[Je suis]

Midas Magic
Spells of Aurum

This mod adds over 290 new and unique spell types. It adds beam, spray and projectile attacks. Turn bodies to gold, summon your own magic carpet, or dwemer transformer, or protect yourself with a ring of fire. This mod has several goals...

- Extend the Magic system of Oblivion without disturbing the current spell system
- Maintain the balance of the combat system
- Add a completely different way to obtain these spells from the normal system

To obtain these spells talk to the Vendor Midas. His shop is located to the Right as you enter the Arcane University Court Yard. Before you enter the University itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL2sr7RXdEc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yymBkioFY3A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R4OoLmCTSA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlMVZQvaNsI

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Tes4Mod:Midas_Magic

WARNING: There is a special way you get these spells so make sure you listen to the shop keep and read his book

Downloads
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http://www.tesnexus.com/files/file.php?id=9562
http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=2502

Plugin Downloads
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(These are not supported by me)
http://www.tesnexus.com/files/file.php?id=10774
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15951

The Spells
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Midas' Astral Mark/Recall

Use Astral Gates to travel through space and time.

Midas' Astral Combat

Lock Horns with your foe "mano a mano" on the astral plane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECWuWLMJyTQ

Buff your strength and knock your foes throught the air with your weapon or fists.

Midas' Breath of Fire (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/Flamethrower.jpg)

The Caster breathes flames for the duration of the spell.

Midas' Chain Lightning

Casts a bolt of shock damage on the target. This bolt has a chance to jump to another nearby target based on the casters luck.
Midas' Chest

Midas' Chest when called summons an other-worldly storage apparatus in which the caster can place his or her wares. Ever so handy for the burdened adventurer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHyjtKCWCeQ (http://www.tessource.net/share/image.php?id=1519)

A powerful burst of flame descends from the heavens to engulf your opponents.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxdvGjjK_T0 (http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k27/Lord_Rainer/Oblivion/Oblivion2007-08-1201-43-16-89.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/MidasSpells1.jpg)

Hurls a Mighty Comet down from the sky on your target.
Midas' Death Ray

This spell casts a beam of dark energy that damages the vicim's health. If the victim is killed, the spell will create a soulgem in the victims inventory

Midas' Detection Mastery

A Detection spell that allows you to distinguish friend from foe and see items and containers.

Midas' Entangle

Midas' Entangle is a ranged attack that summons entangling vines to restrain your foe. The vines can only hold one enemy at a time and if the enemy's agility and speed are high enough they may break the bindings.
Midas Fire Burst

An Explosion of flame centered on the caster sends your opponents flying through the air.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qRDmx7Hd7g

Midas' Force Ball is a projectile based attack that explodes in a blast of pure magical force when it intercepts a target. Although this spell doesn't do magical damage, victims can receive impact damage from the fall resulting from the blast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d370E_zQBUM

Midas' Force Push casts a wave of magical force outward from the casters position. Any object within it's range will be forced away from the caster. If the caster wanders outside of the eye of the blast he may feel the effects as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkI-nWFPQk

Midas' Force Push summons and impenetrable ball of pure magical force in front of the caster. Those caught in it's wake are temporarily rendered helpless and blown aside by the blast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVowuD0XtaU
Midas' Freeze Ray cast a beam of concentrated frost energy. Opponents caught in it's path must resist frost or become frozen solid for a period of time and receive frost damage. While frozen, they cannot move or be harmed.
Midas' Glaive

This spell hurls a disk of spinning blades at your opponents that ricochets of the physical environment until the spell effect dissipates.
Midas' Hail Storm

A mighty burst of hail pelts your opponents to death, dealing frost damage.

Midas' Heat Beam (http://www.ladymoiraine.com/modules/Gallery1_5/albums/Floydian1/ScreenShot12474.jpg)

Midas' Heat Beam cast a beam of fire magic at the target, instantly causing fire damage. The concentrated power of this spell can burn through solid objects to hit the target.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-_XqduC1Vg (http://www.tessource.net/share/image.php?id=1320)

Midas' Holy Burst is an area effect spell on the caster. The effects are similar to that of Holy Ray but affect all in the area of the caster. If no one else has been affected by the spell, it will heal the caster.

Midas' Holy Ray (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/Aurelia3.jpg)

Midas' Holy Ray casts and instant hit beam which causes divine damage to undead or daedric targets and restores health on non-evil targets. It has no effect on evil mundane targets of dremora.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4ntsNEMXJU (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/MidasSpells3.jpg)

A blast of ice eminates from the caster, freezing your opponents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx8bJ6HZwaA (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/Icewalk.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/highpressure/MOTI/Oblivion2007-06-2416-45-59-71.jpg)

This spell creates a magical walkway of ice beneath the caster. While active, the caster may walk through the air in any direction he pleases.
Midas' Lightning Bolt (http://www.tessource.net/share/image.php?id=1220 http://www.ladymoiraine.com/modules/Gallery1_5/albums/Floydian1/ScreenShot12475.jpg http://www.ladymoiraine.com/modules/Gallery1_5/albums/Floydian1/ScreenShot12476.jpg)

Midas' Lightning Bolt casts an instant hit bolt of shock energy at the target. It will continue to strike in a tight dispersal pattern until it connects with a target or dissipates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhHG3698p1A

An incredibly destructive barrage of lightning bolts descend on all enemies in sight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umUwRPfdKok

Midas' Magic Missiles casts 3 small projectiles of pure magic at the target. These missiles move unhindered by physical objects and will hit all targets in their path.

Midas' Magic Seeker

This casts as an intelligent magical projectile that hovers above the ground seeking out its target. There are Ice & Fire Versions as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLHl4oLsWYI

Midas' Magma Ball launches a physical projectile of magma. This projectile will ricochet off the environment until it impacts a target and detonates in a ball of fire damage. The magma ball will eventually detonate on it's own if no target has been hit.

