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The Elder Scrolls III
MORROWIND:
Westly Presents Halflings
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Index:
1. Installation
2. Playing the Plugin
3. Save Games
4. Changing the Face/Race of an Existing Character
5. Credits & Usage

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INSTALLING THE PLUGIN

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Manual Installation:

This mod is packaged/archived with 7zip. Should one desire to use
this mod, an archive programme such as 7zip, Winrar, Winace, or
Zip Genious should be used to extract/open the information/files herein.
(Although, if you are reading this, then you already know how to do
extract from archived files, so good for you ).

Once extracted/opened, just drag and drop these onto the Morrowind
folder in your C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Data Files directory and
they will go where they are meant to go (except the readme and Alternate
Monsterous Male Vampire Textures Folder). All the files are placed inside
folders as marked (become familiar with manual installations, your game will
thank you for it). You will then be prompted to overwrite. Click yes/ok and
the files should now be properly installed.

Files included in the Data Files folder of this mod:

Textures Folder
Meshes Folder
Icons Folder
Alternate Monsterous Male Vampire Textures Folder
Alternate Smooth Chested Male Skins Folder
Westly Presents_Halflings (nvde).esp
Westly Presents_Halflings (UNDERWEAR).esp
Westly Presents_Halflings README (which you are reading
right now )

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PLAYING THE PLUGIN

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From the Morrowind Launcher, select Data Files and check the box next to
Westly Presents_Halflings (nvde).esp or Westly Presents_Halflings (UNDERWEAR).esp
to activate the mod (choose one or the other, but not both) .

This plugin adds:

A new diminutive BB race to the game TESIII: Morrowind, the Halflings.
Thanks to Gagatek's wonderful remeshing of the BB mesh to have oversized
furry feet, these Halfings have a great resemblance to Tolkein's and later
the D & D's Hairfoot Halflings (so fans of all rejoice). I would also like
to reiterate how much I am greatful for Gagatek working so closely with
me on this, as without the remesh, these would simply be a "smaller than
Bosmer" race (so all raise a glass of whatever you drink) to Gagatek.

A diminuitive race hailing from the heartlands of Cyrodiil, Halflings are
small, quick-witted, and adventurous. Called "Halflings" due to their
being seemingly caught between childhood and advlthood, as their small
stature has them constantly being confused for children by larger races.
Halflings seemingly never wear shoes, as their large furred feet are
tough enough to weather even the harshest of conditions and climes.
Their size is an advantage when it comes to remaining hidden, so they
make excellent thieves and burglars.

STR - 25
INT - 40
WIL - 50
AGI - 40
SPD - 40
END - 35
PER - 40
LUC - 40

Racial Bonuses:
Acrobatics 10
Alchemy 5
Security 10
Short Blade 5
Sneak 10
Unarmored 5

Racial Spells/Abilities/Powers

Go Unnoticed (POWER):
Invisibility-90sec, Chameleon-30pts 90sec, Drain Fatigue-5pts 90sec

Nimble Foot (ABILITY): Jump-3pts, Fortify Agility-5pts

Thief Sight (POWER): Detect Animal, Key, Enchantment-10pts/levels 90sec

In addition to the race, I have made available Halfling style BB clothing
(Waiscoats, Wool Jackets, and 3/4 length pants including versions of all
stock pants tailored for Halflings), armours, and other equipment sold to
the player by Terylan Brambleburr, a halfling trader (found in Vivec,
Foriegn Quarter Upper Waistworks ).

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Save Games

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This plugin will not invalidate your old saved games. If you save
your game while this plugin is loaded, you may encounter error messages
when you reload the saved game without the plugin. But you will be
able to continue on with the original game.


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Changing the Face/Race of an Existing Character

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To change the face/race of your existing character without starting a
new game, open the console and type "enableracemenu". Choose your new
face and hair.Then, once you have changed your race, save your game
and exit. Then restart/relaunch your game and resume from that save.

Changing your race will cause temporary problems that should resolve
themselves when you reload. Always save your game first in case of
unpredictable errors and save afterwards in a new file.

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Issues/Bugs/Mild Irritances

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- the long hairs included for these races will clip with the body
during certain animations. Without skinning/physiquing/weight-painting
this is unaviodable, but worth the minor clip here and there for
the character of your choice .

-The halflings calf-muscles/ankles are slightly larger than the normal
BB mesh. As such, some BB pants may clip with the ankle (but no worries, enh)?

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Credits & Usage

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Original face models by Rhedd, then altered by Robert,
then altered further by Westly.

Vampire Head meshes by Robert, reanimated and vampified by Fenrya13

Selected Male Hair meshes by Darksharp, Rhedd, and Gorg

Hair meshes by Ren (some altered by Westly)

Bouncy Curl (what I call it) Hairstyle by Mandamus

Two Short male hair styles by Mylochka (made available by Sonya)

Backpack mesh by Mainframe

Hood and Cape Meshes by Gorg (altered by Westly)

BB clothing meshes by Nioliv

Better Body meshes by Psychodog Studios:
http://psychodogstudios.com/

Halfling Ear mesh and the new race specific BB meshes by Gagatek

Head, Body, and Hair, Clothing/Armour textures by Westly

Thank You! to Dave Humphrey for creating NifTexture
Thank you NifTools for NifSkope
Thank you to the community for the continuing support.
Thank you to AlienSlof for initally pointing me down the
right paths when I first began making mods.

Permissions = none just yet, as this mod is subject to my changing it at a
whim, with new content and world support in the near/possible future .

Questions? Comments?

I hang around Planetelderscrolls and The Elder Scrolls Forums
with my given id "Westly". Seek me out at these forums.
Please PM if you have any questions.

Dude I love you!! I can have my halfling rogue now! w00t!!!

Eeew,yuck. I always hated that thing with their feet....but I'll sure take off their the heads, and hair with it.

As with all your race mods, these look great, Westly. My only concern is that they look kind of skinny for halflings. Is there a way to make them look a little heftier, like the Imperials or Nords? (I seem to recall their being some kind of weight stat for races, but it's been a long time since I've fiddled with such things.)

Gordon

You can go into the CS and tick up the Weight stat for the Halfling race. Do it in small increments though. I've done this with a number of earlier custom races that were often left set to the default 1.00 Height and Weight stat.

way cool . I like it very much

does it include weapons?? i.e sting from the film??

i just wanted to pop in and say that this is my faviorite by FAR!

I dont think i have ever shouted in excitment for any mod, apart from this one.

I take my hat off to westly.

=MA=

As always, do feel free to show of your Halflings in this thread .

I don't follow, do you mean to say that you want to decapitate or scalp my poor little Halflings ?

oh i will.
i have made a whole new character even gave him a hobbit name from a name generator...for hobbits.

oh also for anyones thats intrested i have made some "Weapons" for the hobbits:

- Stones/Rocks (throwable)
- Pan ( like sam has in the film )
- Rolling pin

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z133/Demon_Xen/Ent.jpg

Thought this would be relevent...hehe

where can i find that name generator please?
im interested in your weapons. are they at PES or Elricm? im looking for them right now but PES runs Realy slow on Dial-up. (so many pictures i think)

Westly, have you ever thought about making an Uruk-Hai race? I love Uruks. yeah i know theres orcs in Morrowind but i dont like the green skin stuff. when i think orc i think evil blackish skin that might have deformities on it, like Gothmog! ooh maybe sombody should make a Gothmog race all you need is a lot of bubbles on his skin

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z133/Demon_Xen/Ent.jpg

Thought this would be relevent...hehe