Well, now you can use that doorway as effortlessly as any other doorway. I removed one of the debris piles and moved the other one.

Granted, this does not solve the mystery of why there is a desk on this elevated platform and the cabinets for the person working at that desk is down a small staircase behind them and where is the bathroom for this warehouse if you expect people to be working here for any length of time... But at least one problem was solved.

INSTALLATION - Place the file into the same directory as all of your other mods.

FUTURE PLANS - None. The mod is as-is although if I come across another seemingly blocked doorway that is obviously not meant to be blocked, I may roll that into this mod.

Requirements: Unofficial Oblivion Patch 3.5.9a

Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.416

 Author: Sigurd Stormhand

Description

 ===========

An attempt to fix/mitigate the reported issue of collision boxes placed on the Talos Plaza Bridge by the UOP from “rising up” and making the bridge impassable.

Details

 ===========

This mod/patch is part of an attempt to mitigate (or completely fix) the collision issues with the Talos Plaza Bridge.

The original issue was that, due to how the bridge sections are placed in the world, they can sometimes be loaded by the game after the NPC’s that are supposed to be walking on them. When this happens, NPC’s will fall through the bridge and get stuck, usually until the cell is reloaded via fast travel to another location. To mitigate this, the UOP added collision boxes just under the bridge’s roadway. This gives NPC’s something to walk on whilst the bridge mesh is loading. However, the UOP fix has caused a secondary problem for some users of the patch; sometimes the collision boxes seam to “rise up” above the roadway, making it impassable for NPC’s and the player (unless you jump over the collision).

I tried to get to the bottom of this in the run up to the release of UOP 3.5.9, but unfortunately I have never experienced the bug myself and so can only postulate a fix and wait to see if it works for users who do have the problem. My initial plan for a fix was to add slopes to both ends of the collision boxes to give something for NPC's to walk up and over if the collision rose above the level of the bridge. In the process of exporting and cleaning up the new nif, I discovered that the NiNode the collision is attached to has a translation applied that lowers it about 24 Todd units. I then checked both of the Talos Bridge meshes and discovered that their collision meshes have a point-of-origin -256 units on the Z axis.

Collision point-of-origin is different to NiNode translation, but these discrepancies could help to explain why the bridge collision "drops" and the collision box "rises". Given that no member of the team was able to reproduce the bug, the decision was taken to only include the fixed bridge meshes in UOP 3.5.9, and then add the separate sloped collision meshes if that doesn’t work. From my investigations, I believe that the new sloped collision meshes will ultimately be necessary, so I am releasing them separately so that we can hopefully get some data about how they perform for people who experience this bug.

My theory is that the sequence in which Oblivion loads assets around the Talos Plaza Bridge is being interrupted somehow and as a result the collision boxes are sometimes loaded without the translation in the nif (which the game essentially treats like a single frame animation) being applied. If my theory is correct, then the sloped collision boxes should never “rise” out of the ground and the bug will be completely fixed. If this is the case, then the UOP will need to fix the base collision box nif as there may be other instances where it moves out of alignment.

Worst case, player and NPC’s can walk up and over the slopes, and will appear to float above the road surface slightly.

Install

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Manual:

 1. Extract the files to a temporary location.

 2. Copy files inside “Data” your “Oblivion\data” folder.

 3. Activate the included esp, “UOPTalosBridgeFix.esp”.

BAIN:

1.     Drop the archive into your “Bash Installers” folder, start Wrye Bash and go to the “Installers” tab.

2.     Select the “data” package, make sure the esp is ticked, and select “install”.

3.     Activate the included esp, “UOPTalosBridgeFix.esp”.

Other Mod managers:

You should just be able to drop the archive into your installs folder and run the install and activate the esp.

Incompatibility

 ===============

None known, only tested with the lasted version of the UOP, “”

Known Issues or Bugs

 ====================

None known

History

 =======

1.0  Initial release

Contact

 =======

 You can find me on Discord as “SigurdStormhand”, on NexusMods.com as “Sigurd Stormhand” or on AFKMods.com as “Sigurð Stormhand” – using an “Eth” seemed like a good idea at the time, sorry.

Credits

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 A Thank you to the following:

To Bethesda for creating Oblivion.