Midas' Meteor

Casts a powerful meteor from the casters fingertips, causing physical impact and fire damage to unlucky foes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Rz2xO1r5s (http://www.ladymoiraine.com/modules/Gallery1_5/albums/Floydian1/ScreenShot12478.jpg)

Calls an incredibly destructive hail of meteors from the sky. Can only be used by Masters of Destruction, and only outdoors.
Midas' Missile Shield

Midas' Missile Shield surrounds the caster with a translucent magical shield that blocks all arrow and projectile attacks, and protects the caster from falling damage. It does not block magical or other physical attacks however.

Midas' Oblivion Portal

Summons a Portal to one of the worlds of Oblivion.
Midas' Pebble Blast

Midas' Pebble Blast cast a shower of magical heated stones at your opponents. These stones do physical damage and ignore magical resistance.
Midas' Plasma Shards

Midas' Plasma Shards launches 1 to 5 high velocity projectiles. These projectiles will penetrate physical objects and upon impacting a target inflict a small amount of shock damage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwPiVVVZnXI

Midas' Prism Spray casts 5 streams of magic from the caster's fingertips, each carrying a different effect. This spell can affect all targets in it's path.

Red 20pts of Fire Dmg
Blue 40pts of Frost Dmg
Yellow 80pts of Shock Dmg
Green Paralysis for 10 sec.
Violet 5pts Speed Dmg
Midas' Poison Cloud

This cloud moves slowly in front of the caster. Inflicting fatal poison damage to all that fail to resist.
Midas' Rose of Kindness

Midas' Rose of Kindness cast a magical flower as a projectile towards a target. Enemies are calmed by it. Friends are charmed by it. And assailing guards are just confused and walk away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSXIpiwuw8

Midas' Ring of Fire surrounds the caster with a defensive ring of fire. Anyone entering this ring sustains fire damage.
Midas' Sharing

Midas' Sharing allows the caster to exchange inventory with friendly characters. Any item transferred into the possession of another becomes their property permanently. You may or may not be able to access the targets items.

This spell also renders the friendly "less than fully dressed" at first.
Midas' Slime Ball

Midas' Slime Ball casts a projectile that coats the target in thick, viscous slime. The target's movement is hindered; making it difficult for it to walk, jump or fire arrows.
Midas' Snow Ball

Midas' Snow Ball launches a physical projectile of ice. This projectile will ricochet off the environment until it impacts a target and detonates in a ball of frost damage. The snow ball will eventually detonate on it's own.
Midas' Sparks

Midas' Sparks is a low level spell that casts a erratic barrage of electrical sparks at the target doing a small amount of shock damage.

Midas' Spirit Hammer

Conjures a Holy Hammer to beat back the undead.

Midas Spirit Warrior

Creates and ethereal duplicate of the caster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXT_DTyFPK8 (http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x320/sephiranx/oblivion-20070802-205918.png)

Midas' Stone Storm summons a vortex of stones centered on the caster. Those caught in its path receive physical damage and may be knocked unconscious for a period of time.
Midas' Stun Gas

Midas' Stun Gas casts a cone of gas in front of the caster that damages targets fatigue and has a chance of rendering them unconscious.
Midas' Summon

Midas' Summon summons an avatar of Midas himself. Although he will not engage in combat, you may barter with him while you are in the field. One of his more valuable characteristics is that he carries a supply of repair hammers and lock picks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRqF3RAx0is (Improved!)

Midas' Summon Carpet calls to you a magic carpet that allows you to travel Tamriel at blazing speeds. The carpet now flys! Toggle run/walk to activate flying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiyI1xOczw8 (Improved!)

Midas' Summon Jelly manifests a very aggressive, amorphic blob of goo to fight by your side. Now in 5 fruity flavors!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DoyROr8eos

Midas' Thunder Cloud summons as small but potent lightning storm that moves slowly in front of the caster. Anyone caught in it's wake will be struck by a bolt of shock damage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ufq1KHQ7w

A whirlwind of force precedes the caster inflicting force and shock damage to all in its path.

Midas Touch

Midas Touch imbues the living target with 50 points of fire and normal weapons resistance. When cast on a corpse, it will turn the corpse into gold. In moments, the corpse deteriorates into a cascade of coins.
Midas Tractor Beam

Bring Items or enemies in for a closer look.
Midas Wabbabeam

...transfer the obscure powers of the legendary Wabbajack staff to a magical beam.
Midas Water Globe (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/MidasSpells8.jpg)

Imprisons your Target in a Ball of Water.
PLUS! More...
Midas Geysers
Midas Holy Flare
Midas Shock Burst
Midas Prism Missiles
Midas Rock Toss
Midas Purify
Midas Summon Lava Blob
Midas Acid Cloud
Midas Smoke Screen

Even More spells can be found in the "Midas Magic for Dimmies" Handbook!

Summonable Creatures
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Astral Stag (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/AstralStag.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwjdHyxSZ3A (http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/Balrog.jpg http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e329/Chaos_Shadow2237/Balrog1.jpg http://www.tessource.net/share/image.php?id=1563 http://www.tessource.net/share/image.php?id=1564 http://www.ladymoiraine.com/modules/Gallery1_5/albums/album146/ScreenShot13141.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiOvZGhIZLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2ynz-NkOpQ Centurion, motorcycle and boat all in one.
Coin Seeker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-9ArSxtb9M
Enchanted Ebony Claymore
Enchanted EbonyBlade
Enchanted GoldBrand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6friFP5Uw8 (http://www.ladymoiraine.com/modules/Gallery1_5/albums/Floydian1/ScreenShot12482.jpg)
Holy Sprite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6friFP5Uw8
Pumpkin Atronach
Cheese Atronach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM_hXLoUuqY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS_HLjSMAtY (http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z248/Slaying_Souls/Oblivion2007-08-1512-48-48-87.jpg)
Other Stuff
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPXDMvb4Q8

