Pose Compendium AE (Addpose Edition) is out. Same concept but makes integration of existing mod packs so much easier.

Name: Pose Pack - Pose Compendium
Version: 0.8.0
Date: 11/21/2010
Category: Animations/Miscellaneous
Requirements: Oblivion Mod Manager (OBMM), OBSE, Pluggy
Author(s): andriypotapov
Source: http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=35753

Description
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Pose Compendium is the express way to posing.

Fast pose change without menus, can go through hundreds of poses in seconds, switch between normal stance and posing with one key click. Group your favorite poses the way you like, disable poses you don't care about.


Location
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Upon installation of the mod "Pose Compendium" book will appear in your inventory.


Requirements
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Oblivion v1.2.416
OBSE v17 (or higher)
Pluggy 125b (or higher)


Details
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Pose packs a great but their interface ... not so. I want to be able to make a picture of something I really like, preferably featuring my character and ... really fast. This mod im MY PERSONAL way to achieve all the above.

Usage, or rather how I use it:
1. Install mod (obse and pluggy, pluggy allow to read from INI)

2. Assign Pose Compendium book to hotkey (optional)

3. Make one (or many) runs through all the available poses (500+)
- select Pose Compendium from inventory and choose "Use it now" option
- for starters i would suggest you enable debugging (~tdt) so you can see what is going on
- use NUM4 and NUM6 to navigate between available poses in current group
- use NUM9 and NUM3 to navigate between available group
- NUM5 to force currently selected pose
- NUM0 to switch to default (you can change clothing, weapons, equip weapon or remove it)
- NUM. (Del) ends your posing session (if you do this you will need to select Pose compendium again to start posing)

4. Note poses you liked (rather their IDs 1008, 6003, etc)

5. Backup your A2PCQuestConfig.ini

6. Create or edit existing group in A2PCQuestConfig.ini so includes only poses you like (for example: only Sitting poses ...)
- if you spend about minute looking at current INI file you will understand structure (too lazy to explain it here)

7. Reload changes
- select Pose Compendium from inventory and choose "Start Over" option
- Now back to #3

8. Now you have all the groups and poses configured the way you like it

9. Use "Flying Camera Mod" by Ssenkrad to eliminate need to use console for screenshots
"Flying Camera Mod" - http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12556

10. Now you ready to take screenshots with you in it posing WITHOUT touching inventory or any other menus
- initiate posing session (only if you ended it before)
- toggle menu off (~tm), switch to flying camera (~tfc), force current pose (NUM5)
- start posing away NUM4 and NUM6 to switch poses, NUM9 and NUM3 to switch groups
- if you need to switch clothing or equip weapon
- enable menu (~tm)
- NUM0 resets pose to default
- make appropriate changes
- NUM5 back to posing
- disable menu (~tm)

Watch video to see demonstration of how fast you can go through poses (during 2 minutes of video I managed to change about 300+ poses)


Pose packs included
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GS Pose Pack resource
OSR Poses 1, 2 and 3 (Translated version)
Gaff
glock3
LE01 & LE02
OTPair2
Simple Pose
Sexy Witch Poses
EFG (info)
JOJO (info)


Install
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Mod supplied as OMOD ready archive. Manual copy of config INI file is required.

Manual Install
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1. Extract this archive to any folder and then copy the contents to Oblivion's Data folder. You can ignore or delete the "omod conversion data" folder.
2. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, and enable the .esp file(s).
3. Copy config INI file to (user folder)\My Games\Oblivion\Pluggy\User Files\
4. (Optional) Re-initialize mod from the game. Click on "Pose Compendium" in inventory and choose "Start Over" option.

OBMM Install
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Create the OMOD (Do this section only once)
1. Copy archive to (install folder)\Oblivion\obmm\omod\
2. Start Oblivion Mod Manager.
3. Click the Create button.
4. Click the Add Archive button, find and select the archive, then click Yes.
5. Click the Create omod button, then click OK when it finishes.
6. Copy INI file to (user folder)\My Games\Oblivion\Pluggy\User Files\
7. (Optional) Re-initialize mod from the game. Click on "Pose Compendium" in inventory and choose "Start Over" option.


