From the readme:



Answer: Activated.

Also, strongly recommend you activate "armor shows amulets" and "robes show amulets" tweaks when rebuilding your patch.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Hem

Oh! That reminds me of another question I had... in the readme, you mention that you play with unlimited rings/amulets (as I do), and you load your plugin after the Bashed patch... if I do that, will it mess anything up with the MMM plugin?

I actually stopped doing that recently. Let me test it out and make sure it still works...I believe it should. Be back in a few...

(BTW --for anyone else reading-- we are talking about moving the "Hemingweys Capes.esp" to a spot after the bashed patch, not the various Hemingweys NPC Capes esps...)

Regards,

Hem

Okay...checked this out and, unfortunately, it appears I need to clarify the readme. My note may harken back to an earlier, private version -- when I could still load the NPC esp files after the bashed patch.

This trick works fine for "Hemingwey Capes.esp" capes...but, as matters currently stand, it causes the capes generated from the NPC capes esps (which MUST be positioned before the bashed patch) not to show on NPCs.

I apologize for the confusion and will correct the readme so it is more clear....or possibly just delete that little note altogether.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

Regards,

Hem

Thanks for checking it out

Almost forgot to address this...many folks have asked that I do some SI capes...but I still haven't played through SI. :blush: Moreover, the texture files from SI are constructed in such a way that, while I can pull colors and patterns from those files, I can't guess at what the garments look like without actually going to SI and looking around.

At some point I hope to add SI capes, and, perhaps, some SI merchants too...not sure when that will be...

Regards,

Hem

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab11/Hemingwey/TheGateKeeper.jpg?t=1269918400 :whistling:

Regards,

Hem

lol nice hem! good luck on the SI its a really interesting place!

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/images/30101-1-1270006873.jpg -- one of the NPC cape additions from Hemingwey's Capes version 3.0.

Regards,

Hem

Very nice I'm already pumped for version 3.0

Greetings:

I recently have been receiving a fair number of messages from novice mod users concerning how to install Hemingwey's Capes. This is a good thing, it means new users are joining our community.

I decided to post here my reply to a recent missive, in hopes of being able to simply point simliar inquiries to this post. Perhaps the information here will even avoid the need for folks to send me private messages concerning basic mod installation. :wink_smile:



Dear NamewithheldbyHem:

I am happy to help, if I can.

If what I tell you below does not work, then I am probably going to need to know exactly what you did, step by step, when attempting to install Hemingwey's Capes. I will also need to know things like...are you using OBMM or Wyre Bash to install, order and activate your mods...or are you a true beginner and simply using the default game launcher, what other mods are you using (yes, all of them), etc.

In the mean time, while I am waiting for your reply, I will lay out how you accomplish a very basic install of this mod.

First, when you download the mod, the download should consist of a single "7zip" self extracting file named "Hemingweys_Capes_v2_0.exe".

If you didn't set up a separate folder to hold this file, I recommend you go ahead and set one up somewhere on your hard drive (or other place you like to store downloads). For example, you could have a folder in My Documents called "Oblivion Mods" and in that folder create a subfolder for each mod you download (ever). So I, for example, have a folder in My Documents called Oblivion/Hemingweys Capes where I keep a backup of my Hemingweys Capes mod files, right next to one for Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul (and literally hundreds of other Oblivion mods).

Once you have Hemingweys_Capes_v2_0.exe in a separate folder, double click on the exe file and it should extract all the Hemingweys Capes mod files into your Hemingweys Capes folder. The resulting files/folders should consist of three folders: meshes, textures and alternate versions, as well as two esp files "Hemingweys Capes.esp" and "Hemingweys NPC Capes.esp," and two text documents, "Hemingweys Capes Readme v2_0.txt" and "Hemingweys Capes Spoilers Guide v2_0.txt" Make sure you have all those folder/files. (By the way, you really, really should read the readme file for this and every mod you install. The readme file usually answers most, if not all, user questions.)

Now... open a separate window and find your Oblivion game install folder....where you have Oblivion installed. Usually this folder is "C:/Program Files/Bethesda Softworks/Oblivion". Inside this folder should be a folder called "Data". Open the Data folder.

Next, COPY "Hemingweys Capes.esp" and "Hemingweys NPC Capes.esp" AND the "texture" and "meshes" folders from your Hemingweys Capes storage folder into the Oblivion "Data" folder. You will get a warning, asking whether you want to overwrite certain files. Click "yes to all". This shouldn't really do anything except ADD the Hemingwey's Capes files to your Oblivion Data folder.

Check to make sure "Hemingweys Capes.esp" and "Hemingweys NPC Capes.esp" are now in your Data folder. Then, in the Data folder, find the "meshes" folder. In your Oblivion meshes folder should be a folder called "HemsCapes" and in that folder should be a bunch of folders called "Cape1," "Cape2," etc. A similar check can be made in your Oblivion/Data/textures folder, which should also contain a folder called "HemsCapes," which in turn contains hundreds of folders called "Cape1," Cape2," etc.

