Yay, welcome to Balztu!

Lol she’s awesome!

I like that mod for the most part. So what happens if you do the steps to get put in jail? Does it do the whole follow the emperor thing?

I’m currently using an alternate start mod that lets you arrive in Cyrodiil by ship at several different cities.

This is a nice little startup area, I like it.


But don't get any ideas now...

mirocu: Oh? Ideas? Such as... ?

Khajiit: Thanks! I don't know what happens if we choose Jail as an option, Not sure if there is a Jail option. I always go for "Stuck in Wilderness" or "Dangerous Situation" as starts.

Yes it's a great way to start the game. You basically walk your character through a series of checkpoints, choosing Race, Class, and so on.

Acadian / SubRosa: Thanks! She is mean & green. She is surprisingly fun to game with, and different from all my others. She's actually BIG first of all. She is my largest character to date. She lumbers when she walks.

Well to start the main quest, you have to do that side quest for an Orc in the IC who is having a problem with the corrupt watch captain, Audens Lavidicus (sp?). You go up to him, accuse him of corruption, and then he throws you in the IC’s prison. Supposedly this is how you start the main quest with this mod. I was just curious if “starting the main quest” means following the emperor and his blades around, or if that is altered in some way, since many of the NPC’s will say the emperor has been murdered lines when you talk to them about rumors.

Renee: Not familiar with the TU Alternate Start as i use a different one myself but, that tutorial area makes it look worth looking into.

SubRosa: Being in the minority I actually prefer the opposite; flat boar snouts and all, the uglier and meaner Orcs look the better.

Welcome Balztu! Her skin is green, I didn't expect that. Does she have green toes too? I'd say stay in those sewers and find a way out, it'll be more rewarding. There's always a way out.

Khajiit, Oh no kidding. So it sounds like there is a back door just in case someone wants to do the Main Quest, but in a different way. How neat.

macole: Do you ever roll new characters? If so, TU is highly recommended by me. So many options, ways to start the game.

Lopov: Amazing! How did you know she's got green toes?

Dang, I thought I had more pics to post, but they're on my other computer. Maybe tomorrow.

A quick picture update on Balztu Dahwalz! She is currently headed toward Skingrad and then Anvil, where I assume a ship will take her to Valenwood. But here are the early events in her game.

Lurking

Bashing -- after leaving the sewer (which took a long time) she was in somebody's cellar. Good thing she had a BIG warhammer. She was easily able to break the door's lock.

An intruder! Nooo!

Actually that lady didn't show much reaction at all as this giant, green-skinned orc comes lumbering out her basement. That's all for now.

I love her! Is she going to make folks start calling her Sir Balztu like Mazoga does?

Used to do so a lot when the game was new. Rarely now though since I tend to play long sessions 2 years and more. My current Oblivion session is now more than three years. Interestingly it was started just to complete quest mods that I have always included but never finished e.g. Adense Epic Dungeon, The Ayleid Steps, Hentai Mania II, and others.

Acadian: so my geeked-out roleplay with Balztu is that she's not supposed to speak much of whatever the "common" language is supposed to be. In fact as I was gaming with her, I switched the Oblivion.ini file from English to French, just so (from my perspective) I barely understand what anybody's saying. My daughter speaks French so I had this idea that she could sit alongside me occasionally while I game, and act as a translator.

I'm not sure if this idea will work though. According to Lopov, he's thinking I'll probably need to install some kind of a language pack, which is starting to sound like a hassle. I don't want to delay getting her to Valenwood, you know? I've been waiting too long to get there. But that "foreign language" idea does still intrigue me.


That was one of the ideas with my Renee Gade III. She'd do all the quest mod stuff I was interested in like Vampire Hunters and Fighters Guild Quests. I did most of the vanilla quests on consoles, you see. Maybe she'll do Archeology Guild some day. And Lost Spires.

How do we get to Valenwood? I am assuming we get there from Anvil's dock. Maybe I should read the actual readme.

From the East Gate of Skingrad head east a short distance. Turn right at the road sign that reads Arenthia. Continue on past Bloodcrust Cave. Just before Silorn take a right turn. The road runs along the south side of Castle Skingrad to a bridge crossing the Strid River that will take you to Valenwood. Or you could ford swim the Strid at any point.

Oh, the Archeology Guild and The Lost Spires is one and the same mod.

Here's some more pics.

Balztu's Bedroom (she often sleeps outdoors)

Goblin Pwnage

Glarthir Pwnage -- The paranoid Bosmer followed my orc all the way out of town, and she let him. Until she got far enough outside of civilization.

