I know very little of the history surrounding them, only that they're harder to find than a three-legged midget and worth every bit of the effort. I just tried them out the other day and felt immediately compelled to add them to my http://btb2.free.fr/morrowind.html, except for the fact that the only known place that they exist on the internet should be declared illegal because of how Godawful it is.

I'm aware that these did exist as downloads on PES at one point in time, and then just suddenly up and vanished. Can anybody tell me why that is? Or why nobody has since gone back and reuploaded them?

The creator, Connary, removed them from PES and from what I could gather from his threads here his wishes are for them to not be reupped. He had planned to release a new compilation soon after the old versions were removed, but apparently perfecting his technique + adding in texture mapping features got the better of him. IIRC, the new compilation was to be within weeks to a month out, however now it's been close to a year - anyone holding their breath for it has likely turned a deep shade of purple by now. :cold:

Ah, burnout... my old foe.

Well, I suppose I'll leave my mod list as is... with the possible exception of correcting the timeline in my description (I thought it had been much longer than a year).

I'd suggest making a Sticky Connary thread, instead of a gazillion single ones. It could feature all informations, download links to his works and a nice little Connary Shrine for all his disciples!!!


TheDaywalker :rock:

He's working on multiple projects here and there (http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=267427), and yes, he's definitely a perfectionist for the better...
Patience my friends, Connary put so much efforts and love in his Morrowind project, im quite sure he will (re)-release it at some time.

Actually the links to his full pack is floating around out there, mostly in the long thread about him thats on here. Apparently he said posting the link was ok or something here, or so someone said in the other thread.

I have also heard he was waiting for a certain feature on one of the popular external programs to finish, I hope this isnt true as it means it will just take all the longer.

Connary appeared after a longer hiatus before saying project is going good. So it is still safe. Although this is me who recommended people to wait it for Christmas, twice. BTW, people in X Universe forums are apparently asking the same question. "Where is Connary?" where he is missing for only 2 months.

This is the link, I have.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2JRYL4BT

Connary's Texture Compendium VS TES V: Skyrim. Which will come first?

And here is what that one is missing: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JX1LB1QL

And Kalian also put his mods into BSA format. Found http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1082054-connarys-retextures-gonne/page__p__15774888#entry15774888

I would bet for skyrim. :tongue:

Actually at this point I think it's more Connary's Texture Compendium vs. Half-Life 2: Episode 3 vs. Black Mesa Source. I'm not sure which one I'd put my money on at this point...

That's the one that I use, actually. It's great because I probably wouldn't have broken down and tried them otherwise... since you can just delete the .bsa archive if you end up not liking it, and there's no need to reinstall whatever mods it's overwriting.

Sigh - not another thread about a modder who isn't active on the forum

As much as i enjoyed some of Connary's releases there are other texture modders

Vurt and AOF have done more for the look and feel of Morrowind for me than anyone else in the past 2 years and I still enjoy textures by Darknut, Qarl and ghostnull and whoever did the swampy swamps and my replacements for the moons and stars and coins and let me think Armed defenders mesh replacers - yep i can think of a whole host of modders who have improved my world and i think I only use connary's replacers for the alchemy equipment and urns now

I feel frustrated for the modders who are still working in the meantime on morrowind and releasing work in this constant shadow of someone who pulled all their mods and you have to search for re-uploads if you want them.

Wrye used to call that http://www.uesp.net/wiki/User:Wrye/Somewhat_Acerbic_Modders_Dictionary#D

Let's move on in the meantime and celebrate those who are continuing to add to our world rather than pine after those who have moved on

Bear in mind that I only asked to make sure what I said in my mod list about him was accurate... and to figure out what was going on.

I give plenty of attention to active modders, too

Sure - but I don't see how you can recommend mods which have been taken down by the modder? Until he decides to re-upload them or return to Morrowind with new work how can they be recommended? Sure they are great textures but he took them back - therefore apart from re-uploaders there is no official distribution of his mods anymore.

Yes, he "took them back", but at least he's fine with people sharing them. While I use the work of many other modders, his work (occasionally slightly tweaked) makes up a very large percentage of my texture folders. Just to name one example among many, no one (as far as I am aware) has better skeleton textures.

Saddest thing of all, Duke Nukem Forever is coming out earlier than any of those.

Yea, there are other textures out there to use. That said, out of all of his about 1000 or so textures, I only use close to about 600 of them as a few have been replaced by better stuff. I can name richer textures as a major one that is better and darknut's textures as well among a bunch of ones from here and there. My textures are a large patchwork of various sources which I have chosen for being higher res and/or closer to the original visual theme of the game. I am not everyone though, and while I go through and compare each texture I currently have with ones that could replace it, most people cant be bothered to spend that much time.(I was at a family thing in a hotel one weekend and so I spent my spare time going through many textures, after that I felt somewhat nuts)



I would say 2011 should be an interesting year. Tamriel Rebuilt's next release is likely going to be out at some point next year as well. Heck, its been close to 2 years since they last released something and alot of their stuff(besides the next map) is nearing completion.(At least the TR people give us pictures and stuff)


Edit: The ultimate on the edge of your seat remake! Making a Morrowind TC into half life or vice versa. hah You will be waiting for this one until your dead! and then you will still be waiting. haha

OMFG!! ANOTHER CONNARY THREAD? REALLLLY? REALLLLY?
can we not just do what Thewhowalker says, and make a sticky? or a website?

those connery bsa version files are on 4share, you now cant download anything on 4shared without a premium account...theres just a wait time and thats it
does anyone have those on a much much less annoying upload server ?

also skyrim but I love connerys textures

Incorrect.
You don't need an account of any sort to use 4share. Anyone can download those files for free.

HAPPY NEW DECADE TO ALL???? :celebrate: :celebration:

Sorry guys, I know i left uninformed the people that follow the compendium development but RL takes command and i dont want to maintain any hope in a proper release in any way, basically cause i dont know when i will have the time and energy to start again this project.
If this occurs in a near future i will need the active help of all of you interested, to reconstruct my mind cause i lost track of all people that help me in some part or another. Also creating a specific forum or web, creating a quest to my pleasure XD and testing some game add ons i created to bring the compendium to a new level. Alone will be impossible. Anyone interested can contact me here and the only premise is the understanding of my messed english XD.

Saludos

Hey, connary! A Happy New Year indeed! *chuckle* Glad to hear from you again. Anyway, I'd love to give you a hand with testing and whatever else I'm capable of doing (some Nifscope, some Blender, a tiny bit of the construction set). Still working on Better Skulls - planning on smoothing the meshes a bit, and eventually getting around to some Sixth House skulls. While I have you here, I released a mod called "Unique Tombs" (see below) that I tried to contact you about - I tried to make it so that people could use whatever textures they wanted with some simple re-naming, but the textures it comes with are based on yours. As it says in the readme, I will of course remove them if that's a problem, so just send me a message if it is.

Ha! Connary has returned, I was wondering if in fact it was DB Cooper.
So I hear on the graqevine " Connary textures" are some of the best. Proof is in the pudding, said old DB (only last week shh)
So can you tell us what resolution the textures are in, there area some links around but I have no idea what I'm downloading "Connary Textures 189 mb"
Maybe you can put the Originals Connary Textures back up on PES, so we can compare your textures with the new Textures active modellers are doing, just want the best for my morrowind.

]I couldnt all I got was a the time marker to zero no actual download option came up