even happens with Azura's star or the black star. If you cheat in multiple of them or install a mod that lets you craft them they too will stack and you lose all but 1 stored soul.
Anyway, thank you for making these 2 mods. I love Soul Gem Mods. :)
I had no problem with this mod however i've come here to say thanks for the mod but also, if possible for other people, to tell the mod author that his mod still has the form 43 instead of the 44 (i've fixed it in my esp the issue)
Hello there, I hope you're still paying attention to this mod.
FIrst off, I love the idea and theme, but in practice this is tedious in the extreme. I usually build up to Grand gems by breaking the full "lesser" gems, then fusing. What that ends up happening is me tapping about 100 times as I iterate each gem level up from the shards. Could you add recipes for the larger gems based off of the correct shard count?
Always been a fan of this mod as well. I just come from the Acquisition Soul Gem mod and noticed you did both. TY!
I read that you were planning on updating old mods to new ones or merging both of your mods into a mod that is more in depth and with questing.
To be honest I would love to see a mod about soul gems. Getting soul gems is one of the most "boring?" I don't know the word, but I just don't like trying to get soul gems because of the way the game would trap a soul into small gems and you would lose grand souls and all that.
As a request for an old mod to new, there was an old mod that would automatically loot gold, potions, insects, and foliage if you ran by it. I don't remember the name sorry. I believe there is one by Jaxsons, and I am not sure if that it the one but I know the one I am talking about wasn't updated and it stopped working correctly. found it this was really helpful, i used it to autoloot soul gems which ASG would then fill. win win. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30408
There was also a mod that used "star magic". I remember it really well because you shot stars (like the stickers, really cool) out your palms and it blew me away because it was retextured. here is the link - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27621
As far as a soul gem mod is concerned, it actually mostly depends on what I can think of to do. Beyond merely combining the two mods I have, at this point I don't really have much of an idea of what else to bring to the table, so to speak.
I did have an idea for a spell that would allow a player to use soul gems to conjure armor, and/or convert existing armor into soul-gem-conjured armor, which would have the advantage of not taking up any armor slots, not weighing anything, and still being able to be enchanted, with the somewhat obvious drawback that you'd have to recharge the soul gem it was conjured from with new souls periodically. This would probably not be easy to do, but it sounds kind of cool to me, although even that addition doesn't seem to me to be enough to justify a whole new mod.
So, I've got a proposal. My other mod obviously gets a lot more traffic then this one does, so this is for you guys, you special special fans you.
Let's say I was going to make a mod based around soul gems. What kinds of things would you guys like to see? Any suggestions are welcome, but keep in mind, I'm not going to include anything that feels OP or cheaty. Feel free to suggest those things anyway, though- it may inspire an idea in me that is similar without being OP.
Also, keep in mind, I'm doing this for free. I don't expect to get any kind of monetary compensation for any of my work- although I did get a single $5 donation for my other mod a year ago or so, so I haven't made /NO/ money- just close enough as to make no nevermind. As such, even if I do start working on such a mod, I won't be busting it out in a week's time- it's going to be worked on when I have time, which, since I still need a job, I won't have a huge ton of. So it could be months before you guys actually see anything.
In any case, tell me what you think. What kinds of stuff would you guys like to see in a mod based around interesting uses for soul gems?
(Feel free to tell anyone you think would be interested in this to come over here and share their ideas as well- you don't have to download my Rupture mod to have a good idea, after all.)
I know this is really old now, and you probably aren't doing much as far as mods go for this game nowadays, but soul gem grenades would be pretty cool.
The "physical" sizes of the objects aren't taken into consideration. The "cost" was determined by figuring out what makes sense, isn't so cheap it's OP, and isn't so expensive it isn't worth it.
Does this require the Arcane Blacksmith perk? If not, please make a version that does and and ordinator compatibility patch for it too. Sorry if I'm asking for too much. Just my suggestion to make the mod a bit better. Thank you. I'm trying this mod out tonight!
