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Posted by: King Coin Mar 22 2011, 11:32 PM

NOTICE: due to imageshack.us policy changes, I am going to lose a lot of images in my account. there may be a lot of broken links to screen shots here soon.


This is Aravi's Oblivion thread. The first videos are really just me fooling around with the game and working on getting my editing skills down.

After doing The Lost Spires questline Aravi becomes a vampire hunter. That would be a better starting place if you are interested in a story than here on page one.

Jump to: http://chorrol.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4695&st=140


Aravi has left for Skyrim as well. If you are more interested in her Skyrim adventures then Jump to:http://chorrol.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4925&st=0


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I've recently installed Fraps freeware version on my computer because Oblivion wasn't letting me take screen shots (Yes I adjusted the .ini document).

Screen shots are lots of fun to take but to really show Aravi (my Khajiit) I started recording a few dungeons, ambushes, or anything else that seems interesting and sharing them with a few friends. With their encouragement I have decided to start posting them here.

This is all recorded with freeware Fraps which only takes video for 30 seconds at a time. Any choppiness or missing pieces in the videos (and there are) is because I missed the cut off. If anyone knows of any other free program that does not limit the amount of recording time I'd love to know about it.


Aravi travels to Bravil for the archery tournament (http://chorrol.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4678&st=0) with a couple of friends and is ambushed along the way!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vipqwRoXVks


Aravi has recently joined the the Archeology Guild (mod added) and tried to contract some miners to dig a tunnel for them. They said they will, IF Aravi clears out an infestation of vampires that they ran into while mining.

Split in 2 videos:
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv0DBY6VKz4
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrx7OIhde68

Aravi working on her marksmanship while traveling to the next Archeology Guild job site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xi8KWeCk1s

Aravi exploring the new job site:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjiwtIvvid8

Posted by: Acadian Mar 23 2011, 02:42 AM

I've had the priviledge of seeing these already and they are magnificent!

Your mods are beautiful and Aravi is so very nimble on her feet. Lost Spires looks fabulous and you can really sense the impact of Aravi's realistic fatigue mod. I also love her 'Imoen' voice set.

Aravi's a delightful Khajiit, along with her two companions.

I'm so glad she will be in Bravil during the time of the Tournament!

Posted by: TheOtherRick Mar 23 2011, 02:07 PM

Cool Videos! I am relatively lightly modded. I saw stuff that I am unfamiliar with. I know it's a bit off topic, but what are "portable sacks"? I also saw a "portable tent" that really interests me.

I agree with Acadian, hearing Imoen's voice sure brought beck some memories. Baldur's Gate was the first Fantasy RPG that I ever played. It was the bomb at the time....my how things change.

Posted by: mALX Mar 23 2011, 04:35 PM

WOO HOO! King Coin, you did it and didn't tell me !!! I would have been right over PRONTO !!! Awesome thread, I want to know everytime a vid is added !!! WOO HOO !!!!!

Posted by: King Coin Mar 23 2011, 06:25 PM

Thanks! I really thought her companions are fun though they did make that ambush a lot less dangerous than it would have been had Aravi been alone. They are now gathering information on this group called "Dark Brotherhood."




I'll post a list later on for the most noticeable mods I use in the game and explain them. I have the full list in the "Oblivion/How many mods are you using" topic.



Sorry! I'll be sure to send you a message every time I update this thread! (Hopefully tonight!)

Posted by: King Coin Mar 23 2011, 10:30 PM

UPDATE at the end of post. I couldn't bring myself to triple post.

The portable sack, tent, cot, and campfire all come in a mod called portable campsite. It allows you to set up a camp and sleep anywhere in the wilderness so you don't have to keep running back to a house to sleep if you are role playing (which I am). I use the portable sack because I have another mod called Realistic Fatigue.

Realistic Fatigue drains your fatigue based on encumbrance, running/walking/standing/sitting, and combat. If your fatigue is low or completely drained your character starts to trip and fall while moving and is easy to knock down in combat. It also adds sound and screen effects when you are tired. Your character starts panting and their vision starts pulsing (like with a heartbeat) and gets blurry. To make my character last longer in combat I usually load up anything non-essential into the portable sack and then drop it.

The sword and bow I use are added by a series of weapon mods called RealSwords. Aravi uses a Khajiit sword and a Bosmer bow.

The dungeons were added by The Lost Spires, which is a new guild and questline.

And effecting all of the enemies in the game and most of the equipment is Francesco's mod (F mod). It takes away most of the enemy leveling in the game and adds new creatures and weapons. That means you can run into just about any enemy at any level. Sometimes it will be easier than vanilla Oblivion, but often times it is more difficult. F mod also changes the gear most NPCs have so that they are much less likely to have full daedric armor no matter what level they are at. I like that because it makes high powered equipment rare instead of every person owning a set.
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Aravi finds herself in the Jeralls today after purchasing a new sword from a Nord. She has a few interesting encounters while wandering the northern unmarked roads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI1Bh243yVw

Contains material from http://chorrol.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4645

Posted by: mALX Mar 24 2011, 01:38 AM

Oooh, the bears !!! You got Ghastley's mod !!!

Posted by: King Coin Mar 24 2011, 02:01 AM

A few screen shots

The exterior of a Spire
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3910/oblivion201103211805270.jpg

Bruma's chapel at night
http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1166/oblivion201103231701425.jpg

Another night pic, on the way to the mage's guild for a cozy bed and out of the bitter cold
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/3059/oblivion201103231702266.jpg

Posted by: Acadian Mar 24 2011, 02:21 AM

Wonderful stuff again. Great fun to see ghastley's bear riders. As I've told you before, I like how your towns have lit windows at night.

Posted by: mALX Mar 24 2011, 03:10 AM

I've always loved Cyrodiil at night - but on your screen resolution it is absolutely beautiful !!!

Posted by: King Coin Mar 25 2011, 01:21 AM

Contains a mission from Kvatch Rebuilt. if you don't want it spoiled, then skip this update.


Aravi received a message after she returned from the Jeralls while she was staying at the Grey Mare.
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/193/kvatch.jpg
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6795/kvatch3.jpg
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/1232/kvatch2.jpg

This is the message after Aravi talks to the harbor master in Anvil about the supplies
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/3762/kvatch4.jpg

And here's the action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulU6kVBqDEs


*I had to leave out a fight because for some reason all of the bandits decided to forgo shirts. I quit the game after the fight and disabled HGEC mod and then continued.

Posted by: mALX Mar 25 2011, 01:39 AM

Loved the vid !!! Awesome new quests !!!

Posted by: Acadian Mar 25 2011, 03:03 AM

Great stuff, Aravi! You move as quickly and deftly as a cat! And I see you enjoying the beauty of mind control spells.

Posted by: King Coin Mar 25 2011, 03:17 AM

were you (Acadian or mALX) able to get what was going on or did I cut out too much? I tried to keep this one shorter.

Posted by: mALX Mar 25 2011, 03:30 AM

I didn't see any problem with the tops, they all had bra tops on - if you've ever seen the hunting vest, it doesn't look any different than that anyway. (in fact, it may have been what they were wearing). I thought the vid was GREAT !!!

Posted by: King Coin Mar 25 2011, 03:39 AM

Oh that's because I cut it out and deactivated the mod. Aravi was fighting some completely topless bandits

Posted by: mALX Mar 25 2011, 03:45 AM

Lol.

Posted by: Acadian Mar 25 2011, 03:50 AM

EZ. The screenies where you showed the quest log set things up perfectly. Then the quest log updates in the vid kept us perfectly oriented as Aravi did this little KR quest. Nice job!

Posted by: King Coin Mar 26 2011, 05:08 AM

Today Aravi brought down an infestation of vampires hiding out in Memorial Cave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUgIZ8WlCfw

Posted by: mALX Mar 26 2011, 03:06 PM

GAAAAH! Does the mandrake root cure vampire disease? Also, when the "One day without bathing" is added, does in effect the NPC's detection of you when you are in sneak? Holy cow, that place was loaded with vampires - OH! I think one of your mods is taking the shirts off bandits and highwaymen, lol. I never saw a shirtless highwayman before, that was funny! It also seems to be adding calipers - is that for Shivering Isles or are they needed for another mod?

Posted by: King Coin Mar 26 2011, 03:18 PM

It appears to. I checked for the drain effects that the vampire disease gives you and they are gone.


Not at all, it just drains your personality until you bathe



I'm not sure what is screwing up the equipment lists. I reinstalled Francesco's, I'm hoping that takes care of it.

Posted by: mALX Mar 26 2011, 03:27 PM

Whew! That's good !!





Lol !!!





Before you get rid of it, you may want to store 100 of those calipers to the side for Shivering Isles, lol.

Posted by: King Coin Mar 26 2011, 03:44 PM

Bah. This is definitely a bug with Francesco's mod. I may have to remove it, which is a shame because I was really enjoying the changes it made.

Posted by: mALX Mar 26 2011, 04:45 PM

Does the good you got the mod for outweigh the bad of topless bandits and calipers everywhere?

Posted by: King Coin Mar 26 2011, 05:34 PM

None of the NPC enemies ever having equipment is definitely a game breaker for me. I have a couple of ideas to try later on.

Posted by: mALX Mar 26 2011, 05:51 PM

OH! Is that why that vampire Archer came at you with his fists? I see what you are talking about then!

Posted by: Acadian Mar 26 2011, 11:58 PM

Aravi is very nimble indeed! She does a nice job of dodging (most of) those spells. I see your blood mod is working well. Too bad about the lack of enemy weaponry that your mods are causing. I know you were really enjoying Francesco's mod. I noted the bathing mod here and always the modded fatigue effects. Great fun!

Posted by: King Coin Mar 27 2011, 12:37 AM

FIXED IT BACK IN BUSINESS

Posted by: mALX Mar 27 2011, 01:37 AM

What was causing it? (and how did you fix it?) ?????

Posted by: Acadian Mar 27 2011, 02:17 AM

That's great news and I know your glad/relieved about that!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Mar 27 2011, 03:12 AM

Ahh, yes, the infamous Francesco's calipers bug. A quick search on the Oblivion Mods forum brought me this:

For those wondering.

Posted by: King Coin Mar 27 2011, 03:41 AM

Well, I completely uninstalled the mod, saved, and reinstalled it and that fixed everything. I'm not sure if that takes more or less time than the console and waiting considering I'd have to wait 11 in game days.

Posted by: King Coin Mar 27 2011, 03:54 AM

Clearing Fort Homestead. Please note the heavily armed and armored marauders. There were 0 calipers!

The marauders holed up in Fort Homestead have been harassing the travelers heading to the archery tournament in Bravil. Well we can't have that can we?

this is a pretty easy one for Aravi. enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XJRWiQ5WMs

Posted by: Acadian Mar 27 2011, 04:13 AM

Nice to see those marauders properly armed and calliper-free. Also, I see she got rid of that restrictive curiass and is sporting a blouse. Also more use of poisons here I see.

Aravi is moving awfully fast. You might want to consider slowing her down. Linger some with her snooping and set up for fights. I like how you are keeping the vids pretty short, so don't feel you have to show so much, just maybe slow her down some. Just a thought.

Posted by: King Coin Mar 27 2011, 04:21 AM

I'll take that into consideration. Thanks for the advice!

Posted by: mALX Mar 27 2011, 07:02 PM

I can see what Acadian is saying - like me, you probably have the caps lock on when you play - it starts out ok, but when things get hectic and she is moving fast and looking around it ends up giving the viewer a touch of motion sickness.

Still, another great vid, Aravi's skills are def improving - she hardly feels the fatigue anymore! (I was wondering several times if she lost her bag of supplies because I don't see her having to drop it anymore, lol).

I like the blouse and greaves look, very pretty look on her !!!

Posted by: King Coin Mar 28 2011, 12:46 AM

That was really just temporary. When I uninstalled Francesco's that disappeared. I liked it but it is time for something different. You will notice Aravi is back in armor in this next video.


Aravi still has it, but as you pointed out, she doesn't have to drop it as often. She also carries a lot less than before. Aravi thanks you for the compliment but she really likes having something a bit more... weapon resistant.
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Recall the Spire from the first post.


Aravi returns to complete some unfinished business.

*note I recorded this before I read the feedback from the last post.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzumQ-n5d80
*length approximately 5 mins 30 seconds

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Mar 28 2011, 01:05 AM

Well, at least now you know how to reset Fran's loot lists without tearing away half of your treasury.

I've been thinking of making a few recording attempts to show off exactly what you can do with this game heavily modded, but I do need to get some decent recording software first (at least a paid version of FRAPS). Until then, I'll probably be opening an album to show off some screenshots. I have plenty that I wish to show off, as I'm sure you know.

Posted by: Acadian Mar 28 2011, 03:00 AM

Wow, that last one was a heart pounder! What a tough foe that magic warlock dude was. It was great to see Aravi's new elven cuirass; she looks great, and that's what counts, after all! Oh, and we got a nice look at her backpack mod too! Those Lost Spires dungeons are beautiful.

Posted by: Grits Mar 28 2011, 02:02 PM

I am enjoying your videos. I especially like the Lost Spires scenes. And Bear Riders, yay!!

Posted by: mALX Mar 28 2011, 03:57 PM

HOLY COW!!! What an AWESOME vid !!!! And some interesting loot too !! Everytime Aravi's health dropped I was holding my breath wondering if you would notice it, lol. AWESOME !!! That has to be the best vid YET !!!

Posted by: King Coin Mar 31 2011, 09:55 PM

I'm really liking the new armor too. Thank you for the compliments!




Thanks for stopping in! I really like the Lost Spires as well. When I finally complete the quests, I think I will find more quest line mods.



I love your enthusiasm for my videos! and Aravi likes having such an enthusiastic fan!
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Just a note, this was an experiment and I think I will stay with my usual method of screen shots to explain events leading up to the video. It was fun, but I'll stick to what I know.
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Returning to the Archeology Guild with her findings Aravi was not prepared the news that awaited her. While exploring the ruin and fighting the creature in the portal, Teav was murdered. Teav was the kind (if somewhat scary) Argonian that allowed Aravi to join the Guild. He along with his assistants were murdered by bandits when they raided Teav's work site. All of the artifacts that Teav was working with were stolen. Aravi did not know him well but shared the grief felt by the other guild members. Sova (the guild's Alyeid expert) was especially saddened. He had been a mentor to her and she looked up to him. After offering a supportive shoulder to cry on and turning over the scroll found on the long dead prisoner, Aravi found a cot in the quarters to sleep on.

She was awakened at midnight by an assistant and lead outside. Everyone was already gathered around a funeral pyre on which Teav's body was lain. Without a word, the head of the guild lit a torch and laid it at the base of the pyre. Everyone stood in silence as the pyre burned. Aravi watched as the smoke and ash climbed to twin moons shining brightly in the sky and felt her eyes sting as tears found their way down her cheeks. After an hour or so the fire died down and by unspoken agreement, everyone returned to the guildhall. In the morning Sova spoke to Aravi. Her sadness was replaced by anger. With fire in her eyes she told Aravi to find who had done this. She gave Aravi a list of names of collectors that plagued the guild before. One name she pointed out was a Redguard collector that lives in Cheydinhal. He had recently added a unique sword to his collection and Sova suggested Aravi start there.

