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Jane Harris

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ZurinArctus85

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Adds a blade reminiscent of the Shivering Isles, with a complete set of 2K textures.

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This is not a port. If you think it is, then PROVE IT.

A dear old friend of mine from college made a 3DSMax script to create a 'vector height based UV mesh'. What does it do?
1. I have to export a UV map from a mesh in PNG format.
2. Point the script to said PNG.
3. Tell script what parameters to create said mesh (how high triangle vertices should be)
4. Once the mesh is created, duplicate it and transform it by rotating on the Y axis 180 degrees.
5. Combine shapes into a solid mesh.
6. Smooth any rough edges, lower any vertices/triangles that are too high.
7. Export as .obj, works best with NIFSkope.
8. I did the rest, including the scabbard textures and ESP file.
9. I will not be releasing the script, I don't have it anymore, and it's not mine to release. Sorry, but my friend doesn't want it on the Internet. They also only speak Russian.

This is almost an exact replica of the Knight of Order sword from the Shivering Isles. Created from a UV map, it's as close to the original as you're going to get. I hand-made the textures for the scabbard leather and the whole blade. Full 2K regular textures, environment maps, and normalmaps all in an easy to install ESP and BSA/BSL combo. The normalmaps are a bit intense on the scabbard but shouldn't be any trouble. A few shapes are missing from the mesh because of the script and some incompatibilities with Cygwin (a Unix shell for Windows based PCs), but it turned out better than I imagines it ever would.

It's fully craftable and upgradeable, and you can enchant it as well. 

FAQ
Q: Is this really 2K?
A: Yes. Over the course of 2 months I made these textures in my free time.

Q: Where can I get this awesome script?
A: You can't. I'm sorry, my friend was very clear on never releasing it. If you want to try and contact them, go ahead. Their name is Vladislav Ivanovich.

Q: Framerate went down. What gives?
A: 2K textures are taxing with anisotropic filtering. I use 2X. There's no noticeable difference between 8X and 16X.

Q: Will you be doing more?
A: Probably not, sorry. 

Q: Is this compatible with (insert unrelated mod here)?
A: Yes.