I love this type of mod. Small, hardly intrusive to the point you forget it until you see painting and stop looking, and improves the game and the inmersion to such an extend for so little.
Simply, magnificent work, I can´t see myself playing without it no more.
I love mods like this. Simple, to the point, impossible for it to conflict with other mods, and fixes a glaring problem in the game.
My only minor complaint is that in a couple of the paintings, the clothing looks a little too modern for a medieval setting. But its a small issue because you have to look very closely to notice it.
I don't think it fits the "atmosphere of oblivion so well". It just happens that the 1st picture I saw was with kids outside wearing Napoleonic head sets and uniforms (paintinglandscape01d.dds). Most seem to be set in the early to mid 1800's. Now I'm not a Lore Purist, but those that are will probably want to look elsewhere.
Still, I recognize that a lot of time and effort went into this and that should be pointed out.
Wintermane555, you're completely right. I've tried to avoid the lore-unfriendliness by mostly using landscapes, but with many landscapes they blend together a bit, so I've added some variation. And in those non-landscape paintings you may notice that the architecture, clothing, tools etc. belong to different times.
Also, thanks for your compliment! It did take a lot of work.
Since your comment I've thought about how to make it more lore-friendly, and the only way I can think of is by using screenshots (and maybe using some photoshop tricks). I think I've changed the UV-mapping on all meshes in version 2 (so that the painting textures would no longer be stretched), so you could replace the textures with any image which is the right size and in dds format. Paintings Galore by Trollf seems to have some textures that could fit without much work. http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9897/? If you want to, you (or anyone else who feels like it) can make this new paintings mod with the meshes in my mod. No need to ask permission. Trollf has uploaded their mod as a modder's resource and doesn't mention anything about permissions, so I think you can use their mod without asking as well.
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Excellent work.
Certain mods seem unable to install with Mod Organizer 2. Unfortunately this is one of them. :(
Working now. I changed the install order, looks like the Unofficial Oblivion Patch had something to do with it.Simply, magnificent work, I can´t see myself playing without it no more.
Great work...
Congratulations...
Thank you...
My only minor complaint is that in a couple of the paintings, the clothing looks a little too modern for a medieval setting. But its a small issue because you have to look very closely to notice it.
How did you manage that your selection of paintings are fitting the atmosphere of oblivion so well?
Still, I recognize that a lot of time and effort went into this and that should be pointed out.
Also, thanks for your compliment! It did take a lot of work.
Since your comment I've thought about how to make it more lore-friendly, and the only way I can think of is by using screenshots (and maybe using some photoshop tricks). I think I've changed the UV-mapping on all meshes in version 2 (so that the painting textures would no longer be stretched), so you could replace the textures with any image which is the right size and in dds format. Paintings Galore by Trollf seems to have some textures that could fit without much work. http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/9897/? If you want to, you (or anyone else who feels like it) can make this new paintings mod with the meshes in my mod. No need to ask permission. Trollf has uploaded their mod as a modder's resource and doesn't mention anything about permissions, so I think you can use their mod without asking as well.