Modder's Monthly, February 2004

- Created by SirLuthor, DoomedMarauder, Spudnik, ohGr, Max a.k.a. ~NOBODY~ and Zenogias -

Mod Name: Doom Door
Author: Oldie
Type: Adventure
Requirements: Tribunal
Description: What is the secret behind the mysterious Doom Door and who is the equally mysterious Telvanni Mage so intimately connected with it? Meant for Level 20, or higher, characters, this mod will take you on an adventure to a new Drow City on Vvardenfell and through dungeons, mystical islands and a full-scale "military style" battle in which the magnificient Moon Armour appears. Not for the faint-at-heart, although brawn alone will not be sufficient to succeed. Brains and lock-picking skills (up to level 50) are also essential.
This mod requires the Tribunal expansion to Morrowind to be installed. It requires nothing else, is compatible with Bloodmoon, and can be run with most other mods. However, if you have any of the following five mods installed, it is advisable to "uncheck" these under the game data files, to avoid possible "ghosting" while playing "Doom_Door": (i) "Ghostpath" by Ascendant, (ii) "Castlevania" by The Dark Man, (iii) "Puzzle Canal" by Shanthe, (iv) "The Magus Unending" by Davion The Mad, (v) "Children of the Night Part 2" by JB.
Background:
This mod is based on the "adventure" style that is characterised by "Children of the Night Part 2 " by JB, although very different from it. It came about from my wish to "give the Drow a chance" in Morrowind and to permit them to "blend in with Morrowind lore" despite originally being a D & D creation. The Drow race used in the mod is the original creation of Bethaliz; their weapons and armour are the extensions created by QBH. Their "Drow City", no longer of the "D & D archetype" is based on an underground city created by Ascendant. Their "House" (a "civilized" sect of the Drow) is my invention, as are the principal characters.
Five of my favourite mods not only had to find place, but posed a natural "background" and are therefore incorporated: "Castlevania", "Puzzle Canal", "The Magus Unending", "Children of the Night Part 2 - the Island of Akavir" and "Attack on Ynys Mon" (by Lightwave). My sincere appreciation to these mod creators. For those who have played any of these mods, I trust you will find my alterations sufficient to maintain your interest in "Doom_Door" without having detracted from their originality. For those who have not yet played any of them, I hope this exposure will encourage you to try out the "originals".
The "game" ends with an "Easter-Egg" which, hopefully, ties everything together.
A word regarding "detail". The thrust of this mod is "adventure". It was not my intention to improve on, in my opinion, excellent work already done before me. And there was never any intention to be meticulous. Why do the female Drow guards wear greaves with codpieces? Why shouldn't they wear male greaves? Why do the Drow have empty book-cases? Do you really expect them to find time to read? Why do some of the Drow have a black band around their neck? Because they have a black band around their neck! And, finally, if you find it strange to get away with sleeping in someone else's bed in Drow City, remember, the Drow don't mind sharing their beds!
Download: TheLys' Site

Mod Name: Knights of the Ruby
Author: Canadian Ice
Type: Armour
Requirements: None
Description: You will find 2 Knights of the Ruby in Dagon Fel at The End of the World. Speak to them about how you can have some custom Ruby Armor made.
Download: CandianIce's Site

Mod Name: bathmod
Author: Evilgreebo
Type: Birthsigns
Requirements: None
Description: This adds baths to the world. You need to wash every few days or you start to smell. Bathing will make you smell better adding a minor magic effect for 24 hours. All of the towns have baths which add different effects depending on what type they are. There is also 3 special baths which add extra effects.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: BldMorrowind-UpdatedReadme
Author: redwoodtreesprite
Type: Birthsigns
Requirements: None
Description: An updated readme for the Blood Morrowind 2 Modder's Pack. Two of the 5 lava meshes that were retextured do not animate. I changed the readme to indicate which of the meshes aren't animated.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Necessities of Morrowind
Author: Taddeus, Crazyboy
Type: Bithsigns
Requirements: None
Description: Bored with walking around and not being able to eat, drink or just get drunk? Well you?re problems are solved! Buy an assortment of different foods from towns and villages, cook yourself a meal, or just get smashed!!!
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: New (Improved) Magic Item Shimmer Effect
Author: Tclord
Type: Birthsigns
Requirements: None
Description: A new improved magic shimmer effect replacement for Morrowind. This is a reduced intensity version. The normal version can be found here too with the same name minus redux. I screwed up and classified it as a birthsign, though.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Trashheap
Author: LadyLuck
Type: Birthsigns
Requirements: None
Description: This only adds a trashheap (_LL_Furn_Trashheap under tab: Static) to the TESCS. For modders only. There is no readme. Needs only MW.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Concept Exterior Abode (Update)
Author: Cjad the Nord
Type: Buildings
Requirements: None
Description: The Concept Exterior Abode is a castle-house that has no interior cell, it's all completely in an exterior. However, unlike most mods that tried this, the CEA is perfectly furnished and definatly more home like. However, seeing as how the whole castle is literally built with individual stones and planks, it might be a big FPS killer. There is a very inclusive readme that takes you through installing and playing the mod, as well as other useful information. Enjoy...
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Vamphouse
Author: Anonymous
Type: Buildings
Requirements: None
Description: this is a beta im uploading for someone else to look at. it is just a start
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Ice's Female Robe Replacer
Author: Canadian Ice
Type: Clothing
Requirements: None
Description: What this pluggin does is replace the female exquisite robe, and 3 of the extravagant robes with a more feminine version using Hurdy Gurdy's beautiful robe mesh.
Download: CanadianIce's Site

