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Getting Started

A guide for players. If you're a mod author integrating with the arousal framework, start with the Author Overview instead — that track covers the Papyrus / SKSE API in depth.

What this mod actually does

SexLab Aroused NG is the underlying arousal system for a family of adult Skyrim mods. Every actor (you, every NPC) gets a single arousal number — a float typically in the 0–100 range — that goes up and down over time based on what's happening around them.

The mod by itself doesn't really do anything visible — it tracks the number and provides an MCM to inspect and curate it. The interesting behavior comes from dependent mods that read the number and react: dialogue changes, NPC approaches, animations, equipment behavior, magic effects, etc.

What this mod does give you directly:

  • A persistent per-actor arousal value that survives saves.
  • An MCM to inspect any actor's arousal and tweak how it's calculated for them.
  • A per-armor flagging system — mark specific items as "naked", "bikini", "sexy", "slooty", "illegal", etc., and the mod takes those into account when computing exposure.
  • The ability to register your own custom keywords and apply them to items, then export everything to a KID file so the curation survives new saves and can be shared.

See How Arousal Works for the model behind the number.

Requirements

The only hard requirements are SKSE64, Address Library, and PapyrusUtil SE. Everything else is optional and unlocks the integration tied to it (SexLab, OStim, Devious Devices, KID export, aroused animations).

See the Requirements page for the full breakdown of hard requirements, soft dependencies, and what each one unlocks.

Installation

Install via Mod Organizer 2 / Vortex and complete the FOMOD wizard. You'll be asked to pick:

  • Animation System — Open Animation Replacer (recommended), FNIS, or None.
  • Patches — Dummy ESPs (for backwards compatibility with mods expecting OAroused.esp / OSLAroused.esp), SexLab Eager NPCs patch, Paradise Halls Enhanced patch. Pick as appropriate to your modlist.

Coming from OSL Aroused?

Install the Dummy ESPs FOMOD option so mods that expect OAroused.esp / OSLAroused.esp keep resolving. Then read Coming from OSL Aroused — the passive "ticks up over time" behavior maps onto a different effect here and needs a one-time tweak.

First-time setup

  1. Install via mod manager, complete the FOMOD wizard.
  2. Launch Skyrim and load a save (or new game).
  3. Open the MCM: pause menu → Mod Configuration → SLO Aroused NG.
  4. The first thing you'll see is a status splash. Click any tab on the left.
  5. Walk through System (the General page) and read tooltips. Defaults are reasonable.
  6. If you want exposure to depend on whether actors actually see nudity, leave Use LOS ON. If you want it to count any nearby nudity regardless of LOS, turn it OFF.
  7. Set the Notification Key to a key that doesn't conflict with your other mods — pressing it shows your arousal value in the corner.

That's enough to start playing. Everything in the rest of the player docs is optional curation and tuning.

Where to go next