A Touch of Immortality - Epitaphs of Cyrodiil

[Working title subject to change]

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History;

The credit for the concept of this mod lies with it's original creator "Durham 1984".

Recreated later as Tombstone Epitaphs - The Unveiling which was subsequently withdrawn for reasons that are not worth mentioning in any great detail and are totally irrelevant to the current project. The reasoning for this approach is that previous releases were filled with dirty references and inclusions of irrelevant data not necessary to the functionality of the mod.



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Objectives of the current concept:

A recreation of the original mod by the team at the http://s1.zetaboards.com/TheStormRavenLibrary/index. Not an update or trying to fix the original, but actually recreating the mod the from the ground up.

We are taking a modular approach and will be releasing individual ESPs for each of the following:

Cities
Exterior World Cells
Interior Cells
SI
DLC's

This will allow the user to use what is suitable for their individual installations. Compatibility with other mods may be addressed later after the initial release, but getting a clean and functional mod out to the community is our first priority.

While we may be using some of the epitaphs originally created and introduced by "Durham1984, it is out intention to fill the world with the creations of the community in a location of their choice on a first come first served basis. So if you would like to immortalize your character or on line persona, perhaps your favorite enemy or kill will appeal to you. Here is your chance.

As there are limits to the original assets, we are going to impose a limit of one to a customer so everyone has a chance for a final resting place. As areas are mapped and their assets inventoried we will open them up to the community for use.

Areas currently mapped and available for reservation are:

Anvil - http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/AnvilGYAssets1.jpg

Bravil - http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/BravilGYAssets1.jpg

Cheydinhal - http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/CheydinhalGYAssets.jpg

Chorrol - http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/chorrolGYAssets.jpg

Leyawin - http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/LeyawiinGYAssets.jpg

Skingrad - http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/ShingradGYAssets.jpg

Reservations can be requested in the following places:

http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=182863

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1075886

http://s1.zetaboards.com/TheStormRavenLibrary/topic/2923163/


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Where we stand today:

The Black Horse Courier article written by CathyM will be used in the player notification.

Recording available assets from Vanilla Oblivion, tombstones and other statics, their locations.

Exterior cells-----------------------------------100% complete
City cells-----------------------------------------60% complete
Interior cells------------------------------------100% complete
Shivering Isles World Space-----------------100%
Shivering Isles Interiors----------------------100%
DLC content------------------------------------100%

Pictorial mapping:

Cities---------------------------------------------60%
Exterior Cells--------------------------------------0%
Interior Cells--------------------------------------0%
SI Exteriors----------------------------------------0%
SI Interiors----------------------------------------0%
DLC--------------------------------------------------0%

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Scripting.

Rewrite of the activator script-----------------100% complete.
Player notification script------------------------100% complete.

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Recording the original epitaphs--------------100% complete

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Assignment of epitaphs to in game statics: In planning

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Attachment of epitaphs to statics: In planning

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General Information:

We will be taking a modular approach in our presentation and will release our efforts separately; starting with the cities, then world spaces, interior cells, Shivering Isles exterior cells, Shivering Isles interior cells followed by DLC content. So the user can use what best suits his game and installation.

Special care and attention is being taken to keep this as simple and clean as possible, the initial offering will just add activator scripts to static assets in game and attach the epitaphs in a message box. Nothing fancy, just simple but effective is our approach.

Progress is steady, the contributions and efforts of the whole team towards a common goal have brought us further along than was expected. We have no rigid time lines or schedules as our primary goal is to have fun and learn as we go.

Discussion continues within the team on where we hope to eventually take this mod, with multiple possibilities and additions being discussed. Nothing is firm as of yet as we are concentrating our efforts to get a playable beta out for the community to evaluate and provide us feedback. But rest assured that the mod itself will be much evolved in future releases.

