Phaedra's Mod Diary

Working Mill Stones

2012-02-25T21:55:00.007-08:00

Not just a useless animation prop any more. Milling is a new craft that allows you can grind wheat into flour, bone into bonemeal, and more. I really needed flour as an ingredient for my WIPz Crafting Enjoyment Overhaul for some of the recipes (i.e. bread, apple pie, etc.)

My First Skyrim Mod Released

2012-02-16T21:32:00.000-08:00

Yep, a campsite called Waterfall Ridge. Its tradition to always make a camp. And I'm going to build another... I just feel like it. This time it will be a little more than basic, but still more so than a real house. It will be one of those big fur tents up in the snow near Helgen. It will have everything Waterfall Ridge has, plus wood cutting and leather working. I haven't decided on much else as it will just come to me as I work.

Creation Kit soon! The anticipation is killing me...

2012-01-27T12:12:00.000-08:00

The latest news from the Bethesda Forums:

Gstaff said on Friday, January 27, 2012 at 11:52 am:

We really appreciate the feedback from our Steam Beta. We anticipate the 1.4 update going live next week for all on the PC and being sent to the console manufacturers. The Creation Kit won’t be far behind.

Using saves we’ve collected from the community, we’re really seeing some great results with the 1.4 update. Thanks to everyone!

Info on the Beta Patch 1.4 can be found on the Bethblog.

Good Stuff For Skyrim

2011-12-07T10:35:00.000-08:00

Today Bethesda released Patch 1.3, check the details at the Bethesda Blog.

Also released today, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Tweak Guide by Koroush Ghazi. Get Skyrim looking and running great! I've been using Koroush's guides since Morrowind and they have always done me well.

In more personal news, I've been reorganizing my website. It was getting too cluttered with all the mods for all the games listed on the first page. Too much to look at all at once. I'm not quite done yet, but everything should still be accessible.

Skyrim update

2011-11-28T13:57:00.000-08:00

We get Skyrim patch 1.2 on Wednesday 11/30/11, but no date on the Creation Kit.

gstaff said on Monday, November 28, 2011 at 2:36 pm:

"The Creation Kit is not being released this week. Once we have more information on its release, we’ll let everyone know."

Well, poop!

Edit: Gstaff just posted on BGS the Creation Kit will be out in January 2012.

Pre-Launch Update

2011-11-09T15:29:00.000-08:00

Skyrim is out in less than two days! I'm debating on going to midnight release or waiting until Friday morning. We'll see, either way Friday work is closed! Play all day!

The other news, I had surgery last month. It was unexpected. I was in the hospital for two weeks. They took out 6 inches of my large intestine and 3 inches of my small intestine. Then later developed 2 abscesses in my pelvis. Now its a little over a month later and I'm feeling a lot better. Doctors say I have a bit more healing to do over the next couple months, but I'm up and back at work. And able to play Skyrim! I count that as good news. :)

My mod Guild Benefits is still on hold. Of course I couldn't work on it while in the hospital or during my recovery. I'm going to take some time to play "you know what" before I pick it back up again. I do plan on finishing GB. Just like I plan on going back to beat Oblivion, SI, & KOTN. I had planned to do all of that in October, but my body betrayed me. Things are getting better so I'm not upset, I'm doing pretty well considering.

Also, do expect some sort of campsite type mod for Skyrim soon after I get my hands on the Creation Kit. Gotta have a home base for starting characters.

Skyrim Food Truck in Seattle for PAX 2011

2011-09-29T22:37:00.000-07:00

The Skyrim Food Truck stopped by Seattle during PAX this last Summer. There was free food, free plush helmets, and lots of fans! I had fun waiting around with a crowd of mostly men and a few ladies (I was probably the only one there in a long skirt.) Everyone was chanting for the helmets and food. So without further ado here are my pics:

The most awesome truck ever!

The Holy Skyrim Napkin. (I have saved it in a ziplock, used my long skirt as a napkin as a proper nord lady should.)

Lunch: Dragon Leg, Whiterun Corn, a Solitude Sweetroll... and a bottled water.

Two helmets, one to wear and one to save for eternity.

Me having fun with my buddies at Gamestop. I wanted to see if they'd recognize me.

Nerd alert! Give a girl a permanent marker, a Daedric alphabet, and her online Elder Scrolls name. What do you get?

Good Day Today!

