Oblivion Character Replacer (WIP)

[Ploms]

Oblivion Character Replacer

Bear in mind nothing of this is nowhere near final so expect a

bunch of changes as time goes by

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Requirements:
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Knights of the Nine
Shivering Isles
Oblivion Script Extender
Robert's Male Body
HGEC
Blockhead (Really important or else the heads will not look as intended)

>link to it here<

 

You must download this cosmetic pack or else all the races will be bold

It works as a base mod for the races so you dont have to download the same files every time.

Download

 

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Changelog:
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13/02/2014 - added link to the older version of the orc race

 

09/02/2014 - Hotfix for missing esp file for Orc and breton race

09/02/2014 - Redguard race added (male gender  is unfinished)

09/02/2014 - Argonian race added (male gender  is unfinished)

 

07/02/2014 - Nord race added

07/02/2014 - Dremora, Dark seducer and Golden saint race added

 

04/02/2014 - pictures added to orcs, breton, high elf and dark elf race

 

03/02/2014 - Breton Race added

03/02/2014 - Orc race added

03/02/2014 - re-uploaded the hair pack and renamed as cosmetic pack and added missing files

03/02/2014 - fix an issue with missing files for high and dark elf race

 

02/02/2014 - Initial Release
02/02/2014 - changed textures and meshes for each vanilla race
02/02/2014 - added hair and eyes for each vanilla race
02/02/2014 - changed most of the in game NPC's

02/02/2014 - changed the name to oblivion character replacer

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Race Download (pictures in the spoiler tags)
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All in One

 

High Elf Race

Download

 

Dark elf Race

Download

 

Wood elf Race
Download

 

Orc Race

Download

Download (Ploms orc overhaul(older version))

 

Breton Race

Download

 

Nord Race

Download

 

Redguard Race (only female gender working)

Download

 

Imperial Races

Download

 

Khajiit Race

Download

 

Argonian Race (only female gender working atm)

Download

 

Daedra Races

Download

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Installation:
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Wrye Bash Instructions
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1) Copy the entire archive into your Oblivion Mods\Bash Installers folder.
2) In Wrye Bash Installers tab, highlight the new archive.
3) Check any sub-folders, ESP/ESM's as required.
4) Right click the archive name and Install.
5) In Wrye Bash Mods tab, check the ESP/ESM's and rebuild Bashed patch. (Also recommeneded to run BOSS first).



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Manual Instructions
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1) Extract the contents of the ZIP folder into your Data folder
2) Make sure the OCR[race].esp is checked in the Launcher




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Incompatible:
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Any mod that changes the vanilla race


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Changelog:
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02/02/2014 - Initial Release
02/02/2014 - changed textures and meshes for each vanilla race
02/02/2014 - added hair and eyes for each vanilla race
02/02/2014 - changed most of the in game NPC's



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Credits:
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion.
Thanks to InsanitySorrow for the ReadMe Generator this ReadMe is based on.
Thanks to Ozmo for the high res body textures (http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/15876/?)

Thanks to Room207 and Nuska for the orc face meshes (http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/44728/?)

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Tools Used:
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ReadMe Generator
Construction Set
Photoshop
Nifskope

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Licensing/Legal:
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Most of the files aren't made by me and are credited to their original owners in the credit list.
You can do whatever you wish with this, but be sure to give credit to the original creators





 

[GSBmodders]

^the must have overhual of 2012

[Ploms]

^the must have overhual of 2012

 

Thanks GSBmodders.

 

There is a lot of things that my mod needs some work on though.

I feel so stupid after finding out yesterday how easy it was to fix the skin texture of my orcs to look more smooth' date=' oh well better late then never.

 

The male orcs still has the blocky textures but I'm working on it.

 

Here is an example how the skin looks like now.

Much better then the old blocky one, however I will try to tweak it more with noise to make it more realistic without making the skin look too blocky.

 

 

[img']http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/2590/2012042900001.jpg[/img]

 

Here are a better images how the body texture looks like:P

 

 

 

 

 

[GSBmodders]

Looking good, BTW I hope that orc in your sig is a npc. She is one fine looking character.

[Oblivion_Cat]

Good news

I already have your old mod installed. So i'm very pleased to see your continued work.

[Ploms]

I'm planning to post a patch at the end of this week.

I will try to customize the NPC's better and maybe add some new hair and eyes.

I will also add an extra esp file for people who just prefer human teeth instead.

The normal maps needs a fix since they were a bit to flat, and the bush was a bit too big lol.

 

I'm not very happy with the current orc teeth since they are very unstable compared to the face and I'm trying to make a better replacer.

I'm not very good in blender so I don't know long it will take.

 

Good news

I already have your old mod installed. So i'm very pleased to see your continued work.

 

Thanks, I have been a bit away from oblivion modding the last months because of other games and since I didn't find skyrim so fun to mod I went back to oblivion again.

 

[Ploms]

So I changed the normal maps with a slightly more rough one of the body and changed the face texture to a more smooth one so it would blend better with the rest of the body and I must say I kinda like this one better, so I will replace it I think in the next patch.

