Oblivon Mods (mod defs and links ONLY)

After an exchange of PMs I though it was about time I posted a list of mods I regularly use:

Quest Award Leveling.esp - I wouldn't dream of playing Oblivion without it, it levels up reward items and Sigil Stones as your character progresses, in itself this overcomes some of the worst aspects of the leveling system

DEJ Harvest - Flora.esm/.esp - takes the work out of ingredient collecting, lazy person's tool

1414-1-Empty Soul Gems-TESSource.esp - A lot of soul gems you find are filled with inferior souls and wsated, this allows you to empty them

Artifacts of the Ancestors.esp - This is a decent quest mod, it can relabel some locations in German inconvenient more than anything

Servant of the Dawn.esp - The best quest mod for Oblivion I've come across, no Morrowind quest mod surpasses it IMO even. Doesn't start until after the main quest has been completed, for dark side characters really, it allows you to change sides

Versus Dark Brotherhood.esp - Allows you to fight against them rather than join them

MarkerExplore.esp - Turns of the map markers at the beginning of the game so you have to travel to places yourself the first time. You can then fast travel once you've found the place.

marcQuickChar.esp - Allows you to skip the tutorial at the beginning, not something I'd recommend the first time you play.

And finally

Lost Paladins of the Divines.esp - Not a great mod, mainly just a one off quest/dungeon mod, but it's seriously tough (so probably best left for a later run through) and not unbalanced in terms of loot.

I've tried both Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul and Francesco's leveled creatures/items mod, I prefer the latter as it offers a modular installation, allowing you to pick and choose (and change later if you wish) which elements you desire. Also with OOO I was traveling between Bravil and Leyawiin and found vast chunks of real estate totally missing, and I mean real estate, not just trees and rocks etc..

All of the above I found here

MrMuhs & RPG-BlackDragons Dynamic Depth-of-Field

Description:
MrMuhs & RPG-BlackDragons Dynamic Depth-of-Field could be viewed as an expansion to Qarl & Timeslips Depth-of-Field mod and it is compatible to MrMuhs and RPG-BlackDragons Waterrefraction.
The new effect of the dynamic DoF (omg-dynamicDoF.esp) is the adjustment of the blur-distance to the view-distance. In other words:
Look at near objects and the screen will be blurred little more behind it, look at far distances and the blur-range will increase until it finally disappears. There is also another version in this archive (omg-staticDoF.esp), which is nearly similar to Qarl & Timeslips DoF, but the blur-effect also disappears when looking in the distant. Do not activate both esp's at the same time!.

Pictures:
OMG-DOF-Effect:

QT-DOF-Effect:

Download:
Download from OblivionModGods

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RPG-BlackDragons ATI3.0Shader 1.2

Description:
In this version I have fixed the failure by HDR with the stripes and that hairs are blinded out in interiors by more as two light-sources! This Mod works only with graphiccards which have 3.0Shader and gives you 5 until 10 % more FPS!

Compatibility:
This mod works only with 3.0 graphic-cards! If you have not the problem that you have with Shaderpackages19 no dynamic HDR then you doesn't need this mod!


Download:
Download ATI3.0Shader 1.2

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RPG-BlackDragons Halloween-Pumpkin-Resource

Description:
This modding-resource contains a halloween-pumpkin, which is full working. This means he has havok with a collision and the pumpkin is swimming.

Download:
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Texian's Window Lighting System is very good. It's subtler than some, reflecting the thicker glass panes and candlelit interiors of yore (though of course, hardly anybody had glass windows during the European Middle Ages, anyway). Very light on resources, too. Be sure to get the Fix from the same location. Texian left out a few meshes in the initial release.

Kyoma's Journal mod gives you an inventory book, where you can keep, delete, and rewrite all the notes you wish. Want more books? You can buy them at select dealers. Want to search for something you wrote before? You can do that, as well. I only wish it were possible to delete a block of text, instead of slowly backspacing, but that's the only limitation I can think of to this.

Timekeeper Improved not only lets you summon the time when you want it, but passes along updates to your fame and infamy, purges cell buffers (helps prevent crashes), and displays bounty messages. Nice little ease-of-use mod.

Lady Eternity's Grow Plants! is similar to such mods in Morrowind: it lets you buy plant seeds that germinate over time. You can harvest them for alchemical ingredients, but they look great, too. Check out her Cheydinhal Petshop from the same site: pets that act as companions, and will fight for you. They're also potty trained.

