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THE IMPERIAL CITY MARKET DISTRICT
+SHOP OVERHAUL+
by exilehunter
June 2010 beta
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:Description:

Aims to reorganise and thematise the shops of the Market District.

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TESTING:

check the following shops-
A fighting chance
slash n smash
the gilded carafe
first edition
the main ingredient
red diamond jewelry

only the shop floor is edited. upper and basemants are the same.
NOTE- all my rooms are built ABOVE the original structures. This means if you use tcl or tfc, you can still access the original shop but they will not have doors for accessing.
this removes conflicting placements of objects if you have a mod that does that.
may be a bad thing for specific quest mods or overhauls.

see if you can get the shopkeeper to follow you around to test pathnodes.
see if they go to bed. NOTE that you may want to wait a full day before entering the shops!
this way the shopkeepers have time to move from their pre-mod position to their new position.

visit at various times. if you know of an event/time when another npc enters the shop,
observe them and see if you can find issues. ie- when you seek the mythic dawn commentaries at first edition.
note any of my cs errors whether it be collision issues, poor placement/obstructions etc.
there will be conflicts with mods that change these rooms.
note missing meshes and textures or graphical oddities.

BEWARE of overwriting files or SAVEGAMES! i cant guarantee this wont cause damage to your current game.
hopefully it shouldnt.

thats all. hope you like things.
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:Installation:

Simply extract to your Data folder like any other mod or use OBMM or BAIN.

:Requirements and Recommendations:

Latest Oblivion Patch
A decent computer as there is alot of content in shops.
NO Shivering Isle content is in this mod.




:Credits:

MEO - Display Drawers, Armor Stands, Bookset
HELBOURNE - Display Furniture, weapon resource
GARAK - BookSet
LOTH DE BONNEVILLE - Display Furniture and Bracelets
Slof - Bracelets
kielanai- rice texture
KONIPTION - Animation Help
Phoenix Amon - Book Jackets
Mr Siika - Addax Horn???????, animal skull, ivory tusk?????
LIQUID GRAPH - Various Lost Spire items
Xiamara - Necklaces
Korana - Static vegetable/Fruit mesh
Kevin - more vegetables
Khugan - Crown Jewels + Objects of Desire
Relity - Potion bottles
Kafeid - Circlets
Mr Siika - Castle Seaview + Griffon Fortress
Phaerus - Lights
Kalikut + Zimnel - tablecloth bookshelf
Petrovich - UFF Jewelry
MysticHybrid - Goldbrand***
tda - Bloody scythe
Khugan- icmtorture devices
edocsil - cleaning bucket
Jjojo - Dread Knight Amror and Weapons
Nicorishi - Talon OF akatosh
Waalx - Realswords Orc and Goblin
TheMadMage - Absolution Denied


:Usage and Contact:

THis is a beta. redistribution of ANY content is prohibited until further notice with exception of modders resources.
You can comment on the sites i post this beta. you can pm me at tesnexus or Oblivions Realestate.
if you have queries about your content being used in this mod, contact me.if i left out your name in the credits, contact me.

NOTE- all my rooms are built ABOVE the original structures. This means if you use tcl or tfc, you can still access the original shop but they will not have doors for accessing.
this removes conflicting placements of objects if you have a mod that does that.
may be a bad thing for specific quest mods or overhauls.

Yeah, I'd be really interested in this, but with 250+ mods already, I think the chances of incompatibility are pretty high...

I love the look of the screens though, it's a real shame - is there any way the changes could be applied to the original cells to minimise compatibility issues?

Ok, I've downloaded and installed, and here's my initial feedback:

Really like the new look of the shops! Adds much needed individuality.

1) Missing meshes - unable to take screenshots at the moment (don't know why, it's enabled in the ini - I'm troubleshooting now) but most of the adjusted shops have some issues with missing meshes. The only one that seems ok is a Fighting Chance. When I first noticed these issues I redownloaded and reinstalled the file just to make sure it wasn't an issue on my end. I'll get you some screenshots asap.

2) Bookcases in First Edition - the texture shows each bookcase as full, but when I activate it there aren't any books in there.

3) Possible minor incompatibility with the real lights component of All Natural? The windows look slightly odd. Again, screenshots as soon as I can.

