As I'm sure many regulars know Bethesda's last official plugin for Oblivion has now been released, and for this week only it is available to download for free. This is a great gesture from Bethesda and I hope people respect it as such.

As it mentions on the download page please do not upload this file to TES Nexus, or any site for that matter.

Dang! It downloaded to me at 700 KB/sec! I'm gonna check it out. Perfect for my typical character.

Thanks! Just grabbed it. It is a much needed addition for the generic fighter.

I'm glad BethSoft finally decided to give us fighters a place we can really call home - and it's free for a week (well, 6 days, but that's close enough ) I already d/led it, and it's perfect for the sort of character I always play as. It's also situated in an area that I actually would've built my own castle, had I been more skilled at setting up a house mod.

Thanks for letting us know about the free download. I rarely check the Bethesda site, so I'm sure I wouldn't have found it without your post.

Downloaded it now. It's just over 10 megs and I got it at a super fast speed. Looks great, I recommend players take advantage of this opportunity.

Downloaded and fully upgraded. Love the animal statues and the sparring partner! Thnx Bethesda:D:D

Thanks for posting this Dark0ne, I wouldn't have seen it otherwise.

Okay, I killed the marauders but where is the guy you buy stuff from?

He's in an inn in the Imperial City Market District. The guard can tell you.

Very nice that the big B gave this to us free, but it struck me as a little bland. I guess I'm just too spoiled on modded houses.

i have downloaded it but where is it???i dont found it?!

and is it behind the mountains? even in the west of chorrol?or is it near fort rayles cuz i cant found it!!!!!!!and do i hav to do all main quests before i get it?

STAMPEDE SAYS: Please don't double post. Thanks.

Dear Dark0ne,

I think this is indeed a superb mod, with a fabulous castle, and, as you stated, a great gesture from Bethesda, which should be applauded.

With one exception.

I found the maid to have appalling manners! The moment she dared utter to me "oh, it's you" in that droning voice, I thought to myself "that maid needs a jolly good..."

And then my thoughts turned to you! Not to you in person, I hasten to add, but to the superb community and following you have generated here over the years, and especially to all those who have spent so much time designing and sharing their mods.

In particular, my thoughts turned to finding a good way in which we could all collectively doff our caps back at Bethesda, and which in the process, would also (probably) benefit you.

And the result of my musings? Well, what I came up with was that you should launch a competition to see who can come up with the best mod (as voted for by your members and visitors of course) and call it "The Teach the Maid Some Manners Mod"!

Obviously all qualifying entries should be vaguely decent, but I am sure you will agree, the possibilities here are phenomenal.

Prizes could be... I don't know, TES Nexus T-shirts? A premium membership or two? I'm sure you have better ideas.

And of course once we have a clear winner, you can proudly go back to Bethesda and confidently boom "Here, look at what the proud, up-standing members of our community have produced in your honour! We salute you!"

Or something like that.

So... what do you think?

Is this a goer?

I mean if the mod is particularly good... it could potentially open a few doors for the creators!

Okay, enough for now. I shall leave it to you and to those on this site to comment on this.

TTFN

I have to thank them for letting it out free for a bit.

But I cant help but think that the peeps over there could really benefit with a bit of time on the Mods sites because it doesn't measure up to many mods on this site. Maybe they should employ some new talent, some of the guys around here probley know more about the CS than most of them there lol.

I for one hope that the reason this was so bland is because they are hard at work for an expansion with new races and equipment that is a worthy follow up to the best game ever. There are a lot of empty maps space still.

LOL I DOWNLOADED IT BUT I CANT FOUND IT!!I NEED HELP I ACTIVATED IT FROM DATA FILES BUT NOTHING HAPPENS!I AM WARRIOR CLASS PLAYER AND BIRTHSIGN IS WARRIOR TOO BUT DO I HAVE TO BE IN THE FIGHTERS GUILD OR DO I HAVE TO DO ALL GUESTS???PLEASE GIVE ME DIRECTIONS OR ANSERW ME PLEASE!!!!
I THINK GREAT PLUGIN BUT STILL IF COULD FIND IT??

If you haven't actiavted the mod then do so. If you have then there should be a big huge jass arrow pointing right where you are meant to go. Just follow like you have been for the rest of the game.

PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT!!!!!
Thanks for help lingwei but didnt work!:(How i activate this is it just from data files or from obmm (oblivion mod manager)?Really please help me!It downloaded this normally then i installed this then i started oblivion i checkd the data files and it was there and the cross on the little box next to the mod was there so doesnt that mean its activated?But when i started playing oblivion and i was warrior class and birthsign but when i went to colovian highlands and started look something nothing were there??Why?Dunno maybe YOU know?And when i deselected the cross from data files and started playing again it didnt say that this saved game contains objects that may not anymore exist so doesnt that mean that it wasnt activated?But really it downloaded i installed it was in data files and it should be activated but where is it???Please try to help me!Because i want this mod working!!!!So i ask this:How did you install it activate it and made it work please help me so i can fix my doings!PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND IF YOU COULD ANSERW THIS!!!???

It's probably conflicting with one of your other mods (if you have any installed). Try turning them all off except the Fighters stronghold, and trying it again.

I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but I'm going to install Windows tomorrow, which means I can install Oblivion, which means I can play it!

Unless you have brought into your save game an object only found in the new mod you will not get a warning about such objects not existing. If you haven't found the castle, you can't have any of its objects, so you won't get a warning.

Did you get the initial screen telling you about the castle when you started the game with the mod added? This is what sets it up including the map marker. If that is missing it must be a mod conflict.

If you did get that screen it may be a conflict that prevents the map marker from showing up. The castle is on the Black Road west of Chorrol so follow that road. If you get to the end without finding it, it is probably mod conflict.

love the mod! thanks bethesda! somewhere i can finally call home. anyway, does anyone know how to get the creature statues? =/

Hi bothering you again But it doesnt work??Is it warrior class players?And can i get the castle in the beginning?And that conflict thing didnt work i maybe have to delete all mods??Because if theres some mods that work all the time??But thanks for trying to help i have contacted to site (webmaster or someone else)? Maybe he/she could help!Sure hope so!!!

Your character is irrelevant. You can be anything you like. The mod will still show up right at the beginning of the game or at any time you load a game once the mod is activated. If the mod is checked as active in data files but the castle does not show up at the end of the Black Road west of Chorrol, there must be a conflict. You need not turn off all mods but a few at a time until you can work out which one is the problem.

I have turned off all mods but doesnt work and i have deleted the fighters stronghold and downloaded it again but doesnt work!?Is it normal that it activates it self when u have installed it?Because when i install it and look the data files it should be activated because the cross in the little box?And should it load a packed file?Or could someone tell me how you have been loaded it and made it work?If i do something wrong?

Download it to whatever file you use to save stuff in then click on it in that file. It will install itself into your Oblivion directory and automatically click itself as active. Unless you specifically turn it off in the data files it will be there. I can see no reason why you should be having problems unless somehow the mod was corrupted or interrupted during download/set up. Try removing it altogether and downloading it again. You can manually uninstall it I believe or simply delete it from the the data files (Program Files/Bethesda Softworks/Oblivion/Data Files) - it looks a bit like a part-opened red handled pen knife. Make sure you delete the right one!

What an awesome mod! I love the amazing things that come with it, definitely an excellent mod.

Guys quess what?I GOT IT WORKING YYYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYYY YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS I UPDATED OBLIVION AND BANG IT WORKS!!!!!YESSSSS SO HAPPYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Where do i get the creature statues??????please answer!

Stampede says: Please do not double post.

I got this working, and I found a secret. If you guys want to find it yourself, don't read anymore.


In the training room in the basement, there's a secret path behind the bow training area. To get into it, activate the last candle on the right. When you get in, activate the pillar and go in. Inside are a few varla stones, plus a skeleton and a lich. The skeleton is the lord which the previous owner's ancestors were waiting for, but he never came. The lich has something to do with Mannimarco, but I haven't figured out the connection yet.

Kilobyte has made a mod & a bug fix for DLC6 called Battlehorn Museum Mod
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=13564

I can't download it for free???? why!!!! =(

ok this pissed me off... I'm to late -_-......................................................................;; why am I always unlucky... (October 15th through October 21st. For more)

what a surprise somones already uploaded the file to rapidshare within a few hours of the download coming out they have already got it pirated.
http://rapidshare.com/files/65046340/the-f...ld_oblivion.exe

Bye bye

obliviongoty,

Thanks for letting me know its on rapidshare. I was late to download it for free, so I bought it and I think the file was corrupt. It wouldn't install correctly for some reason. I was really getting pissed and then I check the comments and saw the link and downloaded it from rapidshare and it worked perfectly fine. Thanks again. I guess pirated files help sometimes, even when people (like me) pay for the things they want.

ergodyne

This mod is awsome