Skyrim Special Edition

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Adds 295 books from earlier TES games into Skyrim and re-covers them in the style of Book Covers Skyrim. New books will be found on a broad range of Merchants and relevant Loot Lists.

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Translations
  • Spanish
  • Russian
  • Polish
  • Italian
  • German
Changelogs


DEPENDENCIES:

- Skyrim Special Edition


FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE:

- Books included : 295 titles from Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion and Developer Texts
- Textures : Original or Desaturated
- Merchant Lists : General Merchants, Caravans, Fences, Jarl's Wizards, Orc Wisewomen, Urag, Brand Shei
- Loot Lists : Cheap, Common, Valuable, Religious, Rare and Clutter
- NPC Lists : Silver Hand, Vigilants of Stendarr, Bandit Wizards, Forsworn Wizards, Thalmor Wizards
- Skill Books : One book for each skill has been hand-placed in the world
- Book Hunt : First Editions. "A chance overheard conversation informs you that Dravin Llanith is seeking the identity of a mystery Breton that he had to bury near Merryfair Farm in the Rift. He is too busy with work to answer questions himself but please read the Note he left at the burial site."


LANGUAGES:

- English
- German with LOCALIZED GERMAN TEXTURES


INSTALLATION:

- BAIN/FOMOD: Use either Wrye Bash or NMM to install the mod.
- Manual: Unpack the download with 7ZIP and move the Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library.esp, Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library.bsa and Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library - Textures.bsa to your Skyrim/Data directory. Activate the ESP file.
- Update your Bashed Patch (see below)


UNINSTALLATION:

- BAIN/FOMOD: Use either Wrye Bash or NMM to remove the mod.
- Manual: Remove the Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library.esp, Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library.bsa and Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library - Textures.bsa files from your Skyrim/Data directory.
- Update your Bashed Patch (see below)




Book Covers Skyrim - Lost Library brings high quality covers in the style of Book Covers Skyrim to a very broad range of almost three hundred books from previous Elder Scrolls games and their expansions. It is a logical extension to Book Covers Skyrim and is fully compatible with that mod.

Subjects range from light-hearted comedy, traditional poetry, plays, stories and legends to heretical diatribes, dark prophecies, cult agendas and insane gibberish.

The new books will be found on Merchants of many types as well as on any NPC that you would expect to have books in their inventory. Similarly, any container that could previously provide a book will have a chance of the new titles. Many of the more esoteric books have had a single copy hand-placed in the world.

Please be aware that the Merchants are not guaranteed to have one of the new books as the lists they draw from have a chance of no item. While a General Merchant is quite likely to have a Cheap or Common book or two, you would have to ask the Jarl's Wizards or the Orc Wisewomen if they are lucky enough to have any of the rare or valuable books. Members of the Thieves Guild with access to the Fences will find they tend to be well supplied. Urag in Winterhold is particularly well connected with book suppliers and Brand Shei in Riften has a specific interest that fits with his history.

One book has been defined as a skill book for each of the game's skills and has been hand-placed in the world. Placement does tend to have a certain logic to it. While some are fairly easy to find, others are well hidden. If you are used to searching for rare items in Morrowind, you will feel at home here. Skill books will never appear in a Merchant's inventory or on an NPC. Many of the skill books will have an owner that you may have to become friends with in order to take the book without stealing.




Since the Lost Library inserts books into Merchant and Item Levelled Lists, you MUST use the Wrye Bash tool to facilitate compatibility between all your mods that affect these assets. Once installed, Wrye Bash will create a file called "Bashed Patch, 0.esp" which contains the aggregated changes to Levelled Lists that all your mods require.

Whenever you add or remove a mod that affects Levelled Lists, you MUST use Wrye Bash's "Rebuild Patch..." function to refresh the Bashed Patch.
 



The Imperial Library for collecting the contents of the TES books in one place and making it available for use
Phoenix Amon (Daleth) for Book Jackets Oblivion
Grimbot for Grimbot's DLC Book Jackets for Oblivion
www.fuzzimo.com for the free worn book stock images
Achaley for the Dragon of Ysgramor emblem




You don't need ask me for permission to use the contents of this mod for any reason. You have it.

You can add to, subtract from, alter, enhance, embellish, patch, improve to your hearts content. This is meant to be a starting point for others to improve on, not an end all be all mod. I only request ONE things in return...

1) You acknowledge the work I've done, and the work of those that I have credited. Rome was not built in a day and neither are mods. We all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. Give credit where it is due.

NOTE TO TRANSLATORS - please feel free to make translated versions of the books in this mod. If you are able to create a COMPLETE translation in your language, I am happy to merge your work into the main Lost Library mod just like I did in Book Covers Skyrim and offer appropriate credit.