We could set up our own little website, for this, if you'd want? (hosted at SHS, of course?)

Thanks to ICUP, on the esf forums, for these links =)

Go here first.  http://cs.elderscrol...egory:Tutorials - Everything is Oblivion specific and there's tons of stuff for all the programs listed below.  Don't forget to browse in the subcategories on that page too.

The Elder Scrolls Construction Set:
http://cs.elderscrol...x.php/Main_Page - The Construction Set Wiki is about as good as it gets.
http://www.morrowind...ivion/tools.php - 3 tutorials: Making a house, Making a quest, and a scenery tutorial.
http://tessource.net...ile.php?id=7877 - Video tutorial on adding custom dialogue with lipsyncing to NPC's.
http://forum.gamings...showtopic=25701 - How to make a quest tutorial.

Blender:

Beginner:
http://en.wikibooks....3D:_Noob_to_Pro - This is one of the best for someone who has never done anything with blender before.
http://www.blenderwa...hp?module=index - Multiple tutorials for beginners.
http://www.spaghetti...downloadpot.htm - Video tutorials from beginner level to more advanced.
http://www.scifi-mes...om/forums/dojo/ - Contains multiple threads on using blender.  The first few are directed towards beginners and they get more advanced.
http://ocw.tufts.edu...8/Learningunits - More Blender tutorials starts at the beginner level and moves up.

Oblivion Specific:
http://www.niftools....ategory:Blender - tutorials for modeling, configuration, and splitting Oblivion meshes for custom characters
http://www.niftools....h_import_export - Directions on exporting in the .obj format.
http://www.niftools....New_Hair_Meshes - This tutorial is intended as an starter aid to those wanting to model Oblivion hair meshes.
http://www.alys.org/...Oblivion?page=1 - CuteUnits guide to rigging meshes and exporting them.
http://www.elderscro...p...0guide&st=0 - throttlekitty's guide to riggging meshes and exporting them.

Not specific to Oblivion:
http://www.gamedev.n...tures/blender1/ - Making a Sword Part 1
http://www.gamedev.n...tures/blender2/ - Making a Sword Part 2
http://bgdm.katorleg...e/lscm_tute.htm - UV Mapping a head.  Note: For people using newer versions of blender that are following this select "unwrap" as you won't see "LSCM" as an option.
http://www.ee.oulu.f...compgrfx-27.htm - Contains links to many tutorials.  I especially liked the tube through a cube tutorial.
http://mediawiki.ble...x.php/Main_Page - Tons of tutorials in two locations.  Look under "Tutorials-->Tutorials" and "Tutorials-->Tutorial Links"
http://www.blender.org/tutorials-help/ - Many tutorials, some with video.
http://www.blenderna...videotutorials/ - Video tutorials, oh how I love the video tutorials.  Also, check out the tutorials link on the right side of the page for non-video tutorials.
http://mediawiki.ble...acter_Animation - Intro to character animation.
http://www.geneome.n...nder-tutorials/ - Lot's of video tutorials covering a wide range of topics.
http://www.ibiblio.org/bvidtute/ - Yet another list of video tutorials from a different site.
http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/ - A great resource with lots of video tutorials.  I've learned a lot from this one site.  Make sure to check out the "archives" list on the bottom right of the page.
http://mediawiki.ble...wrapping_a_Mesh - This is a must read for any Blender user.  It shows multiple methods for unwrapping your mesh.  Normally I avoid making multiple links to a site but I think this one is worth pointing out.

3D Studio Max:

Beginner:
http://www.max-realm...odules/wflinks/ - Beginner and Advanced tutorials.  Also has videos for both beginner and advanced.
http://www.3dtotal.com/ - Make sure JavaScript is enabled and go to "Free Stuff-->Tutorials-->3d Studio Max-->Beginners"
http://www.mr-chompe...eo/beginner.zip - 16 minutes long.  Rather fuzzy picture quality but it'll show you a few things.
http://tutorialoutpost.com/count/6121 - Explains the Max user interface.

