By popular demand (one diabolic lady mentioned it) I have just uploaded an optional replacement plugin file that makes all items craftable.
WARNING: For simplicity and to keep the download size low, the optional esp file is named the same as the non-craftable "main mod" esp file: FS_UltimateAssortment.esp. So if you think you might want to revert from craftable to non-craftable at any point in time, please back up your existing Data\FS_UltimateAssortment.esp file before installing the optional plugin file, which must overwrite the existing one.
All Amulets, the Angel Wings, Dibella's Laurel of Favor, the Rings and Earrings are craftable under the Jewelry category.
The Westland Rondache shield is Iron, the Lion's Shield of Courage is Steel and the Steelclash shield, oddly enough, is Ebony despite its name. Ironhart's Might, the Sword of Judgment, the Blackwater Blade and Nameless Light are Steel. The Giving Star, Daedra Slayer, Sword of Truth & Shortsword of Backstabbing are Ebony. The El'druin sword is Daedric.
I tried to test them all, and I'm actually pretty sure that I did, but with Immersive Jewelry installed, my head was spinning as I went through the 17-mile long queue of Jewelry items trying to spot "my" items as they flew past. So please let me know if you find any "issues" with the crafting.
One final word: the crafting recipes are NOT, repeat, NOT to be blamed on FavoredSoul. I did all of the crafting stuff myself, and as in most things I do, I tried to keep tongue planted firmly in cheek as I decided, for example, that the Still Eye of the Dragon really, really needed a Sabrecat Eyeball for that final bit of authenticity. So as you encounter what may seem to be a totally off the wall ingredient, just stop and think about the item and how it looks and you will quickly see that my ingredients make perfect sense...
...if you're making them up at midnight with a cold Corona in one hand and a puppy nibbling your toes as you work...
NEW OPTIONAL SCABBARD FOR SWORD OF TRUTH! I converted (and tested) Sword of Truth with Scabbard meshes and textures. Requires main mod, then install the optional archive and authorize overwriting the meshes and textures. Now go out and make Zorro marks on dragons!
Jewelry of FavoredSoul mod just published on the Files page as an optional installation. It contains all the jewelry, plus the wings and the laurel, from Ultimate Assortment- a total of 28 items.
The following changes have been made from the full Ultimate Assortment version: 1) 'Bell's Shield" has been renamed to "Bell's Bracelet" since it is, in fact, a bracelet and has no armor value. 2) Several "orphan" (unused) textures that are present in Ultimate Assortment for no apparent reason have been removed from Jewelry of FavoredSoul. The only real benefit to this is that the mod takes up a little less disk space, plus it makes my OCD happy. 3) Crafting menus have been added for all items in this mod. 4) Due to some issues reported when using Belethor's General Goods in Whiterun as the vendor (vampires keep killing Belethor and sometimes Ysolda does NOT take over his shop as she should, leaving the items with no vendor) the vendor for Jewelry of FavoredSoul has been changed to Bits and Pieces in Solitude, which is easily reachable by carriage from Whiterun for only 20 gold and is much better protected from vampires... but not from the ravages of war should the Dragonborn side with the Stormcloaks. You have been warned. This change also resolves reported conflicts with other mods that use Belethor's as a vendor.
There are two ways users can install Jewelry of FavoredSoul: 1) As a Standalone mod without Ultimate Assortment- This is straightforward and installs only the 28 items, making them available at Bits and Pieces in Solitude. If this is what you want, make sure you uninstall Ultimate Assortment completely along with any of the other optional files before installing Jewelry of FavoredSoul. 2) As a supplement to Ultimate Assortment, installing only the plugin (esp) file by selecting "No to Mod" when NMM asks if you want to overwrite the Ultimate Assortment meshes and textures - Jewelry of FavoredSoul will happily use the identical Ultimate Assortment meshes and textures. This option leaves all 40 Ultimate Assortment items for sale at Belethor's and adds the 28 Jewelry+Wings+Laurel items to Bits and Pieces, giving you two vendors for the non-combat items.
I just republished FavoredSoul's Angel Wings standalone mod (they are included in Ultimate Assortment), and immediately I started getting questions about "do they animate or are they just door knockers?" Well, I know a thing or two about knockers, and these wings definitely aren't even remotely similar to knockers.
