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Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

Rift Area 2 - Aspen Forests

I've got some pretty screenshots of some lovely Aspen forests, far more lovely than trying to move Riften to a new Heightmap that is...

12.02.2007 21:53

Lady Nerevar
Marquise

Registration Date: 04.01.2006
Posts: 1,243
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er, am I botanicly retarted, or do those look like birches? Tongue

[edit] apperently aspen DO look like birches. shows you how much time I spend outside.

other then that, it looks nice. I realy like the goldtone, though mayhaps you can break it up some? (i dont think the trees would all be the same color)

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12.02.2007 21:55

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Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

I like gold

But maybe I could throw in some green Aspen trees just to mix things up a bit, there are already quite a few (green) east hemlock trees, but I don't think you can see them in the screenies.

12.02.2007 22:54

Psychotic
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 30.07.2006
Posts: 3,420
Location: Sheogorath's Realm

Some aspens with orange/brown/red leaves would be nice, autumn colors would fit better with the golden tone that's already present. I don't think there are aspens with those colors in OB, but it's an easy re-tex job. I'd do it myself, but I still can't find my Photoshop CD... *sigh* ...maybe I'll just torrent it.

Of course it looks beautiful as it is now... just nitpicking. Tongue

12.02.2007 23:54

Siegfried
Archduke

Registration Date: 07.03.2006
Posts: 2,598
Location: With Your Mom...

Looks great Alasdair, the arch is nifty looking. I'm not sure if you should throw in more color variation or not, it actually looks pretty cool as is, and in reality aspen forests are generally the same color all at once. Maybe put in a few white pines if you want more variation, as those blend nicely. I think it would be fine as is though, and there are several other aspen claims in the area, so someone else could always mix the colors in their claim up more, or if you wanted to do the mixing up, someone else could go for the straight-up gold.

Just a thought, I was considering putting some kind of standing stones around in my aspen claim? Would you be interested in doing it in your's too?

13.02.2007 01:17

Liquid Cheese
Elder of Skyrim

Registration Date: 24.07.2006
Posts: 624
Location: England

I like it all apart from the boulder arch, it looks man made. If it is man made then what would its purpose be?

13.02.2007 21:09

Smokindan
Chieftain of Skyrim

Registration Date: 13.06.2006
Posts: 813
Location: Western Australia, Australia

Looks tasty! Let's just say the arch was made by the gods Yes

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16.02.2007 05:41

Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

quote:

Originally posted by Smokindan
Looks tasty! Let's just say the arch was made by the gods Yes

Nah, I removed the arch, it didn't look that good.

Also I managed to get Riften onto the new heightmap without any fatal errors, or any objects vanishing. Dancing Banana

22.02.2007 19:29

Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

Update:

I've almost finished the entire region, as well as the exterior of Riften. I'll post screenshots soon.

03.04.2007 13:51

Liquid Cheese
Elder of Skyrim

Registration Date: 24.07.2006
Posts: 624
Location: England

ooooh, nice.

03.04.2007 17:16

Smokindan
Chieftain of Skyrim

Registration Date: 13.06.2006
Posts: 813
Location: Western Australia, Australia

Indeed! Great work, Alasdair

04.04.2007 15:19

Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Alasdair: 05.04.2007 17:22.

05.04.2007 17:21

Liquid Cheese
Elder of Skyrim

Registration Date: 24.07.2006
Posts: 624
Location: England

Wow, it looks so good. When do you plan on posting the esp? I'm going to start getting footage for this trailer now.

05.04.2007 18:16

Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

Download RiftenMergedPlugin.esp

That's the very latest version. Type cow "Skyrim", 75, -13 to get there (or somewhere near there).

05.04.2007 18:36

Psychotic
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 30.07.2006
Posts: 3,420
Location: Sheogorath's Realm

The golden shine is BLINDING... I like it!

