Sanguine Justice Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) I've searched and searched and there are some great vampire mods out there, but not one I've been able to find has quite what I'm looking for. Maybe it's not possible? It seems like it should have been done a long time ago, but I can never find it. My plea will probably be ignored because of all the great vampire mods that are out there, but I would really appreciate it if someone tweaked one or created a new mod to suit my desires. I love vampires and I love the Elder Scrolls but I HATE the Elder Scrolls vampires. I wanna be a dark, sexy vampire, not a hideous monstrous one! I REALLY REALLY WANT a mod that:-makes the player's face stay exactly the same as they created it(not the standard face or a new face, the one the player created), EXCEPT for the eyes and fangs, while maintaining the ability to feed. No stupid toggling back and forth from absolutely human to fugly vampire.-makes the player gain vampire powers/spells as they age in the game as a vampire, not gaining or losing powers when they feed or if they don't feed.-makes not feeding at least once every three days damage the player's health and/or stats.-makes vampire's eyes bright, glowing gold(I can easily do this myself though just by changing the name of a texture file or two). I would like a mod that:-makes the player's status as a vampire completely unknown to mortal npc's unless caught feeding or being sun damaged.-makes all npc vampires friendly to the vampire player unless provoked.-adds the option to bottle blood for later(custom texture/mesh/icon, that has the same effect as feeding) to the "feed/talk/pickpocket" menu.-adds vampire hunters to the world who only attack the player if they are a vampire, and attack npc vampires as well.-adds small claws(or the ability to toggle between no claws and huge claws that could be used as weapons) to all vampires in addition to the above fangs and nifty eyes.-makes argonian and khajit vampires have their own custom vampire eyes, without affecting the "human" races of vampires. Edited October 5, 2011 by Sanguine Justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirgarth Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Very good suggestions, I would use such a mod. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brasher Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 There is a game engine limitation that prevents a nice-looking vampire from feeding. The game will only allow what it defines as a vampire to use the animations and feed to get the effects. The only things it defines as vampires are those with a certain "ability." Abilities are sort of like the greater powers, lesser powers, diseases, and curses. You can only feed when you have this ability, and this ability makes you ugly. So this is why so many vampire mods have a really lame toggle between pretty and unable to feed, and ugly and able to feed. It was done this way because no one could find a way to defeat Oblivion's hardcoding. Your requests for gold eyes and hideous nosferatu claws are not typical requests, and it is not surprising that no one has ever made them. They are not bad things, it is just odd that you are shocked that no one has made them yet. Gold eyes are not part of standard vampire lore. (Yes, some vampires in Twilight have gold eyes, but those are not standard vampires of legend.) There is not a lot of demand for hideous vampire claws because most people are focused on making their vampires pretty. It would seem that you too are interested in making your vampire pretty, and indistinguishable from the humans it preys on, so I am not sure where scary claws fit in. In real life, if I saw a person with scary claws, I would be curious, nervous, and suspicious. I might even think about monsters and vampires. I don't believe there are any built-in checks that could easily be used to detect whether or not any other NPCs are present while you are being sun damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoofSquared Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 There is a game engine limitation that prevents a nice-looking vampire from feeding. The game will only allow what it defines as a vampire to use the animations and feed to get the effects. The only things it defines as vampires are those with a certain "ability." Abilities are sort of like the greater powers, lesser powers, diseases, and curses. You can only feed when you have this ability, and this ability makes you ugly. Just a quick question if you're there for answering; how does this work? Are you exactly sure? I could bet my mother I've been able to feed as a vampire character while the ugly face morphing was completely disabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguine Justice Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 I don't believe there are any built-in checks that could easily be used to detect whether or not any other NPCs are present while you are being sun damaged. Couldn't you just make some script like the already present checks for theft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguine Justice Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 There is a game engine limitation that prevents a nice-looking vampire from feeding. The game will only allow what it defines as a vampire to use the animations and feed to get the effects. The only things it defines as vampires are those with a certain "ability." Abilities are sort of like the greater powers, lesser powers, diseases, and curses. You can only feed when you have this ability, and this ability makes you ugly. So this is why so many vampire mods have a really lame toggle between pretty and unable to feed, and ugly and able to feed. It was done this way because no one could find a way to defeat Oblivion's hardcoding. I could bet my mother I've been able to feed as a vampire character while the ugly face morphing was completely disabled. I just found the mod you were talking about, Neokore. It is indeed possible, David!! Here's the proof: http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?id=2566&view=OblivionMods.Detail This mod disables all appearance changes of vampirism, but you can still feed without having to toggle back to the vampire look. That's the only thing it does, but it proves that the mod I want could be done! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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