Well last night I made it so blood fountains are similar to a blood potions for vampires, but a little better. I also continued decorating Rosethorn Halls Lords Manor.

I'm still getting some random shutdowns with Oblivion. Maybe its overheating my video card? Its like my monitor goes black and thinks I shut down my computer (the light flashes blue when the PC is off but the monitor power is still on). I cannot regain control of my pc either. I probably need to blow the case and fans out, I haven't had the lid on ever since I put that card in there over a year ago so its probably dusty.

with the vampire attack that you are planning on using will it be bound to a certain key like DR's grab/kick? or will it be a scripted spell? Will the npc also need to be hurt to an extent to be able to do it? I figured it would be that as a kill move so it couldn't just be spammed over and over. Keep up the good work. :tops:

Its probably your video card, I had the same problem with my old one. I would be playing a game and out of the blue it would just lose VGA signal. Personally i think that the card overheated. Dust could of had something to do with it but that doesnt change the fact that it fried. Mine was a GeForce 9600 so thats proof that no matter how good it is it can still fry.

It will probably be a special keyed attack where I test the players level/vampire abilities against the targets level/abilities and then play one of two animations (failed attempt/successful attempt) based on the outcome.



I think your probably right, its probably fried.

That said, I need a new computer pretty desperately to keep working on Unholy Darkness, so I'm going to do something bold here:

Anyone who donates $20 or more will get to download a private playable beta of Unholy Darkness by this weekend. Send donations via paypal to ordering@4drulers.com Thanks in advance. I hate to do this, but I can't afford a new PC right now. I don't expect any takers, but I had to ask.

Best,
Madmole

I wouldn't jump to that conclusion that it's dead that quickly, it's likely just a driver issue or overheating issue (probably this), both can be remedied pretty easily and for free or cheap. Why don't you post your computer specs and myself and others can try and diagnose it?

Worse comes to worse, you can get a HD 5770 for about $150 off newegg, one of the best performance/cost cards out there.

EDIT: Also, keep up the good work on the mod, it looks great

Well after some more investigation, it does it on Fallout 3 and I have zero mods on that game, so its not mod related. It seems to happen when my FPS is low after playing a while. I'm pretty sure its just overheating. I'm just kind of frustrated with this PC. Its like 2003 dell, but I changed out the motherboard. 2 gigs of ram, AGP ATI 1950. I've upgraded it as much as possible a couple of years ago.

I'll try cleaning it out with some canned air. Also I feel like an ass asking for $. Hopefully things will get better soon and I can buy a new rig. Thanks for the help.

My sympathies m8 :brokencomputer: Were I not in the process of paying off $20k in student loans, I'd gladly pitch in. That said, the new vid made me 'lol' Does the super-speed have any noticeable effects when used in first-person? Anyways, hope you get the overheating sorted out. This is shaping up to be the best all-encompassing vampire mod.

Thanks for the kind words. The super speed doesn't have any issues that I've noticed, other than sometimes clipping through a wall if you smash into it when you have low framerate. I usually only use it to travel out in the wilderness.

I actually am having the same issue with my video card. I do believe it's an overheating issue. It first happened while playing Divinity 2, and now it happens every time I play anything. Fortunately I can play oblivion on my laptop.

I have a case which is mostly open on top, with a huge fan. It gets really dusty inside and I forget to blow it out haha. Pretty sure it's just fried.

Well so far so good. I installed new drivers & blew out a ton of dust from my system. I played an hour and a half with no issues. Not only is this good for my PC health, but also amazing for the mod that I played that long and zero crashes. Considering I have a lot of mods, thats really good, so I'm confident the private beta release to my donation buddies will be solid for them to enjoy

I had not yet been to Oblivion with my level 20 something elder vampire character, so I decided to finally visit Kvatch. I drank from the modded blood baths and it sustained my character's appearance and kept cravings at bay. However, as soon as I exited Oblivion it was dawn, and raining, so my character took some sun damage. I wasn't sure if it even worked any more, it had been a long time since elder vampires don't need to feed much nor take sun damage as long as you feed regularly. So it was pretty cool watching my character smoke and her skin burn.

