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Avelar\'s Armory and Mannequins provides advanced mannequins with special effects and armor previews, conflict-free integration for AvArm-compliant custom armor mods, and a new shop with vendors for armor, weapon, and quest centralization.
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MAJOR BUG: THE MANNEQUINS WILL OFTEN DISAPPEAR AND STEAL YOUR STUFF AFTER A FEW DAYS IN GAME. USE THIS MOD AT YOUR OWN RISK AND SAVE OFTEN!
This mod never made it to a final bug-free from. I do not work on or support this mod any longer, I haven't for years, and didn't even realize it still had an entry on this site and that people were still downloading it. I'm leaving it up only because it's all open source/creative commons, so if anyone wants to use parts of the mod for their own stuff, I want to leave it available for reference.
The Elder Scrolls IV
OBLIVION:
Avelar's Armory and Mannequins
V 0.6
Index:
1. Overview
2. Installation
3. Using the Plug-in
4. History
5. Credits
*** 1. Overview
Avelar's Armory and Mannequins provides advanced mannequins with special effects and armor previews, conflict-free integration for AvArm-compliant custom armor mods, and a new shop with vendors for armor, weapon, and quest centralization.
*** 2. Installing the Plug-in
If you are updating from v0.5, save your game in a cell that has no mannequins, then install the new version. You should not need to make any extra preparations, and your existing mannequins should continue to work. The four demo mannequins in Rudy's shop will be reset, so remove any custom items you may have placed on them. This version of the mod packs all resources into a BSA file, so you may delete old resources. Delete any folders named "AvArm" in the Data\Textures, Data\Textures\Menus\Icons, Data\Sound\Voice, and Data\Meshes paths, in your Oblivion folder.
If you are updating from v0.41 or earlier, remove all items from your mannequins, pick up your mannequins, and sell off all mannequin tokens. Save your game in a separate internal cell that has never had mannequins (and definitely not in Rudy's shop!).
To install the plug-in:
- Uncompress all of the files into the "Oblivion\Data" directory
+ AvArm.esp
+ AvArm.bsa
+ AvArm - Readme.txt
From the Oblivion Launcher, select Data Files and check the box next to the "AvArm.esp" file.
*** 3. Using the Plug-in
Once in the game you can visit a new shop, Avelar's Armory, located in the Imperial City Market District (southeast corner, along the wall). There are several pre-placed mannequins that can be used in the shop, as well as four new NPC vendors. There is also a task list where AvArm compatible mods can hook quests. AvArm mods may also include "preview sets" from Rudy that will give you a preview of the armor set on the mannequins, but do not give you access to the armor itself.
The mannequins allow you to equip items for display, select poses, apply armor previews, and use special effects. You can buy and place any number of mannequins. Read the book "Mannequin Manual", provided by Rudy in game, for full details on using the mannequins.
*** 4. History
v0.6
- many changes to posing, equipping, etc.; hopefully more reliable with fewer glitches
- weapon and shield posing should be more reliable, with a 10s retry on failed attempts
- added ears and other meshes back to mannequins for stability reasons
- fixed bug when completing quest near the end of a month (in game time)
- created an automatic start stage for the quest that points new users to Rudy
- added previews for imperial legion & watch armors and emperor's armor and robe
- the old demo preview items have all become inert
- changed default loadout of display mannequins
- added north markers to the interior cells
- normalized all effect shaders; changes should not be noticeable, except frost which has been slowed down
- removed dirty dialog records which were possibly causing greeting conflicts
- packed resources into a BSA
v0.5
- added a quest line to gain access to Avelar's Armory
- added a "task list" to Rudy's shop for mod integration
- added special effects, auras, and skins
- new pose modifiers to draw weapon and raise shield
- three new poses: kneel, wave, and crouch
- added mannequin manual
- tweaked object placement in the shop to avoid random physics "explosions"
- added the Book of Circles to living area
- added "OnEnter" cell detection to correct "missing" poses
- renamed from Armor Collector
v0.4.1
- added missing ACtoken meshes
v0.4
- mannequin posing fixed to avoid losing the pose setting
- updated mannequin spawning to allow infinite mannequins
- changed placement of mannequin to be in front of player
- changed NPC store name to "Avelar's Armory"
- mostly finished NPC living section and updated their AI
v0.3
- added 3 new vendors besides Rudy to spread out all the items (weapons, heavy armor, light armor, misc)
- added ability to buy and place mannequins
- greatly simplified posing (removed need to "preview" poses)
- categorized poses and started adding more poses
- enhanced hook script for placing items in each of the different vendors, and for adding "author info" message box
- fixed bug where preview items could not be picked up after dropping into world
v0.2
- added ability for armor mods to integrate into the store/mannequin preview in a modular fashion
- made armor previews item-based
v0.1
- preview release
*** 5. Credits
- Core Mannequin Architecture, before adding poses, inspired by Reznod's Mannequin mod.
