SkyrimDreaming Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Hello, After enjoying a decade of Skyrim and over a hundred mods, it feels cramped. You could put me in any location in Skyrim, looking in almost any direction, and I could tell you where I am. Recently, the USGS released 5 meter resolution topo data for Alaska to the public. Also recently, the technology for procedural generation of terrain on a planetary scale has become feasible (see Starcitizen). Also, storage of 10's of gigabytes of data is now relatively affordable. I would like those of you with modding skills to consider moving Skyrim to Alaska. Obviously, Denali becomes the Throat of the World, maybe Fairbanks is Whiterun, Anchorage is Solitude, etc. But that isn't the point. The point is that 1 game hour being 1 hour becomes feasible. Days would pass on transport wagons between cities. There would be essentially unlimited space for new mod locations, rather than constantly re-working and enhancing current locations ( I'm talking about JK and many others ). Ultimately, I believe this would achieve the goal of not having to begin another play through every 6 to 12 months, but rather 6 to 12 years, as technology improves, not as content runs out. It would also allow our characters to age during appropriately balanced item creation times, transit times, even daily with animal dressing times. The war and main quest would take months rather than days. Late game with appropriate mods, teleportation would satisfy the restless. When I retire in ~5 years, I'll do this if others haven't gotten around to it yet (assuming we still have a civilization that allows this). -Tom https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/user-engagement-office/alaska-mapping-initiative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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