PLRL0111 "Southern Parchlands" (Completed)

[Ibsen's Ghost]

That's in IS's hands. I sent him the info via PM. His main priority are the Soulrest house interiors for the UC district but we could certainly benefit from the ruins too, especially as I'm unsure how to tackle the initial design. Some of these pieces don't work too well as ruins so I'm unsure how it will work and some of the items that I placed (in a very basic initial layout as shown) are things that I'm simply using as placeholders for the time being.

I'd like to be able to use the ramp that LR created but have never really found a proper function for. I think some kind of ruined tower with the door section raised higher up off the ground would give this some purpose. Failing that, some kind of ruined statue with an entrance such as a giant face with an open mouth (you wouldn't need an interior because access may be prevented by rubble). You can see here (see third pic) that I've just slapped a small tower on the edge of the ramp for the time being as I had no idea how to use it best.

What we really need in order to do this are: fallen rubble (this can easily be done by re-texturing the Ayleid pieces), one or two broken wall meshes, a ruined wall tower and ruined versions of perhaps kothringihouse1 (the MC house used for the Elsweyr Embassy) and/or soulrestUCsmall (the little, unusual one used for the Port Authority). If we can get some kind of model such as that mentioned above then it would particularly nice and this would be more than enough!

[InsanitySorrow]

Kothringi ruins?, Are you needing exterior models?

Just wondering because I do have some exterior house models and will see about creating some interiors once the Soulrest interiors are done

[Ibsen's Ghost]

Well, those Soulrest interiors I PM'd you about are the main priority. However, the Kothringi ruins would simply be ruined versions of the exterior models I mentioned, barring the possible inclusion of the centrepiece statue or tower I was referring to, of course.

The wall and tower meshes I mentioned are the ones shown and the others are named according to their .nif models, which can be found inside our Soulrest meshes folder. This would be a case of cutting away at the existing exterior meshes...

@ Everyone else - I added some more pics here. They're not in-game pics but they should do to show you what I did with the rootworm burrow. It's basically the Fort Farragut tree mesh surrounded by the fossil stumps that you see in the region. You can enter the hollow trunk to find yourself in the rootworm burrow where there's a platform to enter the rootworm and go travelling. Further along, I used Sachiel's tileset to create a pit. It's surrounded by KP's Hist-smoke creation which signifies that if you fall off the bridge here, there's a killbox and you will die!

The tunnels can also be made smaller by adjusting them to 0.5 and 0.25 size and they'll still clip together well. I've been considering using these tiny tunnels for use as the spider caves in Darkmoor, hence the last shots.

[Koniption]

Huh, that's actually a really nice use for the smoke effect. Thanks for the tasty pics, Ibsen!

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[Ibsen's Ghost]

Cheers! I made a bit more progress today. About 30 cells to finish off...but also the Kothringi ruin to consider, of course.

[Ibsen's Ghost]

I just finished this tonight. It's still missing proper work on the Kothringi ruin site and the large coral reef but this is fun stuff that I can add later. The main work is done. :check:

[Koniption]

Another claim bites the dust...in a good way.

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[Xae]

Steve walks warily down the street, with the brim pulled way down low.