- Text for "The Book of Circles" condensed from http://til.gamingsource.net/
- sphr for all his playtesting, feedback, and sacrificial save games
This mod never made it to a final bug-free from. I do not work on or support this mod any longer, I haven't for years, and didn't even realize it still had an entry on this site and that people were still downloading it. I'm leaving it up only because it's all open source/creative commons, so if anyone wants to use parts of the mod for their own stuff, I want to leave it available for reference.
The Elder Scrolls IV
OBLIVION:
Avelar's Armory and Mannequins
V 0.6
Index:
1. Overview
2. Installation
3. Using the Plug-in
4. History
5. Credits
*** 1. Overview
Avelar's Armory and Mannequins provides advanced mannequins with special effects and armor previews, conflict-free integration for AvArm-compliant custom armor mods, and a new shop with vendors for armor, weapon, and quest centralization.
*** 2. Installing the Plug-in
If you are updating from v0.5, save your game in a cell that has no mannequins, then install the new version. You should not need to make any extra preparations, and your existing mannequins should continue to work. The four demo mannequins in Rudy's shop will be reset, so remove any custom items you may have placed on them. This version of the mod packs all resources into a BSA file, so you may delete old resources. Delete any folders named "AvArm" in the Data\Textures, Data\Textures\Menus\Icons, Data\Sound\Voice, and Data\Meshes paths, in your Oblivion folder.
If you are updating from v0.41 or earlier, remove all items from your mannequins, pick up your mannequins, and sell off all mannequin tokens. Save your game in a separate internal cell that has never had mannequins (and definitely not in Rudy's shop!).
To install the plug-in:
- Uncompress all of the files into the "Oblivion\Data" directory
+ AvArm.esp
+ AvArm.bsa
+ AvArm - Readme.txt
From the Oblivion Launcher, select Data Files and check the box next to the "AvArm.esp" file.
*** 3. Using the Plug-in
Once in the game you can visit a new shop, Avelar's Armory, located in the Imperial City Market District (southeast corner, along the wall). There are several pre-placed mannequins that can be used in the shop, as well as four new NPC vendors. There is also a task list where AvArm compatible mods can hook quests. AvArm mods may also include "preview sets" from Rudy that will give you a preview of the armor set on the mannequins, but do not give you access to the armor itself.
The mannequins allow you to equip items for display, select poses, apply armor previews, and use special effects. You can buy and place any number of mannequins. Read the book "Mannequin Manual", provided by Rudy in game, for full details on using the mannequins.
*** 4. History
v0.6
- many changes to posing, equipping, etc.; hopefully more reliable with fewer glitches
- weapon and shield posing should be more reliable, with a 10s retry on failed attempts
- added ears and other meshes back to mannequins for stability reasons
- fixed bug when completing quest near the end of a month (in game time)
- created an automatic start stage for the quest that points new users to Rudy
- added previews for imperial legion & watch armors and emperor's armor and robe
- the old demo preview items have all become inert
- changed default loadout of display mannequins
- added north markers to the interior cells
- normalized all effect shaders; changes should not be noticeable, except frost which has been slowed down
- removed dirty dialog records which were possibly causing greeting conflicts
- packed resources into a BSA
v0.5
- added a quest line to gain access to Avelar's Armory
- added a "task list" to Rudy's shop for mod integration
- added special effects, auras, and skins
- new pose modifiers to draw weapon and raise shield
- three new poses: kneel, wave, and crouch
- added mannequin manual
- tweaked object placement in the shop to avoid random physics "explosions"
- added the Book of Circles to living area
- added "OnEnter" cell detection to correct "missing" poses
- renamed from Armor Collector
v0.4.1
- added missing ACtoken meshes
v0.4
- mannequin posing fixed to avoid losing the pose setting
- updated mannequin spawning to allow infinite mannequins
- changed placement of mannequin to be in front of player
- changed NPC store name to "Avelar's Armory"
- mostly finished NPC living section and updated their AI
v0.3
- added 3 new vendors besides Rudy to spread out all the items (weapons, heavy armor, light armor, misc)
- added ability to buy and place mannequins
- greatly simplified posing (removed need to "preview" poses)
- categorized poses and started adding more poses
- enhanced hook script for placing items in each of the different vendors, and for adding "author info" message box
- fixed bug where preview items could not be picked up after dropping into world
v0.2
- added ability for armor mods to integrate into the store/mannequin preview in a modular fashion
- made armor previews item-based
v0.1
- preview release
*** 5. Credits
- Core Mannequin Architecture, before adding poses, inspired by Reznod's Mannequin mod.
- Text for "The Book of Circles" condensed from http://til.gamingsource.net/
- sphr for all his playtesting, feedback, and sacrificial save games