Version: 1.1
Date: 02/10/2010
Category: Companions (CM Based)
Requirements: Oblivion Patch 1.2.416 or higher, DesuChan's Persocoms RECONSTRUCTED, CM Partners 2.0, and HGEC EyeCandy Body or EyeCandy Body Replacer
Author(s): Eiries & HoneyVanity

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FOREWORD
BELLE and DRUM were both originally released for the previous version of DesuChan's persocom race, and they're back for RECONSTRUCTION. If you're familiar with CM Partners, then you already know what to expect. However, just to avoid surprises, there's a few differences to be found.

Both girls have slightly customized races; their height and weight are both unique. Also, they're both quite tough, boasting a permanent 30 to their Armor score and special features, such as endless fatigue, disease and poison immunity, and a self-reconstructing mechanism that will fix their health over a given period of time.

BELLE is waiting for you in the King and Queen's Tavern in the Imperial City. DRUM is across the street in Luther Broad's Boarding House.

It's worth noting that DRUM comes with her signature helmet... if you need more or wish to swap from Amulet to Tail slot, more are provided in the small barrel on the nearby table.
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UNINSTALL
Go into your Oblivion/Data directory and delete the appropriate .esp.

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INCOMPATIBILITY, KNOWN ISSUES OR BUGS
-If you head into the building and get a CTD:

Make sure you have the latest version of Oblivion.
Make sure all of the appropriate mods are checked off and in the right load order.
Don't attempt to modify the .esp unless you're cool enough (see below.)

-If one of the girls refuse to join you:

You might want to run. She might see you as a threat. ;)

You may have to raise her disposition a bit. CM Partners was designed in such a way that a partner will refuse to travel with you until they like you more.

She might also not join you if you're only level 1. Come back when you've gained a level or two, n00b.

-She's not attacking anything!

Try setting her combat style to "aggressive." That usually does the trick.

-If you just finished a good fight, but she's suddenly beating the stuffing out of you:

I warned you. ;) Because of the limits of both the game engine and CM Partners, occasionally that sort of thing may happen. Make sure not to go after civilians and guards unless you've selected the "evil" option on her menu. If yielding doesn't work, it's probably because their disposition is too low.

-Check out the CM Partners readmes for more info about how one works.

--VERY IMPORTANT--

DO NOT attempt to modify the .esp unless you know what you're doing (ie you've made CM Partner mods utilizing custom races and know of the complications that come with making them.)

If the mod is edited and resaved, it will most likely lose its dependency to DesuChan's Persocoms RECONSTRUCTED and Oblivion will no longer be able to find the race, even if both .esps are still active. In other words, brutal crash to desktop.

If you tried to anyway because you don't like reading readme files and now you're kicking yourself in the butt, your best bet is to simply reinstall the mod over the one you tried to tinker with. Shame on you.

--YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED--

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CHANGELOG
Oct 02, 2010: Initial upload
Oct 03, 2010: Reupload with tweaked DRUM face, more accurately depicting Honey's current character.

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CREDITS
Thanks to DesuChan for her fantastic mod. Without you, DRUM would have never been brought to life and, well, BELLE wouldn't exist too much either. Thanks.

Thanks to Cutthroat Mods for designing CM Partners

Thanks to RAIAR for the HGEC Body Replacer

Thanks to Exnem for the Female EyeCandy Body Replacer

Thanks to the Monkey God of Modding (Wrye) for Wrye Bash

Thanks to TeamGecko for Tes4Gecko

Thanks to A Type02/SpeedBuster for the wonderful helmets DRUM uses.

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TOOLS USED
TES CS
Wyre Bash
Tes4Gecko

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LICENSING/LEGAL

I don't mind BELLE being redistributed elsewhere as long as proper credits are given. If you wish to use BELLE in your mod, please contact me in advance. DRUM is not my character, and as such you must contact HoneyVanity to get permission to do anything with her. Thank you.