The Shrouded Lair Expands

This is an expansion to the original Vampire gamer's home The Shrouded Lair

Mrstiffy's Shrouded Lair has always been one of my favorites for a gamer's home that reflects a vampire theme. After reinstalling the vanilla mod a few weeks before writing this article, I noticed that the vanilla mod had not been updated in a very long time. This prompted me to contact the author and ask for permission to make some changes. Mrstiffy granted such permission and made a master file that I could build in.

For download and installation instructions, please follow the sequence below:

• Navigate to The Shrouded Lair and download all required files.
• Download my mod, install and activate.
• Make sure my mod loads after The Shrouded Lair or you will crash to the desktop

Example loading order:

Shrouded Lair.esp

MODS

MODS

More mods

CHPZ most enveloped - lair, expansion.esp

Compatibility and testing

Since my mod uses custom assets from the original game, I did run the SSE NIF Optimizer on the custom mesh I used.

Checked my mod in SSE Edit and there are no errors or ITM (same Master) records found.

This mod has been saved in CK 64 to update the Skyrim Special Edition table version to 44.

Place

The entrance to the lair is behind a waterfall above Falkreath.

Start at the sawmill and follow the creek to the cliff edge. Then walk across the waterfall.

For those who can't find the key, take the heart from the dramatist behind the Volkynthraad book.

The changes made are as follows:

Vampire roars in the main room

Traps in the first room before entering the home, use these to your advantage.

weapons plaque

Navmesh fix

clutter

The Weeping Garden has a path to the top of the tower, which contains a method to obtain the Standing Stone effect. Check the screenshot.

Mannequins in the armory should no longer move around.

integral:

Mrstiffy original mod

Lolicept resources by lolikyonyu

Adrian Von Ziegler for the music used in this mod

Of course, Bethesda for Skyrim and CK

Some teaser shots. See screenshots for more information

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The Shrouded Lair by Mrstiffy was always one of my favorite player homes which reflects a vampiric themed player home. Having reinstalled the original mod a few weeks prior to the time of this writing, I noticed the original mod hadn't been updated in quite some time. This motivated me to contact the author and ask permission to make some changes. Mrstiffy granted such permission and made a master file in which I could build off of.

Download and Installation instructions, please follow these in the order they are presented below:

• Navigate to The Shrouded Lair and download all the required files.
• Download my mod, install and activate.
• Ensure my mod loads after The Shrouded Lair, or you WILL CRASH TO DESKTOP

Example Load Order:

Shrouded Lair.esp

mods

mods

more mods

CHPZ-the-shrouded-lair-expansion.esp

COMPATIBILITY AND TESTING

Since my mod used custom resources from the original game, I did run SSE NIF Optimizer on the custom meshes in use.

Checked my mod in SSE Edit and no errors, or ITM's ( Identical To Master ) records were found.

This mod has been saved in CK 64 in order to update the Form Version to 44 for Skyrim Special Edition.

LOCATION

The entrance to the lair is behind the waterfall above Falkreath.

Start at the saw mill and follow the creek up to the side of the cliff. Then just walk through the waterfall.

For those of you who can't find the key, take the heart from the draugr resting behind the book in Volkynthraad.

Changes made are as follows:

Vampire thralls in the main chamber

Traps when entering the first chamber prior to entering the home, use these to your advantage.

Weapon Plaques

Navmesh fixes

Clutter

The Weeping Garden has a path to the top of the tower of which contains a way to get the effects of a standing stone. Check the screenshots.

Mannequins in the armory should no longer walk around.

Credits:

Mrstiffy for the original mod

Lolicep …