I've added the Aurum Assimulator in version 0.810. It lets you convert jewelry into it raw components and get the gold and other metals out. It will also let you recombine Gems into more valuable Gems or break them down. Hopefully this will help make up for the severe lack of gold nuggets

Videos
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4eek8Z-CwE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhPfVGbiLRg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Op3b2bzQwk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qRDmx7Hd7g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkI-nWFPQk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwPiVVVZnXI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DoyROr8eos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umUwRPfdKok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSXIpiwuw8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLHl4oLsWYI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXT_DTyFPK8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyiDdgDEgKY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDv39Agr3j4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nuLhFBKSTY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHtgOmCJpBw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjrKjt_P7yg
Installation
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Unzip in your Oblivion Data Directory and add the mod. Make sure you are running Oblivion 1.2 or higher.
Links
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http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=704586
http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=724918&st=1

Revision
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Version 0.960 04-13-2008
ALPHA

Version 0.956 01-27-2008
- Adds 8 new spells. Including Nuclear Blast, Ultima, Vortex & Sound burst
- Fixes
-- Improvements for Mega Fireball, Light Arrow, Plasma Ball & Midas Touch
-- Various Others

Version 0.955 Patch A
- Fixes Recipe problems with Explosive Arrow, Chain Fireball & Absorption

Version 0.955 12-16-2007
- Adds 10 new spells. Including Chain Fireball, 4 "Stream" Attacks, 3 Trap Spells, and Fully Functional Wings
- Fixes
-- Recipe Problems with Arcane Burst & WildFire
-- Berzerk
-- Various Others

Version 0.950 12-9-2007 Patch A
- Install over 0.950 (you need both files)
- Adds Important files I forgot to Include in 0.950
- Needed for the Undead Quest

Version 0.950 12-7-2007
Major Release!
- Adds 30 New Spells including Missile Storm, Mechanical Mine, Arcane Burst, Spell Shield & Wildfire
- Adds a quest to war against an undead army to earn 9 powerful spells

Version 0.941 10-18-2007
- Added an Active Mine that produces Gold
- Many Bug Fixes

Version 0.940 Patch B 10-1-2007
- Fixes Astral Plane Bug in 0940
- Includes some Missing Files for 0940
- Apply over 0.940 or 0.940a

Version 0.940 A or PatchA 9-30-2007
- Includes some Missing Files for 0940
- Either Get 0940A or Apply 0940 Patch A to 0940

Version 0.940 9-30-2007
- Expansion of the Astral Plane BUG FIX in Patch B
-- Adds 9 new worlds in the Astral Plane
-- 4 new Creatures each with Midas Spells
-- A Quest in the Astral plane for the Ultimate Holy Spell
- Adds 10 other Spells like Bind Blaze Saber, Force Shield, Igloo, Transmute
- Various fixes & Improvements

Version 0.931 8-26-2007
- Adds 3 New Holy Spells, Spirit Warrior, Spirit Hammer and Holy Flare
- Incorporated Improvements to the Balrog Sword and fixes for the Oblivion Portal Spell

Version 0.930 8-14-2007
- Adds 11 New Spells like Oblivion Portal, Shock Burst, Water Globe, Purify
- Adds a Quest for the Prime Morpholith in which you Battle a Balrog!

Version 0.920 Patch B 7-21-2007
- :NOTE: This patch requires Midas Spells 0.920 Replaces A, you don't need both
- Fixed Recipe for Comet in Aurum Incantatem

Version 0.920 Patch A 7-21-2007
- :NOTE: This patch requires Midas Spells 0.920
- Added Spell Midas Crushing Stones
- Improved Tornado Spell Hit rate
- Fixes to Column of Fire Recipe
- Sound fixes to Column of Fire, Lightning Storm & Comet
- Summons now Dissapear when killed as supposed to

Version 0.920 7-17-2007
- Added 15 New powerful spells like Column of Fire, Lightning Storm, Tornado & Comet
- New Beholden Creatures with a unique challenge to kill the Hive Mother
- Added the new "Sigil Essence" ingredients distilled from Sigil Stones
- Tons of fixes and balances and ingredient changes

Version 0.910 6-3-2007
- Added Flight to the Magic Carpet
- Added animated jellies with 5 varieties.
- Added new spells like Magic Seeker & Ice Walk
- Minor Fixes
-- Modifications to the astral mark/recall to work with SI
-- Increased Caster level requirements for summons & Rose of Kindness
-- and more...

Version 0.900 5-20-2007
- Added Centurion Prime Tranformer
- Minor Fixes
-- Changes to Summons Script to stop Fast Traveling Problem
-- Adjustments to Reactor to remove items correctly

Version 0.890 5-6-2007
- Adds 2 New Spells Breath of Fire & Fire Burst
- Adds multiple levels to Heat Beam, Lightning Bolt & Chain Lightning
- Gave the White Tiger a force attack while being riden
- Fixes to avoid problems with Autosave
- General Spell Rebalancing

Version 0.880 4-29-2007
- Adds 9 New Spells including Tractor Beam, Astral Combat, and White Tiger
- Fixed Prism Spray Creation Bug
- General bug fixes and cleanup

Version 0.870 4-22-2007
- Adds 5 New Spells including Ice Burst, Mark/Recall, and Berzerk
- Fixes reliablity issues with Force Ball & Stone Storm

Version 0.860 4-15-2007
- Added 5 New spells including Meteor, Meteor Storm & Chain Lightning.

