Animated Ships
⚪ Last updated 2024⚠️ Install Order · 5 steps
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 0.6% endorsement rate
- 🏆 #48 of 105 Environmental mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
NPCs sail their ship through ports, beaches, and oceans. Player can ride on them.
Ships with NPCs on board near living areas and moving LOD Ships on horizon.
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Requirement
Dawnguard.esm
Dragonborn.esm
Update Info
v1. 0, v1. 1->1. 2 : Updatable. Recommened to clean save data before update.
Script Active range increased from 4Cell to 8Cell. Standby mode if more than 2Cell away.
Cleaning up the leveled list contaminated by "Jeremy" of CK bug.
Removed torches from NPCs to avoid CTD (SkyrimSE.exe+21FFE3) related to using torches.
Added boat sailing times. Changed boats to appear at different times of the day.
Added regular holidays for docks.
v1. 0->1. 1 : Updatable
Fixed scripts and add property value of playerRef.
Ship Location
Solitude Dock
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Riften Dock
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Dawnstar Port
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And Lake Ilinarita , Windhelm Port, Nothern Sea Area
Volkihar Castle
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Add floating ship wrecks and ghost ship on the sea near castle.
Solstheim - Raven Rock
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Solstheim - Skaal
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Specification
-Boats in docks and sea ares appear at specific times of the day. The port is more active at noon and quieter at night.
-Boats on the river or offshore away from the port have a certain probability (75%) of appearing at a specific time. (zxASgChanceShips)
-Katariah Ship appear on dates that are multiples of 5.
-Docks and sea areas have regular holidays. Boats do not appear when the date is a specific multiple.
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[]Solitude : 7
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]Solitude Bay : 6[]Winterhold North Bay : 5
[]Windhelm : 4
[]Riften : 6
[]Dawnstar : 5
[]Ilinalta Lake : 3
[]Volkihal Castle : 6
[]Skall Village :3
[]Raven Rock : 5
Q. Player can ride on ship?
A. Yes. You can walk/jump on them. but, you can not control ships.
Q. Can I request?
A. No. Please, do it yourself.
Q. Compatible with Cities mods?
A. This mod
Animated Ships by Vicn adds NPC-driven ships that sail through ports, beaches, and seas, with the ability for the player to ride on them. This environmental mod has 10,594 endorsements and 1.9 million downloads, last updated in March 2024.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust with 10,594 endorsements and 1.9M downloads.
- Adds lively, moving ships to the environment, making ports feel alive.
- You can hop on and ride the ships, which is a fun way to travel or sightsee.
⚠️ Cons
- Description is very brief—no details on how to install or if it requires other mods.
- No mention of compatibility with other mods or game versions, so you might need to test.
- Last updated in March 2024, so it may not be updated for the latest game patches.
For players who want to see more life in the world with ships moving around. If you enjoy immersive environmental details and don't mind a bit of uncertainty about compatibility, this is for you. Skip if you're looking for gameplay changes—this is purely visual and interactive in a simple way.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check the mod's comments section for any reported issues with your game version.
- If you use a mod manager, install it through that to keep track of updates.
- Test riding a ship in a port to see if it works as expected before relying on it.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim Mods
- Author
- Vicn
- Version
- 1.2.0
- Downloads
- 1,911,831
- Endorsements
- 10,594
- Category
- Environmental
- Created
- 1/27/2024
- Updated
- 3/4/2024
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