ACCEPTED Improved Horse Step Sounds (by Crystan)

[z929669]

Just looking for a definitive confirmation from Farlo or anyone else familiar enough with the *problem*

[torminater]

Well I'm quite familiar with this issue. The problem is the following:

When riding around Skyrim (especially the riften and falkreath hold) cells/grids are continously loaded into the engine. If the data from these cells/grids is very large, as it is the case with a well-modded Skyrim, it temporarily floods the engine which then (to keep the game smooth) focuses on the cell changes only. This leads to the sudden stop of the extra "gimmicks" (usually scripts) like varying horse step sounds (even PC footstep sounds). As soon as the data is loaded, the gimmicks are reactivated, making the pause even more awkward. Same goes for all scripts, by the way. Gopher has encountered this issue, when trying to get rid of the crosshair during the ranged kill cams. If too much is going on, the script which should deactivate the crosshair gets put behind the other data which needs to be processed just like in a line at the supermarket.

 

Will test this mod today.

 

Update:

only esp conflict is with Skyrim.esm.

Didn't encounter any issues, so from me it gets a go.

[z929669]

Thanks once again torm (@ community, this is how MT is done ;) )

 

I agree and am comfortable approving this one tentatively.

[z929669]

Could one of the persons testing this mod create the mod page please? TIA

[z929669]

OP updated ... needs a mod page please (just follow the wili link in the OP)

[WilliamImm]

While I was really waiting for someone else to do it, I created the page myself. I don't think this should belong in D - Fixes (pretty sure it should belong in L - Sound instead), but I set it to D first to follow your suggested order.

[Omolong]

I do agree with WilliamImm, I think this would be better suited to being in L - Sounds.

[z929669]

Yep, should be sounds... must have been on crack in the moment I was posting that

[TI_21]

Apparently the missing step sounds have been fixed in the latest version of the mod by raising the priority. :)

(That's how I interpreted the Read Me included in the files)

If it works without problems the wiki needs an update, can't tell it myself since I'm still installing STEP.

Edited June 28, 2014 by TI_21

[lazygecko]

What priority values are they set to? AFAIK anything above 64 is going to make things very unstable and prone to crashing.

One thing I did not like about this mod is that it seemingly doesn't differentiate between front and back hooves like the original sounds do, nor are there different sounds for different speeds like trotting and galloping.

[TheDane]

The notes for this mod needs to be updated. 

[TechAngel85]

The notes for this mod needs to be updated. 

How so? There currently are no notes and only one file to download. Pretty straightforward...

[EssArrBee]

How so? There currently are no notes and only one file to download. Pretty straightforward...

I removed the note since there is only one main file and no optional files. 

[TheDane]

Currently this mod loads before AOS.esp in the STEP setup, but it must be loaded after AOS.esp to have an effect in-game. If you agree, I could update the mod note with a LOOT rule 

[TechAngel85]

LOOT has sorted my IHSS.esp after AOS.esp...

 

There are only 4 conflicts and they are all have to due with NPC horses. It's nothing major or game breaking.