- Fixes
-- Thunder Cloud now angers victims
-- Wall penetration spells no longer work in Arena
-- Death Ray now creates Soulgems
-- Slimeball texture and code updates
-- Sparks spell fixed & updated

Version 0.850 4-7-2007
- 7 New Spells (WabbaBeam, Force Blast, Holy Blast)
- Including 4 Unique Summonable Creatures
- Fixed unreliablity in Missile Shield

Version 0.821 3-26-2007
- Added 4 New spells including the Forceball
- Made this mode "auto-compatible" with Arcane University 300
- Made Multiple Levels of Plasma Shard and Fire Ring Spells
- Various Bug Fixes

Version 0.810 3-22-2007
- Added Aurum Assimilator
Version 0.800 3-18-2007
---Another Major Release
- Added 3 New Spells (Freeze Ray, Pebble Blast, & Stone Storm)
- Improved Fireball & Snowball range & accuracy
- Improved accuracy of all Beam Spells
- Improved Range on Plasma Shards
- Fixes
-- Fixed Hole in Missle Shield
-- Attempt to fix conflict with Harvest[Containers].esp

Version 0.757
- Major Rewrite of Most Spells
-- Removed "Placeatme" and referenced arrays of persistent actors instead
-- Should cut avoid Save Game bloat from Null Refs
-- Fat Free
- Improved Range and accuracy of MagmaBall, SnowBall & Sparks
- Can Fire projectile spells while using Missile Shield
Version 0.756
- Removed Debug Hack

Version 0.755
- The Ohm Quat Ohm Frat House is open for business
- Better model for the Aurum Reactor
- Improved collision chance of Magma Ball and Fire Ball
- Aesthetic Changes

* * * ATTENTION * * *
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If you're having problems (spells not working). Make sure you have upgraded to oblivion version 1.2. Spells like Force spells, berzerk, & summons won't work without it. Also, the shop itself may not appear. If you are posting here concerning one of these issues, please indicate that you are running 1.2 or higher. If you are experiencing problems, having trouble creating a spell or finding an ingredient. Read the FAQ before posting here. It could save you a lot of time.

[Rachel Tyson]

Midas Magic Mini-Faq
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Q:OMG! I cant Find the Shop! I looked at the http://tesnexus.com/downloads/images/9562-1-1192800384.jpg, but it's not there!!
A:This mod requires the Oblivion 1.2 patch. This is the most common problem reported with this mod. It won't work without it. If you cannot upgrade to Oblivion version 1.2 you can download version 0.870 of Midas Magic. It's the last version that was compatible with oblivion 1.15. But it won't have the latest spells. If you've done all this, and just don't know where the shop is, read on.

Q: Which file do I download from Tesnexus or Planet Elder Scrolls
A: I keep older versions on those sites for compatibility reasons but usually you just have to download the latest revision of the file. The file with the highest version number. At the time of this writing, the latest version was 0.956.

Q:How do I install the Mod?
A: First download the Mod and extract the ".zip" file in your Oblivion\data folder. Make sure you extract ALL the files, and that you keep the mod's directory structure intact. On launching oblivion, click the "Data Files" link and make sure that MidasSpells.esp is selected. Then, play the game. This http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Tutorials.Detail&id=60 gives more generic detail on extracting and installing mods if you need more help.

Q: How do I upgrade from one version to the next?
A: Just install the new .zip. It will replace the older files with newer files. Your older saves should work with the new version and should keep all the spells you have learned up until this point.

Q: Where do I find the Shop?
A: The shop is located in the Arcane University outside the Main Gates. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL2sr7RXdEc will give you a fly-by on how to get there and you can find a map http://tesnexus.com/downloads/images/9562-1-1192800384.jpg.

Q: How do I get the spells?
A: Talk to Midas. He'll direct you through the process of making the spells. But the basics are 1)Collect Ingredients 2) Combine Ingredients in the Aurum Reactor 3) Take the resulting "Aurum Residue" and eat it. If you need more help, watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHtgOmCJpBw.

Q: Does this unbalance the game?
A: This mod does give you new advantages, but these are tactical advantages that allow for more robust gameplay. This mod is specifically designed to avoid changing the spell power/damage balance. This is not a "cheater" mod by any stretch of the imagination.

Q: Where can I find Midas' books?
A: The Aurum Incantatem & Anima of Aurum are in display Cases in Midas's Shop. The Aurum Assimilator Manual is next to the Assimilator, and the Midas Magic for Dimmies is on the upper floor of the Fraternity house across the courtyard from Midas' Shop. There are several quest related books on the shelf behind Midas as well. He also sells extra copies of each.

Q: This mod takes a lot of gold. Where can I find more?
A: The Aurum Assimilator is designed to allow you to melt down gold jewelry to produce gold nuggets. Also, the "Broke Back Mining Co." will sell shares in their mining efforts. This will increase their likely hood of producing gold which you can buy. This is not an inexpensive option but it's a good way to ensure a steady stream of gold nuggets later in the game.

Q: Is this mod compatible with XYZ other mod?
A: Midas Magic is designed to be very "non intrusive" it doesn't change the spell system or much of the world space. People have reported no issues playing with other mods like MMM, OOO, Frans, Supreme Magicka, PJ's Spell Compendium, or Mighty Magick. However, some of the spell rebalancing mods may affect the balance of Midas Spells.http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=10691 by rylasasin helps to balance the changes by Mighty Magick. Also, mods that change the Arcane University may have impact on Midas, however Midas Magic is designed to worked with Arcane University 300 if it is installed.

Q: What does the Doorbell do?
A: The doorbell is a "compatibility" workaround. If you use a mod that changes the Arcane University, and cannot enter Midas's Shop. Press the doorbell and the Mod will reconfigure itself to work with your set-up. It also prompts Midas to clean up his shop, in case you wrecked it testing a spell

Q: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS_HLjSMAtY
A: You must collect and feed him Boar Meat. And yes, that's all he'll eat. Place the meat on the ground in front of him and wait a moment. Don't leave or he'll follow you and not eat the meat (he's quite attached). Once he picks up the meat, he'll wander a while before finally sitting to eat it. After eating each dining, he'll grow a little bit.

