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  1. MihailMods
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    Greetings,


    • This mod is the release of a mod developed by me initially for the Legendary Edition, now available here also for the Special Edition and Anniversary Edition versions of Skyrim. The .esp is converted to Form 44 format, and all the .NIFs (meshes) and .DDSs (textures) are optimized in the correct ways to run in both SE and AE, requiring absolutely no further work on your part.


    • When possible, my releases to SE and AE are flagged as .ESLs, which means they don't take up an .ESP slot in the users load order. However, this is not always possible. Below, you can check the three possible scenarios and check which scenario applies to this specific release. Since the other two will be crossed out, and the correct one will be marked in yellow:

    • The mod is flagged as .ESL, so it won't take up space in your load order, and yet it will be read and executed perfectly by your game;
    • The mod is not flagged as .ESL, just like a normal .ESP, because it has FaceGen data on it, so if it was flagged, whoever is not using the last official updates for SE or AE, including most pirated Skyrim users, will have the NPCs added by this mod having the gray face bug. However, if you have the latest update installed, you can flag this mod as an .ESL using SSEEdit, at your own risk, but generally with no problems;
    • The mod is not flagged as .ESL, just like a normal .ESP, as it requires the use of .SEQ files. In all the tests I did, even regenerating the .SEQ files after flagging the .ESPs as .ESLs, the dialogues stopped working. So, to maintain the integrity of dialogues and even quests added by my mods with .SEQ files, you should not attempt to flag this file under any circumstances, and you should use it in the exact way I made it available for download.


    • One last comment: there is a common misconception that all LE meshes need to go through NifOptimizer in order to be used in SE or AE, with the most varied arguments defending this, and a few absurdities about what would happen if it wasn't done. This is just another one of the myths that this community believes without any basis, and that it spreads only because it saw many people repeating the same thing. DO NOT OPTIMIZE meshes, neither mine nor any from other mod's. Most meshes are ready to run directly from LE to SE. NifOptimizer should only be used in cases where they DO NOT WORK DIRECTLY WITHOUT BEING OPTIMIZED. Using NifOptimizer indiscriminately without need, and without knowing how to do it correctly, leads to terrible consequences, being able to damage UV's, Normal Maps, the very 3d structure of the models, and much more, in short, causing more problems than the possible problems you could have with 1 in every 100 meshes needing to be optimized, something you would later do manually and individually when proven necessary.
      JUST DON'T PASS MESHES THROUGH THE NIF OPTIMIZER EXCEPT IF THEY JUST DON'T WORK IN THE SPECIAL EDITION OR ANNIVERSARY EDITION AFTER YOU TESTED THEM YOURSELF FIRST.

      It's a fact that yes NifOptimizer can solve problems in problematic Nifs, but in this case, and if these Nifs are mine, just contact me and I'll solve the problem for you. If you have really in-depth knowledge of how to correct any negative consequences of using the program on the problematic mesh, that's ok, do it, but if not, just contact me and I'll solve it, since the nif having the problem would be caused by a little oversight of mine while I was producing it, so would be my responsability to fix the problem as well.Unfortunately, because the use of NifOptimizer was recommended in many tutorials as a possible step, a lot of people took it as mandatory, and many fools started to use it as gospel and to convince others, but remember, it's not because it's on the internet that is real. There is absolutely NO such thing as an "old nif format". NiTriShape works perfectly in SE and AE, it is NOT necessary in any way to convert the .nifs to BSTriShape format for them to run smoothly in game, and this messy conversion can even lead you to severe ingame problems. Unfortunately, 3 or 4 paranoids managed to create a legion of players who live in constant panic of corrupting their games, and in an attempt to avoid it, they end up diving into a corruption many times greater, created by themselves, unnecessarily.But don't just take my word for it based on my years of experience and dedication to this activity, listen to Arcane University's own words about it, possibly the best center of studies on modding for The Elder Scrolls available on the internet: (image extracted from the link: https://wiki.beyondskyrim.org/wiki/Arcane_University:NIF_Data_Format)   

    Play more, have more fun, and let the authors be responsible for the technical condition and functionality of the mods they release. And if you don't trust them enough to use mods without trying to fix what often doesn't need to be fixed, just stop using those mods.


