GATES TO AESGAARD - Episode One [RELz] #2 : IV

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:14 pm

Thread #2

Previous topic: http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=773638&st=0&start=0

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GATES TO AESGAARD - EPISODE ONE
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Author: KoukouStudios & Thepriest909
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Version: 1.0
Date: 11/6/2007
Category: Quests and Adventures
REQUIREMENTS:
Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.214 (Official patch v1.2)

Homepage:http://www.freewebs.com/thepriest909/index.htm

DESCRIPTION
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An action horror quest plugin for Bethesda's "Elder Scolls IV - Oblivion".

The player will have to deal with an ancient twisted evil, well hidden in the ages,
through a journey in time and space and the hellish kingdom of the "Cursed Ones".
This project is going to be released in several episodes because of its large length.
Although every episode has its own unique ending.

FEATURES
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1.Entirely new world
2.Quest system
3.New enemies
4.New Sound & Video Material
5.Five new unique books and several notes written by Margaret Farrell
6.Custom weapons and armors
7.A full cluttered house in Jerral Mountains

The Quest is estimated to take about 4 or more hours depending on style of play

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE MAXIMUM EXPERIENCE OF THIS QUEST
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1.I call this plugin a "War of Images".
I've spent hundreds of hours trying to create just the right atmosphere at each location of this project.
The lighting is 60% of the experience so.... It is recommended that you don't use "Nighteye Effects"!
The only result it can cause is to spoil the experience you would have without it.
You will find enough torches to pass through this quest.

2.Try to leave your companion at home this time.
Expect that a companion will be lost in the "Abyss" stage,
Either by attracting the immortal Abyss creatures or by falling to "Nowhere".

3.Do not use console cheat codes because they will probably break the quest line and cause failure to complete it.

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http://the5thelement.webs.com/apps/forums/topics/show/158882-gates-to-aesgaard-episode-1-walkthrough-
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INSTALL
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Install the plugin using the dedicated installer.
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1.Use the installer to extract the files into your oblivion directory.
2.Check the GTAesgaard.esp at the Oblivion launcher/data panel.
3.Play.

UNINSTALL
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Uninstall the plugin using the dedicated uninstaller
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Use the "Unistall_GTA_EP1.exe" located in your data folder.

KNOWN ISSUES/BUGs/INCOMPATIBILLITY
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To my knowledge there are no known issues, bugs or conflicts.

CONTACT
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ThePriest909:
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Official Forum: www.TesPriest909.tk
E-Mail: sjkoukou@yahoo.com

CREDITS
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Gates to Aesgaard - Episode 1:

Developed & Produced by: KoukouStudios & ThePriest909
Storyline by: Thepriest909 - Special thanks to Margaret Farrell
Quest Programming & design by: ThePriest909
Quest Tab translation by: Alkistis
Quest Tab editor: Margaret Farrell
Sound Designing by: ThePriest909
Video Production by: ThePriest909

New worldspaces & cells : ThePriest909
Special thanks to Lightwave.

Books & Notes written by: Margaret Farrell

Helmets of the cursed ones created by:
Xanthipos (meshes) & ThePriest909 (textures).

Rasin's, Clathron's, Swartan's and Myriam's armors originally created by:
GuarTrainer
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6712

Soulkeeper, Stochan's sword, Cursed Axe and Blade Key originally created by: GuarTrainer
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=6712

Abyss Dragons originally created by: Tarnsman
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12504

Abyss Gods & creatures retextured by: ThePriest909

Cursed legion Armor retextured by: ThePriest909

Custom Hairstyles created by: Ren
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4431

Spiders were taken from MMM and according to their readme file the credits are given to:
Grimdeath, Xmarksthespot, Cryo_, Cryonaut, Grimenir, Orix, Mdogger, B3w4r3.

BETA TESTERS:
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Alkistis
Harley5by5
Vissroid
Anja The Whisperer
DarkSeducer
Dr Freeman
Savage
Anna Papageorgiou
Timothy Down
Twisted Picture
Lectoras
Jonathan A.
Rotten_Soul
Eduart76
Socrates
Jason_K
Hell's Core
Babylon's Legent
Internal Clock
GodSpeaker
Marian
Adrea Colt

SPECIAL THANKS
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A really big thanks to my friend and great novel writer Margaret Farrell for her ideas and
for giving me the permission to add her stories as a part of this work.
This project propably wouldn't exist without her help.

To Tarnsman, Ren and GuarTrainer for giving me the permission to use their models.

To the Greek Oblivion Guild: www.oblivion.gr

TOOLS USED
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TES Construction Set
Oblivion Mod Manager
3D Studio Max
DDS Converter
NIFSkope
Photoshop
TES4Gecko
Wrye Bash
Tes4qlod
Readme Generator

LICENSING/LEGAL
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This project includes the concept and artwork of a number of other people as well as my own.
You must contact me to obtain permission before repackaging any part of this mod.
This includes, the original idea, artwork and all original books and notes not owned by Bethesda.

? KoukouStudios & ThePriest909

DOWNLOAD LINKS:

1.http://www.freewebs.com/thepriest909/index.htm
2.http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13814
3.http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=3563&comment_page=2

News/Updates:

1.[REL] Patch 1.1
1.http://www.freewebs.com/thepriest909/index.htm
2.http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13814
3.http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=3563&comment_page=2

*Please rate the file at http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13814# or http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=3563

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:01 am

looks promising :goodjob: how well works with..say,fcom??

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:59 am

it's a seperate dungeon with no fcom spawns, it works great

fantastic mod!

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:27 pm

Hello,
Has this mod been forgotten? I have replayed #1 four times already, and I would love to see the continuation... Please don't let this mod die! Thanks!

