Serana Dialogue Add-On

[VolnuttHeroP64]

How come the Serana Dialogue Add-On is a favorite mod in Skyrim?
You get to Marry Serana (Vampire or Turned Human) and build a relationship with her and hear new dialog from her.

Do you think we'll see a Version 5 with more features with Serana as an Essential NPC Spouse? Maybe adopted child dialog?

[Mathius]

If it's the mod I'm thinking of, I dislike it, immensely. I don't usually throw the word "immersive" around, but it really bugs me how like half the lines are Laura Bailey and the other half are the mod voice. The new VA doesn't sound much like Laura at all. Maybe they've updated it since I used it last.

I did several companion play throughs a few years ago just to see how they would interact with different quests and things, and most of them were a severe disappointment, and/or unfinished.

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by Mathius:

If it's the mod I'm thinking of, I dislike it, immensely. I don't usually throw the word "immersive" around, but it really bugs me how like half the lines are Laura Bailey and the other half are the mod voice. The new VA doesn't sound much like Laura at all. Maybe they've updated it since I used it last.

I did several companion play throughs a few years ago just to see how they would interact with different quests and things, and most of them were a severe disappointment, and/or unfinished.

The mod is now fully voiced, every line was replaced. The goal was not to sound like Laura though, but to make Serana a more in-depth follower, and it does that very well. She is quest-aware, location-aware and player-aware. She will make comments about your skills and apperal, she even has opinions on certain armor she can wear. She has banter with several followers, vanilla and modded as well.

Take it from somebody who didn't like Serana before, I love this mod. The depth it adds to her character is awesome, and I actually like having her around now. I would give the mod another chance, provided you're starting a new game.

[VolnuttHeroP64]

Originally posted by Rez Elwin:

Originally posted by Mathius:

If it's the mod I'm thinking of, I dislike it, immensely. I don't usually throw the word "immersive" around, but it really bugs me how like half the lines are Laura Bailey and the other half are the mod voice. The new VA doesn't sound much like Laura at all. Maybe they've updated it since I used it last.

I did several companion play throughs a few years ago just to see how they would interact with different quests and things, and most of them were a severe disappointment, and/or unfinished.

The mod is now fully voiced, every line was replaced. The goal was not to sound like Laura though, but to make Serana a more in-depth follower, and it does that very well. She is quest-aware, location-aware and player-aware. She will make comments about your skills and apperal, she even has opinions on certain armor she can wear. She has banter with several followers, vanilla and modded as well.

Take it from somebody who didn't like Serana before, I love this mod. The depth it adds to her character is awesome, and I actually like having her around now. I would give the mod another chance, provided you're starting a new game.

And what route you choose when starting Dawnguard after reaching Level 10 or greater as to start Dawnguard, you would need to do some Level Grinding to trigger the Vampire Hunter Rumors.

[Vlad 254]

I agree with Rez to a point. The mod is very well done and so is the voice acting. My issue is that I feel Laura Bailey absolutely nails what I feel is Serana's personality. Then again if the game always used the SDA voice actor from day one I'm pretty sure I'd prefer that one. I just can't unhear Laura's excellent voice acting. When I compare the 2 side by side Laura's version of Serana wins hands down.

But I used SDA for a very long time because the mod is that good. Very well done indeed. Like just about anything else in this game it comes down to personal choice. Your game your way thanks to mods.

[Mathius]

Originally posted by Rez Elwin:

The mod is now fully voiced, every line was replaced. The goal was not to sound like Laura though, but to make Serana a more in-depth follower, and it does that very well. She is quest-aware, location-aware and player-aware. She will make comments about your skills and apperal, she even has opinions on certain armor she can wear. She has banter with several followers, vanilla and modded as well.

Take it from somebody who didn't like Serana before, I love this mod. The depth it adds to her character is awesome, and I actually like having her around now. I would give the mod another chance, provided you're starting a new game.

Whelp. File Manager says my .esp was added in 2021. Seems it's been updated several times since then.

I had Indigo and Sofia interact with her, IIRC, and I wasn't impressed with either. Buncha worthless, very repetitive, drivel.

I didn't particularly care for the voice actor much either. It's been a few years, but I seem to recall the voice actress trying and failing to sound sexy.

Interesting that she's not listed under my download history on Nexus, but if I go to the nexus page, it gives the "You last downloaded a file from this mod on 13 Sep 2021" message.

Maybe I'll give her another try if and when I'm in the mood to try Skyrim again one of these days.

[Rez Elwin]

Originally posted by VolnuttHeroP64:

And what route you choose when starting Dawnguard after reaching Level 10 or greater as to start Dawnguard, you would need to do some Level Grinding to trigger the Vampire Hunter Rumors.