http://downloads.4drulers.com/Oblivion_Mods/unholydarkness/vampire_speed.jpg

http://downloads.4drulers.com/Oblivion_Mods/unholydarkness/sundamage.jpg

http://downloads.4drulers.com/Oblivion_Mods/unholydarkness/Unholy%20Darkness57.jpg

Will the 3rd person speedeffect(transparency/fog) keep that way?
I pretty much liked the vision you had before(blur shader)

I?d offer my "old" HD3650 AGP card for free.

edit:
Need to verify the functionality of that card first, as i still don`t know why exactly my old system died.

It may just be because im a pessimist at best so i always think of the worst when something doesnt work. Still, mine was totally fried even after de-dusting it. Glad to see that yours wasnt. Checking back in more as you said, sounds like its gonna be a pretty stable mod.

All I did was install http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15566 and motion blur worked. I like the transparent effect I have right now, it fades in and out smoothly. I might edit the dust effect yet, that is a stock shader that was close to what I wanted.



I'm assuming that its better than a 1950 pro since its a higher #? That would be nice for a new rig. What I wanted to do was buy a new MB that has the PCI express & AGP. Then I could run my older card I have now (or yours if it works) and when I can afford a newer better card not be screwed and able to install it into the PCI express slot.


Well the old black screen / lost monitor signal was random, so I'm not 100% sure its fixed yet, but after a few more evenings of heavy testing with no more problems then I'd say I lucked out.

will the forward motion blur be required or will it be bundled with your mod?

Its just an optional mod at the moment you can download if you want. I want to look at OGE and see what it offers to maybe add some effects later, right now I'm focusing on finishing what I have had planned, then I can look into some new things or polishing it up after its all there. Getting closer though

Update: Tonight I worked on http://downloads.4drulers.com/Oblivion_Mods/unholydarkness/vampirelordsmanor.jpg. This is the last of the purchasable secret vampire lairs you can buy for the player homes. I'm liking how it is starting to come together and the lighting is pretty dramatic now. I might add some paintings and a few more vampire trinkets and I think this area is done. Notice the blood bath for a quick refreshment.

Its really starting to have that rich vampire lord feeling to it. Next I'll work on the NPC's packages some more to bring them to life and tackle the throne area.

Looks awesome, nice work Madmole

dang that place is going to be huge lol. I actually just installed your eyja mod too so that I will get an ubelievable house and servants. Keep up the awesome work

I just started playin oblivion a month ago, been playin TES 3 for years and 90% of my characters have always been vampires.
Bought oblivion and was really disappointed in the vampires so started lookin for mods straight away.

Let's just say that i refuse to download anythin else and is waitin for this. Your work looks truly amazing, keep it up

I did some research, and the numbers do lie, the 1950 pro seems to be way faster.
Glad you got that card running again.

Glad you like it!

Its not like a full castle under there, but its decent sized. The screenshot is the players living quarters, then there are servants quarters, and a throne room and the dungeon. I will probably make a merchant down there so you can dump your goods conveniently. Of course by the time you can afford that place money won't be much of an issue, but still after a night of dungeon crawling it will be nice to sell your stuff at home.

Excellent. I think you will be impressed.


Oh ok. I always figured better cards had higher numbers but who knows. Its running decent for now, but I still crave a nice new system and vid card. Hopefully I can get one before tes5 comes out. Speaking of which, have they released any media on it yet? Probably waiting for e3 to do that.

I haven't heard anything about it yet. I would assume it should be out near the end of the year or early next year though. I hope it is in summerset isle though.

I did a little research on Summerset Isle and it sounds cool enough. But after searching and coming up with nothing, I guess we'll have to wait and see. I'm pretty sure they will show something at GDC or E3 for sure.

The things you describe concerning this mod and deadly reflexes is making my mouth water haha.


Can't wait to play!