Release 2.5.0

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OAAB_Data Release 2.5.0

It's been over 9 months since the last release so there are quite a few new assets in this update. But equally important, there have been a number of critical bug fixes accumulating during that time which will be addressed in this release.

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Changelog

Additions

• Added com crypt set and grave assets (R0)
• Added chitin weapons (greatmace, longbow, longspear, longsword, staff, and dart) (Anroha)
• Added daedric weapons (shortbow and throwing star) (Anroha and MD)
• Added dwemer weapons (bolt, longsword, and dagger) (Anroha)
• Added ebony weapons (dai-katana, katana, throwing knife, tanto, wakizashi, and warhammer) (Anroha)
• Added glass weapons (mace, saber, battle axe, and shortbow)
• Added imperial weapons (arrow, club, dart, longsword, mace, staff, and waraxe) (Anroha)
• Added silver weapons (dai-katana, katana, longbow, shortbow, tanto, wakizashi, and warhammer) (Anroha)
• Added book "Dark Elves of the West" (R0)
• Added blue kanet ingredient bundle (MwGek)
• Added "Blank Journals" (were previously included as examples in OAAB_Cells)
• Added measuring spoons (LondonRook)
• Added bone rat creature and skull (Asylum)
• Added com mid lectern, bookshelf, and scroll rack (Dim)
• Added com rich side table and short drawers (TD)
• Added de plain loft bed (Dim)
• Added de rich scroll racks (Dim)
• Added interior and exterior Telvanni dormers (GitD)
• Added triune (100) model (Endoran)
• Added two Redoran building variants (Shivatheo)
• Added clothespin (Dim)
• Added corkscrew (Hemaris)
• Added barrel sling attachment for crane kit (MD)
• Added picnic basket (MD)
• Added dwemer cell door (Team Sixth-and-a-Half House)
• Added dwemer terrarium (Dim)
• Added dwemer spotlight (MwGek)
• Added new classes (Author, Beggar, Butcher, Clerk, Foreman, Grocer, Painter, Sailor, Sculptor, Surgeon, and Weaver)
• Added empty alchemy jars (Zircon and MD)
• Added grain sack containers (Dim and MD)
• Added de ex chair (Dim and MD)
• Added potter's wheels (MD)
• Added pottery clay assets (MD)
• Added de ex leantos (MwGek)
• Added functional levitation and teleportation disabled markers (R0)
• Added wooden practice sword (R0)
• Added Raven Rock windows with GitD functionality (MD)
• Added toolbox (Dim)
• Added large Velothi wall set (MD)
• Added foghorn
• Added Velothi large bridge set pieces (MD)

Improvements

• Improved water skin model (Ruffin)
• Improved parasol spider model (Ruffin)
• Improved spider milk model (Ruffin)
• Improved the small velothi hearth to have more flexible usage (MD)
• Improved wide waterfall animation speed (MD)
• Updated ebony bolt and halberd (MD and Remiros)
• Updated ebony claymore and longbow (Anroha)
• Updated glass Akaviri weapons, spear, and dart (Anroha and MD)
• Updated reinforced crossbow to use the unused vanilla model
• Updated Ashlander tent to be a usable bed
• Updated lava bubbles to use vanilla textures (MD)
• Updated leather hat fit on heads (MD)
• Updated velothi towers to have GitD functionality (MD)
• Updated dust merchant boots to properly cover gaps when used with other armor (MD)
• Updated shacks to have GitD functionality (MD)
• Optimized parasol models (MD)
• Optimized mold cave assets with root details (MD)

Fixes

• Fixed improperly assigned sound gens
• Fixed enchanted weapons not ignoring weapon resist effect
• Fixed com rich canopy beds having unapplied transforms
• Fixed graphic herbalism functionality on bundled ingredients (MwGek)
• Fixed normals on dwemer machine kit and grate room models
• Fixed UV on Dunmer thug helm
• Fixed weight capacity on dwemer cabinets
• Fixed visible holes in velothi stairs
• Fixed UV seams on rooted menhirs
• Fixed triunes which were missing a script
• Fixed holes in shipwreck rib pieces
• Fixed defective jump enchantment to have negative effect
• Fixed inverted collision on strong_balc01
• Fixed crystal particle effects to look correct in OpenMW
• Fixed 1st person meshes on light steel armor

Additions

Classes

This update includes several vocationally themed classes which are primarily meant to be assigned to NPCs but an optional integration mod will be released alongside this update which will make these classes playable:

• Author
• Beggar
• Butcher
• Clerk
• Foreman
• Grocer
• Painter
• Sailor
• Sculptor
• Surgeon
• Weaver

"My trade" responses have been added for each of the classes. The Beggar class also comes with voiced greetings for the non-beast races.

