Viljas music

[rollerpig]

I have a small request(hope that's OK).

I have been living in my Hearthfire home,Winstad Manor.I recently fired my personal bard,mostly because she had a horrible habit of deciding to perform in the late hours of the night and continuously waking up all the other NPC's all night long.

well,besides this being very annoying,I figured Villa is a much better bard anyway(better music,more songs anmore options).The only problem I have is that,when I ask Villa to play some music,she only plays for about 15 to 20 seconds?I wish she would play longer,or maybe have an option like"Villa that's so beautiful,would you please continue"maybe at this point she would continue and play several full songs.after all,the music she plays is a very in-depth part of her abilities and I feel I rarely get to hear them(and there so good!).


also.if anyone can help.......Vilja used to hum and sing randomly,it was cute and of course,very fitting,as she is concerned about perfecting her art .She never does this anymore?can anyone help me with her sound files?what should I look for,or what conflicts should I look for?


thnx in advance.

[Emma]

Jan 29, 2013 13:37:32 GMT rollerpig said:

I have a small request(hope that's OK).

I have been living in my Hearthfire home,Winstad Manor.I recently fired my personal bard,mostly because she had a horrible habit of deciding to perform in the late hours of the night and continuously waking up all the other NPC's all night long.

well,besides this being very annoying,I figured Villa is a much better bard anyway(better music,more songs anmore options).The only problem I have is that,when I ask Villa to play some music,she only plays for about 15 to 20 seconds?I wish she would play longer,or maybe have an option like"Villa that's so beautiful,would youplease continue"maybe at this point she would continue and play several full songs.fatter all,the music she plays is a very in-depth part of her abilities and I feel I rarely get to hear the.


also.if anyone can help.......Villlja used to hum and sing randomly,it was cute and of course,very fitting,as she is concerned about perfecting her art .She never does this anymore?can anyone help me with her sound files?what should I look for,or what conflicts should I look for?


thnx in advance.

Provided that Vilja now has her lute, she can also play all the custom made music for you, i.e. the music that you can find here:

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aj6mxi2fBFc

Just ask her to play Solstheim folks music.

She'll pick tunes randomly, they last between 1,5 to 5 minutes.

As for the singing, Vilja will sing when she is in exteriors or when she is at home. And I think it is the "at home" that keeps her from singing in your game.

She'll consider all houses that have the keyword "playerhome" as a home, and she will sing. But, it could be that Hearthfire playerhomes don't have that keyword, and it that case she won't recognize them.
But, there is another option as well: In the topic "About this place" you can tell Vilja that a place is her new home. Then she will recognize it as her home, regardless what house it is, and she will frequently both sing, play music and work on her own music compositions, asking you to listen to her.

She will also ask you for a place outdoors where she can wander. Just bring her to a nice spot outside the house, tell her that she can go there for her walks, and she will go outdoors every afternoon on her own for a while. I.e. when she is at home and relaxing (not following you around).

Hope this helps



EDIT: If her Solstheim music ends prematurely, i.e. if she indeed only play these tunes for 15-20 seconds, there must as you say be a conflict with another mod that affect music and sounds, because that is not how it is supposed to be.

[rollerpig]

thnx Emma.I will be more specific.

I have been playing with Vilja about 120 hours on my current toon.Vilja works amazing in my hearthfire home(s).Matter of fact ,it seems the longer she inhabits the home the more she seems to ...explore,for lack of a better word,the entire home,both upstairs and down,kitchens,decks outside.It is quite imprressive!

She used to(in the same house as currently),tend to sing and hum tunes from time to time.She would also do this in our travels(with this same character..now lvl 48,been with Vilja since lvl 13)while walking or riding.She no longer seems to do this.

When I ask her to just play the flute or lute(no Solestheim music) most times,she will stand with her flute in her hands ,but arms at her sides while the flute plays.The animation begins and maybe lasts for 5 seconds and she is done.Seems very short.This has only really recenlty,slowly,over time been happening.

What would be a good idea?A reinstall....thats easy enough.I use BOSS for load order and I do use a few mods like UFO,but I never hhrad a problem before.I'll keep working on it.It's probably on my side...but as a super newb, when it comes to scripts and or modifying mods...I'm pretty lost.

[rollerpig]

My mods

1.Dawngaurd
2.Hearthfire
3.SPIKE.esm
4.TERRAarmors.esm
5.Unnoficial Skyrim patch
6.Unnofficial Dawngaurd
7.Convienient Horses Ultimate
8.Mjoll new face
9.craftable,placeable havoc bedrolls
10.SKYUI
11.Cloaks
12.TERRAarrmors .esp
13.UNP leather clothes.esp
14.Deadly Dragons
15.Immersive weapons
16.Killable lootable children
17.Realisttic room rental
18.Realistic needs and diseases
19.RND dawngaurd-patch
20.RND hearthfire-patch
21.EMCompViljja
22.UFO
23.UFO dawngaurd
24.UFO hearthfire
25.Followers can relax
26.Calientes dynamic marriage outtfits.
27.Real companions 1.7
28.buyable royal clothes
29.sit anywhere

I might get rid of "followers relax anywhere", as it is a bit redundandt with UFO,except you can have any follower move anywhere and stay there even after released from service.

Anyone see any possible conflicts???


thnx again =)

[rollerpig]

ok.I figured it out.that folder of loose scripts inside Vilja's main file folder was placed in the Skyrim scipts folder(a complete folder with,like 4 scripts).Don't know how, or even when this happened.But I removed it and Vilja(right now) is humming and singing as I am working on my smithing attt home!!!.Love it.

Sorry for the stupid post =P

[Emma]

Oh no, that is not a stupid post!! It's a kind of error I wouldn't ever have thought of, and as you brought it up I will now know. But, I don't quite understand? Was the scripts in a subfolder inside the scripts folder? These scripts should be of the latest version of Vilja, but they are also included in the bsa. The reason that we are cursed and always will have to add them is because we at the first update made the mistake of enclosing these scripts as loose files. If people forget to remove the older version of them, they will always override the bsa. So therefore we are cursed to always have to enclose the latest version of them as loose files as well.

[rollerpig]

thnx Emma.

and to you're question,yes the scripts were in a sub folder(called scripts)in the main skyrim scripts folder.....but,I am taking full responsibility for it being placed there.I upgraded and reinstalled several times due to, my toying with a bunch of mods to increase immersion and game difficulty scaling.I finally feel like I have it where I want it and everything is running well

post script.
Viljja works incredibly well in all of my hearthfire homes,including interaction with all objects and NPC's. ie:long conversations with Lydia Ala etc.etc.the new housecarls,she knows they're there but won't comment on or talk to(very few).