Mighty Magick is a personal favorite of mine. It improves both the amount of magicka and the strength of spells, making a pure caster more reasonable a lifestyle choice. Mind, enemies get more of both, too. Also introduces sustained versions of many spells, changes to birthsigns and races, and a few new spells. Not as over-balancing as some other magicka-changing mods. Brings back Mark and Recall, too!

Tired of having to change hotkeys because you face too many distinctive enemies to suit your melee, ranged, and magical needs? Consider Improved Hotkeys. It basically triples the number of spell hotkeys available, and adds a hotkey that for several weapons.

Oblivion Script Optimization makes the game run smoother by cutting out duplicative code. It works well, especially in seemingly endless conditional loops. Works well, and has been heavily tested out.

Viconia DeVir is, as you might guess if you've ever played the BG series, an attempt to realize the character of Viconia as a traveling companion in the Elder Scrolls. She has decent dialog, can employ stealth, will use or extinguish a torch on demand, and has decent melee, ranged, and magic skills. She's not an overpowered tank, however. You can also teach her spells, and there's the inevitable romance quest.

The Lavish Mage Tower of Power has a horrible name, but it's a good, moderate sized home for the magically inclined. It's a mage's tower with a nice sense of purposeful clutter from the previous resident (though at least some evidence of color blindness), who has left several rant scrolls behind concerning his opinions of the Mages' Guild and the Arcane University. Features alchemy, potion, and scroll sorters, spellmaking and enchanting. Has an alchemy kit that upgrades when your alchemy skill hits the appropriate level (apprentice, master), and plenty of storage creatively designed to blend in with the surroundings. No display kits for weapons, but those can be purchased at Imperial Furniture, as noted elsewhere. Complete set of Oblivion books, sadly--I like finding them--but you can buy extra bookshelves and import the Morrowind and Daggerfall books through mods, as I've done. Good rooms for companions, nice rooftop garden and view. Teleportation to select locations via a map on the wall: nice.

Enchantment Enhanced adds some great effects: you can now create scrolls from spells you already know (at a cost, and through finding an enchanted quill); turn scrolls you have into spells in your repertoire; and get stronger enchantments if you'll accept negative ones on objects, too. Very nicely balanced.

Some others I'm finding that fill valuable needs:

Auto Book Placer asks you what books you want to place on shelves, and puts them up automatically, alphabetically--or you can allow it to pull all your books and do this. It can also sort and shelve potions, and wine bottles (in an appropriate rack). Adds bookshelves as a purchasable item in many stores, which the ABP allows you to set down, pick up, move, and resize. Great for the character that collects the in-game books.

Magic from the Sky corrects another of the sillier development decisions in the game, one that forces you to use Quick Travel if you want to employ an Ayleid Well buff before it runs out. Now, you can save it as a stone that can be activated anytime. (Sorry, only one to a customer at any give moment.) Or, you can use one normal gem (or two flawed gems) and let the Well turn them into a Welkynd Stone; and one flawless gem plus five Welkynd Stones for a Varla Stone.

So the developers added quest markers to the game for all places you haven't been to, but left out markers for doomstones you've already found. Makes sense. In any case, Doomstone Map Markers remedies the latter.

The vanilla game caps your skills at 100, but Elys Uncapper removes that. Then you can add Grandmaster of Alchemy, that slowly increases your alchemy kit when you exceed the old skill limit, and Legendary Abilities, providing small perks to other skills for breaking the 100 barrier. All merchants have more gold for trade if you have Mercantile over 100, for example, and Sneak gains a Chameleon effect hitting 25% at a 200 skill level. Nice, and appropriate, too.

Hi,

I post here to make discover my module to the English-speaking community of Oblivion. This module adds an armor and 7 weapons.
A video of the armor is available here: Cytine Armor

Name: CytineArmory
Version: 1.0
Date: 1/29/2009
Category: Weapons and armors
Author: Juzamn
Download: TESNexus ; Planetelderscrolls (and screenshots)

nicotoshi creations - adds lots of very kool weapons aswell as one of the most awsome armours ive ever seen - Dreadweave setNicoroshi Creations - Planet Elder Scrolls

Quest award leveler - like quest award leveling but in an item form of an item which if you dont want to use can be used as a very nice decorationQuest Award Leveller - Planet Elder Scrolls

FCOM - huge just a huge mod and it really just makes the game a lot more intresting with new monsters and is basically a collaberation of the four largest overhauls there are.FCOM: Convergence - Planet Elder Scrolls