    Take care, and if you have any doubts, 
    look for me on my Discord server,
    Mihail 
  2. Hi, and thanks for the great mod. However, when I use the summon Hemonculous tome and use it, the spell is not shown in the spell section.
    1. MihailMods
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      it is there, under conjuration, but as Conjure Hemonculus, instead of the Summon Ancestor Guardian. Each one starts with different words.
  3. mikemon95
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    i noticed these guys have delay between being spawned and aggroing towards the player id say its about 20 seconds or so or if hit
    1. MihailMods
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      yep, its a engine issue with that set of animations
    2. Kulharin
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      Have you tried applying this fix here to the specters? https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/50894 . I was thinking it is likely the same issue?

      I tried porting the fix n applying it.  Not sure if I did it right but for me still can’t trigger the Spectres to aggro initially.   Staggering them seems to wake em up.
    3. MihailMods
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      it does not work, is a vanilla glitch and as far as i know it was never found a way to avoid that set of animations (wispmother and dragonpriest) from time to time to simply not initiate aggro mode, it happens also with vanilla dragon priests and wispmothers.
    4. Kulharin
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      Might I suggest adding a few hostile NPCs in the specter chambers then?  As it will provide an obstacle and challenge while the spectre's brain boots up :P
    5. MihailMods
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      it is a good idea :3
    6. discotutoss
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  4. Everytime I spawn the Vigilant Ancestor and Hemonculous the rare vampire lord animation bug happens. A shame. They look so cool
    :c
    1. MihailMods
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      maybe some mod causing it to happen more often 
  5. unmeiten
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    So the vigilant ancestor resembles Jesus Christ huh...didn't like that :(
    1. MihailMods
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      destroy such profanity
  6. hawksbill
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    I had my first encounter by accident while trying to take a shortcut. I don't want to give away any spoilers but that was an awesome encounter and completely unexpected. Thanks for the mod.
    1. MihailMods
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      <3
  7. Catteraine
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    LOOT complains that this mod has "wild modifications" and "needs manualy cleaning". I have a super-stable 400 mods list and don't want to corrupt anything but this compilation looks so awesome! Is there anything I can do?
    1. MihailMods
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      just ignore and use it, all will be pretty fine.
      loot's (and similars) "complaints" are in several cases minor absolutely irrelevant stuff, like in this specific case.
    2. Kulharin
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      It seems to be, I believe, referring to unintentional edits to vanilla locations.

      Solitude Jail, Hag's End, Dormitory and Felglow Keep appear to be edited with a few things changed or removed.   Yet the mod doesn't appear to add any anything at these locations or utilize them though for the specters.
    3. MihailMods
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      as i said, just ignore.
  8. Shakyleek
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    For some reason they are not working for me. When I encounter them in their areas they work fine and fight but when I get the spells and summon them they do nothing but sit there. They don't attack enemies or anything else.
    1. MihailMods
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      you are talking about the spectres or the vigilant ancestors?
    2. DelsinOmega
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      It's doing the same thing for me
    3. MihailMods
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      from this mod page description:


      • Although rare, a bug can occur in which a creature rigged on the Vampire Lord animations (Vigilant Ancestor and Hemonculous) does not enter magic combat mode. In some cases, it goes into magic combat mode after a few seconds, but in others, it just doesn't react. However, this is very rare, and is due to the fact that the Vampire Lords' AI was not programmed for enemies, but only for a highly scripted battle (Harkon) and for player use. (it can also happen with wispmother animations and also dragonpriest)
  9. bt818
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    Hey so I've noticed the summoning spells for the specters aren't actually classified as conjuration, is this intentional?
    1. MihailMods
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      yes, they are conjuration, but are under powers, because i want them to be usable one time per day only.
  10. FutureN
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    There seems to be an incompatibility with ulitmate college of winterhold. You can see in their compatiblity list that this mod is not compatible and that they advice to remove all location records for this mod. Does that mean this mod will be basically useless because they never spawn in the world?
    1. MihailMods
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      place it bellow the mentioned mod and tell me how it goes.
  11. pushpal
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    Mihail you are certainly one of the best 10 modders of Skyrim, mark my words, I have used 800+ mods so far and I can think of only a few mod authors who are as humble, polite and produce great mods at the same time!
    1. MihailMods
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      <3