kayinv

Wow, finishing the Fade must be impossible for you guys.

So I finally got the Dalish Warrior Armor schematic, but I'm deeply saddened to discover that like the light Keeper armor...the green portions can't be "colored" by what you put in the armor. So I don't imagine it would be especially hard to make a mod that has a few options for re coloring the green portions of these armors. I'd recommend blueish grey (no metal armor in this game looks good as a pure blue IMO) pure grayscale, red/warm colors. I'd also suggest adding the chain mail from the keeper armor to the warrior armor. Dunno why the heavy armor is lacking it and the keeper armor has it.

Pretty much any writing will be done 100% by me, since that's my second passion behind art/design. I do want other good writers to offer critiques though, and let me know if I make glaring mistakes. Dialogue is a lot more forgiving thankfully, but once I release the mod and it's paired origin story for each character, I will be looking for writing advice and critiques. The main goal is to get fans of this project to be curious about my 100% original work like Rai and other characters/stories I've written with my exclusive screenshooting days. Both these characters are TES Lore versions of similar characters in my original work. This is project is also a challenge in trying to get your ideas to work within another universe with it's own detaled lore.

Still looking for a voice actress for Gavriella. Please visit this thread over at VAA to show interest and to participate in an audition to be held soon. http://voiceactingalliance.com/board/showthread.php?84899-*AUDITIONS-OPEN*-Need-Actress-for-the-Forever-Darkness-Project-An-Epic-Skyrim-Mod&p=1268819#post1268819

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/179590 Noticed the problem a long time ago, working on fixing it. Just keep in mind that Skyrim is Norse-influenced, but actual use of the myths aren't literal. That and I want armors that fit the role, rather then being skimpy for the sake of being skimpy. So when I'm designed Gavriella, I wanted actual armor covering nearly everything. With Eris who is immortal and really doesn't need armor, she shows a lot more skin.

It's telling you that DA is awesome, but DA2 will make you cry in your sleep.

There was similar praise and distaste with Serana, so it's impossible to please everyone with these characters. There is plenty of "please me" companions out there already, so I guess I want to have characters who should receive some attention outside your PC godhead character. ;) The story behind Forever Darkness doesn't revolve around just the dragonborn and his/her exploits, but aims to show that those you enlist to destroy the world, or save the world can do so with or without your help. Who you side with will depend on which character you like, and neither Gavriella or Eris are completely black and white. Gavriella isn't afraid to do what's necessary to stop Eris or her kind in general. Nor will Eris be just an evil killing machine, she will also be a victim of bad decisions and tragedies that shaped her into what she eventually becomes. Monsters always have a past, and heroes will always make mistakes. The question will be if you support the consequences for their actions, because consequence is the only audience without emotion - just reaction. You may sympathize with Eris and work with her, or you may decide that tragedy or not, her fate was decided when she turned evil. For Gavriella you might see a woman who truly cares about life and want to help her holy crusade, or you could be suspicious and claim to see her as someone following a course of vengeance and nothing more. And this is how it fits with Skyrim - choice. The winners and losers are your choice to make. You help them, they help you.

The ultimate goal is to make a companion character you care about, or in the case of Eris - fear/hate. There will be new factions, new races, other companion characters with their own background stories, love triangles, etc. That being said, I want to make one thing clear: NEITHER ERIS OR GAVRIELLA CAN BE MARRIED. Seriously, making lame spouse companions that marries you on the spot is not on the list. Other companion characters tied to the main two will have those options, but not Gavriella or Eris.

