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for DALLs-Creatures (Mature and Young Editions)

v1.0

10.02.2008

This mod changes how some of Oblivion Creatures look. Warning Creatures_Mature_Edition and v1.0 include some nudity. If you object to it download instead Creatures_Young_Edition which is same but without Spriggan and Spider Daedra Creatures. This one is suitable for minors and all others who prefer not to have nude Creatures.

Creatures are important part of game as we all have to deal with them on quite regular basis. Some of Bethesda originals are great but some are not. Original Creature meshes (models) are of highest standard but textures are bit of mix bag were few seem as being afterthought. Thus my urge and motivation to realize this mod. Some re-skins are introducing quite radical changes while others are just minor tweaks of good originals. My Textures are in general twice size of originals and are primary intended as treat for people with good video cards. How well they'll perform on older cards / PCs I have no clue as my test machine is of medium quality.

Creatures included in this version are:

FrostAtronach
Skeleton
Sprrigan(Mature_Edition and v1.0 Only)
Xiviali
Troll
Lich
Imp
Landdreugh
Ogre
Spider Daedra (Mature_Edition and v1.0 Only)
Bear
Mountain Lion
Minotaur
Wraith
Goblin
DeerNEW
Dog NEW

Installation:

This new textures are substitute and as such don't need .esp (plug-in file) but Archive Invalidation (BSA redirect) is necessary! BSA redirection (in game textures replacement) can be achieved in a couple of ways depending on what you are comfortable with but I would recommend to anyone to use ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated! This brilliant mod by Quarn can be found at:

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=10724

If you are wondering what this mod does it forces Oblivion game engine to use new (replacement) textures instead of Bethesda originals. This mod is one of the must haves as many other change-of-texture mods depend on BSA redirection as well.

Install and activate (check) ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated!

Extract my Data files directly into your Oblivion (game) folder. Alternatively extract (unpack) them to your desktop, check file structure if you deem it necessary, select those Creatures that you want and copy-paste them into appropriate folders in your Oblivion (game) folder. Allow overwrite if asked for! Backup your files if you want to restore your textures to some previous moded state.

To restore your game to original Bethesda textures you will need to delete my meshes and textures from your Oblivion/Data / ... /Creatures folders.

Conflicts:

There should not be any as long as ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated! is active. If it is switched off or removed game will restore to original textures. My Meshes .NIF and Textures .dds files are intended to work together and removal or replacement of any might lead to unexpected results.

Use:

Use it as you like without need to contact me for permission but due credit is expected.

Enjoy! ;)

Thanks to Bethesda for great game.

Note:

Creatures_Mature_Edition and Creatures_Young_Edition are Full Sets of my Creatures short of less two above mentioned creatures in Young_Edition. Original Creatures v1.0 and all latter Add On packs are included.

No new files added or any other changes made just new repack of old files. If you have them already there is no need for new download.

Due to problems some of you had with unpacking of my original zip file (WinZip v11.0) I have uploaded two new alternatives. One marked dalls_creatures_new _zip should be backward compatible with all versions of WinZip and dalls_creatures_alt with WinRar and 7z. For the moment I’ll keep all three so you can choose which one is the most appropriate for you. Sorry for this.

If you like this you can view my other forthcoming re textures at tes.nexus Image Share listed under Mods. If you find something of interest leave a note this will help me to set right priorities for upload.