2011-04-09T12:52:00.000-07:00

I am feeling really good today. For those of you who know me from OREF or have read some of my entries from a long while back you know that I suffer from depression. In fact I nearly left the modding community because of the depression combined with losing my Grandma (she was also my best friend) to cancer. Good days are very welcome and tend to be very productive. Lots of house work getting done, just taking a break to get some words out.

Adding to yesterday's list of stuff to do I still have some resources that are just about ready for release. I want to get Vanilla Eyes and possibly some of those resources online later this evening. After getting some more house work done of course! =P Now back to work!

Going on Vacation! See Ya!

2011-04-08T15:26:00.000-07:00

Yeah, so I've got modder's block on how I want to set up the Arch Mage's Library. Can't seem to get inspiration right now. I know it will come to me, I just need to occupy my time with something else until it hits...

So what do I have to occupy my time?

On the modding front, a minor update to Vanilla Eyes Addon. I'm going to add Bash Tags and remove a stray esp from the textures folder, and an optional esp making SI eyes playable. And by request, since I lost the one I made previously, a compatibility patch for All In One. Probably will do this over the weekend.

On gaining some possible inspiration (that's the story, right!) I can install and play Shezrie's Towns. I've played Lakewood, Ravenview, and Woodland Villages before she added Pell's Gate. For all the love of what we do as modders I need to go to Pell's Gate! It looks awesome, the quests sound incredibly cool, and some of my own creations are used and I really want to see them in action. And lots of other modders made really great stuff for it too. So I say I'm going for inspiration, so maybe that's partially true, but really its more like taking a vacation. =D

Oh, and Disgaea: Hour of Darkness... dusted off my PS2 to finally play this game. Its a lot of fun and bound to take up hours of my time. I am the Overlord! Dood!

Exhausted and Sick, but You Can't Stop Ideas!!!

2011-02-26T18:51:00.000-08:00

Alright, I give in for now. I keep trying to work on GB, but I'm sick and its making me too tired to mod. Whatever illness this is interfering with my asthma and its making me cough and draining all my energy. It got worse with the snow. Damn snow! The only snow I want is in Skyrim. }:P

But that isn't stopping ideas from hitting me.

Robes
The thing that was bothering me the most was the robes. They were going to be in leveled lists both in the supply chests for free and extras for sale at Divine Elegance. The thing is you'll get too many free ones if you visit the supply chests too often. So the solution is: 1st basic set will be given with MG key and Welcome Letter, 2nd slightly fancier set in the IC Laboratory, 3rd set in the Mage's Quarters at the Arcane U, and the 4th in the Arch-Mage's suite (either Lab or Library.) Extras for sale will go to the only Mage's Guild member who buys & sells clothing items: Ungarion at The Warlock's Luck in Bravil. Makes so much more sense!
Edit: Correction there are five sets of robes, I really am sick to forget such things. There are two that are about the same fancyness, the purple set and the blue set. They're both going in the IC Lab unless I come up with something better. Bleh!

Supply Chests
The other thing that is bugging me is the supply chests themselves. I'm worried they will provide too much stuff. I have thought of two options:
1) Completely overhaul contents.
2) Remove them from the Guild Halls. Keep only the ones in the central Lab and the Arch-Mage's Lab. If I do this one I may make minor modifications to the contents adding or removing items.
Number 2 seems to make the most sense to me as players can still abuse the multiple chests in #1, while #2 continues to provide the most useful items.

Kvatch
The odd town out. Poor Kvatch, the whole town destroyed. That means no Mage's Guild. Or does it? According to the UESP not quite! There is one survivor of the Kvatch Mage's Guild, a lady named Sigrid. How convenient for me. In the Arch-Mage's Library there are maps of every city in Cyrodiil, including Kvatch. However, when you start the game Kvatch is under seige... you know the story. On the wall in place of the Kvatch map will be a place holder until your hero breaks the siege and re-maps the city. My problem was what to do for the place holder. I've got an image of the oblivion gate in front of the city, perhaps sent to the Arcane U by fellow mages. OK, that involves a suspension of belief... until I stumbled upon Sigrid. She is the one who sends word to the AU, a picture of the gate and a note. There I've got my place holder. Your hero saves what's left of the crumbled city and the cartographers are able to provide a new map of the destroyed city. As much as I'd rather just use a map of pre-destruction Kvatch and avoid this mess altogether, there isn't one that I know of.

