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Richard
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Registration Date: 23.08.2006
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Location: Invercargill, New Zealand

Illumination Within-style windows?

I'm assuming most ES modders will be familiar with the titular mod, so I was wondering if anyone other than myself thinks that doing windows that light up at night would be a good idea?
The scripts already exist (and are remarkably simple in my personally modified version), it would just be a matter of making some lit up meshes to match Skyrim windows.

I personally think it'd give a really nice feel to some of the cities in particular. It wouldn't be compulsory, just an optional esp for those players want it (forcing it on people would annoy them if they didn't have IW, because only Skyrim would have window lights)

Thoughts?

This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by Richard: 15.02.2007 03:18.

15.02.2007 03:17

cow1787
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It would be cool and agree that it should only be an optional esp.

Would new meshes have to be created or just new textures? What about Texan's window mod? (I think that's who made the other one)

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15.02.2007 03:25

A_flyboy
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it cant cost much time and hd space to make these availible to our claimers, can it?
I say default to save some spac.

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15.02.2007 03:28

Psychotic
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Yesssss, good idea... it's easy enough to do. Yes

15.02.2007 03:49

cow1787
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Originally posted by A_flyboy
it cant cost much time and hd space to make these availible to our claimers, can it?
I say default to save some spac.

What do you mean by the first statement? It won't mess with any progress the claimers are working on currently and have already worked on. If Texan's mod is to be implemented, I think it just uses 'illuminated' textures that'll apply to all windows at night.

As for the space thing, it could even be an optional download. But if you're going to be downloaded Skyrim, a whole country, I'd make sure you have enough space. Wink

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15.02.2007 04:09

Skot the Sanguine
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One request, just make it so that around midnight only Inns and Taverns still have lights on...looks odd when everyone in town still is up at 3 am...except in Suran, that place rocked all night.

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16.02.2007 18:46

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cow1787
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Haha, that's a good idea.

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16.02.2007 23:33

Richard
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It's easy enough to change.

My version of IW has the lights on all night (because the lights don't ever turn off inside the buildings so it looks odd to see a house with no light in the windows, then go inside and it's got all torches burning bright). Personal preference of course.

17.02.2007 03:04

cow1787
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That just makes me want to see whenever the lights are off outside, the lights are off inside as well. Now that would be cool. Too much though?

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17.02.2007 05:29

Richard
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Scruggsywuggsy the Ferret at ESF was making a mod like that. Last I saw it was a pain in the arse because he had to make a script swap the light for an 'off' one, and also disable all the light bulbs (and reverse the process for when the lights are meant to be back on)

But probably best to leave that out of Skyrim until someone has made a mod to do it for Cyrodiil too, for the sake of consistency.

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17.02.2007 06:00

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