In Cheydinhal Aravi found his home easily enough as it was located near the east gate. She decided to wait till night before searching his home for artifacts. That night Aravi made her way up to his home and checked the streets for eyes. Finding the streets empty, she examined the door to his house. He had an expensive lock that was easily defeated by Nocturnal's gift. Inside there were display cases everywhere containing blades of every make. Aravi quickly checked each one and did not see anything suspicious. Moving upstairs to the bedroom area of the house, a blue glow sitting on the desk caught her attention. Moving closer she immediately recognized it as a Spire artifact.
“Who are you? I demand you leave my house at once!”
Aravi spun around and saw a Redguard behind her wearing elegant silks.
“Where did you get this? This is stolen property! Did you have someone murdered for it?”
The color drained from his face, and Aravi knew she had the right man. Her right hand rested on the hilt of her new black bladed sword but did not draw.
“I didn't have anyone murdered I bought it fairly.”
“Who did you buy it from?”
“Umm... from some bandits- I know it sounds fishy but I can't care where I get everything in my collection from! I'll show you where they are!”
He marked a cave on Aravi's map near Bravil.
“Don't kill me, they're the ones that murdered your friend, not me! Here take this.”
He tried to hand a large sack of gold to Aravi. The rage built up in her and she felt her ears flatten. Ignoring the bribe Aravi drew her blade.
“You are going to die for this.”
The collector dropped his sack which burst, spilling gold over the floor. He then dove for a display case and wrenched it open. Before he could properly arm himself Aravi's black blade plunged through the rich silks he wore and into his flesh. With a scream he spun and dropped to the floor. Aravi drove her sword down with her might into the man's chest, piercing his heart. Aravi took the artifact and left the dead man on the floor, his blood pooling with the gold coins on the floor. She exited his home and expected to be swarmed by guards. Surprisingly not a soul was around and she left town immediately. Aravi set out toward Bravil and walked through the night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq1gmJTackU

Posted by: Acadian Mar 31 2011, 10:50 PM

Another heart pounding dungeon. The first part was extra neat because the ambient light didn't require the night eye, so the beautiful and spooky colors showed up great! More of that blood mod! I got a kick out Aravi when she was hopping across the water and a note came up saying she needed a bath! Lol.

I noted she was really using her poisons well and even some illusion command spells. And she still has good footwork that helps her dart in and out and dodge quite a few hits.

Nice stuff!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 2 2011, 06:22 AM

Aravi likes to use light where she can, but most of the time in dungeons we have to use the night eye to see. I'm glad you liked it as well.



Lol! yeah that seems to work its way into every video! I guess fighting isn't exactly clean. I was tempted to just let Aravi drop into the water for a quick cleaning.



She leaned on the poisons quite a bit during that excursion. We had to replace them before heading into the next one.

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More Lost Spires!!!


Aravi's task:
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6218/orders.jpg




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewDg_TFKD3I


APPROX TIME: 9 mins


**don't look at these until you have finished the video

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2498/oblivion201104012053582.jpg
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/629/oblivion201104012054212.jpg

Posted by: mALX Apr 2 2011, 10:09 AM

I can't watch these till the house is awake - I'll be back !!! (spoken in an Arnold voice)

Posted by: mALX Apr 2 2011, 09:33 PM

LOVED this dungeon !!! (I was dying to see the loot on the bodies and in the chests - I have to get this mod !!!)

I don't know if it isn't a bit immersion killing to have a sign pop up saying she needs a bath, why not just have the effects and she needs to figure out why it is happening? That would be much more immersive to me. - Still, I think it is hilarious that every vid of her says she stinks and needs to bath, really funny !!!

At the end scene with the really adept fighters - was Aravi using 'command humanoid' spells?

Another AWESOME vid !!! I am LOVING seeing Aravi doing these quests !!!!



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The Lost Diety Shrine was GORGEOUS !!! I looked so real !!! Loved the music there too !!! (I was surprised Aravi didn't bathe in the gorgeous setting, lol !!!)

Posted by: Acadian Apr 3 2011, 01:09 AM

Nicely done again!

I know someone who would have dropped her clothes for that waterfall at the end!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 4 2011, 01:56 AM

King Coin, the more I watch these vids, the more I think you need this mod: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13987

Don't worry about complexity, it's nothing more than a sound replacer, and if you use Bash you can merge the plugin into your Bashed Patch(which it only has one edited record inside).

Why am I recommending this? Well, to be brutally honest, the vanilla bow sounds are just terrible. I shudder every time you shoot your bow because it sounds so unrealistic... the vanilla sounds are an abomination to archers throughout the world and deserve to be stabbed and burned.

Trust me, this mod adds a ton to the combat in this game. I consider it a must-have.

Posted by: Grits Apr 4 2011, 02:33 PM

I enjoyed the sounds in Primeval Hollow, that was fun. Party at the Lost Deity waterfall! The “you stink” messages are hilarious. It’s nice that after three days she only begins to turn heads.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 4 2011, 11:17 PM

I'll be sure to show off any interesting loot from now on. This next dungeon had pretty standard loot so I cut most of the looting out to save time.

I notice the bathing sign a lot more in the videos than I do in game. That part of the screen just isn't as important as the other parts.

Aravi uses lots of command spells especially when there are numerous enemies.



Who's to say she didn't bathe in the pool. That's not for the cameras though



This next video will not have it, but I will check into it before any more.



lol, hygiene standards aren't as tough in Oblivion. I can assure you when she isn't out in the boonies she bathes everyday.
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Another Spires quest! This dungeon was very long to play it lasted well over an hour.

The orders: http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6948/orders2.jpg

A maze Aravi had to navigate: http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/93/oblivion201104030044230.jpg

A pleasant surprise: http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5561/oblivion201104021111077.jpg

The video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLxIjn2q2xU


APPROX TIME: 9.5 mins

Posted by: mALX Apr 5 2011, 01:54 AM

After you told me this I thought about it - you are right, half the time I never knew I murdered someone until Lachance showed up in my bedroom - even though they write it across the screen "Unseen forces have witnessed ... etc."

Posted by: mALX Apr 5 2011, 02:06 AM

GAAAAH !!!! HOLY COW !!! I nearly had an accident when that giant minotaur suddenly started chasing her and all the doors were locked !!!

Posted by: Acadian Apr 5 2011, 02:15 AM

Ooh! I had the same foreboding feeling when Aravi entered that chamber of giant minotaurs. Even though I was pretty much expecting it, I still jumped as much as she did! What a white knuckle fight that was! I hope she didn't pee her greaves!

Congrats to Aravi on that new zoom in perk!

Posted by: mALX Apr 5 2011, 02:16 AM

If she didn't, I did it for her !!!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 5 2011, 02:56 AM

I knew something was up when I saw those skeletons were Fallen Adventurers and not just skeletons. To be honest I wasn't expecting that guy at all. I got an Indiana Jones vibe from the lighting so Aravi was looking out for a trap or something. When the big guy appeared though... well you saw what happened. GET THAT DOOR OPEN!!!!!

Posted by: mALX Apr 5 2011, 02:59 AM

I smelled a trap right away too - all that and the minotaur couldn't be looted too !! ARGH !!! Lol.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 7 2011, 12:34 AM

While I'm getting the next video ready I'll post these screen shots.

Aravi's wearing some new greaves and some fingerless gloves:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6945/oblivion201104061824215.jpg
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/1458/oblivion201104061824465.jpg


Inside of the dungeon:
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8345/oblivion201104061741313.jpg

Posted by: mALX Apr 7 2011, 12:57 AM

The first one is my fave !!!!

Posted by: Acadian Apr 7 2011, 01:19 AM

Looks makes the kitty, and Aravi looks fabulous. Great armor, gloves and sword!

I wonder if Aravi's thinking on the fingerless gloves is the same as Buffy's? She wears no gloves or sometimes, fingerless ones (for cold weather). That way, when she reaches into her quiver, she can sense the diffs between the tails of her broadheads and armor-piercing arrows.

Great screenies!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 7 2011, 03:51 AM

Mine too. The second one was to show the interesting backing on the gloves.



That's one reason, the other is that you never know when those Khajiit claws will be needed! Same reason why she usually skips wearing boots.

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Aravi was sent to investigate a location referenced by that Stele she found in the previous dungeon.

Quest update:
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3448/questupdate.jpg

The video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HOQr7k8ek8


APPROX TIME: 8.5 mins

This goes along with the video:
http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2968/oblivion201104061749160.jpg

Posted by: Acadian Apr 7 2011, 04:10 AM

How clever about fingerless gloves so her claws can come out!

The vid was great. Wow, those Spire goblins were tough and hit like hammers! I almost thought we might lose poor Aravi a couple times.

Nice use of command spells a couple time to help thin the ranks.

Oooh! What a delicious little pair Aravi has now with that paralyze spell and fast little sword! Devastating!

As Aravi was approaching the cave from the forest, it felt funny. Then I realized, she is tall enough to see over the top of the grass (unlike some tiny elves, lol).

Posted by: mALX Apr 7 2011, 04:34 AM

I keep trying to click "continue" on the screenies, ROFL !!

Posted by: mALX Apr 7 2011, 04:46 AM

Holy Cow, those albino goblins had some kind of hard hit when they were unarmed !! It stunned or paralyzed her where she couldn't fight back !! I got scared several times for her when her health dropped so quick !! Awesome vid !!!

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 7 2011, 04:49 PM

A neat look at the Ayleid Spires! Those Albino Goblins sure are tough.

I have been trying to watch your videos on and off, but most of the time You Tube is just too slow. They will play for ten seconds, then sit for thirty seconds waiting on the server. I did not have any problems this time. My guess is because I usually try watching in the evening, and this time I did it in the morning.

Have you ever thought of using a replacement shader for Night Eye? I got sick of constantly seeing blue a long time ago, and installed http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=7327 mod to replace it with something a little easier on the eyes.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 7 2011, 06:56 PM

Buffy isn't that short is she? lol! There are some people that tower over Aravi even.


I've done that too!



Thanks for visiting!

One thing you may try is to bring up the video and pause it as soon as it starts playing and do something else for a minute or two. That will give the video a chance to load some and I've noticed that it loads significantly faster when it's paused.

The blue night eye has never bothered me but I'll check out that mod though. Based on the screenshots in that mod page "Edge Detect" is my favorite followed by "Superbright" and "Rotate." Which do you use?

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 7 2011, 08:33 PM

I will try that! Or just stick to try watching during off-hours.


I used to use Desaturate, which washed out most of the colors, making it nearly black and white (well, greys). Now I use Superbright, which basically makes it seem like daytime.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 8 2011, 05:24 AM

Mini update!

I added a new water mod to the game. I'm not sure if I'll keep it because it causes some major FPS drops when it loads. Not that I wasn't expecting that really.


http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9662/oblivion201104072239029.jpg

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/683/oblivion201104072240399.jpg

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5186/oblivion201104072241484.jpg

Vilja is the little dot to the top right, she's coming along for this next mission, but I have yet to decide whether I'll leave her outside or attempt to do it with her.


The Archeology Guild hall
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/1508/oblivion201104072242421.jpg

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7637/oblivion201104072242499.jpg


This video shows a new toy that Aravi just found in the Guild hall...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw93CY1hxmI

APPROX TIME: 1 min

Posted by: mALX Apr 8 2011, 05:31 AM

ROFL !!! I expect at any time to hear you have begun finding ways to rid yourself of Vilja ... AKA "The Adoring Fan" - shoving her off Dive Rock ... making her wait outside of Oblivion gates, etc. ROFL !!!

That bear trap is hilarious !! You can set it five feet from a gate in the Imperial City and watch people spawn in through the gates ... SNAP !!!

Posted by: Acadian Apr 9 2011, 12:13 AM

Beautiful water screenies. I know of the mod, but don't use it.

And the Arheology Guild looks just as neat as can be!

I love the trap. How perfect for an archer. Set up behind the trap, take that poisoned sneak shot and use the trap for some insurance. Wonderful. Thanks for the demo vid!

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 9 2011, 12:48 AM

The trap reminds me of how I like to use mines in FO3. Put out a bottlecap mine, or about four frag mines, and stand twenty feet or so back and start shooting the super mutants...

The water does look pretty. But I probably would not want the performance hit. I just use a tweak to the .ini file that makes it http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v90/subrosa_florens/oblivion/Culotte01.jpg so that you can see through it.

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 9 2011, 01:28 AM

I actually prefer my water to be less transparent and more reflective. I don't like the fact that you can see through the water so clearly when you are above it but your vision gets fogged over so much when you go under. I simply cannot grasp how that is in any way possible, ergo I countered with http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=8011 which makes the water less transparent and more reflective on top, but pushes the underwater fog back considerably when you are swimming. Much better looking to me (though it does sort of force you to keep the water reflections on, and they are known to cause performance problems for some people).

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 9 2011, 02:04 AM

I use http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=12763 to improve the view underwater. I could never stand all the fogging underwater, especially seeing how much my characters love to swim.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 9 2011, 02:56 PM

MALX- I'll never kill Vilja! If she gets annoying I'll tell her to go home! And I think I like Acadian's use for it better lol!

Acadian- I turned off that water mod, it was pretty but it didn't deliver on what it promised... namely more realistic water. Great tactic! You'll see Aravi use that at the beginning of this video.

SubRosa- I used bottlecap mines to take out Behemoths because my characters almost always were explosive experts. I thought it was kind of silly that they were always more powerful than the over varieties of mines.

Thomas Kaira- I'm just using Natural Water that came with Natural Environments mod pack now.
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More Spires content!


The mission:
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/8462/thehorn.jpg

The video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BMoVCb9n50


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Aravi's bow broke in battle! How embarrassing!

Posted by: Acadian Apr 9 2011, 03:56 PM

And as ever, we open with Aravi needing a bath! Your new night eye looks good. Superb use of that new trap. What a big fight at the end! Using the scamp was a good idea, and it was funny (but scary) to see Aravai break her bow (right before almost running out of arrows). Whew!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 9 2011, 08:48 PM

Natural Water is buggy, IIRC. All the times I used it, I was plagued by flickering rain ripples on the water surface. And that's not to mention how clear it is on top. It says that the reflections are improved, but I have to call "shenanigans" on that one. Enhanced Water does a much better job for the reflections due to it making the water non-transparent. This draws more attention to the reflections and does a much better job hiding the fact that there is pretty much nothing to be found beneath the waves besides rocks and slaughterfish. Believe me, there are much better alternatives for water out there. In fact, an new one just got released.

Natural Vegetation has been usurped by Enhanced Vegetation, which is more customizable.

Natural Weather is extremely buggy, as well. The advertised rainbows are flat-out broken and when in dialogue mode, the weather has an annoying tendency to insta-switch every 5 seconds.

If you were to ask on the BGS modding forums, you would be strongly advised to ditch every aspect of that mod save Natural Habitat, and I agree with them. Natural Environments is extremely old and almost every component in the mod has been done better by someone else.

However, what you wish to use is entirely up to you. I'm just here to provide recommendations and suggestions.

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 9 2011, 10:17 PM

Nice use of the new trap against the daedra. Nice to see in color again too!

Posted by: mALX Apr 9 2011, 11:30 PM

I love that 'night-eye' !! Holy Cow, that was one tough enemy !! I was watching her health (etc.) take hits with each swipe of the sword and knew he had to have some kind of reflection on weapons.

One thing I thought was weird, she was using her bow and a message popped in at the top that said "Your blade skill increased." Maybe the game was listening to Imoen saying, "My blade will cut you down to size" and took her seriously, lol.

Awesome vid, I am dying for this mod after watching Aravi playing it !!!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 10 2011, 01:08 AM

@Rosa: If you are looking for improved water reflections, http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=23372 is a significant help. It's an SDP alteration, sort of like the night-eye shader replacer that blurs the edges of the water reflections to remove the extremely heavy aliasing you see on distant water reflections.

Note that you will need to turn the water ripples option off in the video settings when using this, because these two don't play nice together. However, this is not a heavy price to pay, as the only thing the water ripples setting affects is the ripple effect you see when your character is swimming. The normal animations for calm and rainy weather are not affected.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 10 2011, 01:57 AM

Acadian- I groaned when I saw that! That little bugger will work it's way into every video I swear! I wasn't laughing when the bow broke though. I think my word(s) were "Sonovabitch!"

TK- I've been quite happy with most of the effects of Natural Environment with the exception of the weather portion. That thing cycles weather so fast you'll walk outside with the beautiful sun shining, and before you take 20 steps it's pouring rain. Needless to say I don't have that portion running. Do you know of any good weather mods?

SubRosa- I admit I was doubtful about that filter replacer at first, but I really like it. I'm going to keep it. Thanks for the suggestion!

mALX-

That fight would have been really short if Aravi didn't have the Storm Ring (resist shock 100%). Each one of those bolts would have done 60 pts of damage along with the paralyze effect.


That's part of the realistic fatigue mod I think. As you carry heavy loads some of your physical skills go up. Sometimes it's blade, sometimes it's blunt, sometimes it's hand to hand. It's a little strange but it doesn't bother me. It happens so infrequently that it doesn't make a big difference.


