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Adds a functional postal service to the game that allows you to send post to homes and guilds. Adds two postman to each city where one patrols the city while the other travels. You\'ll sometimes also receive BHCs, spam and misdelivered post. A mini quest might get triggered when you send yourself mail.
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Name: Postal Service
Version: 0.2
Date: 8.8.2011
Category: Guilds/Factions
Requirements: Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.416, Oblivion Script Extender (OBSE)
Author(s): SleepSleep
Source: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=39848
Description
===========
Adds a functional postal service to the game that allows you to send post to homes and guilds. Adds two postman to each city where one patrols the city while the other travels. You'll sometimes also receive BHCs, spam and misdelivered post. A mini quest might get triggered when you send yourself mail.
Details
=======
This is a fully functional mod, but missing some content I had planned. At first it was meant for those that have fast travel disabled to eliminate the need to constantly hike across the country with your loot. Now it is meant to add a bit of immersion as well.
Each city houses two postmen that sleep at the local inn. Every day except on Sunday, one of them patrols the city and visits the castle, while the other travels to another city, stopping by inns and villages that are on his way. On Sunday no post is delivered as the postmen have a free day. Post is delivered every day at 7am except on Sunday. Postmen (even visiting ones) always know the local rumors and while on duty have the "Postman" title in their name.
To be able to send post to a home you need to own it, and to be able to send to a guild you need to be a member of the guild. There's no Shivering Isles or any other official plugin support as I don't own any of those. You can send to the 8 homes, any fighters and mages guild, Arcane Sanctuary, White Stallion Lodge and the Knights of the Thorn Lodge. Smaller items are delivered in a mailbag, larger (heavier/more expensive) in a package. The cost of sending mail is 100 gold but can be changed in PostalService.ini (found in data\ini folder).
Aside from the post you send yourself, you will occasionally also receive BHC broadsheets, spam (advertisements - handbills) and mis-delivered packages or letters. BHC broadsheets are delivered at 9am not 7am as they are delivered by BHC not the postal service.
The mod doesn't yet include any new letters yet. Mis-delivered letters include the vanilla letters, for mis-delivered packages 35 random packages were added that may contain various random items of the same category.
New unique letters can be added to this mod by using Cliffs Better Letters and the PSBetterLettersPatch. If you are already using Better Letters I highly recommend the patch as there is a slight incompatibility with Better Letters otherwise (Better Letters turns a few original random letters to unique letters).
To allow others to expand on this mod, I've split it into an esm and esp archive. The esm contains all the basic stuff as well as useful user defined functions. I've made the mod so additional letters/packages could be added to the random loot and quests could send letters to a specific location or any location (while the letter would still be picked up only at one location) etc. The later would be great for quest delayers and quests that start with the player receiving a letter. This could all be done even without having this mod as a requirement but simply detecting it using OBSE. More info on how to expand on this mod in the modders readme that comes with the download.
All dialogue is voiced and uses original voice acting.
No new buildings were added. Even though having post offices would be great, adding those to cities or city surroundings would likely cause incompatibilities with other mods.
Install
=======
1. Extract the files to a temporary location.
2. Copy files to (install folder)\Oblivion\Data\
3. Start Oblivion Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a checkmark beside the PostalService.esm and PostalService.esp files.
4. If you're using Cliff's Better Letters also place a checkmark beside PSBetterLettersPatch.esp, the patch needs to be loaded after Better Letters
Uninstall
=========
Before you uninstall make sure there's no valueable mail waiting for you at any of the possible locations as those items will get lost otherwise. If you have mail that hasn't been delivered yet you do not need to wait for it. Open the console and write
player.coc PSPostOffice
Check all the containers in that cell for your loot.
When you're ready:
1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esm and .esp files.
2. Delete the files/folders associated with the mod.
Incompatibility
===============
Small incomparability with the Better Letters mod where some unique letters could appear more than once. Use the PSBetterLettersPatch to fix this. The patch will also import the letters from the excellent Better Letters mod to be used with the misdelivered and sealed letters. Additional scripting is used to make sure no letters you've found elsewhere (on desks or where have you...) will appear as a misdelivered or sealed (stolen) letter.
Not compatible with Open Cities or any similar mod that moves cities.
Not compatible with any mod that moves existing houses and guild buildings. Compatible with Blood&Mud as it leaves the Bravil house and guilds where they are.
Other than that it should be compatible with anything else as no original items were touched.
Compatibility
===============
Mods that make use of PostalService if detected:
Shady Merchants (since version 1.2)
History
=======
0.2, 8.8.2011 - Initial release.
Contact
=======
You can find me on TESNexus.
Credits
=======
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.
Thanks to Ryu Doppler for the "Felt Hat Style 01" modders resource used in this mod.
Tools Used
==========
7-Zip - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15579
BSA Commander - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3311
GIMP - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14920
NIFSkope - http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifSkope
Oblivion Script Extender (OBSE) - http://obse.silverlock.org/
TES4Edit - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11536
TES Construction Set - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11367
Readme Generator - http://hammondslegacy.com/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp
Licensing/Legal
===============
You can do whatever you want with this mod but all I ask in return is that
you give me credit if you distribute any part of this mod.
