Same behavior as the other "Serana Hood Fix". Script lag at least for 30 sec (or some minutes) before Serana update her hood status. And if you ever exchange some stuff with her inventory, she will equip the hood again and you will have to wait 30 sec+ for her to update.
Thank you for this mod, use to use it on Oldrim and its always worked. Had to re-equip her circlet to remove the hood after installing this but was no issue.
If they've made any changes to Serana's leveling script in the past...Roughly 6 months, then I haven't pushed forward any of those changes. I'll need to look through their newest releases and see what changes their source files hold. If I had to guess though, they haven't made any changes to this leveling script. USSEP did make their own "fix" for this issue but it isn't nearly as robust as this mod's handling (I.e. accounting for time and location when deciding hood equipping behavior). Hopefully that answers your question?
I should add that when I initially edited the script I forwarded the changes..That was shortly after the USKP team switched to the legendary edition. And there still had been no changes to Serana's leveling script then either.
So... i went to retrieve Grimsever from Mzinchaleft when something really weird happened. I fast traveled to the dungeon nearby and saw that Serana had a giant stone circle floating above her! It looked like the very top of a burial mound, but it was slightly transparent...
I don't know why it happened, and it hasn't happened again since, but since it happened after i downloaded this mod i thought i'd let you know just in case
Love the mod, but in my brief period of testing she won't re-equip the hood when exiting from an interior cell to an exterior cell. She only does it when I fast travel (which I don't want to do) or from going through two interior cells to an exterior cell, like Breezehome --> Whiterun Interior --> Whiterun exterior. She equips the hood when we exit Whiterun from the main gate.
Maybe it's because I'm only spending a minute inside an interior cell before going out again? Or maybe it's because I have a mod that alters her default outfit (DLC1SeranaOutfit)? The outfit doesn't include a headpiece though and she doesn't have any other headpieces in her inventory. I gave her the hood through console.
EDIT. I hanged around a bit longer doing some alchemy in Breezehome and after exiting Serana did don her hood. I guess it's a time thing?
Its a time thing. The script that manages her inventory (and is also the reason why another hood gets added magically) registers for an update to her outfit every...roughly 30 seconds. It can be a little less or more depending on a number of factors. But yeah, if you just wait for a a couple seconds, eventually she does whatever is appropriate. I like to think it makes it more IMMERSIVE because its like she takes time to think about whether or not she really needs it
Understood, but on many occasions that I have done a quick enter and exit from an interior to an exterior, mostly in cities, she won't equip the hood after several minutes of waiting. In those cases I only got it to work by using console (disable, enable) or placing or taking something from her inventory.
In my experience, I have to be inside the interior for a couple of minutes for her to automatically don the hood when we exit. It's not a big deal, but there it is.
Make sure that the time is such that she would need to wear a hood! I think the range that she wears a hood is anywhere between ~6:30 AM and 7:30 PM, but there's some rounding error there so it may vary by about half an hour on either end.
With how skyrim handles outifts I don't think I could say there's an ALWAYS anything. Whether she equips something when changing cells is beyond the scope of what this mod does (as that would alter compatibility to a larger degree). Her default hood is the only hood she'll unequip and equip when necessary. As long as the hood in her inventory is the DLC1SeranaHood form then it should work as intended. I can't imagine the mod that alters the default outfit uses a script that sets her outfit too but its possible. I'd have to know the mod to be able to give a better answer though.
The mod I'm using is of my own making. All I did was create new records of the vampire royal armor and vampire boots she wears, add more value and armor rating to both of them to stop her from equipping ''better' gear that I want her to carry for me. I basically wanted her to wear her default look all the time.
I also made a new record of some gloves USSEP adds (mage gloves to be specific), added better armor and value and edited that in her default outfit as well. And lastly did the same for the elven dagger she carries by default (more damage and value). No scripts used.
EDIT. Tested it with my mod disabled. Nothing changed.
Hey, sorry for the late reply. I'm committed to helping this work as you expect it to.
