#cirinel direnni

[powdermelonkeg]

It's been awhile since I've done this, I have a new computer since my last one broke, and I've got nearly double the followers since then so.

Ahem.

I am making a custom-voiced follower for Skyrim.

She's an Altmer from High Rock named Cirinel Direnni.

Questions and suggestions are open.

I want her to be as good as I can make her, so I'm looking for features people want/like in followers, and/or questions about her so I can flesh her out more.

As of right now, she looks like this:

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the first of (hopefully!) more to come

[powdermelonkeg]

Darn. Thank you for the explanation!

Hey! A bit ago, you said I could message you for help when it comes to modding. Can you tell me how you make Naomi disappear and appear at will? I’m wondering if it’s something I can use to solve a technical problem with Cirinel.

My technical problem is this:

I have two versions of Cirinel, one you find in a prison cell, and one you encounter at an inn after freeing Prison Nellie and letting her go. Free Nellie is the follower, Prison Nellie is not.

The prison, however, has a weird quirk to it. When you start the quest Missing In Action, the cell completely resets—dead prisoners, moved clutter, etc. The only way I’ve made anything stay gone is to console command disable it. So I need Prison Nellie to leave the cell, walk out of sight, and disable herself, because it would be REALLY weird if you’re with Free Nellie when doing MIA and encounter Prison Nellie again.

Does Naomi work anything like this? Is she scripted to disable whenever the player dismounts, or does she just go to a holding cell until summoned?

So Naomi has a completely separate cell where she hangs out until Taliesin needs her. She has markers where she's able to leave the cell to where Taliesin is location and then poofs back into her cell when Taliesin dismounts her.

Once the player dismounts their own horse, Taliesin dismounts as well. Naomi is then scripted to return to her cell once Taliesin is no longer riding her.

[powdermelonkeg]

Okay, majorly changing where Cirinel spawns. Ran through it in a normal playthrough, got killed a bunch, checked the level, recommended level is 12. That + location is maybe a bit too much effort for a follower I want around from the theoretical start.

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I feel awkward about posting this one too but EH

Nellie pt 2, taken right from an ask from August. this is gonna be the last one before I go to bed

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[powdermelonkeg]

naurrr Nellie has a crippling fear of Falmer and Iri has a crippling fascination with them.... 😔 The ruins will not be fun for her

But consider the SHENANIGANS. Nellie has someone to hide behind! Also, Nellie frantically debating between intervening with Iri getting too close to one and saving her own skin.

[powdermelonkeg]

Actually, she gets her own post. For my reference.

[powdermelonkeg]

Skyrim custom follower users of Tumblr

I’m currently in the process of making a High Elf follower mod, Cirinel Direnni. Basic facts:

She’s from High Rock (Balfiera)

She has a good relationship with her family

You find her as a Thalmor prisoner

She’s an adrenaline junkie

She’s a spellsword (uses a one-handed axe)

I plan to make her romanceable

I’m taking suggestions while her mod is still in the malleable stage; what would you guys want to see in a follower? Dialogue for specific things, things she can do, quests she’s part of?

I can’t promise that all requests will make it in, but I’m interested to see what wishes you have! Any feedback is appreciated, and you can direct questions about her here.

[powdermelonkeg]

Nellie News

Changed spawn point

Complicated backstory

Complicated personality

Made a minor personal quest

Figured out reasons why she would follow you to the ends of the earth

Made her afraid of something new

Tragedy 😊

She is going to have some VERY strong feelings about the Thalmor

[powdermelonkeg]

I want to make my progress on Cirinel (my Skyrim follower mod) public, in part so that I keep at it consistently. Need some input, though.

[powdermelonkeg]

ESTIMATED CIRINEL RELEASE DATE

Delayed due to computer exploding

NEW YEAR'S DAY

[powdermelonkeg]

About Cirinel: Aaaah exciting!! For some features, maybe a summoning spell if possible? or the ability to tell her to wait in a house you own? I don't know how difficult that'd be to program, but either way that's exciting!

I've seen it in almost every follower I've come across, even the low-effort no-dialogue ones, so it should be easy enough! Theoretically, it's just a copy of Housecarl coding with different dialogue inserted.

Summoning spell: I want one, for sure. The amount of times I lose my followers is insane. I want it to be lore friendly, though, without trivializing her plight at the very beginning of her content: she starts off as a prisoner of the Thalmor. Maybe I'll have it be a spellbook she made up; her clan's well known for conjuration magic.

[powdermelonkeg]

Speaking of Cirinel. In light of 6 months broken computer. I may uh. Have to push back her release date.

[powdermelonkeg]

Inspired by your recent Doll Time™, have you made Ciri yet?

Which Ciri?

Either way, yes.

[powdermelonkeg]

Went to edit Cirinel's file, booted it up. Her necklace is there, her calian is there, her hairstyle is there, but for some reason she herself isn't?

Not a big setback, I needed to redo major parts of her anyways, but still. Strange.

[powdermelonkeg]

Cirinel progress going good! Probably going to upload a video tomorrow about her