These wings are much more awesome than I first realized- you can actually fly with them on! Yes, FLY! I know, I know, you won't believe me unless I prove it.
So here is proof of my first flight over Markarth:
UPDATE ALERT: TWO OPTIONAL FILES UPDATED ON 12 JUNE, 2017
When I investigated docteur87's comment about the Jewelry of Favored Soul description not mentioning that the items were craftable, I noticed that I had inadvertently failed to create a crafting menu for Bell's Bracelet because it was erroneously listed as a "shield" in the original mod. Even though nobody noticed my error, my OCD forced me to scrutinize the plugins as I checked docteur87's comments, and fix the error I found in two of them.
I just added Bell's Bracelet crafting menus in both the Ultimate Assortment Optional Crafting Plugin and the Jewelry of FavoredSoul standalaone mod and uploaded them as version 1.1.
Apologies to all zero of you who tried to craft Bell's Bracelet.
June 27, 2017: 3 Minor Updates, no version number changes, no need to update unless you just want to
*Ultimate Assortment Main: Renamed "Bell's Shield" to "Bell's Bracelet" because it's not a shield. If you have it in your inventory it will NOT disappear and it WILL automatically change its name in your bag. Magic!
*Ultimate Assortment Main, Optional Ultimate Assortment Crafting Plugin and Jewelry of FavoredSoul: Corrected erroneous value of Isuldur's Bane (ring) from 10,000 to 2,000, bringing it in line with the other rings
*Ultimate Assortment/Jewelry of FavoredSoul Optional CBBE Amulets Mesh Pack. Install either main file first, then install the CBBE Amulet Meshes and overwrite
April 3, 2018- Uploaded version 1.1b of the optional Crafting Plugin. Thanks to Giboss for reporting that I had missed this plugin when I corrected the value of Isuldur's Bane from 10,000 to 2,000 in the main files. Everything else is the same as version 1.1a, so you don't need to install version 1.1b unless you want the reduced value of Isuldur's Bane. Apologies to those inconvenienced by me missing this the first time around.
October 14, 2018- Uploaded optional "Crafting but No Vendors" file for Ultimate Assortment. Requires main Ultimate Assortment file first, then install the optional No Vendors plugin and authorize the overwrite. The purpose of this file is to avoid the Skyrim Vendor Conflict by simply removing these items from any and all vendors. UPDATE November 2, 2018: Uploaded version 1.1a of this Optional file to correct (AGAIN!) the value of Isuldur's Bane from 10k gold to 2k gold. Other than that it is the same as the previous "Crafting-No Vendors" version so only those offended by the high price of Isuldur's Bane need to bother installing it.
Attention K-Mart Shoppers! Several people have posted here that they can't find the items for sale at Belethor's. So I made sure the version of Ultimate Assortment I have installed is the Craftable with Vendor version and went in-game to Belethor's and checked. Here are a couple of the results:
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A note on vendor placement- the clunky old Skyrim Engine (including SSE) is such that when more than one mod places items for sale at a vanilla vendor, the last mod to load wins. Belethor did not have the Ultimate Assortment items the first time I tried because Ultimate assortment was loading #51 and so there were approximately 229 other plugins loading after it. So I went into Vortex and forced Ultimate Assortment to load almost last at #255 and voilà! The items appeared in Belethor's inventory. Users will either have to choose between your mods as to which one will be for sale at Belethor's or merge the mods with Wrye Bash so that the leveled Lists will combine.
Next, in response to those who are posting that the items are not craftable, I went to the forge. Here is a sampling of those results:
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Note that some of the items are grayed out in my crafting inventory because I didn't have the materials necessary to craft them, but the bottom line is that they are all craftable.
Is there a chance that an optional file for HIMBO sliders could be made in the future?
Edit: I might have messed up somewhere, but I can't seem to get the CBBE amulets to show up in bodyslide. I have the mesh pack loaded after the main file, but they're not showing in the outfit drop down.