Clutter

We've got an assortment of new clutter in this update thanks to several different contributors. MwGek fixed up the graphic herbalism functionality of the existing ingredient bundle containers and added a new one for blue kanet flowers while he was at it. DimNussens (Dim) created a toolbox and clothespins. Hemaris made a corkscrew which will fit perfectly in the new toolbox. Empty versions of the alchemical jars were made by Lord Zircon and ultimately I ultimately recreated them. Endoran created a pile of 100 triune coins (the pre-Armistice currency used in Morrowind). Dim made a wooden practice sword which was ultimately remodeled by Reizeron (R0). I edited and added a pair of silver measuring spoons which LondonRook made for an alchemy set for his Outlander project. Dim made a clothespin which can be used both as clutter and as a detail for hanging things on a clothesline using the spread version that I made. I also made a picnic basket and an Imperial foghorn.

Crane barrel attachment

While browsing an old dictionary, I came across a picture of a barrel sling and decided that we needed one in OAAB_Data. So here it is as a new attachment for the crane kit.

Crypt and grave sets

Some exciting additions for this update are the crypt and grave sets by R0. It's a new common crypt set and many grave assets to augment it. Dungeon and exterior modders will have a plethora of new goodies to use including tombstones, coffins, and more.

Dark Elves of the West (Book)

We don't get a lot of original books in OAAB, so it's always exciting when a new one is added. This one was written by R0 and he describes it this way:

A cheap but niche-use text about a diaspora of Dark Elves living in High Rock ages ago, with noticeable pro-Dunmer bias. Should mainly be found in collections of Imperial-friendly scholars (especially the Dunmer ones) and/or nobles, perhaps accompanied by thematically adjacent texts like "Frontier: Conquest", "The Eastern Provinces...", "On Morrowind" or "A Short History of Morrowind".

Dunmer leantos

Created by MwGek for his Pilgrims in Peril mod, these rough leantos are great for making a wilderness shelter.

Dwemer additions

The Dwemer set gets a couple new assets in this update. All of them thanks to the 2024 Madness event: a terrarium made by Dim for Chasing Ends, a cell door made for Beyond the Firmament, and a spotlight made by MwGek for Under Masser's Gaze.

Furniture additions

This update brings an eclectic collection of new furniture assets, largely thanks to contributions from Dim! The only two which are not by him are the com rich drawers and side table which came from Tamriel_Data.

Glow in the Dahrk windows

Per a request from Lucevar, I made standalone versions of the Raven Rock (i.e. "Colony") windows and the Telvanni dormers which are included in Glow in the Dahrk (GitD). These are all compatible with GitD by default.

Grain sacks

Through a combined effort by myself and Dim, the existing grain sacks in OAAB_Data have been updated and some new variants have been added. The grain sacks are now set up as Graphic Herbalism containers and come in both wickwheat and saltrice versions.

Pottery making additions

One of my larger contributions to this update are the new pottery making assets. This includes potter's wheels (activator), unfinished clay pottery pieces (misc.), lumps of clay (ingredient), and clay decals (static). The potter's wheels come in several different styles. The Dunmer exterior wheel was inspired by an asset I saw while playing Eastshade. The potter's wheels are nonfunctional for now, but they're just waiting for an industrious modder to change that!

Bone Rat

This wonderful asset was contributed by Asylum (who also made the Bone Alit from the 2.4.0 update). I cleaned up the model and edited the proportions and design slightly to better match the vanilla rat. In addition to the undead creature, there is also a new rat skull asset.

Redoran buildings

The very talented Shivatheo (who has contributed several other architectural assets to OAAB) shared a pair of high quality Redoran buildings for this update.

Teleportation and levitation disablers

Dungeon modders everywhere rejoice! Drop these handy markers into your cell and you can disable teleportation and/or levitation there. It will "magically" re-enable when the player leaves the cell (assuming they don't enter one of the hardcoded vanilla cells which they are disabled in).

Velothi additions

Velothi got some new stuff this update thanks to Seelof. He reached out for help fixing up the vanilla large interior bridge set and, while doing that, I ended up making some new pieces for it to be more flexible; including some broken pieces. Secondly, he wanted a new large exterior wall set and I decided to expand it a bit and throw it into this update as well.

Weapon additions

Last but certainly not least, this update brings a plethora of new weapons to fill out the vanilla sets thanks to Anroha's Weapons Expansion Project along with some new designs that ahe created for OAAB_Data specifically.

Improvements

Parasol spiders

We won't highlight all of the small improvements made to assets for this update, but Ruffin Vangaar did such a great job improving the visuals of the parasol spider that I wanted to showcase the comparison he shared.