Register    Calendar    Members    ST Team    Forum Search    FAQ    Portal    Overview Silgrad Tower: Oblivion » Archive » Blacklight » Oblivion: Blacklight Claims » Beginning the first test » Hello You Last Post | First Unread Post Print Page | Recommend to a Friend | Add Thread to Favorites Beginning the first test Author Post « Previous Thread | Next Thread » Rodan Spellbinder of Blacklight Registration Date: 02.03.2003 Posts: 1,085 Location: City of Blacklight Beginning the first test        I'm starting on the Morrowind worldspace. From the gird I've created it goes from (-95,69) to (105,-69). We will test a landscape run from the coordinates of Reich Parkeep to Blacklight to see if it will work that way. If we have to make it larger or smaller, we will do so. 19.04.2006 01:31 Ebonyknight Seigneur Registration Date: 04.02.2006 Posts: 805 Location: Canada, Ontario Are you using these corrdinates for Oblivion or you doing this in Morrowind 19.04.2006 01:47 Razorwing Administrator Registration Date: 24.03.2004 Posts: 10,142 Location: Sweden TES3 didn't have worldspaces. 19.04.2006 01:58 KuKulzA King Registration Date: 07.09.2005 Posts: 7,152 Location: USA / Taiwan yay! Blacklight is starting up! 19.04.2006 02:02 Rodan Spellbinder of Blacklight Registration Date: 02.03.2003 Posts: 1,085 Location: City of Blacklight Everything is being done in Oblivion. I just have to put some teleport markers up and a couple of markers and the test can begin! 19.04.2006 02:04 X23 Marquess Registration Date: 14.03.2006 Posts: 1,034 Location: Philadelphia Can't wait to try it. 19.04.2006 02:17 Siegfried Archduke Registration Date: 07.03.2006 Posts: 2,621 Location: With Your Mom... Woohoo! This looks like an oppurtunity to overuse smilies... 19.04.2006 02:24 Blocky Guardian Registration Date: 15.01.2006 Posts: 57 Location: New Battlespire Cool! Only 1 month after release and we already have 2 cities with construction begun. I know someone recommended the skingrad building style for Blacklight, but I wouldn't recommend the skingrad town layout. Because everything is spread out so far it feels empty, emptier than one district of the IC. Chorrol, Cheydinhal, and Leyawin all have layouts that give the appearance of NPC activity, that people actually live there. __________________ "... creatures can survive by eating the fungi and mold which grow on the dungeon's walls and floors." -the sensible dungeon, "Mmmmm" 19.04.2006 02:35 Ebonyknight Seigneur Registration Date: 04.02.2006 Posts: 805 Location: Canada, Ontario No I mentioned skingrad housemodels not the design of city were making our own design 19.04.2006 03:26 Siegfried Archduke Registration Date: 07.03.2006 Posts: 2,621 Location: With Your Mom... Just a thought on models for the city, I think you should retexture the current Ob walls and castle structures to look more like the MW ones. I always liked the way the MW imperial structures looked, they seemed medieval, but then they all so seemed kind of Roman at the same time. Just my 2 cents though. 19.04.2006 04:27 masbeth First Knight Registration Date: 17.04.2006 Posts: 116 well yea I think if we could retexture we should, since we are making a mod of town that is no longer in Cyrodiil to just rehash old buildings would make the city seem out of place. Morrowind buildings should look different becusae they reflect a different culture 19.04.2006 04:29 Razorwing Administrator Registration Date: 24.03.2004 Posts: 10,142 Location: Sweden masbeth: I think what Siegfried meant was that he thought we should retexture Oblivion's imperial-style architecture to look more like Morrowind's imperial-style architecture. For Dunmer settlements we're going to use custom models and textures all the way. 19.04.2006 08:36 D.Foxy First Knight Registration Date: 15.03.2006 Posts: 109 A suggestion. If you go to the most 'interesting' places to visit in the real world, you will find that the most interesting cities are those that have a mix of architectures. Why not have a city with mainly ONE architectural theme, but one which has small and specific quarters that have different themes? Thus we could have, say, a mainly Dunmer City with winding roads (the old city) but in one area, an Imperial Quarter with straight roads and imposing buildings, and near the docks some ragged shacks, BUT with three or four