๐ Ashe: Crystal Heart Prologue - Public Release! ๐
Added 2024-09-23 09:39:14 +0000 UTCEDIT 05 (November 22nd 2024):
Final Release Early Access OUT NOW! Check most recent Patreon posts. :)
EDIT 04 (October 2nd, 2024):
๐ฅ Ashe Prologue - Final Update Before Full Release! ๐ฅ
Hey everyone, I've just released another update for the Ashe Prologue! ๐ This one's packed with improvements and fixes, and should be the last update before the full mod launches (unless any critical bugs pop up!).
Download the new FOMOD below and install it over your existing mod. For all the juicy details about what's changed, check out the full changelog on my website! [Link to changelog]
Highlights include: full vanilla NPC awareness, Campfire Talks (Ashe's version of Drinking Buddies), SMP hair support (finally!), balanced weapon stats, spooning, and a handy tracking marker with teleport!
For Xbox users:
Update the mod as usual.
Also, for feedback (having finished the Prologue) and general bug reports, please fill out this feedback form! [Here]
KNOWN ISSUES/PLANNED CHANGES:
Navmesh Issues: Ashe might get stuck on the terrain. Use MoveTo Player or teleport spell (if you have it) as a temporary fix.
Smithing & Spellcasting: These features are implemented but unvoiced and might have some bugs.
Solitude Dialogue: Ashe's Solitude dialogue will be updated in the full release to reflect her Riverwood relocation.
I'm so excited to finally share the Ashe: Crystal Heart Prologue with the whole world! It's been an incredible journey so far, and I can't wait to hear what you think. ๐
Requirements (PC):
Nemesis and DAR/OAR (For Custom Animations)
SKSE (For Additional functionality)
Quick Instructions (PC):
1. Download and install the FOMOD HERE. // (If you had a previous version of the mod, delete it and install this one on top of it).
2. Run through the options*.
3. Place Ashe near the bottom of your LO.
4. Build meshes in Bodyslide (if you chose an outfit option). You'll also be able to choose between heels and non-heels for Ashe's boots.
5. Run Nemesis.
6. Enjoy!
*(Quick Note for Remy Option: RCO= RSkyrim Children Overhaul)
Quick Instructions (Xbox):
1. Search for the mod, or just click this link.
2. If you had a previous version of the early access, delete it from your LO.
3. Add it to your library and make sure "Ashe - Fire and Blood.esp" is activated in your load order!
Quick Playthrough Hints:
Look for news pamphlets about Ashe in the world - they'll get her quest started! Or talk to Ysolda in Whiterun!
If you can't find them, she's hanging out at the Winking Skeever in Solitude.
You'll need 200 gold to recruit her.
Once she's in your party, just chat with her, and her story will unfold naturally! ๐
Feedback & Bug Reports:
Once you've finished the Prologue, please fill out this feedback form: [Here]
ALL bug reports go here too! Kindly select the "I'd like to report a bug" option.
While this Prologue build is stable and shouldn't cause any save game issues, please let me know if you encounter any bugs! This version includes some bug fixes and improvements based on feedback from our amazing Patreon supporters!
What to Expect:
This Prologue contains all content up until the end of Chapter 1 ("Revelation and Reflection"), including most of Ashe's radiant features (though some dialogue is still unvoiced and/or unmastered).
You'll also find other NPCs and locations placed in the world, even though their content isn't fully implemented yet. Feel free to explore and get a sneak peek at what's to come!
The Prologue is a separate mod and will not be compatible with the full release. A new save will be required when the full version is available.
Get Ready for the Full Ashe Experience!
The Prologue is just a taste of what's to come! The full release of Ashe: Crystal Heart (coming this Thanksgiving) will feature:
The Complete Story: Experience all seven chapters of Ashe's epic journey!
Expanded Follower Features: More features like teleportation, Ashe combat skills, expanded magicka features, etc...
Enhanced Lore Integration: Ashe will react to more vanilla quests and have expanded banter with NPCs.
Romance: Develop a deeper connection with Ashe and explore a romantic storyline.
I'm also planning to continue supporting Ashe with ongoing updates, adding new quest commentary, storylines, and features even after the full release! ๐
More documentation here on my website.
Thank you all for your incredible patience and support!๐
This is just the beginning of Ashe's epic adventure! Stay tuned for more updates and get ready for the full release, coming November 28, 2024!
- Marty
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Comments
Hello! i comment here because for some reason i can't comment on the most recent Ashe post When will the mod be available for LE? And congratulations for the release!