First Ingame Footage of Skyrim

2011-02-24T19:34:00.000-08:00

Bethesda delivers the first ingame footage of Skyrim! And dig the remodel they've given Elderscrolls.com. All the old Elder Scrolls games are listed again in all their glory. Kudos, Bethesda! And thanks for providing me the inspiration I've been needing.

Cartography and Books

2011-02-05T16:17:00.000-08:00

Working on the Arch-Mage's Library. We've got Meo's Series Booksets, Meo's City Maps, Garak's Booksets, Zinni's 8 Book Stacks, some booksets from Trollf's Alchemist's Cave and I'm working on a Kvatch map to match Meo's. Probably use some of Meo's Open Books too. So far I've gathered resources and placed a handful of items, this helps the ideas form. I think there are going to be some display counters and the like. Maybe a small alchemy garden in the center, like the one in DLC Wizard's Tower. Since the int/ext alchemy garden got canned it would be nice to have one somewhere.

I will take some screenshots when I get the place more in order. Only the maps on the wall and one large bookshelf look presentable, the rest is a disarray of misc furniture. I had to stop for today because a migraine is starting. Poo! And I was making good progress... :(

Bethesda Announces Creation Kit for Skyrim!

2011-01-19T12:36:00.000-08:00

Bethesda loves modders! They have announced that they will be releasing a Creation Kit for Skyrim on the Bethesda Blog. Also check what Gstaff has to say at the BGS Forums: "Yes it does. We've always been impressed with what the community has done with our tools. Like the Elder Scrolls Construction Set for Morrowind and Oblivion, we plan to release Creation Kit so you guys can mod Skyrim."

Oh, Bethesda, how much do I love thee? And how much does my fiance dread this coming November?!

Arch-Mage's Quarters Revamp Completed

2011-01-17T21:25:00.000-08:00

The Arch-Mage's Quarters was completed rather quickly. It was just some minor fixes, redecorating, and adding a few things. Easy-peasy! The vanilla dresser at the foot of the bed was set to respawn so I replaced it with one that doesn't. Added a few more containers. Replaced some of the decor with new stuff, including the bed. I removed the spellmaking and enchanting altars because those are included in the Laboratory. The Enchanted Chest had to stay since it is referenced by quests, scripts, and dialogue, however, it got a facelift thanks to Meo's Ayleid Clutter. The only other thing I added was a teleport that will take to you the Teleport Room (goes to all of the other rooms in the tower.) The pathgrid was slightly adjusted to accommodate the new teleporter. That's it!

Companion Friendliness Modding

2011-01-14T09:40:00.000-08:00

You may have heard of Emma, she is the creator of many wonderful Morrowind and Oblivion mods including Companion Vilja. She has posted a topic at BGS Forums called Looking for Companion Friendly Houses, it contains a list of companion friendly houses and information on how to create them.

The basic requirements are:
* Pathgridding - very important for the companion to be able to navigate.
* Unowned beds & chairs - so companions can sleep and sit down, they won't do so if these have an owner.

I want Guild Benefits to be companion friendly, after all you own your bedroom in the guild halls so your companion should be able to stay there with you. However, there was a problem... three of my rooms were accessible to other NPCs who decided they would like to use my "unowned" chairs and beds themselves. We don't want strangers in our bedrooms, this just won't do! Thankfully PrincessStomper had a suggestion, make the furniture owned by the PlayerFaction since companions belong to the PlayerFaction they should be able to use them while keeping other NPCs from doing so. Guess what? It worked!

Advanced requirements for public & semi-public places:
* Furniture owned by PlayerFaction (for use by player and companions only)

Last night I went around to all of my beds and furniture (and my food items just to be sure) changing them to owned by PlayerFaction. I went in game to spy on the worst offender, Contumelorius Florius in Chorrol. I took all the food from his room and the rest of the basement, leaving only the PlayerFaction owned food in my room. Then waited for him to come downstairs for supper. He went to his room looking for food, finding none he walked out toward my bedroom door. He stopped just outside, then turned around and went back into his and just stood there like a dummy. It was so funny to watch!

Arch-Mage's Dining Hall is Complete

2011-01-12T21:04:00.001-08:00

Its finally done. The tedium was worth it. Look how pretty! I'm still thinking about whether or not to add a bartender.

Brain Purge, I had to get all this stuff out...