I'm dying for your game to work again!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 10 2011, 02:22 AM

Good weather mods?

If you are looking for something light, http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16544 is the way to go. It allows for easy customization of things such as night luminance, seasonal weather, and timescaled weather, as well as a nice weather control system and several new weather themes.

If you want to go all the way (like me) you'll want http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=18305 This mod combines all of the weather themes from three major weather mods (Natural Environments, Enhanced Weather, and Atmospheric Weather System) and unites them under a single robust weather control script (probably the best available). It also come with:

-Night luminance customisation
-Moon luminance customisation (this is the only mod that does this, too!)
-Fog range customisation (good for people who have reduced their DistantLOD draw distances, replaces Streamline's StreamSight feature)
-Natural Interiors (look out of windows and see the weather outside, currently in progress: special particle effects so you can see the rain and snow, as well)
-Real Lights (Gets rid of the ambient lighting in interior cells and realistically lights them, adding great new character to the game's interiors)

Take note that these mods only support HDR lighting. They should not be used with Bloom or Normal (static) lighting.

EDIT: I'm sorry I'm not watching the vids at this time, but I, too have The Lost Spires installed and I don't want to spoil anything for myself.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 10 2011, 02:32 AM

I'm going to try All Natural. Going to take an hour or two to download.

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 10 2011, 02:34 AM

Then please take note that Wrye Bash is required. You need that Bashed Patch, otherwise the interiors portion won't function properly.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 10 2011, 10:22 PM

You just had to force me to get Wrye Bash didn't you?
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Mini update!

Nothing from Spires so it's TK safe. Just an encounter with a bandit. He got really unlucky, which is to say Aravi had one helluva shot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W2p6Ox8Bvw


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Posted by: SubRosa Apr 10 2011, 10:39 PM

That was a magnificent shot! And at the end Avari took a leak, in front of everyone!

Posted by: mALX Apr 10 2011, 10:48 PM

There were so many people running helter skelter at the last scene that I couldn't figure out who anyone but Vilja was (blue dress), who was zooming whom, or what the heck was going on! (Or who that named character was, lol).

That right there is why Maxical is dangerous in melee - everyone there would have had arrows in their heads while the bandit escaped, ROFL !!

Awesome vid !!!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 10 2011, 10:53 PM

@mALX: That indeed was Vilja. I don't use companion mods, myself, but she is one of those people who you just can't miss.

I hear Symphony of Violence! Good show, sir, don'cha just love how much better that bow sounds?

Right through the middle of Crestbridge Camp, too! Perhaps you might want to help them out with a bit of goblin trouble they've been having lately?

Posted by: Acadian Apr 11 2011, 12:18 AM

Fabulous shooting, Aravi! And nice assist, Vilja!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 12 2011, 01:19 AM

I had to go back and watch my video again, then I got it!



I hope Maxical wouldn't try shooting after the many accidents at the Arcane University!



I really like the new sword sounds as well.

After that the residents of Crestbridge Camp were more than happy to see us leave.



Vilja really let him see that sword nice and close didn't she?
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Another mini update!

This is what Kvatch looks like now in my game. It's not totally rebuilt but there are some buildings up and the streets are cleaned up.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5cSuYG22Ms


APPROX TIME: 1.5 min

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 12 2011, 01:22 AM

http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=37701 It can help quite a bit if you want to get the correct Distant LOD of the city! Make sure to read the proper usage steps, though, as this is not a conventional mod.

[/shameless plug]

EDIT: Unfortunately, once again you are posting a video that contains spoilers to a quest mod I use, so I cannot watch it. Again, it will have to wait until I've progressed a bit in Kvatch Rebuilt.

Posted by: Acadian Apr 12 2011, 02:13 AM

What a neat little snip of Kvatch in progress! Thanks for sharing!

I must confess I had a grin on my face all the way through this at the concept of Vilja and her pet cat.

Posted by: mALX Apr 15 2011, 02:59 AM

That was Awesome !!! Does it get more built up when you bring them supplies? I love it !!! And it makes more sense than it burning forever !!! Is this the same mod Acadian has?


I haven't heard Vilja speak in so long, I love her voice and accent !!!

Posted by: Acadian Apr 15 2011, 03:29 AM

I don't have a Kvatch mod, although I may at some point in the fairly long range future.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 16 2011, 12:08 AM

Dude you need to start playing these!

I Dled your mod but I think I'm missing something. LODgenerator or something.



I'm doing my best to get Buffy to fix up the city when the siege is broken!
And I had a good laugh after you explained your comment



Kvatch gradually gets rebuilt as you do quests for it. The quests are separated by quite a bit of time so it's not something you can just do in one sitting and have a built city. I like it like that though.

You'll like this next video it's mostly Vilja
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Mini update!

The first 20 or so seconds is just showing how dark the nights are. I don't remember which mod did this but it's something Thomas Kaira recommended. The rest of the video is meeting Vilja in the Mechant's Inn after an afternoon of shopping. Vilja spent 300 septims on...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM_y8hDT5lo


APPROX TIME: 1.3 mins

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 16 2011, 12:20 AM

I know, I know, I just keep procrastinating on that darned Oblivion Gate!

I prefer to wait until my character hits level 10 before I close the Kvatch gate and retake the city. I think my current character is about Level 7 right now, so it won't be too much longer.

As for my plugins...

You need TES4LODGen to use them.

Are you loading those plugins into the game? If you are, SOMEONE didn't follow the instructions properly, and SOMEONE should probably look over the readmes again.

What you do is put them into your load order, activate them, run TES4LODGen, and remove them from your LO again when you are done. I primarily designed that mod for people who already use LODGen (RAEVWD users, for instance) because generating LOD while KR is active caused the walls to double, resulting in a very annoying flickering effect.

I take it you've already passed the point where the chapel was being rebuilt? If so, you will want to use the "Restored" plugin, as that will allow you to see the walls no longer burnt and (if using RAEVWD City Architecture) you will be able to see a few buildings inside the city, as well (chapel and arena I am certain of).

The mod addressing the night brightness is likely All Natural (if that is what you are using).

Posted by: Grits Apr 16 2011, 12:26 AM

Wow, the night looks great!! And Vilja must be planning a dinner party!

Posted by: mALX Apr 16 2011, 01:03 AM

What city did that start out in? I loved getting to see more of Vilja !!! Are you setting her up to start doing her alchemy and vegetable garden in Aleswell? I love her accent and voice - oh, and I did what you said and wrote to both Desu and Brucevayne about it.

Great Vid !!! The only thing that would have made it better would have been if it was in 3rd person so we could see Aravi too, lol.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 16 2011, 01:07 AM

SOMEONE didn't include that on the list of required files to run their mod...

I just unpacked the compressed archive, read the read me and noticed I didn't have TES4LODGen so I set it aside.

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 16 2011, 01:16 AM

Did I not reference the need for it about 5 times in the readme details and instructions?

Did I not warn you not to load the plugins into the game?

Did I not provide a download link for TES4LODGen under the tools used section?

Please read the readme again. I am not interested in debating this.

I will, however, add TES4LODGen into the required mods section, though.

Posted by: Acadian Apr 16 2011, 01:20 AM

mALX - at about 12 seconds into the vid, Aravi's cursor tags 'Anvil Dock Gate'. I was a little disoriented too during the opening part as to location.

KC - Yes, a dark night. It looks good, then you show off Aravi's cat eye (night eye) with your new non-blue tone.

Wonderful to see and hear Vilja again. How delightful that she bought a complete matching service for twelve! Just what I'm sure Aravi needs!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 16 2011, 01:24 AM

My net was crapping out read my post again.

Might I suggest you put the TES4LODGen link in the Requirements section because it IS a requirement? I just skipped the tools used section because I did not care what tools you used to make the mod.

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 16 2011, 01:31 AM

Whoopsie, didn't see your edit.

Sorry, disregard that post.

EDIT: I've just updated the posted files with the new readme contents.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 16 2011, 07:12 AM

I really like it, but it catches me off guard when I go out at night. “Whoa I can't see! This is cool!” It is that All Natural mod by the way. I forgot I installed that.

That silverware cost enough. Its a gamble letting Vilja go shopping on her own.



Wait what? How do I get her to start a garden?

AAAHH!!! I forgot to play a little in 3rd person in this next one! Sorry! I wonder if there is a mod for better 3rd person cameras...



Sorry about the strange start I was just excited about going outside in the middle of the night and not being able to see at all!

Heh. Aravi doesn't entertain guests very often so all that means is that she doesn't have to do dishes for a while.

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Aravi was sent to investigate a Spire in the Chorrol area and stopped in Northern Goods and Trade to pick up some supplies. Instead of heading out to a Spire Aravi couldn't say no to Seed-Neeus when she asked her to search for her daughter in a village to the south called Hackdirt.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9549/hackdirt.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znwifTc7X3U


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Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 16 2011, 07:54 AM

How interesting, I just visited Hackdirt today for that very same purpose!

Very, erm... interesting townfolk, eh?

Posted by: mALX Apr 16 2011, 02:07 PM

Oh, I heard if you DON'T let Vilja shop with at least 200 S regularly ... she becomes angry and verbally abuses you.

I loved this vid, it is my absolute fave of all !! Did you hear Vilja soothing Seed-Neeus ? That was AWESOME !!!

And then you hit her with your blade a few times and she says, "Hey, watch it!" and glares at you !!

And then in the Chapel she said something to Aravi, and Aravi answered back with "BORING!" - that was hilarious! I played it back 3 times at that spot to hear their little spat !!

Oh, I loved this vid best !!!

Posted by: Acadian Apr 16 2011, 10:41 PM

Wonderful! Everything that mALX said!

I must confess that I love seeing Aravi travel and adventure with Vilja. This was so much fun to watch and listen to. Well done!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 19 2011, 05:17 AM

They are the friendly sort that's for sure.



lol, it's good that Aravi regularly lets her go buy stuff then.

That part in the chapel was pure coincidence and was absolutely perfect I had to put it in! I was so glad I was recording when that happened!



I'm glad you and mALX are enjoying her so much. She gets on Aravi's nerves... a lot. lol
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Update!

Into another Spire...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PZIVanADBQ
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Once you get to the part in the video with the diary you might want to pause and read it. I've included the pages here:
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/2222/updatef.jpg

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2074/36334214.jpg

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/4868/60282918.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/946/88712805.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8318/23011829.jpg

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4702/57740656.jpg

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4175/94748259.jpg

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9383/traitorj.jpg

Posted by: Grits Apr 19 2011, 11:35 AM

What fun to watch! I love to see things I’ll never get to do in the vanilla game. The AG building was really neat, especially how the desks were arranged like believable work spaces. And some fun Nord behavior from Vilja, leaping into battle. What’s behind that door?!

ETA: In Hackdirt Vilja was so funny and engaging (although Aravi seemed like she’d had enough of her chatting!), then at the end of the video a townsperson said something like, “Drrr, I saw a mudcrab.” Too funny!

Posted by: mALX Apr 19 2011, 02:26 PM

Well this adds some intrigue to the quests, is Rythor the man you've been working for all this time? GAAAAH !!!

I see trouble ahead for Aravi !! I wonder if you'll own those nice quarters if you kill him?

Awesome Vid - but with frightening implications for Aravi !!!!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 19 2011, 03:41 PM

Yes he is. He took that cool sword that Aravi recovered from the last Spire. Surprise surprise.

And now we know what happened to that Shrine from a previous video as well.

Posted by: Acadian Apr 20 2011, 05:42 PM

More of the beautiful Lost Spires mod!

I imagine Vilja can be some trouble, but I love seeing Aravi adventuring with her.

Aravi continues to use her command spells well to thin crowds. At one point, she again demonstrated her superb ability to trade arrows for spells with a ghost while deftly sidestepping his spells. Also, she is doing very well at not hitting Vilja.

I really enjoyed the bit of third person view you gave us of the barefoot kitty.

A very cool warlock torch!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 21 2011, 03:38 AM

I'm glad you are enjoying the videos.

Aravi would have been content to just shoot arrows down at that guy, but when Vilja jumped into battle unexpectedly Aravi had to go down too.

Hackdirt really showed Vilja well. She won't be in the next video unfortunately.



Trouble is right. This is the final mission in this quest line.

I don't know about the quarters yet, but if so, those caskets in the closet have got to go!


Vilja is trouble alright. That's guaranteed considering she's a blond Nord

Command has become her favorite spell! I'm so glad she learned about it from Buffy! And as a Khajiit she's naturally agile.

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This episode starts directly where the other one left off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=equVo897oeg


APPROX TIME: 10.35 mins

Posted by: mALX Apr 21 2011, 04:10 AM

You are...er...Aravi is really an archer and a half !!! Holy Cow, the way she rapid fires arrows and dodges hits without missing a beat is amazing !!!! And she switches between magic and the bow with ease like it was nothing !!! It is so exciting to see her in action in a fight, my character has never been able to do these things !! AWESOME !!!!!

Oooh, that Soothsayer was saying a Sooth !!! I couldn't hear what it was over the fire fight, lol.

ROFL - tricking the zombie into running into the trap !!!!

So the Soothsayer wasn't Rythor? Rythor will be harder than him? Holy Cow, that was some fight !!! That is among my top fave vids, watching Aravi fight that Soothsayer was something else !!! I wish your journal would update and tell you what he was saying though, it would have to be a prediction of something going to happen in her future, right?


AWESOME VID !!! One of my Top Faves so far !!!!

Posted by: Acadian Apr 22 2011, 12:43 AM

More fancy foot and bow work! Even some staff use! I quite like those etherial imps. I wonder if they make for good imp chips? I heartily agree with mALX (always a wise choice by the way) that luring the zombie into the dart trap was priceless!

Aravi is starting to get more bow hits without getting detected. Good job!

Seeing daedric arrows in her inventory, I'm guessing she is level 20+ now? Or do you have some mods that would affect that?

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 22 2011, 01:05 AM

That was one bad assed Lich! Yikes! What did you put, 60 arrows into it?

Posted by: King Coin Apr 22 2011, 05:11 PM

Lol thanks for the compliments. I will pass them onto Aravi. Aravi is pretty good at close and medium range shooting, but she can’t compete with an archer of the caliber of Buffy. We were feeling pretty good after that fight with the Soothsayer though. And no I have no idea what he was saying lol.



I’m not sure what an imp chip is and Aravi doesn’t know either so we can’t answer that question lol.
She is level 21 I think. That’s what it was at the last time I checked anyways…
Thanks for the compliments!


I don’t know lol. Too many though. Luckily most of the high end types were recovered so we’re happy.
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OK this is a big one I know, but I really couldn’t cut anything out. I had to split it up into 3 videos to keep YouTube happy, and to keep Windows Movie Maker from crashing. This picks up right where the last one leaves off. That means Lost Spires for those that don’t want it spoiled.

I know this might seem unnecessary to say, but please watch them in the order I have them in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CJJqHXu7fI
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUiRAdJqe7E
APPROX TIME:11.67 mins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZuA61k6FKc
APPROX TIME: 4.36mins

TOTAL APPROX TIME: 18.71 mins

Posted by: mALX Apr 22 2011, 08:14 PM

1. GAAAH!! Rythor's robe and hood were zero weight and you left them !!! I was surprised how quickly he was killed ... and OMG, the Avatar would be the big enemy, worse than that lich yesterday and Rythor put together !!! And to use the sword Aravi will have to fight close in !!! ARGH !!!

2. OMG! GAAAH!! It threw Aravi across the room !!!

3. Wait, do you get Rythor's quarters? And what were those Posters she was selling?


In vid 2, I don't know how Aravi made it out alive !!! I'd like to know the condition of that "Horn" blade when the battle was over, I'll bet it was toast! I know it had no charge left from the very beginning of the battle !!

Aravi should have held onto that Varla stone she took off Rythor's desk yesterday so she could have used it in todays battle, lol. HOLY COW !! Vid # 2 is my fave of these three - HUGE !!! Awesome job you are doing on these vids, KC !!!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 22 2011, 10:04 PM

Some good news for me, I've finally saved Kvatch in my game and got the Oblivion Crisis underway, so I can expect Kvatch Rebuilt to pick up rather soon.

