Not So Fast - Mage Guild 1.4
         
                           by CDCooley
                            2016-12-04

                               for
             The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

     
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Introduces two pauses in the rather short mage guild quest line at 
the College of Winterhold and allows for customizing the start of
the three apprentices' quests. The actual time delays can be set 
using the console or a special container embedded in the wall 
near the Hall of Elements.

  * Tolfdir will not start the Saarthal quest at the end of the 
    initial lesson on Wards.  After 8 days if you are near Tolfdir
    on some morning before 9:00 (which you will be if sleeping
    in your assigned bed) he will approach and tell you about the
    expedition to Saarthal. (Since you and the other apprentices
    are all in the room, the dialogue still makes sense.)

  * After recovering the lost books and being sent to Tolfdir by 
    Urag, Tolfdir will make his observations about the Orb, but 
    Ancano will not interrupt the conversation.  After 8 days the 
    Psijic monk will have arrived and if you enter the Hall of 
    Elements Ancano will be looking for you.

  * Brelyna, J'Zargo, and Onmund have personal quests that originally
    only start after the Saarthal quest is complete. But now they can
    be started earlier. By default, Brelyna's personal quest will be 
    available on the day after the Wards lesson and then J'Zargo's on
    the next day and then Onmund's after that. You can set all three 
    to start on the same day if you like. Any that are not started
    before you enter Saarthal will be started when you make your
    report to the archmage.

These particular changes were chosen because it required the least 
amount of dialog editing.


Version 1.1 simply removes a dirty edit added by the CK.
Version 1.2 should ensure the second delay always works.
Version 1.3 adds configurable delays for the apprentice quests.

Version 1.4 for Skyrim Special Edition strips out the MCM configuration
but you can still change the default values using a special container.


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POTENTIAL MOD CONFLICTS

Quests MG01, MG02, and MG04 along with their scripts, scenes, and 
some AI packages are edited by this mod. Changes from the Unofficial 
Skyrim Patch have been included, but other mods changing those quests 
will probably conflict.

There's also a chance that mods altering the College grounds could
hide the configuration container.


Known to be compatible:

Even Better Quest Objectives
All mods by Arthmoor
All mods by kryptopyr



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CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

The two main options (Saarthal Expedition and Psijic Monk Visit) both 
have a default delay of 8 days. Choosing a value of -1 effectively 
disables advancing the quest until you change the setting again 
which is useful for those who would prefer a pause based on 
achieving specific character goals instead of a time-based delay. 
Setting the Psijic Monk Visit delay to 0 will not restore the 
interaction between Ancano and Tolfdir, but it will allow Ancano 
to approach you immediately after listening to Tolfdir. Setting 
the Saarthal Expedition delay value to zero may still not start 
that quest until the following morning since the Saarthal quest 
can now only be started when you are near Tolfdir before 9:00.

The three apprentice quest settings are 1, 2, and 3 days of delay
by default. They are linked to the Saarthal timer and when any of
the four trigger the others are updated with the remaining number
of days, but normally the values won't change as time passes.


IN-GAME CONFIGURATION CONTAINER

The special configuration container is a silver urn mostly hidden
in the wall outside of the Hall of Elements. To find it turn right 
at the doors to the Hall of Elements and go to the first large
window. The silvery disk of the configuration urn is in the wall 
along the right side of that window and you'll have to look up 
slightly to reach it. I tried to put it in a space that wouldn't 
be too obvious and annoying but also to be somewhere you can reach.

A set of message boxes will show the current configuration
and allow you to make changes. They aren't pretty but blame
Bethesda for not allowing formatting in message boxes.


CONSOLE CONFIGURATION COMMANDS

Those who can't find the configuration urn or want to set options 
in a BAT file can use these console commands with any value of -1 
or higher. The default values are used for the examples.

setpqv MG01 NSFMG_SaarthalDelay 8

setpqv MG04 NSFMG_PsijicDelay 8

setpqv MG01 NSFMG_BrelynaDelay 1

setpqv MG01 NSFMG_JzargoDelay 2

setpqv MG01 NSFMG_OnmundDelay 3


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CREDITS AND LICENSING

This mod simply contains my edits to the games original content. You
may not upload this to other hosting sites, it is a Nexus exclusive.

Thanks to IronDusk33 for finding the second point where a pause would
be both natural and relatively easy to implement.

Thanks to KravisGile and MareloRyan for finding bugs and helping to
fix them.

If you want create a modified/extended version of this mod contact me.

Charles Cooley
cdcooley@fastmail.us
cdcooley on the NexusMods and Bethesda forums