Bruno Casco
2024-11-30 16:55:04 +0000 UTCHey quick question will ashe have different reactions to different characters e.g being an elf or smth or being level 5 as opposed to level 150
Notdibdab
2024-11-29 09:24:59 +0000 UTCGoing to wait for full release! (Only 4 days left!) Installed Nemesis and got rid of FNIS - can't wait for the mod!
Titobird
2024-11-24 13:35:05 +0000 UTCShe's out right now in early access actually! :)
Martimius
2024-11-24 07:39:47 +0000 UTCGreat! Already have OAR installed! Canโt wait for the mod! Will let you know if she is broken with FNIS once fully released
Titobird
2024-11-23 21:11:20 +0000 UTCIt's a recommended requirement. The other mod should work in theory.
Martimius
2024-11-23 15:55:42 +0000 UTCLove using SDA, so I am excited for this mod!
Titobird
2024-11-23 12:36:39 +0000 UTCDoes Ashe need to have Nemesis to work properly? Or is it just a recommended requirement? Also, do you plan on adding a patch for FNIS?
Titobird
2024-11-23 12:34:29 +0000 UTCwill this be released on skyrim le or just on the special edition?
chode
2024-11-22 13:55:32 +0000 UTCExcited for the release!!!
Bobby Bob
2024-11-22 07:35:16 +0000 UTCYep, me too! It's coming to Nexus soon!
Martimius
2024-11-15 04:31:06 +0000 UTCNexus but early access will be on here for a short time (the week before release!)
Martimius
2024-11-15 04:30:48 +0000 UTCHope this comes to nexus soon and hope the Aela does happen so the three tye into one big story
Dimensional Warrior
2024-11-15 03:27:30 +0000 UTCWill the full release be on Nexus or here?
Alex Mendoza
2024-11-14 22:54:51 +0000 UTCOkay so i have a question, And it's been concerning me ever since i saw the size of the prologue on xbox... Is there any confirmation on the size of the full mod? As you may know console users are EXTREMELY limited on space of mods And since the prologue alone is almost 700 MB.. I am concerned if i'll even have enough space by the release of the full mod. Any Input on this would be greatly appreciated, I really love SDA and i use it all the time everytime i play, I am hoping it isn't over 1.5 GB... Otherwise i am screwed xD Thanks for your time!
Mr Sandman
2024-11-14 10:51:58 +0000 UTCHey there! As I've instructed before, please fill out the bug report form along with detailed measures to reproduce said bug. Thank you! :)
Martimius
2024-11-03 06:51:28 +0000 UTChey for some reason Ashe's armor would switch back to her regular armor even tho I selected the ebony armor patch and her body would just clip through, I dont use cbbe or bodyslide because It did the same thing just off the bat whenever I meet her and It gave me a headache whenever I tried using bodyslide to fix it, I also want to point out that I never used bodyslide up to this point so theres a decent chance I was doing it wrong but it just gave me a headache when I was trying it for a couple hours so should I just wait for the full release? or honestly any help would be greatly appreciated.
Big Butt3r
2024-11-03 06:16:09 +0000 UTCMake sure you're in a safe location like an inn or player home, then talk to her again! :)
Martimius
2024-10-31 14:09:11 +0000 UTCAfter having a second dream(trying to chase an assassin and then failing, with a white-out in the end), quest log informed me to keep increasing rapport with Ashe. But there aren't any dialogue options left to do that like before, just radiant dialogue options. What is the condition to proceed from here?
Park Joonyoung
2024-10-31 12:33:21 +0000 UTCBased on how you described it seems vanilla npcs will be aware of ashe and comment about her or i missunderstood what you meant npc awareness. How many vanilla npcs will be aware of ashe.
Nino Heฤi
2024-10-31 08:45:50 +0000 UTCWhat details exactly?
Martimius
2024-10-31 04:05:00 +0000 UTCBase on what you posted ashe is gonna be big mod. I see vanilla NPCs will be aware of her and that's cool but what i don't know is if all them will be aware of her or not because you weren't more specific about awareness. Revoicing all the NPCs that will be aware of Ashe would be too much work to do. Can you share more details on NPC awareness?
Nino Heฤi
2024-10-30 19:04:10 +0000 UTCMade the report.
Damien
2024-10-20 09:55:55 +0000 UTCCould you fill out the bug report form, similar to what Damien did, and include detailed steps to reproduce the issue you've encountered? I can attempt to replicate the bug on my end, but if it only happened once for you, we may not have enough evidence to confirm it as a recurring issue.
