[Reven Lord]

Lol, I'm a dork. And yes, it is. I've seen that armor while I was searching Nexus.
I don't think that sort of cloth suits her personality, unless she's drunk on mead. :]

Well for a Second choice, she tends to go for a http://i872.photobucket.com/albums/ab289/Brozly/ScreenShot5-1.jpg

(and she likes Parcles too) :whistling:

*Both of those, I belive, are from Oscuro's

[Lovingly]

Wow Emma, I used all your companion mods from Morrowind, and they were great, but Vilja just outshines them all. You've really outdone yourself.

She's charming and sweet, and honestly, I find the accent endearing. I had a very good friend in high school who was a Swedish exchange student, and she reminds me a lot of her. So +1 on the revival of many happy memories.

I hope Vilja won't be your last companion for Oblivion (perhaps we'll see a return of Morgana and Co.? Maybe I'll be reunited with my Morrowind Family? *hint hint*).

[GabiiE Liiziiouz]

That hair, what mod is that?

It's Coolfhair65. It comes with the latest Vilja release as the optional Custom Vilja by 4GVN uses it.

[Steph]

Did it take a long time to get Vilja's face as it is now? I have to say it's very good. No weird inconsistent skin colours or oddly shaped head... Very realistic. Best face in the game.

[Fiori Pra]

I have a hard time trying to find a set of armor that I like for Vilja.
I just finished the main quest, and I have a lot of stuff left to do, like Fighter's, Mage, Thieves' Guild quests and a bunch of other side quests.
And I only barely poked my head into the Shivering Isles.

I was thinking of using the Construction Set to make a set of armor for her using various pieces of other armors, but I can't really find anything good.
I don't like anything terribly fancy, nor anything overly simple. It's tough finding something in the middle that I think fits my image of Vilja.

I'm using the TGND body, which I like, as it improves all equipable Vanilla armors/clothings, as well as adds a few new items (I am using a Rogue Leather set for myself, as I favor sneaking and marksmanship, but I've always used Vilja as a charge in melee character, so she would look silly in light leather like mine.)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6467/flameatronachandtgndumb.jpg Not too big and bulky, so it wouldn't look awful on Vilja, though some heavy armors like Steel and Dwarven are still pretty large, pauldron-wise.

Right now, I've got her in a set of Perfect Amber Armor, which I hate, because it makes her look like some kind of turbo Power Ranger.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8121/myparty.jpg This is a picture I took outside of Emma's Aleswell Cottage, which I use as my main home, currently. Temporary follower Mazoga the Orc in tow. Vilja's armor is so silly. (And I changed Vilja's hair and gave her eyelashes. But those're the only changes I made to an otherwise perfect follower )

So, what does everyone else have Vilja wearing?

We - Vilja and I - often wear http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/images/28977-1-1276980520.jpg, which is light armor.
And then we use everything by Korana, this http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/images/28977-1-1264555051.jpg, for instance.

Glad you like my Aleswell cottage, too .

[Gen Daley]

http://i38.tinypic.com/egebdt.jpg


Damn traps get her every time.

[Lloyd Muldowney]

So, Vilja is a constant companion for my character, and I'm also traveling with Cleon, the Butcher of Armindale (from Simyaz's TotF). Cleon and I just got back from the Abyss, and he decided to initiate a convo with Vilja, greeting her with "hello".
Vilja responds, "I seriously believe that you need to take a bath", to which Cleon responds,
"I've heard others say the same"

:lmao:

Hehe, sounds like a typical sequence of conversation where Vilja is involved

Is it possible to make Vilja repair her own gear? I dont mine repairing but id like to have her more useful.

Without adding a dependancy of OBSE, it isn't possible, and I want to avoid such a dependancy.

Lol, I'm a dork. And yes, it is. I've seen that armor while I was searching Nexus.
I don't think that sort of cloth suits her personality, unless she's drunk on mead. :]

Well, when she's drunk on mead, she'd probably wear anything....

[Ashley Campos]

I've been using Vilja 2.2 for a couple of weeks and and I have to say that I'm enjoying her company. I've also downloaded the mod for updating the inns so that Vilja will easily find a bed to sleep in (Thanks for that, Emma!).

I ran into a problem this past week when I had been playing for a while and noticed that Vilja was missing; she had not returned from one of her sidetrips. In the past I could summon her back, but this time, even the summon spell was missing from my menu! After reading this thread, I'm now guessing that she died... And I know not where! Sometimes I get so focused on a quest that I lose track of time, and companions, and even eating. Anyway, I couldn't bring myself to play without Vilja, so I began testing my savegames and found that she was last with me approximately 8 hours of realtime ago. So now I'm redoing a few quests, and being more careful with Vilja (yes, I know, I can make Vilja immortal, but that seems too heavyhanded).

