Susanna Alive

This mod changes how the Blood on Ice trigger is triggered to ensure you are able to encounter the evil Susanna at Candlehearth Hall before the Butcher strikes.

Issue: Skyrim decides when to kill Susanna based on the number of times the player has entered Windhelm's location. When you enter it 4 times, Susanna dies. There are some problems with this.

The "Windhelm location" extends to the road through Windhelm, which is far more than a player could reasonably expect to mean by "Visited Windhelm".

Each time you enter a position, shift left and then enter again, the count is incremented. The edge of the location cuts into the center of this road in several places, meaning it's very easy to enter and exit the Windhelm location simply by spending time in the area and walking around.

Not only is this common, but it's almost guaranteed that an entry into a Windhelm location will be counted more than once. In my testing, I noticed that crossing the threshold once could cause the count to jump from 0 to as high as 9, and almost never go below 2.

Solution: My mod does a few things to solve this problem.

The script has been gated with status to ensure it can be triggered at most once per day.

I changed the way the quest is triggered so that it is no longer based on Windhelm's location, but as a simple trigger box. The box extends slightly beyond the Windhelm Gate and surrounds the dock area. This is less elegant than using position, but changing the cell's position data seems too risky.

There are similar triggers in the Windhelm world space, so if you spend four days in Windhelm, you've visited the city four times. (Assuming you are entering and exiting indoors.)

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For best results, this mod should be installed and activated before starting a new game. While it may have partial functionality in ongoing games, data mismatches between this mod and your saved game may cause unforeseen issues. The same goes for uninstalling. You can try it, but if you don't see the expected results, there's nothing I can do about it.

It is recommended to install Mod Organizer 2 or Vortex. All plug-ins are in ESP-FE format.

Recommendations

If you're going to play Blood on Ice, you're going to need USSEP. Find all changes to Susanna Alive forwardable USSEP.

compatibility

Support blood on Ice Redux.

This mod should have the same functionality whether Open Cities is installed or not.

Loading order

I haven't found any other incompatibilities, so I have no load order recommendations at this time.

Q: Will you end up completely modding Blood on Ice like you did with other Discovery mods?

I don't plan to, no. I just want to solve this problem.

Q: Oldrim?

I'm curious, but I can't guarantee it. ^^

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The Problem: Skyrim decides when to kill Susanna based on a global count of the number of times the player has entered the Windhelm location.  When you've entered 4 times, Susanna dies.  There's a few problems with this.

The "Windhelm location" extends to the road which passes by Windhelm, which is far outside what a player would reasonably expect "has visited Windhelm" to mean.

The count ticks up every time the location is entered, left, and then entered again.  The edge of the location cuts through the center of this road in a few places, meaning it's extremely easy to enter and exit …