Martimius
2024-10-19 06:03:34 +0000 UTCI had that too. I fast travelled elsewhere and she showed up, mysteriously not wearing clothes...
DonnaTheShark
2024-10-18 20:15:36 +0000 UTCHey there! Please comment on the bug report form, along with detailed instructions to reproduce said bug :)
Martimius
2024-10-15 13:33:38 +0000 UTCAshe disappeared after the second dream (running through a maze) I canโt find her after waking up.
Damien
2024-10-14 12:52:07 +0000 UTCDAR/OAR are soft requirements. If you don't use them you just won't get Ashe's custom idle, movement, and combat animations, but as long as you run Nemesis you should be able to see her custom dialogue and scripted package animations just fine, since they're completely new animations and not variants of existing ones like mt_idle.hkx.
Martimius
2024-10-09 12:17:06 +0000 UTCIs it possible to use this mod without DAR/OAR and without the custom animations or will not having DAR or OAR break the mod? I don't want to use these two since both have many reported bugs.
Julius Maximilian Mรผller
2024-10-08 16:58:50 +0000 UTCPretty sure you were just on the threshold! She sees characters Level 11 and above as more experienced.
Martimius
2024-10-08 06:10:38 +0000 UTCYou're welcome! <3
Martimius
2024-10-08 06:09:54 +0000 UTCPlease fill out the bug report form, along with details to reproduce said bug reliably, along with any other major details :)
Martimius
2024-10-08 06:09:34 +0000 UTCLove the mod but canโt get Ashe to stop following me in Xbox
Symon Pallasigue
2024-10-07 21:04:32 +0000 UTCI love your โSerana Dialogue Add-Onโ mod and it's a reason for me not to play Skyrim without it. That's why I was all the more pleased that you are now making a new companion and added it directly to my modlist. I already love it and can't wait for more content THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for your beautiful work <3
IReckleZz
2024-10-04 18:05:07 +0000 UTCIf you're on PC, you need Nemesis otherwise you won't get the custom anims!
Martimius
2024-10-02 12:12:31 +0000 UTCI finished the current prologue and I enjoyed it minus being called a noob when I showed up at level 10 with a couple dungeons under my characters belt.
dark zeratul
2024-09-30 18:08:33 +0000 UTCdo I have to use Nemesis to run this mod
Robert Masters
2024-09-30 12:30:33 +0000 UTCSE and AE!
Martimius
2024-09-27 15:58:46 +0000 UTCis it only available for se?
chode
2024-09-27 13:20:50 +0000 UTCAh, that did it, thank you! I restarted from an earlier save and went through each marker one by one and let Ashe talk, again, then she finally mentioned the painting and cleared that objective ๐
Melanie Elisabeth
2024-09-27 03:45:00 +0000 UTCThank you for the reply. I now wonder what her reaction would be to see the player absorbing a dragon soul now.
dark zeratul
2024-09-27 03:27:58 +0000 UTCHer dialogue would change! Not for the dragonborn in particular but your player levels and skills.
Martimius
2024-09-27 02:57:53 +0000 UTCTry going to all the workshop quest markers first!
Martimius
2024-09-27 02:52:55 +0000 UTCHey - firstly, your mod is awesome! Iโm really enjoying this so far. Next, this thread and the Hotfix helped me past that first block, but now I think Iโm stuck in the workshop. Either option in reply to โcontinue exploringโ results in her asking again about exploring the workshop. Am I missing a something on what Iโm supposed to do or is this a bug too?
Melanie Elisabeth
2024-09-26 23:55:37 +0000 UTCSo I recruited her as a newbie and she basically said I was a newbie. I do wonder if her dialogue would change if you recruited her as the dragonborn already.
dark zeratul
2024-09-26 22:11:52 +0000 UTCjust curious if you guys have managed to get any luck with Lucien and Serana dialogue
joseph buckley
2024-09-26 13:40:26 +0000 UTCThank you for the suggestion - I'll consider it!
Martimius
2024-09-26 12:11:13 +0000 UTCI see, thanks for taking it into consideration!
Bruno Casco
2024-09-25 15:51:45 +0000 UTCWill it be there a way she can be a real human at the end like Serana?
แ แ
2024-09-25 04:57:39 +0000 UTCDid some testing on my end and it turns out that there was a bug preventing a conversation from occurring post-spar. Try installing the hotfix then just try another run through, ty ty!
Martimius
2024-09-24 03:52:05 +0000 UTCDefinitely there will be for the full release. If there is enough support and demand I might consider releasing a prologue for it as well, but so far only you two have asked for it.