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Can you give me a link to the mod that you use? I can't find it via a search of "Soul Gem drop bug."
There was/is a MOD called Amazing Follower Tweaks. It's been ported over to SSE but it hasn't been updated. Not sure if it needs fixing up but from what I remember it does. This is my first try playing SSE. Previously I played the heck out of Oldrim or basic vanilla Skyrim. In Oldrim AFT had quite a few bugs. Here's a link to the ported version
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/6656
If you can breath new life into that MOD then you will have made my dreams come true. lol
Also, there's a long standing bug in Skyrim, and SSE, having to do with Soul Gem's stacking. When they stack while full you only get 1 actual soul gem with a soul in it. The others lose any captured soul they contained. You can google it and find TONS of posts about this. No one seems able to explain why or able to fix it. Maybe you can? There is one MOD called something like Soulstices or something that came close I think and he may have been on the right track. It even happens with Azura's star or the black star. If you cheat in multiple of them or install a mod that lets you craft them they too will stack and you lose all but 1 stored soul.
Anyway, thank you for making these 2 mods. I love Soul Gem Mods. :)
FIrst off, I love the idea and theme, but in practice this is tedious in the extreme. I usually build up to Grand gems by breaking the full "lesser" gems, then fusing. What that ends up happening is me tapping about 100 times as I iterate each gem level up from the shards. Could you add recipes for the larger gems based off of the correct shard count?
I read that you were planning on updating old mods to new ones or merging both of your mods into a mod that is more in depth and with questing.
To be honest I would love to see a mod about soul gems. Getting soul gems is one of the most "boring?" I don't know the word, but I just don't like trying to get soul gems because of the way the game would trap a soul into small gems and you would lose grand souls and all that.
As a request for an old mod to new, there was an old mod that would automatically loot gold, potions, insects, and foliage if you ran by it. I don't remember the name sorry. I believe there is one by Jaxsons, and I am not sure if that it the one but I know the one I am talking about wasn't updated and it stopped working correctly. found it this was really helpful, i used it to autoloot soul gems which ASG would then fill. win win. http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/30408
There was also a mod that used "star magic". I remember it really well because you shot stars (like the stickers, really cool) out your palms and it blew me away because it was retextured. here is the link - http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/27621
I did have an idea for a spell that would allow a player to use soul gems to conjure armor, and/or convert existing armor into soul-gem-conjured armor, which would have the advantage of not taking up any armor slots, not weighing anything, and still being able to be enchanted, with the somewhat obvious drawback that you'd have to recharge the soul gem it was conjured from with new souls periodically. This would probably not be easy to do, but it sounds kind of cool to me, although even that addition doesn't seem to me to be enough to justify a whole new mod.
So, I've got a proposal. My other mod obviously gets a lot more traffic then this one does, so this is for you guys, you special special fans you.
Let's say I was going to make a mod based around soul gems. What kinds of things would you guys like to see? Any suggestions are welcome, but keep in mind, I'm not going to include anything that feels OP or cheaty. Feel free to suggest those things anyway, though- it may inspire an idea in me that is similar without being OP.
Also, keep in mind, I'm doing this for free. I don't expect to get any kind of monetary compensation for any of my work- although I did get a single $5 donation for my other mod a year ago or so, so I haven't made /NO/ money- just close enough as to make no nevermind. As such, even if I do start working on such a mod, I won't be busting it out in a week's time- it's going to be worked on when I have time, which, since I still need a job, I won't have a huge ton of. So it could be months before you guys actually see anything.
In any case, tell me what you think. What kinds of stuff would you guys like to see in a mod based around interesting uses for soul gems?
(Feel free to tell anyone you think would be interested in this to come over here and share their ideas as well- you don't have to download my Rupture mod to have a good idea, after all.)
I just have a question, how do 48 fragments come out of 1 if they are the size of 1/5 of the soul gem?