I still don't want to do Lost Spires without at least one weapon skill at Expert, but I'll be moving in on Kvatch Rebuilt soon enough.

Posted by: mALX Apr 22 2011, 10:06 PM

I don't blame you, it looks extreme. I am dying to DL it, but want to hone up a bit myself before attempting it, lol.

Posted by: Acadian Apr 23 2011, 01:41 AM

Nice work. That was a very long fight! For mALX, the robe and hood each weighed 3; it is the value that was 0.

So Aravi's the head of the guild now!

Posted by: mALX Apr 23 2011, 02:17 AM

Oops !!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 24 2011, 04:07 AM

good choice. Lol. I recommend you start working on some other questlines though because rebuilding a city takes a long time, and you will want something to fill that time with.


She got tossed around quite a bit. Neither one of us was thinking we would win.


Yep!

They sell copies of those posters that are hanging in the guild hall (wait have you been able to see any of those?) You need a separate mod to hang them in your home though so I have not bothered with them.


I don't know how either. I wasn't sure what was going to happen when we ran out of the instant heal potions. I've said it before, my hands were tingling after that crazy battle. The Horn actually held up pretty well. It was at 79% and none of Aravi's armor broke either. Must have been because all the Avatar's attacks were magical.


She use it in that same episode that she found it to give all of her weapons a full charge before going into the hidden tunnel.

That middle video was tough to edit and I'm pleased with how well it turned out. I really liked the intro of the lights swirling around Aravi and then the camera zooms into her for the fight.



Almost 12 minutes of fighting. I don't think this is Buffy's kind of fight!
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Just a leisurely walk through Aravi's home. Aravi wasn't interested in fighting for a while after that battle in the last episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MYSS5xK9S4


APPROX TIME: 4.38 mins

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Apr 24 2011, 05:19 AM

That it does. Bringing Martin to Cloud Ruler definitely passed about two days of time, and I'm likely to spend the next several game days dungeon-diving to increase my skills and gain some riches...

And in the meantime, I'm also learning how to model for this game, which meant I spent most of my time today working with NifSkope and Blender working on collision boxes (that's as far as I need to go for now).

This is pretty fun.

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 24 2011, 06:30 AM

I am trying to avoid watching any more of the Lost Spires vids, because I eventually want to play it. The Aleswell cottage was lovely though. Was that a bathtub in the basement?

Posted by: mALX Apr 24 2011, 11:21 AM

I have to wait and watch this when the fam is up, lol.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 24 2011, 12:46 PM

ah, darn. It is a very good questline, you won't be disappointed.




And yes that is a bathtub.

Posted by: Acadian Apr 24 2011, 01:16 PM

What a fabulous walkthrough of Aravi's home. I really enjoyed that! It has some really neat features! Enchanting, repair, bath etc. Where's Vilja?

Posted by: mALX Apr 24 2011, 04:30 PM

Oh I love the Aleswell house !!! Is that the Warlock Enchanter from Rythor's desk? That Forge is Awesome, and I love the hot bath feature too !! There are enough beds in there for an army of followers too !! Awesome vid !!!

Posted by: Grits Apr 25 2011, 03:17 AM

What a battle! And I love Aravi's cottage!! The plants make it look so pretty.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 25 2011, 09:43 PM

I told myself that I'm going to wait for Skyrim to learn to mod, now I just think I will just wait until finals are over with lol.



The home came with a few features. The anvil, an apprentice level set alchemy gear that is built into a shelf (Aravi owns better instruments that she uses instead), and a pot in the fireplace that can be used to make soup if you have all of the right ingredients. The fire places can be lit and smothered the same way the portable camp fire is. The bath was added by a bathing mod.



The warlock enchanter was recovered during a quest, I do not remember which. See my response to Acadian for more description.



Thanks!
It is my favorite home in the game.

Here's the link to it: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=28702
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When I did this I either lost or never recorded the conversation with Vilja before hand. Vilja has an “option” (she gets mad if you don't let her do this from time to time) to lead you somewhere. Aravi just said take me somewhere and surprise me. This video is dark but I didn't think that subtracted from it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sKO9WzAGWM


APPROX TIME: 6 mins

Posted by: Acadian Apr 26 2011, 01:14 AM

I loved this!! How fun to tag along behind Vilja. She has an excellent sense of location and it was kind of Aravi to let her lead.

After a couple times of "I'd kill for a sweetroll right now," I noted with a chuckle that Aravi got hungry!

Nice display of the portable campsite.

Posted by: King Coin Apr 26 2011, 05:06 AM

I'm going to put these up here before I forget.

I really like her expression in the first one

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8035/cuteface.jpg

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/4898/cuteface2.jpg

Posted by: Acadian Apr 26 2011, 12:23 PM

She's bloody beautiful! And more importantly, her eyes match her armor!

Posted by: mALX Apr 27 2011, 03:27 PM

I loved the vid, it was pretty dark in a lot of places though, lol. Vilja sure was quiet (non-talkative) in this one!

What I liked best about this vid was the two women walking together talking through Cyrodiil. Aravi mentions the beauty of the trees, and Vilja mentions that Aravi isn't very talkative tonight - that was AWESOME !!! I love the combination of Aravi and Vilja together - especially that one in Hackdirt where they got into that tiff in the chapel !!!

AWESOME VID !!!


PS: I see you've posted another one, I'll catch it a.s.a.p. while we have power still, lol.



EDIT: PSS: What night-eye mod is that? I searched all over TESNexus for it and couldn't find it !!! I like that so much better than the blue light !!

Posted by: mALX Apr 27 2011, 03:35 PM

They are both cute, but my fave is the first one !! How beautiful are the green eyes !!! Are they modded?

Posted by: King Coin Apr 27 2011, 07:00 PM

Here it is mALX! I use the filter called 'Desaturate'

I am using a mod for the eyes, when I get home I'll look up the name for you.

EDIT: Cosmetic Compilation Revived - EE

Posted by: King Coin Apr 28 2011, 02:40 AM

Another Screen!

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/6479/readym.jpg

Posted by: Acadian Apr 28 2011, 03:39 AM

Oh, that's a great one! Aravi looks wonderful. That elven armor really suits her.

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 28 2011, 04:03 AM

That one does look outstanding! You have just the perfect hair for her, it really complements her face. The vanilla Khajiit hairs are all blah. Also as Acadian said, the elven armor is excellent for her. It does make me wonder though, shouldn't there be Khajiit Armor? And what would it look like?

Posted by: mALX Apr 28 2011, 02:10 PM

What an AWESOME idea !!! (hint, hint), lol. Just kidding.

I agree with you about the vanilla Khajiit hair too, the only one I liked was the braids.


@ King Coin - I agree the Elven suits her nicely, the green enhances her eyes and the red of her hair bring out the brownish tints in the armor. Nice gauntlets and sword! Are they part of that mod?

Great screen, KC !! Er... where's the vid????? Lol.


PS: Thanks for the mod info !!!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 28 2011, 04:48 PM

I’ll be making more in this style since you both enjoyed it.







I really liked that pic too. The elven armor is the best I’ve found so far (based on looks anyways) for Aravi.

@ SubRosa thanks for the compliments on the hair. It’s the best I could find in the mods and I agree it looks great on her.

I was thinking of trying a new color for her. Agree? Disagree? color suggestion anyone?

I did go on google and Nexus to see if I could find any Khajiit armor mods and from what I could tell there are not any. That said I didn’t spend a ton of time looking. There might be some buried deep in the internet somewhere.

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This is another video with Aravi interacting with Vilja. There really isn’t a purpose other than to show more of her. If you want battle, skip it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgOoXNfKg9s

APPROX TIME: 5.83 mins


And I have a correction to make. I now know that the alchemy equipment built into the shelves actually level with your character.

Posted by: Acadian Apr 29 2011, 01:30 AM

Don't touch it! The color is perfect for her. The reddish color really goes well with her eyes, and compliments her fur color fabulously.


The new vid with Vilja as wonderful! What fun she looks to be. And another visit to that wonderfuful Aleswell Cottage. I really enjoyed this vid!

Posted by: mALX Apr 29 2011, 03:32 PM

I love Aravi's hair color as it is, but you can go into that on the console and check out different hair colors and styles - if you find anything you like just save and reload (don't click 'done' !!!).


I think she looks cute and the red hair suits her nicely.


Make the vids you like to make, I enjoy both her adventure ones and these quiet ones too. - it is like seeing Aravi in total, (not just the fighter but the person she is at home with Vilja).

I enjoy these vids a lot, and the screens too. You have such a knack with the camera that you make it look like it should be easy to do. It is NOT easy at all (as I found out, lol), which shows how much talent you have.

The smooth junctures overall - I don't know how you do that !! I finally edited a screenie in those places and put titles on it to keep from having a jarring change - but even in the battle scenes you never had any jarring changes !! You have a real knack for doing these !!


** I loved this vid, the author could use this as an example of Vilja's personality and sayings - telling Aravi she worried about her, complaining about the mess and asking Aravi to hire a maid !!! ROFL !!! Oh, and the sweetrolls - I read that in the read-me and determined when I load that mod to start carrying them around, lol.

It still looks to me like she took the bigger bed, (I thought that was really funny !!!) - but for her to get up and sweep - that was cool, especially since she complained the whole time she did it !!!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 30 2011, 02:32 AM

Ha ha! Ok I won't! Hands are off!



Since it seems to be the general consensus that the red hair is great I will not change it.
Thank you for the compliments, I must be doing something right

You are correct, she did take the larger bed. Typical Vilja.
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Ok this is a new quest mod that I downloaded. It's called Vampire Hunting – Order of the Virtuous Blood Expanded. It's a compilation of several mods that make the Order just a bit more involved.

The mission:
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9780/missiono.jpg

The first video is traveling to Cheydinhal to get some rooms to stay at. Not much action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB3HyBgKk6Y
APPROX TIME: 8.7 mins
The second video is heading out to look for the vampires. Not much action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifwXXbO727U
APPROX TIME: 1.93 mins
Final video is the fight. Action.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlAebYy338Y
APPROX TIME: 12.6 mins

Posted by: Acadian Apr 30 2011, 03:37 AM

I really enjoyed being in town and traveling with Vilja again. And a highwayman attack! Why are they all Khajiit?

Barren Cave has those beautiful waterfalls. How could Aravi possibly pass them by without a swim?

The vampire mod looks like it is working well and seems fun. I like fighting vampires because they are tough and come in lots of flavors (archer, warrior, battlemage, etc). Aravi and Vilja are fighting very well together.

I like those little sceptor/torch things they walked home with. I wonder what that dream means?

Posted by: mALX Apr 30 2011, 03:59 AM

I am so excited about seeing this series as Aravi goes through this mod !!! But I sure am worried about those nightmares !!!

Posted by: King Coin Apr 30 2011, 06:07 PM

I wonder if there is a mod that adds other races to the highwaymen. It kind of bothers me that most khajiit are portrayed as bandits and other criminals. Oh Aravi thought about a swim but she wanted to get to Cheydinhal before dark so that she could get a room rented.


They are pretty scary. Everyone knows what those mean.
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I know this is very quick for an update but the subject is very closely related to the last update. I'm not trying to rush you all, so I'll not update for a few days after this one.
No combat again.

Vampire hunting mod content.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvbkEk59qMg
APPROX TIME: 7.6 mins

Posted by: mALX Apr 30 2011, 06:29 PM

This last vid is a very powerful statement to Aravi's worry over what those nightmares could mean. The frequent checking of her "active effects," eating the mandrake root for healing, getting the healing cleansing from that device that is like those in the chapels - bathing; these are such realistic reactions and demonstrations of how concerned she is over those nightmares.

The last scene where she stands looking out over the Rumare was poignant and profound, especially when she turns to face the sun, almost as if testing to see if its rays will burn her skin.

I love all your vids, all are interesting and well done - but I think this one has a powerful impact, and I have to say it is one of my absolute faves. Aravi's fear and worry is tangibly displayed and bleeds through to the viewer, leaving us with the same feeling of dread she is experiencing. AWESOME VID !!! And BRAVO for capturing such an emotional scene so clearly !!!

Posted by: SubRosa Apr 30 2011, 08:06 PM

Those vampires were certainly tough. Especially that one with the uber-flame dagger! Aravi should have used that against the other vampires instead of her sword. Vampires have a weakness to flame, and it did 20pts of fire per hit.

That Ayleid Bow of Fracturing looks neat. What mod is that from?

Interesting storyline in the quest, with the differing vampire factions not getting along.

Did that last message when Aravi woke up say that she was hungry, or hungry for blood!

Posted by: Acadian Apr 30 2011, 11:58 PM

I loved this one! mALX summed it up perfectly! Gulp, now I'm scared for Aravi.

Posted by: King Coin May 3 2011, 08:57 PM

Thank you very much. That was exactly what I was trying to do, I'm glad it turned out well.



Yeah she should have used that dagger. I'm not sure why we didn't... Oh well!

The bow was added by Francesco's mod.

Lol! She woke up without vampire active effects so I'm going to say just regular food!



Thanks! I'm glad you think so as well!
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More Vampire hunting mod content and Vilja!

The actual quest was going around town to look for people to join the Order and that turned out to be a very boring video. So instead I'll just show you these screens and post a scene of Aravi and Vilja in the market district during the quest.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/108/51031794.jpg
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3659/20179829.jpg
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9345/47108270.jpg
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5674/57686223.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2871/70941758.jpg
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/818/83016745.jpg
Aravi spent most of the day walking around town. Nobody was interested in joining. Except an ex guard captain in prison. Aravi has to go back and talk to him later to see if he's made up his mind about joining (and how he's getting out of prison).

Like I said before, this is just Aravi and Vilja.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb0H-jN6OiM

TIME: 4.65 min

Posted by: mALX May 3 2011, 09:30 PM

ROFL !!! Ok, first. Let me go ask Jakben, Earl of Imbel if he will donate to my vampire hunters ... or maybe join our order! We have lost our resident vampire... ROFL !!

Then Vilja - she was a bit insulting today, turning even her compliments into back-handed slaps, lol. She had me rolling with her smart aleck comments! Did Aravi make her mad? If you ever decide to tell her you don't like her as a companion, better hope you have saved first in case you want to reload something, ROFL !!! (and PLEASE record it for us !!!!)

Next - Dear gods !!! No wonder you are named King Coin !!! What a bank balance !!! I would love to have a bank in my game, if you want to share the name of the mod - but I doubt my balance will ever reach that high, lol.

I have to say, I loved this vid from beginning to end !!! AWESOME VID !!!!

Posted by: SubRosa May 3 2011, 09:51 PM

So Vilja likes Aravi's company too, even though she needs a bath! Now I see, Aravi is Vilja's sugar momma! "Sure give me some gold..." I can see why too! Aravi has more money than Croesus!

Her remark about the mattresses that can walk away by themselves was priceless!

Posted by: Grits May 3 2011, 10:02 PM

Wait, blue suede shoes with a red velvet outfit? Better send her back to the store!

Vilja is hilarious in this one!! She’s probably right about the mattresses. Wouldn’t want to cast “detect life” and then look at the bed!

Posted by: mALX May 3 2011, 10:08 PM

EW! Like those shows that reveal what is REALLY on hotel sheets ... GAAAAH!

Posted by: Acadian May 4 2011, 12:19 AM

So Vilja finally got her book! Oooh! And clocks and banks! As ever, I love the interaction with Vilja. Great fun!

Posted by: King Coin May 5 2011, 03:59 PM

Lol yeah, we need another vampire!

I was not happy with Vilja that day. She seems to be moody at times… no more comments on that.

On my Xbox games I always had lots more money than that. Probably because there wasn’t much to do but raid dungeons.



She didn’t need a bath though! That’s was ticked me off! This was recorded right after the Bad Dreams video at the end of which she took a bath.

And Aravi has money to throw around so it really isn’t a big deal if Vilja spends 300 on some silver ware. Heck Vilja spends more than Aravi does.



The funny thing is, she is the one that always chooses that inn. She could go to the Tiber Septim, but nope, always the Merchant’s Inn.


