I have installed Aftermath and I am already the Hero of Kvatch. If I understand the guide correctly I need to talk to Ocato to get started. I have hunted all over for him, went to IC Palace. The guards said he wasn't seeing anyone, I went inside the chambers looking for him and haven't found him. Any suggestions or advice of how to get the quest started?

You downloaded this from The Other Site, why didn't you start a topic there?

You need to save Bruma, then you will get the message.

ocato lvies in that chamber, unless u have verona house bood-lines installed, and compelted... at the end of that he is moved to another location...

i have not played the new versions of this mod, whcih require u to talk to ocato first.... so im not 100% sure... but sounds strange none the less

to flower, well dosnt matter really either... the dc suports all of giskards mods aswell... we dont work on them, but most of us played them enough to offer some suport to them

Using Kvatch Aftermath, before you can begin the quests added by this mod you must: 1. Become the Hero of Kvatch (you have done this); 2. Complete enough of the vanilla main quest to have saved Bruma from the great gate. You can have the mod loaded and installed from the beginning of the game, but the special quests involved in becoming count and rebuilding Kvatch will not start until after the great gate quest is completed.

Afterwards, you will receive a message to go see Ocato. If you haven't received this message, he will not have the necessary dialogue choices available. This message may not arrive the very moment you finish the great gate quest. All parts of KA run on a schedule relating to day of the week. So, do not be too impatient and do quick waiting to get through the time. (At least wait a minute or two between each game wait.) Also, do not do a console update. It is very easy to break the quests when you do.

I beg to differ on a few points:

I still have the Amulet of Kings in my possession and did not visit any of the priests in Weynon Priory. (So the main quest did not continue yet).
I received a message automatically during my travels and started rebuilding the city step by step. (I have almost finished it by now.)
I think my version, when I started to play was v7.2. or v7.3.

So I doubt if you have to go and find Ocato, or was this changed in v7.3? Can anybody confirm this?

What you do have to do, is close the Kvatch Oblivion-gate and "Break the Siege of Kvatch."
So in short you have to save Kvatch, that's all to get it started.

What might be a good idea, is to move the mod to the last position in your load list.
(This can be done via O.B.M.M./Wrye Bash or date manipulation of the esp-file).

I could be mistaken, but I thought I read he changed the start to receiving a message to go see Ocato in 7.3. Unfortunately, I can't swear to that as I had already gotten past that part when I loaded 7.3 and in the one I did, I was declared countess without going to see anyone.

i had heard the beging was changed to speak to ocato, but then again.... i wouldnt know either way... the last time i played the quest line... KA wasnt compatble with the main quest, ie u couldnt install it til after the main quest

if that gives you all an idea of how long its been since i palyed, and how long ago i started working on it with gis haha

thats version 1.31 btw... incase u all didnt know.... so my knoweldge is fairly limited

I also believe you will get a message when the time is right to meet ocato,

Yugi