Name: Non-plastic clouded crystal balls
Version: 1.0
Date: 9/27/2008
Category: Models and Textures
Recommended: Oblivion Mod Manager
Author: Tchos


Details
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A quick and basic texture replacement to make the crystal balls look less like plastic toys and more like something a mage would actually keep around on the desk. This mod will replace all instances of both varieties of the standard crystal ball objects in the game with my version.

Since the true appearance of glass or crystal requires refraction and reflection, which models in Oblivion largely lack, I went with a clouded crystal look, which fits with some kinds of real-life cut crystal I've seen. In any case, I think it's a big improvement over the originals.


Install
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This archive is distributed in what LHammonds calls OMOD-Ready format.
It allows you to manually extract and install like most other mods but it also
allows you to use Oblivion Mod Manager and import this archive with all the
settings pre-configured for an OMOD file.

Pick which method you are going to use for installation:

Manual Installation
- = or = -
OBMM Installation

Manual Install
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Extract this archive to any folder and then copy the contents to Oblivion's Data
folder. You can ignore or delete the "omod conversion data" folder.

OBMM Install
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Create the OMOD (Do this section only once)
1. Copy archive to (install folder)\Oblivion\obmm\omod\
2. Start Oblivion Mod Manager.
3. Click the Create button.
4. Click the Add Archive button, find and select the archive, then click Yes.
5. Click the Create omod button, then click OK when it finishes.

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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Delete the files associated with the mod.

Oblivion\Data\Meshes\clutter\MagesGuild\crystalball01.nif
Oblivion\Data\Meshes\clutter\MagesGuild\crystalball02.nif
Oblivion\Data\Non-plastic clouded crystal balls readme.txt


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)


History
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1.0, 2008/10/27 - Initial release.


Contact
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You can find me on TESNexus as 'Tchos'


Tools Used
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BSA Commander - http://letalka.sourceforge.net/morr/index.htm
NIFSkope - http://www.niftools.org/
Oblivion Mod Manager - http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2097
Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp

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. I would also like
to know what mods are including my work.