Hi, me too! I love this mod - my favourite player home - especially for a mage playthrough with Spell Research.
No luck at all with the quest for the key - no dialogue options etc. showing up. I am a bit of a noob at modding, but after some googling I opened the .esp in SSEEdit and saw that the quest for the key has conditions #0, #1 and #2:
Subject.GetStageDone(FreeformWhiterunQuest05 [QUST:00094E3F],200) = 1.000000 OR Subject.GetRelationshipRank (PlayerRef [PLYR:00000014]) >= 1.000000 AND Subject.GetInFaction (ServicesWhiterunArcadiasCauldtron [FACT:0009CD47]) = 1 AND
The first is the quest bringing the frost salts to Arcadia (FreeformWhiterunQuest05), so I did that but the dialogue still did not appear. I targetted Arcadia in the console and used GetRelationship rank with her PRID and saw my rank was 0 (acquaintance) - but the first two conditions are an "OR" so the issue looked to be the third condition. But when I used the Player.GetinFaction command with the faction (9cd47) that showed a 1.
I then used the setrelationship rank command to set my characters relationship with Arcadia to 1 (so all three conditions are at 1), but the dialogue still did not trigger.
So I am not sure why the dialogue is still not triggering?
By way of update, the above seems to have worked. After heading out to Bleak Falls Barrow and returning (a few saved games later) the dialogue to purchase the Loft appeared when I tried again. :-)
Hey, I made that optional plugin and I'm sorry I missed these comments. I've tried to communicate how you will go about purchasing the key from Arcadia using the image section since I'm not allowed to add any description to this page. In order to purchase the house, you'll need to have a "friend" status with Arcadia and this can be achieved by finishing the vanilla delivering quest between Farengar and Arcadiam, or use console commands or Relationship Dialogue Overhaul to increase your relationship rank with Arcadia. Next, exit the shop (this is an important step) and enter her shop again. If you followed these steps correctly you should see the new dialogue option with Arcadia which allows you to purchase the attic for 500 gold.
yeah, the reason is i'm a fuckin idiot who doesn't clean his mods, and the creation kit likes to make "edits" just by loading a cell its safe to remove those edits in xedit but as long as this mod is high in your lo it shouldn't break anything i don't think
I'm having a problem that is sort of driving me crazy? I used to be able to go through the door in Whiterun, but now there's no door, or just a doorframe? I'm using JKs Skyrim, and there is some moss/wheat where the door would be, so I suspect that might be the problem. I looked in the creation kit, and the door is there just fine, it just won't show up in game, I tried several new saves.
Hey, years later but I didn't see any answer in the comments, so I thought I'd share my testing. It seems that the optional patch, to include an interior ladder entrance and option to buy the key from Arcadia, removes the exterior door entrance to the loft home. It is one entrance or the other. I'm using Jk's Skyrim with the patch for an extra gate in front of the standard door entrance. Hope this helps anyone trying to use this great player home!
I can confirm ! The optional files (to purchase the house) seems to remove the exterior door. I disabled this optional patch and coupled the original file with the JK'S patch (JK's AIO user here) : https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/97835?tab=posts And everything works fine. On this great mod page, you can find another patch to buy the house : https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/89914
SUPER helpful Rey23Q, thanks so much for sharing. I was trying to find an Arcadia's Cauldron interior overhaul but didn't know where this door was in order to avoid conflicts, but knowing it's one or the other means problem solved. Sticking w/ the outside door, for sure.
It looks like a cute player home from the photos. I checked it out, but I am a stickler for details. The interior of the loft does not match the interior of Arcadias Cauldron. The door to enter the loft would be visible from the inside of the kitchen area and the window in the interior is nonexistent from the exterior. I really like the idea of having a cheap player home room in Whiterun, but it would have to match pre-existing interior spaces. The roof line doesn't match up either. The angled window is up against a flat wall on the exterior and I believe that there is a pre-existing interior space above the kitchen area where this loft is. Also, the throne in the back corner is blocked off by the table. You can get to the "throne" by clicking on it, but after you stand up you have to climb over the table. This post is not to hate on a two-year-old mod. I know that a lot of work went into this mod, but it needs a bit of work. Just a heads up to any sticklers like me.
On my current playthrough, Arcadia doesn't have the option.
I did all the things, re-entered the building. Then there was another NPC I talked with, which seemed to get the dialogue option. But I can't remember which NPC it was. Arcadia herself still doesn't have the dialogue option. No idea how that happened, maybe I'll find the NPC who "stole" the dialogue by accident.
for those that use the go to bed mod, when your character gets out of bed after sleeping you'll clip through the roof and outside the cell, lost to the void. I still give this lil home a 9/10 tho cuz it's a very convenient location and opens up some roleplaying options for alchemist playthroughs !
Conflict with Capital Whiterun Expansion? Don't think it touches Arcadia's Cauldron. I do have JK's Arcadia's Cauldron but I think that it only changes the interior. Going to try it with those 2 mods to see if it works
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No luck at all with the quest for the key - no dialogue options etc. showing up. I am a bit of a noob at modding, but after some googling I opened the .esp in SSEEdit and saw that the quest for the key has conditions #0, #1 and #2:
Subject.GetStageDone(FreeformWhiterunQuest05 [QUST:00094E3F],200) = 1.000000 OR
Subject.GetRelationshipRank (PlayerRef [PLYR:00000014]) >= 1.000000 AND
Subject.GetInFaction (ServicesWhiterunArcadiasCauldtron [FACT:0009CD47]) = 1 AND
The first is the quest bringing the frost salts to Arcadia (FreeformWhiterunQuest05), so I did that but the dialogue still did not appear. I targetted Arcadia in the console and used GetRelationship rank with her PRID and saw my rank was 0 (acquaintance) - but the first two conditions are an "OR" so the issue looked to be the third condition. But when I used the Player.GetinFaction command with the faction (9cd47) that showed a 1.
I then used the setrelationship rank command to set my characters relationship with Arcadia to 1 (so all three conditions are at 1), but the dialogue still did not trigger.
So I am not sure why the dialogue is still not triggering?
By way of update, the above seems to have worked. After heading out to Bleak Falls Barrow and returning (a few saved games later) the dialogue to purchase the Loft appeared when I tried again. :-)
In order to purchase the house, you'll need to have a "friend" status with Arcadia and this can be achieved by finishing the vanilla delivering quest between Farengar and Arcadiam, or use console commands or Relationship Dialogue Overhaul to increase your relationship rank with Arcadia.
Next, exit the shop (this is an important step) and enter her shop again. If you followed these steps correctly you should see the new dialogue option with Arcadia which allows you to purchase the attic for 500 gold.
Made a patch to clear the path so one can easy reach the door again: Astronomer's Loft - JKs Skyrim Patch
Is there a reason this mod edits seemingly unrelated cells like random NPC homes in Whiterun or the Bee and Barb?
its safe to remove those edits in xedit but as long as this mod is high in your lo it shouldn't break anything i don't think
The optional files (to purchase the house) seems to remove the exterior door.
I disabled this optional patch and coupled the original file with the JK'S patch (JK's AIO user here) : https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/97835?tab=posts
And everything works fine.
On this great mod page, you can find another patch to buy the house : https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/89914
I tested it, and it works very well.
Hope it will help ! :)
plus skyrim does this kinda thing a lot already soo
I did all the things, re-entered the building. Then there was another NPC I talked with, which seemed to get the dialogue option. But I can't remember which NPC it was. Arcadia herself still doesn't have the dialogue option. No idea how that happened, maybe I'll find the NPC who "stole" the dialogue by accident.
Great!