NOTE!!! You need to have these installed for the mod to work:

-Shivering Isles
-MaleBodyReplacerV4
-Exnem EyeCandy or HGEC


Gatekeeper Gear
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Armor and weapon plugin for TES IV Oblivion

Author: Maafiaman

Description:
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This mod makes the gatekeeper's gear playable. The items are for sale at Varnardo at the Best Defense in the Imperial City Market District.

You can find these items for sale:

-Gatekeeper Harness
-Gatekeeper Helmet (for human races and orcs)
-Gatekeeper Helmet Argonian (for argonians)
-Gatekeeper Helmet Khajiit (for Khajiits)
-Gatekeeper Axe
-Gatekeeper Mace
-Gatekeeper Sword.

I also inlcuded the following files in the .bsa archive:

-Loincloth texture for the male harness (in case you have another one you don't need to change it. The harness will use this texture)
-Exnem's bra and pants textures (same as above)
and
-Gatekeeper Bracers= they are rigged but there are some major clipping issues on the left bracer which I can't fix. If someone can I would apreciate it.


I have also generated .egm and .tri files for the three helmets. What does that mean? This:

-No matter how odd shaped you character's head is the helmet will change it's shape to fit your character's head or the npc that it's wearing it. Just like the vanilla helmets.


I also made a back to the helmet so you can't see anymore that your character is bald while he is wearing the helmet.

There were some clipping issues with argonians and khajiits while wearing the Gatekeeper Helmet so I modified the helm mesh to fit their respective heads. These helmets also have .egm and .tri files (see above for info on what this means).


The harness has custom collision. For the weapons I used some of the vanilla collisions.

Every piece of equipment has custom icons made by me.



Installation:
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To install the mod extract these:

-Maafiaman_Gatekeeper_Gear.bsa
and
-Maafiaman_Gatekeeper_Gear.esp

to the Data folder of your Oblivion installation folder.

After that open the Oblivion launcher, click on Data Files and activate the "Maafiaman_Gatekeeper_Gear.esp"


Uninstallation
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Remove these files from the Data folder in order to uninstall the mod:

-Maafiaman_Gatekeeper_Gear.bsa

-Maafiaman_Gatekeeper_Gear.esp


Requirements!!!!
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-Shivering Isles
-MaleBodyReplacerV4 by Robert
-Exnem EC or HGEC.

History
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v1.0 Initial release

Future
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Will try and fix the harness minor clipping issues.
Will try and fix the bracers and add them for sale.

Other ideas might come.

Known bugs
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There are some minor clipping issues. Will try and fix them.

I also included the bracers nif files. They are rigged but the left one has some serious clipping issues I can't fix. If someone can fix that I would apreciate it.

Contact me
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If you want to report a bug or suggest something mail me at: [email protected]
You can find me on The Nexus Forums and Bethsoft as "Maafiaman"

Tools used
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-Blender
-NifSkope
-The Conformulator (for creation of helmet .egm and .tri files)
-Construction Set 1.2
-MS Paint (for conversion of screenshots from .bmp to .jpg)
-Oblivion Mod Manager (for .bsa archive)

Credits
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion and Shivering Isle.

Also thanks to Bethesda for the original gatekeeper meshes and textures.

Thanks to Robert for the male body replacer.

Thanks to Exnem for his eye candy body replacer.

Thanks to all the people who support me.

Legal
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You can use any part of this mod as long as you:

-Make it Shivering Isle dependent!!!! (if you don't do this I will report the file)

-Give credit to Bethesda for the original meshes and textures.

-Give credit to Robert and Exnem for their body replacers (if you use them).

-Give me credit for my work on this mod where credit is due.

Also you are not required to ask my permission to use these parts in other mods but it would be nice.
I would also like to know in what mods these are gonna be included (if they are gonna be).


And as usual...

Cheers ^_^

Maafiaman