[Mod-announce] Qarl's Texture Pack III for Oblivion has been listed on elricm.com

[Elric Melnibone and the Elder Scrolls Web Portal]

The download: 'Qarl's Texture Pack III'
in category Oblivion/Models and Textures
by Qarl has been listed on elricm.com.

The page link for this individual mod/file is: 

http://www.elricm.com/mods.php?mod=3621 

Mod Descripton: 

The purpose of this package is to make TES IV:
Oblivion look even better than when you bought it.

To do this I've created new textures, normal maps,
specular and parallax maps to replace a large
number of those in the game with ones which are
higher resolution and more photo realistic, while
at the same time still very close to the original
feel of Bethesda's intentions. 

Replacement meshes are also included to use
parallax mapping. However, due to the increased
resolution, machines with lower-end graphics cards
may see severe slow-down with this mod. 

Features:
* Most textures are 4 times the size of the
originals. Some, even more. This makes things seem
much clearer and sharper in-game.

* A large number of meshes have been altered to
take advantage of the game engine's parallax
shader. 

* Only parts of the mesh which NEED parallaxing
have the parallax flag enabled. This removes
unwanted artifacts parallaxing can cause around
corners. 

* Textures which use the parallax shader have been
altered at the mipmap level so that things look
very 3D from a distance but do not get the soupy
artifacts associated with the parallax effect when
viewed close-up. 

* Advanced normal map techniques used to make
landscape textures seem very 3D. 

* Landscape color maps and normal maps edited at
the mipmap level to reduce the tiling effect in
the distance. 

* Mesh fixes from the Unofficial Oblivion Patch
are included. 

Things retextured: * Architecture
* Landscape
* Rocks
* Dungeons
* Blood splatters, falling snowflakes, butterflies

* Furniture, and other medium-sized clutter 

Things NOT retextured: 
* Clothes, armor, weapons, creatures, NPCs 
* Foliage, the sky 
* Kvatch, the Arena, and the Oblivion realm