This is the ninth of ten updates before the release of 3.07. With only a week left before the Nexus release, I’m not sure if the miscellaneous witch quest will make it but we’ll see.

I added another NPC in the meantime. Arelthor (Patrick Mahoney) is a character I might  use in a future Thalmor related quest after The Aldmeri Prisoner is finished. Similar to the Radiant Dark, I like introducing NPCs in passing and then having them play a part in later endeavors.

3DNPC v3.06.9 (137 MB)

New Quests
• The Aldmeri Prisoner (Beta)
• A Thousand Words

New NPCs
• Arelthor (Patrick Mahoney)
• Guard (Glen Michael Cooper)
• Steward (William Handford)
• Nair (William Handford)
• Client (Patric M. Whitstone)
• Baroness (Alice Bell)
• Amras (Patric M. Whitstone)
• Halcar (Matthew Dixon)
• Ester (Alice Bell)
• Primei (Jessica Osborne)
• Feldi (Ronja Monto)

Re-Recorded NPCs
• Jade (Lindsey Lorraine) – 98%, a few lines double voiced or silent
• Callen (Viridiane)
• Gromash (Patrick Mahoney)

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.06
• Removed erroneous AI package that caused vanilla necromancer to walk to the Winking Skeever from Falkreath
• Fixed instance where Marla was disabled if player returned to Jilkmar first
• Fixed instance where arriving on a day other than Morndas started Fenced In but left Swims-In-Wind disabled
• Altered prerequisites so Rose Without Thorns can be started without progressing in the main quest
• Minor typo and sound file fixes
• Added missing sound files and textures for The Aldmeri Prisoner quest
• Removed Town and City keywords from unreleased location to prevent Radiant Quests from pointing you there

This version corrects a couple of bugs related to Ariele and Fa’nar. Specifically, Ariel’s ward had dialogue conditioned to all vanilla Argonians. Meanwhile the script that disables Robber’s Refuge patrons depending on the day of the week didn’t account for whether Fa’nar was your husband.

If he’s disabled and you’re married, just enter Robber’s Refuge again and he should enable regardless of the day.

3DNPC v3.08.4

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.08
• Optimization for Dro’bar‘s Shack courtesy of nonoodles
• Fixed lines in Ariele’s quest that were incorrectly conditioned to all Argonians and all guards
• Fixed bug where a married Fa’nar would still disable upon entering Robber’s Refuge on a weekday.
• Fixed instance where NPCs from Aldmeri Prisoner would follow forever
• Added 2 missing audio files for Zajhirra, Callen
• Added failsafe that forcibly stops a scene involving Vardath and Kleppr at stage 50 in case it gets stuck

This version corrects an issue with Vaughn where he wasn’t following properly. So you’d pay him his 1000 gold fee and then he’d just sit there grinning like a dillweed. He’ll still do that, the grinning, but at least now he’ll get out of the chair.

3DNPC v3.08.5

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.08
• Fixed issues with recruiting Vaughn and other mercs
• Optimization for Dro’bar‘s Shack courtesy of nonoodles
• Fixed lines in Ariele’s quest that were incorrectly conditioned to all Argonians and all guards
• Fixed bug where a married Fa’nar would still disable upon entering Robber’s Refuge on a weekday.
• Fixed instance where NPCs from Aldmeri Prisoner would follow forever
• Added 2 missing audio files for Zajhirra, Callen
• Added failsafe that forcibly stops a scene involving Vardath and Kleppr at stage 50 in case it gets stuck

This is version v3.09.2, which features a beta release of a new NPC, Treads-the-Ashes, written by Lindsey Lorraine and voiced by James McLauchlan. You can initiate the encounter by walking along the eastern coast, a few miles north of the Wreck of the Winter War.

I also altered the aliases in Spell it Out for Me so they don’t fill if the target is already dead. Also conditioned the marker on Lagdu and Lurgok not to appear unless they’ve been enabled.

3DNPC v3.09.2

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.09:

• Treads-the-Ashes (Alpha)
• Added script to remove Dro’bar‘s coin from your inventory
• Removed objective markers in Spell it Out for Me on dead targets, added Lurgok as target and conditioned Lagdu’s marker to having started Brakh‘s quest
• Alassea now requires a brief conversation at the Temple of Mara to qualify for marriage
• Ability to tell Rumarin whether to use bow or sword
• Added Wolves of Jorrvaskr to Alassea‘s playlist
• Added temporary restraints to patrons in Pit Dogs so they don’t run around during the fight
• Added script to Frodmar to bump Birds of a Feather to stage 20 in the event outside trigger fails to fire
• Changed objective markers in A Spell for Rumarin to not show once completed
• Changed Robber’s Refuge patron so she doesn’t have the name of a terrorist organization
• Removed “A Warrior’s Life” from Ygglief’s list of duets
• Upon completion of A New Dawn, Olivia and her acolytes are now removed from their factions allowing them to be raised as thralls without consequence.
• Some unvoiced Valgus lines removed

numeriku:

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) The Lusty Argonian NOPE.