Yeah it only took a few days of not so subtle hints for her to get her book. And the best part of it isn’t even up yet. teaser
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I downloaded two homes for Aravi to choose from. Unfortunately because of some mod conflicts her choice was made for her. I was still able to make a video of both though. Enjoy!

Red Rose Manor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdv4vYzW87s
Nexus: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=37842
TIME: 6:05

Green Gables
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76yzEY9KZsE
Nexus: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=38029
TIME: 7:21

Green Gables was the one I had conflicts with so I was not able to get into the cellar. In my case deactivating The Lost Spires restored full functionality of everything.

Posted by: SubRosa May 5 2011, 05:48 PM

The big hearth in the middle of everything is neat in Red Rose Manor. So is the stonework around the windows, and the balcony/battlement. So can you make your own clothing with the sewing kit, spinning wheel, and loom? What was that globe thingy by the statuette of Azura in the attic alchemy lab? The secret passage goes to a neat grotto. It reminds me of Teresa's Astral Temple.

Green Gables looked more ritzy inside, but a little too much so I think. It seemed too modern, and broke the whole suspension of disbelief that this is in a fantasy world. Especially the modern furniture, sinks, and flush toilet. And Mythic Dawn statues? I think you are far better off with Rose Manor.

Posted by: Grits May 5 2011, 06:05 PM

Ooo, is the magic crystal ball the one that was under the alchemy desk upstairs? I love Red Rose Manor, for the secret grotto alone!!

But Green Gables has all of those sweet rolls, I know which one Vilja would pick!

Posted by: Acadian May 6 2011, 01:43 AM

They both look neat (and big). Thanks for sharing! Red Rose suits my style more. Which one are you keeping?

Posted by: mALX May 6 2011, 03:11 AM

I liked them both, but was not thrilled with the idea of having to use night eye while inside one's home (Red Rose). It seemed awfully dark inside.

I liked Green Gables better mostly because of that, (I see I'm in the minority, lol). Really love these walk-throughs you do, you could post these vids on each mod you have DL'd, because they show more of the mod than the screens do, a lot more !!!

I love your vid collection !!!

Posted by: King Coin May 7 2011, 05:20 PM

I'm not sure if you can or not, but knowing Emma (the author of the mod) you probably could. I know you can have Vilja make you clothing. I've only been in the house long enough to make that video, Aravi has not moved in yet.



I really liked the interior of Green Gables, but you are right. I could not really see Aravi living there. It would be more suited to a rich Altmer or Imperial in my opinion. I guess Aravi would fall under the rich category but it just isn't her style.



It might be, but I have a feeling that it will be better hidden than that. Vilja loves those sweetrolls!



Green Gables is a bit too over done for Aravi's taste so she'll be keeping the Red Rose Manor. (Plus GG wasn't doing well with Lost Spires)



The darkness was kind of bothersome, but other than that I really liked the look and feel of the place.
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 This is it. If she is going to become a vampire, we'll know when she wakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZoQGsJytYI

TIME: 5:19

Posted by: mALX May 7 2011, 07:29 PM

This wasn't the one I was expecting. I thought this would be the one called "Too Late" (which is tied for my favorite with the first night of dreams when she woke up scared). This vid must have come right after Vilja's bad mood one, lol.

I didn't catch it on the first viewing, but on this one I noticed when Aravi comes down in the morning, Vilja is STILL complaining about that book, (Ten Commandments, Nine Divines) - to the man running the front desk !!! ("That book, 'Ten Commandments, Nine Divines' is the worst crap I ever read..." - ROFL !!! That is hilarious !!!

I remember a feeling of relief on this vid that Aravi could relax for now knowing she didn't have the disease. Watching it again, I didn't get that this time. The nightmares have to mean something, lol.

I am loving your vid collection, PLEASE keep up the great work !!! I've been having withdrawals from no vids posting for too long, lol. AWESOME job !!!

Posted by: SubRosa May 7 2011, 10:37 PM

Dreams of gold, frightened shopkeepers, and angry guards. Maybe she joined the Thieves Guild and did not know it!

Posted by: Acadian May 8 2011, 12:58 AM

More poignant fretting by Aravi. Talking with Vilja, studying diseases, more healing, more bathing, yet still the nightmares persist!

You are displaying quite a talent for demonstrating Aravi's emotions via her actions. Nicely done!

Posted by: King Coin May 9 2011, 01:28 AM

Yes, they went back to Aleswell for a while after talking to the ex guard captain. I'm trying to post them in order.



This part of your comment scared me. This is for a later video, not this one! I thought I had posted the wrong video somehow after reading this.



Thanks! I'll keep them coming at a reasonable pace ( at least I'll try)



I hope not! Angry guards means you must be pretty lousy at it!



I thought this last one could have been better, but had already moved on in my game enough that I couldn't redo it.

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Aravi and Vilja are heading back to the Imperial City to hear the ex guard's answer [whether he will join the Order or not]. Vilja's perfect sense of direction is not so perfect apparently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGOnbYaAe78
TIME: 6:17

*Just a note, Vilja does wear a swim suit while swimming. In this video the color blends with her skin and looks like she isn't wearing anything.

Posted by: SubRosa May 9 2011, 01:50 AM

I love how Vilja says "I know exactly where we are going." and then turns around and heads in opposite direction!

At first I thought you were going to try to sneak around the bandit camp. But I see you just wanted to get a good sniping place! I never even saw the one that first hit Aravi!

Posted by: Acadian May 9 2011, 02:26 AM

Vilja has a perfect sense of location. She knows that exactly wherever she is is her precise location. And wherever she goes will be her new location. EZ!

Aravi's getting very good at slipping those arrows into the baddies without hitting Vilja.

Posted by: mALX May 9 2011, 03:19 AM

The vid where you gave Vilja the book posted May 3, lol.

I loved this vid where Vilja gets lost, I don't know what caused that, but it was funny !!!

Posted by: King Coin May 10 2011, 03:37 PM

So much for her perfect sense of direction!

I never saw him either, I wonder how he was able to see Aravi?




Vilja has a tendency to run right in front of Aravi while she's shooting. She definitely has to be more careful shooting now.



That's this video!

I thought it was great too!
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Aravi and Vilja don't make it in time to the prison district to visit the prisoner, so they have to find an inn for the night and go in the morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ttq95UUdJZg

TIME: 6:54

Posted by: mALX May 10 2011, 04:03 PM

GAAAH! You are right !! What happened, when I went to watch that last vid (and it wasn't the one I thought it was) - I dug through your vids and rewatched them looking for the one I thought it was so I could post the name, lol. That scene where she is still griping about the book had me laughing and it was still in my mind when I commented ----- sorry, lol.

This is the vid I was thinking about. And it does have the scene where Vilja is griping about the book (still) the next day - but then that is overshadowed by what happens next. This scene was powerfully done, equally to the vid where Aravi watches the sun rise. Aravi's shock, fright, reactions - the viewer can't help but feel what she is as she runs up - breaks into a room to look at herself and see if she has the disease.

The viewer can almost feel her wishing she was home to use the chapel healing thing and scrub herself clean of it.

The next scene was just as poignant - Aravi is afraid to walk through that door again. She reaches for the handle and literally backs away - you can't miss the fear she is feeling here.

The amazing thing to me is that - you conveyed Aravi's dread completely by actions, without facial expressions (other than when she is looking in the "mirror.") Amazing job you did on this, a real work of art !! AWESOME VID !!!!

Posted by: Grits May 10 2011, 10:32 PM

That was scary! The next morning did Aravi lock the door behind her for privacy? Wow. This is very engaging, KC!

Vilja is hilarious again, griping about the book Aravi gave her. Is there a “smack Vilja” menu option?

Posted by: Acadian May 11 2011, 12:54 AM

I agree with mALX (always a wise idea) that you are a master of capturing Aravi's emotional state by showing us her actions and reactions.

Very, very effective how you showed her painful sun damage, then she ran back inside, upstairs and locked the door behind her to check herself over.

Some nice little touches in this were how she thoughtfully healed Vilja and that you showed us the clock in the inn.

Posted by: King Coin May 12 2011, 07:39 PM

It's fine, you didn't reveal anything important. Now if you had said something about her going outside, I'd have sent you a message requesting an edit.



Thank you for the compliments. I do my best to tell something of a story with what I have. Text on the screen would be bad and lets not even venture into vocal narration.



Thank you! Yes she did, some of the NPCs like to wander and it would not do to have her walked in on while she is checking for vampire disease.

If there was such an option I think Aravi would have employed it a few times.



Like I said, I really want to tell a story and this is the best way I can do it. Glad you liked the clocks, they are very cool to have.
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Aravi finally gets to the prison to hear the ex captain's answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O7ud7LNLVM


TIME: 7:47

This mod does not come with voice acted lines so some of the dialog is just in text.

Posted by: Acadian May 13 2011, 01:16 AM

That is scary walking around in the city getting attacked by vampires. Especially the invisible ones!

I guess she's gonna have to walk around the city in full armor and weaponry all the time now.

Hmm, thinks about researching a long lasting command spell to have a full time Legion escort, in addition to Vilja.

Posted by: King Coin May 13 2011, 05:48 PM

Just a screen shot in a bandit camp from a few videos back

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/6244/oblivion201105031812100.jpg

Posted by: Acadian May 13 2011, 06:27 PM

Aww, that's beautiful! It shows off the great detail of Vilja's mail and Aravi's spiffy armor. The best part is the lovely smile that Aravi is giving to her friend.

Posted by: SubRosa May 13 2011, 08:37 PM

I see Aravi is taking faint smile lessons from Teresa!

So Aravi finally made it to prison. You know most people would sooner never get there!

I love how the mod designers use the same tunnel that you escaped from! That was a very clever bit.

I think Aravi needs to learn a Detect Life spell, or get an item enchanted with it. However, I loved that you could see the arrows hanging in the air where the invisible vampire was! Also, fire enchantments are best against Vampires, as they have a weakness to it.

Am I the only one who hears Imoen say "Right as rain", and think "Wrong as sunshine?". I guess that comes from hearing it so often, as hers is my favorite voice pack.

Posted by: mALX May 14 2011, 03:15 AM

Great screen of Aravi !! She is downright cute in this pic !!


That 'Scholar' in the vid was attacking (or being attacked by) the Legion - but when Aravi joined in the fight he said, "Hey, I'm on your side!" to her ... what did that mean? GAAAAH !!! Better check her stats, I saw she was feeling a bit of that vampire virus when fighting with 'Sneak'.

Even with the lack of voice acting this vid had a huge amount of detail and intrigue - I paused the vid to read that journal explaining how the watch Captain got vampirism - this is one huge mod !!!

Awesome Vid !!!!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira May 14 2011, 06:25 AM

I've finally finished up the first quest for Kvatch Rebuilt.

Probably the least fun out of all the quests, but you gotta start somewhere, right?

Posted by: King Coin May 14 2011, 06:40 PM

That Aravi has noticed that invisible one following her around before, but that's the closest he's gotten.

I don't know about the Legion, some of them can't be trusted...



Thank you on Aravi's behalf! I really liked it too. I don't know why Vilja chooses to wear that set of armor, she has lots of different types to choose from. She might just like the enchantment it has.



Those little smiles are the best

Normally she wouldn't either but she needed to get that guy out. Kind of funny that they planned an escape with the jailer standing right there. The prisoner must have cast a 'make them deaf' spell lol.

She has a weak detect life spell but getting it was out of reach at that time. Aravi is limited in some of the things she can do.

Imoen seems to be the best suited to Aravi out of all the voice packs I could find. “Wrong as sunshine?” never heard that one before.

And at your insistence Aravi has made a few purchases.



Thanks, I'll let her know!

That scholar freaked me out too. Then he just disappeared! I don't know if that's an ability or if Aravi's going crazy and seeing things! (scary thought)



Took quite a while to get to it didn't it? I'm still waiting on another one. I kind of wonder if I have to go back and ask about it or something.
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@ Everyone
Would you like me to post some screens of the journal Aravi found in the guard's quarters from the last video?
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At SubRosa's insistence, Aravi has gone out and made some purchases.

This first one is just a mundane sword.
http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1055/oblivion201105140147112.jpg

This one is enchanted with fire.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6788/oblivion201105140147388.jpg

She also bought a mundane bow, but it looks very similar to the one she already has.

She will also be carrying an interesting looking dagger with her. I may post that one later.

Posted by: mALX May 14 2011, 06:46 PM

Oh, you have to give details on the enchantments for both (and the bow), lol. Love the screens of Aravi - what is that tent in the background?

Posted by: King Coin May 14 2011, 07:05 PM

By mundane I mean unenchanted. Sorry about any confusion.

The shorter saber has a simple fire damage enchantment. 10 points for 1 second. Aravi can't make anything too fancy, she has a limited amount of knowledge about enchanting.

The tent is a camp added by the hunting mod I have. Aravi has never stayed there though.

Posted by: Acadian May 15 2011, 12:17 AM

Those are some beautiful looking short blades! Great screenies!

Posted by: mALX May 15 2011, 12:39 PM

Ooh, a hunting mod! I need to find the time to play with some mods myself, these ones you display in your vids are Awesome !!!

Posted by: King Coin May 16 2011, 12:58 AM

One is a little long but it still swings fast enough for her.



I use the hunting mod so that more animals drop meat, and the prices on the meat and pelts are a lot higher. A couple of unexpected effects is a camp and a hunting lodge in Weye. The Woodelf running the place has lots of gold so that's where Aravi brings her loot to sell.

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This is another house walk through. I really like this house and if Aravi ever lives in the black marsh, she will be living there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLE5NKiku0c

TIME: 6:13

can be found on Nexus: http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=38233

Posted by: SubRosa May 16 2011, 01:36 AM

All the clothes hanging up to dry give it that lived in look. The copies of the black horse courier in the outhouse were just priceless!

Posted by: Acadian May 16 2011, 04:00 AM

Another nice looking home. Thanks for the tour! I like the Black Marsh. 'Course I like all of Cyrodiil but maybe the snowy parts a little less. . . .

This one had a nice feel to it with all the plants and the nice bath and back porch.

Posted by: mALX May 17 2011, 03:48 AM

I was really surprised how roomy it looked inside. Having gone to the site and seen the screens they have up - you should post your vid up on their site. They may get a lot more downloads if people could see it this way !!

The hysterical thing is something I didn't even see, but SubRosa did, lol. I had to pause the vid and pull out my magnifying glass - SubRosa was right!! It really was the BHC hung up as paper to wipe with in the outhouse ... SPEW !!! ROFL !!! Love that touch !!!!

Posted by: King Coin May 17 2011, 05:07 PM

I really like that look. I laughed when I saw the Black Horse Courier in the outhouse.



Aravi avoids the cold areas as well. The porch was wonderful.



I shared this video with the creator, she didn't say anything. I would assume if she wanted to use it she would ask.

I thought the bed room was very cool and I liked the stars on the ceiling.

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The next quest in the vampire hunting questline.

Aravi received this while in the Market District with Vilja:
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/7427/queste.jpg
After Aravi met with an extremely talkative Dunmer girl:
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7185/quest2o.jpg
The note she gave Aravi:
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5985/quest3.jpg

After reading that note Aravi and Vilja set out for Skingrad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aWM2V-9umE


TIME: 10:20

Posted by: SubRosa May 17 2011, 05:38 PM

Its another one of those: "It's you, the hero of kvatch, will you have my babies!" Don't you find that annoying?

After that vid of her getting lost a few posts back, I laughed when Vilja declared how she always knows where she is!

That fight was weird. A bear, a minotaur, a will-o-wisp, and an imp on steroids! I wonder why they killed the second minotaur? Then the legionary shows up after its all over!

Posted by: Grits May 17 2011, 06:23 PM

Oh, I love the greenhouse! It’s funny, I just finished writing about a garden house in Anvil. The outhouse is a riot. I’m sure Vilja will add her copy of Ten Commands: Nine Divines to the paper supply.

That was a strange fight on the way to Skingrad. And the last attacker, I would never have suspected!!

Posted by: mALX May 17 2011, 08:28 PM

I was freaked out by both the fight on the way to Skingrad and that horse at the end! I guess it didn't give you the option to ride, lol. Great vid !!!

