http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=7904

LOTS of changes in this update. Two new plugins, major changes to the existing ones, compatibility with the Morrowind Patch Project, and an overhaul to the documentation. There's far too much to list here, but a complete list of changes is in the version history of the main readme file.


I put a hell of a lot of work into it, so let me know what you think if you're so inclined. i don't see myself updating this thing anymore, but I will if somebody points out something that needs updating. After all, I said the same thing after my last three releases >.<

*Uploads version 3.1*

Well, that didn't take long.

Can anyone tell me why it is that if you delete a file from PES and then upload a new one with the same name, the old one sticks? I just had to re-upload 3.1 a few times because I forgot to include the updated plugin with the first upload, and it kept giving me the old one every time I tried to update it.

Seeing as how that's a PES issue, you'd be better served asking that question on the PES forums or PMing a PES moderator. -_-

FYI: http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1041190 is in beta currently and will eventually be released.

Thanks for the update. :thumbsup:

*Squee*

I see that I'll have to update my mod when it comes out, too, because it fixes all of the museum scripts.

By the way, I'm currently working on updating the mod list on my site.

It's long overdue.

...and it's done.

Maybe now I can actually play the damn game.

IIRC PES has an 'update' function. If you don't use it the system will assume that you want to add new files to your mod entry.

I can't get the update function to work properly. It just gives me an error saying that I'm uploading the same file.

I'm up to 99 downloads, and only 2 votes.

Not sure how I should feel about that... >.>

It's been less than two weeks. It takes time to evaluate the changes.
Plus, many of those who download may only be using some components of the mod, and thus don't want to vote on the mod as a whole, when they aren't using all of it.

Have patience...

Considering that my mod has almost 800 downloads and only 1 vote, uh...pretty darn good?

(Not whining at all, just saying. The ratio of votes to downloads has always been skewed, in my experience. :shrug: I prefer to go by the download count and the fact that I haven't gotten any flame e-mails to feed my ego, rather than the number of votes.)

Ah, ok. So long as this sort of thing isn't out of the ordinary, I won't worry about it too much, then

Updated to 3.2.

Fixed a problem with The Mage birthsign in the "Character" plugin (you should be able to apply it to an existing character) and made a few other changes.

Also, I want to find and kill whoever designed the PES upload system.

I've noticed several comments on how I don't say a lot in the description.

Problem is, I can't say too much more than I already do without making it a total infodump. Rather, I'm just directing people tot he readme/changelogs, which I've made as detailed as possible.

Any suggestions?

Bump

BTB you have a pm about your work.

I responded.

I am using "BTB's Game Improvements".
Because I have been using it only for a little period, a clear evaluation cannot be done.
I think this Mod is good job.

Some thought.
You made Levitate easy to use.
I think Levitate is bit cheatish.
Because you can easily defeat very strong enemy with bow or something.
http://www24.atwiki.jp/morrowind/pub/No%20fair!.jpg

I think Levitate is more difficult magic.
Or NPCs can use Levitate and follow PC.

If NPC have Levitate Potion, they use it and follow you.
http://www24.atwiki.jp/morrowind/pub/levitate%20guard.jpg

I agree that Levitate is a bit cheatish, which is why I disabled enchanting for the effect and made custom spells more expensive.

I did make the pre-made spells at least somewhat useful, though, so that they would be worth buying. They're no more cheap than any of the other new pre-made spells, IMO.

And I wasn't aware that NPCs would use Levitate potions...

Very interesting. I've only skimmed through the readme files so far, but you definitely have attention to detail and some good ideas. The part I like least is probably the changes to the races, although one might try them for the sake of novelty.

Alchemy should probably be nerfed a little bit more in order to fit in with the rest:
Fortify Luck is almost as bad as Fortify Intelligence, since higher Luck increases the quality of potions made.
Drain Intelligence is available in, e.g., Mazte and Sujamma. It's a small annoyance, but it's silly that getting drunk enough fully recharges your spell points. Damage Magicka instead, perhaps?

Chameleon could use some extra nerfing, perhaps; in my personal WGI version, I replaced it with Invisibilty (or reduced the magntude) in potions and enchantments (*cough* Amulet of Shadows *cough*). As I said before, I haven't had a look at the mod in the CS yet.

Linear stacking (in the sense of drinking a ton of potions, as opposed to the exponential potion strength increases from making and drinking fortification potions) is harder to counter; Oblivion has a limit on the number of active potions. Removing infinite potion/ingredient stocks (as in Piratelord's Trade Enhancements) helps, but it's conflict-prone.

Updated to version 3.3... at least I think. It's time for my routine 30-minute bull****fest with Planet Elder Scrolls' servers to get the ****ing thing uploaded correctly.



Really? Interesting.

Thanks, though.



I wasn't aware that fortify luck increased the power of potions. As far as I know, only intellect does that.

As for Mazte and Sujamma, I'm fine with them the way they are. If anything, my mod actually gives you a reason to seek them out and drink them.



Chameleon is just a pain in the ass to deal with period. Short of removing it from the game altogether, there's only so much that you can do to reel it in. The path I took was shortening the duration of all of the pre-made spells.

I didn't edit any of the stuff you find in the game, mostly because I wasn't aware of any that were bad offenders.



Yeah, linear stacking is still there... which is why I got rid of fortify intellect. As I said above... I don't know about fortify luck.

Script "_birthsign_level"

It is necessary to reset variable "timer".

As an aside, it's considered a bad idea to start the name of anything(Script. item, npc, spell, etc.) in the TES:CS with an underscore. Doing so can introduce instability and create errors because it confuses the game engine.

If you have anything in your mod suite that has that attribute, you should really change it.


...

That being said, I like your mod. I've played with it a bit and it's pretty good.

I would extend the activation range a little bit more in your settings.esp though, I had problems activating a few things and ended up having to alter it more towards default to ameliorate the problem.

Also, the feather power of the charioteer is something I would instead set to be a no-cost/no fail high magnitude & duration spell, instead of an ability. Permanent feather effects which aren't attached to items tend to mess up your encumbrance after awhile.

Some of the birthsign changes also don't play well with GCD. I'm not sure why, as GCD is supposed to be compatible with birthsign changing mods. I suspect it's related to the birthsign level script again, but I'm not sure. The ones that alter your statistics don't seem to "stick" through GCD character processing and have to be removed. then you have to reprocess the character and re-apply the birthsign spells to get it to take.

Tiz

Updated to 3.4.

Just a minor update to avoid conflicts with LGNPC. No big.