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:43 am

Not forgotten at all.
It's amazing.

I haven't seen the Priest around very much lately though.
There was a conflict of sorts with a team member.

Would like to know how Episode 2 is coming along.

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:47 pm

Hello everyone!
I'm still here

Episode Two is almost complete... I still have to fix a couple of "script" issues before a release though...
Alex Scorpion also worked on the project as a 3D & animation modeler... Thanks again Alex! Great work!
The website is currently unavailable... episode 2 site on the works....

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:38 pm

Hello everyone!
I'm still here

Episode Two is almost complete... I still have to fix a couple of "script" issues before a release though...
Alex Scorpion also worked on the project as a 3D & animation modeler... Thanks again Alex! Great work!
The website is currently unavailable... episode 2 site on the works....

Awsome! Cant wait

, well i can, but you know

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:33 am

What I really need is a FAQ or walk-through for this mod. I keep getting stuck in one part and I refuse to play it anymore until I can get answers to some questions. Getting my character trapped in there and then posting a question and waiting for x amount of time is not an option (because of mod development I'm doing).

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:52 am

Oh, that's great news!
I didn't excpect it to be this far along, lovely:).
Keep it up!

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:13 pm

Great mod

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:15 am

What I really need is a FAQ or walk-through for this mod. I keep getting stuck in one part and I refuse to play it anymore until I can get answers to some questions. Getting my character trapped in there and then posting a question and waiting for x amount of time is not an option (because of mod development I'm doing).

Ok... although the forum is unavailable at the moment...
Here's a http://www.createforum.com/ainos/viewtopic.php?t=303&mforum=ainos

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:38 am

Holy crap, can't wait to try it!

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:59 am

Latest Episode Two shots

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8957/screenshot23ha7.jpg
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/9892/screenshot10za8.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9230/screenshot19ea5.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/3696/screenshot26uk6.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/5544/screenshot30qd1.jpg
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/8397/screenshot309et0.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5638/screenshot32rn7.jpg
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/362/screenshot34jo0.jpg
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1548/screenshot16im6.jpg

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:17 am

Hello everyone!
I'm still here

Episode Two is almost complete... I still have to fix a couple of "script" issues before a release though...
Alex Scorpion also worked on the project as a 3D & animation modeler... Thanks again Alex! Great work!
The website is currently unavailable... episode 2 site on the works....

Great news!
I love the first episode and I'm sure the 2nd one will be even better. I can't wait to give it a try once it's released. Keep up the good work guys and thanks for sharing this "expansions" with us. :thumbsup:

Cheers!

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:32 pm

The topic or post you requested does not exist

That is what I get trying to access the link you posted. I am a registered user.

Again, if there is a walk-through or FAQ for this, where is it and why can I not find it?

Feel free to email it. sulteric@charter.net for Christ's sake!

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:21 pm

The link doesn't work. Can you either post or email the walkthrough?

Thanks!

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:24 am

Hello everyone!
I'm still here

Episode Two is almost complete... I still have to fix a couple of "script" issues before a release though...
Alex Scorpion also worked on the project as a 3D & animation modeler... Thanks again Alex! Great work!
The website is currently unavailable... episode 2 site on the works....

Great news.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:00 pm

The link doesn't work. Can you either post or email the walkthrough?

Thanks!

Check your mail SD

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EPISODE TWO

The Good news:
Episode Two is 99% beta-ready... that means that a beta version will be out very soon for some of you.

The (almost) bad news:
I had to use an ESM file (master file) and that might cause a couple of load order issues for some of you with several other esm's inside your data folder...
(Something that can be easilly fixed by using OBMM)
There was no other way though... It's an 800Mb project (Uncompressed Data).

» Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:47 pm

Check your mail SD

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EPISODE TWO

The Good news:
Episode Two is 99% beta-ready... that means that a beta version will be out very soon for some of you.

The (almost) bad news:
I had to use an ESM file (master file) and that might cause a couple of load order issues for some of you with several other esm's inside your data folder...
(Something that can be easilly fixed by using OBMM)
There was no other way though... It's an 800Mb project (Uncompressed Data).

That's no bad news,
I'm guessing it's well worth it.

Also, I am assuming that allot of the items used in Episode 1 will return in episode 2.
How about merging those files into that ESM so that Epi 1 can be dependent on it as well and cut on duplicate data,
would that help?

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 2:04 am

That's no bad news,
I'm guessing it's well worth it.

Also, I am assuming that allot of the items used in Episode 1 will return in episode 2.
How about merging those files into that ESM so that Epi 1 can be dependent on it as well and cut on duplicate data,
would that help?

That's a good idea but... I don't want to force the players to use both episodes, episode 2 does not require ep1 to be installed... and besides that, the most of the items used in ep1 have been re-designed...

I 'll propably compress all the required data in a bsa archive to reduce the size of the whole project.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:49 pm

Thanks for the PM. I was missing performing the placement of a certain object. I was probably going too fast. Love the mod, bigtime.

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:42 am

Gate to Aesgaard - Episode 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKe_2vqul-w

The first (full) beta version is a matter of days now

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:01 am

Sweet! Your still working on it!

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:05 pm

Thanks Vereta

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....Some people keep complaining about the time episode 2 required to be developed.. The same people have said that I wouldn't make it in time, one year before... Well... Here I am!
You have to understand that besides a few resourcies and some new models & textures, two very good friends made for me, I made everything else by my own hands in my home studio...
It took me a year to complete it but Episode Two is done...! Scheduled official release...? ...this month... December.........!........

» Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:52 am

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I'm loving this mod! The quality is amazing and better than original content. But I am having a problem in the chamber after the lake. I can't think of what to do to make the door appear. Please pm a solution since walkthrough link is dead.