You don't need to be level 10, you can head to Fort Dawnguard at any level. It's only a few quests in before she becomes a permanent companion.

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

I agree with Rez to a point. The mod is very well done and so is the voice acting. My issue is that I feel Laura Bailey absolutely nails what I feel is Serana's personality. Then again if the game always used the SDA voice actor from day one I'm pretty sure I'd prefer that one. I just can't unhear Laura's excellent voice acting. When I compare the 2 side by side Laura's version of Serana wins hands down.

But I used SDA for a very long time because the mod is that good. Very well done indeed. Like just about anything else in this game it comes down to personal choice. Your game your way thanks to mods.

I can agree with that, it's all a matter of preference, SDA does indeed change her personality to something that is different from her intended one, however I like her new personality better.

Originally posted by Mathius:

Whelp. File Manager says my .esp was added in 2021. Seems it's been updated several times since then.

I had Indigo and Sofia interact with her, IIRC, and I wasn't impressed with either. Buncha worthless, very repetitive, drivel.

I didn't particularly care for the voice actor much either. It's been a few years, but I seem to recall the voice actress trying and failing to sound sexy.

Interesting that she's not listed under my download history on Nexus, but if I go to the nexus page, it gives the "You last downloaded a file from this mod on 13 Sep 2021" message.

Maybe I'll give her another try if and when I'm in the mood to try Skyrim again one of these days.

Never tried her with Sofia of Inigo, but I like her conversations with Auri, and yes, if you decide to play Skyrim again I would give it another chance.

[Vlad 254]

Originally posted by Mathius:

I had Indigo and Sofia interact with her, IIRC, and I wasn't impressed with either. Buncha worthless, very repetitive, drivel.

This has become a thing in several Custom follower mods. Some are very well done.

I didn't particularly care for the voice actor much either. It's been a few years, but I seem to recall the voice actress trying and failing to sound sexy.

Exactly. I feel Laura bailey did a great job of characterizing Serana. She's smart, mature, a bit witty, and a bit classy. And although she can be sexy she's not projecting sexy in her voice which usually I might not knock but it just seems so out of place coming from her voice. All that said there's no doubt SDA is very well done as a whole.

[Ilja]

Some custom followers, like Remiel (who also connects to SDA), Redcap and Xelzaz even have threeway conversations now.

My gallery team currently consists Inigo, Lucien and Remiel. Serana will be added to it.

I tried Xelzaz, but he did not fit to current character build and I would appreciate if he would be made aware of bathing mods. I didn't need him to march in to my bathroom to say that I am indecent while my character was taking a bath.

All and all follower mods can commentary has been taking big leaps. SDA has been in the middle of it, connecting to other mods from left and right.

[VolnuttHeroP64]

So for the SDA Mod and the upcoming Ashe Dialogue Add On, both are Essential NPCs.

So, we could see more dynamic content updates for the SDA mod including Skill Leveling, Hearthfire Adoption Dialogue should the play take in 2 children in Skyrim, and more?

[Freeman]

Is Serana Dialogue Add-On the one that completely changes her voice and personality to be absolutely nothing like her original character?

Yeah, not a fan.

[Mathius]

Originally posted by Ilja:

Some custom followers, like Remiel (who also connects to SDA), Redcap and Xelzaz even have threeway conversations now.

My gallery team currently consists Inigo, Lucien and Remiel. Serana will be added to it.

I tried Xelzaz, but he did not fit to current character build and I would appreciate if he would be made aware of bathing mods. I didn't need him to march in to my bathroom to say that I am indecent while my character was taking a bath. :ShockedOwlcat:

All and all follower mods can commentary has been taking big leaps. SDA has been in the middle of it, connecting to other mods from left and right.

It doesn't really matter who she's connected to, unless it's a collaboration with the mod authors that made the mods she's "connecting" to, the author of SDA is only going to be able to pull dialogue that already exists, which makes the conversations generic as hell.

[VolnuttHeroP64]

When I played Skyrim with the SDA Mod enabled. I beat the Hero Story of Dawnguard & asked Serana if she thought about becoming human & I got the response "We're Talking about our Relationship here." after selecting Show Compassion "You can be your own person again".

Did I do something wrong because the Extended Serana Being Cured of Vampirism dialogue didn't show up or do I have to wait a few days for her answer before continuing?

One thing I was careful of doing in the Dawnguard Vampire Hunter Side was NOT to bring up her Vampirism Prematurely during the Dawnguard Hero Story as that cancels out her Cure of Vampirism Arc.