Bat Travel Vampire Power
A new power which allows the player to turn into a cloud of bats and travel between any Major Village, City, Castle Volkihar, or custom destination of you choosing. The player must have Vampire Lord blood within and be in human form to use it. Dawnguard DLC, Dragonborn DLC, and SKSE are required
[Mod Name]
Bat Travel Vampire Power for Dawnguard DLC
[Author(s)]
Didymus Ei
Author activity on this mod: None (See Skyrim Special Edition Version)
UPDATE October 23rd 2018: I have updated this mod for Skyrim Special Edition. Click Here to see the mod.
Bat Travel Vampire Power was briefly used in Great Battle of Dawnguard by Tyrannicon.
[Description]
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This is a (not so anymore) simple mod that adds a few new abilities to the Vampire Lord. These abilities include: A form of lore friendly fast travel, where the player vampire can transform into a cloud of bats and travel between Villages and Cities in an instant. A power to set custom destinations for this fast travel. And a Free Flight Form where you can fly as the bats at will.
How to get the spells is detailed in the FAQ section.
—Bat Travel—
Only usable: Outdoors and out of Combat
—Cloud of Bats—
Only usable: Outdoors (DO. NOT. FLY. INTO. A. CAVE! There’s a reason it’s only usable outside. If you do, don’t be surprised it glitches up massively. Gah!)
Usable in combat at the cost of 25 magicka.
[Flight Controls]
w = Forward
s = Back
a = Left
d = Right
Left Ctrl = Down
Spacebar = Up
[Required Files]
Official Dawnguard DLC
Official Dragonborn DLC (From v2.0.1 onward). Don’t have it? Get an older version.
SKSE (Skyrim Script Extender)
[Installation]
Unzip the file. Drag and drop the Data folder and Skyrim folder into your skyrim game directory. (steam/steamapps/common/skyrim/).
[Uninstallation]
Delete BatTravel.esp as well as the scripts that were in the zip file.
[Known Issues]
– You’re able to clip through things. This is not a “Togglenoclip” spell, but it has a similar effect. No way I can really fix it. You do need to actually try to clip through things to make it happen. So dont…
– Your character may not be able to do anything if you activate free flight with your weapon out or if you try to use your weapon while flying. Loading a save fixes it.
– (Potential issue) You might not be able to exit Cloud of Bats once you enter. I figure this might happen if you also have issues flying in the first place. Load your game and look at the FAQ about how to fix the flight issue.
[Incompatabilities]
– Potentially this mod could clash with any mod that drastically changes the layout of a village or city. You might end up in a wall or rock or something.
– This mod uses the vanilla “Bats” power to grant Bat Travel and Cloud of Bats. Any change to that power and that method won’t work.
– To use the spells you MUST have Vampire Lord within your spell list. Without it you can’t use the spells.
[Compatabilities]
– This mod should be compatible with most mods.
[Troubleshooting/FAQ]
Q. How do I get the spells?
A. There are now three different ways to get them:
1. Activate the Mod after you’ve become a Vampire.
2. Transform into a Vampire Lord (Use power)
3. Use vanilla “Bats” power
Do any of those three things and you should receive the powers. If not, do a clean save and try again.
Q. I’ve cured vampirism but I still have the spells. Wut?
A. Use Them. They should remove themselves if you are no longer a vampire. This was done to make it compatable with other mods.
Q. I have the visuals for Free Flight, but I’m not flying. Y no fly?
A. Delete SKSE COMPLETELY. The scripts, the files in the src folder, everything. Then reinstall the latest SKSE. Using NMM can make this easier, I hear.
Q. I deactivated Cloud of Bats, but I’m still doing the animation. How fix?
A. Jump.
Q. I keep falling through the floor! This mod sucks! How do I stop it from happening?
A. Learn to land better. Seriously. You have 5 seconds of fall time before fall damage will kick in again. Give yourself some space.
Q. Lies! I’ve died from fall damage right after turning it off before!
A. It happens. I have no idea why, because there’s no reason why it should. But it do.
Q. I’m flying in all kinds of goofy ways. And the cloud of bats have gone in a totally different direction. I have abandonment issues now, what gives?
A. There’s math and stuff involved with the placement of you and the cloud of bats in the world. It’s impossible to get it perfect. The longer you fly about the more likely it will mess up. Stop flying for a second, then continue. In theory, all should sort itself out.
Q. Can I use a Xbox Controller with Cloud of Bats?
A. No. SKSE doesn’t support controllers (yet).
Q. I flew into a cave and now am surprised that it’s glitching out even though you said it’s not intended for indoor use. What gives?
A. …
A. I’m using Version 3 and the bats never fly with me, what gives?
A. With how Version 3 works it’s difficult to make the bats sync. Best thing to do is to stop every so often to let the bats sync back up. Also stop before every turn, that way they will catch up and turn with you.
