The NPCs in the game constantly remark how ugly the Mud Crabs are when in fact they are rather normal looking crabs. This mod changes the stock Oblivion Mud Crabs to appear more like the ones in Morrowind, and perhaps a little uglier to match their reputation.

The stock Oblivion Mud Crabs have been renamed Niben Bay Crabs and are re-added back into the game as a new creature. In addition, other retextured OB mudcrab models from other modders, as well as my own retextures, are added into the game. These all have been given unique names and stats, and in some cases their own unique leveled lists. Each of the new crabs are specific to certain regions in the game. Four of these new types of crabs are added to the Shivering Isles map. The SI crabs are added in through their own unique leveled lists and 120 new spawn points.

The following crabs are now found in the game:

Cyrodiil:
Abescean Sea Crab
Anvil Bay Crab
Gold Coast Crab
Mud Crab
Niben Bay Crab
Topal Bay crab

Shivering Isles:
Dementia Crab
Demon Crab
Mania Crab
Pinnacle Point Crab

Mud Crabs now drop their own ingredient: Mud Crab meat, which is not a food item. The other crabs continue to drop crabmeat.

Included are versions for users of Martigen's Monster Mod (v3.1) and/or Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul (v1.32). Use only one of these versions and load after the esp files for those mods.

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Requirements and Information
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This mod requires the Shivering Isles expansion (patched to 1.20416).

Extract the archive into the data folder of your Oblivion directory. The mesh and texture files should go into their proper subfolders.

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Files
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one esp file
60 game files (see Mudcrabs!_log)
6 jpeg file which may be discarded after viewing

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Version Info
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1.0: Initial version
1.0a: Add patch for missing normal map for the Topal Bay Crab's texture (causes the crab's body to be invisible).


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Credits
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* Aberneth, Windsurfer and jlfn2 for their retextured Mud Crabs.
* MentalElf for his wonderful TES4Files Utility.
* SourceForge for making GIMP available for us modders on a budget.
* The NifSkope team for THE essential tool and great gift to the community.
* The Blender team for another tool for us modders on a budget.
* Bethesda Softworks for this great game and the ability to mod it.


Happy gaming!
~Tarnsman