Community participation is most welcome and encouraged; so if you have something to tell us we will be most receptive. Do you have an epitaph you would like to see added to the mod? We would love to include it and your invited to post it in this thread or in the http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=178327&hl= at the Nexus.

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/tombstone-e.jpg

Tombstone Epitaphs - originally created by Durham1984 and is still available at http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=23680

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Meet the team:

Alani
Bben46
CathyM
Cicer0
Dark Ninja
SpeedyB
Storm Raven
Buddah

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This is a demonstration of how it appears in game as you mouse over a tombstone:

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah-mo.jpg

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When you activate the tombstone the epitaph will be displayed like this:

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah-e.jpg

To close the message box, click on a line in the epitaph.

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Feel free to place your reservation request here, please post your epitaph and your first and second choices if you have a special resting place in mind.

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WIP threads:

http://thenexusforums.com/index.php?showtopic=182863

http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=1075886

http://s1.zetaboards.com/TheStormRavenLibrary/topic/2923163/

A Proof of Concept esp for community evaluation and feedback. It is just a small file, with epitaphs in place in the anvil cemetery. Got a minute to check it out and tell us how it functions (or doesn't) we would love to hear what you think of our little project's functionality and how it displays. Bug reports accepted!

Required files: Oblivion latest version.

On behalf of all involved.

Thanks for your time.

26 February 2010

We have released a playable beta for your inspect, critique and provide feedback on.

http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=30204

The following reservations have been recorded by the Graves Registration Unit.


(Shadowace)

"Shadowace, Was always the same song...he was too lazy to finish his own epitaph"

First choice: Somewhere in Bravil
Second choice: Somewhere in Anvil

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(marwanemo)

"Here lies Miro
Age 102
The Good Die Young."

first choice: Skingrad
second choice: anywhere is fine

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(Dagon Theranis)

Dagon Theranis - Here lies Dagon Theranis, killed by a fall from the Castle battlements. He was Mad as a hatter, Sober as a priest, but Blind as a badger.

Somewhere in Chorrol, if you would.

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(Matoyak)

Matoyak
"You're standing on my head.


Could I request it in Cheydinhal? CHE15 looks fine, but wherever would work too.

(I should mention that my character's name in Oblivion IS Matoyak, so...)

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greenwarden

LEW22, Epitaph to follow

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WhoGuru

LEW21, Epitaph to follow

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(Ariont50)

If you please I would like mine in Leyawin with marker Lew20 if you please. If not available somewhere close.

Character name is Aurorae and epitath to read:
Lived life to the fullest until age 101
Learned early in life that
Beauty is really only skin deep.

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(L33Nexus)

ANV06

Here lies Lee Nexus, he found that zombies are infectious, he was bit unfortunately, and now lies under this tree, and now he's not on the nexus.



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(Phaedra)

At LEW02, or anywhere in Leyawiin. He likes that little graveyard.

Here lies Nazarius.
Or maybe not.
Death is only the beginning.

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(Vouivre)


I have two forms of it.. whichever you deem more apropiate works for me. Either Cheydinhal or Chorral works,

Gone from the wicked embrace of Lolth, I have died.
Now in the dark Embrace of the Dark Maiden
I have found my home, Zekafae of house Rilynath of
Menzoberranzan is dead.
Home now am I with Eilistraee my true goddess
My blade swifter and sharper, as I dance beneath her moon.
I have died, here lies not my body,but my past.
May my remaining sisters follow the light of Eilistraee,
Forever is my home as the sword dancer beneath her moon.

and in the native tongue.

Alus dal l' vreg'nth erl'elee d' Lolth, Usstan inbal tois.
Nin wun l' olath Erl'elee d'lil Olath Wenress
Usstan inbal muth ussta delmah, Zekafae d' qu'ellar Rilynath
d' Menzoberranzan zhah elghinyrr.
Delmah nin tlun Usstan xuil Eilistraee ussta seke quar'valsharess
Ussta velve swifter lu' zikeir, 'zil Usstan lil'alure beneath ilta drathir.
Usstan inbal tois, ghil ulnen naut ussta khel,drill ussta draeval p'los.
Xal ussta remaining dalninin flohlu l' ssussun d' Eilistraee,
Mal'rak zhah ussta delmah 'zil l' killian an'ar beneath ilta drathir.