2011-01-07T09:07:00.000-08:00

This week I've been:
* Working on Guild Benefits in the Arch Mage's Dining Hall. Removed a bunch of food and drink from the mod that was just too much, left in enough to make things interesting. That allowed me to remove the two banquet tables that were blocking shelves that have Ayleid clutter on display. Put the Ayleid crystals above all the dinner tables, very pretty! Added Meo's Winecellar wine racks and a couple crates to the beverage serving area. And started arranging the foods on the central banquet tables. That means the Dining Hall is almost complete!

* Updates and corrections on Phaedra's Elder Scrolls & Fallout. Fixed minor text errors and broken links throughout, especially on Friends Websites and My Favorite Elder Scrolls & Fallout Links. Updated the Zombie section of About Me with pictures from ZomBcon 2010. Reorganized the Modding Requests page since Shezrie's Towns was released last month. Updated and organized WIPz Guild Benefits page. And finally, I also created new buttons for people who want to link to my website and blog:

* Took last night off to finish reading a book. I think this was good for me, my brain feels quite refreshed. Ideas are popping into my head this morning which I'll detail below...

Ideas:
* ??? Add a bartender NPC to the Dining Hall? This will need dialogue and scripting. I will need to consult tutorials and may need to ask for help. But it would liven things up in the Dining Hall and just be plain cool.

* ??? Where to put Traven's grave: in the private Alchemy Garden or the public one at the University? Also Feek had the idea to have his gravestone give a temporary fortify magicka like the Ayleid Wells. There is already a Well in the AM's Lab, so how about a temporary shield or absorb magicka?

* ??? Do I still want a special staff for the new Arch Mage? If so this post at OREF has some links to some promising ones. Also what enchantment on staff?

To Do List:
* Finish arranging the food on the banquet tables.

* Take and post screenshots of the finished Dining Hall.

* Check food in the Guild Hall rooms, if there is un-cooked meat replace it with cooked meat. See if any other food changes would look nice.

* Decide which area to work on next. Revamp Arch Mage's Quarters (bedroom); or begin building the Library, Alchemy Garden, or Guests' Quarters. I'm thinking Library or Alchemy Garden, leaning a bit more towards Alchemy Garden.

* Start releasing misc resources. A bunch of stuff is ready, only need screenshots and readmes. Ready to go: colored quills, fancy folded cloths, misc clutter items, and mini-ayleid well architectural piece. Late day edit: Thinking on this there are some more goodies in other folders, various things I've played with that may be resource worthy (some signs come to mind.) I'll have to check those out too.

New Year's Resolution

2011-01-02T12:01:00.000-08:00

My New Year's resolution is to finish Guild Benefits. The extra challenge I'm posing to myself is to finish before Skyrim is released, by this I mean done including any bug fixes and little tweaks... everything. So much is already complete there is no reason this shouldn't be possible. There are no other Bethesda games that are due out to distract me and I've played New Vegas enough to get it out of my system for now.

My creative juices are flowing, new ideas are coming once again. (I've figured out what to do with Hannibal Traven...) Oblivion is back to a clean installation plus the necessary resources. TES4Edit is up to date, such a wonderful tool! I'm just about ready to begin.

New Vegas Mod: Goodsprings Camper

2011-01-01T16:05:00.001-08:00

Simple house mod released today for Fallout: New Vegas. Goodsprings Camper is next to the Prospector Saloon. It provides you with a safe place to sleep and store your goods. Fast travel is provided to the camper via its own map marker. There is a plate of food, one bottle of dirty water, and one pickable maize plant. Nothing overpowering in this mod, just a basic home.

In other news Bethesda has finally announced Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. 2011 is going to be an awesome year!!!

Fallout: New Vegas G.E.C.K. released today!

2010-10-19T14:28:00.000-07:00

You know what that means. It means I need to scope out an appropriate place for a beginner's campsite. I always need a simple, functional place to sleep and store my loot until real housing options become available. Its becoming a sort of tradition for me. (Maybe I should go back and do one for Morrowind?)

Get the G.E.C.K:
http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/geck.html

Edit:
So now the game and G.E.C.K. are both installed. I played through the opening sequence (more than once), since I decided to try out hardcore that campsite is really needed for storage now. There's my excuse to get modding. (HINT: Run G.E.C.K. as Administrator.) Found a nice little space for a camper in Good Springs, tossed in a mattress and a few containers and added a map marker. Will add a little clutter for ambiance tomorrow. Too late tonight.

