A seemingly minor request

Post » Tue May 15, 2012 7:28 pm

Any way we could have a mod that makes it so you see the name of the creature trapped in the soul gem a la Morrowind and earlier?

I loved seeing "Golden Saint" or "Dremora Lord" or "lich" when looking at my filled soul gems. But in Skyrim all the info you get is whether the gem is filled with a grand soul or whatnot. Seeing the creature's name that I defeated and trapped gives a much larger sense of satisfaction for me personally, what about you guys?
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lexy
 
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 7:08 am

Bump.
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NIloufar Emporio
 
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Post » Tue May 15, 2012 8:15 pm

Presuming soul gem game mechanics work similarly to Oblivion, you seemingly minor request may be utterly impossible. Soul gems were hard-coded into the game, so even getting the name information when the soul is trapped, not to mention storing and displaying it, might just not be doable in any simple or sensible way. In any case we won't know without the CK
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Post » Wed May 16, 2012 9:43 am

This is not going to be possible since the mechanics in the code for soul trapping just consumes a soul crystal item and then creates a filled version in the players inventory. The game doesn't care about the creatures name, only it's level and type (for determining the type of gem it needs to create).
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