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Fergus
May 2, 2015 3:42:42 GMT
Post by lesliewifeofbath on May 2, 2015 3:42:42 GMT
Hello, I was hoping you could help me. I have revisited Oblivion and found the Fergus Mod. As soon as I reach Ra'sava Camp and hear his voice, my game crashes to desktop. Any ideas why? I don't have a pet shop in Cheydinhal. Are there essential mods needed to run this?
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Fergus
May 2, 2015 4:01:53 GMT
Post by Sniffles on May 2, 2015 4:01:53 GMT
Hello, I was hoping you could help me. I have revisited Oblivion and found the Fergus Mod. As soon as I reach Ra'sava Camp and hear his voice, my game crashes to desktop. Any ideas why? I don't have a pet shop in Cheydinhal. Are there essential mods needed to run this? There's a ship load of problems with Fergus. What I read about the voice was: if you want the voice, you need to extract it from the main fergus file. it's in the 'sound' folder. alternatively, just drop the entire .bsa (NOT the .esp, if you want to keep Toren's face on) from the main mod in your data folder.
The entire thread is 13 pages long: forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/302202-companion-fergus-endorsements/
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Fergus
May 2, 2015 4:20:19 GMT
Post by lesliewifeofbath on May 2, 2015 4:20:19 GMT
Thank you for the link,and the quick response. Boy, I don't know what to do. I'm wondering if I should uninstall it from NMM and try uploading manually. I have no idea what mod could be causing the conflict. I run a lot of clothing mods.
I really hope I can use him. The choices of male companions in Oblivion is pretty bleak, and this guy looks pretty interesting.
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Fergus
May 2, 2015 10:53:57 GMT
Post by Emma on May 2, 2015 10:53:57 GMT
Try installing it manually, and use the original face. I think 99,9 % of the problems is related to that custom face. At least, ensure you have the mod running with the original face first, then you can see what happens if you give him the custom one (from what i have understood, the voice should be there, but huge chunks of dialog wll be gone).
With some luck, the author will read your post, as he often shows up here. You can try to PM Marek here as well.
Fergus is definitely well worth working for! In my opinion he is the absolutely best male companion in Oblivion.
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Fergus
May 2, 2015 18:54:39 GMT
Post by marek0712 on May 2, 2015 18:54:39 GMT
Wow! I'm a bit impressed and frustrated to read that my old companion has got "a ship load of problems". That makes me consider to put it down. I've got to admit that I've been working on some companions using old Neeshka's scripts (yes, after "Children of Oblivion", I'm back to modding and I'm trying to practice my Blender skills). However, none of them use my (terrible) voice. lesliewifeofbath, the only thing I can suggest is to try what Emma told you and use it without any custom face. The only problem I had was when he tried to give me a present, so I disabled that part in my private file. I can see if I still have the one I changed and upload it here. If he doesn't work, you can try Companion Aaron by Room207. Although I'm not a fan of CCG scripts (and I've already created a version using Neeshka's scripts), he's very handsome and Room207 used a changed Redguard voice. Just watch out if you use this one with Companions Valeria, Vincent, Jodi or Gill (These last two by Maxim) because I had some crashes. I'm afraid they use "the same changed file" (as with Viconia, Stoker Wolf and Sareliethuhaushethh).
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Fergus
May 2, 2015 20:26:40 GMT
Post by Emma on May 2, 2015 20:26:40 GMT
Marek, please keep Fergus! I haven't investigated the problems, only read some about it on the Nexus-page. If you have problems sorting it out, let me know and I'll have a look. Personally, I would hate to lose him; who on earth is then Vilja going to chatter with?
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Fergus
May 2, 2015 22:00:04 GMT
Post by Sniffles on May 2, 2015 22:00:04 GMT
I meant no offense.
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Fergus
May 2, 2015 23:47:14 GMT
Post by marek0712 on May 2, 2015 23:47:14 GMT
Relax, I'm not offended. It's just a bit annoying to face that I left the mod behind when it still needs some improvements. Besides, I'm also not in the mood to keep on with it.
EDIT: All this talk has changed my mind. Let's see what I'll be up to. But I'd rather open those old files tomorrow.
