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aeronwen I didn't intend to actually play that game. It's purpose was to contain a series of "photography sets" where characters would be posed. But at some point along the way I started actually playing it, and it's really been a lot of fun.
Unlike my other games, I didn't have the entire town built and the population added at the very start of the game. In fact for a little while Aeronwen was the only person in the world except for her household which contains two foxes. There is of course Rey the red fox and there is also a white fox. The purpose of the white fox is so that I have another sim to select when Aeronwen and Rey both appear in a screenshot. This way I don't have to worry about editing out the green glowing plumbob. I'm using a mod that makes it quite small, but its' still there. By selecting the white fox while taking the screenshots I don't have to worry about editing the plumbob out.
Different areas of the map have been designated as different Vvardenfell regions. The Bitter Coast is set up in lots that are close to the beaches. The Ascadian Isles is in the center of the world, and the West Gash and the Grazelands will be set up on top of the wide flat hills that can easily be used for building but don't contain anything in the vanilla Dragon Valley world.
When it's time to do scenes in the Ashlands I'll create a save for Midnight Hollow that has all the sims and buildings removed. I'm not sure what sort of buildings I'll use for Ald'uhn but I'm sure I'll be able to think of or find something suitable when the time comes.
Right now the population of the "Ascadian Isles/Bitter Coast" world is still small. Fargoth, Arrille, Eldafire and Eldafire's two children are set up in Seyda Neen. Mebestian, Samia, and Drelasa Ramothran are set up in Pelagiad. Nelos and Maurrie were there but have been evicted since Aeronwen just did the Beauty and the Bandit quest (to simulate that they have left the area and will never be seen or heard from again).
Two farming households were recently added to Pelagiad. One contains the Argonian Junal-Lei and his teenage son who is added by Children of Morrowind. To complete the household, I added Traveling New Woman as Junal's wife and mother to his son rather than placing her in a farm all by herself. As pets the family has two cats.
Another family I created contains Farusea Salas and her daughter which was added by CoM. To complete that family, I added Lloyn Andus as Farsusea's husband as the father of her daughter. Corky is there in the form of a Tarpan Mule and the family also has a small dog (the daughter and the dog immediately headed for the dog park as soon as they were added to the town).
Before long I'll be adding Nels Llendo along with Uulernil the grouchy Altmer blacksmith.
Another bit of lore bending I did was to add Jobasha and have him newly married to Adanja. They are now running the Old Tomes Bookstore and Tea Room which is a short distance northeast of Pelagiad (approximately where NoM adds the food merchant in that area). The story is that Adanja didn't want to move to Vivec, so she and Jobasha opened the shop in the Ascadian Isles. Jobasha runs the bookstore side while Adanja runs the tea room.
An unplanned story angle that just came up today; Fargoth has been coming to the Art Barn to paint and there he met Samia. The two Bosmers became friends and are now romantically involved. I like this story and will let it play out.
To close this entry, here is an unused screenshot that I took when experimenting with poses. It simply shows Aeronwen sitting on a bench outside her rental hut, quietly observing the neighbors as they come and go.
Edited to add: Something I forgot to mention as far as the play aspect of this game goes. Since Aeronwen can't actually hunt for mudcrabs, I have her go fishing for a couple of hours each day. I'm also using the Hunting Career Mod to help her earn an income and to simulate her being off hunting in the wilderness.
aeronwen I didn't intend to actually play that game. It's purpose was to contain a series of "photography sets" where characters would be posed. But at some point along the way I started actually playing it, and it's really been a lot of fun.Unlike my other games, I didn't have the entire town built and the population added at the very start of the game. In fact for a little while Aeronwen was the only person in the world except for her household which contains two foxes. There is of course Rey the red fox and there is also a white fox. The purpose of the white fox is so that I have another sim to select when Aeronwen and Rey both appear in a screenshot. This way I don't have to worry about editing out the green glowing plumbob. I'm using a mod that makes it quite small, but its' still there. By selecting the white fox while taking the screenshots I don't have to worry about editing the plumbob out.
Different areas of the map have been designated as different Vvardenfell regions. The Bitter Coast is set up in lots that are close to the beaches. The Ascadian Isles is in the center of the world, and the West Gash and the Grazelands will be set up on top of the wide flat hills that can easily be used for building but don't contain anything in the vanilla Dragon Valley world.
When it's time to do scenes in the Ashlands I'll create a save for Midnight Hollow that has all the sims and buildings removed. I'm not sure what sort of buildings I'll use for Ald'uhn but I'm sure I'll be able to think of or find something suitable when the time comes.
Right now the population of the "Ascadian Isles/Bitter Coast" world is still small. Fargoth, Arrille, Eldafire and Eldafire's two children are set up in Seyda Neen. Mebestian, Samia, and Drelasa Ramothran are set up in Pelagiad. Nelos and Maurrie were there but have been evicted since Aeronwen just did the Beauty and the Bandit quest (to simulate that they have left the area and will never be seen or heard from again).
Two farming households were recently added to Pelagiad. One contains the Argonian Junal-Lei and his teenage son who is added by Children of Morrowind. To complete the household, I added Traveling New Woman as Junal's wife and mother to his son rather than placing her in a farm all by herself. As pets the family has two cats.
Another family I created contains Farusea Salas and her daughter which was added by CoM. To complete that family, I added Lloyn Andus as Farsusea's husband as the father of her daughter. Corky is there in the form of a Tarpan Mule and the family also has a small dog (the daughter and the dog immediately headed for the dog park as soon as they were added to the town).
Before long I'll be adding Nels Llendo along with Uulernil the grouchy Altmer blacksmith.
Another bit of lore bending I did was to add Jobasha and have him newly married to Adanja. They are now running the Old Tomes Bookstore and Tea Room which is a short distance northeast of Pelagiad (approximately where NoM adds the food merchant in that area). The story is that Adanja didn't want to move to Vivec, so she and Jobasha opened the shop in the Ascadian Isles. Jobasha runs the bookstore side while Adanja runs the tea room.
An unplanned story angle that just came up today; Fargoth has been coming to the Art Barn to paint and there he met Samia. The two Bosmers became friends and are now romantically involved. I like this story and will let it play out.
To close this entry, here is an unused screenshot that I took when experimenting with poses. It simply shows Aeronwen sitting on a bench outside her rental hut, quietly observing the neighbors as they come and go.
Edited to add: Something I forgot to mention as far as the play aspect of this game goes. Since Aeronwen can't actually hunt for mudcrabs, I have her go fishing for a couple of hours each day. I'm also using the Hunting Career Mod to help her earn an income and to simulate her being off hunting in the wilderness.
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