SemprusGalligan Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Hello! If you played Oblivion, than chances are you played Betheseda's expansion pack; The Shivering Isles.For those of you who haven't... Well there'll be mild spoilers ahead. So read at your own risk. ANYWAY! The mod is being worked on by me and a small group of other modders. So far there are only a couple people.1 person making the landscape, 1 doing quests/scripts,ect. and 2 voice actors. So process is slow, but progress is being made none the less. 1. Info: - This is not an exact copy, We would need a MUCH bigger team, like The Elder Scrolls Renewal Project. So the map is not going to look exactly like Oblivion's.But the landscape and look will look and feel the same! - Time has passed since our last visit to The Isles, so a lot has changed, but a lot is still returning! List of returning Towns/Areas; - New Sheoth - Split- Hill of Suicide - Hale- Xedilian - And some others. List of NEW Towns/Areas created so far;- High Top ( A small town on top of a large mountain in Mania, with a giant waterfall. )- Demented Swamps ( A large, engulfing swamp within Dementia, it's vast, deep, and thick. With tons of nasty crawlies! ) Weather/Region Feature; Upon entering Mania the sky will have the Sovngarde climate. ( You can see it down below in the Mania entrance picture. ) And upon entering Dementia the sky will grow dark and the Blackreach climate will creep in. However, we're having problems with this feature right now, if anyone would like to help, then please message me, this is an important feature for the mod, and we'd really like it to work! ) Though The Fringe will most likely NOT be returning. The reason being that not only is there not a suitable enough creature/monster in the game to serve as the GateKeeper, but we feel as not too many people spent any time in The Fringe anyway, so we think it'd be better for us to spend our time making Mania and Dementia. However, if our team were to get large enough then bringing The Fringe back could definitely be a possibility! Note, everything in the mod currently is being created with content from the original Skyrim game and the Dawnguard and Dragonborn DLC's. So they will be required to play this!Here are some screenshots of the Alpha! New Mania Entrance New Dementia Entrance Sheogorath/ Haskill/ Dutchess&Duke; This will be one of the hardest things about the mod, the pre-existing main characters, We can not make new dialogue for Sheogorath within good quality.Either sentences will need to be mixed, or he will need to have a reason to be absent from the realm.Haskill may make a return, looking over the realm while Sheogorath is away, but like I stated before, it would require his voice from him, but his voice actor didn't even voice in Skyrim, making it a little more difficult.The Duke of Mania and Dutchess of Dementia, they will also be tricky. It will be difficult to make it connect with previous players playthroughs with the original Shivering Isles, because one was always taken out, and you would replace them. So they may not make a come back, but instead, 2 new characters, Or possibly none at all. In conclusion!!! We're a small team, with a big dream to make something that not only we can enjoy and be proud of, but to share the experience with you all as well!! We need scripters, dungeon/level designers, and some voice actors ( with decent mic/audio at their disposal ), and maybe even some 3D modelers! Send me a private message if you'd like to help, the more help we get the more progress we'll make, and the better this will be!I'll keep updating this from time to time with major progress/updates that we make! Your lips to HIS ears! Edited April 28, 2014 by SemprusGalligan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemprusGalligan Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 2 New pictures! http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y405/digitalshift/2014-04-27_00001_zps0b576d80.jpg ( One of the NPC's, Graulg Iron-Fist, He lives in High Top. He loves his tiara, and loves bunny rabbits. ) http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y405/digitalshift/2014-04-27_00002_zpse19c62e9.jpg ( A small preview of the town High Top, not finished ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallgarth Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Very interesting. I always loved the Shivering Isles.Good to see its possible return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serithi Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Well hey, if you're looking for voice actors then i'll hop on board. Also, regarding what you said about Haskill, what do you mean by "while Sheogorath is away"? Is Sheogorath absent from the Isles for some reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemprusGalligan Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Very interesting. I always loved the Shivering Isles.Good to see its possible return.And that good sir is why we're helping to make it's return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemprusGalligan Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Well hey, if you're looking for voice actors then i'll hop on board. Also, regarding what you said about Haskill, what do you mean by "while Sheogorath is away"? Is Sheogorath absent from the Isles for some reason?Well like I said, if we put Sheogorath in then we need his voice actor, that or for someone to take his existing dialogue from Skyrim and edit them to make new lines for him.If we can't do that then we'll have to have him not present in The Isles. A reason for this could be that he's simply away in Skyrim, where you meet him. We'll get to that later down the road, right now we're still doing the landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brandon007 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 That looks so incredibly amazing! I cant wait to endorse and try it <3 Might even make a 'patch' for my own mod for it <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemprusGalligan Posted April 29, 2014 Author Share Posted April 29, 2014 That looks so incredibly amazing! I cant wait to endorse and try it <3 Might even make a 'patch' for my own mod for it <3Glad to hear it!We've already got a quest in, we'll be adding more onto the map and an additional town with some more quests.Once that's been done we'll add in navmeshing and release the alpha here on the nexus for people to play it a bit and give us some feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWarrior Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 i was actually working on a new sheoth mod since yesterday and saw this thread here today. you have way better ressource mods than i do and more skill. i can give you ideas though: how about you split new sheoth in half, one side completely ordered and structured (Bliss) (i went for an american suburb style, where everyone has his own lawn, which looks exactly like the neighbor's; all houses look the same etc) and the other side totally chaotic (Crucible) ? also people are supposed to be crazy and so is the city. so how a bout a house in Crucible where the interior is 180 degress turned to the top, so chairs are on the roof etc? also how about a house where it constantly rains INSIDE and the homeowener doesnt even realize it? :D you know crazy stuff is supposed to happen in sheogoraths realm :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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