Welcome to the twentieth installment of my Oblivion Immersion Series.  I'm back for another school-year of immersion modding fun, this time with Minotaur Encampments.  This mod expands on the culture of the Minotaur with settlements scattered across Cyrodiil, fleshing out their way of life.   You'd think that any creature sentient enough to wield weapons like war hammers strategically would have some semblance of material culture.  Also, given some of the back-ground lore about the Minotaur as the descendants of Alessia and the bull-god Morihaus, the Minotaur deserve better than to just be mobs to slay in caves and the mountains. Also included in this mod is my first attempt at lore-writing, a series of 3 books called "The Bull-Men of Cyrodiil" that are incorporated into leveled lists for books and purchasable at general merchants who sell books.  It's there for those who are interested, but those who aren't shouldn't find it obtrusive. 

  Each of these camps can be looted, with chests and regionally appropriate alchemy ingredients. The camps also come with chests to loot, small interiors to explore, and LOTS of Minotaurs.  Seriously, low-level players ought to avoid these
camps like the plague you will get flattened.  Among these new bovine inhabitants to beware include:

- Minotaur cows
- Minotaur shamans
- Minotaur warriors and raiders
- Minotaur chieftains
- And more

These Minotaur have also been added to the leveled lists, so they will be encountered on the roads and in the wilderness as well.

French translation here:

https://www.confrerie-des-traducteurs.fr/oblivion/mods/cyrodiil/lieux/campements_de_minotaures

Requirements
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Oblivion Version 1.2.0416

Installation Instructions
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Copy contents into your Oblivion data folder

Uninstallation Instructions
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Delete the esp and bsa files

Optional Files
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An optional esp is available for compatibility with Hunting and Wildlife Expansion, adding some of the ingredients from HWE to the Minotaur added by this mod.  Replace the original ME plugin with this optional file for stylistic compatibility between the two mods.

Incompatibility
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The only incompatibility that I have noticed is some minor overlap with Trails of Cyrodiil.  This incompatibility is minor, causing a section of the trail to disappear.  Install this mod after Trails of Cyrodiil so as not to lose the Valus Mountains Minotaur camp.  This mod will, of course, be incompatible with any other mods that alter the sites where the camps are located.  Will be incompatible with any mods that alter the leveled lists for Minotaurs, which have their own separate listing in the CS.  Users have reported incompatibility with the Unique Landscapes mods River Ethe, Ancient Yews, Ancient Redwoods, and Eastern Peaks.  A patch for all for these mods has been kindly produced by skeletonking.  Please note that this patch requires all four of the UL mods listed above to work.   The UL patch will work with V1.1.

Change Log
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V1.1:
  - changes the female minotaur accessories to remove the crashing issues they cause
  - fixes land tearing issue at the Nibenay Plain campsite
  - Recleaned with the Undelete and Disable References feature in TES4Edit

V1.0:
  - original release

Known Issues
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I have noticed an increase in CTDs, particularly while fast traveling, while beta testing this mod.  I have no idea if this intrinsic to the mod itself, or the result of engine strain from using so many other mods.  Anyone experiencing similar issues please let me know, though there is little to nothing I can do to rectify this.  This issue was rectified in Version 1.1.

Some users have reported problems with missing textures.  If you are having problems, please try downloading the Loose Files addon, which will bypass the need for the BSA.

Troubleshooting
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Feel free to come to me with questions or issues and I will help as best as I can.  That said, please bear in mind that I am a novice modder and may not be able to offer much in the way of assistance.

Credits and Thanks
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Thanks to:

Bethesda Softworks
TES Nexus
Nifskope
LHammonds - Readme Generator
The makers of these wonderful resources
Special thanks to the fan-lore writers of Teslore Reddit, the Imperial Library, and the Province: Cyrodiil project, whose works provided inspiration for this one

Major thanks to skeletonking for the UL patch

Major thanks to redondepremiere and CiceroTR for their assistance with diagnosing the crashing issues

Meshes, textures, and sounds provided from:

Mr_siika - Mr_Siikas Minotaur Resources
Apachii - Apachii Heroes Store
Alimal - ALAnonimUBANGA_0_98_9_Beta
Phitt - Mudwater v1.2
Celticdog - Celticdogs Resources (from TESA)
Snusmumriken - Goblin Stuff, North Tipi
stroti - Strotis Hunter Cabin, strotis Tanning Rack Resource, strotis new furniture lionfur
Phitt with MrSiika, Rowan, CaptainUltima, InsanitySorrow, Kzinistzerg, SpeedyB, Lady Nerevar, and Dave91 - Sheogorad - Forsaken Isles ALPHA
perolozhach (aka washington) - Tribal Village Set
Senten - Big Modders Resource, Big Modders Resource 2
Lougian - Various Resources

Licensing and Legal
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I am making this mod open to revision by the public.  If you have any ideas of how to expand or improve upon this mod, then go ahead. No permission needed.  All I ask is that you give credit to me and to the creators of these resources.  This mod and its contents may not be distributed commercially.  The content of the custom book series may not be altered without my explicit permission, as it represents private work.  Everything else concerning the books is fair game.  Want to add them to another mod?  Remove them all together?  Go ahead, as long as the text itself is unaltered and credit is given.