Skyrim up to scale mod idea

[blubtay]

Skyrim is rather small (so are Oblivion and Morrowind) but! what if we were to increase Skyrim's size to fit the size of Daggerfall?

pros: Taller mountains, longer roads, larger Holds, dense forests, Lore accurate Skyrim and a map the size of Texas or maybe Canada... (I'm not a Geologist (if that's what they're called ))

cons: lost of wasteland with empty space, Level designers and Nav meshers will be begging for mercy.

[DirebearCoat]

Geographer.  Geologists studies rocks and minerals.  Geographers study regions, like forests, mountains, swamps, and where the borders are between nations.  Meanwhile, cartographers make maps.

[anjenthedog]

On 6/14/2024 at 2:02 AM, blubtay said:

Skyrim is rather small (so are Oblivion and Morrowind) but! what if we were to increase Skyrim's size to fit the size of Daggerfall?

pros: Taller mountains, longer roads, larger Holds, dense forests, Lore accurate Skyrim and a map the size of Texas or maybe Canada... (I'm not a Geologist (if that's what they're called ))

cons: lost of wasteland with empty space, Level designers and Nav meshers will be begging for mercy.

Cool idea, but probably impractical with the original landmass. (Edit: or within the constraints of a single "open world" space)

However... Afaik, there are many land mass addons for skyrim, including Beyond Skyrim Bruma, Beyond Reach, Midwood Isle, Folkstead, HaafStad, Republic of Maslea, and Chanterelle , (and others)  plus quest mods that add land/cave complexes, etc., (edit: and so can increase the virtual space, even if it means a cell transition going between the adjacent worldspaces)

Chanterellle alone (and it's sub-dungeon/sister landmass, which doubles the navigable outdoor landspace) is enormous in scale. And it's loaded with flora and fauna btw, unlike many landmass addons.

Also, as a general rule, disable borders where possible, to take advantage of the forested/flora'd space outside the game world defined by a given "land" but within its full topographic bounds to gain idk 10%-15% more navigable land

 

[DirebearCoat]

Ooops!  Posted a question in the wrong thread.  My apologies.

I deleted the question and posted it to the correct thread.

Edited July 1 by DirebearCoat

[SirCadsimar]

Another con: it would take over a week to get from Riverwood to Whiterun, like it claimed to in one of the first TES games.  On horseback.  Lol ridiculous.

[scorrp10]

Sorry, I would rank this idea right up there with implementing a need to visit a restroom to relieve yourself every few hours.   I remember playing Daggerfall, and 'realistic distances' were definitely a detriment.   Thankfully, you could fast travel to places you never been to before, so after a couple days of playing, I switched to fast travel exclusively.    The massive towns that literally took ~10 minutes to get from one important location to another, did not add much to enjoyment either.