Oblivion Specific:
http://www.niftools....ategory:3ds_Max - Contains tutorials on Importing, Exporting, Conversion, and Configuration.
http://www.silgrad.c...p?threadid=2477 - Collision: the easy way out using gundalf's exporter
Not specific to Oblivion:
http://www.mr-chompe...al/tutorial.htm - Ben Mathis's site directed toward video game modeling and texturing.  Tutorials from beginner to advanced.
http://www.3dtotal.c...rc/joanmenu.asp - This tutorial covers modeling starting with a person all the way through to adding armor, a weapon, UV mapping, rigging, etc.  In other words, it's pretty thorough.
http://www.3dtotal.com/ - Tons of other tutorials from the same site as above.  Make sure JavaScript is enabled and go to "Free Stuff-->Tutorials-->3d Studio Max"
http://area.autodesk.com/learning/ - You need to define what you're searching for but there's lots of stuff here.
http://www.pixel2lif.../3d_studio_max/ - another long list of tutorials (check out the subcategories)
Gimp:

Beginner:
http://www.community...e.cfm?cid=0A44B - If you've never used Gimp before then this tutorial is for you.
http://www.simmerspa...ayers-gimp.html - Explains how to use layers in gimp.  I highly suggest this one for any new gimp user wanting to learn how to texture.
http://www.onona3d.c...f/texturing.pdf - Texturing for Dummies.  Somewhat geared towards Photoshop but mostly explains methods and theory.  The file is 7.4 MB so you may want to right-click and save this one to view instead of opening it through your browser.

Oblivion Specific:
http://canadianice.u...hp?topic=3942.0 - Contains guides on normal mapping, creating icons, and semi-transparent textures.

Not specific to Oblivion:
http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ - Lots of tutorials from beginner to advanced.
http://gug.sunsite.dk/?page=tutorials - Many tutorials for Gimp.  The section about working with textures may be useful for some of you.

Adobe Photoshop:

Beginner:
http://www.good-tuto...hotoshop/basics - Multiple pages of tutorials teaching you the basics of using Photoshop.
http://www.simmerspa...-photoshop.html - Tutorial on how to use layers.  Very important for someone who's not familiar with layers.
http://forums.cgsoci...ad.php?t=392677 - This thread has 3 pdf files for texturing.  You will find more advanced tutorials if you browse around the sites forums and wiki.

Oblivion Specific:
At this time all I've found are on the wiki site listed above. - http://cs.elderscrol...egory:Tutorials

Not specific to Oblivion:
http://www.bitbrush.com/tutorial1.html - How to make convincing seamless textures.
http://www.simmerspa...-photoshop.html - How to use and make custom brushes
http://www.mr-chompe...al/tutorial.htm - Ben Mathis's site directed toward video game modeling and texturing.  Good tutorials and stuff on texturing theory for video game objects.
http://www.3dtotal.com/ - Make sure JavaScript is enabled and go to "Free Stuff-->Tutorials-->Photoshop"
http://www.pixel2lif...dobe_photoshop/ - another long list of tutorials (check out the subcategories)
http://photoshopbrus...m/tutorials.htm - Tutorials and free brushes.  There's millions of sites like these but I really like this one so I'm throwing it out there.
http://home.zonnet.n...p/index.jsp.htm - Many tuts covering text, shapes, effects, and most importantly, textures.
http://www.cgchat.co...ead.php?t=25997 - How to create good normal maps.  If you read peoples posts to it you can find a link to a cool little program called "Crazy Bump" too.  It's used to make normal maps.
http://www.dvd-repli...5/no/no/Date/0/ - A very large collection of various tutorials for Photoshop.
http://www.freeseaml...rials/index.htm - How to create seamless textures.

NifSkope: Tutorials and references.
http://www.niftools....tegory:NifSkope - Has multiple links to NifSkope documentation and tutorials.
http://www.elderscro...howtopic=542099 - A page that explains many parts of a nif object.

Miscellaneous:
http://www.alys.org/...ys-Bow-Tutorial - Windy's Tutorial on creating a bow that morphs.
http://grimdeath9740...eateyourownrace - Making a Custom Race Tutorial for Oblivion by Grimdeath
http://canadianice.u...hp?topic=2953.0 - Distributing useable horse armor retextures legally (This one's pretty advanced and not for a novice).
http://www.quake3bit...pressonator.htm - Program that converts images to dds format.  Get it here.  Learn how to use it here.