Here’s a quick update to fix Treads’ dismissal, which was erroneously conditioned to Meresine being in your party. I also went through all the quests and ticked the Allow Reserved box for all NPCs, as recently a user reported problems with aliases filling unless the box was ticked. And if an alias doesn’t fill, then nothing will work, so hopefully ticking all those boxes will help solve any issues on that front.

The BSA is the same this week, as none of the scripts, sound files, or mesh/textures changed from the previous release.

EDIT: Doh, I guess I did add a few scripts after all, at the request of this Reddit user who wanted to kill Froa. Re-uploaded the BSA with the death-causing scripts.

3DNPC 3.09.4 (67 MB)

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.09:

• Added option to kill Froa, Ariele, and Y’tharil before completing their respective quests
• Treads-the-Ashes (Beta) – Fixed hiring and dismissal issues
• Checked allow reserved box for most aliases to help with alias filling issues
• Added failsafe in Pit Dogs if by chance Gorr attacks the Redguards from Hammerfell
• Stolen Property can be started at Stage 60 or higher of the Forsworn Conspiracy(brawler should be done with by then)
• Added script to remove Dro’bar‘s coin from your inventory
• Removed objective markers in Spell it Out for Me on dead targets, added Lurgok as target and conditioned Lagdu’s marker to having started Brakh‘s quest
• Alassea now requires a brief conversation at the Temple of Mara to qualify for marriage
• Ability to tell Rumarin whether to use bow or sword
• Added Wolves of Jorrvaskr to Alassea‘s playlist
• Added temporary restraints to patrons in Pit Dogs so they don’t run around during the fight
• Added script to Frodmar to bump Birds of a Feather to stage 20 in the event outside trigger fails to fire
• Changed objective markers in A Spell for Rumarin to not show once completed
• Changed Robber’s Refuge patron so she doesn’t have the name of a terrorist organization
• Removed “A Warrior’s Life” from Ygglief’s list of duets
• Upon completion of A New Dawn, Olivia and her acolytes are now removed from their factions allowing them to be raised as thralls without consequence.
• Some unvoiced Valgus lines removed

This is version 0.02 of the Fallout 3 Bundle. It has additional follower commentary lines, some bug fixes, and three new quests. Special thanks to all the folks who’ve been testing and reporting bugs.

3DNPC Fallout 3 Bundle v0.02

Going forward, I’m going to focus a little bit more on the followers and try and get their commentary more fleshed out. The one other thing I want to add is a unique AM radio channel that’ll focus more on talking and commercial spots as opposed to music, for which there are already plenty of mods to choose from. I think along with the background NPCs it’ll be a nice final touch to round out the bundle, so look for that in future updates.

Here’s version 3.16. This version has a few tweaks suggested by Madcat221 as well as a fix for Haakon Iron-Fist, who for some reason is now turning violent the moment you enter the Bloodworks.

The problem is the trigger box is suddenly failing to recognize the difference between Haakon and the player. Perhaps the Dragonborn was a sadistic Stormcloak in another life. The box will now check to see if the door is locked or not before Haakon attempts to escape.

3DNPC 3.16

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.10:

• Fixed issue where Haakon and guards clash when player enters Bloodworks, script now checks to see if his cell door is locked
• Raised level cap of Darkened Steel ghosts
• Added light to campfire in Bards, Beasts, and Beauties
• Bards in Bards, Beasts, and Beauties set to observe only during duel. Skjarn teleported to safety at end of quest.
• Fixed issue where Alassea, Amalee, and Skjarn would run their innkeeper scene in all inns
• Fixed some apostrophes that were the wrong font
• Prompt-But-Bashful‘s inventory can now be accessed while in player home
• Added Carmella to various beast factions
• Removed some pops from Carmella‘s tracks
• Blacksmith sandbox packages added to Isobel if she’s in a Hearthfire home with a forge in the cellar (MTWTF 9-12pm)
• Added missing drum file for Portraiture duet with Ygglief
• Fixed unfilled property for PlayerREF in Pit Dogs (bug introduced in 3.11 or 3.12)
• Added mod bards to the BardAudienceExcludedFaction
• Forwarded some MHDT changes made by Dragonborn.esm
• Carmella‘s skeletons are now protected
• Carmella removed from necromancer faction and added to Riverwood faction to avoid battles at inn
• Fixed a scene near the end of As You Like It that sent Daenlyn to the docks making him AWOL for the actual scene
• Removed (Quest in Alpha) on dialogue to start Aldmeri Prisoner
• Disabled trigger box in longhouse of Idle Dreams after initial use, as running into it a second time would make the initial scene repeat
• Fixed Batheru‘s intro dialogue not to repeat when speaking to a Dunmer character
• Made Blood of Kings possible to start before Pit Dogs. However, starting either quest must be done to completion before you can start the other.