So if you could add the popup back in to alert me when Vilja dies, I'd definitely appreciate it. I'll take better care of Vilja, but it's also good to know if something happens to her when she's run off after a goblin.

And thanks for the fun mod!
J.

Hi jdeleski,

Glad that you like Vilja.
To you and to the rest who are missing the pop-up window - we are now looking at how we could add in a message without a pop-up window, i.e. an information in the upper left corner of the screen instead of a huge pop-up all over the place. Maybe that could be a good solution.

[Tina Tupou]

http://i38.tinypic.com/egebdt.jpg

I wonder if those kind of spooky eyelids are specific for Vilja or general? I don't think I've ever noticed eyelids except for on Vilja and it looks a bit weird IMO. But that might be because of which face textures you're using rather?

[ruCkii]

Wow Emma, I used all your companion mods from Morrowind, and they were great, but Vilja just outshines them all. You've really outdone yourself.

She's charming and sweet, and honestly, I find the accent endearing. I had a very good friend in high school who was a Swedish exchange student, and she reminds me a lot of her. So +1 on the revival of many happy memories.

I hope Vilja won't be your last companion for Oblivion (perhaps we'll see a return of Morgana and Co.? Maybe I'll be reunited with my Morrowind Family? *hint hint*).

Thank you .
I think maybe it is easier to make Oblivion companions really come alive, as you have both all the voice acting and the facial expressions to play around with. A companion that can smile at you or frown at you, and tell with her own mouth what she feels will appear more human.
I'm hoping to work on at least one more companion for Oblivion, so that Vilja has someone she can really pvssyr with, but that would be a long term project, as it takes so much longer to make an Oblivion companion than a Morrowind one. As CDCooley and I now have built a good foundation, hopefully a second companion would be easier to make.

Did it take a long time to get Vilja's face as it is now? I have to say it's very good. No weird inconsistent skin colours or oddly shaped head... Very realistic. Best face in the game.

It didn't take long at all... She is made from the original Oblivion head mesh, and I used a texture I had found and adjusted back in 2006, I'm afraid I don't even know where it originates from but I have seen several similar ones in use. I started out with the imperial female face which has all the sliders basically at 0, and then I just adjusted very little at a time until Vilja looked the way I wanted her to look. I'm glad that you do like her looks . Even if there are now several alternate looks of her available, the original one is the one I prefere, myself, and one good reason is that I think the original Oblivion head mesh shows expressions so nicely.

http://i38.tinypic.com/egebdt.jpg


Damn traps get her every time.

EEEEEEEKK!!!!

[Everardo Montano]

Hmm.
I think I've settled on a good armor set for her. :]
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/948/snewgear.jpg
I don't really like the color much, but other than that, it doesn't look bad. And it's light armor, just like she likes it.

I don't like her weapon or shield much though. Meh. Maybe I'll find something better later!

[Peetay]

Hmm.
I think I've settled on a good armor set for her. :]
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/948/snewgear.jpg
I don't really like the color much, but other than that, it doesn't look bad. And it's light armor, just like she likes it.

I don't like her weapon or shield much though. Meh. Maybe I'll find something better later!

Oh, I do like that outfit, and the color. Which mod is that?

[Oceavision]

That's the exact same armor as I gave her, only mine is light fawn color. I think it might be Armamentarium, though memory's a bit foggy right now.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x23/daemondarque/Oblivion2010-04-1700-04-31-28.png

[Enie van Bied]

If I remember correctly, that armor's craftable in MMM - Hunting and Crafting. I'm not entirely sure though.

[Neliel Kudoh]

Oh, I do like that outfit, and the color. Which mod is that?

It is an unused armor set that I found in the Construction Set, under "Armor -> Leather" Called the 'Pit' set. Pit Cuirass, Pit Gauntlets, etc. :3
Had 0 uses, 0 defense, 0 value, 0 health.

It may look a bit different for you if you do not have TGND, as it was refitted to match Luchaire's body, along with the rest of the vanilla armor/clothing.

[Justin]

By the way, I don't know if this has already been brought to your attention, but I found another little whoopsie with your Vilja mod. :]

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/1558/viljabug1.jpg

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5765/viljabug2.jpg

As far as I've noticed, this only occurs while we are in the Anvil Fighters Guild.

[Dale Johnson]

By the way, I don't know if this has already been brought to your attention, but I found another little whoopsie with your Vilja mod. :]

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/1558/viljabug1.jpg

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5765/viljabug2.jpg

As far as I've noticed, this only occurs while we are in the Anvil Fighters Guild.

