Stackable Stones of Barenziah with Optional Quest Markers

OVERVIEW

This mod overhauls the No Stone Unturned quest using SKSE functions to allow the Stone(s) of Barenziah to stack properly in your inventory. Because quest markers on the Stones of Barenziah are also fairly popular, and this mod won't be compatible with other mods that add quest markers, I took the liberty of adding them, too. They're optional, and can be enabled and disabled via an MCM menu or by setting the value of a global variable at the console.

Also available for Oldrim.

REQUIREMENTS

• []SKSE.

  []SkyUI (for the Mod Configuration Menu).

  INSTALLATION

  I do not recommend installing or updating this mod on an existing save, as it modifies start game enabled quest scripts. Only install or update before starting a new game. In particular, do not update from 1. 0 to 2. 0. 0 on an existing save. Converting the mod to ESP+FE required compacting form IDs. Updating will break the mod.

  Recommended: install and uninstall with a mod manager.

  To install manually, copy SSoB.esp and SSoB.bsa to your Skyrim/Data directory. To uninstall manually, remove those two files.

  USAGE

  To enable quest markers, use the MCM menu (called "SSoB," for "Stackable Stones of Barenziah"). You may also use the console ('`' - the backtick or tilde key, by default):

  (to enable)

  set SSoBGemMarkers to 1

  (to disable)

  set SSoBGemMarkers to 0

  KNOWN ISSUES/INCOMPATIBILITIES

  This mod is expected to be incompatible with any mod that modifies the No Stone Unturned quest, which includes other quest marker mods and droppable/sellable gem mods.

  THE GORY DETAILS

  Previously, if you collected multiple Stones prior to speaking with Vex, they would appear in your inventory as a "stack." If you had collected four Unusual Gems, you would open your inventory and see:

  Unusual Gem (4)

  After you spoke with Vex, however, the four gems would be renamed to Stone of Barenziah - and then any further stones you collected would NOT continue to stack, instead appearing on their own row in your inventory:

  Stone of Barenziah (4)

  Stone of Barenziah

  Stone of Barenziah

  Stone of Barenziah

  I stumbled upon the reason for this obnoxious behavior as I was making a different mod, and decided to take a day to use SKSE to correct it.

  The vanilla No Stone Unturned quest renamed the gems by forcing them into new aliases at the appropriate quest stage. It gets the job done, but the