I absolutely love the idea of themed threads, personally, I can't contribute to this one.. I've never actually gotten that far into the main quest ^^;;

I'm not so fond of the OB main quest :< But.. I do love the SI one, of course =P

edited =)

I'd love the Ocelots =D

I selected, um, other, but, I can edit your poll to include it, and change my vote, if you want? =)

I'm pretty sure we'd all be happy with whatever tabaxis we get, too, though

The Tabaxi are really great ^__^

Welcome, guys! =D

Nice to see some new faces around! ^__^

good luck with your project! =D

whaaa? *blinks*

Personally.. I've never had problems with GIMP and mipmaps O_o

Basically.. the trick to mipmaps in GIMP.. is to flatten the image before saving as a dds. Then using "Generate Mipmaps" works like a dream, for me, when I use GIMP =)

I know what the problem with that one is =)
the texture's alpha channel is.. not being saved, for some reason :<

Its not a problem with the mipmaps at all =/

Did you fill in the, um, transparent bits with black, btw? =) That's the only thing I could think of to cause it..

that's.. really, really weird O_o

Mind you, I've never used GIMP for something with alpha channels. but.. still.. that's very, very odd O_o

if anyone needs help putting them into the game, I'm happy to do that, its pretty easy, for me =)

I'd love to see the purple sorceress retex, myself =)

Woo! Awesome to see you here, slofski! =D

Hi all, as a lot of you probably agree, vanilla Oblivion was.. rather lackluster.
And, I'd say most thought Bethesda had basically lost its touch. (I know I certainly did..)

Well, after playing Shivering Isles, I can honestly tell you, they haven't. It was brilliant, and I loved every second of it. =) The landscape is well thought out.. The npcs aren't generic, they have personality! Shivering Isles, imo, is brilliant, I'd recommend it to anyone.

its true! =) It is great, yeah, I've not done anything wrong, as yet, but, it does speak of that =) (Just don't attack Sheogorath >.>)

EDIT: Well, at least it suits the isles, I dare say

EDIT2: Also, its not so much a prison, as a dungeon. =) *shrugs*

Yeah, the sky is seriously impressive. I loved it. ^__^

Yup! Same guy =D

I thought the prophet was another guy? =)

There was once a game.. and it contained a group of temple guards.. called Ordinators.. and all was Good. The armour was seen as cool, and all was well with the world..

A modder retextured the armour, and made it Evil. And the world was thrown into chaos. The Indoril armour.. became the Shadow Lord's armour.

The armour was popular.. but it disappeared, after a time. A long, long time later.. It reappeared, and a young modder, grabbed it, for he had been looking for it, for some time.

The modder left the community, his life taking him elsewhere.. and the Sequel to the Game, was released.

Sadly, it lacked the guards, that were so.. cool.

Time passed... the modder returned... things happened.. but all in all.. there was a WIP project.. to bring back that armour.. The Ordinators of old.. The young modder, having grown up a bit, since then.. but still remembering his time in the first game's community.. though.. "I'd like to recreate the shadow lord armour, using this.." And, he waited.. and waited... the WIP mod.. looked like it'd never be released. So, he went to the creator of the meshes and textures.. and asked him if he could release a resource.. the creator agreed, but, had lost the files.. so.. he sought to regain them. Things happened.. time passed again..

Not too long ago.. a version of the mod had been released..

Sadly, it was not a resource, as the young modder had hoped... So, he asked the creator for permission, again, and, asked if the young modder could release /his/ version as a resource... The modder was asked a few questions.. but.. eventually was allowed to... So, from there.. the modder spent an entire day retexutring the armour.. recreating, to a degree, the Shadow Lord armour of old.

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I am the young modder.

And... here are some piccies.

Helm




Full-Body Preview

Well.. Its all fixed, now.. and.. I'm just uplaoding to shs, now =D

Well.. Its kinda almost done.

I've got a bug, as you can see...



I didn't even touch the bits that have gone insane.

But. Ghogiel is giving it a look over for me, seeing if he can fix it. =)

After that, she's almost ready for release =)

thanks guys, its nearing completion, just got some tests, and need to fix some bugs =)

Nice stuff floyd.

May I make a suggestion, however, that we could get one of the screenie thread new thread makers, to create a thread in the Screenshots forum, within the Oblivion Modding Workshop.

The forum is this one: http://www.shsforums...p?showforum=446
I've not created the thread, because I don't want to step on the toes of the mini-community. =)

Welcome, and thanks for joining!

nice stuff, I see that's Koldorn's Seducer Armour you're using there! =D

I'd like to invite everyone to the new Oblivion Screenshot section, at: http://www.shsforums...p?showforum=446

Keep up the good work, guys!