Here’s version 3.18. There’s a few typos and other mismatched lines that aragonit pointed out recently, so those should now be working properly. Viridiane also sung a little tune that I’ve added to Zora‘s idle commentary, just some traveling music more or less.

3DNPC 3.18

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.10:

• Added a little idle singing to Zora
• Fixed some typos and duplicate lines for Lyrek and Veralene
• Added Dibella amulet to Amalee‘s default outfit
• Changed Berg‘s default outfit to Giant Clothes by testiger2
• Fixed issue where Haakon and guards clash when player enters Bloodworks, script now checks to see if his cell door is locked
• Raised level cap of Darkened Steel ghosts
• Added light to campfire in Bards, Beasts, and Beauties
• Bards in Bards, Beasts, and Beauties set to observe only during duel. Skjarn teleported to safety at end of quest.
• Fixed issue where Alassea, Amalee, and Skjarn would run their innkeeper scene in all inns
• Fixed some apostrophes that were the wrong font
• Prompt-But-Bashful‘s inventory can now be accessed while in player home
• Added Carmella to various beast factions
• Removed some pops from Carmella‘s tracks
• Blacksmith sandbox packages added to Isobel if she’s in a Hearthfire home with a forge in the cellar (MTWTF 9-12pm)
• Added missing drum file for Portraiture duet with Ygglief
• Fixed unfilled property for PlayerREF in Pit Dogs (bug introduced in 3.11 or 3.12)
• Added mod bards to the BardAudienceExcludedFaction
• Forwarded some MHDT changes made by Dragonborn.esm
• Carmella‘s skeletons are now protected
• Carmella removed from necromancer faction and added to Riverwood faction to avoid battles at inn
• Fixed a scene near the end of As You Like It that sent Daenlyn to the docks making him AWOL for the actual scene
• Removed (Quest in Alpha) on dialogue to start Aldmeri Prisoner
• Disabled trigger box in longhouse of Idle Dreams after initial use, as running into it a second time would make the initial scene repeat
• Fixed Batheru‘s intro dialogue not to repeat when speaking to a Dunmer character
• Made Blood of Kings possible to start before Pit Dogs. However, starting either quest must be done to completion before you can start the other.

In order to limit how often this idle is run, I set it to only play on 1 of 2 conditions, she’s a follower and it’s Sundas, or she’s married and at home and waiting for your return. Still only a 50% shot the idle will run, even then. Hopefully that will keep it somewhat rare. If Viridiane makes any more of them I’ll be happy to add them to her saylist, which is like a playlist, only you say it.

Here’s version 3.19. Not much in this update, but 1ndaJone5 made a nice little comb mesh/texture to add to Veralene‘s inventory. Also put in a failsafe script for the mod marriage candidates, in the event the post-wedding sandbox scene gets stuck.

I think the scene is temporary anyway (it’s conditioned to only run when you’re in the cell), but it doesn’t hurt to put a stop to it, just in case there’s some confusion as to why your wifey/husband isn’t following you out the door.

3DNPC 3.19

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.10:

• Added failsafe script that forcibly stops post-wedding ceremony sandbox scene in the event another mod runs it(from what I can tell the scene does not run on a vanilla game), which causes spouse and wedding guests to get temporarily stuck in the Temple of Mara
• Added unique comb to Veralene’s inventory (mesh/texture 1ndajone5)
• Added a little idle singing to Zora
• Fixed some typos and duplicate lines for Lyrek and Veralene
• Added Dibella amulet to Amalee‘s default outfit
• Changed Berg‘s default outfit to Giant Clothes by testiger2
• Fixed issue where Haakon and guards clash when player enters Bloodworks, script now checks to see if his cell door is locked
• Raised level cap of Darkened Steel ghosts
• Added light to campfire in Bards, Beasts, and Beauties
• Bards in Bards, Beasts, and Beauties set to observe only during duel. Skjarn teleported to safety at end of quest.
• Fixed issue where Alassea, Amalee, and Skjarn would run their innkeeper scene in all inns
• Fixed some apostrophes that were the wrong font
• Prompt-But-Bashful‘s inventory can now be accessed while in player home
• Added Carmella to various beast factions
• Removed some pops from Carmella’s tracks
• Blacksmith sandbox packages added to Isobel if she’s in a Hearthfire home with a forge in the cellar (MTWTF 9-12pm)
• Added missing drum file for Portraiture duet with Ygglief
• Fixed unfilled property for PlayerREF in Pit Dogs (bug introduced in 3.11 or 3.12)
• Added mod bards to the BardAudienceExcludedFaction
• Forwarded some MHDT changes made by Dragonborn.esm
• Carmella‘s skeletons are now protected
• Carmella removed from necromancer faction and added to Riverwood faction to avoid battles at inn
• Fixed a scene near the end of As You Like It that sent Daenlyn to the docks making him AWOL for the actual scene
• Removed (Quest in Alpha) on dialogue to start Aldmeri Prisoner
• Disabled trigger box in longhouse of Idle Dreams after initial use, as running into it a second time would make the initial scene repeat
• Fixed Batheru‘s intro dialogue not to repeat when speaking to a Dunmer character
• Made Blood of Kings possible to start before Pit Dogs. However, starting either quest must be done to completion before you can start the other.