Modding Resumes

2010-07-24T23:20:00.000-07:00

Hooray! I am modding once again after taking some time off to play. Here's all the news:

Phaedra's Painting Resource Pack was released today.
I made a bloody shoe for Shezrie, there's a murder afoot!
Guild Benefits continues...

Abandoned Mountain Shack by Vince Bly

2010-05-10T09:47:00.000-07:00

I recently had the pleasure to beta test the new version of Abandoned Mountain Shack made by my good friend Vince Bly.

Abandoned Mountain Shack is a new home located just off the Silver Road on the way to Bruma. Technically the home is free, but it is a fixer upper and has been empty for a while. You have to remove vines, clean windows, and fix floor boards among other things. You can also plant a flower garden.

Once your home is finished it becomes a cozy little shack with nice views from its see-through windows. The front door has a sliding lock so any dangerous creatures stay outside. There is a coffee pot in the kitchen for you to brew coffee in. A porch swing to enjoy a peaceful moment. There is even an outhouse up the hill behind the house. The home has plenty of safe storage and two extra beds for companions.

If you haven't tried this mod already, you really need to! You can download it at TES Nexus.

Slow progress...

2010-02-24T12:51:00.000-08:00

On Guild Benefits. Blame indecision. Until now! I've figured out what to do. Prepare for a rambling post!

I had the choice to stick with my original nicely matched decor in the Guild bedrooms OR change them to Ayleid clutter to match their magic specialization. I have chosen to keep the originals. There are a few problems with changing them; matching Ayleid clutter with decor, and Bruma (and IC Mages' Quarters) has no specialization. Also, why would the regular Guild Halls have access to such rare Ayleid treasures? So the original it is, I will switch out the few that have Ayleid clutter with some other nice dishes that I've found.

Don't fret! The Arch-Mage's Dining Hall will feature heavy use of the Ayleid clutter. There will be 6 tables, each with its own color theme to match the 6 schools of magic. Lighting will match, coming from colored Ayleid crystals above each table. All dining and banquet tables are covered in fine lace. There will be a bounty of food, beverages, and desserts to fit a variety of appetites.

While suffering my indecisiveness, I gathered together food and drink resources to use in the Dining Hall. There is a lot of delicious goodies out there! I had brush up on NifSkope to modify some static items (without collision) into misc items. Collision needed to be added so if you drop these food items from your inventory they will not fall through the floor. My NifSkopery is improving with this mod, all the nifs that I've modified to fit my purposes.

Pluggin' away at GB - MG

2010-02-11T18:48:00.000-08:00

GB - Mages' Guild is moving along. I'm currently working on the dining hall. Each table uses a different color of Meo's Ayleid Clutter, crystals provide the colored mood lighting at each - blue, green, red, and white. Aisis suggested one for each school of magic, so Meo may be making me some yellow/gold and purple versions. I'm also trying to think of what kind of decorative objects to use in the teleport room. It will come to me as I work on the mod.

I just can't help myself!

2010-02-08T21:17:00.000-08:00

Recently I've beta-tested a few clothing mods. I should be working on Guild Benefits, but I can't help it! People start making stuff for Robert's Male and/or Female Bodies and ask for beta testers. I have to volunteer. Supporting the bodies that I use, or is it just for my own excitement?

Well, the first is a Robert Male V5 Stock Clothing Replacer by Nivea, you can read about it at Canadian Ice's Forum. They make stock clothing look awesome.

The other is Classy Clothing Compendium by CorePC, these are retextures of vanilla clothing to make a variety of new clothing items. CorePC is supporting both Robert Male and Female.

Hooray to both of these fine modders for supporting my favorite body mods!

Website Updates

2010-02-05T10:00:00.000-08:00

Sorry for recent silence. I had another bout with depression due to someone saying some awful things. I won't elaborate here (family stuff), but if you have been on ORE Forums you know what happened. BUT... I started feeling better over the last few days so we have modding updates! Woohoo!

First, Espless Book Replacer has reached completion. Thanks to Grimbot for granting permission for the final book. All book meshes now have new nice textures. Also thanks to Ryu Doppler for allowing me to release a compatibility patch for Better Book Collision.

Second, I made a few new decals for Pell's Gate. Two handprints (muddy/bloody), a sooty splat, and some cracks. See the pictures at my Modding Requests page.

