The above mentioned Menus were heightened to use the empty space above it. In some cases, the were widened also (Local/World Maps).

The Main Hud (The items on screen when moving/fighting/etc.) now can have your HP/MP/FA shown as percent values*. Also a status bar for the current durability for your equipped weapon can be seen. You can also enable a text option to show the current damage %. The original XML code for Oblivion had disabled timer readouts of Spell Effects that were in effect for your character. We re-enabled these and cleaned them up.

By default, entering a name for your Custom Created Class was limited to a very short size. This has been increased. †

† Long class names may not format properly on Stat and other screens

There are 4 XML tags that the game recognizes. These are <xup>, <xdown>, <xleft> and <xright>. These are mapped to the Xbox360's directional pad and can emulate button functions. These 4 Xbox controls map directly to the Arrow Keys of the PC keyboard. There are no other keys mapped in this way. In an effort to minimize mouseclicks, various functions were mapped to buttons on those menus.

These new hot keys for the Merchant verification will affect all popup Message Boxes. If you used the arrow keys before to highlight the response, this will affect that and select either the first or second response. Delete or rename data/menus/message_menu.xml to change it back to the original fucntion.

The Compass features are now controlled by a ESP file. There are now 3 ESP files available, each does one of the following:

• Remove both the Quest Marker and Dungeon/POI icons from the compass
• Remove just the Quest Markers from the compass
• Remove just the Dungeon/POI icons from the compass.

If you do not use any of these ESP files, the compass will run in it's default mode where it shows everything.

To enable one of the ESP files, Click on the "Data Files" button on the Oblivion Start Menu. You will see a list of the ESP files available. The 3 files are as follows:

• Compass-Disable_Both.esp
• Compass-Disable_QuestMarkers.esp
• Compass-Disable_POIs.esp

Check off the one you want to run (if any). CHOOSE ONLY ONE. Running 2 or more of them, will only cause the last one to load up to be the one that works.

These ESP files changes the gamesetting iMapMarkerRevealDistance. It changes it from the default value of 1800 to 1801, 1802 or 1803 depending on which ESP you run. If you use another mod that changes this gamesetting, the compass will likely show everything.

You can also no toggle the Markers and Icons on the compass from in game with the console.

To show everything:
     - Open the console.
     - Type: setgs imapmarkerrevealdistance 1800
     - Type: reload hudmainmenu
     - Close Console

To show nothing:
     - Open the console.
     - Type: setgs imapmarkerrevealdistance 1801
     - Type: reload hudmainmenu
     - Close Console

To show Markers only:
     - Open the console.
     - Type: setgs imapmarkerrevealdistance 1802
     - Type: reload hudmainmenu
     - Close Console

To show Dungeon/POI Icons only:
     - Open the console.
     - Type: setgs imapmarkerrevealdistance 1803
     - Type: reload hudmainmenu
     - Close Console

One Note: There is a graphical bug that occurs sometimes when enabling the Quest Marker after it's been turned on and off. The cursor will still be in the right spot, but it will just look odd. You can clear it up by restarting the game.

Also toggling it in the Console will only last for the play session. When you restart the game, it will function as however you have the ESP setup.

To disable the Quest Markers in the World and Local Maps: Open the menus\prefabs\ui_config\map_config.xml in Notepad or other text editor and read the section labeled "QUEST MARKERS"

The Configuration Files allow a user to tailor the UI to their personal preferences. By editing many of the original UI's XML files, we set them up to reference these files for layout and toggling elements off and on.

The Config Files are in data/menus/prefabs/ui_config.

The following are the Config files available in this version and which menus they affect:

container_config.xml: Containter Menu Layout(Looting).

container_template.xml: Allows further tweaking of the Container Menu. Word of Warning, changes here can affect looting speed. The more items the slower.

hudmainmenu_config.xml: All screen elements that show while actually playing. HP/MP/FA bars, Weapon/Magic Icon, Compass, Spell Effects.

hudreticle_config.xml: The Crosshair.

hudsubtitlemenu_config.xml: Subtitles from NPC dialogue.

stats_config.xml: The Stats Menu (F1)

inventory_config.xml: The Inventory Menu (F2)

magic_config.xml: The Magic Menu (F3)

map_config.xml: The Map and Quest Menu (F4)

map_template.xml: Further Customize the Map screens. Changes here can slow down the map loading.

You can make changes to these files with yout favorite text editor like Notepad (Do not use MS Word or other Word Processor programs). We can also recommend these XML editing programs: http://www.xmlcooktop.com and http://www.crimsoneditor.com

The files have some documentations with in the files to help you edit them. We will be expanding these in future releases.

Also a BTModCustomizationPackage2.2.rar file is available (at most popular TES Mod Sites). This file contains examples of alternate configurations and the modified Config Files for those changes.