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     	     The Elder Scrolls III
           	   MORROWIND: 
  Westly's Pluginless Replacer_Dark Elves_Imperials 
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Index:
1. Installation
2. Playing the Plugin
3. Save Games
4. Issues/Bugs/Mild Irritances
5. Credits & Usage

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    INSTALLING THE PLUGIN

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Manual Installation:

This mod is packaged/archived with 7zip.  Should one desire to use
this mod, an archive programme such as 7zip, Winrar, Winace, or 
Zip Genious should be used to extract/open the information/files herein.
(Although, if you are reading this, then you already know how to do 
extract from archived files, so good for you :) ).

Once extracted/opened, just drag and drop the Data Files Folder into 
the Morrowind folder in your C:\Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\ 
directory and they will go where they are meant to go (except the 
README). All thefiles are placed inside folders as marked (become 
familiarwith manual installations, your game will thank you for it). 
You will then be prompted to overwrite.  Click yes/ok and the files 
should now be properly installed.

Files included in the Data Files folder of this mod:

Data Files Folder->
->Meshes Folder
->-> b Folder
->->->All Pertinent Mesh Files
->Textures Folder
->->All Pertinent Texture Files

Westly's Pluginless Replacer_Dark Elves_Imperials README (which 
you are reading right now ;) )

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    PLAYING THE PLUGIN

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This mod is a pluginless replacer (which means no .esp is used; 
rather, the mod directly replaces certain meshes already used in
the base game Data Files of Morrowind).

This replaces the meshes for the original/stock Dark Elf and 
Imperial head and hair meshes (utilizing modder made meshes
and new high-resolution textures).  The new look for these
heads and hairs seeks to keep the appearance of the original 
versions with high-rez features and mostly photo realistic 
details.


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     Save Games

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As a pluginless replacer, this will not truly affect a save game
(so no worries here) 


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      Issues/Bugs/Mild Irritances

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-Some of the longer hairstyles might clip with the body 
during certain animations (but not so much as is to be 
unexpected without physiquing/skinning).

-The head textures included in this archive are 
at 1024x1024 resolution (but sould be compressed 
enough so that the large size should not cause
to much impact in the way of performance).

-The hair meshes were redesigned to "fit" with the 
head meshes included in this mod; I can not guarantee 
that they will fit with other modder made heads (so 
here is fair/advanced warning just in case).

-The hairs use alpha channels (the layer in the texture 
that makes certain bits of a mesh transparent through use 
of texture specified areas).  As such, under certain conditions, 
the hairs might function awkwardly (like flickering when 
overlapped withanother alpha enabled mesh, or disappearing when 
spells like "Invisibility" or "Chameleon"are cast on the player 
(though once the spell is ended, the hair should return to normal).  
This true of many hair mods, not just this one (so no worries, enh)?


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      Credits & Usage

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Dark Elf Meshes by Rhedd, Darksharp, and Banic

Imperial head meshes by Rhedd and Darksharp

Barenziah and Helseth's Crown Meshes by KafeiD

Sideburn Meshes by Barabus

Hair meshes by Ren, Idkrr,Throttle Kitty (with permission),
Darksharp, Peggy, and Mandamus

(PM me if you need to know exactly what mesh was made by what modder)

Westly - Textures and recobbling/altering meshes where needed ;)

Thank you NifTools for NifSkope
Thank you to the community for the continuing support.
Thank you to AlienSlof for initally pointing me down the 
right paths when I first began making mods.

Permissions = Feel free to use this mod as you like (just do not re-upload or 
redistribute this as it is in this archive).  If you would like to use this in 
a mod separate from this given mod, then please make sure that the appropriate
credits are acknowledged and that I am "here" to assist you if necessary :D.
If any changes are made to textures or meshes, then rename them so as to 
not conflict with the original textures/meshes.

                    
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Modders for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind may use
these Items/Textures in this mod freely as long as you
give credit to Westly, the original author and right holder
of the textures herein and the original mesh authors listed 
above.

Please respect Bethesda's rules and do not charge money
for your mod or use these textures outside of the The
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

Do not reupload or redistribute these textures in any way 
that is not in the capacity mentioned above for any other 
purpose than for the modding of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.  
Usage outside of the purpose of modding for 
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind is strictly prohibited.

Please Include this information along with a credit to me
(Westly) in additional READMEs in an individual section
concerning the use of these textures as they are without 
alteration (whereas any alterations are prohibited).

These requests and permissions cover only this mod and
not the game itself.
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Questions? Comments?  

I can be found at The Bethesda Games Studio Forum 
with my given id "Westly".  Seek me out at this forum. 
Please PM if you have any questions. 