Now...I am going to assume you are simply using the default Oblivion launcher to launch your game. Start the launcher (i.e. click on the Oblivion icon on your desk top), and select "Data Files" in the menu. Check the boxes next to "Hemingweys Capes.esp" and "Hemingweys NPC Capes.esp" and click "Okay"...then start your game.

The capes should all be there in your game...and the merchants...and town gaurds (except in the Imperial City) and other NPCs should be walking around wearing capes.

I hope this helps. Please feel free to write back and let me know if you are successful (or need more help).

Regards,

Hem

like that cape on arcturus hem! v3 is gonna be sweet!

Thanks!

I have gotten bogged down this week in attempting to devise a reasonable solution to conflicts presented by certain scripted NPC capes added by OOO. :banghead:

However, progress on version 3 continues... :whistling:

Regards,

Hem

Greetings:

While playing tonight I discovered a problem with the name of the texture for the blue version of the Lord's Cape sold by Sir Hemingwey at the Gottshaw Inn -- which made the cape appear black (i.e. missing texture). The problem seemed to be present in my upload files for version 2.0 as well, so I figure at least some players who downloaded my mod might experience the same problem (either that or mismatched texture and normal map files, if you upgraded from version 1.0 to version 2.0).

Accordingly, I have posted a small fix on the Hemingwey's Capes file download page at TESNexus.


Regards,

Hem

P.S. If you know what you are doing, rather than downloading the fix you can just go into the Oblivion/Data/Textures/HemsCapes/Cape12 folder on your hard drive and change the name of the .dds file with the strange name (i.e. "NLC_Blue_2000") to "cape" so that folder contains both a "cape.dds" file and a "cape_n.dds" file. If the folder already contains three files (as well as a folder called Original Version), you probably upgraded from version 1.0 to version 2.0 and the file called "cape" is the version 1.0 texture with the version 2.0 normal map (i.e. "cape_n") sitting next to it. In which case you would need to delete the file called "cape" and rename the file with the strange name to "cape". Heh...it might be easier to just download the fix.

So opting to fix this myself I dive into the folders and see that every folder has txt file that gets loaded.

They all simply state "This is a placeholder." and are named like the cape who they are packaged with.

What are those for?

I would think the purpose is obvious.

Those are so I/you can easily confirm which cape textures the folder contains.

Perhaps I should consider cleaning out those files...if it is a material resource drain? (which would surprise me)

Always looking for ways to improve...

...and, remember, this is my first mod (which I originally started for my own, private use and merely to see if I could learn to make textures and/or an Oblivion mod). :wink_smile:

Regards,

Hem

P.S. My understanding was that you needed an esp or esm referencing a file in order for the file to get "loaded."

Probably not an issue at all. I doubt they do anything but sit there.

I just get cautious about stuff sitting there I guess.

no big deal.

thanks for the mod.

Yeah...I hear you. As a user, I'd probably have the same question you had.

and...



You are quite welcome. Thanks for using it! :foodndrink:

Regards,

Hem

Thanks for the continued updates Hem . I hope you're enjoying your time in SI as well, and hopefully we'll get to see some capes inspired by your trip soon . And personally, I like the placeholder files being there, it helps us fellow modders in case we want to find a specific cape file.

Ah, this brings me back to when the very first cape-mod was released.

Eventually I will likely add some SI capes. There are some clothes in SI that appear suitable for matching capes, and the Saint and Seducer guards could sport some interesting capes.

At the moment, however, I am working on expanded NPC cape features for Cyrodiil, the new esm/esp format and expanded/type specific cape distribution for MMM Bosses. These features will likely constitute the bulk of version 3.0's upgrades.

Capes appearing in loot chests might also make it into version 3.0...and, perhaps, just perhaps...a collection of pre-enchanted capes.

Regards,

Hem

What would prevent the capes from appearing on characters? I find them in NPCs inventory, and for sale in shops around Cyrodiil, but they aren't and can't be worn by NPCs or my character.

Even if I strip down to my skivvies and equip only a cape, it never appears on my character. Could this be a character skeleton issue? I'll post a load order when I get home from work if it'll help diagnose this problem.

Are you using Wyre Bash "unlimited amulets"? The amulet slot capes won't show on you or any NPC, if so, because that feature of Wyre Bash also makes all amulets not show. (The tail slot capes should still show on your character, not NPCs...but if you are playing a beast race, you could lose your tail by equipping one.)

I will be happy to help later, if I can...I am off to work, myself.

Regards,

Hem

Ah, the "unlimited amulets" option in Wrye Bash prevents all amulets from showing? I didn't know that... I am using that option because it helps with http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=29120.

I'll change that then, as I'd rather the capes show up on NPCs than the backpacks. An NPC wearing a cape and backpack at the same time would cause clipping, anyway.

Glad to help.

I will likely be updating the readme for version 2.0 soon to include several important points like this one....as well as to clarify some of the instructions and correct some minor discrepancies contained therein.

Regards,

Hem