Herculine
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You can try The Nexus Forums > Discussions > Debates
But beware, as this could become a flamebait topic, I will hardly recommend you by asking first an Admin to do so. These forums are a place to talk with a clearer focus on gaming.
You can post a pm to an Admin if you have any questions about your request. I wish you to have fun, and good luck.
You're welcome, :biggrin:
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I really wasn't trying to start any debates or controversies. I was just asking if anyone shared my opinion. Since I'm new I was just trying to find a few friends. I hope I haven't made any enemies in the trying! o_O
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I'm a newbie, so I apologize if I've broken a forum rule with this. If this is not the place to post this, then may I ask where it would be appropriate? :unsure:
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Does anyone else find this offensive, or is it just me?
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Integrating the race into a companion esp is untidy. Let's say that you create a Cute Elf with its race merged within the esp. Another modder does the same. A novice downloads both esps but also has the Cute Elves installed as a playable race. If you and the other modder forget to uncheck the playable race option, the novice will have three different instances of Cute Elves when they create a new player. Even if everyone who creates a custom race companion remembers to make their instance of the race non-playable, every custom race companion installed will use more system resources than if the companion was designed to use a single esm.
It gets more confusing if the custom race comes with its own resources. You run the risk of overwriting or duplicating the resource files (meshes, textures, etc.). If the novice installs two Cute Elf companions, both will come with resources for hair, eyes, ears, etc. Uninstalling one may remove the resources for the other especially if they are packaged as OMODs.
I hadn't thought of that, but you are certainly right. I guess you would have to know enough about it all to use TES4Gecko or something like that to merge all the esp files and clean up any redundancies that it renames as duplicates. I've actually had to do that with mods I downloaded before I got up the courage to become a member. :biggrin:
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I'm a newbie so I certainly don't intend to contradict the advice of other more experienced modders, but I would like to elaborate upon it if I may. I've created a few custom race CM Partners companions and even submitted one to the TESNexus now, and I've found that it's okay for your custom race to be an esp as long as your CM is created withint that same esp. If you keep those two aspects separated, however, then you will likely need to go the esm route. :whistling:
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Hello all! My user name is Herculine, and I'm a newbie here. I'm a 21 year old student, a short & round girl with stubby arms and legs. I guess that's why I like role-playing games where I can pretend to be a tall & strong warrior princess! (No, I don't have any self-esteem issues, do I?) Anyway, I'm going to try to do some modding, but I don't know a lot about it. Please be patient with me as I learn! ;)
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What did you put in their AI list? If their AI tells them to be at a specific place performing a specific action during a specific time period they should be doing just that. If it's not an AI problem, it could be some kind of load order problem. Maybe another NPC's AI is conflicting with their schedules. When I first tried to play with Talitha, the Ainmhi CM by Divine Avenger (which has no bugs that I could find -- well-done and thank you, DA!), I could never find her in the Wawnet Inn & Tavern where she was supposed to be. As it turns out, another CM from another mod apparently was hogging up her space so she simply wasn't there. I don't pretend to understand why Oblivion does some of the things that it does, but when I changed my load order I was then able to meet Talitha. Maybe your problem is similar?
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