stars2heaven Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Im just curious where people get the most of their inspiration from when it comes to creating their mods. As for me, I havent modded much at all. Ive only got one mod finished so far and Im currently working on my next, but I can contribute some. My first mod was primarily inspired by a few things I saw in vanilla oblivion and mostly my own imagination. The mod Im working on currently is a very different creature. The original idea was inspired by another mod here on TESNexus. One aspect I got from previews to a movie I recently saw. Another from EverQuest. Shamefully, I admit that I have a problem when it comes to beginning my dungeons. So I usually use a random dungeon generator to get me started with a template. The only time I dont do this is usually when I have a specific encounter in mind. Then its all me. Other than that it's only the ideas for the encounters themselves that is purely inspired by my own imagination. I guess I draw on alot sources for my ideas, what about you?
jaosals42 Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 When I mod, I usually do it for myself (which is quite rarely in itself). Usually what I wish to alter in the game are mostly issues I had in the Vanilla version of Oblivion, or mixing two mods I downloaded from elsewhere together to make the load of the game easier on the game itself and the system. When I'm not doing one of those two things, I sometimes add additional areas to pre-existing dungeons/caves/etc. and base the add-ons on the appearance of earlier parts of the locale. Sometimes I'll make an Ayleid ruin change from a cave filled with undead to a rebel base that goes periodically to harass the people and guards of a city.
3rdtryguy Posted December 13, 2009 Posted December 13, 2009 Usually things just hit me when I'm playing. I get ideas like, Hmmm... that's a lot of wasted space... , or Man, there's gotta be a better way to... or What? That's it? Where's the beef? or whatever. Most of my ideas are born from frustration or annoyance, I suppose.
Relativelybest Posted December 14, 2009 Posted December 14, 2009 Somewhere inside my head there is a... let's call it a wellspring. Out of this wellspring flows a strong, steady stream of inspiration in its most pure, undiluted state - the very essence of creativity - filling my head with ideas on a constant basis, forming itself into radiant dreams and shadowy phantasm entirely on its own accord. It is a wild and chaotic type of creativity; it cannot be controled or managed, it cannot be reasoned with, and it never ever runs dry. What I'm trying to say is; I suffer from a kind of inspiration surpluss, and thinking of ways I can bend Oblivion to my will and use it to shape my own stories just happens to be one of my many much-needed outlets of that inspiration.
David Brasher Posted December 14, 2009 Posted December 14, 2009 I have more ideas than I will ever be able to put into the game because it takes so long. Much of my inspiration comes from playing bad mods and bad vanilla quests and dungeons. I yawn and frown and say, "What a wasted opportunity! This could have been so cool!" Some of my inspiration is actually just hackwork. Make a new dungeon and it will be fun because it is new and has never been played before. I must confess that a great deal of my inspiration came from Morrowind which was in many respects a better game than Oblivion. Oblivion looks really cool and is easy and popular, but Morrowind sure had awesome game dynamics, strategy, tactics, and role-playing.
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