Descriptions of each mod may be found at the Sp0ckrates Workshop, here:

http://steamproxy.net/id/sp0ckrates/myworkshopfiles/




After taking a break from making the ART mods, we are now back into full-steam development. Amazing Race Tweaks! Khajiit (New Edition) is completed and will undergo extensive in-game testing this weekend. We're looking at releasing it next Thursday, June 31.




I'm currently developing new editions for all of the Amazing Race Tweaks! Mods. These will all be released as one mod before the end of the year. Your feedback is needed! So please post comments here or at your favorite ART! mod page, and let me know what you'd like changed, or what you'd like to remain the same.


As of update 4.0, all Amazing Race Tweaks! mods are confirmed compatible with the popular mod Alternate Start - Live Another Life. Make sure Steam actually installs the update (see BUG FIX FOR ALL, below). The only other requirement is to move that mod to the bottom of the load order, like so:

1. Start Skyrim
2. Wait for the splash screen to say all mods updated
3. Select Data Files
4. Select Alternate Start - Live Another Life
5. Use the down arrow button to move it to the bottom of the list
6. Select OK
7. Select Play, and that's it!


The latest updates for all of the mods in this collection fixes the issue where some of the mods were incompatible. You now no longer have to use the workaround of disabling all but one ART! mod. In-game tests with all of the mods enabled found no issues using magic or the new powers for each race. Also the flames and healing spells missing from some new characters are now restored. To make sure Steam installs the updates:

1. Exit Skyrim to the desktop
2. On the Steam app, select Go Online on the Steam menu
3. Use the Steam app to subscribe to the ART! mods you want, or select the Subscribe to All button on this page
4. Make sure the Download progress bar of the Steam app shows the download of the updates completes
5. Start Skyrim, but don't select Play on the launch screen, yet
6. Makes sure the launch screen displays the message that all mods finished synchronizing
7. IMPORTANT: Exit the Skyrim launcher
8. Run the Skyrim launcher, again
9. On the Skyrim splash screen, select Data Files
10. Make sure there is a checkmark next to each of the ART! mods you want
11. If you are using the Alternate Start mod, make sure it is at the bottom of the list (see instructions above)
12. Select OK and Play



After more than a year of receiving comments and developing the ART! mods, any issues and workarounds for them are well known. Here is the complete list:


Others have reported the Steam Client is having issues with successfully downloading updates to mods. It indicates mods updated, but they really don't. So older versions of the ART mods will sometimes cause the game to close when viewing the magic menu, if they are used with newer versions of the mods. To fix this:

• Makes sure Steam is ONLINE.
• Use Steam to UNSUBSCRIBE from all of the ART mods.
• Start Skyrim and wait for it to display the message that all mods updated.
• Exit the game.
• Use Steam to subscribe to all of the ART mods you want.
• Start Skyrim and wait for it to say all mods finished updating before selecting Play.


This is not a bug, but a feature of ART! Khajiit. The mod changes the jump height game setting, as there is no way to change the jump height for a race without requiring you to subscribe to a script extender. This affects horses and other mounts the player rides, which use the same jump height setting. The workaround is to either (1) disable ART! Khajiit when not playing as a Khajiit, or (2) use the mod ART! No Khajiit Jumping Bonus to disable the jump height, which is here:

http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=299005595

Note: If you unsubscribe from ART! Khajiit, make sure to unsubscribe from ART! No Khajiit Jumping Bonus, too.


This is a bug with ART! Breton. If you are playing as a female Breton and try to transform into one of the male animals, the game can't deal with your sex change and displays a blue screen. The workaround for this is to play as a male or not use the Shapeshift power. BUT I'm working on a fix for this, which will create a female version of each animal for female characters to become. It will be in the next update of ART! Breton.


Not a bug. To increase weapons speed, the game adds a speed enchantment to the great sword when the power is used. If the great sword is already enchanted, the power does not work. Other enchanted weapons do work with the Orc Rage power. The workaround when using a great sword is to use one that is not enchanted when you want it to swing faster.


Not a bug. The powers enchant one-handed weapons, two-handed weapons and bows with fire, frost, shock and speed during combat. They do not work on weapons that are already enchanted.


This is a bug that will be fixed in the next update of ART! Dark Elf. Workaround is to disable ART! Dark Elf when not playing as that race:

• Start the game, but don't select Play, yet
• Select Data Files
• Clear the checkmark next to Amazing Race Tweaks! Nord
• Select OK and Play



This mod is completely free. But it takes a lot of time, effort and expense to make it and mods like it. If you appreciate the fun they provide and want to give a little back, log into PayPal[www.paypal.com] and make a donation to sp0ckrates@outlook.com. No amount is too small to help! If you give a donation, let me know. If you want, ask me to add a feature to a mod or upload a mod to Nexus for you.



The Sp0ckrates Steam Skyrim Workshop currently has more than a million subscribers and more than 4,000 followers. Many thanks to all who've tried out our mods over the last two years. Dudes! You're the best!



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