Martimius
2024-09-24 03:50:44 +0000 UTCFor the RCO/RS Patch it's a requirement, yes.
Martimius
2024-09-24 03:50:00 +0000 UTCFor anyone having issues with this, i repacked the ASHE BSA without the Iron Weapon textures and it fixed the issue!
Ryan Mount
2024-09-23 18:21:16 +0000 UTCGetting a odd texture bug with the iron sword when using cleaned textures and retextures for iron, ashe seems to be overwritting these changes
Ryan Mount
2024-09-23 17:41:00 +0000 UTCDo you have to use RS for the children's overhaul?
white scar
2024-09-23 16:45:05 +0000 UTCIt's a child overhaul.I made a typo.
white scar
2024-09-23 16:44:31 +0000 UTCWhat's "landscaping"?
Martimius
2024-09-23 16:40:55 +0000 UTCDo you have to use RS for children's landscaping?Have you thought about changing to other children's landscaping?
white scar
2024-09-23 16:31:05 +0000 UTCI have the same question if the prologue will be also available for us LE users?. And thanks for the mod! it looks great!
Bruno Casco
2024-09-23 16:06:38 +0000 UTCWill there be LE support eventually? If not I will start over with SE cause ive been looking forward to this mod for a long time XD You do good work man!
firestorm
2024-09-23 16:05:05 +0000 UTCI see, must be something wrong on my end then, I got the sparring session but not the force greet after that, thanks for the rundown, I'll see what I did wrong. That's why you're the best, mate! love your stuff :D EDIT: Thanks for the Hotfix, it worked
Aphasword
2024-09-23 15:57:58 +0000 UTCOnly on SE/AE for now!
Martimius
2024-09-23 15:56:00 +0000 UTCHere's a quick walkthrough of the intended order of the rapport and prologue conversations. 1. "What combat experience do you have?" 2. Sleep. Choose to skip or play flashback. 3. "Any combat, or adventuring advice?" and "I've always wondered - why do your clothes look so different?" conversations. 4. "You haven't eaten much since we started traveling. Do you ever get hungry?" conversation. 5. "How did you get started in the mercenary business?" conversation. Trigger sparring sesh or skip it. 6. She forcegreets you with "Hey" then you have a friendship convo. 7. You're prompted to sleep. Choose to skip or experience the flashback. 8. "Have you ever considered being more upbeat?" conversation. Wait a day. 9. She forcegreets you. Triggers third optional flashback and start of Chapter 1. Multiple people have gotten this to work correctly during the early access period. There were only issues with some people using Go To Bed for the flashbacks, and the second flashback being triggered early, but even that has been fixed :).
Martimius
2024-09-23 15:55:38 +0000 UTCShe talked about her father and talked about why she hasn't been eating etc
Aphasword
2024-09-23 15:41:37 +0000 UTCCompatible with LE? The download says SE so just want to make sure!
firestorm
2024-09-23 15:26:28 +0000 UTCWhat was the last dialogue option/conversation you had with her? You're supposed to encounter two flashbacks at the very least! :)
Martimius
2024-09-23 14:57:51 +0000 UTCHey, Marty! love the mod. I am not sure if it's a bug but I feel like either my progress is bugged out or I think I can't proceed because I have already romanced Serana in this save. Had her dream thing and everything and I have waited days but she hasn't had anything new. All I get is Ashe's marker pointing on her. the Quest log says continue building rapport but there are no new dialogue options and My relationship with her has already gone up 3-4 times
Aphasword
2024-09-23 14:50:30 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Martimius
2024-09-23 12:05:08 +0000 UTCFor the full mod, yes! But the Prologue will just be here on Patreon for now.
Martimius
2024-09-23 12:04:48 +0000 UTCThank you, me too!
Martimius
2024-09-23 12:04:17 +0000 UTCAmazing! Will you release it on Nexus?
huang Billy
2024-09-23 12:03:40 +0000 UTCThank you! Looking forward to this experience.
fracturedweapon
2024-09-23 11:53:21 +0000 UTCYep! It's working now. Thank you
Warrior Of The KEYBOARD
2024-09-23 11:13:16 +0000 UTCTry again. Should be visible now!
Martimius
2024-09-23 11:05:00 +0000 UTCLove this. It's not showing up on Xbox tho
Warrior Of The KEYBOARD
2024-09-23 11:00:03 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Galactic Emperor Batman
2024-09-23 09:53:35 +0000 UTC