Mod Name: Ice's Female Rober Replacer VOLUME II
Author: CanadianIce
Type: Clothing
Requirements: None
Description: This pluggin modifies 17 of the existing robes so that when a female wears them, she has some feminine curves. Credits to Hurdy Gurdy for the female robe meshes, and to Gorg for the hood used on the male robe.
Screenshots: Here Download: CanadianIce's Site

Mod Name: Laura Croft's Leopard Outfit
Author: Emma
Type: Clothing
Requirements: None
Description: The leopard/golden leather outfit was originally created for my Laura Craft Romance and Adventure ver 2.0 mod. In this separate mod, I have added two cuirasses, one helmet, greaves and gauntlets. The outfit is located in Vivec, at the Foreign Quarter canton. You'll find it in a crate just to the left of the bridge that leads you from the canton to the mainland. Please note that you will have some clipping issues, especially with the gloves/gauntlets, if you are using Better Bodies mod.
My special thanks to CanadianIce for helping me to sort out the trickier parts of how to use different body parts.
Download: Emma's Site

Mod Name: MQB for Unarmored Companions Update
Author: Emma
Type: Clothing
Requirements: None
Description: I have also updated the "MQB for unarmored companions"-mod to ver 1.1, as I got reports that there might be an issue with the location of one of the containers in the previous version versus the door to Abu Manor in Ald'ruhn. New version is also available on my site.
Download: Emma's Site

Mod Name: NV Clothing
Author: Nameless Voce
Type: Clothing
Requirements: None
Description: This plug-in adds some new, non-magical varieties of clothing to the world of Morrowind.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Robe of Sanity's End
Author: Wizbang
Type: Clothing
Requirements: None
Description: This is another robe I did with the same color scheme as the Robe of the Liche and the Robe of Frayed Sanity.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Wizbang's Clothing and Armor Randomizer
Author: Wizbang
Type: Clothing
Requirements: None
Description: This mod radomizes just about all clothing and some armor on all NPCs in Morrowind. If a certain NPC is of a certain great house is wearing clothing related to that house, they will not have that article of clothing randomized. The same goes for armor. This way a high ranking member of House Telvanni will never be wearing a House Redoran shirt. In the case of armor, every NPC with a piece of randomized armor will have a random piece of armor applying to the same weight type and generally the same quality type.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Continuum - Creature Lairs, Proof of Concept
Author: Arsonide
Type: Creatures
Requirements: None
Description: What's a Lair?
If you've ever played Star Wars Galaxies, you know all about creature lairs. Well now I've added them to Morrowind. Basically, a creature lair is the home of a creature (a mound of dirt, a thicket, a pile of rocks, etc) When you attack it, nearby animals will defend their lair, and some will actually come out of the lair to defend it. These are now sparsely spread across Vvardenfell.

Ok...so what about the mod?
However I can't model, and I need some models for the lairs (thickets, dirt piles, etc...) Since nobody was taking my modelling requests that seriously, I thought I'd release a proof of concept to show my work off and appeal to a modeller. Right now all of the lairs look like a massive heart, to make them easily distinguishable, but they act exactly as they should act, they just look funny.

Gritty Details
Right now aggressive creatures will actively defend their lair when they come out, but passive creatures (like scribs) won't. I'm not sure if I will change this or not, but for now...it's not in this version. Also, not all the creatures I planned to make lairs, will make lairs in this version. That's on purpose so you will download the full one. Right now these creatures create lairs in the wild:

