Modding on the Spectrum

Goooooood morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Loredas the 5th of Rain's Hand, and wage slaves rejoice, the weekend has arrived. It is a crisp predawn here on warm sands, and past time for this one to tend the inn. Excuse please while the ash pits are emptied, the vents cleaned, and the fires rebuilt. This can get a bit dusty yes it can. You may want to cover your tankards for a bit. Khajiit do not offer free refills... There, much better no? Ah'vrie always likes to start the weekend off with happy fires, and a happy fire needs to breathe. Now to compost the ash, scrub the kettles, see what's ripe in the garden, but first; let's put some fresh water to the flame...

Our brew of the day is Capetown Lungo, and the biscuits are Fudge brownie cookies. Checking the hot sheets we have 58 new mods from the usual suspects. Plenty of jiggles, dangles, patches and pointy sticks. Let's see what catches an old cat's eye over a fresh cuppa or two. Excuse please... Maybe three


BiggestBones released three first mods today. Welcome
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/Bigg ... ameId=1704
Interesting... two armor mesh tweaks, followed by the release of a new mashup of both armors. Why not. Have a cookie.

Groe released Immortal Blood Movarth
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146789
"Changes Movarth's stats and abilities to match his character as described in the in-game book "Immortal Blood."" The old cat can totally get behind Movarth being a brawler based on the lore, but stealing the gloves of the pugilist from Gian the fist I'm not sure about. If Movarth is supposed to be that good, and he's got the buffs of a master Vampire he doesn't need the gloves. Nice idea though, Thanks.

WhereDeadAngelsLie released DESIRE - Divine Elegance Store - Immersive Retail
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146753
adds a shop owner, and anti shoplifting guards. For Immersion of course LOL, Thanks

freshbreadsticks is still editing dirt textures FBS DirtPath01
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146769
Well they're consistent. Looks good, thanks

Nyymm released Numinous Nord Ruins - Complex Parallax... retex
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146766
"Textures with parallax for the Nordic Dungeons and Ruins, both interiors and exteriors. Hand crafted with an emphasis on attention to detail and aesthetics." Very subtle parallax, quite nicely done. Worth a look and a cookie. Thanks

We'll finish up with yet another death replacer concept this one by aljoxo

Stages of Suffering - An SKSE Death Alternative
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146568
"Stages of Suffering is an immersive SKSE-based mod that redefines death in Skyrim by introducing a progressive injury system. Instead of dying and reloading, your character sustains wounds of increasing severity each time they fall in battle."

You'll want to read the entire page and the spoilered injuries section. The brief "etherial status" granting you time to run away, but fully healing your enemies... This would need to be tested in game. The concept of making the resulting'injury' random, but acting like locational damage is a bit confusing... or random, or randomly confusing.

This would work better with true locational damage, but that's always been buggy in Skyrim. Still you get decapitated with a battle axe which results in 25% slower magic regen? Yes, makes total sense, very balanced. LOL. Your game your way

And that will do for today. The ale casks are fresh, the new batch of mead is ready, and we're serving serving thinly sliced marinated venison medallions on a bed of diced roast potatoes with onions, served with a poached egg on top for the early meal. This one will see what's fresh at the markets before choosing the late meal, but as always there will be a hearty stew simmering for those that need to ward the chill.

The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept and mopped. Have a seat by the fires and warm your bones. We-B-Open!

Gooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Morndas the 7th of Rain's Hand and wage slaves lament, the weekend is over. Hide if you can, or work if you must, it's Morndas again. The blessed moons will be full this weekend, so it's time once again to hone those silver weapons. Speaking of time, it's time for this one to tend the inn. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the flame...

Our brew of the day is Kahawa ya Congo, and the biscuits will have to wait on this one returning from the markets, but oatmeal cranberry sounds quite yummy. Checking the hot sheets we have 46 new from the usual eclectic sources. Let's see what catches the eye over a fresh cuppa or two.

Seryu21 released Nilah - Bosmer Preset as a first mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/147014
A little jiggle from South America. Thanks

Krystara1 released two first mods today. Welcome
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/Krys ... ameId=1704
Both are patches to make mod added foods work with Jayserpa's Stress and Fear. Very nice first mods. Have a cookie, cookies reduce stress too.

aemono369 released Stress and Fear - Wash and Rinse - Patch as a first mod. Welcome
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146832
Allows Wash and Rinse - Simple Bathing to relieve stress. Can't argue with this one either. Have a cookie.

braxusx released Tree Aspen Winter to Tree Aspen - BOS
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146976
"Swaps DLC1 winter aspen trees with their leafy counterparts" Oookay, youor game your way. It is a fantasy game so if this one wants 'everyellow' to be a thing, so be it. Thanks

ICFur's 3D Fall Forest - Red Shrubs
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146974
"Mesh and texture replacement for Fall Forest/Red Shrubs. Supports Seasons of Skyrim, Shrubs of Snow, Seasonal Landscapes, and Turn of Seasons" Now this one gets it, and a cookie. Thanks

HalkHogan released HD Reworked Vale Deer
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146952
"The modification brings Vale Deer to the highest 4K quality with 100% lore friendly look." Even the fur looks good with none of that fusa fusa shell garbage. Always first rate work from Halk. Downloaded, this one is gets added today. Have another cookie

gghumus released three today
https://next.nexusmods.com/profile/gghu ... ameId=1704
Get's rid of Dragonborn waves, JK's magic crystals, and uses BOS to swap in some pearl oysters for some of the clams on the ghost sea coast. The old cat might use the last one, There's this one fish... Moving right along.

Oliphantaupe released Remove Ugly Spider Stuff Solstheim
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/146982
"I hated it and found no other way to fix it" A brute force patch that get's it done. Thanks

MissileMann released Adventurer's Start - An Alternate Perspective Addon
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/145599
"An Alternate Perspective add-on that adds a handful of new starts, ready for any adventurer to start their new life!" Some of these are really interesting, and tough. As in can you survive the opening tough. Definitely worth a look.

And finally, this one definitely earned the top slot.

koukibyou released Skyrim Outfit Equipment System NG
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecial ... ods/147011
"A lightning-fast and simple to use outfit equipment management system that works across all game versions (SE/AE/VR). Enjoy context-aware outfit switching based on location, weather conditions, and actions for your hundreds (if not thousands) of outfits, across all of your favorite characters."

Multiple contextual outfit switching, across the character and your band of followers across all game versions? And across games... That's got to be worth a cookie or two.

And that will do for today. The fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed. and the floors are swept. Have a seat by the fires and warm your bones. We-B-Open!