There are quite a few choices now for lock retextures. For people who want a closer to vanilla experience, Easier Lockpicking, Lockpicking Graduation and Lockpicking Interface Redone are the ones to chsose from (Lockpicking Interface Redone is currently recommended by the STEP Guide). But 'Lock o Motion' is the best mod if you want a fancier retexture for the lock and the picks (it's only competitor is Lockpick pretty interface). And there are 6 completely different textures to select in this mod.
The only suggestion I could make would be to release a Fomod version (for the morons who cannot manually install mods or figure out how to view dds textures directly - I use XnView). And in the Fomod allow people to choose a pick style separately from the lock textures.
If you can get this mod to use a different texture for every different type of door in the game (dwemer door = dwemer lock - wooden door = wooden lock) this would be on of the greatest mods ever
My only concern is that I use Lockpick graduation by Lilyu, and it says it is incompatible with any mods that change the lock01.dds texture (not game-breaking, just that the last one will completely overwrite the other one). Does this mod change the lock01.dds texture? I'm assuming it does, but if it doesn't, that would be great! If it does, do you know if a compatibility patch could be made? For non-thief characters, I'd use yours, and for thief characters, I'd use the graduation mod, but I'd naturally prefer to use both for all playthroughs!
In any case, these are lovely, and I echo the suggestions for either Automatic Variants or having specific doors with specific locks (Deus ex Machina for Dwemer locks, etc.).
If you place Lock O Motion BEFORE Lockpick graduation, you get Lilyu's interface and graduation marks, but the left side frame is from the Wooden Thrill.
If you place Lock O Motion AFTER Lockpick graduation, you ONLY get Lock O Motion.
BUT!
Many of the Lock O Motion interfaces have lines that function as graduation. Marble Madness has the most (all those criss-crossing diamonds), then Wooden Thrill (with 24 marks -- one for each side of each angle), then Deus Ex Machina (with 4), then Goblin Industrial and Grunge Rustic (they each have 3), and Boethiah's Finest doesn't really have any that are uniform, but you could use the lightning flashes.
RESULT: I am going to use Lock O Motion Wooden Thrill instead of Lilyu's Lockpick graduation. Functional AND beautiful. Endorsing!
Using the Wooden Thrill lock with the shiv's and picks from Goblin Industrial......love it ....... put up a shot ...... looks amazing .......Thank you so much
Hi Foggypath, just had to say your work is beautiful. Also not to beat a dead horse but I gotta put in yet another vote for some sort of variant pack. They're all just to amazing to only pick one. Anyway thank you for the work.
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The only suggestion I could make would be to release a Fomod version (for the morons who cannot manually install mods or figure out how to view dds textures directly - I use XnView). And in the Fomod allow people to choose a pick style separately from the lock textures.
My only concern is that I use Lockpick graduation by Lilyu, and it says it is incompatible with any mods that change the lock01.dds texture (not game-breaking, just that the last one will completely overwrite the other one). Does this mod change the lock01.dds texture? I'm assuming it does, but if it doesn't, that would be great! If it does, do you know if a compatibility patch could be made? For non-thief characters, I'd use yours, and for thief characters, I'd use the graduation mod, but I'd naturally prefer to use both for all playthroughs!
In any case, these are lovely, and I echo the suggestions for either Automatic Variants or having specific doors with specific locks (Deus ex Machina for Dwemer locks, etc.).
Using the Wooden Thrill version:
If you place Lock O Motion BEFORE Lockpick graduation, you get Lilyu's interface and graduation marks, but the left side frame is from the Wooden Thrill.
If you place Lock O Motion AFTER Lockpick graduation, you ONLY get Lock O Motion.
BUT!
Many of the Lock O Motion interfaces have lines that function as graduation. Marble Madness has the most (all those criss-crossing diamonds), then Wooden Thrill (with 24 marks -- one for each side of each angle), then Deus Ex Machina (with 4), then Goblin Industrial and Grunge Rustic (they each have 3), and Boethiah's Finest doesn't really have any that are uniform, but you could use the lightning flashes.
RESULT: I am going to use Lock O Motion Wooden Thrill instead of Lilyu's Lockpick graduation. Functional AND beautiful. Endorsing!