The game is hardcoded to always load Update.esm, so no worries.

Yes, that's fine, and is quite possibly necessary for making sure incidental changes are changing what they patched.

I activated the mod with NMM and made sure everything was in its proper place(files in the Data folder), but when I start a new game, I get the Bethesda screen and wake up in the cart. When are the choices supposed to be available?

Did NMM activate it properly? It seems to be working fine for me.

So far, my favorite start is the shipwreck start.

Thank you! Loved your mod, saved my rp attempts

I'm interested in knowing something like this, I had a mod like this for oblivion (might be the one you did?) were the main quest would only be activated through using a scroll or something like that. How does it work in skyrim? I really don't want to have to deal with it in skyrim if I create a RP character

First thing is first - this is a fantastic mod, loving it!

Now, I apologise if this has been answered before, but, is this on the Steam Workshop (its currently not working for me?). Reason I ask is because Wyre Bash has a mini heart attack about some Update.esm? I am certainly no expert but for some reason Live Another Life.esp and also deadlycombat.esp are not showing up in the Wyre Bash mods tab? I think this Update.esm is like a parent file for the two? I suspect it is because LAL and DC are not downloaded through Steam? Sorry for the rambling. THanks in advance.

Its odd, NMM shows it activated but doesn't work. If I use with Wrye Bash, it works

Oh wow! This looks awesome! Can't wait to try it.

You sir have been busy.

This probably isn't within the scope of the mod, although it may be...

Yesterday, I decided to start a game as my breton necromancer toon from Oblivion who calls himself Jerkan, and I started myself out in Sinderion's field laboratory (using the sStartingCell method). I found myself acting as a vulture, setting up centurions to kill the falmer and chaurus (which could one-hit me) so I could poach the spoils. Starting in Blackreach does not break anything; you can leave through the great lifts and there is even a dwemer attunement sphere in the laboratory. Perhaps there could be an alternate start for a reviled cretin who has decided to creep up to the surface? Or perhaps the player could be a falmer servant with a thirst for adventure?

I must say, it looks really good.

Downloading!

All my ideas have been said before.

Update.esm is the patch file that Skyrim installs when it's been patched. If you don't have that file.... um....

This is a brilliant mod. Thanks for this and the continued work on expanding it!

No no, I do have the file. I think Ive figured it out! I think Wyre Bash is just grouping Live another.esp and deadlycombat.esp into update.esm for some reason? Anywho everythings working fine so I am not going to rock the boat!

A couple of thoughts. I downloaded it and I like it. The only problem with it that I have is that the room I started in seemed a bit dark. Part of it was probably my mods, but overall the lighting didn't seem very good.

I also wouldn't mind seeing options like mercenary, wandering mage, etc. Something that gives a archtype, but is not associated with one of the guilds or the Imperials/Stormcloaks. It might also be nice to see levels of wealth as an option.

Agreed. Lighting is super dark. They depend on shadows, I believe... which I have off.

Well it is a shadow-casting light, but it's a perfectly normal one. Either you're using a mod that is making unrealistic changes to the light itself or something else is severely wrong.

I'll see what happens if shadows are off, but IMO, that's not the default state of the game and it makes little sense to change the setup of the mod to accommodate people who are messing about in the ini files.

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/8279/shadowbl.jpg is how it looks for me, if that helps.

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9240/screenshot1736.png and http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2303/screenshot2235.png for me.

Excellent mod, have endorsed. Look forward to future start points.

Same problem, I think it's due to the Realistic Lighting mod I've got.
Anyway I really like the mod. Would it be possible to make the Mara Statue dialogue parts skippable? Not a huge deal, but it would be much more convenient.

I second this. It takes forever to get through the dialogue.

The dialogue is the only interface option available. Message box menus don't function correctly or I'd have used those instead. In fact, the efforts in that direction I made are still in the file.
I can try shortening the length of the silent audio though. It's really hard to judge when the CK doesn't have a running timer during recording.

You should be able to click past it though, as long as you're careful not to get too click-happy and end up skipping something.

For some reason, I'm not able to click past it. Doesn't matter too much though.

This'll definitely come in handy testing mods.

Thanks a bunch!