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     The Elder Scrolls III
           MORROWIND: 
   Altaran Race v1.1 by Westly
		
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Index:
1. Installation
2. Playing the Plugin
3. Save Games
4. Changing the Face of an Existing Character
5. Credits & Usage



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    INSTALLING THE PLUGIN

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Manual Installation:

Just drag and drop these onto the data files folder in your 
Morrowind directory and they will go where they are meant to go 
(except the readme). All the files are placed inside folders as marked
(become familiar with manual installations, your game will thank you for it)

In addition to the regular Meshes and Textures folder, I have also included
an Extras folder.  This folder (by itself) does not go into your Datafiles folder.
Inside the Extras folder one will find alternate textures for the Altaran Race
(Alternate tattoo body textures for male and female, alternate nude for the female, and 
alternate vampire textures.  To install these, simply find the texture that you want
and place that texture in your games Textures folder (it will overwrite the previous 
Altaran Texture).

New in v 1.1 in the Extras folder are the meshes and textures for the nude male mesh
(for all of the clothing lovers out there :) )

The nude mesh can be found in the "Nude Male Texture and Mesh (No Tattoo)" folder.
It is nestled in this folder as it would appear in the games Data Files folder.
This installs like the main mod does (by dragging/copying the contents of this 
folder into your games Data Files folder).  The alternate tattoo nude texture is 
not nestled in the same fashion (it is placed loosely in its folder).  To install the
nude tattoo option, then open the "Nude Male Tattoo Texture" folder and drag/copy 
the loose texture therin into your games textures folder directly.
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    PLAYING THE PLUGIN

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From the Morrowind Launcher, select Data Files and check the box 
next to the Westly Presents-Altaran.esp file.

This plugin adds:

20 male Altaran Heads
20 female Altaran Heads

(including variations
with and without tattoo/markings)

(also a good amount of altered hairs are included in 
various colours)

the Altaran (ahl-TAH-rahn)

This race is not really a race at all, but more a family group whose Mother was an Altmer, and whose father was a Breton. Being 3/4 elf, they
 have inherited all of the natural ties to magic.  Because of their Breton blood (or the 1/4 human) their resistances have been raised. 
(example: The Altmer have weakness to fire=50, 
wheras the Altaran only have a weakness of 5)

Essentially, because of their lineage, 
Breton strengths cancel Altmer weakness (to put it another way).
They are fairly well rounded race, and could play as most any class 
(though their skill bonuses give them magical advantages).  

[code]STATS:

Skill Bonus:
Mysticism         5
Alteration        5
Conjuration       5
Destruction       10
Illusion          5
Long Blade        10
Medium Armour     5

Base Attributes:
STR    40/40
INT    40/40
WIL    40/40
AGI    40/40
SPD    35/35
END    35/35
PER    40/40
LUC    40/40

Specials:
Resist Magika 30pts

Weakness to Shock/Fire/Frost 5pts (so small, but it is in their blood after all)

Resist Disease 35pts

Dragon Skin (though to a lesser degree than the Breton's Dragon Skin Power)

Fortify Maximum Magika 10pts

Cheers!

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     Save Games

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This plugin will not invalidate your old saved games. If you save 
your game while this plugin is loaded, you may encounter error messages 
when you reload the saved game without the plugin. But you will be
able to continue on with the original game.


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      Changing the Face/Race of an Existing Character

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To change the face of your existing character without starting a new game, 
open the console and type "enableracemenu". Choose your new face/race and hair. 
Changing your race will cause temporary problems that should resolve 
themselves when you reload. Always save your game first in case of 
unpredictable errors and save afterwards in a new file.

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      Credits & Usage

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Original face models by Rhedd & Robert (I am extremely thankful), 
in some instances, altered by Westly.

Original Hair meshes by Ren, altered by Westly (additional meshes 
added in v1.1 from Ren's Oblivion Set)

Original Hair Mesh by Andy, slightly altered by Westly

Better Body Mesh by Neuman and the Better Bodies Team

Textures by Westly


For permissions and usage (for textures) contact:
weasel_98_99@yahoo.com



Thank You! to Dave Humphrey for creating NifTexture
Thank you NifTools for NifSkope
Thank you to the community for the continuing support.
Thank you to AlienSlof for initally pointing me down the 
right paths when I first began making mods.



Questions comment?  

I hang around Planetelderscrolls and The Elder Scrolls Forums 
with my given id "Westly".  Seek me out at these forums. 
Please PM if you have any questions. 



V1.1 additions:

8 new hairstyles for females and 4 new hairstyles for males using
converted meshes from Ren's Oblivion Beauty Pack :).

New higher resolution skins for faces and bodies

Additional nude male meshes and textures (previously unavailable)

Pertinent textures have now been changed to Mipped .DDS format (for improved performance)