05.04.2007 18:38

Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

Yeah, when I went up that hill I was like "OMG ?bershiny"

, and promptly snapped a few screenshots. If you want that in the video, head south of Riften in the morning, and then turn east after you walk up the steep part of the path.

05.04.2007 18:43

Liquid Cheese
Elder of Skyrim

Registration Date: 24.07.2006
Posts: 624
Location: England

I've completely exhausted the redwoods and vernim wood now and I think I've gotten some really really nice stuff. I'm quite excited about making this thing now. Thanks for the aspens link. Do I need to activate riften too, or is that merged into this?

Edit:

Sorry didn't read the file name.

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05.04.2007 20:02

Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

Riften's exterior is included, but the interiors still need to be merged. You could download a few interiors from the Riften Claims board if you want.

05.04.2007 20:34

Liquid Cheese
Elder of Skyrim

Registration Date: 24.07.2006
Posts: 624
Location: England

I think I'll try and keep it to exteriors for this trailer. Without new textures and models most of the interiors look similar to the interiors in oblivion.

I had a look around and you have been very busy, it all looks excellent. Riften is taking shape nicely too, I like the market stalls, that was some good use of the stuff from the CS. I don't know how much of Riften I can really use in the video though, whilst overall the city looks good, without any clutter the streets look a bit bare.

I used your into the sun idea too. That could probably make a nice ending.

Edit:

Btw what is this tower thing in the background? (taken from one of the gate houses)

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05.04.2007 20:55

The Old Ye Bard
Princess

Registration Date: 25.05.2006
Posts: 3,396

quote:

Originally posted by Liquid Cheese
I think I'll try and keep it to exteriors for this trailer. Without new textures and models most of the interiors look similar to the interiors in oblivion.

I had a look around and you have been very busy, it all looks excellent. Riften is taking shape nicely too, I like the market stalls, that was some good use of the stuff from the CS. I don't know how much of Riften I can really use in the video though, whilst overall the city looks good, without any clutter the streets look a bit bare.

I used your into the sun idea too. That could probably make a nice ending.

Edit:

Btw what is this tower thing in the background? (taken from one of the gate houses)

It's an LOD deformity Wink

06.04.2007 00:27

Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

Yeah, I thought I got rid of all those (they happen at the corners of quads). It'll be fixed when the next HM master is released.

06.04.2007 00:36

Siegfried
Archduke

Registration Date: 07.03.2006
Posts: 2,598
Location: With Your Mom...

Those shots look awesome!

Alasdair, when you have some free time is there a way that you could get an esp uploaded with the region presets that you used for the Aspen Forests, as I would like to base Area 1 off yours to help keep continuity. I plan on tweaking things a decent ammount, having some green aspens scattered around, ect. There's no rush to do it, as I probably won't start working on the region until I finish up with the redwood forests, so no hurry, just throwing it out there.

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07.04.2007 21:28

Smokindan
Chieftain of Skyrim

Registration Date: 13.06.2006
Posts: 813
Location: Western Australia, Australia

Any progress? No pressure

Once again, just wondering...

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26.06.2007 13:51

Richard
Chieftain of Skyrim

Registration Date: 23.08.2006
Posts: 747
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand

I'm wondering now too because he's wondering.

Also, I'm going to hand Reich Corigate over to you Alasdair once I'm finished with it so you can 'match' it with the surrounding Aspen sectors. I'm just doing what's inside the walls.

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26.06.2007 16:30

Alasdair
Jarl of Skyrim

Registration Date: 29.08.2006
Posts: 1,169
Location: Somerset, England

The area itself is pretty much complete, Riften could use some more detail. But other than that, there isn't much left to do.

26.06.2007 17:22

Siegfried
Archduke

Registration Date: 07.03.2006
Posts: 2,598
Location: With Your Mom...

Could you merge it to the next release of the ESM so you can start hooking up interiors (if you haven't already), ect? Just seems like we should get on merging ints as links have a way of going bad-- wouldn't want to lose the work of modders who aren't around anymore, ect.

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26.06.2007 18:37

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