Hi, I scanned through the comments and didn't find anything about it (maybe I'm just blind) but I was wondering if the earrings do work on male characters? I noticed in the oldrim mod you have an optional patch for it, and I didn't see one on this page. Sorry if this has been answered already I really tried looking... why is it so hard to find nice earrings for a guy? Sheesh! Anyway, have a nice day/night!
The only earrings I have found for Gonad The Ballbustrian (my one and only male character) are the Creolas.
Also, the Oldrim mod I uploaded is a direct copy of FavoredSoul's original mod, of which this mod is a port. I'll check on the Male Patch for the Oldrim mod and port it here if poss.
Firstly, thanks for all your hard work! Secondly, I just tested the Male Patch in my game (latest AE update) and it is unfortunately not working. I manifested a male dunmer character and was able to equip the earrings, but they didn't show up on his head anywhere. Any chance you could take a look at this issue?
Thank you so much for bringing these gorgeous items to SSE and my game. I was looking for the Evenstar amulet and this page came up, and I am so glad I found it, there is so much more than I knew about.
Your flight demo video is brilliant, btw, I love your sense of humor. XD
Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing/crafting these items in game!
Edit: by the way, the add-on SMP Bodyslide files for the Evenstar Amulet have the 'CalienteTools' and 'meshes' folders compressed into a zip inside the zip file, I extracted them and then recompressed the archive to get them to show up in the BodySlide list. In case anyone else has this issue, hope it helps! :D
Well, they say the brain is the first thing to go. Wasn't expecting it for another 50 years, but I've always been an early adopter...
I had inadvertently created the Arwen's Evenstar SMP Addon by Yinkle 7z archive with the contents AND the 7z file containing those contents into the uploaded 7z file.
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So I just uploaded a new version 1.0.1 of that optional file to correct the error. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for catching the error.
I installed the core files and then overwrote it with "Ultimate Assortment by FavoredSoul Optional Crafting Plugin 1.1b" as described here. The items showed up at the shop but were invisible in the menu and didnt show when equipped. Uninstalling both and reinstalling just the main mod fixed it.
I guess I will be buying the items and not crafting them, they do look gorgeous!
Crafting absolutely works. See second spoiler tag in 5th sticky above. If it's not working for you, kindly review instructions and install everything properly. ♥
Firstly, while FavoredSoul did indeed retire from Skyrim modding a few years ago, I have republished (with his permission) all of his mods that I could find, for both Oldrim and SE! You're welcome.
Secondly, what? You're "getting real PO'd" because he moved on to do other things with
>>>>>HIS LIFE<<<<<
instead of doing some other thing that YOU think he should be doing?
Its called entitlement, where people think other people owe them something and everything should just be given to them. In the old days we used to call them A$$ holes, but I guess that term isn't PC anymore.
you guess that term isn't PC anymore? what is PC? what is correct? is there even an absolute right or wrong? is the term "asshole" PC or PIC? you seem to have a sense that it's a fine word, so why would you say that the word is currently PC? is there some general consensus that defines what is "PC" or PIC"? if there is I haven't heard of it.
btw i'm sure there's people both "back then" (you never specified when this was) and "today" who say the word asshole. believe me nothing changed
I'm very sorry, this seems to be a recurring topic here, strangely enough, but I can say 100% and absolutely confident that the craftable optional file is for sure totally and undeniably identical with the main file FS_UltimateAssortment.esp. I tried multiple things, redownloading, renaming etc. to no avail. Data Size in Header is 208 for both, not one byte more. Number of entries: same. Either number should be higher if it adds crafting recipes. But it doesn't. Really. I can only assume that something was borked during the upload but bottomline other commenters are right: just temper, no craft... Sorry again...You did an amazingly good job with this port, but this tiny flaw seems to remain.
Edit: I was wrong with the Data Size btw, it stays the same if I add the craft recipes manually from the no-vendor optional as injected records into a patch. However, the no. of Records of course goes up by ca 50 (i.e. the amount of recipes you created). I'm good now in that regards as I have both like I wish to have. I know my way around xedit, but others might not...
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WARNING: For simplicity and to keep the download size low, the optional esp file is named the same as the non-craftable "main mod" esp file: FS_UltimateAssortment.esp. So if you think you might want to revert from craftable to non-craftable at any point in time, please back up your existing Data\FS_UltimateAssortment.esp file before installing the optional plugin file, which must overwrite the existing one.
