Name: Ashara's Sirens and Tritons - animation patch
Version: 1.1
Date: 05-12-2008
Category: Races
Requirements: Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.214, Ashara's Sirens and Tritons.
Author(s): Ashara
Source: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=19103


Description
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This is an animation patch for Ashara's Sirens and Tritons. It replaces the default swim forward and swim fast forward animations with two cutsom ones that make your Siren or Tritons swim like one. 

IMPORTANT: 
* there is no way of replacing an animation only for a race. So, this will replace the swimming animations for ALL characters and NPCs, irrespective of their race.
* these animations only work well if you swim with the mermaid's tail equipped. If not, your legs (or the legs of NPCs)  will move weirdly when swimming.



Required mods
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* Ashara's Sirens and Tritons version 2.8: http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=19103


Install
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1. Install first Ashara's Sirens and Tritons. 

2. Extract the files of this mod to a temporary location and chek the folder structure.

3. Copy to (install folder)\Oblivion\Data\:
.- the meshes folder
If asked if you want to overwrite existing files say "Yes to all". This will overwrite the default swimming animation.


Incompatibility
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None that I am aware of. If you find any, please tell me.


Known Issues or Bugs
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IMPORTANT: 
* there is no way of replacing an animation only for a race. So, this will replace the swimming animation for ALL characters and NPCs, irrespective of their race.
* these animations only work well if you swim with the mermaid's tail equipped. If not, your legs (or the legs of NPCs)  will move weirdly when swimming.


If you find anything else, please tell me.


History
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1.1, 05-12-2008 - added replacer for the swim fast forward animation
1.0, 23-11-2008 - Initial release.


Contact
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You can contact me leaving a comment at the mod's thread, sending me a PM or leaving a comment at the mod's thread at the official forum: http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=868223.

Any ideas on how to improve this mod are wellcome.


Credits
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Thanks to Bethesda for creating Oblivion.
Thanks to Growlf for the clothing meshes and textures, and for his body, especially for his mermaid tail: without it I wouldn't have dared make this mod. 
Thanks to Shippo and Trox on Clan Dlan and Lisnpuppy and Szabo on TESNexus for testing the animation and for their valuable suggestions on how to improve it.
Thanks to LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on: http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp.
Thanks to TESNexus.com for the a one-stop-shop resource for authors and players.
Thanks to all the modding community for all their tutorials, tools and help.
Thanks to all of you that are using this mod and are helping me to improve it with your suggestions.


Tools Used
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Blender - http://www.blender.org
NIFSkope - http://www.niftools.org/
Readme Generator - http://lhammonds.game-host.org/obmm/tools_readme_generator1.asp


Licensing/Legal
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Feel free to use this mod as you want. You can use it as it is or you can modify it in any way you want to.
If you want to use any of the meshes/textures included in this mod, give full credit to their original authors.