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/792/foreverdarknesslogoskyr.png Welcome to the official Forever Darkness WIP thread for the Nexus community! As you all can see, I'm working a rather large project involving two separate mods which are part of a larger series. There will also be a third and final mod if...I ever get through these two. First thing's first, the current project is in two halves. The first half that most people are familiar with is Forever Darkness - Ashes of Eris, which involves the nefarious and evil Eris. The second half - which you just saw above - is Embers of Valkyries, where the companion and race in that mod are good, honorable, and generally tailored to those who make righteous-type characters. Allow me to give you a brief synopsis of the project so far... Forever Darkness - Ashes of Eris: - Special companion character named Eris Beolfag - the elder sister of the infamous Lamae Beolfag, the first pure-blood vampire in the current TES lore. - Special arch-vampire race included who will be far less weaker then normal vampires - Unique dialogue for a vicious and malevolent Eris played by the talented Marcy Edwards (voice talent for Interesting NPCs - check out her work!) - Full-length short story included showing a new twist on the TES vampire origin story, something that was sorely neglected in Dawnguard Forever Darkness - Embers of Valkyries: - Special companion character named Gavriella Corvain, the heroine and protagonist of the project who becomes the legendary Valkyrie. - New race called the Einherjar, based of the same mythological heroes in Norse myth - except that these are heroes who were turned into vampires against their will! - Unique dialogue and hopefully a talented voice actress to go with it! - Full-length short story showing how Gavriella was cursed by Eris and then found salvation from a source of power thought to be lost - The Aedra! Forever Darkness: Embers of Valkyries Official Trailer - http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4796/valkyrietitlenexus.png __________________________________________________________ She took everything from me, my home, my kingdom, and the most precious freedom every living thing owns - life. My people were quiet, honor-bound, and just happy to be alive. We were worshippers of Shor and Kyne, we sought no lands beyond what our gods gave to us, we were not a threat. So why did this newly crowned queen of death seek to destroy such a small land? What threat to her power could we possibly gather? I have asked these questions for centuries. Once you have lived as long as I have, you tend to ask the same questions in different ways, but it never helps you find an answer. The irony is that by destroying my people and my lands, that she ended up creating what she feared the most. Her reason for destruction is simply to stamp out life in any form. It doesn't matter if it's a powerful kingdom or the moss on a tree; it must be destroyed because it lives. But now we find new life flowing in our veins. No longer is it the passive flow of existence, but now it is the righteous wrath of creation itself. Light and life burns inside us, and instead of a simple soul, now a flame of salvation blazes wildly. Once we were meek, now we are strong. Once we were silent, now we roar. Once we sought peace, now we seek war. This isn't a war for honor, for land, or even revenge. We fight because we no longer have a choice but one: life or death? Dragonborn, I write to you because whatever she has promised she will not keep. She takes what she wants, and she destroys what she no longer needs. You can not under estimate her power. Eris is far more then just an ordinary vampire, she has become an aspect of death itself. In time, I will explain to you what she is, but first I wish to show you that there is hope in defeating her. She probably said you had no choice, that your destiny was hers to control. It is this arrogance and pride that proves how wrong she is and how I know that you're nothing like her. Your importance to her is unquestionable. If you do not go to her willingly, she will take you by force. I hope this letter comes to you in time, because my protection is the only sanctuary you have. I have marked a safe location for us to meet, so you have to hurry! Without you, darkness will reign forever. Life will be erased, and death will stand as the only remaining absolute. Allow me to prove to you that from the ashes of death come the embers of life. We do have a chance. We have hope, and we have faith. - Gavriella Corvain __________________________________________________________ Music - Globus: Preliator Software Used: Adobe Creative Suite 6.0 - Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects & Premiere Pro Forever Darkness - Ashes of Eris - Trailer 1 