Gem Staffs

EDIT - 14 March 2011: - Right now, I\'m on hiatus from modding and playing Oblivion. My computer\'s getting old and full and it just can\'t take it right now. As such, I won\'t be updating this mod right now. Name: Gem Staffs Version: 1. 0 Date: 2/24/2011 Category: Weapons and Armor Author(s): Rinzei Description =========== A revamp of my old Crystal Staffs mod, it adds five new unenchanted staffs to the game, with an optimized mesh, reworked texture map, and regenerated normal map for a new feel. Location ======== The staffs are available for purchase by a Breton woman named Aimee Beauchamp, presently residing in the Two Sisters Lodge in Skingrad. There is also a chest available in the Testing Hall, if you\'d rather acquire them that way. Details ======= After 2-year hiatus, I\'m giving the mod scene another try. To start with, I\'m getting back into practice by fixing my first mod, Crystal Staffs. I say it\'s version 2 - it\'s actually the way the mod was originally supposed to look. But because of my lack of knowledge of normal maps, specular maps, UV Mapping, etc, the original mod has a completely different feel to it. So this is going to be uploaded as a separate mod, rather than a version update. Improvements/Changes: - Reduced Texture Map - For what it was, the texture map before was WAY too big. It\'s been reduced to 512x512, with possibility for a larger one later. - Fixed Mesh - Parts have been redone and the face-count has been cleaned up dramatically. It has a fourth of the faces it used to have. - Baked Normal Map - What does this mean? The Normal Map has much greater detail now, as it was generated from a hi-poly model, rather than just filtered from the texture map - New UV Map - Remapped for the new mesh, it now keeps things proportioned and no more ugly stretching on the crystals! - Shaft - It\'s now thicker than before, per user suggestion. He was right - it WAS way too dainty! - Transparency - The crystals now have some transparency, per user suggestion. All of the staffs are unenchanted this time around, so you may use enchant them to your heart\'s content. Install (Archive File) ====================== 1. Extract the files to a temporary location. 2. Examine the folder structure and make corrections where necessary. 3. Copy files to (install folder)\\Oblivion\\Data\\ 4. Start Oblivion Launcher, click \'Data Files\', place a checkmark beside the .esp file(s). OBMM Install (OMOD File) ======================== 1. Copy OMOD file to (install folder)\\Oblivion\\obmm\\omod\\ 2. Start Oblivion Mod Manager. 3. Double-click the name of the mod in the right-hand side of the OBMM screen. (icon should turn blue) Uninstall (Archive File) ======================== 1. Start Oblivion Launcher, click Data Files, uncheck the .esp file(s). 2. Delete the files/folders associated with the mod. Oblivion\\Data\\Meshes\\Staffs\\Rinzei\\GemStaff\\ Oblivion\\Data\\Textures\\Staffs\