The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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Graduate at the Bards College v.2
   
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Mar 24, 2012 @ 12:45pm
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Graduate at the Bards College v.2

Description
Graduate at the Bards College Version 2

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This mod should work with any mods which do not change the Bards College, surrounding areas and Bards college characters.

Back up your saved games before subscribing to this mod.

There are 2 versions of this mod. V1 contains fixes to the vanilla game and will be less compatible with saved games/mods. V2 contains no vanilla game fixes and is therefore more compatible. Install one, not both. (V1 has been tested with saved games/mods seems to work fine so far)
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V1 & V2:
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2 New characters(fully voiced)
4 New questlines

Bards College Graduation questline
-4 Majors (Lute, Flute, Drum, Art of Verse)
-Playable instruments
-Exams
-Graduation

Bards College Helper quests (once main quest completed)
-Student Assignments quest (once per day)
-Research quest (once per day)

Cooking questline (once per day)

18 New Books

3 Easter Eggs

***Quests are not available until King Olaf's festival is completed***
***Visit the Bards college and talk to Enid to start the quest***

V1 ONLY Vanilla game Fixes:
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-Viarmo torch fix (removes torch only on new save or before King Olaf's Festival)
-6 Random conversations fixed and new ones added (students now talk to each other after king olaf's festival)
-Jorn/Ataf stuck playing instruments after Olaf festival fixed (they both now attend classes properly)
-6 Classroom scenes fixed (both inge and giraud now teach classes and class triggers work properly)
-Ghost voices in classrooms removed

***I could not fix one vanilla game bug - each of the students are supposed to practice their instruments daily in the courtyard - unfortunately I could not get this to work, instead they stand in the courtyard for a set period of time.


Credit/Thanks
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perplexmachine for playable instruments, this mod could not have been created without it.
Creationkit.com and everyone involved especially youtube tutorials
Steam forums for direct/indirect help
Bethesda creation kit forums direct/indirect help
Bethesda

Notes:
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**** Switching between mods. You cannot save a game with this mod installed and then switch to the other version. To do this you need to save the game without either mod installed, then install the version you wish. For instance you have a saved game with version 1 installed but you want to try version 2. You'll need to uninstall the mod, load your saved game and resave. Then install version 2. This should work. Failing this install the other version and play using clean save (a save which hasn't had the mod installed)
*** You can actually have both mods installed at the same time. You just get 2 of everything, I wouldn't recommend it (but it is amusing)
** During the graduation ceremony Enid will wait for all members to arrive (Viarmo, Pantea, Inge, Ataf, Illdi, Jorn, Aia, Giraud). This sometimes takes a while when members are not currently in the college and are either at the market or the winking skeever.
* Vanilla Classroom scenes: These will only work in V1 if all characters that participate in the scene are alive. If you kill anyone of them the classrooms scenes will not work anymore.

Known Bugs
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Enid can occasionally stop the viva voce for no reason. She will go back to her usual patrol but you will not be able to retake the viva voce again that day.

Grey skin: both Enid and Matilldi have greyish skin. Waiting for CK fix - so they can have their true skin tones (Enid is fairly pale, Matilldi is a redguard)

Viva voce options may disappear for longer than 23 hours. The option does return eventually (am investigating this)
128 Comments
DorkPhoenix Oct 27, 2020 @ 12:18am 
One of my most favorite mods ever, would LOVE for it to be ported to Special Edition
iainmore Aug 22, 2020 @ 8:58pm 
Can you upload this somewhere else as Steam really sucks. I don't want them running every aspect of my game or have to go online every time i want to install a Mod - that really sucks..
BenderIsGreat Sep 7, 2019 @ 5:56pm 
How the heck do you sing (perform verses?)
badnovenator Aug 10, 2019 @ 6:32am 
I second JasonParker here, would love to have this on SSE. The Bard's questline is the weakest in the game, this could fix that.
JasonParker May 23, 2019 @ 1:25am 
May I port this to special edition and upload to the nexus? I would of course give you credit.
Sage Nov 21, 2018 @ 3:22am 
This is a bit late, but is this mod compatible with the "Become a Bard" mod?
ElvishDan Aug 11, 2018 @ 7:01pm 
As far as actual complaints and not just me being insufferably pedantic, I spoke to Enid wearing the graduation robes, and she said to 'follow her,' then never moved. I waited, and still she never moved.

Let me be clear, I actually really like this mod; I was excited beyond belief when I could *actually play* instruments. I just. Want it to work?
ElvishDan Aug 11, 2018 @ 2:33pm 
Lute:
In the first lute book, the same 'it's' vs. 'its' mistake is made yet again in "It's sound must not only be loud but warm..."

"form" vs. "from" in "... it is our job to know... form (should be 'from') the sound and feel whether the Lute is up to the standard of a fine performance."

"Mill" is misspelled "Milll"


Drum:
The 3rd Drum book:
"heal" vs "heel" (as in the heel of the palm of the hand.)

Verse:
The 1st Verse book should have a colon in listing the subjects songs are often written about instead of a comma. ("... the main themes we like to base our music on are, Politics, History, Humor and Love" as opposed to "... the main themes we like to base our music on are: Politics, History... etc.)

The 2nd Verse book at least... on purpose misspells "Rhyming?" So... letting that one slide.
ElvishDan Aug 11, 2018 @ 2:33pm 
**GRAMMAR NAZI ALERT I REGRET NOTHING**

I'm gonna be 'that gal,' I know, but there's an awful lot of grammar and spelling errors in the reading materials. I wouldn't mind so much except it's supposed to be a college, and they literally quiz you on the materials. All of them could benefit from more commas to break up the phrases, but here are the other errors:

Flute:
In the 2nd Flute book. 'It's biggest enemy' as opposed to "Its biggest enemy" (the 'its' should be possessive, not a contraction for 'it is.')

Also in the 2nd flute book: "If it is in the cold for a period of time and you are due to perform. play for at least 15 minutes beforehand to warm the instrument up." There should be a comma instead of a period between 'perform' and 'play.' (cont.)


billyhoffman814 Jan 17, 2018 @ 8:39pm 
it will not let me talk to enid