Name: Animated Staves
Version: 1.0
Date: 7/21/2008
Category: Weapons and Armor
Requirements: Oblivion Patch 1.1.511, Shivering Isles Patch 1.2.0.201
Recommended: Oblivion Mod Manager
Author(s): Echonite, Xzen
Source: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18619

Description
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Rindir has a new shipment of staves, courtesy of Echonite. Six new animated and one non-animated staves are now on sale at Rindir's Staffs in the Imperial City Market Place. I made these staves unenchanted and set Rindir's inventory to respawn.

Echonite gets the lion share of the credit as I just repackaged and placed them in the game for easy access.

Enjoy!

Location
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Rindir's Staffs located in the Imperial City Market District.

I repackaged the three files listed under Echonite's original mod Echo Animated Staffs and placed them in game. I didn't use Lhammond's files since it only placed two staves for sale...

I also created an in game menu icon for the Orb staves. The default staff icon looked boring, but I lack the experience to make an Oblivion type graphic icon. If anyone out there has a tutorial I can read, please send me a PM or post it in the comments section.

If you do use this mod and enjoy it, please leave a comment and rate it. I also invite you to visit the original moder's page and rate the file as well. Link.

I have included both regular and OMOD versions. I would recommend the OMOD version as it is MUCH easier to install and uninstall.

I uploaded a Video of the varoius animated staves since still pictures do not showcase them well. The link is located in the mirror section. Also, I will provide a link to Youtube once I upload the file.



Install
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Manual Installation
- = or = -
OBMM Installation

Manual Install
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1. Extract this archive to any folder and then copy the contents to Oblivion's Data folder.
2. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, and enable the "animated staves.esp" file.

OBMM Install
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Install the mod using OBMM
1. Start Oblivion Mod Manager.
2. Double-click the name of the mod in the right-hand side of the OBMM screen.
(icon should turn blue)

Uninstall
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Pick which method you are going to use for uninstall based on how you installed it:

Manual Uninstall
- = or = -
OBMM Uninstall

Manual Uninstall
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1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the "animated staves.esp" file.
2. Delete the files/folders associated with the mod as listed below.

Data\Meshes\Echo\Weapons\Staff
Data\Textures\Echo\Weapons\Staff
Data\Textures\Menus\Icons\Echo
Data\Animated Staves.esp

OBMM Uninstall
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1. Start Oblivion Mod Manager.
2. Double-click the name of the mod in the right-hand side of the OBMM screen,
click Yes. (icon should turn green)


Incompatibility
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None that I know of.

Known Issues or Bugs
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-Orb staff menu icon looks different since I had to create my own Icon.
-Menu Icons are not centered properly when viewed from the game interface/hud.
-Not a real bug, but the staves are very large. I'll see if I can do something about that... No promises though.

History
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1.0, 2008/07/21 - Initial release.


Contact
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You can find me on TESNexus as 'Xzen'


Credits
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Thanks to Echonite! Without Echonite's files, this mod wouldn't even exist.
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 Imoen, my mage/summoner character for posing.


Tools Used
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DDS Converter - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8698
Oblivion Mod Manager - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2097
TES Construction Set - http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/updates_utilities.htm
Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp
Paint.NET http://www.getpaint.net/

Licensing/Legal
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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.