Old Farts' Coffee House

[Avrie]

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Keep it civil (always) arguing a little is fine, just keep it friendly

Move over young ones ... Gramps moved back in.

[Ihateeverybody]

I am firmly convinced some weapons from Immersive Weapons Mod don't give a <blank> about your armor rating. Looking at you easter dwarven war axe and imperial ebony Sword.

Mjoll got one chotted by a Draugr Overlord and I said "Try that with me buddy!"

And it did....sigh. Going to have to avoid getting hit and cheese it with spells and arrows and terrain.

[smr1957]

Good day, all! Just about to grab my second cup of coffee - and maybe make make another potful.

[Avrie]

AaahYah... Ow, painful yawn *waves*

Coffee sounds yummy. First cuppa here, but the sandman's minions are standing their ground. This will be an epic battle of gritty eyes and painful yawns. At least a three cuppa fight. Songs will be written Mark my... my AaahYah Who am I kidding? At this rate they'll probably be lullabies.

Morning all, 47 new mods, a few caught the eye, and a couple drew a chuckle. I'll wake the cat is a bit... More coffee needed, the battle continues

[Avrie]

Morning Steve, Second cuppa just kicking in.

Well I've been doing the "let the game send me hither and yaaa..." AaahYah. Yep this is going to be a three cuppa LOL. Lydia has added a couple of idle lines, and I did notice they were 'shared' as Gnewna warned about. I'll probably keep RDO/GDO in for now. But I may want to address that for the next restart. This build's almost there.

I finally missed a sleeping draugr in the forgotten cave, and Lydia finally got to kill something sneaking up from behind, in three hits, not bad. She sounded very proud of herself. She did ran into me with her horse half a dozen times, and blocked several doorways. So far in this journey I'll give her a C, maybe a B- At least she didn't push me off any cliffs like Sofia LOL

Note to self... Install Follower trap safety by mitchalek
(Thanks Gnewna, Last time I installed that was in 2022...)

[Corinze]

I motion for Sleepy Saturday, so morning everyone
Somehow I have an extra 60 some mods I did not have before and there is no light at the end of my previously downloaded list, I'm past missing master stage though, so that is a plus.

[Avrie]

Morning Stan... Sounds like you're almost ready to start testing.

Other than editing the leveled lists, (I still can't figure out why none of the vanilla inns have soups and stews. I can craft them, but even the default beef and venison stews have vanished from the lists.) That, and a couple of landscape glitches to patch, and I think I'm finally ready to play this character.

The one thing I had considered adding back in was Kryptopyr's CCOR as opposed to ARS. I know I stopped using it when one of her version upgrades broke something in favor of her alchemy overhaul, but I never liked CACO ever and I won't use it, but I might give CCOR a shot again. It had a couple of tweaks to chopping wood, and mining that I miss.

Well I did download FTS, CCOR and it's settings loaded. This probably means I'm restarting again. But first I think it's time to fire up the CK and leave a goody bag in front of Undergrowth Hollow. And populate a few of it's chests with crafting supplies.

[Corinze]

Morning Jack. I seem to have changed landscape stuff, so I'll be starting at xLod and start a new game, maybe monday/ tuesday lol

I have to admit I love complete crafting overhaul redone and don't mind patching everything. With my hundreds of armors and clothing mods, I craft all the time.

Complete alchemy and cooking, I get a headache from it and I really don't use alchemy much outside from harvesting and making soap. I just added caco back in last night and was getting warnings it was incompatible with Better Harvesting. I used it last back in 22. I researched the issue and they should work together, I tried re-installing everything to make sure I did not miss a patch but ended up deleting it in favor of keeping Better Harvesting. I have 3D cooking but to be honest I cook so little I don't even know what it fully does.
I see caco as a patching nightmare worse than Lux, but I do love my Lux series, it makes my armors look good. If potions glow on a shelve and I can pick more than one flower at a time, I'm good.

[Avrie]

Gooooooood morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Loredas the 15th of First Seed and wage slaves rejoice the weekend has arrived. It's a quiet predawn here on warm sands. The blessed moons are gibbous tonight, but keep those silver weapons handy for another day or two at least. It is time once again for Ah'vrie to tend the inn for our most honored guests. Excuse please while the ash pits are emptied and the fires rebuilt. This can get a bit dusty so you may wish to cover your tankards... 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 put fresh water to the flames while this one composts the ash, tends the garden, and scrubs the kettles. The life of an innkeeper is glamorous yes? Well, maybe not for everyone.

Our brew of the day is from India, and we'll bake fresh biscuits when Ah'vrie returns from the markets. Checking the hot sheets we have 45 new mods from the usual eclectic sources. Let's see what catches the eye of an old cat over a fresh cuppa...

