CHANGELOG, release 3.1
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* Fixed another missing mesh bug (for the tombstone)
* Implemented a few cosmetic fixes in the SSotA worldspace as pointed out by Chaky.
* Removed object script from welkynd stones.
* Fixed a bug in the Daring Dunmer quest (quest would halt if Norb Gro-Rukhol didn't like player).
* Fixed some Lost Dungeon architectural problems in Morra and Carnivore Cave.
* Pimped one of the Lost Dungeons (Tocrec) with a new large room and enemies.
* Rewrote AI script and packages for the cultists. They should now behave as intended.
* Fixed a few problems in the Talos Bridge Hideout as pointed out by Khettienna.
* Added meshes & textures for the Guardian's diary, a tombstone, a True Descendants banner and a street poster (all designed and produced by Bleral).
* Added new textures for the Stepstones. They are now seamless; some have nice glinting scraps of welkynd embedded (Bleral).
* Added new custom Ayleid Steps quest icon (Bleral).
* (WIP) Covered essentials of the version 3 questline in the Spoilers file.
* Added a few new Steps here & there.
* Added 2 new Lost Dungeons. We now have 44 Lost Dungeons plus 3 quest-specific dungeons.

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16316 is uploaded. This time there's only the big complete package, as new meshes and textures were included. More download links in this thread's OP. Many thanks to all who contributed to this release, especially Bleral who designed some neat textures - and he isn't even done yet. :clap:

But seriously... which version of OBSE does 3.0.x require? I noticed that 3.1 requires OBSE 18.4, and I want to make sure I'm good with using OBSE 17 with 3.0.2 - I'm getting crashing problems that I didn't have when I started this latest character, and I'm fairly it's related to some mod that I updated in the interim.

My mistake. As I wanted to try out some new mods I upgraded my OBSE to from 17 to 18.4 while I was working on the 3.0.1 or above, don't remember which one it was. The problem here is that (I didn't realize at the time) the mod's scripts compiled with OBSE 18.2 or higher are not compatible with earlier OBSE versions even if they don't use any of the new functions. When I realized this, I was well into building TAS 3.1. If I had known before, I would have postponed my OBSE upgrade. My apologies. Now you either have to upgrade your OBSE, or if you dont want beta versions, wait until they release the final version 18. Which should happen fairly soon as far as I know. :shrug:

Hmm. I originally tried out 18b2, but after several people reported that it was unstable (and I experienced the same), I downgraded back to 17.

18b4 thru b6 all seem perfectly stable to me. Been using b4->6 for awhile now since All Natural requires it.

Why can you not just set an invisable creature on the steps and see if you can hit it with a spell, if you can't, then raise the step by a certain amount?

I just downloaded this, and tried to activate a stone with a welkyd in my inventory, and nothing happens. Do I need to read that book you mentioned? Ican't find it anywhere.

Yes. The starter quest (with the book) leads to finding and activating the otherwise dormant Step system. So nothing works until then.

Where is that book, and the quest?

In the spoilers file in the mod package.

CHANGELOG, release 3.2
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* Fixed a mesh-texture path bug (for the cultists' banner).
* Added new textures & meshes for the Deathgem and special Imperial Legion armors, all designed by Bleral.
* Packed resource files into a .bsa file; added a batch file to remove earlier versions' file clutter.
* Resolved a conflict with the new UL-module Skingrad Outskirts.
* The mod now recognizes the German UL-filenames (thanks to Chaky for sorting these out).

(To get rid of your older version's file clutter, put the included "The Ayleid Steps -Uninstall old Resource Files-.bat" in your Data folder and run it once.)

As with most mods, I created an OMOD of Ayleid Steps. Will simply deactivating my OMOD do the same thing as your uninstall bat, or does the bat do something more?

As announced, a http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16316 is available. The big change is that, now the resources are complete and sorted out, the mod will have them in a .bsa file. (To get rid of your older version's file clutter, put the included "The Ayleid Steps -Uninstall old Resource Files-.bat" in your Data folder and run it once.)

Again, thanks to Bleral for designing the custom textures. Some of them are sampled in the screenshot links below. Note that I specifically requested the Imperial armors to be as 'ugly' and ordinary as the vanilla armors, and how he just put a Steps emblem on the helmets and a few glinting pieces of Welkynd on the other parts. Subtle, eh? The Councilor's outfit is not so modest of course, but I absolutely like it.

So does this mean there's a specific unit of the Imperial Legion who spend their time hopping around on steps too? It would make sense, I suppose...