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(Allstarn08)

Allstarn08

Lew16

"While his body lays elsewhere, he will be here eternal."



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( Psykolabe)

Can I claim BRA14 Epitaph pending

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( Maxwell the Fool)


How about CHO56 Epitaph pending.



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( WillieSea)

Requesting CHE013 Epitaph pending

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(Emong)

Emong

SKI08

"He played with fire and wound up immolated."


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Allstarn08

Lew16

"While his body lays elsewhere, he will be here eternal."

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Probably forgot something or messed something up, but there it is.

Your reservation has been registered with graves registration unit.

LOOK UP^

I took a quick look at the Anvil-Test file to see how difficult it would be to make an Open Cities compatible version, and it was actually easy enough for even me to do it, which is to say exceptionally easy. Just find the tombstones in the Tamriel worldspace and search-and-replace them with your mod-added versions. I'm probably overlooking something much more complex, but going ingame they showed up, epitaths and all, just fine, so... good news? Still a really cool mod, I wish you luck in your construction.

Emong

SKI08

"He played with fire and wound up immolated."

Thank you, it is good to hear. Now write your own and claim a little immortality for yourself.

I will keep the above list as current as possible so you can find one to suit yourself.

Emong your reservation has been recorded.

Hail All!

This is just a simple reminder, to get your plots registered now. We have something like six different websites, where the WIP for this mod is running, so plots are moving briskly. We are working on a way now, to create a list of those plots that have already been requested, and to update that list on the various WIP topics.

We would hate to run into a situation where someone wanted a plot that had already been taken. So help us avoid this unhappy situation, and register your grave and epitaph as soon as possible.

Thank you all again for your warm welcome,

Storm Raven

Edit: It looks as though Buddah is already updating a list above, with those plots already taken.

Anvil

ANV01 GothikaViktoria
ANV02
ANV03 broken stone Caelin
ANV04 broken stone
ANV05 Nollemaster
ANV06 L33Nexus
ANV07 Alienslof
ANV08
ANV09
ANV10 GOOGLEPOX (tesnexus)

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Bravil

BRA01 YX33A
BRA02
BRA03
BRA04 Valdis [Phaedra]
BRA05
BRA06 Shadowace
BRA07
BRA08
BRA09
BRA10 Dianne
BRA11 The Filthy Spaniard
BRA12 webrunner
BRA13
BRA14 Psykolabe
BRA15
BRA16
BRA17 Pushkatu
BRA18
BRA19

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Cheydinhal

CHE01 broken stone
CHE02 broken stone
CHE03
CHE04
CHE05 Matoyak
CHE06 Alani
CHE07
CHE08 Alval Rethrano
CHE09
CHE10 Aisis
CHE11 cipherzx
CHE12
CHE13 WillieSea
CHE14
CHE15
CHE16
CHE17
CHE18
CHE19 dorian 777

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Chorrol

CHO01
CHO02
CHO03
CHO04 jackthehedge
CHO05
CHO06
CHO07
CHO08 DaMage
CHO09
CHO10
CHO11
CHO12
CHO13 Dagon Theranis
CHO14
CHO15
CHO16 whiteaden broken ts by request
CHO17 whiteaden broken ts by request
CHO18
CHO19
CHO20 Kassay
CHO21
CHO22
CHO23
CHO24 helol
CHO25 Poopskin
CHO26
CHO27 daemondarque
CHO28 Sen-Chan
CHO29
CHO30 broken stone
CHO31 broken stone
CHO32
CHO33
CHO34
CHO35
CHO36 broken stone
CHO37 broken stone
CHO38 Vouivre
CHO39
CHO40
CHO41
CHO42
CHO43
CHO44
CHO45 broken stone
CHO46 broken stone
CHO47
CHO48 GaiusIncognitus
CHO49
CHO50
CHO51
CHO52 socksftw
CHO53
CHO54
CHO55
CHO56 Maxwell the Fool
CHO57
CHO58
CHO59
CHO60
CHO61
CHO62 Adea Da'Zin
CHO63 Radmick
CHO64 broken stone
CHO65 broken stone

