Unique Landscapes - Arrius Creek
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Author: Malachit
Models: RA II
Version: v2.0.2


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Release History:
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v1.0.1
- Decreased lorries sound volume
v1.1
- Fixed some texture paths
- Sound fixes
- Other bugfixes
- New Load Screens
- New signs
v1.1.1
- Fixed a problem with interior water heights
v1.1.2 (Arthmoor)
- Provided _far.nifs for the two new buildings
- Added LOD water planes
v1.1.3 (Vorians)
- Removed some redundant cell edits
v1.1.4 (Arthmoor)
- Collision optimized on all included meshes
- Adjusted a path grid for compatibility with AFK_Weye. The patch for Arrius Creek and AFK_Weye is now obsolete
- Corrected texture compression formats on several textures
- Generated normal maps for some textures that were missing these
v1.1.5 (Vorians)
- Disabled a floating rock
v2.0.0 (Vorians)
- ESP manually cleaned
- Removed some redundant cell edits
- Renumbered Form ID Range from 030000
v2.0.1 (Vorians)
- Removed unwanted edits to cell 34,28 which missed cleaning in previous release
- The second door to the mill - which has no interior - is now locked
v2.0.2 (Vorians)
- Loading screens removed


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Contact
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Unique Landscapes project: https://bethesda.net/community/topic/39762/relz-the-unique-landscapes-project


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Description
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Ice cold springs rise in the Mountains and unite to a creek that feed Lake Arrius north of Cheydinhal and continues its way to the southeast. In the eastern part, the landscape is sparse and rocky while the tree density increases when going westwards, repeatedly interrupted by big groups of rocks. Unrestrained by its stony streambed, the water rushes downwards in the steep, sharp gorge it milled out during eons. Roaring waterfalls form an impressive scenery in the otherwise sparse landscape.

At some places, humanoid traces are highly visible: Chopped trees lead to a charburner's camp and bridges offer a safe way to pass the stream. Some resourceful craftsmen learned to utilise the power of the streaming water: In a water driven hammer mill, supplied with ore from the nearby mine, tools get manufactured, and a grinding mill, powered by the water, produces granite plates.

Lake Arrius is a deep and cold mountain sea, whose shore line is mostly formed by overhanging rocks. Its depth takes most of the power of the rushing water masses. From the lake, the water finds its way to the lower regions of inner Cyrodiil in a more calm, but not less impressive way.


Unique Landscapes (short: UL) is based on the vision of a diversified and beautiful Cyrodiil. Imagine a world where exploring not only means to find new enemies and treasures but to enjoy gorgeous landscapes, a world where every step could lead to a new and unique visual experience. That is the Cyrodiil UL is working on.

To achieve a goal that huge, the UL project consists of multiple single mods. Each mod modifies a part of Cyrodiil, following a single theme. Usually UL mods get developed completely independently from each other. This way each modder has a maximum of freedom to work on his or her vision, so every UL mod gets its own style and contributes to the diversification of Cyrodiil.


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Important Notes
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All UL mods are compatible to each other. However, to avoid problems and improve the visual impression, please follow these advices:

To use Arrius Creek together with Rolling Hills, it is important to make sure that you have version 1.3 or higher of Rolling Hills installed, otherwise gaps and glitches in the landscape will happen!

If you would like to have a proper connection betwenn the Arrius Creek and the lake from Ancient Yews, please also download and install the UL Ancient Yews & Arrius Creek Yews Patch. To make it work, you have to adjust your load order to first load Ancient Yews, then Arrius Creek and finally the patch. IMPORTANT: Don't rename these three .esps, otherwise the patch may cause problems and maybe even CTDs!


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Compatibility Information
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Look here for compatibility patches: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/13834/


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Prerequisites
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At least the official Oblivion patch v1.1 should be installed, otherwise most probably the game will crash from time to time.

To use Arrius Creek together with Rolling Hills, it is important to make sure that you have version 1.3 or higher of Rolling Hills installed.


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Installation
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Extract the archive to the "�\Oblivion\Data" folder.

To generate LOD, please run the TES4LODGen utility.

Start the Oblivion launcher, select "Data Files" and activate the .esp.

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If you also use Ancient Yews and would like to have a proper connection between the Arrius Creek and the lake in Ancient Yews, also perform the following steps:
1.) Download the UL Ancient Yews & Arrius Creek Yews Patch
2.) Extract the archive to your ...\Oblivion\Data folder.
3.) Adjust your load order to match the following list:
- xulAncientYews.esp
- xulArriusCreek.esp
- xulPatch_AY_AC.esp
DON'T RENAME THOSE FILES, OTHERWISE UNSPECIFIC PROBLEMS AND CTDS MAY OCCUR!!!
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Deinstallation
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Delete xulArriusCreek.esp, xulArriusCreek.bsa and this readme.

If you installed the patch that connects Arrius Creek and Ancient Yews, you also have to delete the file xulPatch_AY_AC.esp.

If you generated LOD after installation, please run the TES4LODGen utility again.


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Acknowledgments
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A very great thank-you goes to RAII for all the new models in this mod: Hammer mill, grinding mill, lorry, parts of the mine, the very unique lift, tools, lamps, icicles, charcoal kiln... Also thanks for his patience in scripting and testing.
A main role in this mod play the Animated River Meshes by Texian, many thanks for them. They give the mod its liveliness.
Cthulhu314 has proven his great abilities in scripting at the lorries and the lift. Many thanks for that. :)
A big thankyou to GlasMond for his beautiful and atmospheric load screens.


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Licence information
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Resources:
The Animated River Meshes by Texian are available as modders resource.
Every other new model in this mod may not be changed without the agreement of RA II. It is allowed to use them in other mods as long as the maker is acknowledged in the readme. He is reachable at [email protected].

This mod as a whole:
Redistribution and modification of this mod is prohibited without explicit permission. Please don't upload it to any sites without asking me and the UL council first.