Balmora Redecorated v3.0
By Lucevar

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Requirements:
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Morrowind
Tribunal
Bloodmoon
OAAB Data
Tamriel Data

The mod uses some furnishings from both expansions. It's designed to work with a few other mods, but it's not dependant on them.

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Description:
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Many of the houses and shops in Balmora are very generic, and don't reflect the personality and social status of their owners (or any personality at all). Moreover, with Children of Morrowind running, many children have no place to sleep in their assigned "parent"s house. This mod adds extra detail and clutter to 30 Balmora interiors (see the Details section below for more precise lists of what I've changed), making them more interesting to visit (and in some cases, a little more profitable to the skilled thief - although I've been careful not to include anything unbalancing).

Homes actually feel lived in now. Everything I've added has a reason to exist - but I leave the interpretation to your imagination. Enjoy!

It uses entirely vanilla resources, and won't overwrite any resources you have installed or invalidate your save games.

The mod has been cleaned with Enchanted Editor, and shouldn't need to be re-cleaned.

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Details:
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3.0 highlights:
- Now uses OAAB/TD assets
- Many ints in the commercial quarter swapped to de_mid
- Now includes an edited and extended version of RandomPal's Hlaalu Council Manor Overhaul

Changes were made to the following 25 cells:

Balmora, Astius Hanotepelus' House
Balmora, Balyn Omarel's House
Balmora, Clagius Clanler: Outfitter
Balmora, Dorisa Darvel: Bookseller
Balmora, Dralasa Nithryon: Pawnbroker
Balmora, Dralcea Arethi's House
Balmora, Dralosa Athren's House
Balmora, Drarayne Thelas's House
Balmora, Fast Eddie's House
Balmora, Hecerinde's House
Balmora, Hlaalu Council Manor
Balmora, Itan's House
Balmora, Karlirah's House
Balmora, Meldor: Armorer
Balmora, Milie Hastien: Fine Clothier
Balmora, Nalcarya of White Haven
Balmora, Nine Toes' House
Balmora, Rarayn Radarys' House
Balmora, Ra'Virr: Trader
Balmora, Rithleen's House
Balmora, The Razor Hole
Balmora, Tsiya's House
Balmora, Tyermaillin's House
Balmora, Vorar Helas' House
Balmora, Vori's House
Balmora, West Gash Region, -2,-2
Balmora, West Gash Region, -3,-2

Balmora exterior cells: Nothing has been added to these cells; they're marked as changed only because I had to move door markers so that the player isn't stuck on the new furniture. Make sure to load this BEFORE any mods that change exteriors.

I haven't changed any of the taverns in Balmora. Instead, I recommend the following mods:

South Wall, Den of Iniquity by Balastruthius
The Seedy Plates by Von Django
Lucky Lockup Additions by Midgetalien
Balmora Guilds Expanded (also by me)

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Installation:
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1. Extract this archive to any folder and then copy the contents to Morrowind's Data Files folder.
2. Start Morrowind Launcher, click Data Files, and enable Balmora Redecorated v2.1.esp

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Un-Installation:
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1. Save your game in a cell, preferably an interior, that isn't affected by this mod, and close Morrowind.
2. Start Morrowind Launcher, click Data Files, and disable the Morrowind Interior Decoration - Balmora.esp file(s).
3. Delete the .esp file from your Morrowind/Data Files folder.


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Compatibility:
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Beautiful Cities of Morrowind - it contains an edited version of this mod, so they're incompatible. Don't use them together.

Epic Balmora - There's a very, very minor issue, in that Epic Balmora adds a keg where I add a bed in Astius Hanotepelus's House.

Other than that, no conflicts that I'm aware of. Any mod that edits any of the same cells as this one have the possibility of conflicting.

If you find a mod that conflicts, please let me know so I can update this and create a patch.

Particular Notes:

Should be loaded before any lighting mods such as TLM, so that their ambient lighting changes can take effect. I've cleaned this mod of the automatic ambience changes the CS makes, but it's still a good idea to load this earlier just in case.

Compatible with Children of Morrowind (it was made as a companion mod of sorts, although it doesn't require COM) - Clagius Clanler, Tsiya and Dralcea Arethi's children
now have beds to sleep in.

Compatible with Nemon's Balmora Interiorator - we only touch two of the same cells, and even then, we edit completely different parts of the building. You could run the two together for an even more complete Balmora interior overhaul :)

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Changelog:
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Version 3.1
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[x] Edited the clutter in Ra'Virr's upstairs to better reflect his characterisation in AFFA's AFFresh.

Version 3.0
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[x] Added Hlaalu Council Manor Overhaul by RandomPal
[x] This also allows me to fix a conflict between Balmora Redecorated 2.0 and RP's mod
[x] Added meshes by MwGek
[] Added optional exterior addon to add things like trade banners

Astius Hanotepelus' House
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[x] Replaced Redoran rugs with alternates
[x] Added potters wheel
[x] Added some OAAB clutter

Balyn Omarel's House
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[x] Added a little bit of OAAB clutter

Clagius Clanler
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[x] Replaced furniture with de_mid
[x] Removed cobbled bunk bed and replaced it with OAAB de_mid version
[x] Added some OAAB/TD clutter

Dorisa Darvel
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[x] Swapped furniture with de_m
[x] Swapped redoran rug with alternate
[x] added some clutter

Dralasa Nithryon
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[x] Swapped redoran rug out for alternate
[x] Added a bunch of OAAB/TD clutter - her inventory is a lil more interesting now

Dralcea Arethi
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[x] Decobbled
[x] Added some OAAB/TD clutter
[x] Swapped redoran rug for alternate

Dralosa Athren
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[x] Swapped Redoran rug for alternate
[x] Added some oaab clutter