Espless Book Replacer

2010-01-16T13:03:00.000-08:00

A small release today, Espless Book Replacer. Replaces vanilla textures without the use of an esp. When played by itself it will replace vanilla books. If played alongside a replacer that uses an esp, this mod will replace any mod added books that use vanilla textures. It will also replace textures on Garak's Booksets resource, which is used in many house mods.

In other news, all of my mods and resources combined have a total download count of 26,755!

Dining Hall/Splat

2010-01-13T15:12:00.000-08:00

Currently working on the Arch-Mage's Dinning Hall, I need some inspiration to finish it. Aisis just released a fabulous chandelier resource that would look just awesome in there.

I started another mini-side project, Shezrie asked for crap. Crap as in garbage, broken things, stains... so far I've got a sooty splat. More in the works like rust stains, hand prints, and maybe some cracks if they turn out.

Arch-Mage's Laboratory

2010-01-01T15:28:00.000-08:00

Arch-Mage's Laboratory is done.

Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T12:45:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone has a safe and happy new year, and new decade. My resolutions are to finish Guild Benefits: Mages' Guild (and continue the rest of the guilds) and overcome technical difficulties with Oblivion Beverage Replacer so it can finally be released.

Sicky Christmas this year.

2009-12-23T09:54:00.000-08:00

I've got a nasty cold. Feels like someone beat my face in. Yuck! Before getting sick I was working on a central Laboratory for the Mages' Guild. Its about 80% done, need clutter. Maybe minor decor tweaks. It has a static alchemy set, small alchemy garden, spell/enchant altars (once you gain access to the Arcane University), and other goodies. Once I start feeling better I'll get working on it again.

Scripting, icons, and cleanup.

2009-12-04T09:40:00.000-08:00

I'm at the tedious part of Guild Benefits-MagesGuild. Scripting for the fires in the Bruma room is now done. Icons for all the numerous miscellanious items are done and believe me there were way too many. Talk about tedious! Cleaned out stuff from the esp and the data folders that was not being used. Now I'm on to pricing the room upgrades. Prices can't be too high, while not just giving them away for a pittance. Pricing will likely be complete tonight, then one final conflict check against UOP.

Once all the above is complete, it will be time to do the patch for Bruma Mages Guild Restored. And finally the Arch Mages Quarters, I've already started obtaining resources for this.

Oh, and there is now a webpage with current information on WIPz Guild Benefits, minus my inane ramblings.

Vampiric computer wants my blood!

2009-11-24T15:02:00.000-08:00

So I better explain the title of this post. My computer's power supply fried Sunday night just after I posted at ORE Forums. It shut down as though we had a power outage, but sadly it was just the computer. I bought a new power supply and installed it last night. Darn computer bites me everytime I open the case, serious! Well, the computer works fine once again and no data was lost.

Progress on Guild Benefits continues. I have the doors to the room at Bruma Mages' Guild working properly. Set up a quest and a script to switch out the doors between the pre-destruction guild and the destroyed guild. Thanks go to Darkrider for the script, which I slightly modified. It now triggers upon completion of the quest to check the guild and also if you have already completed the quest before loading Guild Benefits. A similar quest/script combo will be done to provide compatibility for users of Bruma Mages Guild Rebuilt by SSJHero.

The Mages' Guild rooms are mostly complete. Need to do Archmage's Quarters and put the finishing touches on Bruma. Next will implement room upgrade purchases for those who don't like freebees.

Funny thing, my fiance who doesn't play Oblivion has been helping me mod. And even suggested he should get a copy of the game just for modding purposes. How awesome is that? So far he has been helping with lighting and decorating advice.

[WIPz] Guild Benefits is progressing nicely.

2009-11-11T20:50:00.000-08:00

Mages' Guild rooms are nearing completion. Done so far are Anvil, Bravil, Cheydinhal, Chorrol, Leyawiin, Skingrad, and the IC: Arcane University: Mages' Quarters. Still to do are Bruma and the Archmage's Quarters. Bruma will function before and after destruction, a compatibility esp will be provided for Bruma Mages' Guild Restored. The Archmage's Quarters will be a separate esp file incase people want to use one of the many revamp mods instead.

Here is a picture of your room in Leyawiin.

The entire screenshot gallery can be viewed here.

Website Migration Complete!

2009-11-03T20:59:00.000-08:00

Finally, the website is running and fully updated. Everything looks great.

