HEMINGWEY'S CAPES 1.0

by

Hemingwey


Download, readme and screen shots: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29012


Hemingwey's Capes adds seventy-two unique capes to Oblivion. Capes are added to hundreds of NPCs and are sold at existing shops throughout Cyrodiil, as well as by four new merchants who travel between various inns and cities.

Among the wide variety of capes added to vanilla Oblivion by this mod are special capes for many of the factions appearing in the original game, capes designed for roleplaying various types of characters, as well as capes designed to match or compliment numerous vanilla Oblivion clothing sets.

Each cape has its own, unique custom icon. The icons are useful for determining the color schemes of the capes before making a purchase.

One of my design goals in Hemingwey's Capes is to create more reasons to explore Cyrodiil and visit various shops and inns throughout the game. However, for those players who wish to know precisely when and where to purchase each and every one of the seventy-two capes, a spoilers section is included in the extended readme included in the distribution package.

Hemingwey's Capes is my first attempt at modding a computer game. Originally, I began work on this mod for my own use and enjoyment. At first, I just wanted to see if I could fashion a cape for one of my characters. However, once my modest efforts "accidentally" grew to their present size and scope, I decided to share and discover whether others might enjoy using Hemingwey's Capes in their games.

This is an initial release and it is likely there is room for improvement. Feedback and suggestions (as well as bug reports) are welcome, but please do try to be polite. I will endeavor to fix any bugs brought to my attention.

Regards,

Hem

wow, looks awesome

Wow these look really great!! I'm definitely going to use this in my game. It's funny, just this morning I was looking for a good cape mod . These are exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for releasing!

Seventy Two Wow..

Thanks..

Will have to check this out..

:drool:

Sigh... there goes my night.

Thank you for this.

-Adins

Oh wow, this is just great. Thank you for the great mod!

Very impressive, Hemingway.

Attractive designs, variety that would seem to cover every conceivable character, and offered as a resource to others.

Wowzer, indeed. :goodjob:

very nice indeed, downloading now, installing in moments... lookin forward to them

very nice indeed, downloading now, installing in moments... lookin forward to them

Thank you folks for the words of encouragement and appreciation.

Regards,

Hem

wtf a double post.... like the exe installer that sure is a fancy way of doing thngs

Not sure that its "fancy," at least in my case. I fumbled around, found and downloaded 7-zip, and read the instructions on creating self extracting archives. :read:

In any event, being a noivce modder, though it has been less than 24 hours since initial release, with around 250 downloads, I am more than a little anxious for confirmation by users that the mod actually appears to work properly (and, of course, for feedback/impressions -- whether positive or negative ).

Regards,

Hem

One cape for every virgin!

Discovered a 'smallish' bug. The red tail slot version of the Grinning Lion Cape was incorrectly set to fill both the tail and amulet slots. I have uploaded a temporary patch (Patch 1_01) to TesNexus.

Extract the patch (which consists of a corrected Hemingweys Capes.esp file) into your data directory (thus overwriting the existing Hemingweys Capes.esp file).

Regards,

Hem

You should mention that here, as this was the primary reason I didn't download immediately. Looks great, will check it out ingame and get back to you if I notice any issues. Otherwise, assume the best

Very cool. Keep up the good work, and I hope you have more inspiration for updates and/or future mods!

I have been thinking of reconfiguring the readme materials, as well as the introductory post. Alot of important information is included in the expanded readme, which is included in the download package.

Among other things, as noted by Bodevanlot, Hemingwey's Capes was built and tested in an FCOM environment. Although it does not require FCOM or OOO, Hemingwey's Capes should be fully compatible therewith, if properly installed. However, a few of the NPCs who would wear Hemingwey's capes in a non-FCOM enviroment don't wear capes with FCOM or OOO installed. Apparently, the Wyre Bash Import Inventory feature selects a few of the inventory changes made by FCOM/OOO as taking precedence over Hemingwey's Capes changes.

Another issue that has come up is whether Hemingwey's Capes is compatible with the original Capes and Cloaks mod (and therefore OOO). Answer: IT IS. Hemingwey's Capes was designed to ADD capes independently from other mods, including Capes and Cloaks by Someone1074.

One future release or update I have in the works is an optional expansion which would replace the OOO Imperial Guard capes on IC guards with Hemingwey's Capes-style capes. (I already have a package of about 8 additional, mostly finished, Imperial Guard, Legion and Forrester capes sitting on my hard drive.) Such release would also include an option for installing an Imperial Guard Capes Package sans FCOM/OOO. If possible, I would like some feedback as to whether such an expansion is of interest to potential users (before I spend much more time on the same ).

Regards,

Hem

Thank you, Aricil, for your kind words. I am, indeed, working on several expansions to Hemingwey's Capes...including, of course, MORE capes. I am also working on potential quests for enchanted capes, enhancements to the NPC vendors (who are likely to figure prominently in the quests), etc., etc. I am afraid the modding bug has bitten me...much to my wife's chagrin.

Regards,

Hem

Awesome! I am downloading your mod now because I love capes and yours are looking really nice.

Looking great! 72 and all so cool.

I think the Imperial Legion capes already look pretty snazzy, and I'm happy with them. It's the plain capes that bother me a little. Still, if you provided a plugin to add your own style capes to the Legion, I'd probably use it. I really like what I've seen so far.
I did notice a clipping issue with a khajiit wearing a cape. The tail seems to go through the cape freely. I imagine this is hard to fix, though, so no worries if so.
Oh, and quests are always good. Looking forward to more

I used the venerable Capes and Cloaks mesh for Hemingwey's Capes, and, yes, beast race tails do protrude through the capes. For myself, I just imagine the wearer cut a slit up the back of the cape to accomodate his or her tail.

I am have not delved into the mysteries of modeling yet, but I suspect the protruding tail issue is not something easily rectified.

Happy New Year to all!

Regards,

Hem

Looks fantastic, DL'd

I too am a noob at modding, but couldn't you use the CS to alter the cape to use the tail slot instead of the helm slot?

Ravin

This morning I uploaded Patch 1_02 to http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29012, which corrects a couple of minor bugs. Extract the patch (which consists of a corrected Hemingweys Capes.esp file) into your data directory (thus overwriting the existing Hemingweys Capes.esp file).

Thus far, I am fairly pleased with the initial release, as it appears to have been relatively bug free.

Thank you to everyone who has downloaded Hemingwey's Capes, and especially to those who have taken the time to comment and/or endorse my little mod.

I will continue to work on additonal content for future release.

Regards,

Hem