http://i.imgur.com/rslYI.png Once I was mortal just like you...once I sought sun light instead of shadow. Allow me to share with you, a history never told. I hear your questions, even though you do not speak them. You wonder who I was, rather then who I am now. Do not fear, these questions do not anger me. Your curiosity may still be innocent, for now. So I'll tell you my story, and only you. Be aware that my past can not be used as a weapon against me. Instead, my past is what fuels the wrath you now share with me. My legacy has now become your destiny. Ages ago, I was a powerful sorceress, and the eldest daughter of a High King of Skyrim. I looked much the same back then, elegant, beautiful, and feared. I was born with amber-colored eyes and hair as black as night. This was strange in a clan filled with blonde hair and blue eyes, so while my parents proclaimed it to be a sign of power, others thought it a curse. Little did they know how right they were... My clan were worshippers of the moon, so from birth I had a affinity with the night. I do remember the warmth of the sun, but the cold light of the moon always brought me the greatest comfort. It was another sixty five full moons until I was given a sister. Her hair was blonde, much to my father's relief, but like me, she had amber eyes as well. The curse of whispered dread began anew, which my parents quickly silenced. I remember one soothsayer that said we were damned and would bring death to Skyrim. My father was quick to remove anything that threatened his power, so the man was gutted in public, and driven onto a pike for everyone to see. His corpse stayed there for over a month, and the whispers went back to the holes they crawled out of. Despite my father's success in keeping his people tamed, I could see that those whispers tainted his heart. Not only was he denied a boy to inherit his thrown, he was given two daughters that destiny sought to marry with death. It was this poison in his soul that began it all. Perhaps if I was shown trust instead of suspicion, and love instead of fear, maybe I would be bones long turned to dust. But when it comes to destiny, as I've come to know it, it's the greatest monster of them all. Music - Two Steps From Hell - Dark Ages __________________________________________________________ MORE VIDEOS: Eris Voice Clip Sample 1 - WHAT IS STILL NEEDED: 1) Talented modelers who may want to contribute new armors based on the armor mixes/mashes I'm already working on, or are willing to help repair issues with the current mashes. 2) Voice talent, voice talent, voice talent. Right now I mostly need an actress for Gavriella, but there will be other characters for download later on! If you think you can project a voice like Hrist from Valkyrie Profile, then send me some samples of heroic lines! Sample: I need Gavriella to sound like a strong warrior female who leads with honor, tact, and strength. She can't sound meek, cute, etc. Gavriella is compassionate as well, so try not to imitate Hrist's arrogance, but just the tone in her voice. 3) Both Eris and Gavriella will need unique bases of operation. Perhaps not upon immediate release, but definitely for future updates. Please contact me if you're interested in making them special player homes. 4) Scripting is NOT my strong-suit, so any advice and assistance will be greatly appreciated. I already have a lot of support with this project, and everyone involved will be THROUGHLY thanked and praised. 5) Spells, skills, animations - I have ideas for making these characters truly unique with their powers and abilities. If you're talented with making spells, powers, skills, etc. - please contact me! And that's it! Let me know what you think about the project. Endorse the teaser images so the project gets greater exposure before release. Keep an eye on the project and my profile for updates. And last but not least, let me know if you want to join Team Forever Darkness! IMAGESHARE LINKS TO IMAGES AND TRAILERS: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/179583 http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/images/161869 Links: http://kayinvanderkill.deviantart.com/ http://tesadventures.com/forum/index.php?topic=4424.0 Note: Armor designs will rely on permissions from original authors and are subject to change depending on concurrency of permissions from the original authors. All armors are mixes done in NifSkope and all texture work is done in Photoshop. Original authors will be throughly thanked in the description page with a lot more emphasis then just a line of text. (Think big, pretty graphics with big letters for the names...which you've already seen on this page - but better!) I'm sharing this mod because I want too, so while honest critiques are welcome, troll garbage will be ignored. Permissions will be explained upon release.