Alits
Cliff Racers
Guars
Mudcrabs
Scribs

Anything is possible, in fact I was planning on setting it up so that there would be a messagebox pop up when you activated a lair, sometimes you could dig for eggs or other organic materials, and more importantly, sometimes it will invoke this random map generator I found, and you will actually go inside the lair. That's all on the backburner right now though, as I need to just get the basics of lairdom finished. After that I can work on the fancier things. All of this is the beginning of a gigantic mod called Continuum, which is my ultimate goal to finish. I'm going to release it in modules, such as this one. The ultimate goal of Continuum is to provide a LOT more replayability in Morrowind, while being as compatible as possible. Lairs are the first step towards this goal, with other objectives including but not limited to random mission generation in guild halls. For the Iron Fist of the Law, I'll be continuing Reznods work on his prison mod, which will place criminals in a facility where they will have to work in mines, build various objects (like chairs or something), and behave to get out of prison. Or they can always break out. I do have Reznods permission to continue this, so it will be a big part of that module in Continuum. Big things are to come ladies and gents.
Download: Arsonide's Site

Mod Name: Morrowind Advanced
Author: WormGod
Type: Creatures
Requirements: None
Description: Note by redwoodtreesprite: I didn't make or change anything in this mod. I did add a text document with WormGod's OK for modders to use the mod content.
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From WormGod's website: This mod is for TES3: Morrowind AND Tribunal. Additions include: new creature meshes, new armor meshes, new weapon meshes, leveled creature lists additions, new dungoens including the northern undead keep and the Imperial Proving Grounds.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: NV Creatures
Author: Nameless Voce
Type: Creatures
Requirements: None
Description: This plug-in adds a collection of powerful new creatures to the world of Morrowind. These creatures include Dreugh Shamans, Scamp Shamans, and Dremora Warlords. These creatures rarely appear outside Vvardenfell. This plug-in also adds a secret artifact to the game. Please note that it is extremely hard to find. New creatures include:

The Dremora Warlord, who always travels with an escort of six lesser Dremora, and is so tough (at least at +100) that he actually has a fair chance of killing you.
The Dreugh Shaman, a sea creature who is well camoflauged and has powerful magic.
The Scamp Shaman, a pesky, almost-invisible spellcaster who loves to cast annoying spells at you.
Poison Atronach, an oozing green creature that hurls poison bolts at you. Once you've killed it, you take some of its lumps of poison to throw at your foes.

Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Your Dragon Companion
Author: RAVEN??
Type: Creatures
Requirements: None
Description: This mod uses an edited version of Grumpys Wolf Companion script.I have included Grumpys read me, and changed all Wolf references to now read Dragon. I have also edited out the part where you meet the wolf, as where you meet the dragon is different. Travel to the south bridge at Balmora and "Dormwog" will be waiting for you. You can give him exactly the same orders as the wolf and you can heal him with potions if need be. This mod has been cleaned with Tesame. 2.5 MEG UNZ.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Kyodin Armor COMPLETE v1.2
Author: samuraidoykins
Type: Items
Requirements: None
Description: COMPLETE VERSION OF KYODIN ARMOR
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Kyodin Armor v1.2 Patch
Author: samuraidoykins
Type: Items
Requirements: None
Description: Everything is fixed now..I guess...this is just the patch and not the complete version. Enjoy!
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Greater Vivec Pre Alpha
Author: Ben Tokkin
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: I am posting what I have so far of the mod to get your opinion whether its worth finishing, for public consumption anyways, its really under developed but I think I have enough done for you to get a good idea where the mod is heading. There are no interiors yet except the ones made already by Bethesda and a sample of the palace. Basicly this pre alpha is for you to walk around and see what you think of the new huge and improved Vivec exteriors only. If you feel the need to play around with the mod, alter it in any way by adding, subtracting, or dividing anything feel free to go ahead and do what you wish. If you decide to realese your version publicly you might want to ask permission for the models and textures I used from those that have made them.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Imperial Diet Program
Author: Zenogias
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: This will reduce the Weight value of Imperial Males from 1.25 to 1.15, in order to reduce stretching of textures caused by the value being too high compared to its height. Another .esp included will will reduce the Weight value of Orc Males from 1.35 to 1.25. A third .esp will increase the Height value of Male Wood Elves from 0.90 to 0.95, so that they better fit in with their description in Tamriel lore, and not be disadvantaged by the fact that Morrowind's engine associates movement speed with height. A fourth .esp is all three tweakes merged into one file. Please read the readme file for more information!
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Make Underwater Clear - .ini settings
Author: Stabwound
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: Credit goes party to Drover as I ripped/changed this part from his .ini I found on the net. You should have this amazing, clear under water now. I'm amazed at how much more awesome it is to swim around and see all the illuminated mushroom thingies underwater now.
Download: Elder Scrolls Forums

