Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - GQ Magicka from Soul Gem



GQ Magicka from Soul Gem
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This is a simple mod for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to empty soulgems and get some Magicka-restoring ingredient in return. It requires the Oblivion Script Extender.
This uses a modified version of Strategy Master's Soul Delete script aaSMSoulDeleteScript ( http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=24292 ).

GQ Magicka from Soul Gem

Version 2
- Now works on stacks of gems dropped.
- Added a quest-item key that does the same thing. Use the Console to get it. Form ID xx0037c7, where xx is the position in the mod load order in hexadecimal

Requires OBSE
This uses a modified version of Strategy Master's Soul Delete script aaSMSoulDeleteScript ( http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=24292 ).

This mods puts a script on a Pewter Pitcher (Form ID 1C61F). Hotkey it and, while looking at a filled soul gem, equip it via hotkey. There is also a quest-item Key that is not in-game but can be added with the console (FormID xx0037C7).

The soul gem will be emptied and the soul inside converted into units of a "Distilled Magicka" ingredient (which you can imagine to be poured inside the pewter pitcher). The amount received varies according to the Magicka values for each soul level (may vary with a mod), Mysticism skill, and Luck.
The Distilled Magicka ingredient returns 50 Magicka over 50 seconds when ingested. All four ingredient slots are Restore Magicka, which can advantage you when using the Alchemy Advanced mod.
Each time a soulgem is emptied, Mysticism skill is increased by 1-5 uses, depending on the soul level emptied.

KNOWN ISSUE - If there is more than one soulgem or soulgem stack near the one you are looking at, more than one gem might be grabbed by the script although only one is processed properly.
KNOWN ISSUE - If used on a non-vanilla Oblivion soulgem that is pre-filled, it will be replaced by a non-black vanilla soulgem with the same maximum soul capacity
KNOWN ISSUE - Clearing a pre-filled gem also clears a "stolen" attribute -- We destroy one pre-filled gem of the same type and create one new empty gem.
KNOWN ISSUE - Extra-data issue exists: If a stack of cleared player-filled gems is in inventory, the next time any one soul is captured, the entire stack becomes filled, instead of just one gem
- use an extra-data cleaner, like the Scrolls bag of the Portable Sorters mod, to clear it
- we can't simply remove them in inventory because we can't be sure which gems will be deleted
- using a proxy NPC to remove it caused a script bug where the script looped back to the start

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