Q: How do I make the Centurion?
A: First, he has his own book "The Dwemeri Art." It's on the shelf behind Midas in his shop. Follow the recipe. Make sure you don't use any Special armor or shields, the ceremonial version or enchanted versions of the equipment won't work. Also, make sure you don't forget the http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Volendrung

Q: I have lost a book, what do I do!
A: The books themselves aren't a requirement, just the info in them. But, in case you need more, Midas sells extra copies.

Q: I can't summon creatures... the force spells don't work.... the shop doesn't appear where the map shows it.
A: Make sure you are running Patch level 1.2 of Oblivion, SI is NOT required but is compatible.

Q:You said to upgrade to 1.2 of Oblivion. How do I do that?
A:http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion%3a%50atch site contains some information on the patch.

Q: I get Yellow Diamond, Green Clovers, Purple Hearts etc all over the place? And sometimes things are a bright purple. (Yes, I get this question)
A: Your files are most likely not in the right place. Make sure Midas Magic is installed in your oblivion\data and unzipped with its directory structure intact. Sometimes 3rd party unzip programs can make it easy to mess this up. Most of the Midas Magic meshes should install in your oblivion\data\meshes\magiceffects folder.

Q: When I try to summon a Midas Summon I get the message "Too Many Summons."
A: Cast the "Midas Unsummon" spell to reset your summon count

Q: I've got all the ingredients but cannot create the Centurion? What's wrong.
A: First double check the ingredients. Make sure none of the items are enchanted, no special spells on them and no special names. And make sure you have all the items listed below. And the boots aren't required (but don't cause a problem if they're there).
- GoldNugget
- http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Volendrung
- DwarvenShield
- DwarvenHelmet
- DwarvenCuirass
- DwarvenGauntlets
- DwarvenGreavesNote: For those using OOO this recipe may be a problem. There may also be a problem if you use a mod that changes these items such as Fransesco's 4.5b. If the above recipe doesn't work for you, there is an alternate recipe that requires 5 brass nuggets instead of the armor and shield.

Q:I can't figure out the Weretiger Quest.
A: Well, to start read the book "On Lycanthropy" in Midas' Shop. It will give you clues as to what to do next. Here's the step by step.

Spoiler

first you need to create the Silver Bullet spell in the On Lycanthropy Book, it's the only way to kill him/

Once you've done that

Spoiler

you should go to the Frat House and read the copy of "On Lycanthropy" on the upstairs bookshelf

that points you to the next step

Spoiler

He's wandering the wilderness along the Panther River, He starts around the North East of Garnet Camp

Q:How does the Brokeback Mining Co. Mine work?
A:This isn't your standard gold mine. Basically, the Brokeback Mining Co. has already staked claim to this mine. What you need to do is enter the office of the company and purchase shares in the mine. This provides funding to the company and increases their likelihood of finding gold. You can then purchase these nuggets in the company store. The way the formula works, for each share you purchase, the company has a 5% chance of finding a nugget each day, and will keep a maximum of 3 nuggets in stock. So, return often.

Q: I the "Wings of an Angel" spell works but I don't see the wings.
A: Unfortunately, the only way to make this work with out creating mod conflicts was to use an "amulet." Some armor hides amulets so the wings will not show up. The spell works fine, but you don't get the pretty visuals with some armor.

--- INGREDIENTS---
Q: Where can I find a specific Ingredient?

A: For most of the ingredients, this http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Ingredients is very helpful. It covers the standard ingredients in the game. Info on misc. Items like "Stone Bricks" can be found http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Miscellaneous_Items. Some ingredients are Midas Magic specific like the enchanted cloth which Midas sells or the Astral Beacon Cap, those are covered below.

The Angel Feather
This obviously comes from angels. You have to create the summon angel spell first. Then you have to summon your angel in the right place.

Spoiler

If you summon the angel in a cathedral, it will instead summon a powerful Archangel who will sell you an angel feather along with potions and some healing spells.

The Astral Beacon Cap
Astral Beacon Caps can be found in the Astral Pocket. This is accessible via the Astral Recall spell or through the gate in Midas' Basment. See "How do I get beyond the First Island" below for more info.

The Eagle Feather
This is found in one of the Astral realms.

Spoiler

It is in the "TREES" realm. Look for the eagle flying around here

The Enchanted Cloth
This is bought from Midas.

The Sigil Essences (Life Essence, Fire Essence, etc.)
These are created in the Aurum Assimilator in the corner of Midas's shop by "separating" Sigil Stones into their base essences. Read the Book "Aurum Assimilator Manual" for more information and a breakdown of which stones create which essences.

The Slime Heart and Eyes of the Beholden
These can be found as part of the Eye of the Beholden quest. Read the "Eye of the Beholden" in Midas' Shop to learn more.

Ebony, Jade, Brass/Copper Nuggets
These are created by separating jewelry in the Aurum Assimilator. Separating jewelry will create "fragments" that can be combined into nuggets.

The Prime Morpholith
Read the book "The Prime Morpholith" behind Midas In his Shop. It will give you a new Map location.
--- THE ASTRAL PLANE---
Q:WTF?
A: The Astral Plane is pivotal to Midas' study of inter-dimensional travel. You first enter it with either the Astral Mark/Recall spell, or thought the smaller portal in Midas' basemant (Version 0.960 and up). The first challenge is to find your way deeper into the astral plane. The first Island is only the beginning. Activating the Great Astral Crystal in the Heart of the Astral Plane will enable you to travel through the astral plane (using the Great Astral Gate) to new worlds.

Q: How do I get beyond the First Island
A:There is a specific "trick" to getting beyond the firs island that makes it a bit of a challenge. But if you want the answer, here is the secret

Spoiler

There is a second smaller island off in the Mist. One way to get there is to use the Force Push spell; when cast slightly downward it will serve to extend the jumps of the player. If you cast this spell repeatedly after jumping off the ledge of the Astral Pocket, you can control your fall and navigate toward the smaller island.