Drarayne Thelas
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[x] Swapped Redoran rug with alternate

Fast Eddie's House
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[x] Swapped hammock for rug version
[x] Added some OAAB/TD clutter

Hecerinde's House
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[x] Swapped Redoran rug for alternate
[x] Added a little OAAB/TD clutter

Hlaalu Council Manor
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[x] Added a lower floor with living quarters for the retainers (including the player once you join) and a private room for Nileno, as ranking Hlaalu
[x] Replaced furniture in the highest floor with de_m (only the public areas get the good stuff)
[x] Reduced size of top floor to match ext a bit better
[x] Converted the top floor corner into a consultation space and moved the barrels etc into storage on the lowest floor

Itan
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[x] Fixed broom clipping through tapestry
[x] Swapped Redoran rug for alternate
[x] Added a little OAAB/TD clutter

Karlirah
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[x] Replaced Redoran rug with alternate
[x] Added a little bit of redguard clutter for flavour - just stuff that could have been brought with her when she emigrated
[x] Added a little OAAB/TD clutter

Meldor
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[x] Swapped furniture with de_m
[x] Added a little OAAB/TD clutter

Milie Hastien
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[x] Added dressmaker clutter
[x] Replaced Redoran rug with alternate
[x] Replaced de_p furn with de_r
[x] Upgraded rugs
[x] Upgraded bar
[x] Turned store-room into a dressing room for customers
[x] Added another table with a bit of stock to fill space - new shoe collection just dropped

Nalcarya
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[x] Upgraded desk
[x] Replaced Redoran rugs
[x] Completely rearranged int
[x] Guard now wanders
[x] Added some OAAB/TD clutter

Nine-Toes
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[x] Swapped rugs with poor versions
[x] Added a little OAAB/TD clutter
[x] Added netch pack
[x] Swapped hammock with rug version
[x] Poor Nine-Toe's house now leaks... bad landlord! Sound only plays during rain or thunderstorms.

Ra'virr
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[x] Removed daedric censer
[x] Added incense holder
[x] Removed rugs from wall
[x] Added some oaab clutter

Rarayn Radarys
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[x] Added torn tapestry
[x] Crumpled rug

Rithleen
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[x] Added clutter
[x] Added slopey bit matching ext
[x] added practice area

The Razor Hole
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[x] Swapped to de_mid furn
[x] Swapped redoran rug for alternate

Tsiya
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[x] Hammock with rug
[x] Cushions
[] Hanging bundles
[x] Some oaab clutter
[x] Removed daedric incense

Tyermailin
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[x] Replaced Redoran rug
[x] Added healer clutter
[x] Moved desk for better compatibility with Balmora Waterworks
[x] moved chairs to help navigation a bit

Vorar Helas
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[x] Removed Redoran rug
[x] Added some oaab clutter

Vori's House
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[x] Removed Redoran rug
[x] more stoneflower on the floor, just grass in the pot
[x] downgraded bed
[x] swapped big rug for torn version to show rat damage
[x] moved rat to somewhere it's less likely to get stuck

03/04/2020 - Version 2.2
Cleaned some duplicate records, and stray WGHT entries. Also fixed some minor placement glitches in Nine-Toe's House and Vorar Helas's House.

14/1/2015 - Version 2.1
Cleaned AMBI records for compatibility with lighting mods.

13/1/2015 - Version 2.0
Overhauled 10 more cells:

Balmora, Astius Hanotepelus' House
Balmora, Balyn Omarel's House
Balmora, Dralosa Athren's House
Balmora, Draryne Thelas's House
Balmora, Fast Eddie's House
Balmora, Hecerinde's House
Balmora, Nine Toes' House
Balmora, Rarayn Radarys' House
Balmora, Vorar Helas' House
Balmora, Vori's House
Balmora, West Gash Region, -2,-2

Version 1.0
Original version. Improvements made to these cells:
Balmora, Clagius Clanler: Outfitter
Balmora, Dorisa Darvel: Bookseller
Balmora, Dralasa Nithryon: Pawnbroker
Balmora, Dralcea Arethi's House
Balmora, Hlaalu Council Manor
Balmora, Nalcarya of White Haven
Balmora, Ra'Virr: Trader
Balmora, Tsiya's House
Balmora, Tyermaillin's House
Balmora, West Gash Region, -3,-2

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Known Issues:
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If you run the full version without Children of Morrowind installed, some NPCs will have extra beds for children that don't actually exist, which may seem strange. Please use the "non-COM" version in the Extras folder if that bothers you. The mod itself will run perfectly fine without COM installed though.


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History:
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15/07/2013 - version 1.0
13/1/2015 - version 2.0
14/1/2015 - version 2.1
03/04/2020 - version 2.2
07/2023 - version 3.0


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Contact Details:
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I can be contacted at Nexus or on the Morrowind Modding Community Discord


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Credits:
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Thanks to InsanitySorrow for his ReadMe Generator this file is based on.
Thanks to Bethesda for creating Morrowind - you've given me many thousands of hours of enjoyment.
Thanks to Emma, whose excellent Children of Morrowind mod inspired this.

* MwGek for some of the Hlaalu meshes and the open chest mesh
* RandomPal for some of the decoration which was either inspired by or taken from BCOM and his Hlaalu Council Manor Overhaul.
* OAAB and TD teams for assets


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Tools Used:
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Insanity's ReadMe Generator
Elderscrolls Construction Set

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Licensing/Legal:
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Feel free to upload this to any site if it becomes unavailable at Morrowind Nexus or MMH, to use it in a compilation or as part of another mod. In other words, you can do what you like with it, please just give me credit as the original author and let me know so I can check your work out!