Tossed in jail for waylaying a royal caravan on the highway, your trial was mere days away. Something is wrong though, the days have turned to weeks, and the weeks to months. You no longer have any idea how long you've been down here. The guards stopped checking your cell almost a week ago, and now the last of your food is running out. Your cellmate died months ago and they never removed the body. It won't be long before your bones decorate the cell as well. The Gods have forsaken you! Or have they....
Alternative Beginnings puts you in the position of the poor forgotten prisoner lamenting life's choices. You will be able to choose from several different options on how to begin the game, all from the discomfort of your dank prison cell. Your choices influence the circumstances by which the game begins, and hopefully the Gods won't forsake you this time around!
Known Issues
Lighting in the beginning area is flaky and doesn't seem to have a solution at this time.
Taking Baurus' Letter from the NPC corpse at Fort Ash doesn't clear the Amulet of Kings from the inventory list like it should, but the amulet HAS been taken into your inventory. Closing and reopening the NPC inventory will verify this.
There will be several [NL] tags for text on things during startup, and in quest journal entries up to completion of Deliver The Amulet. If the [NL] tags are a bother, try this mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivionremastered/mods/473
If you're looking for the Geldall Manor start, or the shipwreck start, these were not able to be included at this time due to restrictions on being able to add new cells, NPCs, Creatures, custom assets, and new dialogue.
Starting the Main Quest
If you did not choose the standard prison start, the main quest will not initiate itself without your intervention.
In order to actually begin the main quest, you will need to travel the road from the IC to Chorrol. At Fort Ash, there will be a dead treasure hunter's corpse near the road which has a letter from Baurus along with the Amulet of Kings. Picking up the letter begins the MQ with you assuming the role of the dead adventurer. Read the letter to understand the situation, which will allow for you to slip seamlessly into the role.
The tutorial dungeon will not be accessible to you unless you use the prison start. It will be assumed to have already been locked down by the Legion.
Please see the readme for details on each start option that is available.
Disclaimer
This mod is not made, guaranteed, or supported by Microsoft, Zenimax, Bethesda Game Studios, Virtuos Games, or any of their affiliates.
Instructions
Installation Requirements
Oblivion Remastered version 0.411.140.0 or greater.
Installation
Install UE4SS and the UE4SS TesSyncMapInjector according to the directions on their mod pages.
Once done, unpack the "Alternative Beginnings OBR.7z" into the following location, depending on which platform you're on:
Steam: C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Oblivion Remastered\OblivionRemastered\Content\Dev\ObvData\Data
Game Pass: C:\XboxGames\The Elder Scrolls IV- Oblivion Remastered\Content\OblivionRemastered\Content\Dev\ObvData\Data
Open Plugins.txt in the Data folder and add "Alternative Beginnings OBR.esp" to the list, placing it as far down the list as possible.
Uninstallation
Remove the "Alternative Beginnings OBR.esp" from the Data folder.
Remove "Alternative Beginnings OBR.esp" from your Plugins.txt file.
Remove the "Alternative Beginnings OBR.ini" from the Data\SyncMap folder.
It is strongly recommended that if you're going to remove the mod, you wait until AFTER "Deliver the Amulet" is finished and Jauffre has sent you on to Kvatch.
Load Order
Place as far down your list of plugins as practical.
Alternative Beginnings OBR
Alternative Beginnings OBR 1.0.1
