Nexus Is Up

The Elder Scrolls Nexus, the modsite created by Dark0ne in the wake of his leaving and closure of The Elder Scrolls Source is now up. It hosts all the files from Source and has all the old accounts as well.

So head on over and check TES Nexus out!

Nexus Part 2

This morning Dark0ne, previous operator of the now closed Elder Scrolls Source, has announced some great news. Those of you who've been keeping up with Cheydinhal or the Bethesda Game Studios Forums will probably remember him saying this:

"I have big news ... but I'm going to go to bed now. So tune in tomorrow ;)"

As it turns out, with another negotiation with his ex-partner, Dark0ne has acquired the forum database from The Elder Scrolls Source. This means that when The Elder Scrolls Nexus goes up all forum posts and file comments and all member accounts will be restores. All people who were members on Source can access their old accounts on Nexus as well as access and modify their uploaded files.

Read it from Dark0ne himself on the Bethesda Game Studios Forums here.

UPDATE:

It seems file comments are not salvaged.

The Elder Scrolls Nexus

As some of you may know, Dark0ne, the person who made the Elder Scrolls modsite, The Elder Scrolls Source, a success, recently decided he wanted to go his own way and have full control of the site. He started up The Elder Scrolls Database to that end, but, due to legal issues, it had to be taken down.

Dark0ne has, however, announced a new modsite-- The Elder Scrolls Nexus-- is in the works. So far the site is looking pretty good. And, with Dark0ne in charge, I have no doubt it will be a fan favorite in no time.

In a recent meeting with his ex-partner they've came to an agreement that Dark0ne can legally use the entire file database. This is great news as, normally, when a mod site goes down some mods are lost forever. Now Nexus will have all the files that the Source once had.

Wish Dark0ne luck and read more about it here.

UPDATE

Just minutes ago Dark0ne made this announcement on the Bethesda Game Studios Forums:

"I have big news ... but I'm going to go to bed now. So tune in tomorrow ;)"

What does this mean? We'll all have to wait until tomorrow to find out.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles to be Available in Stores

As of September 6th, Bethesda Softworks has announced that The Elder Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, the official expansion to the award-winning Oblivion, will be available as a retail disc for Xbox 360.

Shivering Isles includes 30 more hours of gameplay with its own main quest and a host of colorful side quests taking place in Shivering Isles- the plane of Oblivion belonging to Sheogorath, Daedric Prince of Madness.

The Shivering Isles retail disc also includes the Knights of the Nine downloadable content. Knights of the Nine allows players to take on the role of the Divine Crusader and banish a great evil from Tamriel once more.

All other DLC for Xbox 360 will remain to be available only via Xbox Live, Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles will remain accessible through Xbox Live. The only way to access Shivering Isles for PS3 users, at this time, is via the upcoming The Elder Scrolls IV: Game of the Year Edition, all other DLC are not available to PS3 users at this time. PC users can access all DLC via the retail disc: The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine - Downloadable Content Collection and through Bethesda's official store. Shivering Isles for PC can be purchased in stores.

Oblivion Mod- Hashshashin Armor

If you know me, you knew this was coming. I'm a huge fan of the upcoming Assassin's Creed, so the chance to wear the Hashshashin armor in Oblivion is something I could not pass up.

The Hashshashin Armor mod is a mod by a modder by the name of Dimitri Mazieres that adds three sets of Altair's armor from Assassin's Creed to the game- the original white, a red set, and a black set. To get the original set of armor look in the abandoned house in Cheydinhal, come prepared...

This mod also adds a face mask and a scimitar and dagger like you can see Altair wielding in the videos of the game. There is a set of gauntlets like Altair wears as well as cloth gloves.

The coolest part of this mod? A working wristblade! When you have no weapons equipped you can use the wristblade. While its not exactly in the same position as Altair's, I'm sure not complaining, because, hey, it works exactly like Altair's. When you punch the blade extends, and lets face it, that is just plain cool.

Even if you aren't a fan of Assassin's Creed this mod is worth checking out!

Download the Hashsashin Armor mod and see screenshots at Planet Elder Scrolls.

Oblivion Mod- Unfathomed Tower

A while back I came across a great house mod named the Unfathomed Tower I'd like to share with you readers. This mod is by Trollf, and you can download it at the links provided at the end of this post.

Unfathomed Tower is a great house for rangers, druids, and mages, and any character (or player) who has a love for the outdoors. Seated on the southern edge of the Jerall Mountains and a fair way west of Bruma, Unfathomed Tower seamlessly integrates the outdoors into the indoors.

The structure itself is a retextured Daedric tower, though its a little hard to tell sometimes by looking. The open top of the tower allows the player to see the sky while inside, which is a very nice feature.

The house itself is composed of two floors. These floors are decorated with large amounts of foliage and contain enough storage for your average character. There is a bed, small dining area, and something of a study with a map showing part of Tamriel for decoration, and an elevator like you would find in a Daedric tower on the bottom floor.

Once you take the elevator up to the higher level you find a well decorated spiral staircase leading up to the top floor. The top floor has a wonderful area to practice your alchemy in with trees about as well as a great storage area. The intricate design on the circular metal platform, which, to me, seemed out of place in a Daedric tower, fits in perfectly here.

The one glitch I have occasionally experienced is falling through the elevator to my death, but I've had that occur with the original elevators in the Daedric towers, too. I recommend either saving or toggling on god mode (Hit ~, type tgm, hit enter, hit ~ again. Repeat to toggle it off.) before using the elevator just to be safe.

This is a great place for your characters to relax after a day of questing and I recommend it to anyone who likes nature.

You can see screenshots of and download Unfathomed Tower at Planet Elder Scrolls and The Elder Scrolls Source.

Minimap Feature Discovered in Arena

I was just browsing the Bethesda Game Studios Forums a few minutes ago and came across an interesting topic. This secret was discovered by a member going by the screen name EmperorsDynasty, and posted about a month ago.

It seems that you can make a minimap of the area you're in, complete with dots indicating the player character and non-player characters, by spamming damaging spells into a wall. The poster reports having the game always crash shortly after bringing up the map. The discoverer, EmperorsDynasty recommends using spells with a low cost of magicka, like Fire Dart.
Just goes to show that there is always something new to discover, even in a 13 year old game!

Was this an unfinished feature? A tool used by the developers that was supposed to be removed? An intended cheat, perhaps?

Read the original topic and see screenshots here.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena Free for Download!

Play the game that started it all!

For those who aren't aware, Bethesda offers The Elder Scrolls: Arena, the first game of the series, for free on the Elder Scrolls homepage.

Most new PCs will need a DOS emulator, also conveniently linked to by Bethesda, to run Arena.
The Elder Scrolls: Arena was released in 1994 and is ESRB rated T for Teen with the content descriptors of Animated Blood and Gore and Animated Violence.

After running the .EXE that you download you can install and play Arena by following the instructions found under C: Drive\ARENA\Docs

Download The Elder Scrolls: Arena here.