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Fergus
May 3, 2015 0:58:25 GMT
Post by lesliewifeofbath on May 3, 2015 0:58:25 GMT
Thank you guys for being so supportive. And Marek0712, I know how hard it is to keep up with creative pursuits. Real life and whatnot. Anyway, I wanted to post this so you know it's up and running. Also, I was saddened that I couldn't use the hottie face (most likely an id10t error on my part), but the plain mod is a million times better than what I've come across thus far. I like Fergus and am glad to have him up and running. Enjoy the pic! And thank all of you for your help! Also, I'm wondering if there could be any issues stemming from the fact that I am operating off of Steam and this is a relatively new computer. Just a thought.
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Fergus
May 3, 2015 1:14:32 GMT
Post by Sniffles on May 3, 2015 1:14:32 GMT
You know, and this is to Emma too, what is needed for these mods is an on line think tank and testing like we did for Children of Cyrodil. A forum with sub forums set aside for us neutral objective people to bang on a mod and give the modder a 'You are not alone, please keep at it' feeling.
With CoD it seemed to work very well. Not random posts like my link but ongoing troubleshooting and retesting and reimplementation. Beats the hell out of getting trolled for your efforts.
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Fergus
May 3, 2015 9:04:39 GMT
Post by jet4571 on May 3, 2015 9:04:39 GMT
Maybe a WIP forum section that has all Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3/Fallout New Vegas, and Skyrim games that registered members have access to and can start a WIP thread in. My Corset Dress mod is one I would've put in the Oblivion section and Sniffles has her Fallout New Vegas weapon overhaul mod that could be in there. That would make a nice spot for WIP threads that does not involve the private beta testing of Vilja.
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Fergus
May 3, 2015 11:07:47 GMT
Post by Emma on May 3, 2015 11:07:47 GMT
This Oblivion section IS for playing, modding, WIP's, Beta, Companion modding... That's what the description says, and I have used it for the WIP and testing of the Children of Cyrodiil mod and other things as well. There are the same sections for other TES-games, but there is admittedly no section for "other games". Or do you mean a section that only members can see, like the Lounge, for quest-mods and such? I can do this, if there is a wish for it.
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Fergus
May 3, 2015 11:31:44 GMT
Post by Sniffles on May 3, 2015 11:31:44 GMT
This Oblivion section IS for playing, modding, WIP's, Beta, Companion modding... That's what the description says, and I have used it for the WIP and testing of the Children of Cyrodiil mod and other things as well. There are the same sections for other TES-games, but there is admittedly no section for "other games". Or do you mean a section that only members can see, like the Lounge, for quest-mods and such? I can do this, if there is a wish for it. If it was worded correctly and the word got out, Emma's site could be a rendezvous place for people to get their mods tested. It would need to be stated that in the interests of protecting the mod that only members of the forums have access to the development forum. And that could lead to a major headache of some turkeybutt joins with the express intent of stealing or trashing mods. Be all that as it may, the spirit of cooperation I saw on CoC was truly wonderful.
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Fergus
May 3, 2015 20:46:42 GMT
Post by Emma on May 3, 2015 20:46:42 GMT
For that very reason - not wanting the content to be uploaded anywhere in an unfinished state - I always gave you the download links in a PM with CoC, remember? So, in order for someone to grab it, they would have to either be a part of the testing team, or harrass one of the testers and beg for a link.
Now, what I could do is to make a members only section for WIP and Beta-testing, too. It would be similar to the Members Lounge, i.e. visitors can see that a section exists but they can not enter it without being logged in.
Of course, should someone have the need for a totally private WIP-section here, I can arrange this, too, you just have to ask.
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Fergus
May 3, 2015 21:22:33 GMT
Post by thenryb on May 3, 2015 21:22:33 GMT
I am glad I noticed this thread. I was sort of "aware" of Fergus and this motivated me to download and install the mod. So far it is working very smoothly. If Malek is motivated at all to mess further with it, there are a couple of changes I would love to see : 1)the ability to take his armor from him for repairing etc while crouching without having to open dialogue (like Vilja) and 2) the elimination of messages about him falling behind or engaging and disengaging enemies. They occur so often as to be pretty useless. I really like having him along with Vilja and opening up all her new dialogue. It gives her someone besides my player character to complain about and is really funny.
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