old hunting lodge

I originally created this character for one of my roleplaying characters, I set some limitations and a little backstory. This mod is named after her, although the in-game cabin is not.

You'll find the Old Hunting Shack on the shores of Lake Ilinalta across from Half-Moon Mill. It contains the basic necessities for a hunter in a hut, and the unlockable grotto is even more aesthetically pleasing. The cave is locked with the Tribute Chest Key at the end of the Thieves Guild questline. This is to prevent some visual spoilers!

Clarification about the Grotto:

The Grotto is key locked and the only way to access it without cheating is to fully complete the Thieves Guild storyline. The required key is not a custom key, you will still have this key even if you have completed the Thieves Guild Quest before this mod. The main reason for the lock was the special statue used in the cave I encountered in the Thieve Guild Storyline. I don't want to spoil the awesome sight of this particular statue when you see it in the mission. If you want to destroy it, you can use the console to unlock the trapdoor. The secondary reason is that not everything should be free. :P The cabin above is of course free to use.

V1.1: Many thanks to Grimulkan for figuring out the navigation mesh issue!

The cabin contains:

container

A bed

cooking pot

alchemical tools

chopping board

tanning rack

small garden

The grotto contains:

forging

Enchanting table

2 mattresses

fish

cooking pot

desk

Bookcase (container like the ones in the College of Winterhold)

2 mannequins

weapon rack

Install:

It's best to use Mod Manager to download and activate it.

Manual installation:

Unzip the file and place AnorithsShack.esp into the data folder in the Skyrim directory. Activate it in the launcher.

renew:

If you are updating from a previous version, play it safe and remove everything from the container. You have been warned!

I tested this as much as I could and fixed any bugs I could find. The water in the grotto can be weird sometimes (making you fall over a bit), but that's to do with the game itself and I don't know how to fix this. Mannequins will sometimes change position as if they are still alive, exiting and re-entering usually solves this problem. This is likely to conflict with anything in the same location.

My screenshot:

I noticed some people are interested in what I use to make screenshots so good. I'm using a combination of .ini adjustments for shadows, AO settings in the Nvidia controller and an excellent ENB preset called CLENB - Cinematic Lighting. I can only point to one forum post that I found very helpful in tweaking my .ini, the rest is up to you. Here it is.

This is the first Skyrim mode I've completed, hopefully not my last!

-Trapiki

Please do not upload elsewhere as I cannot keep the files up to date.

Version history:

1.1: Fixed Navmesh issue - it is recommended to remove items from recommended chests before updating to this version. Always grateful to Grimulkan for solving the problem.

1.0: Release