 

The seam with the neck and wrist is a pain to reduce so I would be glad if anyone had any tips.

 

 

 

 

The normal map of the body looks a bit more natural with the extra noise I gave it

 

 

 

 

 

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update kinda.

 

I will have the face texture with wrinkles as default but I will add the smooth face texture in the option folder for people who prefer it.

the rest of my week will be a bit busy so the next patch will probably come next week.

 

 

english is not my first language so sorry if it's a bit poorly written.

 

 

 

 

[MonicaAngelBlade]

These are amazing! >.<

 

Thank you for finally giving me a reason to use an orc character

 

 

 

 

One question. Are they compatible with Ozmo's Hi-res skin textures for HGEC?

[Ploms]

One question. Are they compatible with Ozmo's Hi-res skin textures for HGEC?

 

yes they should be compatible since the orc textures are hi-res as well.

I don't understand your question fully.

If you're asking if they will conflict with ozmo's texture? then no they won't.

[Ploms]

My plan was to make a small patch but instead decided to just make a "big" patch for my mod so it will be done.

Thing is that it might take a bit time to make so it's a bit uncertain when it will be ready.

[MonicaAngelBlade]

One question. Are they compatible with Ozmo's Hi-res skin textures for HGEC?

 

yes they should be compatible since the orc textures are hi-res as well.

I don't understand your question fully.

If you're asking if they will conflict with ozmo's texture? then no they won't.

 

Thank you.. and yea I just wanted to make sure they didn't conflict before I used them xD

[Ploms]

Been working on the male body textures that will replace the old ones.

They will have a more smoother surface and I will sooner add some chest hair.

 

 

 

 

The teeth is just a big pain for me to work on since I'm not very good with 3d programs and most of the time have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

 

I wanted to make the female teeth a bit smaller and make the tusks more visible.

This is what they look now.

Since I have very little experience with 3d programs I have to tweek the teeth in nifscope and try blending the teeth with the lips.

Therefor they might be a bit unstable for face animations sadly.

 

 

 

[Ploms]

It seems the only solution for me was to scale down the teeth to make them go very smooth with the mouth animation.

This is what I ended up with.

 

 

 

now that this problem has finally been solved I can begin on fixing the rest of the NPC's

[Ploms]

If everything goes smooth I'm going to be pretty much done with this mod and will upload a final version at the beginning of the weekend.

 

I have spent waaaay to much time on this mod (most of the time messing around) so I am glad I can finally begin mod other things

[Oblivion_Cat]

Appreciate all the work you've done Ploms.

[Ploms]

Appreciate all the work you've done Ploms.

 

Thanks

I should have been done with this mod months ago but oh well , better late then never.

[Poontank]

The greatest things tend to take lots of time and effort. I'm glad you persisted and made it happen. The first character I created with your mod:

 

 

 

 

 

Three different breeds of Orcs in one picture!

[Zetsubou Ketti]

Thanks for making a good looking version of the orcs that still let them look a bit wild. I also really got a kick out of The Grey Prince's hair since it looked kind of like a fake, and exceedingly pompous wig.

[Ploms]

Thanks for making a good looking version of the orcs that still let them look a bit wild. I also really got a kick out of The Grey Prince's hair since it looked kind of like a fake' date=' and exceedingly pompous wig.

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I have replaced the hair, since I found it a bit ridiculous as well.

I also made the gray prince gray lol

[Ploms]

NEW UPDATED VERSION

 

I am now done with this mod but if there should be anything major problem then I will make a small hotfix.

 

a big thanks to people for giving me the motivation to finish this mod.

[DuskOwl]

NEW UPDATED VERSION

 

 

Will you uploud this to a Free Host? I really dont want to register at a site that i dont use.

[Ploms]

NEW UPDATED VERSION

 

 

Will you uploud this to a Free Host? I really dont want to register at a site that i dont use.

 

I will see what I can do but in the meantime I have it on 4share because the mod took to much space on my mediafire account.

[DuskOwl]

NEW UPDATED VERSION

 

 

Will you uploud this to a Free Host? I really dont want to register at a site that i dont use.

 

I will see what I can do but in the meantime I have it on 4share because the mod took to much space on my mediafire account.

 

Thanks! And great Work!

[Zetsubou Ketti]

 

I have replaced the hair' date=' since I found it a bit ridiculous as well.

I also made the gray prince gray lol

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Awww...I actually liked his silly hair. He just looked so damn smug. It fit him exactly.

 

Thanks again for sharing this with us!

 

@DuskOwl

 

You don't have to register for 4shared to download. FreeRapid Downloader will work perfectly fine for 4shared and many other such sites, although you usually still have to input captchas. Its free (they occasionally ask for donations) and requires java to be installed. Here's the link if you're interested; http://wordrider.net/freerapid/.

[Ploms]

Thanks for the tip Zetsubou Ketti.

I will upload it there later today

 

Silly me, I need to read properly before posting