Oh dear!! :blush:

Thank you so much for pointing this out!
No, I was NOT aware of it, simply because I hadn't thought of it... You see, in ver 2 of Vilja, she is a member of Fighters guild, which she wasn't when I added this entry. So, it's something only Fighters Guild members located in Anvil would say. Now, when we made Vilja a fighters guild member, it actually means that if she happens to be in Anvil... well, then this dialog line is valid for her!

Of course it shouldn't be that way! I will fix it instantly, it will be gone in the next version of Vilja (which is on its way althought several weeks away). Again, it's GREAT that you point these kind of Ooopsies out, there must be some and I definitely want to cure them!

[Laura]

There is other little mesh with this topic. There is a condition that checks that the NPC speaking is member of the mages guild, instead of fighters guild.

[DAVId MArtInez]

There is other little mesh with this topic. There is a condition that checks that the NPC speaking is member of the mages guild, instead of fighters guild.

Ehrrrmmm.... :blush: well, in that case I have one more reason to look over this entry thoroughly!

With more than 2400 entries, I guess there must be more that aren't correctly filtered, so I'm really glad for all the help I can get to track them down.

...and WELCOME to these boards, Amgepo!!! :wavey:
So good to see you here! :twirl: Nothing wrong with Nexus, of course, but this has been my online 'home' since 2002, so it really IS great to see you here as well .

[Emmie Cate]

Oh dear!! :blush:

Thank you so much for pointing this out!
No, I was NOT aware of it, simply because I hadn't thought of it... You see, in ver 2 of Vilja, she is a member of Fighters guild, which she wasn't when I added this entry. So, it's something only Fighters Guild members located in Anvil would say. Now, when we made Vilja a fighters guild member, it actually means that if she happens to be in Anvil... well, then this dialog line is valid for her!

Of course it shouldn't be that way! I will fix it instantly, it will be gone in the next version of Vilja (which is on its way althought several weeks away). Again, it's GREAT that you point these kind of Ooopsies out, there must be some and I definitely want to cure them!

I've notice the same, but I wrote it down and that piece of paper got lost so I couldn't post it earlier.
Here is another one you can check if there some strange dialogue errors.

The last time I play Oblivion with Vilja and Arthmoor's http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=30000 mods installed I notice something very odd.
This odd behaviour I've never experience before that Vilja :wacko: repeat her self while she is talking with anothor NPC in the wanderer mode.
She was repeating exactly the same dialogue phrase a second time, but I don't know if this was one time issue or not. :unsure:

[emily grieve]

Ehrrrmmm.... :blush: well, in that case I have one more reason to look over this entry thoroughly!

With more than 2400 entries, I guess there must be more that aren't correctly filtered, so I'm really glad for all the help I can get to track them down.

...and WELCOME to these boards, Amgepo!!! :wavey:
So good to see you here! :twirl: Nothing wrong with Nexus, of course, but this has been my online 'home' since 2002, so it really IS great to see you here as well .

Thanks for the warm welcome . I could log earlier but I'm not yet used to forums, and find the registration process a bit intimidating (too much to read before agree, too much options to make syntax mistakes...). I'm yet to register in your forum in order to read about the NPC archers problems :blush: (althrough understanding that is related to sleeping packages has been very helpfull to make some interesting experiments ).

[Bambi]

Oh yeah, Emma has a forum... I forgot about that... somehow...

Anyhow Emma, I have a bug to report. It seems that Vilja will happily attack Mythic Dawn sleeper agents. I was in Chorrol when she suddenly attacked a civilian. Said "civilian" then donned Mythic Dawn Armor and attacked. The annoying bit is that I *still* got called out as a murderer (You'd think they'd make an exception for Mythic Dawn Sleepers, but oh well).

Just wanted to let you know about this one.

[Jade Muggeridge]

I have not played with many companions including Vilja for some time. Last time, I tried this (I think that was a couple of weeks or months ago) Vilja still has those healing spell cast on herself on dead behavior. I trust that this "nuisance" is now gone. Time for some group adventurings I guess...

I don't know if you remember, Mrs.Emma but once you mentioned about something called XtremeRampage's quest icon, hmmm....

[Kristian Perez]

Has anyone else had an issue with the game crashing every once in awhile when entering or leaving a building? Trying to pinpoint which mod is causing this, and I figure this would be the best one to start with since she follows me around the world and is the only companion I'm using.

[Robyn Lena]

Has anyone else had an issue with the game crashing every once in awhile when entering or leaving a building? Trying to pinpoint which mod is causing this, and I figure this would be the best one to start with since she follows me around the world and is the only companion I'm using.

Has she got a whig or a helmet? Or a circlet? Or are you using a mod that allows you to wear extra amulets and rings? These are some typical reasons for random crashes when using any companion.