Quicker Quill-Weave - Alternative Solutions for Fighters Guild Rat Problem Quest

The Rat Problem quest just doesn't sit well with me. To complete it, you need to catch Quill-Weave in the act without getting caught yourself... but why should I have to do that? I'm in the Fighters Guild, not the Thieves Guild! My character is a meathead with all the sneaking skills of a heavily armoured brick! I needed another solution. Hence, just before Remaster launched, I created this little mod for OG Oblivion.

Porting it has been challenging because no one as of yet has found out how to add new voiced dialogues to Remastered. However, I've figured out a method of voicing your mod with existing dialogue lines, and since my mod was originally voiced with spliced vanilla dialogues, that was good enough for me. Hopefully other modders will find it useful as well! See "For Modders" below if you want more info.

FEATURES

• []Additional dialogue options to reason with, flatter, or threaten Quill-Weave into confessing her misdeeds

  []Each option can succeed or fail, depending on your attributes

  []If successful, Quill-Weave will fess up and the quest will proceed accordingly

  []If unsuccessful, you'll have to complete the quest in the usual way, by following Quill-Weave around

  []Fully voiced by reusing vanilla voice lines

  []OK to install mid-playthrough

  INSTALLATION

  • []Extract the dk_Alternatives.esp file into your OblivionRemastered\Content\Dev\ObvData\Data folder.

    []Add dk_Alternatives.esp to the Plugins.txt file in the same folder.

    HOW TO START

    After Arvena tells you to talk to Quill-Weave, you'll have a new dialogue option. (See screenshot.)

    COMPATIBILITY NOTES

    No vanilla records were edited, so should be compatible with everything.

    TOOLS USED

    • []7-Zip

      []OG Oblivion Construction Set with Construction Set Extender

      PERMISSIONS

      Do whatever you like with my full blessing.

      FOR MODDERS

      Actually adding new dialogue lines to Remastered would require tinkering with the new voice banks, since it's no longer enough to just put your stuff in the sound/voice folder. I only have the vaguest idea what might be needed - hopefully other people are also cooking, and we're gonna have a breakthrough eventually. For now, here's an alternative method which uses the say script to play an existing dialogue line. Feel free to crack my esp open and see how I did it!

      This method has the following limitations:

      []Can only use voice lines that are already in game.

      []The voice line must be accessible to the NPC (e.g. a Redguard can't speak a line t