Visual anomalies with version 1.3.2

Greetings.

Finally got around to upgrading from FAR 1.2x to 1.3.2 earlier today. I did so by creating an OMOD containing both the base FAR files and the distant_view add-on. A clean save was utilized as per readme update instructions. I reran TES4LODgen after the update. And yes, TamRes was updated.

I've done little more than travel from Bravil to the Fort and get my initial briefings from the General, Sargeant, and Librarian. Enroute I encountered visual anomalies such as those seen in the below captures, seen from atop the NR&B bridge...

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn303/Decrepit_Waste/ESIV%20errors/FAR132error_1.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn303/Decrepit_Waste/ESIV%20errors/FAR132error_2.jpg

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn303/Decrepit_Waste/ESIV%20errors/FAR132error_3.jpg

I'm the one who discovered (and reported) these same anomalies with 1.2x. Best I recall, it has to do with the distant_view files containing unneeded data? Is it possible that some of the early pre-corrected distant_view files got substituted for the good ones?

Thanks again for the mod!

-Decrepit-

Hello,

Just found the fort, its huge! Lots of places to explore, amazing work! Some feedbacks:

- Should I be able to pass through http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk145/koki373737/ScreenShot38.jpg? If so, here how it looks http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk145/koki373737/ScreenShot39.jpg.

some of the building backsides have no collision yet...


- It seems I got no dialog options with Centurion Albecciu Seccus, General Synniu Esdrecus and some other npcs.

you have to join the legion and follow the instructions....the Arsenal Sergeant will tell you to report to General Esdrecus....Centurion Seccus will not have a dialogue option before the "Duty Calls Quest"

- If I enter the storage through http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk145/koki373737/ScreenShot41.jpg or the other, I got stuck. Also, on the same building, some wall http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk145/koki373737/ScreenShot42.jpg

will be fixed with the next version

- Theurgist Salvatius Deos, on the imperial cult building, changes his voice if I enter barter mode

I know...as stated the mod is not completely voiced...


- The name of several npcs is too big, like "Imperial Cult Theurgist Salvatius...", and, at least using Darnfied ui, the name overwrites how much weight Im carrying, on the inventory, on barter screen
- I got no dialogue options with the Invoker Livius Fabrius, so I supose I cant join imperial cult yet?

you can..speak to Salvatius Deos first

Mostly just minor stuff. I wonder if the missing dialog issue is something on my setup.. let me know if you want to check my modlist. Thank you very much for making the fort!

Neat! Thanks for the reply, now to join the Imperial Cult : )

Btw, the Imperial Cult and the Fort′s headquarter′s rooms are very beautifuly designed, both got a great mood.

Also, that guard on the latrine must have a terrible stomachache : D

Discrepancy Report: Unsupported Vergayun Road Sign near Fort Akatosh

Likely Cause: Sign not accounted for in FAR-NRB compatibility patch?

Screen Capture Documenting Discrepancy: http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn303/Decrepit_Waste/ESIV%20errors/VergayunRoadSignMisplaced.jpg

Details:
I saw this floating road-sign during my first trip from Fort Atakosh (Redux) to the Imperial City since rebuilding my Oblivion install. The discrepancy did not exist in my old build. However, I was using NRB 4.5.6 (or maybe even 4.5.5) then, and only upgraded to 4.5.7 during the (recent) rebuild process. My guess is that that particular road-sign is a recent addition, and not accounted for in the FAR-NRB compatibility patch, which is dated 11 May 2010.

NOTE: I posted a modified copy of this report in the official NRB thread, since it obviously effects one of Arthmoor's mods, and in any case I could be wrong in my assumption as to the cause.

-Decrepit-

thx for reporting....

will update the FAR / NR&B patch if necessary...don't use new roads and bridges myself ....I guess I have missed some changes or additions :whistling:

cheers

Thanks for the speedy reply Onra! Doube-checking on this might be a bit tricky? I forgot to mention that TWO Arthmoor mods come in to play here, not only NewRoads&Bridges but Vergayun Village. Not sure which is responsible from placing that particular sign. My original thought was that it had to be NRB, since there'd be no need for a road-sign without an accompanying road. But then, one can run NRB sans Vergayun, in which case the sign wouldn't be present. Those two mods must somehow interact with each other?

-Decrepit-

I've been in touch with Arthmoor concerning the floating Vergayun sign, and done more research on my own. Arthmoor kindly supplied a screenshot showing the various NRB signposts in that area, as they appear sans Fort Akatosh Redux and its NRB-patch:

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/9219/signsp.jpg

I then captured an image of the same basic view from my current build, which includes FAR, NRB 4.5.7 and the FAR-NRB patch.

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn303/Decrepit_Waste/ESIV%20errors/VergayunRoadSignMisplaced4.jpg.

Comparing the two is informative. My capture shows the Yellow Road / NRB intersection at screen left, with signpost containing Vergayun sign. This is correct. No problem there. Mine shows the "Fort Atakosh NRB bypass with signpost" at screen right. It is missing a Vergayun sign. In my view the floating Vergayun sign is seen midway between the two signposts. (What might look like a post at that spot is actually my avatar with torch in-hand, who I moved near the sign to better illuminate it.)

It looks to me like the FAR-NRB patch moved that one intersection and its signpost to accomodate the FAR bypass routing, but doesn't take into account the floating Vergayun sign which was added by a recent NRB update. Arthmoor says to go ahead and move the sign to its proper location (the screen-right signpost in my capture).

(If needed, I believe Arthmoor said the sign resources are part of Vergayun rather than NRB, but as the sign is present in my build that shouldn't be an issue.)

For more detailed info, check out my correspondence with Arthmoor on the official New Roads & Bridges thread.

Hope this clears up the matter!

-Decrepit-

FAR has been updated to version 1.4

The updated version fixes a trigger script for the "Lost Battalion" quest. Entering the abandonned village before finding the missing squad will not break the quest anymore.

if you have finished this quest already...there is no need for updating...

The compatibility patch for NewRoads&Bridges Revised has been updated as well...it containes a fix for the new roadsigns placed by Arthmoors Vergayun mod..thx to Decrepit for reporting and Arthmoor

for the infos how to fix ....

cheers

Most welcome. Glad my input was of use.

I'll of course be installing the update, since I'm now on my second Oblivion play-through and have not yet done much with FAR other than join the Legion and light two boarder-tower beacons. Question... for the mod-proper (as opposed to the patch) is the ESP all that was changed, so that I can drop it in my current FAR build folder and be good to go? Or do I need to rebuild everything from scratch?

Thanks again.

-Decrepit-

Woah! That was a big fort. I installed this and Guards of Cyrodiil, only visited the fort akatosh though.
It got a nice feel.
My horse fell into the dock and drowned - you owe me a new horse :toughninja:

Thanks!

So is it safe to assume that one should not install this until ready to actually play the mod.

My character is high up near frostcrag and just closed an Oblivion gate with followers. Both EDI and FCOM also placed adventurers near there - some Skyrim named folks from this mod cause a fight with the adventurers from my party and near the gate. They have on them items that look like quest items. They are not set to essential and I don't know if that all potentially messed up a quest for this mod.

So did it?

I will likely reload and play again but leaving the area as soon as possible so as to not interact with them, but for future reference this would be very good to know.