On the screens - that note making Aravi feel tired (and her hearing the voice of the writer) gave me an "uh oh" feeling, lol.

I am loving these series you are doing !!!

Posted by: Acadian May 18 2011, 12:25 AM

Very nice! I like how you set things up with the screenies. Nice trip to Skingrad and quite a little fight they stumbled into! My fave part of the vid was when Aravi spent some time talking to Vilja about her past in Morrowind and their friendship. Then out for a kitty bath in the pond. Gosh, it must have been traumatic to have to kill a horse, but hey, it was a vampire horse so what could Aravi do? I'm glad the guard came to her aid. I was pleasantly surprised how well Vilja was able to comfortably make small talk with Else.

Posted by: King Coin May 19 2011, 05:15 PM

I thought it was cool for a while, but Aravi did the Kvatch mission so long ago that it is starting to get on my nerves


That was quite a mix wasn't it? I think they killed the other minotaur because he must have accidentally hit one of them while they were swarming that dead legionary Aravi found after the fight.




The dead legionary was killed by the wildlife. Aravi and Vilja followed him part of the way to Skingrad. You can see him briefly on the road at the :50 mark.


That horse was certainly bizarre. I wasn't sure from where Aravi was being attacked from until that guard started in on the horse.
I'm glad you enjoy these videos so much! I love making them!



Vilja is a lot of fun to talk to sometimes, others times Aravi just wants to slap her
After that fight on the road a bath was mandatory. She had blood all over her.
Maybe killing the horse would have been difficult for Buffy, but once Aravi realized what it was attacking her, it was just another animal.
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This video picks up where the last one left off. Remember that Aravi was going to her room in the West Weald Inn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXi4UNnmto

TIME: 4:07

Posted by: SubRosa May 19 2011, 05:47 PM

I think I would have felt safer sleeping in the inn with the vampire, then in the same building as Vigge the Cautious!

More disturbing dreams I see. But no signs of vampirism in the magical effects at least!

Posted by: mALX May 19 2011, 06:00 PM

Love the way Aravi backed down those stairs keeping an eye out in case the vampire followed her - and then backed out the door almost! You portray Aravi's reactions and emotions so well in these vids that even without any dialogue we know what she is feeling!

Am I the only one who wonders WHOSE SHADOW that was running around in her LOCKED room at the Mages Guild when Aravi woke up? Freaks me out every time I watch this vid!

I do love these vids, not just for the viewing of these Awesome mods - mostly for your ability to develop Aravi as a living breathing person through her actions/reactions/interactions in them. AWESOME job you are doing with these !!!!

Posted by: Acadian May 20 2011, 12:56 AM

Interesting that the vampire mage at the beginning was not hostile, but he sure made Aravi nervous. And more of those vampy dreams - ugh. Vilja's armor is neat!

"Do I have freckles? I hate freckles."

"Not really."

I love the way Vilja just fits right in. She can talk to anyone!

Posted by: King Coin May 20 2011, 10:37 PM

Don't worry she locked the door!

That's a relief !


She was really caught off guard meeting him face to face like that. The other vamipres she's seen at a distance and was prepared.


What shadow?


I would be unhappy if Aravi came out as a flat character. I'm so happy that I am able to show her as a person!


Glad someone noticed the armor! You like it? I'll have her wear it more.
Aravi was not prepared for him to be right there in her face. She was not going to stay in an Inn that has a vampire preying on the guests. She would have fought him but the guards frown on the murder of what they think is a normal citizen.

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Screen shots!

Aravi, Vilja, and Druja talking before heading out to the mansion
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1173/oblivion201105152241231.jpg

I liked the ears
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8700/cuteface5.jpg

Posted by: SubRosa May 20 2011, 10:49 PM

I like Aravi's eyes in that second pic. They perfectly complement her armor.

Posted by: mALX May 20 2011, 11:24 PM

If you watch that vid, when Aravi lays down to sleep in the LOCKED room at the Mages Guild - watch the back wall carefully as soon as she wakes up. Some shadow is darting around in her room, it is a person because you can see the head when it is coming towards the bed.

Like SubRosa, I love the way the Elven armor contrasts Aravi's eyes.

What I liked best in that first screen - the Argonian looks like the head of the Mages Guild in Chorrol, Teekius? Is that his name? Anyway, he looks like he may want to eat Vilja for breakfast!

Oh, there is a fix for Vilja's neck, did you know that?

Anyway, great screens !!!!

Posted by: King Coin May 20 2011, 11:37 PM

It's Druja from the Skingrad guild hall. She kind of does look that way doesn't she?



No I didn't! I think I found it too. Xtudos Neck Seam?

Posted by: mALX May 20 2011, 11:45 PM

I think that is it, it is in that page full of Vilja downloads, lol. That screen with Druja is the first time I ever noticed it, but it was clearly visible there.

Posted by: Acadian May 21 2011, 12:44 AM

Great screenies! Not only does the armor really bring out the color of Aravi's eyes, but I noted in the second one how fabulous her hair color looks given the color of her cute little nose. And yes, her ears are priceless for their expressiveness!


For mALX, I saw the shadow you mentioned in that vid as well. I have sometimes in game noticed such things and they have turned out to be opticle boo boos or bleedthrough from an NPC upstairs or in the next room.

Posted by: King Coin May 21 2011, 12:34 PM

I think Aravi will be in Elven armor for the rest of Oblivion then! (maybe even when she moves to Skyrim)

I never thought about the hair color and nose but I can see where you are coming from Acadian

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Aravi and Vilja find and investigate the mansion described in the note, after Aravi does a quick favor for Vilja.

The update when the mansion is found: http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9169/qu1c.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNApxdtXCEw
TIME 8:52

after reading the journal: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4329/qu2x.jpg

The journal (for those interested)

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/3918/20114402.jpg
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3888/32183691.jpg
http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/4760/85764184.jpg
http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/1369/41079593.jpg
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/3959/81336124.jpg
http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/3728/17774298.jpg
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4882/60228208.jpg
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2921/20574023.jpg

Posted by: SubRosa May 21 2011, 07:17 PM

With her pale skin and white hair, I bet Falanu liked Vilja!

I cannot wait to meet Falanu's mother!

Boring! I love hearing Imoen say that!

I bet that rare wood stake will come in handy!

Posted by: mALX May 21 2011, 09:53 PM

Aravi thought the note was boring - hilarious !! The vid was great for giving a lot of background on Vilja, I was really surprised how empty the mansion was.

One thing I found fascinating was the journal entries - so glad you decided to post them !!! Those clarify a lot of things !!! Really awesome mod - I am loving this trip through it with Aravi !!!!

Posted by: Acadian May 22 2011, 01:19 AM

This was great. I love the choices you made in deciding what to show us. It felt very natural and unrushed, yet was not overly long. Well done!

I thought is was a nice (and helpful) touch that you circled the 'boring' bits with the mouse that you wanted us to read of long document.

Vilja continues to be just adorable! "You know, you're actually rather cute. I ran across a couple mud crabs the other day, you know. Annoying creatures."

Posted by: King Coin May 24 2011, 12:00 AM

Oh I'm sure you will all enjoy meeting her a lot. I hate strongly dislike her.



I was surprised too. I was expecting enemies in there. If not vampires then undead.



Vilja says some funny things. I've heard her complain about how much mudcrabs are discussed and here she is talking about them!


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The journal found in the mansion says Aravi has to travel back to the Imperial City... Just when she thought she was getting away from there for a change.

Journal update: http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8449/qu3h.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YijiC3hWN-c
TIME: 4:37

After talking to Kendrel: http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/2828/qu4h.jpg

Posted by: Grits May 24 2011, 12:28 AM

Vilja is hilarious again. I mean, why wouldn’t the vampires want convenient access to the shops?

Posted by: mALX May 24 2011, 12:54 AM

Vilja is hilarious, vampires wanting to go shopping !!! ROFL !!! That daughter is TALKATIVE !!! GAAAAH! Aravi has a lot of patience !!! ROFL !!! Great vid !!!!

Posted by: Acadian May 24 2011, 02:28 AM

So they found a vampire lair? I love the things Vilja buys! Yup, ya never know when you'll need some bound axes or unlock scrolls to help that skellie key along.

As ever, this was great fun to watch!

Posted by: SubRosa May 24 2011, 03:06 AM

I think the vampires of Skingrad want to be able to go shopping with their buddy, the Count!

Posted by: King Coin May 26 2011, 03:19 PM

What other explanation is there?



That patience must come from her high willpower lol


At least it wasn't silverware again. Aravi has 2-3 sets sitting in her home. The scrolls may be useful at least.


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Aravi and Vilja explore the buried temple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgRzf1Tc0ow


TIME 9:18

Posted by: Grits May 26 2011, 03:47 PM

Posted by: Thomas Kaira May 26 2011, 04:29 PM

I have decided that now, since I fulfill all the requirements, a new quest mod is going to find its way into my game.

It's called http://tes.multimediaxis.de/?go=dlfile&fileid=349, and it requires users to have already installed two other mods (Race Balancing Project and Less Annoying Magic Experience) and have the SI Expansion in order to use it. However, if RBP and LAME are anything to go by, I think this one will be worth it.

Posted by: mALX May 26 2011, 05:08 PM

GAAAAAH! The slo-mo at the end gave a powerful effect to the fight - my eyes were forced to her health meter and I found myself freaking out as it dropped to zero !!!! GAAAAAAH !!!!

Posted by: SubRosa May 26 2011, 10:44 PM

Hmm... a back door. I would not have thought of that. Unlike Vilja, I don't think it is nice though!

I love how the floor of the temple seems to be at an angle. It reminds me of the villain's lairs old Batman t.v. show. They always put the camera on an angle when they shot those scenes, to show that the villain's point of view was skewed from reality. It is a bit disoriented after a while though.

More invisible vampires too. I hate those guys. I see these ones drop twice the amount of vampire dust as regular vamps though.

Yikes, 4-1 at the end, and one of them has a paralyze!

Posted by: Acadian May 27 2011, 01:06 AM

By Mara, that was good! Well done throughout, and the end of the segment was simply magnificent! Holy imp chips, gotta find out what happened!

Posted by: King Coin May 28 2011, 07:27 PM

This is the reaction I was looking for!

If it weren't for the requirements I'd strongly consider getting it. However I like the magic the way it is in my game. The RBP sounds interesting though. I will look into that one. As long as it doesn't remove my Khajiit's nighteye I'll probably like what it does.

The slow motion was great, thanks for suggesting it!

Vilja can say some things that are very awkward based on the situation.

I really liked the tilted floor as well. I used to play a game called Far Cry 2 that shipped with a map editor. I always did things like that just because it was so unusual.

That paralyze spell really hurt Aravi. She could have taken them if it weren't for it.

Thanks! I put a lot of time into perfecting that end segment.

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Just a note: I feel like I owe mALX some kudos. She saw that last video like a billion times because I'd change a little bit and and then upload it for feedback. She suggested the slow motion effect for the last video and I don't think I would have turned out nearly as well as it did with out it. Thanks for the help mALX!
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The continuation of the previous video... Starts at the very beginning of the battle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqek3y0gMt8


TIME: 10:32

Posted by: SubRosa May 28 2011, 08:04 PM

"Did you want some help?"
Yes!

That four-way beat down on Aravi was just horrific. Good thing you got out of there before it was too late. Then back into the breach once more. But this time better fortified. That was still one jaw-dropping fight!

"This is nice, don't you think so?"
Aravi shakes her head!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira May 28 2011, 08:29 PM

Yes, a lot of people tend to be put off by Integration because of the requirements, but what it does is essentially provide a series of questlines that serve to link together the story-arcs and lore of Daggerfall, Morrowind, and the Shivering Isles, and help to keep Oblivion from feeling so disconnected from the rest of the series.

I'll see if I can post up some vids of it myself, perhaps? I've got to finish up the second stage of Kvatch Rebuilt first, but once I feel up to it, I'll probably be making some recordings of what to expect from Integration.

That way, you don't have to fuss over things, because I would actually highly recommend you start a new game if you install RBP, as it changes a lot.

Posted by: Acadian May 29 2011, 12:28 AM

Aravi's revenge! This was superb! From the wonderful little touches of humor with Vilja to Aravi changing her tactics based on what she learned the hard way. Simply a joy to watch!

Posted by: mALX May 29 2011, 06:05 AM

Powerful battle scene! WHEW!!! And boy was that place loaded with loot !!!! AWESOME VID !!!! The best to date, I think - huge the way you edited it !!!!

Posted by: Grits May 29 2011, 11:16 AM

Whew, Aravi prevailed! Vilja sounded especially air-headed in this one. Loved Aravi’s little head shake. Fun to watch!

Posted by: King Coin May 30 2011, 07:32 PM

Thank you!
Like I said, Vilja can say some very awkward things
“This is nice”
You like the dead bodies and blood everywhere?

I'm glad you liked the fight at the beginning. I put a lot of effort into getting that to come out right. It makes me happy to know it worked!

If I restart my character (which I've done before) I'll be sure to add RBP to my game.

Thanks! Once she pulled herself together it was a lot easier to take them out. It was also nice that they spread out some for her.

Thank you! Even if you don't know it, you were a huge help putting those last two videos together!

Thank you! There is no doubt now that Vilja is a natural blonde

I was kind of surprised that the head shake was so popular. A comment like that from Vilja couldn't be ignored in this situation at all.
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Aravi and Vilja go back to the Tiber Septim hotel to tell Kendrel of her father's demise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7cDqN5v3eQ

TIME: 8:29
Kendrel likes to talk.

Posted by: Acadian May 31 2011, 01:41 AM

"Good on you if you save the day!"

Good job, Aravi! It is too bad about Kendrel's father, but she seems to have a destiny as a Slayer Huntress that she must attend to.

I enjoyed this KC production!

Posted by: mALX May 31 2011, 05:30 PM

That head shake of Aravi's was hilarious, I loved it !!


On this vid - Did they make Kendral talkative and emotive or what? GAAAH !!! And she takes over this spot (which although creepy, is at least loaded with loot and furniture) - and gives you her family mansion that was a big creepy EMPTY place !!! (gee, thanks Kendral !!) ROFL !!!! I was surprised how quickly (and seemingly relatively easy) the Master died, a lot easier than his underlings or so it seemed !!! Did someone use those wooden stakes on him? Another great addition !!!!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 1 2011, 06:39 PM

Yep, that little questline is done and now it's on to other things. We'll take a short break from hunting vampires.

She was staying to kill any vampires that wander in. Not sure how long she will stay there. The Master was by himself verses an angry Dunmer and Kahjiit, and a clueless Nord that kills whatever attack the Khajiit.
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Aravi caves and goes with Vilja to Cheydinhal to talk to Falanu's mother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u4I4ithUs

TIME: 5:50

Posted by: mALX Jun 1 2011, 07:25 PM

GAAAAH !!! I thought her nightmares were over !! Vilja can sure be sweet when she wants Aravi to do something for her, ROFL !!! She is sometimes sweet with Maxical too now, I noticed her personality regarding Maxical went from 30 to 90, then before I quit playing it dropped down to 70 because Maxical ticked her off, lol.

I wish you would have asked that old woman about Vilja, I was dying to know what she would say !!! ROFL !!

I really enjoyed this vid a LOT !!!

Posted by: Grits Jun 1 2011, 11:27 PM

Ugh, what an awful dream about her parents! Poor Aravi.

Whoa, that was one hard-looking woman. Vilja is never satisfied! It seems that “Shutting Vilja Up” (nice!!) might be an optimistic title. Maybe it should be “…For Now.”

Posted by: Acadian Jun 2 2011, 01:46 AM

Oh, I worry about those dreams!

I'm with mALX. You must tell us what the Dunmer says when you ask her about Vilja.

Methinks Vilja has Aravi wrapped around her Nordic finger, but she is adorable!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 3 2011, 03:19 PM

The nightmares persist, but at least she had a night or two away from them right?
Vilja really can be sweet at times, even when personal gain isn't on the table lol.
I'll be sure to have her ask about Vilja next time.