In order to limit how often this idle is run, I set it to only play on 1 of 2 conditions, she’s a follower and it’s Sundas, or she’s married and at home and waiting for your return. Still only a 50% shot the idle will run, even then. Hopefully that will keep it somewhat rare. If Viridiane makes any more of them I’ll be happy to add them to her saylist, which is like a playlist, only you say it.

Downloads:

• 3DNPC v3.20 (2GB Google Drive)
• Update from v3.10 to v3.20 (59 MB)
• Hearthfires Patch (7MB zip)
• Nexus Page and Downloads

Here’s the tenth update and with it a new torrent. At some point I might put it all into a single BSA but at the moment there’s still enough tinkering that necessitates the smaller updates. Had some report an issue with Children Fair, I think it’s a recent problem since I never used to flag things as interruptible, but this scene was, probably because of another report where the scene got stuck. Ah well, since the scene is stopped via a script, can’t see why there’s an interruptible flag, so I removed it.

All Fixes and Tweaks from v3.10:

• Children Fair – Fixed potential issue where after picking up the crystal, scene where Marigoth puts you inside is interrupted, thus removed “interruptible” flag from scene
• Added failsafe script that forcibly stops post-wedding ceremony sandbox scene in the event another mod runs it(from what I can tell the scene does not run on a vanilla game), which causes spouse and wedding guests to get temporarily stuck in the Temple of Mara
• Added unique comb to Veralene’s inventory (mesh/texture 1ndajone5)
• Added a little idle singing to Zora
• Fixed some typos and duplicate lines for Lyrek and Veralene
• Added Dibella amulet to Amalee‘s default outfit
• Changed Berg‘s default outfit to Giant Clothes by testiger2
• Fixed issue where Haakon and guards clash when player enters Bloodworks, script now checks to see if his cell door is locked
• Raised level cap of Darkened Steel ghosts
• Added light to campfire in Bards, Beasts, and Beauties
• Bards in Bards, Beasts, and Beauties set to observe only during duel. Skjarn teleported to safety at end of quest.
• Fixed issue where Alassea, Amalee, and Skjarn would run their innkeeper scene in all inns
• Fixed some apostrophes that were the wrong font
• Prompt-But-Bashful‘s inventory can now be accessed while in player home
• Added Carmella to various beast factions
• Removed some pops from Carmella’s tracks
• Blacksmith sandbox packages added to Isobel if she’s in a Hearthfire home with a forge in the cellar (MTWTF 9-12pm)
• Added missing drum file for Portraiture duet with Ygglief
• Fixed unfilled property for PlayerREF in Pit Dogs (bug introduced in 3.11 or 3.12)
• Added mod bards to the BardAudienceExcludedFaction
• Forwarded some MHDT changes made by Dragonborn.esm
• Carmella‘s skeletons are now protected
• Carmella removed from necromancer faction and added to Riverwood faction to avoid battles at inn
• Fixed a scene near the end of As You Like It that sent Daenlyn to the docks making him AWOL for the actual scene
• Removed (Quest in Alpha) on dialogue to start Aldmeri Prisoner
• Disabled trigger box in longhouse of Idle Dreams after initial use, as running into it a second time would make the initial scene repeat
• Fixed Batheru‘s intro dialogue not to repeat when speaking to a Dunmer character
• Made Blood of Kings possible to start before Pit Dogs. However, starting either quest must be done to completion before you can start the other.

It’s been well over three years since I initially recorded Tears of the Hist for Fjona/Interesting NPCs, and let’s just say that after three years I feel like my voice has improved. A lot.

Or maybe it just got lower. I dunno

Anyway, here it is for your listening pleasure or torture, depending on how much you like/dislike the sound of a strangled cat wailing mournfully into the microphone