Name: Productive Mines
Version: 1.0
Date: April 2017
Author: Guinefort1

Description
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Overhauls a handful of non-quest related mines so that they are in active use.

Details
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Cyrodiil sorely lacks any semblance of an economy, given it's lack of visible industry besides token farms. Skyrim handles this much better, with some mines being open and productive and others being derelict and inhabited by bandits. This mod renovates some non-quest relevant mines so that they are open an in use, complete with miners, guards, and a foreman. All of the NPCs added have complete AI. Ore veins have also been changed so that they respawn, meaning that you can return to mines and collect nuggets multiple times, but it also means that you can't use veins as storage.

The mines selected include:

- Abandoned Mine
- Belletor's Folly
- Crumbling Mine
- Cursed Mine
- Deserted Mine
- Doomed Mine
- Shattered Mine

All of these mines have been renamed to better match their current status (their cell names, seen in game, are changed, but their EditorID in the CS is unchanged).

Th UL patch is an alternative plugin meant to address compatibility issues with various Unique Landscape mods. As a part of the necessary changes, Belletor's Folly and Abandoned Mine have been removed as edited locations, being replaced by Infested Mine (renamed Brena Spring Mine) and Collapsed Mine (new location for Valleyside Mine).

Requirements
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Oblivion Version 1.2.0416

Installation Instructions
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Copy contents into your Oblivion data folder. When playing this mod for the first time, be sure that your character is not loaded at or near the renovated sites to avoid issues. Three versions for Legion-occupied Forts are available, which alter the demographics of the mine guards. These must be installed manually after extraction with NMM. Be sure to let the LoF patch overwrite the original plugin. If installing the UL patch, ensure that the new plugin overwrites the original.

Uninstallation Instructions
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Delete the added contents

Incompatibility
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Will be incompatible with any mod that changes to the interiors of caves and mines, such as Snus Dungeons. Fully compatible with Better Dungeons. The original release is incompatible with UL: Eastern Peaks, Chorrol Hinterland and Desolation of Kvatch, but compatible with UL: Entius Gorge, Aspen Wood, and River Ethe. The UL patch is designed to be compatible with all of the previously listed UL mods and additionally to Brena River Ravine. Compatible with Brotherhood Renewed and Vaults of Cyrodiil.

Known Issues
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None at the moment.

Troubleshooting
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Feel free to come to me with questions or issues and I will help as best as I can. That said, please bear in mind that I am a novice modder and may not be able to offer much in the way of assistance.

Credits
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Thanks to:

Bethesda Softworks
The makers of these wonderful resources
TES Nexus
LHammonds - Readme Generator
Nifskope

Meshes and textures provided from:

Trollf, Corepc, and TeamArma - Artifacts 1-1
stroti - Strotis Ravenheart

Licensing
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I am making this mod open to revision by the public. If you have any ideas of how to expand or improve upon this mod, then go ahead. No permission needed. All I ask is that you give credit to me and to the creators of these resources. This mod and its content may not be distributed commercially.