Signposts : IV

» Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:22 am

Hi. Bit late, been playing Morrowind, have been since it came out, but ive finally got Oblivion a system worthy to run it on and am looking for some mods, as any noob does :biggrin:

First one would be one for the signposts, there all in English, any mods that put them back in Daedric? Like the ones in Morrowind, move the mouse pointer over the sign and then it reads in English.

Second one is the UI, its bad enough wondering where all the weapon skills went let alone having to deal with a console interface :blink:

Ive found one called 'Darnified UI' and was wondering if thats what im looking for, are there any others?

Third one is for better bodies for the females, im after ones that have a nudity option, and lots of clothing. Ones that dont look like the head mesh is stuck on because the body color doesnt match. Had a look at the Bab mod and the model was one of the best ive seen but unfortunately my dark elf's head did not match the body and it really did look crap, the texture for the body was blank, no lower region etc. Just like my magic user to not really use armor or weapons but rely on stealth and magic with the least amount of clothing :biggrin:

Last one is for new regions, bug free (well 99.9% free), and places to vsit. Not being picky here but id just like to add these in at the start and find them as I go, ive got Morrowind saves that are 10+ years old and even some from Daggerfall, dont want to find problems with a new region 6 months down the line and have it screwing up the gamesaves.

If there are any others that you think I should have a look at feel free to mention, im not a noob at modding and am quite happy to piece things together to get them working etc.

Thanks for your time.

Necrospire

» Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:12 am

Dunno about Signposts, but as for the rest...

For UI, I highly recommend either DarnUI or DarkUI Darn (same thing, basically, only in a dark red instead of the vanilla light tan).

As for body mods, I just went on a spiel about them in another thread, so I'll quote it below for your convenience:

There's two main choices, HGEC and Roberts.

HGEC is the most versatile, available in basically every concievable body shape (and several inconceivable ones...) and has the most support for modded armor and clothing.

Roberts is available (AFAIK) in only one shape, but its more 'realistically' proportioned, and can be used with vanilla clothing without looking completely terrible.

For HGEC, the best way to start is with http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/24078 which includes a complete set of stock armor and clothing replacers for two different cup sizes (C and E) and a few varieties of musculature as well. It includes everything you need to replace the body and make sure all clothing and armor from the base game will look correct. That page also provides HGEC replacers for several of the most popular overhauls and item-adding mods (Armamentarium, Artifacts, Francescoes, Oscuro's, etc) though some of them may be a bit out of date at this point.

There are also several HGEC variations that are common enough to have garnered their own designations, but they use the same texture mapping as HGEC, the two most common are TGND (The Girl Next Door) and DMRA (Double Melons Round Ass). TGND is a relatively petite figure, smaller all around than vanilla, Roberts or HGEC C-Cup. DMRA is...well pretty much what it says in the name. Large briasts and a round butt. Both TGND and DMRA have complete replacers available as well.

Here are some comparison shots from a conversion I did from Roberts to HGEC C, E and H cups, as well as DMRA. (the texture is screwy on the Roberts one, of course, but it lets you see the difference in proportions)

http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/images/42563-1-1343931874.jpg
http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/images/42563-5-1343931446.jpg
http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/images/42563-1-1343931442.jpg
http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/images/42563-4-1343931505.jpg

Images are safe, though the outfit in question is a tad on the skimpy side, so fair warning.

The issue with head and body textures not matching up is...difficult. Its very, very hard to fix that problem in a reliable, consistent, simple manner. Its a combination of textures not matching perfectly and meshes not matching perfectly, and just in general is a pain.