There are several other "flight" spells that may be used as well.

Q:I can't figure out how to open the Crystals

Spoiler

on the small island

in the Astral Plane
A:Well, I did want this to be a bit of a brain teaser, The Hint when you click the stones says "Cast Open the Stones and Enter" If you want the answer, here it is

Spoiler

Cast an "Open" lock spell on the stones.

Q:I've found all but one of the crystals, where's the last one?
A:Well, chances are...

Spoiler

you can't find the one crystal that is beyond the astral mist. On entering the "water" of the astral mist, follow the giant white fish to an upside down door. Sometimes the fish doesn't appear. If that happens, head due east, and look downward.

Q:Ok, so I'm in the astral plane and have collected all the Crystals now what.
A: Two steps... First

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Place the crystals on the pedestals in the Astral Heart Area

once that's done then

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active each one in a musical sequence. If you do it in the right order, the main crystal will light up with each step

Q:I can't figure out the Answers to the "Crossworlds" Crossword Puzzle. Give em to me.
A: Ok

Spoiler

TREES, TAR, SLEET, ASTRAL,TATER,TEARS, STEEL, SEARS, TESLA, STALE, ALTAR, SEAS, STRATA,AERATE

Q:In the Wayward Skeep Quest, how do I get the skeep to follow me?
A:Just like any other creature with...

Spoiler

A command creature spell

Q:Where can I meet Tyrael?
A:This is part of the astral plane quest.

Spoiler

Get the Summon Angel spell and cast it in the Temple in the Divine Astral plane

Q:I just want to access the wearable items in the spells for screenshots. Where can I get them?
A:Look in Midas' upstairs bedroom, there is an armoire there with "costume copies" of the items obtained in the spells. They don't have the enchantments but can be equipped at will.
---- Special Note for OOO Users ----

OOO changes some items used as ingredients for Midas Magic. I have included some "replacement" recipes for these items.
Dwarven (Dwemer) Armor: To make Centurion Prime, an alternate recipe using 5 brass nuggets may be used
Grand Soul Gems: Using "Midas Death Ray" on certain High Level creatures will create a "Midas Grand Soul Gem" which may be used as a substitute

---- Cheat ----
Many have requested a easy way to gain all the Midas Spells. There is a cheat built into the mod. I STRONGLY recommend against using it for serious gameplay. It WILL unbalance the game and ruin the challenge. That being Said, the cheat is below

Spoiler

From the console type "setstage MidasPSB 42"This cheat works for 0.960 Patch E and up

[Sophie Morrell]

What is everyone's typical spell progression like? I am level 8 now and have Midas Chest (which imo is too cheap so I am going to stop using it), and force burst. I have a spare nugget and have been testing out different spells with a quicksave to see what is suitable for my level. So far it seems like the next thing I should get for just damage is either Midas Glaive, Heat Beam (sp? the one with 3 levels), Midas Sparks, or maybe Chain Lightning? I tried all of the above except chain lightning and they seem suitable.

[Kelly Upshall]

Midas chest-carpet-death beam-light arrow. It is Kinda hard to say exactly, as I try to get spells I will use and I try to get all the spells otherwise. But usually the convenience ones first then the mid level attack spells.

Why new thread?

[Dan Scott]

Is it possible to modify casting sounds at all? The glaive I think, and Midas Sparks have no sounds when I cast and it is kinda boring

The solution is probably easy and right in the CS I'm sure

[Lifee Mccaslin]

I was kinda dissapointed with the sparks. I had just recently played through Might & Magic 6,7 and there the leveled up sparks spell was like the best dungeon spell there was. It looks about the same here, but the damage is fairly minimal I thought. Also a lot harder to use realtime.

[Daddy Cool!]

Why new thread?

200 post limit...

[Bonnie Clyde]

Now this may be a dumb question but, other than looking through the internet all day i haven't found any mention of what to do in the astral realm after you open the stones. Now normally i wouldn't care but i hear tell of awesome things for completing the quest, and well, for some reason the quest is not updating, now is there something special i have to do after i open the stone to get it to update, or is it just a helpful hint kinda quest?

(BTW love the mod having great times with force push lol but having a bit of a hard time finding the gold to supply my want XP keep being awesome Xilver!)

[GRAEME]

Are there stats anywhere on the various summons? e.g. Summon Jelly, Summon Mellon Atronach, etc. I'd like to know how they compare in magicka cost vs. power.

Now this may be a dumb question but, other than looking through the internet all day i haven't found any mention of what to do in the astral realm after you open the stones. Now normally i wouldn't care but i hear tell of awesome things for completing the quest, and well, for some reason the quest is not updating, now is there something special i have to do after i open the stone to get it to update, or is it just a helpful hint kinda quest?

(BTW love the mod having great times with force push lol but having a bit of a hard time finding the gold to supply my want XP keep being awesome Xilver!)

There's some stuff about it in the first post under 'the astral plane', don't know if you're looking for something not answered there.

[Laura Cartwright]

hi xilver,
I have a couple of spell ideas if you are interested, so here they are:

Slow Time - Creates a field that warp space and time, slowing nearby monsters and projectiles (http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj185/maxy999/?action=view¤t=slowtime.jpg)
Hydra - Summons a multi-headed fire beast that attacks your enemies with bolts of fire (http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj185/maxy999/?action=view¤t=hydra01.jpg)
Fire Wall (line) - similar to your fire wall, but it would stay in straight line on place where casted (http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj185/maxy999/?action=view¤t=fireline.jpg)
Mass Confusion - well name explains it all, it would confuse enemies in AoE

Excellent job with newest spells, you always manage to surprise me, continue with the great job :tops:

[Jessica Stokes]

Sorry, this is a reply to the other thread,

Yeah I always wear robes so i pretty much have no problem with armor/spell interference so I have no idea why the command spells arent working

[Chrissie Pillinger]

Well right now i'm in the main astral plane place with all the gates but when i follow the quest arrow it points at this giant stone in the heart realm and i try to get as close as possible without jumping out at it and nothing happens, no update just stone...

