AS Rain & Thunder Sounds V1 (18th March 2008)

This is just a small Mod that replaces the stock Oblivion Rain and thunder sounds for much improved ones. Now when you get a storm, it sounds like a storm. I became fed up with the weak thunder and rain sounds that Oblivion has.

If you are a storm as heavy and powerful as Beth were trying to convey with the amount of thunder and lightning used, then it is a torrential downpour. So why did it always sound like a light summer shower? Now when you are in a storm, you KNOW that you're in a storm.

Installation: Copy the data folder to your Oblivion directory. Overwrite if asked to do so.

Un-installation: The files added by this Mod are as follows:-

*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\amb_rain_lp.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\amb_rainstorm_lp.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\thunder\amb_thunder_01.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\thunder\amb_thunder_02.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\thunder\amb_thunder_03.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\thunder\amb_thunder_04.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\thunderdistant\amb_thunderdistant_01.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\thunderdistant\amb_thunderdistant_02.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\thunderdistant\amb_thunderdistant_03.wav
*\oblivion\data\sound\fx\ambient\thunderdistant\amb_thunderdistant_04.wav

Just delete these files and you will automatically revert to the stock sounds.

What this Mod does not do: This is just a straight forward sound replacement Mod, it in no way alters the default process that Oblivion chooses to use the rain and thunder sounds.

This Mod has been tested with stock Oblivion, Shivering Isles, Natural Environments v2.1.3, and Weather inside [Seasons] 1.2, separately and combined.

Additionally I run F-COM with OOO, MMM, Fran's, Warcry, and Bob's without any conflicts at all.

I do not guarantee that this Mod will work with any other Mods than those mentioned above, but as long as they do not use their own custom rain and thunder sounds there should be no problem afaik.

Shivering Isles uses it's own rain sounds. This Mod does not change them, but is fully compatible. If you would like to use my rain sounds in Shivering Isles (Not recommended as ambw_rainheavy_dementia_lp.wav has additional wind sounds blended in), copy (not move) amb_rain_lp.wav and amb_rainstorm_lp.wav to an empty folder, rename them to ambw_rain_dementia_lp.wav and ambw_rainheavy_dementia_lp.wav respectively. Then copy or move them back to the ambient folder.

Other modders: If you would like to use these sounds in your own mods, you are welcome to do so. All I ask is that you let me know you are adding them (Just because I have an idle curiosity), and give me a small credit in your readme. ;)

Aragon Speed.