Darkness everlasting - this is one of my all time favourite mods, its a vampire mod that provides various different aspects, turning others into vampires, lycanothropy, reverseed level system (feed to get stronger), and a morality system to dicide what spells you get as you raise in levels. Darkness Everlasting - Planet Elder Scrolls

natural environment- just makes the game a whole lot more beleivableNatural Environments - Planet Elder Scrolls

illumination within - looks great in conjunction with natural environments and the light sorce's help with the natural lights Illumination Within Revived Optimised at The Elder Scrolls Nexus - Oblivion mods and community

qarls texture pack - requires lots of power from your computer but neither the less looks wonderful Qarl's Texture Pack 3, The Elder Scrolls 4 Downloads, The Elder Scrolls 4 Sound and Textures

theres a few of my favourite mods

Malevolent is an interesting quest mod, one that forces you to deal with the issue of just how unpleasant you are willing to be (thanks to a sentient, manipulative, evil suit of armor) in order to hold power and do what you believe to be good with it. Well written, and interesting.

Map Markers Be Done lets you cast a spell that appends (and remove) whatever text you wish to a map marker. One of those very handy little mods that make playing a richer experience. Another one is Duke Patrick's Sickness Alarm. Where the game doesn't usually tell you when you're ill, this mod does, in character, by giving you a few seconds of dimming vision and dizziness. Just enough to get your attention.

MrMuhs Macros Oblivion

Macros allow you to change your equipment in one moment. So you do not need to select every item particular, which you want to equip. There are 3 Macros, with each you can define a individual set of items, which are automatically equipped when the Macro gets activated.
The usage of Macros is described more in detail in the readme.

Macros are also available for Morrowind!

This mod needs Shivering Isles and OBSE v0015 or higher!

Download @ OblivionModGods

Aha! Here's That Dwemer Subway System!

Hello, Forum Folks!

In another thread, I wrote of having seen a video about a subway system for the game. Well, just a moment ago, I found the download site by accident!

Here's the link! Enjoy!

0_1 Mr_siikas Dwemer Technology at The Elder Scrolls Nexus - Oblivion mods and community

A merchant mod; Xtreme the merchant. He has a pretty nice inventory of stuff to sell, offers the best amount of gold to trade with (10 i think), is a master of blade and can train you, can repair/recharge any item you can possibly find.

I've been trying out a few mods for the first time recently, Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul (I tried it briefly before but had to sop due to a glitch) and The Lost Spires.

Much has already been said about OOO and all I'd add is that IMHO Francesco's is better thought out and definitely preferrable. Two major problems with the mod for me, one is that no thought was given for balance in respect for a new character, and especially for a new player of the game. There are too many over-powered 'monsters' in the early part of the game, both on the roads, and in what should be starter dungeons. Not knowing what's around the corner is all very well and good, but with OOO it's all too likely to be a re-load, or at least a dead citizen or legion soldier or two. The vanilla games diabolically bad AI and scheduling are bad enough, OOO makes it even worse.

The other main problem I had with the game is that by preference I like to play mages, initially I thought OOO had made playing them difficult and that magic had been nerfed. Oh how wrong initial impressions can be. Once one gets the hang of the changes Oscuro has made, and either have Frostcrag Spire or manage to fight your way through the recommendations (a lot tougher without Frostcrag, especially Leyawiin, watch out for that 24th level Bog Ogre!) it's game over. I had to abandon playing a straight mage well before half way as it was far too easy and boring.

Overall, if you're not playing a straight mage then it does improve the game, but check out Francescos as well is my advice.

I never got to the point of tackling The Lost Spires with my mage, well not beyond clearing out the initial spire when I was 5th level, but had I done so then my character would have been more than god like by the end. Whilst there aren't too many uber items for most characters for a straight mage there are a couple including being spoiled for choice in which robes & hood to wear. By the end though there is no choice, the penultimate Robes and Hood are just too much.

The only other item that stands out as over kill is a trap device, which frankly is too silly for words. You actually need this device to stand a chance in a couple of the boss encounters, but it doesn't disappear at the end of the campaign. It really should have a limited number of uses, unfortuately you can use it as often as you like, there isn't even limit on how many times you can use it in combat, which is really bad in the long run.

The final encounter is ridiculously tough, I wonder what the minimum number of reloads is for anyone completing it without exploiting bugs or glitches? I'd hate to try taking it on without the aformentioned trap device, you really do need to be seriously well prepared for this fight. In itself that's no bad thing, it's a bit too tough IMHO, but with preparation and persistence winnable. What follows that is completely retarded though, an insane deathtrap; to make things even worse when I finally got through the death trap the quest broke, the final stage didn't trigger. Fortunately for me I have no problem with the console so was able to setstage out of it.