I currently working on Flowers Resource Pack 2. Got lots of beautiful pictures from free websites. The flower side projects came about because while I was decorating in Guild Benefits, I got real tired of the same clutter over and over. What better way to decorate than with pretty flowers? But with one boquet and only 3 middle class planters, a new resource needed to be made. That's where I'm at now. Flower Power!

Flowers, a patch and a resource

2009-11-03T00:29:00.000-08:00

Double release for Oblivion tonight. The first is a simple fix removing the green stuff from the flower petals (soon to be included in UOP Hotfix by Arthmoor.) The second is a modder's resource containing 58 new flower boquets and planters.

See the release thread here for screenshots and download links.

My Website is Borked

2009-10-20T13:44:00.000-07:00

My site was recently migrated from Google Pages to Google Sites. I was trying to fix it up, but somehow broke it. Oops! I have a query on Google's help forum, so hopefully I can get it back. Sorry for the inconvenience.

New WIPz for Oblivion, Guild Benefits

2009-10-19T09:42:00.000-07:00

What benefit is there to joining a guild? Besides quests and besides free loot in the guild halls that some of us roleplay not to take. Not that most of the free loot is worth anything. Being a member of a guild does not guarantee a place to sleep. Sure you can sleep in just about any unoccupied bed, but if someone is already sleeping in it you are out of luck. Nor does it guarantee access to useful goods. Guild Chests by Jagnot tries to address this, also where I got inspiration for my mod.

Guild Benefits is not going to be a cheat mod. It will do two things. 1) Provide a room with a bed and storage. 2) Adds a guild supply chest to the room with basic supplies determined useful for that particular guild.

I will be doing a regular version and a COBL version. The COBL version will have support for hunger and thirst mods. COBL version may or may not include an ingredient sorter, I haven't decided yet whether to include this feature in the public release of this mod.

For more information or to leave comments see my WIPz topic at ORE Forums.

New mod: Espless Slof's Horse Replacer

2009-10-12T21:55:00.000-07:00

An espless replacer, meant to be used along side Slof's. Basically it takes care of any mod added horses that use Oblivion's default meshes and textures. Now they won't look out of place.

For more information and screenshots see my RELz topics at BGS Forums and ORE Forums.

Edit:
This mod has been linked in BGS Forums topic: Let's Talk Horses, Lap 2, a horse mod list maintained by Blade of Mercy.

New Tutorial Added

2009-09-25T11:08:00.000-07:00

This morning I have added a new tutorial to my website, Guide to Backing Up Your Mods.

Words fly by like clouds in the sky...

2009-09-24T16:59:00.000-07:00

Funny things happen when I get a migraine. As in my thoughts become more abstract, which usually means they are so uncohesive as to not be useful at all. However, today is different. My abstract thoughts actually led somewhere. A bunch of little tidbits read recently on various forums got the old gears moving, which go me thinking about my old COBLize Your Home project. See what I was thinking in my Esp Mastering topic at the ORE Forums.

Another tidbit found while purusing the forums, the Reflective Metal Tutorial which may have some clues to help me solve some problems with my Oblivion Beverage Replacer. It would be nice to get this mod moving along.

Updating My Data Files... Again

2009-07-24T12:05:00.000-07:00

Uhg! I've been adding/removing/updating my list of mods and utilities. So much stuff has come out or changed since I last played. I also need to get modding again. Got to finish my beverage replacer and get started on my potion replacer. Got gun textures to finish. And an idea in my head forever, which involves clothing. Not sure whether to only support vanilla and Robert's Male/Female, or if I should bother with others.

An Abundance of Modding Tutorials!

2009-07-17T15:43:00.001-07:00

I have a new pet project at the ORE Forums. I am collecting together a listing of Oblivion modding tutorials. Here is the WIPZ topic.

New Mod Diary

2009-07-09T12:40:00.000-07:00

My old mod diary was too cumbersome so I have switched to blog. You can still view my archives here: 2006, 2007, 2008, & 2009. Blogging will be easier to update and maintain.

Lets see... I'm continuing to unpack at my new apartment, but the computer is online. Will continue to work on Smith & Wesson textures for Fallout 3 and my Oblivion beverage replacer when I get some freetime.

ORE is having a new challenge, Water Homes. Home must be on the water, no part can touch land. For rules and sign up go here. I'm getting excited for this one, we have more challengers than ever.

Also, if you haven't already check out the Bethesda Blog. For Elderscrolls 15th anniversary, you can download Daggerfall for free. There is also a new interview with Todd Howard.