» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:18 pm This mod is also available in http://hazevalley.ru/downloads.php?page_id=212.
NEWS: 2009/03/02 - Updated to version 1.2 with wonderful icons by Washington!
From the readme:
This mod adds a bunch of new ayleid clutter to the game, but rather than just add it for sale at one or more vendors I have made it as loot that can be obtained through exploration and thievery. The items can still be purchased from some vendors, but stock is erratic as the items are hard to come by.
Most items are placed inside new containers that can be found in many ayleid ruins. These containers are placed in out of the way corners where people have never noticed them before, so if you can't find any then you're not looking hard enough. The placement of these containers is what makes this mod fun for me: they are placed in some seriously inconvenient places. If you can see a container but cannot work out how to access it, consider obtaining access to these magic effects via spells, potions or scrolls: telekinesis, water walking, water breathing, fortify acrobatics, fortify speed and light. I have tested that all the most inconvenient containers are accessible, but I make no promises about how *easy* it is to access them, or even find them! Some of them are crammed into very inconvenient corners.
For players of a more devious nature I have also provided some options for acquiring some (not all) of the new items by theft. There are a couple of NPCs in the game with small (but quite valuable) collections in their homes. Keep an eye out!
Finally, there is a simple mini-quest. There's no quest log, no quest marker and no dialogue, but there are a couple of letters, a key and a lost chest of valuables.
As a warning note: players without access to the magic effects I have listed may find it difficult to find or access more than a handful of the new containers. Also players who don't check their environment carefully may never see any of these chests. This is intentional. If you have the esp installed and cannot find any chests then you're most likely just not looking carefully enough.
Most items are placed inside new containers that can be found in many ayleid ruins. These containers are placed in out of the way corners where people have never noticed them before, so if you can't find any then you're not looking hard enough. The placement of these containers is what makes this mod fun for me: they are placed in some seriously inconvenient places. If you can see a container but cannot work out how to access it, consider obtaining access to these magic effects via spells, potions or scrolls: telekinesis, water walking, water breathing, fortify acrobatics, fortify speed and light. I have tested that all the most inconvenient containers are accessible, but I make no promises about how *easy* it is to access them, or even find them! Some of them are crammed into very inconvenient corners.
For players of a more devious nature I have also provided some options for acquiring some (not all) of the new items by theft. There are a couple of NPCs in the game with small (but quite valuable) collections in their homes. Keep an eye out!
Finally, there is a simple mini-quest. There's no quest log, no quest marker and no dialogue, but there are a couple of letters, a key and a lost chest of valuables.
As a warning note: players without access to the magic effects I have listed may find it difficult to find or access more than a handful of the new containers. Also players who don't check their environment carefully may never see any of these chests. This is intentional. If you have the esp installed and cannot find any chests then you're most likely just not looking carefully enough.
Feedback that's welcome:
Missing files in the download archive!
Typos in the readme/documentation.
Bugs in the mod (including things like clipping or dirty/unnecessary edits).
Info about modders' resources for additional ayleid clutter.
Are there too many or too few chests? (Currently 26 chests spread over the 54 vanilla ayleid ruins)
Are loot drops too rare and/or too lucrative when you get them? (Currently you tend to only get the occasional lucky hit, but the lucky hits are quite generous)
Are items reasonably priced?
Feedback I don't need:
"I have this great idea...": so do I. :shrug:
"You could ask XXX if you can use his resources.": yes, I could, but I can do other things too: I only want info about proper modders' resources.
"I can't find any of these chests": read the readme.
"It's too hard": tough.
"It's too easy": make it yourself then.
"My grandmother ate my hamster after she played this": uuuuuh, wha?
Info on compatibility:
This mod adds chests to numerous vanilla aylieid ruins, adds clutter items and chests to two vanilla NPCs' houses and adds a couple of items to one vanilla NPC's inventory (bash tag included to help make sure the items will appear in your game). Any other mod(s) changing these records can potentially conflict.
Screens (will be updated soon for the new icons):
As the point of this mod is that the loot has to be searched for and found, all screens of item placement are potential spoilers (i.e. you might say "I know that place!" and then not have the "fun" of struggling to find that chest). You are warned.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot3.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot2.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot1.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot0.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot19.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot18.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot17.jpg Oh, wait, how do you get up there to begin with?
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot20.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot22.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot25.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot23.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot24.jpg You should (re)move those glasses before there's an accident.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot26.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll61/Revanchism/Ayleid%20Loot/ScreenShot21.jpg
The meshes for ALEX are adapted from http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20683, which in turn uses the textures and meshes from http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=20644. For additional screens of the full item sets please check their pages.
Vac
Thanks! 
