Hello! :)

Oooo another creepy crawly to add to our wonderful Morrowind! Heh this one is neat too. It's a Moth. :) And it's one mean mother. So watch out!. I call it "The Death Moth".

You can tell one's near, because you will hear it's alien sounding careening. They seem to have quite an aggro radius, so be on your toes. The Death Moth can be found in any area that has gloom, and ofcourse dead things for it to feast on. They generally are carrion eaters, but don't let that fool you. The Death Moth has a mean bite. Because they are so large for a butterfly type creature, thier run isn't to awfully fast. You will know one is coming for you because it's feelers will be straight up, as to sense your presence from the air as it passes by them.


Note: Death Moths were NOT tested in an inclosed, dungeon enviorment. So test them first if you plan on inserting them into any crypts.

Now on to the detailed, and confusing instructions :)

Ok so. In your .rar file you have 1 .tga file. You need to put it into your Morrowind/Data Files/Textures directory.

The .NIF, .nif, and .KF files     all need to be placed into your Morrowind/Datafiles/Meshes directory. If you wish to make a directory for Lady E's models, feel free to do so. You place them in it.

You should have 3 new .wav sound files in for the moth. You need to create a new directory in: Morrowind/Datafiles/Sounds/Cre. Call your new folder(directory) death_moth. Place all those .wav files in there.

Open up TES
Load your plugin
Go to the "Creatures" tab
Right Click on it and choose "new"
Push the "add animation file" button and tell it where death_moth.NIF is.
Check the "fly" button. (Make sure no other Movement options are checked)
Type in a "name" death moth.
Set it's level and all for what you are wanting to use it for.
Click on AI
Select the "wander" AI pack type and push your delete button on your keyboard.
Go to "add Package" and select "wander"
A configuration menu pops up
For Idle 2 set chance to 30           ---note these settings were
all other idles set to 0                 used by me.
Then push the Save button.

If you want the moth to be agressive, set the number by "Fight" to 90
If you want the moth to be passive(lets hope not ;P), set his "Fight" to 30

Hit the OK button.

Now push the Animation button.
Click on the animations and pay attention to the right lower box. You will see "Soundgen" stuff.
What this means is the Moth is waiting for you to tell it what sounds to play for the following sound generation points in it's animations:
Left   (footsteps)
right  (footsteps)
roar   (hits)
moan   (general, knockouts)
scream (deaths)

Alrighty, so I am going to walk you through how to set the sounds for the Cube. First off, save your plugin.

Ok, now go to "gameplay" drop down, and select Sound. It opens up box that has all the sounds for creatures and such. Click on "New". A white box pops up. It wants you to name your sound. Lets call it moth_scream. Click "ok". Now, push the button called "Sound File Name", and go to the directory you placed your new moth .wav files into, and select the moth_scream.wav file. There ya go! Click ok.
You need to load all 3 of the moth wav files just like this one. When you are done with that, continue to the next paragraph.

Now go up to "gameplay" drop down and select Soundgen. It opens up a box that has all the sounds in the game. :) If you are unsure on what you want to choose, under gameplay (you can leave the soundgen window open if you want) click on sound. This brings up a box with all the sounds in it. If you click on a sound it will play it for you.
Ok go through each sound type and I will tell you what sound goes with it for the Moth.

Left   -moth_wglftrgt(This is the flapping wing sound)
right  -not applicable (Meaning no sound for it)
roar   -kwanF roar  (sound already loaded in Morrowind) 
moan   -moth_moan  
scream -moth_scream
land   -Body Fall Small (sound already loaded in Morrowind)

Alright. Go to Soundgen. Click the button "new" now under the creature drop down select "death_moth". Under "type" select "left".
Under Sound select "moth_wglftrgt". There now you just did the sound that plays when the moth flaps it's hideous wings of death! Woot!

-->>To put in a new sound make sure you hit the "new" button.<<--

Assign all the sounds to the Moth. There should be 5 when you are done.
Left
Roar
Moan
Scream
Land

Once you have placed all the sounds in, hit the "ok" button.

Now place the Death Moth where you want in Morrowind. :)

I may release other versions for Moth texture wise. We will see :)

But anyhow, hope you like him!
Feed back would be much appriciated if you have 1-2 minutes to spare. Shoot me an email at ladyeternity@cox.net and tell me what you think!

Lady E