From where I am now though, I can't really help troubleshoot anymore without seeing a video of her behavior. I don't want you to go out of your way here for my sake but I'm sure I could ascertain better what is conflicting with her if you got a video of you changing cells with Serana. Obviously that video would need to show about a minute's worth of time prior to changing cells. For demonstrations sake, let's say you stand outside Breezehome at 3:00 PM, wait for a real-life minute to pass (ensuring Serana keeps her hood on during that time) and enter Breezehome. Once inside Breezehome, wait for a real life minute and make sure Serana unequips her hood. After making sure Serana keeps her hood unequipped while in Breezehome, exit Breezehome back into Whiterun. Wait for a real life minute to observe Serana's behavior with her hood. If something gets fudged up during those steps, I can get a better idea where to troubleshoot next.
After thinking on it some more, I'm wondering if maybe some mod you use casts Whiterun Interior as a Sun Safe Space - its a formlist in the creation kit that the vanilla script uses to determine if Serana is in a place like Sovngarde - which doesn't have any "sunlight" that would bother a vampire. If something is making Whiterun Interior a sun safe space (I forget what the actual variable name is XD )then that might also cause the issue you are seeing. In that instance, it may be best to troubleshoot her behavior in a place like...Kartwastern, for instance. Again, the procedure is the same - just change the names and locations of the cells!
Sorry this is hanging up for you. As I said, I'm committed to getting this to work. So give an update if you try out this troubleshooting!
I guess it's my turn to give a late reply. I had a break from Skyrim and I'm back at it now. I've given up on the troubleshooting as it's not that big of a deal and since I'm the only one reporting this, the problem is most likely a conflict on my end. Thanks alot for trying to help me out, I appreciate it.
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I should add that when I initially edited the script I forwarded the changes..That was shortly after the USKP team switched to the legendary edition. And there still had been no changes to Serana's leveling script then either.
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I fast traveled to the dungeon nearby and saw that Serana had a giant stone circle floating above her! It looked like the very top of a burial mound, but it was slightly transparent...
I don't know why it happened, and it hasn't happened again since, but since it happened after i downloaded this mod i thought i'd let you know just in case
Maybe it's because I'm only spending a minute inside an interior cell before going out again? Or maybe it's because I have a mod that alters her default outfit (DLC1SeranaOutfit)? The outfit doesn't include a headpiece though and she doesn't have any other headpieces in her inventory. I gave her the hood through console.
EDIT. I hanged around a bit longer doing some alchemy in Breezehome and after exiting Serana did don her hood. I guess it's a time thing?
In my experience, I have to be inside the interior for a couple of minutes for her to automatically don the hood when we exit. It's not a big deal, but there it is.
I also made a new record of some gloves USSEP adds (mage gloves to be specific), added better armor and value and edited that in her default outfit as well. And lastly did the same for the elven dagger she carries by default (more damage and value). No scripts used.
EDIT. Tested it with my mod disabled. Nothing changed.
From where I am now though, I can't really help troubleshoot anymore without seeing a video of her behavior. I don't want you to go out of your way here for my sake but I'm sure I could ascertain better what is conflicting with her if you got a video of you changing cells with Serana. Obviously that video would need to show about a minute's worth of time prior to changing cells. For demonstrations sake, let's say you stand outside Breezehome at 3:00 PM, wait for a real-life minute to pass (ensuring Serana keeps her hood on during that time) and enter Breezehome. Once inside Breezehome, wait for a real life minute and make sure Serana unequips her hood. After making sure Serana keeps her hood unequipped while in Breezehome, exit Breezehome back into Whiterun. Wait for a real life minute to observe Serana's behavior with her hood. If something gets fudged up during those steps, I can get a better idea where to troubleshoot next.
After thinking on it some more, I'm wondering if maybe some mod you use casts Whiterun Interior as a Sun Safe Space - its a formlist in the creation kit that the vanilla script uses to determine if Serana is in a place like Sovngarde - which doesn't have any "sunlight" that would bother a vampire. If something is making Whiterun Interior a sun safe space (I forget what the actual variable name is XD )then that might also cause the issue you are seeing. In that instance, it may be best to troubleshoot her behavior in a place like...Kartwastern, for instance. Again, the procedure is the same - just change the names and locations of the cells!
Sorry this is hanging up for you. As I said, I'm committed to getting this to work. So give an update if you try out this troubleshooting!
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