Nicholas Jae

Dogmeat!

Another Fallout 4 / Magnum Opus poll for you today.

Opus has historically not allowed you to have Dogmeat + another companion at the same time, in line with the vanilla game. How do you feel about this?

Do note this only applies to followers with the vanilla companion system (i.e., not Heather and a few others).

late night ramblings, again.

fun fact: every time i post one of these polls, people cancel their memberships and it makes me regret engaging with the community. like i just reminded them they're here and they were like "oh yeah, no thanks." which is fine, i dont want people to give me anything they dont want to give me, but damn its disheartening.

some stats. in the l...

Simple Opus Poll

I've seen a lot of discussion about this over the years. My first Fallout 4 modlist shipped with VAFS. Then Opus went back to VATS. Then I got bored of it and reintroduced VAFS.

So, let's keep it simple: VAFS or VATS?

Quick question (Fallout 4)

The Lone Wanderer perk famously applies when you have Dogmeat with you, even if the perk clearly states "when adventuring without a companion." If that perk were to only have an effect when you're truly alone (without anyone, including Dogmeat), how would this make you feel?

Fallout 4 Perk Overhaul

Hey guys. I briefly mentioned this a little while ago and I've been working on it....for like ten hours a day, nonstop, ever since. I thought I'd share some progress.

You'd think I'd have more done by now, but scripting is hard and a lot of time goes into just coming up with ideas, planning how things may work together, working on conditio...

Fallout 4 Perks

I have a habit of starting a lot of side projects. The last few days, I've been brainstorming some perks for Fallout 4.

One thing I have learned over the years is that people find FO4's default perk chart pretty boring. There's a lot of +% damage increase stuff, which is both necessary and bland. A lot of it can be consolidated.

For ...

Poll: Timelost Dwemer

I've been putting a lot of thought into this one and I'm honestly still pretty torn. Some backstory:

I originally made Tempus for one reason: to play a bunch of mods I hadn't previously played. I took a long hiatus from Skyrim to work on Fallout 4 stuff, and in that time period, I missed out on a ton of quest mods and follower mods and so ...

Poll Overview So Far

A quick overview on the polls. So far, you have collectively voted to:

- Keep Inquisitor Warlock (with the caveat of adding an entry to the Beginner's Guide Book explaining this mod)

- Do not add Inigo (and remove Indigo)

- Remove Practical Necromancy

- Add Wintersun

and we've had some voting on Custom Skills Framew...

Poll: Custom Skills Framework Addons

There are so many of these CSF addons, but honestly a lot of them are pretty boring. However, since we are apparently removing Practical Necromancy (and Bruiser - Hand to Hand, and probably that Companions one), I've narrowed it down a bit to some that I think could work for us.

This poll will allow multiple selection, so choose as many (o...

Poll: Practical Necromancy

Today's contender: Practical Necromancy.

Pros:
- Really interesting stuff, and clearly a lot of love & care went into the creation of this.
- Makes summoning/undead/etc more interesting, powerful, and unique.

Cons:
- A bit i...

Poll: Wintersun

This one was removed moderately recently because I was annoyed at the prayer mechanic. Turns out every religion mod has a prayer mechanic, so trying to replace it was a waste of time.

Anyway, should we add Wintersun?

Pros:
- We have n...

Poll: Inigo

One of the most common requests in Discord.

Pros:

• People like him.

• He is well made.

• People will stop asking about Indigo in support/general.

Cons:

• He is unfinished. His final quest is very misleading and has no ending.

• The author’s behavior can b...

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Poll: Inquisitor Warlock

Should we keep Inquisitor Warlock in Tempus?

Pros:
- It's pretty fun.
- Cool casting animations.
- It makes being a mage pretty...invincible, really. Some people like that.

Cons:
- Extremely overpowered. Extremely.
- Easy...

Tempus changes

So I'm slowly working on a non-save-safe Tempus update. No ETA, not any time soon. But I have a question anyway.

If you could change one thing - any single thing - about Tempus, what would it be? Maybe remove a mod, add a mod, there's a specific follower you don't like, etc.

It may be beneficial to 2025-06-01 16:53:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Rambling

Some years ago, my mother told me I was the happiest and friendliest kid she had ever seen, then mused aloud that she wondered what happened to that little boy. It’s something that stuck with me for a decade or so now. The perpetual feeling of never being good enough, or never rising to my alleged endless potential. This is not to say it’s i...

Tempus v8 Release Day wooooo

Gonna livestream the release of Tempus on the ol' twitch.tv/livelymods then play for a while. Would love to have you guys along to celebrate this incredibly long and arduous journey.

But I really wanted to give a special thank you to each of you. Your support means everything to me, be it in the form of money, beta testing, or simply encou...

Tempus Maledictum v8 Trailer #1 & Release Date

Hello my friends.

As many of you know quite well by now, I'm often burdening myself with thoughts that I don't do enough to earn your Patronage. I was about to upload this to YouTube, then I said...you know what, why don't I give you guys a little advanced notice? That sounds fun, right? I'll pop it on YT in a few days, but until then...we...

Tempus Maledictum v8 Progress

Hey all.

As I’m sure some of you know, Tempus v8 went into open beta about a week ago. It’s going well, I think. Bugs being reported are pretty minor visual things, and surprisingly, nobody has complained about combat/difficulty. That was the part I had the most trouble tweaking, so this is a relief.

Of course, these things wil...

Mod Suggestions / Modding Mondays

Just a quick heads up if anyone wasn't aware, you can post suggestions in Discord and we'll be going through them all on Monday, 2:30 pm EST, live on Twitch! Exciting stuff.

Looking forward to ...

The future of Tempus

Hey all. Haven't checked in for a bit. Let's talk about what's been going on.

New Tempus update is in the works. What started as a simple project to add a Community Shaders profile has, perhaps predictably, blown up into a much larger update. Playing the list on stream has honestly just made me unhappy with certain things, so I keep wantin...

Community Shaders & Tempus

Hey everyone.

Honestly I don't have a whole lot to talk about but I like to try to keep people in the loop with what I'm doing around here. If you watch my streams on Twitch, you already know this stuff, but let's go over it anyway.

I've been spending some time looking into Community Shaders for Tempus. Sadly, it is far from a clean ...

Hi everyone! I'm pissed.

It is currently 2:47 am and I'm furious.

I've gotten word (and confirmation) today that two people I used to respect and consider friends have gone the route of gouging people for money. Ironically, this is directly on the heels of one of those people calling me a snake for joining the Verified Creator program, even though I've literally n...

Long Night Ahead

Hey all. Sorry it’s been quiet here lately.

For the unaware, I stream on Twitch nowadays. Five days a week. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. 2:30 pm est. If you watched today’s stream, you are already aware of this, but for everyone else:

I finally, FINALLY started encountering what some of you have been reporti...