"Assault! Assault!"

Causeway to Valenwood

Entrance to Arenthia

Bear Fight -- (A bear terrorized Arenthia within minutes of Balztu got into town. She tried to assist but wound up assaulting somebody, then getting teleported back to Skingrad)

Some NPCs speak German in Valenwood

Oops, thought I had more. Stay tuned for some spectacular views in the next pictures!

Is Balztu loading up on quinoa and avacados in that first pic?

Glarthir is going to be totally pwn'd!

So that's the way to Valenwood? I downloaded the Valenwood mod from your other topic. Don't know when I will get to it though, with January still hip deep in the Capital Wasteland.

Having WannaBeAnOrc green skin didn't help those goblins any more than WannaBeAnOrc green leggings helped Glarthir.

VI is vaguely familiar. I remember quite enjoying the Arenthia mages guildhall.

Balztu needs no keys, Balztu has warhamma!

How was she able to meet with Glarthir outside of Skingrad?

Balztu goes to Valenwood - nice wooden bridge!

Ooh nice, she speaks in German. I can be your translator if you want. Basically, that lady is giving you the standard arrest dialogue.

Looking forward to more pics from Valenwood!

Yay, pictures! Makes me want to go back and explore the west coast. Basically I just traveled down the center. If you like to populate areas, X is a great empty useable house in Elden Root.

And green Orcs! Due to OCOv2 Orcs in my game are typically shades of brown.

macole: I can't thank you enough for your assistance. Even just answering simple questions like "which .esps do I install?" helps a lot. Because the original mod author abandoned his or her project, apparently due to Skyrim coming out in 2011 (I am basing this theory on the final update of VI, which was October 2011. Such a shame).

Lopov: Balztu BIG! When she got arrested she got sent to Skingrad. Apparently Valenwood has some Imperial influence. Anyway, she did not spend much time in the town, since she's adverse to walled places. I assume Glarthir saw her and followed her out of town.

Yes, you can help translate the German text dialog. I am really tempted to try using a German language pack as well, if you can point me in the right direction.

Acadian: Oh nice, so VI does have some guilds. Balztu won't bother with those, but some day when Lady Saga returns she'll have places to stay, I assume.

SubRosa: Yes, the entrance to Valenwood is located just south of Skingrad. There is no loading screen, just walk right over the bridge.

Dang. Still haven't loaded the next set of pics to imgur yet. Well, next time.

Few scenic screens:

https://i.imgur.com/ZMgokAD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/6JuNx98.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/PL3Sis7.jpg

None of their games have been as bucolic as Oblivion.

Bucolic. I never heard this word until Pseron Wyrd used it in a sentence, referring to Cyrodiil's bucolic countryside. (sheds a tear).

It was nice to see Pseron get promoted to moderator at the new Bethesda forums. Such a nice person.

Nice

Renee, here are tips how to change the in-game language. I own the Steam version, so the second method worked for me.

Graci, Lopov. *curtsies*

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Arenthia -- (this is the first town of Valenwood)

Foggy Arenthia

Kvatch in Distance

IC in Distance


Notes: as Balztu has explored Valenwood outside of town, I have found its countryside is a bit too much like Cyrodiil's, but maybe this is because it's still close to Cyrodiil. Maybe different trees and foliage eventually show.

Another thing is Rosa's Witchcraft is NEEDED for this mod. Either that, or I'll have to mess with Leveled Lists to try to introduce more peaceful creatures. Really getting tired of fighting bear after bear.

Falorn, although he is now level 4

Field betwixt Cheydinhal and the bay

The first flakes are falling

Close to home

On the run

It would be a shame if someone loosened this...

Small ruin Falorn found

I don't often comment on this thread; but HOLY COW! That is the most perfect and gorgeous Oblivion game I've ever seen! Would you share which graphics enhancer mods you are using and some details on your rig? These are AWESOME !!!! (also, your character doesn't have the usual potato face either, want to share how you got around that too?)

Really great looking game you have there; I wish my Oblivion looked that good!