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Leyawiin

LEW01
LEW02 Phaedra
LEW03
LEW04
LEW05
LEW06
LEW07
LEW09 Mirkrali Alendu
LEW10
LEW11
LEW12
LEW13
LEW14
LEW15
LEW16 Allstarn08
LEW17
LEW18 Grond
LEW19
LEW20 Ariont50
LEW21 WhoGuru
LEW22 greenwarden
LEW23
LEW24
LEW25
LEW26


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Skingrad


SKI01
SKI02
SKI03 Callaire
SKI04
SKI05
SKI06
SKI07 Yamcakes
SKI08 Emong
SKI09
SKI10
SKI11
SKI12 marwanemo
SKI13

Please may I have BRA11, or even better, somewhere in SI in dementia. Thank you!

"The Filthy Spaniard"

"We never found out where he was from,
Who knows where he's gone now?"

I've always loved this idea, good work!

BRA12


Caelis Drael "Loved in life, remembered in death'"




Regards.
WebR

All have been recorded by the Grave Registration Unit, and your reservations have been made.

Asset list has been updated.

Chorrol CH025

Here lies P.T.L.

How's my Horse Carriage driving? Send letters to 1006 Fell-off-a-cliff-and-died.

Hello, Buddah! I heard you were working on a mod and I just had to see for myself.

I'd like to select CHO04.

Jack, the Hedge

"Strong fences make for good neighbors. This hedge made sure I had excellent neighbors. He will be missed."

If at all possible, I'd prefer a spot in the isles, but barring that, BRA01 will do just fine.

Requiem
Few mages can admit their own weakness. Requiem only admitted he liked eating fish, he was involved with the Gray Fox("bow chicka wow wow", as he so eloquently put it), and that Sheogorath owed him twenty septims.

Above have been recorded by the graves registration unit.


YX33A I have reserved BRA01 for you....it will be quite some time before we get to the isles. If memory serves all of the graves there are already used and are activators, these we will not touch. But we may add a new setting or two in the isles at a later date, we have discussed this already and it is in the early planing stages.

I'd definitely be interested in reserving a spot in the Isles if you guys placed a new grave yard. :nod:

26 February 2010

We have released a playable beta for your inspection, critique and provide feedback on.

http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=30204


Thanks for your time.

There are still many tombstones to fill with the epitaphs of the community. We are busily working o getting the Imperial City ready as I type this. As soon as we are ready we will provide maps for you to select your resting place.

Buddah

Thanks for the update! Hopefully I'll get a chance to hop ingame this weekend.

Aprius

Somewhere in Chorrol, if you would.

Epitaph coming soon, when I write it tomorrow.

Hello Buddah If possible, I would like to immortalize myself through your mod. It's a very interesting idea.

ANV09

Harm the Fighter

"Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die."

If Anvil is not available, then Chorrol will do.

Have a nice day

Similarly to harmy, If possible, I'd love to be immortalized through your mod as well.

Name: Etriana von Reichkeif

First choice: Skingrad
Second Choice: Imperial City

Epitaph: "I was buried here, but not for long, now I dance in the shadows, drinking 'til dawn."

Much appreciated

I would like this in Leyawiin, my last character's home. But sadly, he just died, and after my computer crash, I lost the save, so may he rest in peace.

Name: Quirinus Latartus
Epitaph:
He always tried
to be the best,
so here he lies
in eternal rest.