It's certainly possible, but requires more then just a simple race mod. It sort of becomes an unofficial expansion because random NPCs of your race would require custom dialogue to acknowledge kinship between them and the player, AND custom voices that are difficult to do. Not to mention it requires scripting outside the creation kit as well. Such a mod would require more of a "team", rather then one person. Usually a good custom race has someone who's very good at texture editing and has pretty good knowledge of NifSkope/Creation Kit to make their race interesting to look at. Adding quests, NPCs, towns, etc. is a whole new ball game, and usually requires someone else who works on scripting, house/castle building, etc. Custom races have plenty of issues in the CK as well sadly, namely in regards to vampirism.

It's currently not possible to edit the Dawnguard ESM file. So any changes to Serana can't be done right now.

The problem isn't the graphics or the menus. The real problem is how painfully limited the PC version is because it was held back for a focus on console versions. Honestly, it doesn't matter how much we mod the game to make it better, the base code of the game is still made for consoles. Why do you think the menus are clunky? Because they were designed for consoles. Why do you think character creation is so slow and often CTDs or freezes with any added hair mods, custom races, etc? Because it was designed for consoles. Why is it taking so damn long to update the Creation Kit and fix many serious bugs? Because all that matters is the console market. Designing the game around consoles has put up walls that very few modders will find reliable ladders to climb over with. You might get over the top once and a while, but more often then not the ladder will break before you're half way up.

That would depend on how Bioware reacts to modding ME3. They supported it unofficially in DA2 and officially with DA1, but not ME or ME2. ME2 mods required editors that basically hacked the game, so you really should ask them. I think it would be wonderful for Bioware to have a tool kit for at least ONE of the ME games, but let's face it, if ME3 had a tool kit it would have been discussed ages ago, and after teasing it in DA2 but never delivering...I'm pretty sure that EA wants us to pay for all the extra content.

My current issue with the top images portion of the imageshare is that 2+ week old images stay up there if they keep getting endorsements, leading to a lot of extra endorsements while newer images that get a good amount of endorsements when first posted, but don't get enough before they get pushed back so far in the imageshare that no one is looking at them anymore. I thought the top 25 were those that got the most endorsements in a one or two week period. If an image is older then 2 weeks, then it should be removed so other images, and other posters have a better chance of getting their work up. I've seen some of the same images up there for a loooong time, so I'm beginning to wonder if the system is changed somehow, or something is broken. And I like the idea of some more options with the imageshare (namely catagories, although I admit I'm guilty of not being specific in my labeling), even though the primary focus of the site is the mods. Screenshot of the month and other things? Sure, why not - oftentimes they're modders too.

Well I've already seen polearms added as a 2H axe, and not to mention the Darksiders scythe that was uploaded to the Nexus awhile ago.

Simple answer is not to upload any mods to Steam. We have well established mod communities and don't need Steam for distribution at all. The first modder that uploads something to Steam and allows them to attach a fee to the download will get blacklisted soooooo fast.

A perfectly acceptable mod would simply be to expand on the current marriage system. - Add some courting, dates, gifts, etc. - Add a way to get divorced - Add a wedding night and make varying levels of how to approach it. The most publically acceptable version would probably be along the lines of Fable with some *hints* or dialogue suggesting that they're having sex and then fading to black screen. Voiced dialogue would be nice, but Bethesda would have to add that, or some really good amateur actors - neither of which I see happening. - Make special personalquests: spouse getting kidnapped, ransomed, finding a spouse's sibling or lost family members, etc. and have sex as a reward...or just some kind of special reason for doing it. - Allowing cuddling and other affection aside from just sex (Luch did a good job at adding kissing scenes without prompting a full-blown sex scene.)

Hmm, well I think you might want to try 1024 or 2048 to see details like that. I agree that 256 is atrocious, but 512 isn't much better, namely if we were to assume the graphic is being stretched to fit different faces.

For all those trying to add unique NPC armors... For Nocturnal's Robes: player.additem 00088952 1 player.equipitem 00088952 Thanks to Faewyn for the equip command. :) I would wager this will work for Greybeard and other armors, just keep in mind that some of these armors are not unisex. Greybeards are male only, Nocturnal's is female only, etc. On another note, I did some renaming of the nocturnal robes so they would replace Archmage and that worked fine, plus gave me the Archmage stats. Just don't replace something like necro or black robes, because then they will be on every female necromancer in the game. XD [edit]: Oh yes, one more thing. These NPC armors such as Nocturnal's Robes or Greybeard Robes probably don't have 1st person models for the hands (playable armors have models and textures for 1st person too.)

I kind of wish there was more penalties with being a werewolf besides losing the rest bonus. Whoopee. Seriously though, we totally expect a new werewolf to be in complete control of their powers after one night of passionate mauling, right? We obviously got out all of the uncontrollable full-moon transformations in one night of training.