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Soul Gems Differ
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------IMPORTANT------
THIS IS 1.3 -> USE AT YOUR OWN... uhmm.. WELL, ANYWAY, THE FOMOD SHOULD BE SELF EXPLANATORY AND FOR MANUAL INSTALLATION READ BELOW.



Install:

1. Drop "textures" and empty "Meshes" from "00 - Main" into Data/
and overwrite.
2. Choose esp and drop into Data/
Refer to the "ESP Options" text.

3. Choose textures - either a full set (like all blue aura) or pick for each and every gem a different color. REMEMBER WHAT COLOR EACH GEM HAS - IMPORTANT FOR THE NEXT STEP. Drop the corresponding soulgem[size_and_status].dds into: textures/clutter/soulgem


4. Choose a GLOW NIF for gems. EITHER ONE SET FOR ALL OR - if you remember - FOR EACH GEM A DIFFERENT GLOW. Drop the nifs into Data/MESHES/clutter/soulgem

Glow Blue
Recommended especially for Blue and Colorful (except Stripes).
Also works nicely with:
- Purple
- Metal (except Metal Yellow)

Glow Green
Recommended especially for Green.
Also works nicely with:
- Yellow
- Colorful - Superflat
- Blue

Glow Metal
Recommended especially for Metal Bumps and Metal Honeycomb.
Also works very nicely with:
- Colorful


Glow Normal
Recommended especially for all tyco1708 Transparent, Purple, Pink textures and Red - Dots of white.
Also works nicely with:
- Red; especially for
- Black Soul Gems
- Colorful: Fantastic Plastic, Ice, Organic, Space 1-3, Stripes, Superflat
- Blue: Aura, Crystal, Sky

Glow Red
Recommended especially for all Red textures, the Bloody Black Soul Gem and Black Soul Gem with hints of red and Metal Rust.
Also works nicely with:
- Purple textures
- Pink
- Metal Rust 2
- Orange
- Colorful: Fantastic Plastic, Ice, Organic, Stripes, Superflat
- Rose


Glow Yellow
Recommended especially for Yellow, Orange and Metal Yellow
Also works nicely with:
- Red: Hell, Hell Fire, Ymene
- Colorful: Stripes, Fantastic Plastic, Ice



5. IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE A NIF YOUR FULL GEMS THEY WILL DISAPPEAR. SO AT LEAST TAKE NORMAL.

6. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ONE SET OF TEXTURES AND ONE SET OF NIFs.

7. Drop content of 04 - Optional transparent Soul Fragments into Data/

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8. If - AND ONLY IF -

the gems don't appear, you installed correctly (!) and the ESP is at the bottom of your load order, tell me what gem it is exactly (like "full grand" or "empty lesser") and what glow effect (like Yellow nif) you used for that gem.

9. If you like it - endorse the project!

10. Enjoy your new Soul Gems.


Updates

21.01.2012 --- Version 1.3 ---

- Fixed spelling and translation Errors in ESPs.

20.01.2012 --- Version 1.2c ---
- smaller Size
- Soul Fragments
- Japanese support
You only have to choose in the 02- textures the "soulgem[size]_full.dds" and in the Folder 03 - nifs the "soulgem[size]_full.nif"
The rest is optional. :)

Still to do:
- more transpareny for one set of gems


Update 20.01.2012 ---Version 1.2beta---
- Corrected 1 spelling error.
- Smaller compression
- better pics
- easier installation
You only have to choose in the 02- textures the "soulgem[size]_full.dds" and in the Folder 03 - nifs the "soulgem[size]_full.nif"
The rest is optional. :)

Update 19.01.2012 ---Version 1.2alpha---
ONLY download this, if you know how to install manualy. NO NMM support. With that said, 29 textures and 6 glow effects. Discarded the other 8 for now. You only need this - all options are included.

Still to do:
- Soul fragments
- more transpareny for one set of gems
- FOMOD. -> M3rvin (yeah! from Underground Hideout is helping me)
With that done, this is the largest retexture and effects collection for soul gems on the site.

Update 19.01.2012
- You guys are in for a treat - working on over 25 new textures...
- Coming also up: Cubemaps! Now every color glows like it should - not always pinkish. See screenshot.

Update 18.01.2012
- Added optional ESPs: Gems have no weight; Gems have no weight and are not sorted

Update 17.01.2012 --- V.1.1 ---
BE SURE TO DELETE ALL PREVIOUS FILES BEFORE INSTALLING NEW!!! NEW APPROACH!!! IF YOU WANT TO USE DIFFERENT TEXTURES FOR EVERY SINGLE GEM YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE MAIN FILES FROM THE VERSION 1.1 AND YOUR PREFERENCES.

- Applied the fix, where soul gems (in vanilla game) sometimes let the charge of the gem disappear. Also the gems should stack correctly... You don't need "Acquisitive Soul Gems" anymore... ;) It also works with Smart Souls - a SKSE plugin that solves many issues like: "Why did that petty soul go into a grand gem, although I have an empty petty gem?"
- New textures with slight transparency
- able to replace all soulless gems and full soulgems with new textures of your choosing (more to follow in the next few days -> I do have to make a living... ;)
- added 512x512 textures for slower computers (no mipmaps and pixels down from 72 -> 18)