I really like the direction this mod is taking so far!

try checking to see if you have f-lock in place when screenshooting......

thanks for the report so far. tes4files seems to leave out things when i use it so missing mesh pics will definitely help.
the bookshelves are my fault. i havent gotten around to adding books in them. i was wondering if i would kill myself if i made the bookshelves realistic by enabling/disabling books if they are sold or restocked....... more i think about it, the nastier it seems.
windows are my own doing and i suppose they would definitely compete with all natural. i'll probably need to make them optional at a later point.

1) Missing meshes - unable to take screenshots at the moment (don't know why, it's enabled in the ini - I'm troubleshooting now) but most of the adjusted shops have some issues with missing meshes. The only one that seems ok is a Fighting Chance. When I first noticed these issues I redownloaded and reinstalled the file just to make sure it wasn't an issue on my end. I'll get you some screenshots asap.

thanks for the report so far. tes4files seems to leave out things when i use it so missing mesh pics will definitely help.
the bookshelves are my fault. i havent gotten around to adding books in them. i was wondering if i would kill myself if i made the bookshelves realistic by enabling/disabling books if they are sold or restocked....... more i think about it, the nastier it seems.
windows are my own doing and i suppose they would definitely compete with all natural. i'll probably need to make them optional at a later point.

Screenshot button tends not to work in Oblivion if you're using HDR lighting. Install something like Fraps (there's a free version) to take screenshots.

I believe it is AA that must be disabled to use Oblivion's screenshot mechanism - but I agree that it is better to use Fraps.

1) Have the meshes been pyffied? It's a little slow and juddery for me in The Main Ingredient - I wonder if it could be a little smoother in there. The other shops seem fine.

2) I kind of covered this with my previous post, but some items placed appear to be items you can pick up, and others just static meshes - eg. Orcish Armor Display, Iron Goblin Star, Claw Trap and the hanging axes/scythes in Smash 'n' Slash. Any chance of adding these items to the vendor or giving a reason when you hover over or click on them as to why you can't pick them up/steal them? Otherwise it's strange that some items you can steal, but others you can't.

4) I have (unsuccessfully so far) been trying to learn the construction set in the hope of adding more random shoppers to the shops to give them more life - is this something you'd consider doing and adding to the mod?

i havent pyffi-ed the meshes yet. this is because i still havent figured out why pyffi meshes come out having nitrishapes instead of nitristrips where the latter is more efficient, or so i've heard. maybe this has been sorted out, i dont know since i've been out of modding for 3 months and only just got back in (hence my modding skills are kind of rusty)


the main ingredient is an FPS hole. i know this because of the mass amount of ingredients i put on display.

why i chose to make activatable statics and not add useful items (havoked) - FPS.
i suppose i could do as suggested, have the real item in stock. I planned to do this after i have done the aesthetic part of the mod since it is going to require alot of research in compatability (and it will balloon the file size greatly). there will be a large amount of material to add with this.

also, as i did not use all the items in a particular weapon or armor set (ie - waalx's orc weapon set), if i choose to add displayed weapons to the shop inventory they feel clumsy without the rest of the weapons. this is perhaps more so in the dreadknight set. and if i do put the whole set in, this mod becomes bloated with weapons and armors chosen for aesthetic appeal before practical and logical appeal. (the question of why this weapon set should be sold and not a better one more suited?) keep in mind that this is primarily a shop aesthetic overhaul and not a complete overhaul or a mod that adds mass content under one roof.

claudette - my bad. forgot to shift her. the animation can be added easily to her ai package. in fact, im hoping that i can change shop keeper appearances at a later date. i know that someone has already started a project for city npc's so i could ask for their help in the future.

Missing mesh - i think i know what mesh is missing. it can be eaily remedied without the need of a download as its just another ingredient scoop but in a different colour (nothing major)
just go to data - meshes - exhicmo - statics and find scoop2. copy and rename the new file to scoop
should work fine now.

adding shoppers - yeah i could but i dont know what to do with extra npcs floating about without a home. i think this is a whole different kettle of fish best dealt later.

Sounds good to me!

I'm running QQuix Divine Elegance Showreel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvcD3YQGEYw), so if you could maintain compatibility (via a patch if nexessary) that'd be appreciated...

I'm at work at the moment but will have a think and get back to you with other suggestions later.