Customization
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Since version 0.8 key binding done via external script "Pose Compendium.ini". You can change key bindings in game, no need to restart. Get sample "Pose Compendium v0_8_x Alternative Key Binding" file or do it manually:
1. Modify "Pose Compendium.ini" to your liking
ex:
; use coma and period to navigate between poses
set A2PCKeyPrevPose to 51
set A2PCKeyNextPose to 52
2. Re-initialize mod
"Pose Compendium"->"Start Over"
3. Start posing


Manual Uninstall
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1. Delete 'Pose Compendium.esp'
2. Delete 'Pose Compendium.bsa'
3. (Optional) Delete config INI file from (user folder)\My Games\Oblivion\Pluggy\User Files\

OBMM Uninstall
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1. Start Oblivion Mod Manager.
2. Double-click the name of the mod in the right-hand side of the OBMM screen,
click Yes. (icon should turn green)
3. (Optional) Delete config INI file from (user folder)\My Games\Oblivion\Pluggy\User Files\


Incompatibility
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This mod does not change anything existing in game thus no major incompatibility.
It will clash with mods that use NUMPAD keys as control mechanism.


Known Issues or Bugs
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1. Q. Animations look not right
A. Animations are NOT mine I can't help how they look

2. Q. Some textures or meshes are missing.
A. I made sure that all original resources are present and not edited in any way, though packaged in BSA file. Art of invalidation is not my area of expertise, suggestions are welcome.

3. Q. If I select the book token in my inventory to start over, nothing happens, same if I assign it to a hotkey.
A. You alredy initiated posing session. Finish it (NUM0 -> "NUM.") and try again ("Start Over").
Re-load couple times (NUM0 -> NUM. -> Start Over) might help as well.
In debug (~tdt) you should see number of loaded groups reported after selecting "Start Over" (groups [0] means you have problem with INI file)

4. Q. When I opened the console, there were references to illegal states
A. Re-initiate posing session couple times (NUM5 -> NUM0 -> NUM. -> "Use it now") should eliminate illegal state problem

5. Q. I do not see pose id ?
A. One way to enable debug, the other is to force current pose (NUM5) that would generate normal message on screen (be patient it is slooooow)

6. Q. Still can't make it work
A. Check if NUMLOCK is OFF :)


History
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0.8.0, 2011/01/04 - Relying on external script to perform key binding
0.7.5, 2011/01/04 - Added OBSE, OBSE version and Pluggy check in OBMM script
0.7.4, 2011/01/04 - Incorporated animations by GS_Storm
0.7.3, 2011/01/04 - Readme modifications, included version checks in OBMM installation script
0.7.2, 2010/11/24 - Cleaned mod, no more conflicts reported by TES4CS
- Fixed small things that should significantly reduce chance of failures
- implemented debug switch (toggles print to console)

0.7, 2010/11/21 - Finally, got all the animations in prime condition and valid INI.
0.6, 2010/10/24 - Split mod in master ESM and mod ESP (didn't want to edit records by mistake).
0.5, 2010/10/24 - Packed resources in BSA.
0.4, 2010/10/24 - Merged all the Packs I could get my hands on.
0.3, 2010/10/24 ? Re-done to include all the latest and greatest Poses out there.
0.2, 2007/11/01 - Some improvements.
0.1, 2007/10/28 - Initial release.

Contact
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You can find me on TESNexus as 'andriypotapov'


Credits
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Thanks to these guys and gals for great pose packs:
GS_Storm - GS Pose Pack resource
Pizz and Lera - OSR Poses
barkera - OSR Poses - Translated
ku - CTAddPose Gaff
glock3 - CTAddPose glock3
Reso - CTAddPose LE01
Reso - CTAddPose LE02
oretueee - CTAddPose OTPair2
Geechan - Simple Pose
Nagothm - Sexy Witch Poses
EFG - author of the pack
JOJO - author of the pack

Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion.
Thanks to TESNexus.com for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.
Thanks to LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on.

Special thanks to teams behind TES4Edit and TES4Gecko.


Tools Used
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7-Zip - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15579
NIFSkope - http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifSkope
Oblivion Mod Manager - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2097
TES4Edit - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11536
TES4Files - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8489
TES4Gecko - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8665
TES Construction Set - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11367
Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp
BSA Commander - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3311

Licensing/Legal
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You can do whatever you want with this mod but don't complain to me if it
doesn't work or your PC blows up.