Thanks, mALXy! I'll try to post the load order when I get home tonight. It's actually pretty light, with most of them being bug or engine fixes. As far as my rig:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz [4.25GHz Turbo] Six-Core
SSD: Crucial MX300 525 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
HDD: 1TB SATA-III 6.0Gb/s 32MB Cache 7200RPM HDD
MEMORY: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/3000MHz Dual Channel Memory (GEIL Super Luce RGB)
MOTHERBOARD: MSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON AM4 ATX w/ RGB
POWERSUPPLY: 600 Watts - EVGA 600 80 PLUS Power Supply
VIDEO: XFX Radeon RX 590 FATBOY 8GB GDDR5 Video Card [VR Ready]

Oblivion.esm
Unofficial Oblivion Patch.esp
UOP Vampire Aging & Face Fix.esp
Oblivion Citadel Door Fix.esp
DLCShiveringIsles.esp
Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch.esp
DLCHorseArmor.esp
DLCOrrery.esp
DLCVileLair.esp
DLCMehrunesRazor.esp
DLCSpellTomes.esp
DLCThievesDen.esp
DLCBattlehornCastle.esp
DLCFrostcrag.esp
Knights.esp
Knights - Unofficial Patch.esp
Enemy Weapons dont drop.esp
lLet there be Flowers.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch - SSSB.esp
DLCThievesDen - Unofficial Patch.esp
ChaseCameraMod.esp
Bashed Patch, 0.esp

For textures I used:

Enhanced Vegetation
Far Cry Inspired Grass
Improved Doors and Flora
Improved Doors and Flora Update
Improved Trees and Flora
Improved Trees and Flora 2
Improved Trees and Flora 2 Update
Oblivion Upscaled Textures
SI Upscaled Textures
DLC Upscaled Textures
Let There Be Flowers
Mesh Improvement Project

Do people in Kvatch kvetch a lot?



Wow, I have that same final picture as one of my desktops, only it is from the day time.

Can I ask what “Enemy weapons don’t drop” does? Is it like it sounds?

That sounds like No More Weapon Litter, which keeps the weapons of dead NPCs in their inventories. Skyrim has a similar one called Possessive Corpses.

Yeas and yeas. Weapons stay in their inventory when they die, so that you don't have to search for them, and the won't clutter up the game world.

Oh ok, cool.

Lothran is now a Master of Athletics!

Photo dump from the last couple weeks:

https://i.imgur.com/AJo9a2N.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZxiVcQ4.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jfDNnqy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/SmGi1Cp.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/o9NzyDh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wTbE2T2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nUbsaZQ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XaJ8S69.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xr4GtCV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZmTEa1g.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/SZMezdm.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KZiLXhL.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/A5yHrhe.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/GhWSRQz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dC4igiE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/f2a6eIE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qs7Ixcp.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/D1f1zh9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xI9Sx2K.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VVfD1wh.jpg

Falorn:

https://i.imgur.com/L2idexf.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xRmSIxV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ZmdRuCw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0HxNxCX.jpg

Really like the color of this one. There's a nice peaceful feel to it.


This looks familiar but I can't quite place it. I know I've seen a similar structure added by Snus Dungeons. Where is this structure located?

Definitely vanilla, but I can't recall the exact location. I wanna say it had vampires or necromancers in it, though.

Sorry I haven't responded to this = my PC caught fire and burned up; was 2 weeks without one, and since the new one arrived I've had no way to get back into my Oblivion game, or my Fallout 3. Haven't tried the other older games yet; but those two can't be played on my new PC (or Windows 10, I guess). I am trying to find a work-around; or may end up having to pull out my old Vista computer and hooking it back up, grrrr.

Anyway; thank you for posting all this; really appreciate it!!! I def want to try out your set up; your screens are Awesome!



That looks like "Underpall Cave."

UESP confirms Underpall! I just wasn't questing for Knights of the Nine at the time - didn't realize it was a quest dungeon.

Yeah, I recognized the trees from it when I went in there for the KOT9 quest.

Exploring the Isles

Nightfall on the Isles

Palace of Sheogorath

A New Madgod


Falorn's Accolades:
https://i.imgur.com/wvpDKwM.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ukqiwfj.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/e2Nq240.jpg

The Shivering Isles surely have some beautiful night skies!

What, no "Master Wizard?" I love that he was wearing his Dragon Armor in the pics!

I dabbled in the Mages Guild with my last Oblivion character, but I'm not a big fan of magic users. Never could get into them. Some day I'll revisit the game for the Thieves Guild, too.

Oh, the TG questline is one of my faves; especially that final big quest!

Great pics of the Isles, especially that one of the palace and sky at night.

Falorn has been busy!

He was very busy indeed! That's why I decided to revisit it for the Thieves Guild at a later date. During this run I explored probably 75% of Cyrodiil. There were very few areas of the map he did not get to.

There should be an honorary rank just for finishing Sinderion's quest!

Kane - I think your game looks very good. Thanks for sharing the pictures.