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07-06-2006, 09:24 PM,
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There are a few things we must diuss befor I can make our landmass. How large will elsweyr be? If we take its actual ratio, it is quite small. I am thinking the same number of cells as cyrodil(I need someone to tell me how many that is) and how gradualy we want the climate to change, and where.
The soul's condition is learning to fly
Condition grounded, but determined to try Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Toung-tied and twisted, just an Earth-bound misfit, I |
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07-07-2006, 04:15 AM,
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If I recall correctly, Cyrodiil's landmass consists of 14 heightmap grids, each one I think is 64x64 cells (don't remember the exact number). Remember a lot of that was border land though.
If you were to do Elsweyr to scale you would make it roughly half the size of Cyrodiil, but I can understand your reasons for wanting it larger. I'm just lining up some perspective for you. From a lore perspective, Elsweyr is about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of Cyrodiil, depending on which map you're looking at. |
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07-07-2006, 05:10 AM,
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Yes, but I think that in order to encompass both rolling desert sand, deep rainforst, and border regions, we need it large.
The soul's condition is learning to fly
Condition grounded, but determined to try Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Toung-tied and twisted, just an Earth-bound misfit, I |
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07-07-2006, 02:20 PM,
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Are we doing the 400% scale mentioned in this topic? I'd like that.
Exterior cell size in Oblivion vs. Morrowind If we make a huge lore-scale or bigger landmass, that'd be awesome. Especially travelling across the desert, and jungle. |
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07-07-2006, 02:37 PM,
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Cyrodiil, WITH border regions, is 4x4 (16) quads. Cyrodiil WITHOUT border regions is 12 quads. Each quad is 31x31 cells. Oblivion's cells are 1/4 the size of Morrowind's cells.
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07-07-2006, 03:09 PM,
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In heightmap terms a quad is one full heightmap segment?
The soul's condition is learning to fly
Condition grounded, but determined to try Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Toung-tied and twisted, just an Earth-bound misfit, I |
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07-07-2006, 03:57 PM,
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Throwing in my two cents.
Well, I say make it larger than Cyrodil's scale... But be careful not to overdo it. |
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07-07-2006, 05:07 PM,
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well, I am planning 16 quads for elsweyr. and a border egion wih valenwood that is two quads wide and however many tall, you think I should add more? I was thinking about doing that..
The soul's condition is learning to fly
Condition grounded, but determined to try Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies Toung-tied and twisted, just an Earth-bound misfit, I |
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07-07-2006, 08:46 PM,
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Yikes!
I think that is way too big. I say about Cyrodil's size (not including border regions), no more. Do you always use fast-travel in Oblivion? I walk sometimes... And 12 is big enough... |
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07-07-2006, 09:46 PM,
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I'm not a modder, just a fan of these projects, so take my opinion for what it's worth.
I like what the Silgrad and Skyrim teams are doing in terms of increasing scale. I would like to see this project follow a similar theme rather than conform to Cyrodil's in game scale. If you feel your team can pull off 16 quads, I say go for it. The only way you could overdo it, would be taking on more than your team could handle. |
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