ModsInCommunity released Skyrim INI Boost - Better FPS as a first mod. Welcome
No link, If you need a newbie to overwrite your INI files you can search for it yourself. LOL Thanks

knightradiant2 released Crystalline Soul Gems
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/144743
"Multilayer Parallax and Refracting meshes filled with stars to give your soul gems shine, depth, and glow. ENB and non-ENB versions available." Wow that's a lot of refraction, but not bad, if a bit too bright, and the surface facets should be a bit smoother. Worth a look

Liseralla patched Praedy's Soul gems without ENB Light
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/144734
Because the universe demands balance ;-)

Lets see... Renthal is getting strange again.

medieval spring amulet SE
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/144726
"Vanilla Silver Amulet Replacement..." Thanks Ren only it's jeweled and not silver? Maybe lay off the skooma. Low res and not pretty, but it's Ren...

PLSET released SpellBreaker Rework
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/144558
The latest in their series of slightly OP vanilla artifact buffs. Thanks, the effects look good.

Den987 released MANLIER SPRIGGANS AND FLAME ATRONACH
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/144702
No dangly bits, so SFW. Now we need a 'variation' spid mod that randomly swaps these in so we can have both Males and females. Thanks

And finally we'll call this the mod of the day... Yet another fry your mobo grass mod

Rotund Grass by rotundrobert
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/144720
"A reasonably performant grass combo with short grass and floral fields that blend in well with the landscape, and some patches of wild shrubbery to keep things interesting." Make sure to check the requirements and intended load order. Some assembly required.

Worth a look and a cookie. Liquid nitrogen cooling tower not included ;-)

And that will do for today. The new ale casks were delivered on time, and there's a fresh batch of mead ready. We're serving mudcrab scrambles for the early meal, and we'll choose the late meal after this one returns from the market. As always there will be a kettle of stew simmering for those needing 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!

[DragonMaster]

Автор сообщения: Ihateeverybody

I am firmly convinced some weapons from Immersive Weapons Mod don't give a <blank> about your armor rating. Looking at you easter dwarven war axe and imperial ebony Sword.

Mjoll got one chotted by a Draugr Overlord and I said "Try that with me buddy!"

And it did....sigh. Going to have to avoid getting hit and cheese it with spells and arrows and terrain.

Well you told him to try it with you? There's an old saying open mouth insert foot.<LOL>
Sorry hate I couldn't resist that tonight/morning

[DragonMaster]

Автор сообщения: Avrie

Morning Steve, Second cuppa just kicking in.

<SNIP!>

Note to self... Install Follower trap safety by mitchalek
(Thanks Gnewna, Last time I installed that was in 2022...)

I've always kept that mod installed just in case I decide to pick up a companion. After all those swing spike traps can be murder

[Corinze]

Well that was painful - I have everything reinstalled, game kicks over but with a few issues. I literally need to run everything, nemesis, body slide, parallax generator then the whole dyndolod process. Some how I ended up with an extra 200 mods but it's all good.

Time to suffer through teaching my possible future daughter and law, how to drive since her folks won't. Some things I have no words for.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3445061016

[Avrie]

Автор сообщения: Corinze

...Some how I ended up with an extra 200 mods but it's all good.

I think they get their freak on when we're not looking. I have a few more this morning as we;;. I'm okay with it though seeing as I'm restarting... third time's a charm. No Lydia this time. and I removed ARS and went with CCOR, trap safety is in, I added another dress to craft for my stewards. I'm starting to run out of... NFF! Knew there was something I forgot.

[xybolt]

today, I've sunk many of time in RSV mod. Many many options to choose from, hard to judge which one may be appropriate for a specific race. Eventually figured out a common denominator and used it as a reference when comparing ingame. At last I got my configs! I am really happy with that MO2 plugin that memorizes your previously selected options because there are a bunch of mods you have to configure; BnP female + BnP male, update files, RSV SPID, RSV updates ...

I did notice it only supported non-beast races. So I gotcha delve in Nexus tomorrow to find some body textures for them o.O

[lupus_hegemonia]

Anybody knows what I need to edit in ENB menu (ingame) to make these horrible bright clouds darker? I made most of the clouds dark, but I have also those bright too - and I want to make them also much darker...
Are they "mist" or "fog" or something else (non-clouds)?

Here, check the pics:
https://prnt.sc/lQW7OM04uK_i
https://prnt.sc/ib8L4YWem6m8
https://prnt.sc/omrmUe672jS-

...As you can see, almost all my clouds are dark (during the night), except those super white/bright ones. Are these "fog" or "mist"? And whatever they are... which thing I need to edit in my ENB menu?

[Avrie]

I'm pretty sure those are considered volumetric fogs Rom. They're really 'white' in my game as well.