Shipping On Niben

by Pieto

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SUMMARY
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Changes some areas to make Niben river fully navigable by ships.
Fully compatible with Better Cities.
Designed for Side's Sailing Ships.

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INFORMATION
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I made this mod as an alternative to Shipping in Cyrodiil, with the same purpose,
i.e. to make Niben River fully traversable by ship. I tried to achieve this by making
as few changes to vanilla landscape as possible.

This mod was made specifically with Better Cities in mind, and in that spirit,
it also makes use of some Better Cities resources, mainly drawbridge and a dock set.

It is also designed, but not required, to be used with Side's Sailing Ships. To that end,
I ensured that the entirety of Niben has the minimum required depth for every ship to pass
safely through, while adding a few navigation lights in a tight spot south of Fatback cave.

Because it is designed to work with Better Cities, it does not alter in any way the land
west of Leyawiin. Here are the areas I did change and what the changes were:

- north of Leyawiin I removed the oblivion gate bridge and deepened the river bottom

- west of Fort Redman I widened and deepened the river and also added a small section of docks

- north of Fort Redman I removed the static bridge and replaced it with a fully working drawbridge,
made the bottom deeper, added small dock and some embellishment

- northwest of Niben Bridge I deepened the lake bottom and added two guiding lights

- south of Fatback Cave I widened and deepened the lake and added six small navigation light
to aid in guiding a ship through without running aground

I also altered pathgrids in all these areas and especially at the drawbridge made them respond to
whether it's raised or lowered, so that all NPCs behave correctly with regards to their pathing.

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INSTALLATION
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Simply copy into your Data folder and activate using your favourite mod manager.

Load order:

Oblivion.esm
Better Cities Resources.esm
Better Cities .esp - optional
Better Cities Full.esp- optional
ShippingOnNiben.esp

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COMPATIBILITY
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Should be compatible with anything that doesn't alter any of the same areas.
Did not test compatability with Leyawiin Reborn, probably wouldn't work, but you can try.

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VERSION HISTORY
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- 1.0 - First release

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CREDITS
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Bethesda for making Oblivion

Better Cities team for the resources
Lametrie for inspiring this mod
Side for providing use for this mod