All Amulets, the Angel Wings, Dibella's
The Westland Rondache shield is Iron, the Lion's Shield of Courage is Steel and the Steelclash shield, oddly enough, is Ebony despite its name.
Ironhart's Might, the Sword of Judgment, the Blackwater Blade and Nameless Light are Steel.
The Giving Star, Daedra Slayer, Sword of Truth & Shortsword of Backstabbing are Ebony.
The El'druin sword is Daedric.
I tried to test them all, and I'm actually pretty sure that I did, but with Immersive Jewelry installed, my head was spinning as I went through the 17-mile long queue of Jewelry items trying to spot "my" items as they flew past. So please let me know if you find any "issues" with the crafting.
One final word: the crafting recipes are NOT, repeat, NOT to be blamed on FavoredSoul. I did all of the crafting stuff myself, and as in most things I do, I tried to keep tongue planted firmly in cheek as I decided, for example, that the Still Eye of the Dragon really, really needed a Sabrecat Eyeball for that final bit of authenticity. So as you encounter what may seem to be a totally off the wall ingredient, just stop and think about the item and how it looks and you will quickly see that my ingredients make perfect sense...
...if you're making them up at midnight with a cold Corona in one hand and a puppy nibbling your toes as you work...
NEW OPTIONAL SCABBARD FOR SWORD OF TRUTH! I converted (and tested) Sword of Truth with Scabbard meshes and textures. Requires main mod, then install the optional archive and authorize overwriting the meshes and textures. Now go out and make Zorro marks on dragons!
The following changes have been made from the full Ultimate Assortment version:
1) 'Bell's Shield" has been renamed to "Bell's Bracelet" since it is, in fact, a bracelet and has no armor value.
2) Several "orphan" (unused) textures that are present in Ultimate Assortment for no apparent reason have been removed from Jewelry of FavoredSoul. The only real benefit to this is that the mod takes up a little less disk space, plus it makes my OCD happy.
3) Crafting menus have been added for all items in this mod.
4) Due to some issues reported when using Belethor's General Goods in Whiterun as the vendor (vampires keep killing Belethor and sometimes Ysolda does NOT take over his shop as she should, leaving the items with no vendor) the vendor for Jewelry of FavoredSoul has been changed to Bits and Pieces in Solitude, which is easily reachable by carriage from Whiterun for only 20 gold and is much better protected from vampires... but not from the ravages of war should the Dragonborn side with the Stormcloaks. You have been warned. This change also resolves reported conflicts with other mods that use Belethor's as a vendor.
There are two ways users can install Jewelry of FavoredSoul:
1) As a Standalone mod without Ultimate Assortment- This is straightforward and installs only the 28 items, making them available at Bits and Pieces in Solitude. If this is what you want, make sure you uninstall Ultimate Assortment completely along with any of the other optional files before installing Jewelry of FavoredSoul.
2) As a supplement to Ultimate Assortment, installing only the plugin (esp) file by selecting "No to Mod" when NMM asks if you want to overwrite the Ultimate Assortment meshes and textures - Jewelry of FavoredSoul will happily use the identical Ultimate Assortment meshes and textures. This option leaves all 40 Ultimate Assortment items for sale at Belethor's and adds the 28 Jewelry+Wings+Laurel items to Bits and Pieces, giving you two vendors for the non-combat items.
These wings are much more awesome than I first realized- you can actually fly with them on! Yes, FLY! I know, I know, you won't believe me unless I prove it.
So here is proof of my first flight over Markarth:
When I investigated docteur87's comment about the Jewelry of Favored Soul description not mentioning that the items were craftable, I noticed that I had inadvertently failed to create a crafting menu for Bell's Bracelet because it was erroneously listed as a "shield" in the original mod. Even though nobody noticed my error, my OCD forced me to scrutinize the plugins as I checked docteur87's comments, and fix the error I found in two of them.
I just added Bell's Bracelet crafting menus in both the Ultimate Assortment Optional Crafting Plugin and the Jewelry of FavoredSoul standalaone mod and uploaded them as version 1.1.
Apologies to all zero of you who tried to craft Bell's Bracelet.
