Shivering Isles Alternative Start

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Shivering Isles Alternative Start v1. 0 BETA Author: tegeus-Cromis 01 Sep 2016

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IN BRIEF -------- This alternative start mod allows you to begin the game in the Shivering Isles. As such, it is necessarily a double* alternative start, as both the SI and OB main quests have had to be refactored. The basic methodology is largely inspired by Arthmoor's Alternative Beginnings, in which you can build a character quickly and choose from a range of additional starting options for them. I hope that it may be self-explanatory, but if not, I will be happy to expand the documentation. You will find more information farther down this page, though, way past the fold. This covers a number of issues that may arise, and may answer some questions.

Oh, just one thing. The mod takes the same stance as the vanilla game but reverses it. After three days, Haskill should appear and ask you to meet him, which kicks off the Oblivion MQ. Now this glitched on me once, so just in case he doesn't appear - belt and braces and all that - you can also start the OB MQ any time by talking to Sheogorath and then Haskill in New Sheoth. If your style of play means you hate being railroaded into quest sequences though, it's best to wait for Haskill, avoids Sheogorath making ominous references to your intestines for one thing (though you might welcome the chance to revisit Xedilian, in fact). The Oblivion MQ is treated as merely a side project, so that's even easier to avoid doing - I may even down-stress it further.

REQUIREMENTS ------------ Naturally, the Shivering Isles DLC. And I have tested it with the SI Unofficial Patch in place. While it should work without this, I really think you should have the patch installed anyway, so I suppose you may consider this a requirement too.

INSTALLATION ------------ I recommend using BAIN, for which this archive is suitable. If you choose to do it manually, though, simply unpack all the files in the archive to your game data folder. I cannot speak for any other installation method, though I have left it open for you to try NMM; it might work.

LOAD ORDER ---------- This should be pretty close to the end of your load order, most definitely after any other Shivering Isles mods. Taking a cue from BOSS, this places Arthmoor's alt-start a long way after Unique Landscapes - while below it in my load order I find mostly just magic overhauls and Better Cities. So if you don't have the latter running, you could likely place it right at the end.

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