[Laura Ellaby]

What is Midas's function really in this mod other than selling things? For me he never told me really anything about creating spells, astral realm or anything, he just greeted me and didn't really have any topics other than rumors and sells stuff. Thankfully it wasn't hard to figure out how to create the spells. Is there anything else he should be doing quest wise?

Also my first spells, midas chest, magic missles, force push, mark/recall, light arrows. Chest definatly handy, after two playthroughs before, having a place to put loot doesn't feel like a cheat this time, specially considering it can't be used during battles. Magic Missles, goes through walls, good with a detect life spell, light arrows for vampire bane.

[Rinceoir]

Slow Time - Creates a field that warp space and time, slowing nearby monsters and projectiles (http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj185/maxy999/?action=view¤t=slowtime.jpg)
Hydra - Summons a multi-headed fire beast that attacks your enemies with bolts of fire (http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj185/maxy999/?action=view¤t=hydra01.jpg)

I dont think that theese two are possieble..
the hydra would be incredibly hard to make because it would need totally custom animations..

[Michelle Chau]

hi this is my first time posting and i'm kinda new to modding. i just dl'ed your mod and it looks awesome, but im having some trouble running it. it works fine like i can go into his shop, the frat house, the broke back mine etc, but when i try to go into the beholden cave/lair, aurum's shop basemant, or when i try to create a spell, my game freezes up and displays an error message that kinda goes liek this "an error at (insert hex code) and (insert hex code) has occured. do you wish oblivion to debug it?" and whether i click yes or no, my game locks up and then quits. i was wondering if you could help me. i'm using all the official DLC like shivering isles etc and the only other mods im using are the unofficial oblivion patch, the druid class/profession mod and the ardonney's elven armor/weap mod. im running it on a mac (surprisingly well) using cider. i figured out how to put all my plugins in but for some reason this one just doesnt work. if anyone could help me thatd be great cause i really wanna check this mod out. im running it on a new macbook pro 2.56 GHZ and 4 GB of RAM. and please dont bash me for using a mac thats not why i posted

[Sanctum]

I am having a problem quite out of the blue. My wonderful tiger seems to have grown old and slow. I summon him and he runs no faster then I do now. I have tried resummoning, feather spells, exiting and restarting the game and nothing. Is my poor tiger in the twilight of his life?

[alyssa ALYSSA]

Hi xilverbulet.
First of all: Amazing mod. Magic in Oblivion is so much more interesting due to your excellent work.

After playing with 9.9.0 for a bit, there are a few bugs I would like to report, as well as a few questions.
I realize this is a lot of bug reporting... I would like to emphasize that this isn't meant to be a negative review of the mod, just some functional QA work. I think "Midas Magic" is a must-have Oblivion mod.
My character has mainly been making use of the non-destruction schools of spells Midas has available in his lab.


POSSIBLE BUGS:
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A) "Entangle"
This is one the most used spells in my game, I've been enjoying its handiness. There is a bug which probably doesn't come up often, but because I zap almost every opponent with the spell, I have seen the defect a number of times. When the defect is observed, the location of the plant + opponent emits very long ("infinite") polygons. It's a tangled mess of polygons which quickly shifts position, probably because it is constantly colliding with the environment (banging noises are constantly played). I have reason to believe that these polygons are what has become of the opponent's dead corpse. The evidence for this is twofold: The rare times that the polygons had eventually gone away, the corpse was nowhere to be found. And there had been times where polygons would move in front of my mouse and for that brief time the name of the opponent would appear by the mouse with an icon for looting.
Often when this bug reproduces, I need to restart the game because the polygons are everywhere and/or I need something from the opponent's loot.
B) "Force Ball"
When the ball has traveled its full range, it stops in mid air and will remain floating there. It was quite the curious mystery the first time I encountered a shimmering orb floating in a forest. =)
There might be a bug where, if a creature way out in the distance is force-balled, the creature falls down and eventually gets up, and then it is force balled again, ...the creature will disappear before the second force ball reaches it. I observed this in Kvatch's Oblivion gate a few times, but I should investigate it further. At the time, I was zoomed in on the creatures (using the "binoculars" mod, so the right-mouse button was held down). I have not tried reproducing the bug without being zoomed in. But I did get these observations to reproduce during all 3 trials I had done. During one of the trials it MAY have been the case that the creature transported to a very different location... as I suddenly noticed a creature like it in a location where I did not think there were any creatures before. This new location was much closer to me.
C) "Missile Shield"
There was one instance where the shield remained static in one location rather than following the player. There was a lot of chaos going on during that skirmish, so it is hard to link any particular events as likely causing it. I can't recall if casting a new shield made the old one go away or not.
Also, there was one instance where I took falling damage while the shield was up. I have not reproduced this since, but I also haven't been falling much. This was a short fall, due to running across a rocky slope.
D) "Power Word Stun"
The manual's text reads, "Speaking this word will draw the attention of others." Is this meant to include friends? Casting this spell in the Leyawin mage's guild just now, while making sure not to target anyone, resulted in everyone attacking me. I reproduced this 2 out of 3 trials.
E) "Ring of Fire"
If more than one brandy is used to increase the power of the spell, only one of the brandies will be removed from the container. The proper level spell will still be created, however.
F) "Summon Pumpkin Atronach"
This is the only Midas summon spell I have tried so far. I don't know if the observed behavior is unique to the pumpkin summon or not.
There have been times where the summon would attack the player. I think every time this has happened, the summon had already been around for a bit (it did not attack the moment it was summoned.) I am not sure if walking through doors is one of the steps to reproduce the behavior, although that did happen at least once (maybe the summon was already "chasing" me before clicking on the door, however.)
Fairly often the summon will not attack an opponent which is charging the player (or even hitting the player, I think). If I do a vanilla summon then (such as summoning a scamp), this will often "Wake up" the pumpkin atronach and it will start to fight by my side.
Most every Midas spell I have tried felt like it was well balanced, the effort put into the spells' playability shows. The Pumpkin atronach is the only spell I've used so far which feels unbalanced, compared to Vanilla summon spells available at the same level and mana cost. It's a tank that stays on the screen for a very, very long time, and can be summoned along side vanilla summons (so there is more than 1 minion available for help.) Perhaps it's just a matter of decreasing the summon duration?
G) "Water Shell"
When trying out this spell, a shader is applied to the character and a message pops up concerning bound armor. Fine and dandy. However, after the mana is reduced by the spell's cost, the player's mana bar continues to tick down until it reaches 0 and will not tick back up. If "wait" is used to allow hours to pass by, the shader is still applied, but the mana bar is back at full. If ANY spell is cast then, the mana bar shall once again slowly tick down until it reaches 0.
H) "Light Arrow"
I probably should not report this one, has I had already reported it the last time I was playing Oblivion (which was late 2008). But just in case it has something to do with my computer set-up, I'll mention it again but with an offer to conduct any further tests on my machine if you think it may be worthwhile and are interested.
The manual's text states, "The arrow will illuminate the target area." I have not noticed any illumination from the arrows.
I) "Smoke Screen"
I haven't experimented with this one much.
The main time I had tried it, I was running through a dungeon casting the spell 2 or 3 times. At least one of the smoke screens never went away.
J) I imagine this one has already been reported, but there is a container next to the break-apart/combine apparatus which contains a great deal of materials. I imagine this is a test container which was accidentally left enabled for the release.