June 27, 2017: 3 Minor Updates, no version number changes, no need to update unless you just want to
*Ultimate Assortment Main: Renamed "Bell's Shield" to "Bell's Bracelet" because it's not a shield. If you have it in your inventory it will NOT disappear and it WILL automatically change its name in your bag. Magic!
*Ultimate Assortment Main, Optional Ultimate Assortment Crafting Plugin and Jewelry of FavoredSoul: Corrected erroneous value of Isuldur's Bane (ring) from 10,000 to 2,000, bringing it in line with the other rings
*Ultimate Assortment/Jewelry of FavoredSoul Optional CBBE Amulets Mesh Pack. Install either main file first, then install the CBBE Amulet Meshes and overwrite
October 14, 2018- Uploaded optional "Crafting but No Vendors" file for Ultimate Assortment. Requires main Ultimate Assortment file first, then install the optional No Vendors plugin and authorize the overwrite. The purpose of this file is to avoid the Skyrim Vendor Conflict by simply removing these items from any and all vendors. UPDATE November 2, 2018: Uploaded version 1.1a of this Optional file to correct (AGAIN!) the value of Isuldur's Bane from 10k gold to 2k gold. Other than that it is the same as the previous "Crafting-No Vendors" version so only those offended by the high price of Isuldur's Bane need to bother installing it.
Attention K-Mart Shoppers! Several people have posted here that they can't find the items for sale at Belethor's. So I made sure the version of Ultimate Assortment I have installed is the Craftable with Vendor version and went in-game to Belethor's and checked. Here are a couple of the results:
Next, in response to those who are posting that the items are not craftable, I went to the forge. Here is a sampling of those results:
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September 14, 2021: NEW "MALES TOO" PATCH ADDS ULTIMATE ASSORTMENT EARRINGS TO HUMAN MALES (or vice-versa)
Edit: I might have messed up somewhere, but I can't seem to get the CBBE amulets to show up in bodyslide. I have the mesh pack loaded after the main file, but they're not showing in the outfit drop down.
Also, the Oldrim mod I uploaded is a direct copy of FavoredSoul's original mod, of which this mod is a port. I'll check on the Male Patch for the Oldrim mod and port it here if poss.
Please install the new "Males Too" earrings patch and test it for me since I currently have no male characters.
Love and other indoor sports,
Vyxenne
Firstly, thanks for all your hard work! Secondly, I just tested the Male Patch in my game (latest AE update) and it is unfortunately not working. I manifested a male dunmer character and was able to equip the earrings, but they didn't show up on his head anywhere. Any chance you could take a look at this issue?
Best,
R.
Your flight demo video is brilliant, btw, I love your sense of humor. XD
Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing/crafting these items in game!
Edit: by the way, the add-on SMP Bodyslide files for the Evenstar Amulet have the 'CalienteTools' and 'meshes' folders compressed into a zip inside the zip file, I extracted them and then recompressed the archive to get them to show up in the BodySlide list. In case anyone else has this issue, hope it helps! :D
I had inadvertently created the Arwen's Evenstar SMP Addon by Yinkle 7z archive with the contents AND the 7z file containing those contents into the uploaded 7z file.
So I just uploaded a new version 1.0.1 of that optional file to correct the error. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for catching the error.
Thank you again!
I guess I will be buying the items and not crafting them, they do look gorgeous!
Secondly, what? You're "getting real PO'd" because he moved on to do other things with
btw i'm sure there's people both "back then" (you never specified when this was) and "today" who say the word asshole. believe me nothing changed
Data Size in Header is 208 for both, not one byte more. Number of entries: same. Either number should be higher if it adds crafting recipes. But it doesn't. Really. I can only assume that something was borked during the upload but bottomline other commenters are right: just temper, no craft... Sorry again...You did an amazingly good job with this port, but this tiny flaw seems to remain.
Edit: I was wrong with the Data Size btw, it stays the same if I add the craft recipes manually from the no-vendor optional as injected records into a patch. However, the no. of Records of course goes up by ca 50 (i.e. the amount of recipes you created). I'm good now in that regards as I have both like I wish to have. I know my way around xedit, but others might not...