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Converts all female armors in Oblivion WarCry to fit to The Girl Next Door v2 body. Also adds female versions where none previously existed. Compatible w/TGND 2.1B and OWC 1.085, 1.085b, and 1.09.

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======== TOP MATTER ========

TGND2 WarCry Replacer v1.0.1
Assembled and tweaked by Manks


========= SUMMARY ==========

Converts all female armors in Oblivion WarCry to fit to The Girl Next Door v2 body. Also adds female versions where none previously existed. Compatible w/TGND 2.1B and OWC 1.085, 1.085b, and 1.09.


======= REQUIREMENTS =======

The Girl Next Door Female Body and Clothing Replacer by Luchaire and Kalia, version 2.1b or greater (http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=30914).

Oblivion WarCry v1.085 (http://www.worldofelderscrolls.de/?go=dlfile&fileid=12) 1.085b (patch from 1.08 or 1.085 http://rapidshare.com/files/57753891/OWC_Patch_1.08b_1.085b.7z.html), or 1.09 (patch from 1.085b http://www.4shared.com/get/h7YidszA/OblivionWarCry109.html). Optionally, grab the optimized resources BSA as well (http://www.gamefront.com/files/17597960/Oblivion_Warcry_EV_Opti_7z/).

(Recommended) TGND2 Vanilla Armor Patch, version 1.0.2 or greater (http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=41811).


======= INSTALLATION =======

Installation order will depend on whether or not you use the BSA for the resources or loose files. If the BSA, you'll need to handle Archive Invalidation - something both Wyre Bash and OBMM do for you. See http://cs.elderscrolls.com/index.php/Oblivion_Mods_FAQ#Archive_Invalidation for reference.

If you use loose files, install the replacer *after* OWC.


BAIN
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1. Drop the release archive into your BASH Installers Folder.

2. In Wyre Bash, go to the installers tab.

3. Right click the package name from the main installer list and select install.

4. (Optional) Run BOSS, or adjust the load order manually. Load after OWC esp.

5. (Optional) Rebuild your bashed patch.


OMOD
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I don't use OBMM, so while the mod has OMOD conversion data available, I can't say exactly how it will work. Presumably, install like any other OMOD-ready mod. Install after OOO 1.33 or 1.34, and after TGND.


MANUAL
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1. Drop the archive's contents into your oblivion/data directory.

2. Sort and activate the esps, as in BAIN directions above. The conversion needs to be after OWC in your load order.


=== DETAILED DESCRIPTION ===

Converts all female Oblivion WarCry armors/clothing to the TGND body type. The typical TGND treatment includes a slightly larger butt, bit of a tummy, thinner wrists, flatter chest, and smaller feet.

This replacer is a bit unusual in that many of the female versions included in OWC were considerably more generic than their male counterparts. I took some artistic license and made the female versions more similar to the original male models than the original female ones.

As a graphics conversion, the esp should be safe to merge into your Bashed patch.

It might be of interest to other modders that included are a few TGND meshes with male UV maps, which makes them useful for replacers where no female textures are included. These include versions of the ebony boots, ebony cuirass' arms, and elven cuirass.

A word of warning: OWC is a relatively large mod and I am but one person. It is probable that a mistake was made somewhere. Please report any bugs.

Finally, some of the armor sets were done rather hastily, as they were pick-and-mixes from vanilla sources. Some clipping might have been introduced as a result. Let me know and I'll take a look into resizing/reweighting.

Side notes:
All meshes have been optimized with PyFFI-py3k 2.2.0
The esps should be clean
Comments are always welcome


========= CHANGES ==========

Version 1.0.1 - 04/17/2012
Eliminated some seams on the dwarven robe and deleted a few invisible vertices
Eliminated seams on elven guard robe and tightened the belt so that it's one-sidedness won't be visible
Filled in the missing skin on the Unischwarzertod robe
Filled seams on steel and god dawn robes
Added a missing alpha property on the undead eleven boots
Cut off the tips of the tongues of the god-dawn, st. alessia, and kriegspfad boots to make them match the original
Several pieces had their "skin" material renamed, causing the flesh parts to appear incorrect in game.
Went through all the meshes with Nifskope and compared their properties to the originals. Hopefully synchronized them all.

Version 1.0.0 - 04/01/2012
initial release


====== REDISTRIBUTION ======

I managed to get this off using only bits of vanilla meshes and TGND basic body with no original content being repackaged. Consequently, redistribution is possible so long as you credit the original artists.

If you wish to redistribute something that uses a body-part mesh, cite the folks listed under "Body parts" in the credits. Otherwise, to redistribute any armors, cite those listed under "Armors" in the credits. Cite the OWC artists too, as there'd be nothing to redistribute without them.


======= TOOLS USED =========

Blender 2.49b
Nifskope 1.1.0-RC5
PyFFI 2.2.0
TES4Edit 3.0.15


========= CREDITS ==========

-------- OWC Armors --------

From what I can glean from the OWC 1.08 readme:

Female Armor Pack - ryunnsun
All remaining armors - Lazarus


--- TGND Body and Meshes ---

All armors are retextures/mesh swaps from Vanilla, so this effort relies heavily on The Girl Next Door Female Body and Clothing Replacer and my own TGND2 Vanilla Armor Patch.

Body parts:

They derive from TGND by Luchaire and Kalia, assisted by Chingari, Sickleyield, Kristoffer, and Alt3rn1ty. Tracing the work way back, it originated with Exnem and Raiar and their Exnem and HGEC bodies.

The arms were inspired by Team Fantasy Figures by AcidRain, Corwyn, Daede, Kalikut, Oubliette, Robert, and SickleYield.

Robert's female feet were adapted by Luchaire. Credits: Robert, Drazius, Baron B, AmberAder, Edhildil, RomanAder, and Coronerra.


Vanilla meshes:

Primarily from TGND armor replacer, whose existence is due to Luchaire and Kalia but can be traced to EVE HGEC Eyecandy Variants Expansion (http://tes.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=24078). Project credits are Axil, Corepcmmp, Grhys, Gudwyn, MadCat221, Morphan, Lol9, Sm0ken1nfin8, Zinni, and xFrancis147.


And finally, Bethesda, for making all this possible.