I want to drink from CACO’s fountain

2974/5000 what?

Small patch that causes Skyrim water fountains to return full Alchemy and Culinary Overhaul (CACO) water.

How about it?

design concept

Skyline water dispensers offer an immersive way to get water. When used with CACO, this mod makes water items consistent. This, in turn, allows CACO and mods that utilize it (such as CAW's iWant RND) to own another world's water source

in game

Activating any fountain added to the Skyrim Drinking Fountain will return a full (8/8) jug of water from CACO. There is no limit to the number of items that can be purchased. There is no need to have an empty container available.

This plugin contains known identical master (ITM) records from CACO. This is a test entry provided by CACO, this mod has no gameplay features. What it does is prevent CACO from being removed as the main object when you clean this mod using xEdit. I'm not sure why, but CACO's base Jug of Water project seems to be injected backwards (Plugin ID: 01), rather than appearing to originate from the plugin itself (Plugin ID: xx).

Loading order

Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul.esp

Skyline Water Dispenser by SSE.esp

iWant water dispenser by CAW.esp

compatibility

Should be used with any modifications that do not alter the drinker.

Specifically, Skyrim's Watercooler for SSE-RND patch overwrites the same activator and is incompatible. This iWant RND is not required and should not be used if you are using it for CACO.

Why?

This is a great idea and very simple! NekoSayuri asked about water sources at the iWant RND at the CAW Symposium. They mentioned Skyrim's Watercooler, which led me to take a look at mods I've used in RND before. After a quick look at what's involved, it's obvious that updating it to work with iWant RND for CACO is very easy.

Although I was originally going to include it as an optional add-on for iWant RND for CACO, I realized it really has nothing to do with that mod or even RND. This is just one way to get CACO water from Skyline water dispensers. Since there are no dependencies, there's no reason other than my own laziness not to build a separate mod for the job. Separate use also allows people who use CACO but not RND to reap the benefits.

On a related note, this lack of dependency is exactly why I designed iWant RND for CACO in this way. It was a nice surprise when I realized it worked really well in this situation.

when?

This project was originally developed in April 2020.

potential improvements

test! I've done some, but I'm one of many of you. Please test and log any bugs you find.

If anyone can explain the Jug of Water form ID anomaly in CACO (which is nowhere near a unique record in the CACO plugin), and/or more importantly, how to prevent xEdit from dropping the host if the ITM is incorrect, please get rid of the ITM record. Not there.

My other mods

iWant RND widget

CAW’s iWant RND

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What?

A small patch to cause Drinking Fountains of Skyrim to return Complete Alchemy and Cooking Overhaul (CACO) water.

How?

Design philosophy

Drinking Fountains of Skyrim provides an immersive way to obtain water.  This mod allows for water item consistency when used with CACO.  This in-turn allows CACO and mods that leverage it, like iWant RND for CACO, to have another source of in-world water

In Game

Activating any fountain added by Drinking Fountains of Skyrim will return a full (8/8) Jug of Water from CACO.  There’s no limit on number of items that can be acquired.  There is no requirement to have an empty container available.

The plugin contains a known identical to master (ITM) record from CACO.  It is a test entry from CACO and serves no in-game function for this mod.  What it does do is prevent CACO from being removed as a master if you clean this mod with xEdit.  I’m not sure why, but CACO’s base Jug of Water item appears to be injected backward (plugin ID:  01) rather than appearing to originate from the plugin itself (plugin ID:  xx).

Load Order

Complete Alchemy …