To everyone at AFKMods and in the Elederscrolls Modding community, past and present.

To everyone who helped with the development of Blender, the Blender Niftools Plugin, and Nifskope.

Tools Used

==========

NIFSkope - https://github.com/niftools/nifskope/releases

Blender – www.blender.org

 Licensing/Legal

 ===============

This mod is provided “as is” without guarantee or warranty, I take no responsibility for any damage to your Oblivion game install, your computer, your other electrical equipment etc. To the best of my knowledge this mod is free from errors and fit for use.

This mod is provided for personal use and as a resource, you may use the included mesh freely in mods for TES 4: Oblivion provided you credit me. The included mesh derives ultimately from Bethesda assets and therefore you may NOT convert it for use in another game. You may NOT derive any profit from using this resource, nor may it be included in any mod which is behind a paywall of any kind. The included esp file is intended to be used with the 3.9.5a version of the Unofficial Oblivion Patch, you may not upload the esp, or the whole archive, to another site without my express permission or the express permission of the Unofficial Patch Team.

I can be reached via private message at afkmods.com or nexusmods.com, or on Discord @sigurdstormhand, if I am unreachable for more than two months you may seek permission to upload this mod to another site from the staff at afkmods.com, at their discretion.

INSTALL - Place the .ESP file where all of the other ESP files are contained.

UNINSTALLATION - Why? Your game is now closer to perfection than before.

FUTURE PLANS - None.

It means the marsh is not complete. Not at all the Northeastern parts. I hoe you can find pleasur in my work.

Here are some notes from the

Lore:Thorn - UESP Wiki - The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Argonian"Saxhleel"
Argonians (Saxhleel,[1] or People of the Root[2][3] in their native language of Jel) are the reptilian natives of Black Marsh, a vast swampland province in southeastern Tamriel

My trusted foillowers:
farlibarcai
29eiwo2
JimboUK
Room207

Contributors:
The Ruined Ruines by Mac are now sacred in my setup - 44697
MEO - https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/143664
Momo  - https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/1522419
Mr_Siika  - https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/112530
Stroti - https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/users/1657719
Authors as i call them that I have used lately:
Bravil Argonian Subs - 38890
Saint_Jiub - spaceinvader91 - 874812
Growlfs Blender Tutorial- Skinning- Vollautoma
https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/14325
Imperial City Sky Dome by Ismelda https://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/15286
Dalls_Skyrim_Nords-27427
mr_Siikas_farmanimals_v_1_4-14265

Possible content for my Blackmarsh: 

Tavia
Tavia was an Imperial noble in the late First Era. She was the last Empress of the Second Empire, the wife of Emperor Reman III and the mother of Prince Juilek. She was famously imprisoned in Castle Giovesse, a fortress in the vicinity of Gideon, for treason, and spent her remaining years undermining her husband's reign.

Well... Now you can with this mod. I've removed the 'owner' since the owner is already a bandit (who can turn hostile on you). Steal away knowing that you're not stealing from someone who is always on the shortlist for receiving an "Employee of the Month" award. This mod contains no scripts (for those people sensitive to such things).

INSTALLATION - Place the file into the same directory as all of your other mods. Use best practices to uninstall but given that this mod corrects a gross miscarriage of justice, why would you?

FUTURE PLANS - Probably none; I can't remember another instance of something like this happening in Skyrim but, if you can, use the comment section down below and I'll look adding it to the mod. Thanks.

INSTALLATION - It is an .ESP file (with no scripts in it, for those who are sensitive about mods with scripts). Place it in the same directory as all of the other .ESP files. You could uninstall this mod but why inconvenience yourself? Also, you will need the Nuka-World DLC in order to use this mod but, at this point, everyone should already have it.

FUTURE PLANS - None that I can think of. This is mainly an one-off and I can't remember another occasion where there were two of the same workbench right next to each other such as this one. However, if you can think of any other occasions, just make a comment down below and I'll add that to this mod.

 Version: 1.0

 Date: 08/03/2026

 Category: Character assets/replacers

 Requirements: Oblivion Patch 1.2.0.416

 Author: Sigurd Stormhand

Description

 ===========

This is a new set of normal maps and base colour maps for (most of) the vanilla hair textures; the first release in my “Better Head” project, which aims to provide meshes and textures compatible with vanilla races and characters.

