NOTICE: 5-11-10

This mod has been obsoleted by the mod "Daedric Shrine Ruins" which is a result of
merging all the daedric shrine ruin mods including this one.

That mod includes six Morrowind-style daedric shrine ruins and is the mod which will
be updated and receive revisions and expansions in the future.

You can download it at:
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=31636

This mod will not be pulled down and will remain here for legacy or a la carte reasons.


Mod: Mehrunes Fel, Version 1.0
Game: TES IV: Oblivion
Requires: Shivering Isles Expansion
Author: David Brasher
Release Date: 11/23/09

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CONTENTS
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1. Information on the Mod
2. Installation
3. Version History
4. Conflicts, Known Issues, and Troubleshooting
5. Other Daedric Shrine Ruin Mods You Might Be Interested In
6. Copy Status and Credits

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1. INFORMATION ON THE MOD
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A daedric shrine ruin for Oblivion. The location is in a real bad neighborhood. There are bandit camps and a fort ruin full of necromancers nearby. It is disgusting how the Imperial Legion is totally impotent at keeping the land safe. It is time for some vigilante action by brave heroes and heroines.

The exterior of this ruin is rather unique. It straddles a deep river gorge. You will need to watch your footing closely. Otherwise you may plunge to your death on the rocks below, or land in the slaughterfish-infested water. I am sure it will not help your balancing act on the narrow path, having to fight a running battle with all those daedra.

This location has a very different look to it. The interior and exterior architectural objects have been retextured using re-worked textures from Visual Pack XT, which was designed for retexturing Morrowind. The interior is a retextured Ayleid ruin with so many retextured bricks and blocks added, that parts of it are unrecognizable as what it used to be.

The shrine is located between Skingrad and Kvatch. It is south of Ra'Sava camp, south-east of Gnoll's Meeting Camp, and south-west of Fort Istirus. It is located barely across the Cyrodiil/Valenwood border. This mod automatically removes borders, so there is no need to modify your Oblivion.ini file.

There is an NPC you will encounter who will react to you much differently depending on whether or not you have beaten the Shivering Isles expansion. You might enjoy playing the mod with both a character who has beaten the Shivering Isles expansion, and one who has not.

At this shrine, many of the enemies you will encounter will not be leveled, so you may wish to be level 15 before going there. The enemies re-spawn, so if you have to leave the shrine for a long while, it will be hard again when you go back. The shrine can be raided multiple times because of the re-spawning monsters and some re-spawning treasure. The walls of the shrine are made of dark-reddish stone. It sucks in the light and leaves you in Stygian blackness. Be sure to bring some torches or have another plan for seeing in the intense gloom. In this shrine, death awaits the unprepared, the weak, and the incautious. You have been warned.

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2. Installation
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Extract (decompress) the .esp file to your oblivion directory, the default is:
C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\
In your mod manager, mark the box next to the "MehrunesFel" plug-in.

Alternately, extract someplace else. Then move the .esp, Meshes, Textures, and Sound folders to Oblivion\Data\. This will merge the .nif, .dds, MP3, and .lip data files (Meshes, Texture, Sound, and lip movement files) from the mod with the data files on your computer. Often you can simply drop the "Data" file into the "Oblivion" folder. Make sure the files go into the proper directories they were in when you downloaded the mod.

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3. Version History
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V 1.0 Initial Release

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4. Conflicts, Known Issues, and Troubleshooting
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No known issues or conflicts at this time. The mod will likely conflict with any mod which alters the same cells on the Cyrodiil/Valenwood border which this mod does.

IF ANYONE DETECTS A MAJOR BUG WHICH MAKES THE MOD UNPLAYABLE, PLEASE SEND ME A
PERSONAL MESSAGE ON TES NEXUS RIGHT AWAY. I WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO FIX IT AND RELEASE
AN IMPROVED VERSION OF THIS MOD.

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5. Other Daedric Shrine Ruin Mods You Might Be Interested In
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If you like this mod, you might want to check out these others:
Asharnakibibi 1_2 - Morrowind-Style Daedric Shrine at http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=27626
Zergonipilamat 1_2 - Morrowind-Style Daedric Shrine at http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28007

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6. Copy Status and Credits
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Credits:
The makers of Visual Pack XT for the textures used.
Bethesda for making the game in an open format anyone can mod.
Copy Status: Feel free to modify this, share this, or use parts of it. Just send me a Personal Message on TES Nexus as a courtesy, and include my name in your credits.

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