You had me laughing! You are correct at the title being overly optimistic. That was just a little frustration leaking though

Poor Aravi doesn't get very many restful nights does she?

Vilja seems like she's worth all the annoyances and expenses
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NOTE: I've been using a different resolution for the last video and the next few videos. While it saves me a ton of time uploading, I am very disappointed with the video quality and will not be using it anymore. It didn't look this bad in Media Player. Sorry for the poor quality, but I do not have the original clips anymore else I would have uploaded new ones.
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At Vilja's insistence, Aravi goes back to talk to Falanu's mother about more ingredients. Then they leave Cheydinhal on another vampire quest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ItkeMZBUZk
TIME: 3:56
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/8762/backtohack.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRX5sKx-H18
TIME: 4:54

Posted by: Acadian Jun 4 2011, 12:39 AM

Poor Aravi is still having problems sorting out if she is becoming a vampire.

Argh! You have to show us what Flanu's mother thinks of Vilja! You are teasing us! Lol.

"All right all ready, Vilja!" Fabulous how well your speak on cue command works - so very perfect for vids!

I chuckled when Aravi hopped up on a rock to see where she was going. Short ones have to do that (or stand up tall in the saddle).

And a great swim to wash the blood off. Then another to rinse off the fish guts. Then still another to get the crab cuck off.

So, Vilja's taking them to Chorrol next? Be careful at Hackdirt!

Posted by: mALX Jun 4 2011, 04:06 AM

That is so odd that the shopkeeper was treating her like a full blown vampire after days without feeding - and she only had the vampire disease, which usually they can't see. Maybe these ancient vampires affect the victim differently?

Aravi keeps getting exposed fighting the vampires - Every time I see her fighting them I think, GAAAAH! Did she drink a cure or eat a mandrake root? GAAAAH !!!


ROFL !!! Saving the residents of Hackdirt? Now that is a twist, lol.

Great Vids, I am really enjoying watching Aravi's adventures !!!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 5 2011, 09:17 PM

I enjoyed reading this a lot!
These videos are the reason I was motivated to make that mod and I really like that I was able to get it to work.
I'm glad you enjoyed the rock, it was just natural and Aravi didn't even think about it when she did it.

That might have been another mod at work. I got one that makes diseases more potent. That book of diseases was included in the mod.

I think its her repeated exposures that have been causing the disease to move faster and faster as you have noted.
Thank you for your support!

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Aravi arrives in Chorrol. She stops in Northern Goods and Trade to see how Dar Ma and Seed Neeus are doing and browses some. Then she gets a room for the night at the The Oak and Crosier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGWMGowX_4A
TIME: 7:02

Posted by: mALX Jun 5 2011, 09:52 PM

I never noticed it before, but Talasma has a duck mouth! I'm driven to go look at Khajiit mouths now and see if any others are.

I can feel Aravi's tenstion from these nightmares. Not just the lack of sleep effecting her fatigue - but just plain stress wondering if she is a vampire, if she is losing it, etc. Awesome Vid !!!

Posted by: Acadian Jun 6 2011, 01:29 AM

I quite like the Oak & Crossier because of the fireplace. Tlasma is always nice as well. Teddy bears! Uh oh, more dreams and Aravi has to take beer off her diet. I'm still loving the clocks that you have in your game! Oh, and I know I've said it before (I think), but Vilja's 'thiefy' armor is very nice!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 7 2011, 03:35 PM

??? duck mouth?

It's a struggle that is for sure. When will they end?

I'm glad you like Vilja's armor. Aravi would wear it, except it's one piece. There is no way to not wear the boots and gloves. Somebody liked the teddy bears!

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Aravi and Vilja go to Hackdirt. The people of Hackdirt are particularly welcoming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrwFIzAawlo
TIME: 2:04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHCtYN043E4
TIME: 4:56

Posted by: mALX Jun 7 2011, 06:17 PM

Ooh !! Aravi said "Right you are!" That is a new one !! I love the dialogue now, because she is answering Vilja !!

I meant to mention to you before when you were wanting a training mod - in the vanilla game the brethren or deep ones - (can't remember what they are called) - in Hackdirt respawn, so you can always go there to train on them. They always attack, so there isn't a question of murder.

I loved that first vid best - specifically where Aravi and Vilja were actually having a conversation with back and forth between them, AWESOME !!!

Posted by: Acadian Jun 8 2011, 12:20 AM

These were great fun!

"They smell awful and their hard to kill."
"Right you are."
"Well, let's go clam digging then."
"Borrring!"

Oh, and then a nice welcoming committee to Hackdirt!

I see Aravi fighting with what appears to be a little longer blade and no shield.
And so the population of Hackdirt has just been lowered significantly by the skill of Aravi and Vilja.

Posted by: Grits Jun 8 2011, 01:27 PM

I love that Aravi can answer Vilja now! I guess Aravi would be more interested in clams if they had a little fight in them.

Erm, I guess the people of Hackdirt won’t be bothered at night any more, now that they're piled up next to the town well.

Posted by: mALX Jun 8 2011, 03:10 PM

SPEW !!! ROFL !!!!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 9 2011, 04:12 AM

"Right you are!" I found that in the voice files. It was one that wasn't used so I knew I needed to use it.

Eh, that would be an option, but I'd prefer to spar with someone like in the castle DLC.

Glad you liked them talking! That was just what I made that mod for!

Glad you enjoyed the talking!
She didn't expect the whole town to come running out of their homes with her death in mind! She didn't have time to equip her shield!

I'm with mALX
Mission accomplished? (no Bush jokes please)

I'm so happy with the way the talking mod turned out. It was totally worth making. And it wet my appetite for modding.
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Inspired by Victoria's recent posts:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8488/oblivion201106082042092.jpg

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2113/oblivion201106082042190.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5573/oblivion201106082042599.jpg

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2457/oblivion201106082042501.jpg

Posted by: mALX Jun 9 2011, 02:54 PM

GAAAAAH !!!!! Did you make your own air ship ???? WOO HOO !!!!

Posted by: Acadian Jun 9 2011, 03:31 PM

KC, those are great! In the mountain shots, the sky looks almost Shivering Isles-like with the speckled clouds - beautiful. And the water around the IC bridge is very neat. Great screenies!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 9 2011, 06:15 PM

~ tcl

Toggles collision off. Then you can fly! Just don't run into things because I heard you can get stuck in them randomly. I like it better than the flying camera for scenes without Aravi because you can actually move fast.

When Aravi looked over at the mountains I knew I had to take some screens. Glad you enjoyed them.
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Aravi and Vilja figure out where the vampires are that have been feeding on Hackdirt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepBvy1vrfs

TIME 12:02

Posted by: Acadian Jun 9 2011, 06:48 PM

Quite the vampire hunting/fighting through Fort Carmela!

I noted that a couple of the vamps appeared pantsless. Is that so they can more quickly grab their back up sword if disarmed?

Very exciting stuff. You could really see the effects of Aravi's fatigue mod near the end.

Posted by: mALX Jun 9 2011, 07:02 PM

BOLD: Even more exciting the way you tell it, ROFL !!!!


Holy cow! GAAAAAH !!! Why is her fatigue dropping? Why is her vision blurred? I saw the notice flash on the screen that she is feeling the effects of vampire disease !!! GAAAAH !!! I don't like the sound of this !!! URG !!!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Jun 11 2011, 07:17 AM

KC, you might want to take a look at http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=38585

It should give you some more flexibility with adding Aravi's voices.

Posted by: King Coin Jun 11 2011, 03:05 PM

Yeah I don’t know what was happening with that. I don’t know if it was a conflict, or if Fran’s needs to be reset again.

She’s feeling sick at this time. Probably from being infected AGAIN.

That’s a neat mod, but I have the functionality that I want with the mod I made. I will bookmark it however, in case I decide I want more. What I really want is sound files, preferably Imoen files. The sound set came with a limited selection and there are so many situations that I’d like a comment in, but no file fits. The sound set doesn’t even come with a basic ‘no.’
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Aravi goes back to the inn fighting the sickness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3-tRRvjl7o
TIME: 5:29

Posted by: Grits Jun 12 2011, 08:26 PM

Whoa, pants-free vampires. And I thought we just had to worry about them biting us in our sleep.

Back at the inn Vilja suggests a drink. Then later, does Aravi do what I think she does?! Aaaaaaah! Or was it just a dream?!

Posted by: mALX Jun 13 2011, 04:25 AM

Before I watch the vid I wanted to comment this comment !!! TK - thank you so much for that link - I DL'd the mod and absolutely LOVE it !!! Thank You, Thank YOU !!!!

BOLD: I'm with King Coin on needing more voiced sound files (WAV). Do you know where they can be gotten? Most of the character voice files in the "Oblivion Sound Sets" mod are from things like "Planescape Torment" and stuff like that. Is there a way to get more of these sound files that may have more dialogue on them? That would be AWESOME !!

Thanks again, TK !!!

Now, on to watch the vid !!!

Posted by: mALX Jun 13 2011, 04:39 AM

Oh how sweet !!! Did you hear Vilja say "Leave my friend alone!" - Awesome !! ... GAAAAAAH !!!!! ARGH !!! What is happening? URG !!!! Poor Aravi !!!!!

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Jun 13 2011, 07:10 AM

I am not really very aware of PC voice mods, because I don't really want one in my game (other than if I were to voice the lines myself, but since my current character is female, that would end up sounding quite odd).

There is also a "for companions" version of that mod, which might allow for KC to cook up some interesting conversations with Vilja. But again, the lack of PC voices is a definite problem here.

Posted by: King Coin Jun 14 2011, 05:31 PM

Like I said on Acadian’s post, I’m not sure why that was happening.

Despite all her faults Vilja is a good friend.

I’ll check into that other voice set, however Vilja already talks a lot. I wonder if there will be overlap if I try that one. I found some more Imoen dialog lines from the games, but they are compressed in a strange way and cannot be played by media player.
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Aravi needs some time alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt92ydrIMRk
TIME: 6:06

Posted by: mALX Jun 14 2011, 06:46 PM

@ TK - That happened to me too, TK. I found some extra "Annah Torment" sound files in a Sound Set download from the "Sorcerers Place." - the sound files say they are WAV, but none of my Sound File Converters or Audio Editing software will open the WAV to listen to it (or convert it).

By the way, a word of warning for anyone downloading freeware or shareware Sound File Converters, stay away from the "Switch" one - it sucks, and they won't give you any tech support unless you buy their full product.

I spent all night HAND converting 2347 sound files from MP3 to WAV because it doesn't work automatically. The setting I put for it to convert to was WAV 22050 Mono. What came out of the converter was WAV 44100 Mono. WTH? They do not support their freeware/shareware products, so I just stayed up all night working my butt off for nothing. I'm tired and mad, lol.


@ - King Coin Like Aravi, I felt what she was feeling as she went off to be alone and think over what was happening after that last vid !!! I mean, where do the nightmares end and reality step in? Is she turning into a vampire or are the nightmares driving her mad? Bless her heart !!!

When she comes back, there is the feeling that she had been gone days, not just hours.

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Posted by: Grits Jun 14 2011, 08:37 PM

Whew!! I take it from the sunrise that it was a dream. I enjoyed the calm pace of this video very much, KC. There’s a time for rushing around, and I’m glad you showed us Aravi’s quiet time to herself.

Good idea to leave Vilja at the inn, if Aravi had to hear about purple flying whatever plant while the sun was coming up, Vilja might have finally earned a smack. And she has been sweet lately.

Posted by: Thomas Kaira Jun 14 2011, 09:41 PM

mALX: You should probably look into Audacity. It's a marvelous free audio editor.

I'm not sure it has quite that functionality, but for almost everything audio related, Audacity is a great tool.

Posted by: Acadian Jun 15 2011, 10:03 PM

The Effects Grow Worse (5:29) -
The black & white and slow motion effects were very neat. I think perhaps the feeding on Vilja was a dream?

Clearing Her Head (6:06) -
A relief that she watched the sun rise with no damage! And a wonderful bath at the Black Rock Caverns waterfalls!


As ever, wonderful work, KC!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 16 2011, 09:13 PM

Thanks mALX! I’m not answering any questions, you shall see! I’m glad you get that feeling from this video. She really could have been gone several days. I’ll leave that up to open interpretation. I liked that part in the original Maxical story were she goes off into the mountains. I was thinking of that when Aravi went off on her own.

Thank you Grits! I get a kick out of your comments. She really needed some time to herself. She couldn’t face Vilja right away after what she experienced. I used to worry that videos like that would be boring and nobody would like them. I’ve been trying to work on them so that the fast paced and slow paced videos go well together with some success I think. Still learning about that. The comments help me judge my success.

Thank you Acadian! You didn’t miss as much as I thought you would because of how slow it’s been around here. I’m glad you liked the bath. That was as refreshing as the sunrise. Buffy would approve I think
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Aravi goes home… and can’t stand it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq-8Ob-R8-g
TIME: 6:06

Posted by: mALX Jun 16 2011, 09:57 PM

That is exactly how it hit me !! It reminded me of that too !!

Very effective how Aravi had that flashback to her nightmare !!! She is not acting like her normal self, and Vilja seems to sense the difference, or so it seemed by the way she kept popping up behind Aravi in the vid, lol.

Vilja's popping and close following almost gave the feeling of Aravi being hounded in this vid !!

Awesome storyline and vid !!!

Posted by: Acadian Jun 17 2011, 02:27 PM

Touching moments between Aravi and Vilja. Hmm, looks like time to move from the Aleswell Cottage to Red Rose Manor?

You continue to display a mastery of somehow capturing emotional content in your vids. Like all your work, this was so very well done.

Posted by: Grits Jun 19 2011, 11:17 AM

At the very beginning, Aravi seemed reluctant to approach Vilja. Then when they started talking, it felt almost like a goodbye. When she looked back at the cottage and Vilja was standing there (in that dress!) I was so worried that Aravi was going to tell her to stay, for her own protection or something.

When Vilja spoke up in Red Rose Manor, I was so relieved! I second Acadian’s observation, you have created emotional content even though the only dialog comes from menu options. Very well done!!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 20 2011, 01:11 AM

Aravi really was distracted because she hardly noticed Vilja, and didn't even notice being hounded. I was very pleased how the flashback worked in so nicely. Thanks mALX!


Yes she's out of Aleswell at the very least until the nightmares end. Thanks for the compliments! Anyone can make a video bashing things so I'm trying to work in some emotions. It's more interesting if you care about the character.


It took her courage to approach Vilja. The nightmare really disturbed her because it seemed so real and it would be so easy to feed on Vilja if she did turn into a vampire. It actually did enter her mind to tell Vilja to stay but she really couldn't push away her best friend. Selfish maybe?
Like I said to Acadian, anyone can make a video of just bashing things. That wouldn't be as interesting if you didn't care about the character would it? I'm glad my efforts have been successful! Thanks Grits!
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Aravi agrees to travel to Morrowind to recover some heirlooms in exchange for support for the Order of Virtuous Blood

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5594/morrow.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0MjswfWIJE
TIME: 3:51

Posted by: Acadian Jun 20 2011, 01:32 AM

A trip to Morrowind! Amazing what you can coax out of someone with a charm spell, no?

Nice banter between Vilja and Aravi. Perhaps the snow and ice and more ice is nice for a Nord like Vilja, but I'm with Aravi in not being impressed.

Posted by: mALX Jun 20 2011, 06:40 AM

WOO HOO !!! Getting to see Morrowind !!! What a mod !!!

Posted by: King Coin Jun 21 2011, 04:01 PM

Charm is definitely one of the more useful spells in the game. Vilja could have done a better job selling Solstheim. That whole snow and ice part could have been left out .

Just a small bit of it, but it's still cool!

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Aravi gets to work recovering the heirlooms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ep4PIstbyE
TIME: 3:38
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-O3E_JFSi4
TIME: 2:41

Posted by: mALX Jun 21 2011, 04:14 PM

That castle looks like Kvatch!  And Aravi said another phrase !!! I love her talking, it adds so much !!


GAAAAH! What about the "Standard?" I was really shocked they said she stole it, lol. I wonder if she had waited for them to leave if they would have left the shoes?

This mod is so exciting - better than that are your vids! Really well done, KC !!!! Awesome Job !!

