by Sauron256
This plugin
places a rather large castle to the south-southwest of the
You can get there by ship
from either the Ebon Heart docks or the docks of
You will be given the choice
of either going to the eastern docks or the main docks. I would
suggest going to the eastern docks if this is your
first visit to Helios Keep. I would also
suggest visiting at night. Considering how large Helios Keep is, the
castle looks much nicer at
night since the game engine doesn’t use fog to cut render
distance as aggressively at night. Not
to mention that the lighting of the castle looks much
better at night.
2.0 Secret of the Nerevarine
The castle in its current
state doesn’t have any quests yet and is there for setting and atmosphere.
However, that will
change! Thread Whisperer will be merging Helios Keep into his SotN TC.
Then we’ll have quests! However, in the mean time, if you would like
to make a quest for Helios Keep,
please contact me and we’ll see what we can do.
3.0 Requirements
Helios Keep requires both
Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions to run. The plugin was
created
using version 1.6.1820 of the game. It should work with earlier versions, but I
cannot guarantee
that it will. You
can get the patches here.
One warning to note is that
this plugin uses quite a few face mods
created by many different artists.
The textures used are the
original textures packaged by the face mod creator. Installing this mod may
overwrite the textures installed by Faces of Vvardenfell (FOV).
If you like the FOV faces better,
just re-install it after installing Helios Keep. If you use Better Bodies, you should be okay.
4.0 Installation
I highly suggest you use Venymora’s installer to install Helios Keep. It’s easy and makes my life
much easier as far as support goes. However, if you decide that you want to
manually install
Helios Keep using 7-Zip:
A) You’ll have to extract the files to your “Data
Files” folder
B) Then enable the Helios_Keep.esp file from the launcher
C) If you don’t know how to do steps A or B, use the
installer!!! (install.exe)
Many
thanks to the following people. Making Helios Keep in all it’s
glory would never have been
possible without their contributions.
-
Original face and hair models by Rhedd.
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Original face and hair textures by Allerleirauh.
Retextured Rhedd & Allie’s Heads and Hair by:
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Eternum
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DarkSharp
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Nomad
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Hell Kitty
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Noviere
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Canadian Ice
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Avenger female
cuirasses
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Hurdy Gurdy robes
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Venymora robes
-
Jeremy McGuinn for Domina cuirasses and Dibella shield
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Mantodea for Paladin Armor
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Arnon Marcus (A.K.A. Ainur or Eru) for Elendil’s Helm
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Rhedd’s Morgiah’s red dress
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Jeremy McGuinn for Dibella tapestries,
alters, and coat-of-arms
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Lord Yig & Zuldazug for Imperial
flags, shields, tapestries, and rugs
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FlyTSI for his Chartres cathedral
interior
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ThreadWhisperer for his Imperial retexture of Redoran
interiors
-
Emma’s clothing script
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Rolach’s healing pool
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FlyTSI
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Gen_Lee
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ThreadWhisperer
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TextureFreak
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TeuTonic
Misc.
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Sniper Daria’s Koi
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Lady Eternity’s fruit
& Butterfly
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Xanondorf’s alchemy lab
-
Jdooby’s trees
If there is anyone I have
missed, please let me know and I’ll add them.
** Special thanks to Venymora for her awesome installation utility!
** Special thanks to ThreadWhisperer for his encouragement and feedback in
addition to his beautiful retextured interior statics! I think I
would have given up
on this project if it were not for his encouragement
and feedback.
6.0 Disclaimer
This
is not an official plugin. Use it at your own risk. However, be assured that
I
have tested this plugin thoroughly and do not expect
any major problems except
for the ones I mention in this document. I will not be responsible for any damage
caused by this mod, however unlikely. ;)
By using this mod, you are agreeing to
the above terms and conditions.
As
with all plugins that add large areas of land, this plugin will some day conflict
other plugins and projects (Tamriel Rebuilt comes to mind). This simply cannot be
helped and you the player simply have to choose which plugin to keep active.
I
have, however, tried to pick cells that don’t conflict with any
well-known, currently
released mods.
7.0 Other Mods by Me
8.0 Version History
1.0.01 Fixed error in underground baths script.
1.0.02 Fixed problem where companions would fall into the water upon arrival at
Helios Keep. Changed all interior cell lighting to have at least 0.01 fog
density so that ATI video card users can see these interiors properly. Added
more stairs to the main docks so that the PC can climb out of the water onto
the docks.