First of all, this mod has been sitting on my hard drive for about a year and a half at around 90% completeness (typical for an IT project). It got bogged down in entangled main quests which I have now separated out more cleanly. I'm now releasing this beta because I've been staring at it so hard I doubt I can see the wood for the trees any more, so constructive criticism would be welcome.


I wanted to do this because I thought it would be good if the SI were not merely an afterthought that one gets to after about level 10 or later and, also, to be able to see the world through the Shivering Isles end of the telescope. I'm a little concerned, though, that the SI might be a bit harsh for a Level 1 character. But so far the only impossible baddies I've seen have been a few added by FCOM, solved by running away.


There are still a number of issues to be solved that I know of, though I do not think, well I hope not, that any of them are gamebreakers. In no particular order:


Map Markers: As this is a Beta, I have set the critical ones to allow fast travel from the start to save my time and that of others who may want to look at this quickly.


Voicing: I've fixed most of this but it always gives me a headache. Haskill's double is missing a couple of vanilla lines that could be voiced, along with S'Fara and Belmayne Dreleth. I hope to do something with those two later since they are on the outside now. Perhaps I'll save poor Dreleth's life. I think I could have a lot of fun editing up new voice files for Haskill too, but I'm just not in the mood right now.


My container icons, I find at the last minute, seem to have rotted away, they're not meant to be mono. I'll fix this before the next update. Weird tho.


The Haskill who appears at the Tamriel gate is actually a double (one way I separated the quests). But of course, once you gain the Summon Haskill spell, you can enjoy the spectacle of two Haskills in one place, as long as you haven't had the final conversation with Haskill at the gate. But I'm sure no-one will do this


You may return from the shrine to talk with Haskill, though this is not necessary. That conversation, in turn, is superseded by another when you deliver the amulet, which ends the Deliver The Amulet quest. A small extra quest still runs until the last conversation ends, so for full closure you need to go and have a quick final chat with Haskill after which his double is pensioned off and normal reality is (mostly) restored.


The Gatekeeper. Well, it is plainly evident that you, with the help of your companions have killed the Gatekeeper before your ordeal at Xedilian. Hence most of the conversational responses at Passwall are still valid, though I have not checked them all. But perhaps your character should reflect on this, even in their confused state. In any case, although it is now mostly redundant, a residual Through the Fringe quest does run up until you complete your first interview with Sheogorath. By the way, Jayred and, more importantly, Relmyna Verenim, will travel through the Gates OK.


Ah, the Blessings of Mania and Dementia do not seem to appear in my spell list. But I think this is due to a certain other mod. I should be able to test this on a near-vanilla set up soon, which may help.


Jygallag's attack on the Fringe. This may be a small issue if you have the Passwall shack, which you will currently not be able to get to until the attack is defeated. I may likely fix this soon.


A problem arises if you complete the SI MQ before starting on the OB MQ (which would be rather good, and entirely in the spirit of this mod). Since you are now Sheogorath, sort of, Haskill should address you differently. And it should be you who opens the gate. Bear with me, I'll get my head around it later.


Some plot inconsistencies:


(I am not much bothered by any inconsistencies in all those documents, that's largely what they're all about.)


Minor: Where have the takings and confiscated weapons come from if the door has not yet been opened? Maybe the Passwall people have been up there for a bit of shopping. Suppose I could disable it all until the next time you return from Tamriel.


Also: What drew you and your companions to Xedilian when the Resonator of Judgment was not working? I have addressed this, but you will have to talk to Kiliban at Xedilian to sort of 'resolve' it.


On that note, you may access the original starting room if you return to Xedilian. The bed is quite ordinary now, so you can sleep there and use the chest for storage if you like. If you have the appropriate conversation with Kiliban, the doors to the fast teleport are permanently disabled, so you may get there quickly from the entrance to the outside entrance of Xedilian. (Incidentally, the door connects because I originally intended for you to be able to walk out of Xedilian on completing character creation but no way that would work, so adopted Arthmoor's sleeping solution instead.)


Haskill double's final disappearance is rather abrupt, will add fx later.


Oh, and finally, the character's equipment loadout (depends almost entirely on the social class answers) is a little samey. I'll have to think about livening it up - probably make it depend on all the answers you supplied.