Details

 =======

Vanilla hair in Oblivion is pretty notorious for looking quite smooth and “plastic”. Part of the problem is that the vanilla hair textures are very low resolution, and the normal maps are quite flat, likely due to being baked from a low contrast source and then downscaled to fit on the original DVD. The result when combined with Oblivion’s 20-year-old engine is something that looks a bit like the hair on a Lego figure.

What this mod does is replace the following normal map hair textures, “dremora_n.dds”, “grey_n.dds”, “khajiit_n.dds” and “mane_n.dds” with new versions which are 1024*1024 vs the original 512*512. The new texures have four time as many pixels and come in at 1.33mb vs the 342kb for the original Bethesda normal maps. I didn’t create a new normal map for the cropped hair texture (short_n.dds) because I felt the improvement there was negligable.

I used Oblivion Upscaled Textures (OUT) by Kartoffels as a base, generating the new normal maps from their upscaled highlight textures. I used the “sobel” method to bake the new normal maps in GIMP, this method tends to emphasise edges rather than smooth detail, making it ideal for picking out individual hairs. The new specular maps (alpha channel) are mostly based on the specular maps from OUT, except for “mane_n.dds”, which I shaded myself, using the upscaled base texture as a template.

The visual difference in-game varies depending on the lighting. Whilst testing, I found that the improvement was most noticable in partially lit areas, but less so in fully lit areas, bright sunshine, or very dark areas with minimal light. In ideal lighting, the shading of individual hairs in the normal map will break up the surface of the hair and give it a sense of depth. However, the textures are still being applied to the fairly primitive vanilla hair meshes, so your milage may vary depending on the hair mesh, as well as the lighting.

In addition to the new normal maps, I have also included new base colour maps for the following textures, “dremora.dds”, “grey.dds”, and “khajiit.dds” because the main part of the hair textures was somehow mirrored left/right.

Install

 =======

Extract the included files directly into your data folder and perform archive invalidation or install them using a mod manager. No ESP included as all the textures replace vanilla assets.

Known Issues or Bugs

 ====================

None known.

History

 =======

1.0 Initial release

Credits

 =======

  A Thank you to the following:

 To Bethesda for creating Oblivion.

To LHammonds for the Readme Generator this file was based on.

To ShadeMe for the CS Extender

To the Blender Foundation for Blender.

 A very Special thank you to everyone at AFKmods for a completely unmerited level of patience and support.

Tools Used

==========

GIMP: https://www.gimp.org/

Contact

=======

You can find me on AFKmods.com as “Sigurð Stormhand” or Discord as “sigurdstormhand”, I can also be reached via email at, “sigurdstormhand@gmail.com”

 Licensing/Legal

 ===============

This mod is provided “as is” without guarantee or warranty, I take no responsibility for any damage to your Oblivion game install, your computer, your other electrical equipment etc. To the best of my knowledge this mod is free from errors and fit for use.

This mod is provided as a resource, you may use the included textures freely in mods for TES 4: Oblivion provided proper credit is given. The included textures derive ultimately from Bethesda assets, therefore you may NOT convert them for use in another game. You may NOT place you mod behind any paywall or generate any direct income from it – including via facilities such as Patreon, etc. You MAY include these textures in mods for which you accept voluntary donations. You MAY include this resource in a mod which solicits voluntary donations, provided donating is not a condition for accessing the mod or any of its component parts.

if I am unreachable for more than two months you may seek permission to upload this mod to another site from the staff at afkmods.com, at their discretion. If afkmods.com is down for two months or more you may freely upload this mod to an alternative hosting site, provided that site does not operate any form of paywall.

Also, the mod has no scripts in it for those who are concerned about installing mods with scripts in them.

INSTALLATION - It is a simple .ESP file; It goes where all of the other .ESP files go in order to play a mod. You can also un-install the mod, but... why?

FUTURE PLANS - I may roll other "it's a set of storm doors on the outside but a hatch on the inside" oversights into this mod but this one is the most troubling one. Sanctuary Hills is *THE* first post-apocalyptic area you see in the game (not counting the vault because that's essentially just a tutorial level) and you'd think there would be a slight bit more quality control for that area.