Oblivion Mod:Acronyms

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Acronym	Full	Description
AEVWD	Almost Everything Visible When Distant	Mod that makes almost all structures (Ayleid ruins, forts, etc.) viewable while distant.
AS	Alternate Start	Describes several mods that alter the beginning of the game
AWS	Atmospheric Weather System	Weather overhaul.
B&M	Blood and Mud	Quest mod and city overhaul (Bravil).
BAB	Biu Adventuress Body	A female body replacer mod.
BAIN	BAsh INstallers	A mod package installer feature of Wrye Bash. Somewhat similar to OBMM.
BALO	Bash Auto Load Ordering	An automated load ordering feature of Wrye Bash. No longer enabled as it has been effectively depreciated by BOSS.
BC	Better Cities	Major city overhaul of all towns.
BOSS	Better Oblivion Sorting Software	Automatic load ordering utility.
BP	Beautiful People	Compilation of various race and cosmetic mods.
BSA	Bethesda Softworks Archive	The extension and file format used to archive all art assets used by Oblivion into a single file. See BSA File Format for more informations.
CoC	Clocks of Cyrodiil	Adds working clocks around Cyrodiil.
	Center on Cell	Console command that teleports player to specified cell.
	Champion of Cyrodiil	Rank that you gain after completing the main quest.
Cobl	Common Oblivion	Acts as library of common objects/shared definitions.
CR	Cobl Races	Compilation of race and beauty mods, part of Common Oblivion (Cobl).
CRB	Cobl Races Balanced	Similar to Cobl Races, but races and birthsigns rebalanced in spirit of RBP.
CS	Construction Set	The Elder Scrolls Construction Set, which is used to make mods.
CTD	Crash to Desktop	Oblivion crashes and quits.
DDS	Direct Draw Surface	The image format used by Morrowind and Oblivion for textures, icons, and all other graphics.
DLC	Downloadable content	Refers to the official Bethesda plug-ins for Oblivion
DV	Deutsche Version	Used when designating the German language version of a mod.
EW	Enhanced Weather	Weather Mod.
EV	English Version	Used when designating the English language version of a mod.
FF	Fantasy Figures	A female body replacer mod.
FCOM	Frans, War Cry, Oscuro's, Martigen	Mod that that integrates the leading overhaul mods (plus others) into a single, cohesive system.
GOTY	Game of the Year	Version with all Knights of the Nine/SI Expansion Packs.
HC	Harvest Containers	Mod that causes containers to appear opened when activated.
HDR	High Dynamic Range	Graphics technique that allows a wider range of colors to be displayed. See this article for more information.
HF	Harvest Flora	Mod that causes harvested flora to look depleted after harvesting.
KA	Kvatch Aftermath	A mod that features a reconstructed Kvatch. Not to be confused with Kvatch Rebuilt.
KCAS	Kobu's Character Advancement System	Player character leveling overhaul
KOTN/KotN	Knights of the Nine	Official quest mod.
KR	Kvatch Rebuilt	A mod that features a reconstructed Kvatch. Not to be confused with Kvatch Aftermath. http://kvatch.net/ generates numerous malware warnings and may have been hi-jacked. Forums no longer work at all. Use at your own risk.
LAME	Less Annoying Magic Experience	Magic overhaul. Also comes in a German version.
LOD	Level Of Detail	The amount of detail displayed by the graphics engine.
LS	Lost Spires	A large quest mod with a new guild.
LSTR	Loading Screens Themed Replacer	Mod that replaces sepia toned vanilla loading screens with high quality full color screenshots.
MM	Mighty Magick	Magic overhaul.
MM:R	Mighty Magick: Reborn	Magic overhaul.
MMM	Martigen's Monster Mod	Mod focused on adding additional creatures and NPCs.
MBSP	Magicka-Based Skill Progression	Originally a Morrowind mod, now a genre name for any mod which adjusts the advancement of spellcasting skills based on the cost of the spells you cast.
MOBS	Medieval Oblivion (Equipment) Balance System	A system used by many mods to balance weapons. Without MOBS, weapons added by different mods can behave inconsistently (e.g. a small dagger having longer reach than sword).
NE	Natural Environment	Weather overhaul.
nGCD	not Galsiah's Character Development	Player leveling overhaul. (GCD is a player leveling system for Morrowind, which inspired this mod. nGCD is by a different author, hence not Galsiah's.)