Mod Name: marc Vampire Statcap Fix
Author: marc
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: When you become a vampire, you gain new attributes that boost your normal stats. The problem is however, that if you become a vampire before youve already maxed out your stats, you will never be able to get them to the enhanced vampire maximum state. This mod fixes the problem. Now you can become a vampire as early as you like and you will still be able to max out your stats properly.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: marc's Vampire Stat Uncapper Fix v2.0
Author: marc
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: marc's Vampire Stat Uncapper Fix Advanced v2.0 Allows you to continue increasing stats while youre a vampire until they reach the correct maximum value. Allows you to become a vampire again after getting cured the 1st time but be warned, you can not get cured again so if you become a vampire again, youre stuck that way. See txt file for full details.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Morphem's paintings
Author: Morphem
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: Adds 10 fantasy art paintings that can be bought at the local pawnbrokers.
They can be carried & hung on any walls.
Thanks to Tommy Khajiit's tool who made this possible.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: New Water (Surface)
Author: Ben Tokkin
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: Ben has worked up an improvement to the appearance of water. This isn't for lower end comps and you should back up your original INI before doing anything.
Download: TES Screenshot Library

Mod Name: Nuts at Play
Author: Omlet, Timson, thangrim, others
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: The Simpsons: stonecutters wip
Download: Elder Scrolls Forums

Mod Name: Sexy Female Orc Head
Author: Neoptolemus
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: Adds one playable female orc head and two hairstyles. I made this basically because I hate the original female orcs. They're offensively ugly. Yes, I know orcs are supposed to be ugly, but think of this gal as the exception to the rule. ;) The mesh is originally by Rhedd, and was a female Dark Elf. Aedroth added some fangs to make her a vampire, and I played with the texture in photoshop to make her an orc. An attractive orc, but still looking feral enough to be orcish. Maybe she has elf or human blood in her. I don't know.
Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Vampire Realism 1.2
Author: Jaxalot
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: Adds many new features to vampirism in Morrowind. What's new in this version:

Fixed bug which caused dead vampires to generate large amounts of vampire dust after their death.
Added stake code to vampires who use special scripts (such as mastrius)
The Holamayan Monastery is no longer considered holy (temple damage wise), as it kept the player from completing the main quest while in vampire form. Added 4 new skill levels for the leveled vampires. There are now wild, wandering, standard, special, and ancient vampires (standard and special go by different names in-game).
Altered the NPC vampire skill range (for leveled vampires only). The least powerful vampires (wild) are weaker than any other vampire, while the most powerful (ancients) are powerful beyond belief. Fortunately for the player, ancients are only found in the headquarters of the vampire clans.
All leveled vampires now have their own greetings. You won't be able to have conversations but at least they'll tell you to go away - either that or kill you. Whichever.
The Dwemer bots in the Berne headquarters won't attack Berne clan members anymore.
You can now use special vials to bottle your blood. Just buy the vials from the new vampire merchants that also sell stakes (see below). To bottle your blood you must have more than 50 health and have a dagger equipped, then just equip the vial and it will be filled with blood. Note that while it takes 50 health to fill, it only restores 45 health, so it is only really useful if a victim of yours has excess health. Also note that you can only have 8 vials of your blood in existence at any one time (not just on you, a vial of your blood existing anywhere in the game world counts towards your limit).
Wild, Wandering, and Standard level vampires all have leveled equipment. The ancients all wear the same armor and weapons, and the second most powerful skill level has equipment depending on their clan.
The more powerful vampires sport some of Carnithus' wonderful armors. Many thanks to him for allowing me to use them in Vampire Realism.
Fixed the bug of vampires repeatedly "dying" in the sun, then getting back up. Vampires will now run away when it's sunny out, and will disappear when they get far enough away. They also do not need to be staked when it is sunny out.
New merchants now sell stakes to prevent problems with dirty saves. If you're looking for stakes try Balanarn in the Balmora temple, Dranyl in the Gnisis temple, Ederelyn in the Ald-Ruhn temple, and Neldranus in the Molag Mar temple. Or, if you're a vampire, you can check with Meldris, Baesammus, or Golvis, in the Aundae, Berne, and Quarra headquarters, respectively.
The chance of a Vampire Hunter attacking you in your sleep has been reduced from 3% to 2%.

You can now disable and enable several features through a few console commands:

Staking:
Disable:
set vr_nostake to 1
Enable:
set vr_nostake to 0

Restore Health Pervention:
Disable:
set vr_nohealthprevent to 1
Enable:
set vr_nohealthprevent to 0

Temple Damage:
Disable:
set vr_notempledmg to 1
Enable:
set vr_notempledmg to 0

Shrine Damage:
Disable:
set vr_noshrinedmg to 1
Enable:
set vr_noshrinedmg to 0

Vampire Hunters:
Disable:
set vr_novamphunter to 1
Enable:
set vr_novamphunter to 0

Download: Euro-RPG

Mod Name: Unofficial Morrowind Patch v1.2.1
Author: Thepal
Type: Misc.
Requirements: None
Description: Fixes most of the bugs, spelling/grammer mistakes and other problems in Morrowind. "Without a doubt" the most comprehensive bug fix mod.
Download: Euro-RPG