Version: 0.2
Date: 8.8.2011
Category: Guilds/Factions
Requirements: Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.416, Oblivion Script Extender (OBSE)
Author(s): SleepSleep
Source: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=39848
Description
===========
Adds a functional postal service to the game that allows you to send post to homes and guilds. Adds two postman to each city where one patrols the city while the other travels. You'll sometimes also receive BHCs, spam and misdelivered post. A mini quest might get triggered when you send yourself mail.
Details
=======
This is a fully functional mod, but missing some content I had planned. At first it was meant for those that have fast travel disabled to eliminate the need to constantly hike across the country with your loot. Now it is meant to add a bit of immersion as well.
Each city houses two postmen that sleep at the local inn. Every day except on Sunday, one of them patrols the city and visits the castle, while the other travels to another city, stopping by inns and villages that are on his way. On Sunday no post is delivered as the postmen have a free day. Post is delivered every day at 7am except on Sunday. Postmen (even visiting ones) always know the local rumors and while on duty have the "Postman" title in their name.
To be able to send post to a home you need to own it, and to be able to send to a guild you need to be a member of the guild. There's no Shivering Isles or any other official plugin support as I don't own any of those. You can send to the 8 homes, any fighters and mages guild, Arcane Sanctuary, White Stallion Lodge and the Knights of the Thorn Lodge. Smaller items are delivered in a mailbag, larger (heavier/more expensive) in a package. The cost of sending mail is 100 gold but can be changed in PostalService.ini (found in data\ini folder).
Aside from the post you send yourself, you will occasionally also receive BHC broadsheets, spam (advertisements - handbills) and mis-delivered packages or letters. BHC broadsheets are delivered at 9am not 7am as they are delivered by BHC not the postal service.
The mod doesn't yet include any new letters yet. Mis-delivered letters include the vanilla letters, for mis-delivered packages 35 random packages were added that may contain various random items of the same category.
New unique letters can be added to this mod by using Cliffs Better Letters and the PSBetterLettersPatch. If you are already using Better Letters I highly recommend the patch as there is a slight incompatibility with Better Letters otherwise (Better Letters turns a few original random letters to unique letters).
To allow others to expand on this mod, I've split it into an esm and esp archive. The esm contains all the basic stuff as well as useful user defined functions. I've made the mod so additional letters/packages could be added to the random loot and quests could send letters to a specific location or any location (while the letter would still be picked up only at one location) etc. The later would be great for quest delayers and quests that start with the player receiving a letter. This could all be done even without having this mod as a requirement but simply detecting it using OBSE. More info on how to expand on this mod in the modders readme that comes with the download.
All dialogue is voiced and uses original voice acting.
No new buildings were added. Even though having post offices would be great, adding those to cities or city surroundings would likely cause incompatibilities with other mods.
Install
=======
1. Extract the files to a temporary location.
2. Copy files to (install folder)\Oblivion\Data\
3. Start Oblivion Launcher, click 'Data Files', place a checkmark beside the PostalService.esm and PostalService.esp files.
4. If you're using Cliff's Better Letters also place a checkmark beside PSBetterLettersPatch.esp, the patch needs to be loaded after Better Letters
Uninstall
=========
Before you uninstall make sure there's no valueable mail waiting for you at any of the possible locations as those items will get lost otherwise. If you have mail that hasn't been delivered yet you do not need to wait for it. Open the console and write
player.coc PSPostOffice
Check all the containers in that cell for your loot.
When you're ready:
1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esm and .esp files.
2. Delete the files/folders associated with the mod.
Incompatibility
===============
Small incomparability with the Better Letters mod where some unique letters could appear more than once. Use the PSBetterLettersPatch to fix this. The patch will also import the letters from the excellent Better Letters mod to be used with the misdelivered and sealed letters. Additional scripting is used to make sure no letters you've found elsewhere (on desks or where have you...) will appear as a misdelivered or sealed (stolen) letter.
Not compatible with Open Cities or any similar mod that moves cities.
Not compatible with any mod that moves existing houses and guild buildings. Compatible with Blood&Mud as it leaves the Bravil house and guilds where they are.
Other than that it should be compatible with anything else as no original items were touched.
Compatibility
===============
Mods that make use of PostalService if detected:
Shady Merchants (since version 1.2)
History
=======
0.2, 8.8.2011 - Initial release.
Contact
=======
You can find me on TESNexus.
Credits
=======
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.
Thanks to Ryu Doppler for the "Felt Hat Style 01" modders resource used in this mod.
Tools Used
==========
7-Zip - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=15579
BSA Commander - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=3311
GIMP - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14920
NIFSkope - http://niftools.sourceforge.net/wiki/NifSkope
Oblivion Script Extender (OBSE) - http://obse.silverlock.org/
TES4Edit - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11536
TES Construction Set - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11367
Readme Generator - http://hammondslegacy.com/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp
Licensing/Legal
===============
You can do whatever you want with this mod but all I ask in return is that
you give me credit if you distribute any part of this mod.