Posted by: Grits Jun 22 2011, 12:23 AM

Vilja confirmed some myths about Nords and blondes in general when she mentioned the snow and ice as a selling point to a Khajiit. Nice one, Vilja. And then maybe a lovely vacation at Wellspring Cave. Well, the last time I was there, it was not relaxing. I see why Vilja is not a travel agent.

And oh wow, Morrowind! Could the battle standard be one of those bolts of cloth? And is it me, or did the blond guy have a really big axe? Fun quest!

Posted by: Acadian Jun 22 2011, 02:49 AM

Those two were great. Those Nords are terrible housekeepers. Don't you think so Vilja? Not like those nice orcs at all.

Some of Vilja's dialogue was priceless and it was great to see you work in a couple comments from Aravi.

Quite an intense fight with the Nords, and nice to Aravi use her Mara special power.

Posted by: King Coin Jun 23 2011, 03:57 PM

We couldn't find the Standard. She goes back for it, don't worry. I really liked that line, it fit that situation quite well.

I was surprised the orcs started yelling at her after she took the shoes. I was just glad that they didn't take it from her.

Thanks mALX!

We all know how much cats like the cold. Snow and ice? No thanks!
You have good eyes I didn't see it until later. Thanks Grits!


Invading armies are terribly hard on the furniture no? Lol I'm always glad when I can make something work with the sound sets.
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Aravi finishes collecting the heirlooms in Morrowind and goes back to Cyrodiil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5-GDJVCElc
TIME: 9:58
*This one got a little out of order somehow in the beginning but it's not a huge deal.

Posted by: mALX Jun 23 2011, 04:21 PM

She got the Standard !!! How she saw it in that mess is beyond me, Aravi ROCKS !!! It was cool to see that lady talking about Helseth, kind of like a timewarp when Aravi comes to Morrowind !! Awesome mod and vid !!!

Posted by: Acadian Jun 25 2011, 12:12 AM

Great fun, and very well done as always!

Boethia's Pillow Book! Lol

"Mutton mongering riffraff!"

Wow, during that fight with the lich, Aravi really showed her ability to shoot quickly (and accurately) and dodge spells. She must have a really big pair to keep shooting the lich while Vilja was engaged in melee with it, but she didn't hit Vilja. Wow again!

"How come ogres where shoes and trousers? Doesn't that strike you as odd?"
"Ya know, Vilja, we've wondered the same thing many times as well."

I noted a couple times Vilja didn't enter combat when she should have. Is there a control spell or something to help her out in cases like that and remind her of her duties?

Posted by: King Coin Jun 25 2011, 07:35 PM

That Standard was really hard to find. After we found it, we realized that we looked right at it several times and didn't even see it. Thanks mALX!

Lucky for Aravi, Vilja was lower on the steps than the lich so she just needed to aim higher. Else she would not have been able to keep shooting like she did.

You know, I haven't wondered why they wear trousers, just thankful that they do.

I have Vilja set to be passive, but she so rarely is passive that when she is, it's quite a shock really. There is a control spell for her.
Thanks Acadian!
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Aravi spends the night at the All Saints Inn when she gets back from Morrowind. Then she turns in the heirlooms and Vilja goes shopping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaKxlAuC1MU *
TIME: 4:57
*The color is messed up in this video. I do not know what caused it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otXH6u_44YE
TIME: 2:22

Posted by: mALX Jun 25 2011, 08:54 PM

Another freaky nightmare! Holy Cow !!! I thought it was really very much Aravi's personality that she ran to check on Methredhel to be sure it was just a nightmare - and funny that no one woke up when she and Vilja broke in the house even though they were not sneaking, and even though Vilja was blabbing her head off, ROFL !!! Maybe Methredhel was sleeping off a heavy night of drinking, lol.

Those potions may come in handier than Vilja thinks, lol. Boy does Vilja get ticked off when you tell her to clean up the mess !!! ROFL !!!

Loved these vids !!!

Posted by: Acadian Jun 26 2011, 12:52 AM

Another wonderfully done dream sequence. This time of a wood elven blood bath. I'm glad she went to see that Methie and Car were all right.

And the end of the Morrowind quest. Sending Vilja to do the shopping and cleaning. Lol. I must admit that cure disease potions are much more handy than another set of silver.

Posted by: King Coin Jun 27 2011, 05:10 PM

That nightmare was fun to make. It's a shame that the video got messed up by something.
Aravi needed to be sure that it was only a nightmare and not real. They are really wearing her down.

I was pleasantly surprised when Vilja actually bought something useful.

Thanks mALX!

Even though she thought it was a dream... she had to be certain.
Vilja spends a lot of time complaining about the “mess,” so it's about time she did something about it. And Aravi was happy to suggest it lol.

Thanks Acadian!

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Aravi takes a couple of days away from vampires. Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh_aeU6ftNQ
TIME: 4:40

Posted by: Grits Jun 27 2011, 07:40 PM

The whole house-cleaning part had me smiling. She does grouse about a little mess!

Oh wow, the, ah, cool thing Aravi found! (Don’t want to spoil it ) Neat to see what it does. Vilja is really being sweet. Maybe she’s one who can’t relax until the house is tidy.

Nice to see them take some time to just enjoy life for awhile.

Posted by: mALX Jun 27 2011, 09:06 PM

That magic stone is Awesome !! Did it not work till she found the magic crystal? Aravi's tail swishes like a fish's tail when she swims - so cute! And I agree with Grits, fascinating "item" she found !!! Cool to find something new after having been there so long !!

Posted by: Acadian Jun 28 2011, 12:10 AM

A nice relaxing interlude. That underground grotto at Red Rose Manor is lovely! And the manor looks like it has a teleportation statue! For a moment, I was afraid Aravi was going to teleport naked to Bravil! Vilja was very sweet.

Posted by: King Coin Jun 29 2011, 05:13 PM

It was fun little episode to make. I had to include that cleaning part somewhere lol. Thanks Grits!

Nope it would not. I was rather surprised finding it just in the pool. Aravi swam past it a couple of times before noticing it. Thanks mALX!!!

What would Buffy say if she opened her door to find a dripping wet naked Khajiit?

Aravi loves the underground grotto. It has lots of alchemy ingredients and that lovely pool of water.
Thanks Acadian!

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As lovely as the pool is, Aravi goes out to find something to do and finds herself back at Fort Homestead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrm4ic7LOY
TIME: 8:06

Posted by: Acadian Jun 30 2011, 12:50 AM

My respect for Aravi just skyrocketed! Frustrated by her inability to get a clean shot to help the Legion, she charged into the fray. It broke my heart to see one of the soldiers fall, but I know Aravi did her best to help.

Ah, a nice exhilarating dungeon crawl among the marauders!

I continue to be amazed at Aravi's ability to accurately pump out arrows at an Alawenesque rate of fire.

She gave it a really good try to catch one of those marauders in that dart trap - it didn't work out for her this time, but it was a smart tactic to try.

Posted by: Grits Jun 30 2011, 04:33 AM

I like seeing the different armor. Especially on dead conjurers and marauders, heh heh.

During the fight on the bridge, did I see birds flying?! Neat!

The part where Aravi dodged arrows was fun to watch. That was some fine shooting!

Posted by: mALX Jun 30 2011, 05:25 AM

Holy Cow! That first Orc ran right by Aravi and hid in the back of that room, letting all his friends die first, lol. I was tickled to see Aravi help the Legionnaires too - whenever Maxical tries to help them I end up having to reload a save, lol.

Aravi is an Awesome all-around fighter, she combines magic, bow, and blade - and does each as well as the other !!! I am loving your vid series - please keep them coming !!!

Posted by: King Coin Jul 1 2011, 03:44 PM

Thanks Acadian! Aravi always lends a hand (or paw) to the legion. She was disappointed but not surprised that the legionary died.

She doesn't have the hitting power that Buffy does so she has to make up for it with more arrows.

Those armors were added by Fran's mod. Birds were from one called Natural Habitat which is included in the http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=2536 mod package.

Thanks Grits!

Poor Maxical keeps accidentally hitting the legionnaires? The question is, do they survive the encounter to arrest her?

When I started Aravi I planned on making her a semi permanent character, so I had to make sure she had enough capabilities to keep things fresh. It would not be nearly as fun if she was just an archer, or just a swords fighter. She isn't nearly as skilled with the bow as she is with the blade. Thanks mALX!!!!

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Aravi continues Fort Homestead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COoymRlgyLo
TIME: 7:12

Posted by: Acadian Jul 2 2011, 01:27 AM

It was nice to see a little more of Aravi in third person in this one. Nice balance now between first and third.

Love her new(ish) hunter's outfit!

Yay! Aravi got her zoom on! She can zoom in on her bow foes now!

Just went through that fort the other day. It's loaded with traps. I was so glad to see Aravi easily avoiding them with her feline vision. Here's Buffy in the same dungeon final area Aravi just cleared:
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Acadian6/ScreenShot456.jpg
http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Acadian6/ScreenShot457.jpg

Posted by: mALX Jul 2 2011, 02:48 AM

Holy Cow, that was some Awesome loot !!! Is that vanilla or modded? Aravi is amazing with that bow !!!Great Vid !!!

Posted by: King Coin Jul 3 2011, 06:54 PM

Thanks for the wonderful screens of Buffy!
I prefer to play in first person view, but I try to do as much as I can in third person when I'm recording.
She is quite cute in her hunting outfit. She'll be wearing it more I think.
Thanks Acadian!

Some of that loot was added by Fran's mod. Actually a lot of it. Thanks mALX!!!!

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Aravi goes back home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2VIUfN1I1k
TIME: 4:16

Posted by: Acadian Jul 4 2011, 12:14 AM

Ahhh. A nice relaxing return to Red Rose Manor. And a swim to wash the marauder cuck and blood off. A lovely way to end the day sitting quietly by the fire with her friend, Vilja.

Posted by: mALX Jul 4 2011, 02:16 AM

I loved this vid, a nice relaxing time ... and maybe Aravi feels safe once again that the nightmares will stop after her bout of marauding marauder's "cucks" - (whatever that may be ...) - ROFL !!!!

I really loved the quietness and peacefulness of this vid, am loving this whole series !!!

Posted by: Grits Jul 5 2011, 03:14 AM

"Cuck" is a term I haven’t heard lately, I smiled to read it.

What a peaceful evening by the fire! It’s storming like crazy here right now, so Aravi and Vilja seemed especially snug and safe in their home.

Posted by: King Coin Jul 6 2011, 04:18 PM

It was a nice evening by the fire. She wasn't going to sit in her home covered in all that blood and... muck did you mean? Thanks Acadian!

“marauding marauder's "cucks"” That just sounds dirty now

Aravi sure enjoyed relaxing after ripping through some marauders. Thanks mALX!

Just reading this makes it sound even more cozy. That fireplace is one of the better features of the house. The one in the cottage was never properly enjoyed because it felt... cramped. Thanks Grits!

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See the notes before watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig1KCsX0MfU
TIME: 5:47
NOTES: I was very tempted to skip this video altogether. Towards the end Aravi uses the statue to teleport to Skingrad and that's what made me decide to put it up. Aravi has some bad dreams (just text) and Vilja gets cranky. If any of that appeals then by all means watch it.

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Aravi searches around county Skingrad looking for the correct ruins containing the scourge of vampires inhabiting them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGTXYGQuifk
TIME: 5:29
NOTE: I recorded this with a failing power supply so that is why game performance is bad. Also I missed that little menu in my editing. That's going to bother me for a long time now.

Posted by: mALX Jul 6 2011, 04:45 PM

I see Vilja is trying to muscle out Aravi for the better bedroom once again, lol. Did you see the pout on Vilja's face complaining about not getting to decide where you are going? Whatever "facial expression" mod Emma used on her is Awesome, do you know what it is?


Have you checked Aravi's "Active Effects" page? She was running out of breath, and fell flat on her face before she even fought! GAAAAH !!!

Great Vids, I am loving this series !!!

Posted by: Grits Jul 6 2011, 05:24 PM

Vilja was grumpy, and she wouldn’t look at Aravi! Maybe she didn’t sleep well, since Aravi insisted on sharing Vilja’s big bedroom. I hope strawberries are in season.

Oh no, Toutius Sextius! Do you think Glarthir did him in? I like how Aravi shook it off after she did a face-plant, but like mALX it worries me! I love the cat armor. And belly-chain gold what? Meow! Wow, those deer didn’t see her at all! Jerric only gets to see their tails as they run away. Aravi must be awesome at sneaking.

Posted by: Acadian Jul 7 2011, 01:52 AM

Vid 1. Oh, more of those terrible dreams! Poor Aravi trying to wash the vampire off with soap. Neat teleporter, and glad they were both fully clothed this time. How neat that it drops them off at the statue of King Rislav!

Vid 2. Vampire hunting. Nope, not in Derelict Mine. I'm with Aravi: "This place is just too darn creepy." Let's try Bloodcrust - the name's a good hint methinks. And some nice (cat) armor. I'm worried that she doesn't have Vilja with her.

Posted by: King Coin Jul 8 2011, 10:31 PM

That was sure weird waking up next to Vilja. She snuck into the bed during the night because Aravi was there FIRST.

With the fatigue mod I'm using, there is always a chance that the PC can trip and fall. It doesn't happen very much, but as you saw, it can. When Aravi was low lever I really had to be careful to guide her around dead bodies and other obstacles on the ground because she ALWAYS fell over them.
Thanks mALX!!!!

Aravi had the bed first!
I think Toutius was jumped by a vampire. There's a lot of those roaming around. The cat armor is great for being sneaky (well, I RP that...). Glad you like!
Oh you like the belly chain?
http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9907/oblivion201107081526187.jpg
The 'Amu' part states that the item takes the amulet slot (lots of those things take the tail slot... and Aravi wants her tail!)
Thanks Grits!! !!

Heh that would be embarrassing to arrive in Skingrad naked!

Derelict was just full of goblins, and she had no interest in fighting them at this time.

Thanks Acadian!!!!

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http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2087/oblivion201107081531022.jpg
This is a pic of the new tail I got for Aravi. This one is textured to match the rest of her fur better. I had some issues getting it to function properly but TES4EDIT solved that problem quite nicely.
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In this one Aravi takes on the vampires of Bloodcrust Cavern and then continues searching for vampires.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc66kTmDa0k

TIME: 11:02

Posted by: mALX Jul 8 2011, 11:19 PM

Holy Cow, that cave has never been so exciting !!! WOW! Aravi really whipped up on that Orc Warlord!

Posted by: Acadian Jul 9 2011, 12:36 AM

Aravi's new tail is really stylin'!

That vampire with the scythe was quite scary. I'm used to games where that type of weapon has massive damage and range so it really caught my attention!

I was so happy to see Aravi tending to her fatigue. I get really worried when she charges into things panting, with just a sliver of green.

Woohoo! Looks like Fort Vlastarus is next. Buffy just cleared it.

Posted by: King Coin Jul 10 2011, 07:01 PM

I was really surprised how fast he went down! Thanks mALX!!

I much prefer this tail over the default one.

That vampire with the scythe freaked me out too. Luckily it was a really slow weapon so Aravi dealt with it just fine. Thanks Acadian!!
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A few screens I've taken:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1017/oblivion201107081752351.jpg

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/105/oblivion201107082011.jpg

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1927/oblivion201107081345094.jpg

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/300/oblivion201107081756335.jpg
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Aravi quickly finds Fort Vlastarus full of vampires and proceeds to attempt to clear it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3BD2so45A
TIME: 10:22

Posted by: Acadian Jul 11 2011, 12:45 AM

Wow! That was intense. My heart was in my throat for Aravi as she fell into the vampire pit. Then again as she got surrounded. Those scrolls really helped her.

Buffy cleared Fort Vlastarus about the same time as Aravi, but went through the fort counter clockwise instead of the clockwise direction Aravi went. Here she is softening up a wraith: http://i668.photobucket.com/albums/vv43/Acadian6/ScreenShot835.jpg
All the purple lighting is from Buffy's spell to bust the wraith's poison immunity. Otherwise it would all be pretty much black with a big pink glowing target. Lol.