Packdonkeys
- featuring Mr_Siilka's packdonkey models

Download at http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=36966
or at http://lovkullen.net/Emma/Packdonkeys.htm

Description
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At the Chorrol stables, you can now buy up to three packdonkeys - Groucho, Chico and Harpo.
They will follow you everywhere, including through dungeon crawling and into your home, so you better tell them when you don't want them to tag along!
Each of them are carrying two containers, so you can keep your loot sorted.
You can reward your donkeys with apples and carrots in order to keep them happy.

They are essential, and as for healing, they have an ability that makes them slowly auto-heal over time.
They each come with their own summon-spell, so you don't have to worry about that they get lost.

The donkeys are pack-animals, not fighters. In general, they will only fight to defend themselves and then return to peaceful again. Unless you are using mods that adds new enemies who don't have "standard" faction belongings (FCOM, MMM, OOO), it is not likely that your donkeys will get attacked very often.

Don't bring them to Oblivion planes! I have deliberately removed the code to secure their return from these areas, simply because I felt it would be against the Cyrodiilic laws regarding cruelty towards animals to bring them there at all! If you bring them there and they'll disappear, they will show up again, but you'll have to buy them once more in order to get access to their inventories. You deserve that!

Install
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Just drop the esp and the bsa in your Oblivion/Data folder. Don't forget to check the mod when starting the game!


Credits
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Mr_Siilka - creator of the packdonkey resource, available with his Farm Animal mod, http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14265
CDCooley - the scripting is hacked, slashed and reworked from his scripting for Wolfgang in our Companion Vilja mod.
Amgepo, Blockhead, Crashpilot - testing, troubeshooting and feedback.
Terry Pratchett - owner and tester of Humphrey, my original packdonkey from whome these three were cloned.

Usage
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- The main home of this mod is on my web-site,http://lovkullen.net/Emma/index.htm. If you have received this mod from any other source it may not be the latest version!!
- Please do not upload any versions, current or altered, of this mod anywhere without my knowledge and agreement.
- Please do not include this mod in any compilation without my knowledge and agreement!
- Should something happen so that the mod is no longer available on the net, please try and contact me. In case you have been unable to reach me for more than one month, please feel free to upload this mod IN ITS CURRENT STATE to one of the public Elder Scrolls download sites. Please send an e-mail or PM to me to notify on this!
- the packdonkey models are modders resources, made by Mr_Siilka, see link in credits section.


- Emma

Wow. I was getting flustered by the limited capacity of my saddlebags, this is just what I need for a multi cave crawls. Thanks.

P.S. So now not only do I have to worry about strawberries, but apples and carrots too!!!! You really need a mod that multiplies the availability of these x10

Any idea if companion compatability mod will work with them too for the faction issue as it does with Vilja?

Oh, do not worry!
Nothing "bad" will happen if you don't reward them - animals don't have any "disposition towards the player".

I just felt so many times that I wanted to reward my loyal wolf companion for being such a great pal, and it saddens me that I *currently* cannot do so.
So, for the donkeys, I added in the option...

...so I guess a wolf companion mod is in the works

Amazing timing!

For some time I've felt that one of the few things modded Oblivion lacks is a good Pack Animal mod. I even drafted a request with what I envisioned such a mod should include, but never got around to finalizing it. While this isn't quite what I had in mind, it's darn close. In any case beggars can't be choosers. Instant download!

Thanks ever so much!

-Decrepit-

Really, I'm surprised now that I haven't given this a thought earlier on, as I made packdonkeys for Morrowind.

Tell me, what was it that you actually had in mind?

Sounds like another must have to me! One question, do they have a weight limit?

No, they carry as much as you can put in their containers, just like (most) other companions.

So... not only are they cute and useful, but they're named after the Marx Brothers. I'll be grabbing this now

Well, since you asked....

I dug up my request draft. And draft it is. At the least it needs much polishing. Here it is, warts and all...

Damn, I had almost perfected my mod list. Now I'll have to add this one. Stop releasing good mods!

I'll copy and paste your notes for future thoughts and possible upgrades .

Will these donkeys even follow me through an Oblivion gate or into the Shivering Isles?

;)


Shivering Isles should be fine, I believe.

So you consider it animal cruelty to bring them into the realm of Mehrunes Dagon, but it is fine when you take them to Sheogoarth's realm? :huh:

Great, that helps me a lot. Between the donkeys and my various inventory bags I'll be set, organization on the go! Also, I want to say I love animals and that you give a small way to interact with them is wonderful.

Well, Oblivion is uglier

Cool. Congrats on releasing another fine mod, Emma

Well... not necessarily... there are other mods that include wolf companions... :whistling:

Yes, guess I should name them after someone




Hmm... stop reading release threads??

Thank you - hope you will like it

Noy yet in the BOSS list. Any recommendations for load order?

Packdonkeys, cool! Wait till I tell vilja! Poor little thing must be tired carrying around my stuff Now she can have some rest and look for them weeds her sister needs so much in morrowind

I just made the request to have it added in the official BOSS thread (that is the way to do it), so expect it to be on the list any time now (rarely takes more than a couple of days.)

I must admit I'm not quite clear over how this works - am I supposed to post in the BOSS thread when I realease a mod? I quite happily do so, but I simply haven't been aware of that.