Overall an excellent mod, kept my warrior amused over the whole week-end:

My character for the quest:

Race: Nord

Skills: Armorer, Athletics, Acrobatics, Block, Light Armor, Heavy Armour, Speechcraft

Birthsign: Revised Atronach; replaced the magicka boost with disease immunity, I lack self discipline so need to cripple my magic using abilities

I was about level 9 when I started on TLS, level 16 when I finished. Had I started at much higher level I think it would have been too easy, apart from the final encounter, and one other boss encounter.

One final piece of advice, at one stage in the quest line you ge t sent to check out an Ayleid ruin in the Imperial City, take loads of arrows with you if you depend on a bow and arrow (as I did), I started out with about 400 arrows, but was down to less than fifty at the end. There are arrows you can pick up en route, but not of very good quality. Also take along plenty of repair hammers, you'll need them!

[OBLIVION-TOOL]RPG-BlackDragons ReadmeHTMLGenerator

RPG-BlackDragons ReadmeHTMLGenerator

Description:
With this program you can create readmes in HTML style. You can change the background picture of your readme and the colors of the font.

Pictures:
Readme HTML Generator Pictures

ReadmeHTMLGenerator Instructions
ReadmeHTMLGenerator Instructions


Download:
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A few recent ones I've tried, and really liked:

Alchemy Advanced: Per the readme:

- a quantity slider for brewing batches of potions
- ingredient filters that can be edited in-game
- a new type of autofilter that looks for replacements for the current ingredient
- a new type of alchemal apparatus (the Refiner) for temporarily removing selected effects from ingredients.
- integrated saving and loading of recipes, and a new type of alchemical apparatus (the Alchemist's Notebook) for storing saved recipes.
- a duration slider to specify the target duration of potion effects
- the ability to use potions and other recipes as ingredients in the current recipe

Works as promised, and as my characters are always heavy into alchemy, this is a real boon.

Companion Vilja: One of my favorite Morrowind modders, Emma, does many fine, highly personalized companion mods (among other things). She's taken the plunge, and this is her first Oblivion mod. It's a companion with more comments than any other I've tried--and I've tried plenty. Per the readme:

- There is a quest-line connected to Vilja which will keep you busy for a number of hours; you will have to fight, convince, guess and maybe do some less honorable things in order to help her. However, don't expect a long, involved storyline with new landmasses! Instead, it's a relatively short, simple story that is mostly there to give you a background and a reason why Vilja will want to team up with you and be your side-kick. Those of you who have played my Morrowind companion mods (Laura, Constance, Witchgirl et al) will know what I mean.

- Vilja has her own life story, her own goals, her own wishes and needs. If you talk to her, you will learn more and more about her over time. Treat her well and your friendship will grow stronger and stronger.

- Vilja has her own horse, and when you mount your horse, she will summon hers and go riding with you.

- She is very talkative, but you can tell her to shut up if you don't want to listen to her.

- You can't bribe her or play the speechcraft game with her. But you will find other ways to improve her disposition towards you. (Do you like strawberries? Well, hope you are not too fond of them, as Vilja will want them all).

- You can tell her to eat, drink, take a nap, go home, meet you in various cities. She will recognize your home as her home as well, once you have told her that this is where you will live.

Map Marker Overhaul: Another one of those mods that improves on something so basic to the game that you wonder why it wasn't done this way in the first place. Some of MMO's functionality:

* In-game, press 'M' to open a menu to freely name a marker with an unique icon, that is added to your map.
* In the map menu, just click on a marker and you'll get a menu where you can add any tag to the marker name, change the icon state (for some types) or rename/delete player-added markers.
* Oblivion gate markers changes to a closed gate symbol (or disappears) when the gate is closed
* Includes eight different map marker icon designs for you to choose from.
* Lets you control the distance map marker becomes visible in the HUD, or placed on the map.
* Adds map markers for all the game's Obelisks of Order, Ayleid Wells, Magical Stones, Wayshrines and player-owned houses, with completely new and unique icons.
* Replaces more generic map marker icons with icons for docks, castles, houses, farms, stables, merchants and more
* Can hide player and quest icons, and not open the world map centered on the player - for an immersive experience where it is possible to get lost.

I especially like its customizing aspect. You can literally reset most of it, including 6 different sets of map icons, the distance from an object that triggers its appearance on the map, etc.