Riverw123 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I am going to soon be beginning a HUGE mod project which will hopefully add the country of elsweyr, home to the khajiit, into skyrim. My goal is to finish this project in the next two to three years and I am currently looking for any people willing to help out. At the current moment in time, my biggest priority is getting someone who's experienced in height-mapping to create the basic landscape, I also desperately need the help of any experienced 3D modelers to create creatures such as the crocodile, camel, sphinx, and also create new tile-sets and types of architecture to use in this tropical/desert environment. There's plenty of other things that i'll need help with, but I appreciate any willing to help make this mod a reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anikma Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Isn't there already an Elsweyr mod out there? Anyway a word of advice: No one is going to just sign up and join you based on ideas alone. The best thing you can do is start it off yourself. Get some good pictures, maybe even a video and then people might be willing to help you. Good mod ideas are dime-a-dozen, its actual proof of process and dedication that people care about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattiewagg Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 There's already a very well established WIP adding the provinces of Tamriel to Skyrim, including Elsewyr. Look up Beyond Skyrim. Sign up here: http://www.darkcreations.org/forums/forum/141-recruitment/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverw123 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Yes, I plan on taking plenty of pictures along the way, however, although I am skilled in modding, heightmapping has never been my forte, so I'm in need of a height mapper to get started Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverw123 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 And I've heard of Dark Creations Beyond Skyrim project, and it seems like they're much too busy with hammerfell, high rock, and cyrodiil to even start elsweyr, and i believe morrowind is after those three and seeing as they haven't released a single mod yet i figure i have plenty of time to finish an elsweyr mod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattiewagg Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Height maps are hard. Beyond Skyrim has one set up for the entire thing. Unless you have a very large team, you will not finish this in 3 yrs unless you're using a LOT of resources and have LOT of time. I don't mean to discourage you here - if you want to make your own new project adding Elsewyr, it's important to note there are others out there already, which you could help, and that you should expect a longer deadline. Great to have motivation to finish fast - but Skyrim was made in 3-4 yrs with a whole team of professional game devs. You will have some models that they had to make, they also made the base game stuff already, but that's still a lot of time. I doubt you will get 80 people, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverw123 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 Knowing that there are other modders with the same idea only motivates me further because i know that given enough time and effort i can blow their mod out of the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattiewagg Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 And I've heard of Dark Creations Beyond Skyrim project, and it seems like they're much too busy with hammerfell, high rock, and cyrodiil to even start elsweyr, and i believe morrowind is after those three and seeing as they haven't released a single mod yet i figure i have plenty of time to finish an elsweyr modThey're different teams under a single banner, so all are being worked on except those inactive. Elsewyr is not one of them - the landscape is well underway as well as a decent amount of modeling (mostly tilesets and landscape stuff at this point). Cyrodiil is farthest along right now but all of them are being actively worked on A LOT. Bruma is coming end of summer - and we have done a lot more than Bruma already, Bruma is just the prerelease so we didn't "take 3 yrs to make 1 city". A lot of that was building a stable, good foundation of work flow that allows us to work quickly and well with over 40-70 people per province without a huge amount of issues. So... A lot of that is misconception. I would be very surprised if you could make Elsewyr before the province team, but if you think you can... Go ahead. Good luck. I recommend learning yourself how to do height maps, not a lot know how and the likelihood of getting one is not particularly high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverw123 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 I do expect to hit a bit of a drag once dialogue is ready to be recorded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattiewagg Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Knowing that there are other modders with the same idea only motivates me further because i know that given enough time and effort i can blow their mod out of the waterK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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