NIF	NetImmerse File	The GameBryo file format for 3D meshes. See NifTools for more informations.
OBGE	Oblivion Graphics Extender	A modder's resource that expands the graphics capabilities of Oblivion.
OBMM	Oblivion Mod Manager	A tool for installing and removing mods, managing load order, etc.
OBSE	Oblivion Script Extender	A modder's resource that expands the scripting capabilities of Oblivion.
OBC	Open Better Cities	A city overhaul mod that removes city gates and allows seamless entry into Better Cities.
OCC	Open Cities Classic	A city overhaul mod to remove the city gates allowing seamless entry, maintaining the vanilla Bethesda layouts.
OCR	Open Cities Reborn	City overhaul that redesigns the layouts of each city while at the same time removing the load screens to enter.
OMG	Origin of Mages Guild	A quest mod.
OMOBS	Oscuro's Medieval Oblivion (Equipment) Balance System	Oscuro's variation of MOBS. Largely consistent with MOBS.
OOO	Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul	Overhaul mod.
ORE	Oblivion Real Estate	A mod site focused on homes and villages.
PYLO	Post Your Load Order	A request on the forums that someone post their load order, typically to help with diagnosis of problems. Usually fulfilled by using Wrye Bash's List Mods command, or by using OBMM and copying and pasting the contents of %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Oblivion\plugins.txt, which OBMM will sort by load order automatically.
QOTW	Quest of the Week	A modding group that makes miscellaneous quests.
RBP	Race Balancing Project	A race and Birthsign overhaul.
	Ren's Beauty Pack	A race and hair mod.
RELZ	Released	A released mod. Usually used in the titles of forum topics to flag that the post is about a released mod. The trailing "Z" exists to increase the term to four letters (Bethsoft forum searches do not allow searches on three letter terms).
RGO	Reneer's Guard Overhaul	Overhauls behavior of guard NPCs.
RTFM	Read the F***ing/Fine Manual	Blunt admonishment that an asked question is already answered in the manual/readme. A less rude alternative is to ask "How is the manual unclear?"
RTT	Ruined Tail's Tale	A classic companion and quest mod.
SDR	Sneaking Detection Recalibrated	Stealth Overhaul
SI	Shivering Isles	Official Oblivion expansion
SM	Supreme Magicka	Magic overhaul.
SPAM	Simbacca's Player Advancement Method	player leveling overhaul.
TIE	Tamriel Immersion Experience	Overhaul mod.
TFF	Team Fantasy Figures	Marks official FF releases. Contrasts with UFF.
TNR	Tamriel NPCs Revamped	A face overhaul mod. Redoes the faces of all human, elf and orc faces in Cyrodiil.
TotF	Tears of the Fiend	A large companion and quest mod.
TT	Tamriel Travellers	Traveling Merchants mod.
TRN OotG	TRN One of the Gang	User made mod allows the player to disguise themselves as a member of the Imperial Legion.
UI	User Interface	All menus (e.g. Inventory) and other non game objects (e.g. compass, health bar) visible on screen. A mod changing them is therefore often called "UI mod".
UFF	Unofficial Fantasy Figures	Marks mods made for TFF bodies that are not from Team Fantasy Figures. Contrasts with TFF.
UL	Unique Landscapes	Series of mods that redo landscapes in different areas of Cyrodiil to make them more unique and interesting.
UOP	Unofficial Oblivion Patch	The patch mod for Oblivion. Fixes all known (and fixable) bugs, provides some performance enhancements, etc.
UOMP	Unofficial Official Mods Patch	Same as UOP, but for the various downloadable mods Bethesda sold. Use this in addition to UOP.
USIP	Unofficial Shivering Isles Patch	Same as UOP, but for Shivering Isles. Use this in addition to UOP.
WCIF	Where can I find?	Indicates the thread is asking where to find a particular mod or a certain type of mod. On the Official Elder Scrolls Forums, at least, such questions ought to be directed to the current mod detectives (for a known mod that cannot be found) or mod psychics (for asking if a mod exists) thread.
WIPZ	Work in Progress	Term for mods that are in development. The trailing "Z" exists to increase the term to four letters (Bethsoft forum searches do not allow searches on three letter terms). "WIPZ" usually implies that the mod is actually in development (i.e. not just an idea), and that the mod is planned to be released (i.e. is not a private mod).