Over 900 new lines, 600+ custom names, and the long-awaited Daegon-Serana banter are here in SDA’s second-biggest update ever. This marks the final round of custom names as the mod nears completion - check the changelog and thank you all for your support!
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The wait is over—Ashe: Crystal Heart is officially out! Experience the full mod, complete with a main quest, romance, and tons of unique content.
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Trueblood, the highly-anticipated companion piece to SDA, is finally out! Download it here!
• Expanded combat dialogue, so Serana's combat lines should be more varied and with less repetition.
• More radiant commentary on locations, the weather, and her increasing friendship with the player.
• An immersive friendship mechanic that has Serana open up and become closer to you as you talk to her more, or as time passes by. This friendship mechanic is based on real life studies made by the University of Kansas.
• Extensive Quest Commentary (See the "Quest Commentary Awareness" Article for the full coverage)
• Serana can now sing a selection of lore-friendly songs, including an original written for this mod, "Old Stone Walls".
• Expansive Radiant Features, including a sleep feature, outfit feature, teleporting, horse riding, and training, among others.
• Expanded role-play potential- You can now give Serana gifts, drink with her at an inn, engage in radiant conversations, or even check in with each other after combat.
• Serana bugfixes, such as an included Hood Fix and Sneaking Crouch Fix
• Addition of the Dynamic Dialogue Animation Framework- A revolutionary animation framework that provides Serana with unique and varied dialogue animations.
• Both Scripted and Radiant NPC Interactions
• Banter with custom-voiced followers (currently with Inigo, Sofia, and Auri, with more followers on the way!)
• An authentic Serana Romance
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Compatibility
SDA has a lot of content, but it is lightweight on performance and was designed with compatibility in mind. However, it is incompatible with other mods which add Serana dialogue, since my mod replaces her voice with a new voice actress.
For all SDA patches, you can download them here on the official patch hub. This includes the animation framework patches for either FG, SL, or Ostim. It has been updated as of 4.0 and should work better with previously incompatible adult mods.
For anyone who is willing to make a patch, kindly get in touch with me. Other than the optional romance scenes through FG/SL/OStim+ integration, Serana Dialogue Add-On was hardly intended to be an adult mod, so frankly additional adult mod compatibility support is not within my purview.
Quest Commentary is based on the vanilla records of the said quests. If you have a mod that alters the quests (particularly the quest stages- you can check via xEdit) let me know so I can make a quest commentary patch.
Also, a minor word about follower frameworks.
As a general recommendation, it is wise not to manage Serana with follower framework mods like AFT and EFF especially during the Dawnguard quests. Her AI is complex compared to the average vanilla follower and adding her into these follower frameworks could break her brain (Source 1, Source 2, Source 3). You can use these frameworks, just don't import Serana into them.
Additionally, Serana Dialogue Add-On will not be compatible with mods that change "DLC1NPCMonitoringPlayerScript and DLC1_NPCMentalModelScript". If there are mods that do this too, do not use them with SDA- you will break Serana's brain!
As of 3.0 and for later updates, Serana Dialogue Add-On will be intended to be an all-encompassing Serana mod, other than editing her vanilla appearance. This means that SDA will already include many quality of life or bugfixes for Serana as a follower.
Just install how you normally would with your mod manager of choice. Make sure the esp is enabled before you start the game. If you're installing SDA for the first time, it's recommended you do it on a new save. Otherwise, if you're updating, it's safe to do it on an existing one.
For the optional patches, install whichever matches your current plugin setup.
If you are having problems with romance scenes being animated (and you have an animation framework) read this troubleshooting guide here.
Uninstalling mods like SDA is unsafe mid-save, since it adds scripts that are baked into your save and makes alterations to existing game records and NPCs (Serana most notably). Make sure you test this mod out first before you keep in your load order for real.
Just replace the old version with the new one. No clean-save is required (however, if you are upgrading to 4.0 from 3.3 and older, you do need a clean save/new game).
SDA was designed with compatibility in mind, but there are conflicts with various mods here and there. Load SDA nearer to the bottom of the load order and you generally should be fine. To be extra sure that SDA wins all conflicts, open up the plug-in in xEdit, right click, and select “Apply Filter for Conflicts”. If there are any, make sure you're using an SDA patch (if one is available), make a personal plugin-in patch (if you have the know-how), ask me to make one, or just move SDA lower in the load order to win that conflict.