imposing buildings (built by captains who became rich, and who tore down and rebuilt their shacks) and a Telvanni quarter, with some buildings built to a quasi-Telvanni style, etc etc etc... __________________ Professor, Pervert, Sinner, Saint 19.04.2006 11:06 raggidman Prince Registration Date: 06.01.2006 Posts: 2,620 Location: where my heart is Hard to second-guess what other people would prefer on the subject of architectural styles and textures. I think that there will be a mixed lobbey, but that if the original ST textures are near achievable then people would enjoy both the similarities and differences according to the quality that is produced. It would be interesting to see how a mix of the old and the new would work - as if there had been extensive rebuilding in the intevening decade/s, but some of the original stuff survived the process...but I cannot guess whether the attempt would work out, and was therefore worth a go... But it's great to see BL is tuning up. Don't suppose Siegfried would lend me one of his smilies to celebrate with? __________________ Because loyalty is not to be spoken of and honour is to be endured. Whilst courage is to be survived. These virtues belong to silence. Steven Erikson. But, if one man does nothing can he be said to be good? raggidman 19.04.2006 11:20 Rodan Spellbinder of Blacklight Registration Date: 02.03.2003 Posts: 1,085 Location: City of Blacklight I have the landpath raised. Just need to add the teleport markers (after I get home from work). 19.04.2006 14:24 Rodan Spellbinder of Blacklight Registration Date: 02.03.2003 Posts: 1,085 Location: City of Blacklight Sorry, I should have had the test ready yesterday but I became ill at work. I'm sitting with the laptop today so I probably will have it ready on Sunday! 22.04.2006 16:47 Rodan Spellbinder of Blacklight Registration Date: 02.03.2003 Posts: 1,085 Location: City of Blacklight I have finally found all the info I needed to do a new landmass! My problem was the coordinates. I have them facing in front of me so we will have the first test really soon! (My conditions have prevented me from getting everything done) 19.06.2006 01:12 Razorwing Administrator Registration Date: 24.03.2004 Posts: 10,142 Location: Sweden quote: Originally posted by Rodan I have finally found all the info I needed to do a new landmass! My problem was the coordinates. I have them facing in front of me so we will have the first test really soon! (My conditions have prevented me from getting everything done) I understood that that was the cause of it, but slow and steady progress is better than fast and bad and I have a feeling your extensive experience in modding landscapes for Morrowind will lead to it turning out fantastic in the end. Until then I'll keep dreaming about stepping outside Reich Parkeep and trekking north to the gates of Blacklight. 20.06.2006 08:18 X23 Marquess Registration Date: 14.03.2006 Posts: 1,034 Location: Philadelphia How are you doing on this? 27.06.2006 03:00 Razorwing Administrator Registration Date: 24.03.2004 Posts: 10,142 Location: Sweden Mm I would really really really like to see a screenshot or two of how it looks, when you're ready Rodan 27.06.2006 03:01 Rodan Spellbinder of Blacklight Registration Date: 02.03.2003 Posts: 1,085 Location: City of Blacklight It's nearly done. I've just had a lot of chores to do and a lot of minor fixing around the house. I'm now able to delegate so I can get some modding done. 27.06.2006 03:43 Siegfried Archduke Registration Date: 07.03.2006 Posts: 2,621 Location: With Your Mom... Out of curiosity how big is the landmass esp currently? And how much is done? 27.06.2006 03:57 Rodan Spellbinder of Blacklight Registration Date: 02.03.2003 Posts: 1,085 Location: City of Blacklight What it is will be a run between Reich Parkeep and Blacklight. It's to determine cell size and if I have to adjust it. If it works, it will be large enough to take care of all of Morrowind and a little part of Skyrim. 27.06.2006 09:57 HeIsTheDarkness Seigneur Registration Date: 12.05.2006 Posts: 257 Location: Russia do you generate distant LOD or it will be generated when cities are placed on the landmass? 30.06.2006 12:45 Tree Structure | Board Structure Silgrad Tower: Oblivion » Archive » Blacklight » Oblivion: Blacklight Claims » Beginning the first test