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Morrowind-Colored Soul Gems

This mod changes soul gems to be colored like they were in Morrowind. Instead of
having all the soul gems be the same color, they use different colors for ease of recognition
and because they are more interesting to look at that way.




Mod: Morrowind-Colored Soul Gems 1_0
Game: TES V: Skyrim
Author: David Brasher
Date: 2/11/12
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CONTENTS
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1. Information on the Mod
2. Installation
3. Version History
4. Conflicts, Known Issues, and Troubleshooting
5. Copy Status and Credits
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1. INFORMATION ON THE MOD
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This mod changes soul gems to be colored like they were in Morrowind. Instead of
having all the soul gems be the same color, they use different colors for ease of recognition
and because they are more interesting to look at that way.

The colors of the soul gems:

Petty: Light Blue
Lesser: Dark Blue
Common: Default unchanged Skyrim soul gem. (Pink/Purple/Blue)
Greater: Purple
Grand: Yellow/Orange

Black: Default unchanged Skyrim black soul gem. (Black)

The shapes of the models are the same as original Skyrim models. The grand soul
gem is shaped like a greater soul gem rather than like a Morrowind grand soul gem, but that is
okay with me, because the greater soul gem had a more impressive shape than the grand soul gem.

This mod is designed to add additional meshes and textures without overwriting the
original ones. That makes it easy to deactivate and quit using the mod if you wish to.

Indeed, there are other mods available that change the colors of soul gems. This
mod just provides you another choice, is easier to install than some soul gem mods, and is
more traditional and lore-friendly than some of them.
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2. Installation
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Extract (decompress) the .esp, meshes, and textures to your Skyrim directory.
(It will be something like *Installation directory*\Skyrim\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\Data)
Mark the box next to the "Morrowind-Colored Soul Gems" plugin in your mod manager.

Alternately, extract someplace else. Then move the .esp to Skyrim\Data. Mark the
box next to the plugin in your mod manager.
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3. Version History
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V 1.0 2/11/12 Initial release.
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4. Conflicts, Known Issues, and Troubleshooting
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Other mods already exist to recolor soul gems. This is just another option for you.
This mod tries to match closely with Morrowind lore, and it is easier to install than some soul
gem mods.

The soul gems are very smooth and shiny. The face that most directly reflects light
from a nearby source will be a somewhat different color than the other surfaces. The soul gems
look quite different depending on how much light there is.

The vanilla Skyrim grand soul gem model did not make it into this mod. A slightly
scaled-up greater soul gem model is used instead. There were issues with CK errors regarding the
diffuse map and issues with excessive shininess no matter what textures and what spectral,
emissive, and gloss settings were used. The current version of NifSkope is still under
development to be compatible with Skyrim, and it could not deal well with this problem model.

If you locate a bug, contact David Brasher on TES Nexus so that the situation can be
examined and can hopefully be fixed.
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5. Copy Status and Credits
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Credits: Bethesda for making Skyrim in an open format that anyone can mod.

Copy Status: Public domain with proper attribution and notification. You may use things from
this mod in your own mod and distribute it as long as you list me in your credits
and notify me that you have done this.
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