QUESTIONS
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A) "Catapult"
Wow, that's rad. I've only tested it once, but that's a cool bit of mechanics.
I'm wondering if this is meant to have a use, aside from the cool factor? Do tossed objects cause damage to creatures hit by them?
I tried tossing myself (also casting "missile shield" to protect myself from the resulting trip), but attempting this caused my fatigue to drop to 0 and my character collapsed to the bottom of the catapult. I imagine this is intentional in order to keep players from tossing themselves, or perhaps it's due to an interaction with the "Realistic Fatigue" mod I also have installed.
B) "Smoke Screen"
Say, how does this one work? I haven't had a chance to play with this much yet, but the one time that I did look back to see how opponents handled it (a ghost, in this case), the ghost seemed to just enter and exit the smoke screen without tarrying. I need to play with it more, of course.

[Naomi Ward]

The catapult is supposed to be loaded with bombs and grenades. You get them *somewhere* *somehow*.
Tip: "Oh lord, bless this thy..."

[Amber Ably]

The catapult is supposed to be loaded with bombs and grenades. You get them *somewhere* *somehow*.
Tip: "Oh lord, bless this thy..."

Thank you Don.

Hm.. there are some promising-looking mods out there to use in conjunction with the catapult ("Bottled Explosions" and "Throw Any Weapon"), but after reading their descriptions I doubt they would work on a pure havok basis, without the player explicitly using a "throw"-type scripted action.

[Vickey Martinez]

So I just got wings of an angel spell... and every time I use it I just end up going straight up in the air (through walls, when I press 'w', my move forward key) with no way to get down (I get stuck above ceilings)? Is this a known issue or something or what?

Also Holy Flare has a tendency to just stop moving forward and just sit there moments after cast, forever.

[Ann Church]

What is everyone's typical spell progression like? I am level 8 now and have Midas Chest (which imo is too cheap so I am going to stop using it), and force burst. I have a spare nugget and have been testing out different spells with a quicksave to see what is suitable for my level. So far it seems like the next thing I should get for just damage is either Midas Glaive, Heat Beam (sp? the one with 3 levels), Midas Sparks, or maybe Chain Lightning? I tried all of the above except chain lightning and they seem suitable.

"Missile Shield" is a low-level spell I try to get asap.
"Entangle" is also very useful for keeping enemies away from you, and cheap to cast. The balancing factor is that enemies are not paralyzed, just stuck. And they can escape if they have the right stats.
I hear you about the chest spell. I haven't tried it as it sounds like a direction that doesn't fall in with my play style. It's probably something lots of other players out there would like, though.
For damage spells, if you're using any mods that make it possible to bump into nests of Trolls at your level of 8 (I'm using "Ls Static NPCs for OOO", which does this), a mid-powered "Ring of Fire" seems to be quite affective against them. Mostly, though, I don't have much experience with the damage spells.

[Laurenn Doylee]

B) "Force Ball"
When the ball has traveled its full range, it stops in mid air and will remain floating there. It was quite the curious mystery the first time I encountered a shimmering orb floating in a forest. =)

I have noticed strange blue dots in the astral pocket and zoomed through console using command "fov 5". It took me a while untill I noticed that those dots are force balls that missed the target.

Later, I wrote huge M made of force balls on the sky!

[Lexy Dick]

Later, I wrote huge M made of force balls on the sky!

hehehehehe

[Lyd]

Hey, um, just thought I'd post again as my original question went unanswered. Somehow the portal that leads back to Midas's shop from the Astral Pocket has gotten displaced to one of the deeper levels of the Ayleid ruin Lindai. Help would be much appreciated, as it makes Astral Mark/Recall completely unusable. Is there a way that I can manually move it back with the console or something?

[matt white]

Hey, um, just thought I'd post again as my original question went unanswered. Somehow the portal that leads back to Midas's shop from the Astral Pocket has gotten displaced to one of the deeper levels of the Ayleid ruin Lindai. Help would be much appreciated, as it makes Astral Mark/Recall completely unusable. Is there a way that I can manually move it back with the console or something?

Did you try Midas' doorbell? That's supposed to reset his shop I think.