ScarletPox Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Hello Nexus forum goers. I have been a member of the Nexusmods website for quite some time and never posted on the forums, and in all those years I have wanted one thing, first in Oblivion and now in Skyrim - a dungeon mod for Naxxramas, the legendary raid from World of Warcraft. It is a dungeon that I have obsessed over for quite some time, admiring the layout of the dungeon, the atmosphere, the music, the style and the theme of the dungeon - a giant crypt that floats in the sky as a citadel for the undead. Yet in all those years I saw a few World of Warcraft dungeons made, including the excellent Shadowfang Keep and Scarlet Monastery dungeons for Oblivion, and the Molten Core mod for Skyrim. Many people talked of wanting a Naxxramas mod, but no one could be bothered making it themselves, including me. I waited and waited and kept discouraging myself saying "oh it would be too hard to learn CK". Anyway, after a long period of deliberation I decided that I would build Naxxramas myself if no one else would do it. And so, but a few days ago, I started work on the mod, and am currently building the Military Quarter of the raid making very good progress, and will follow this with the Frostwyrm Lair and central hub sections. I have acquired permission from Cryptosporidium to use his external overworld Necropolis that he made to represent Naxxramas in the world of Skyrim. I will not be basing this dungeon on the WOTLK version but on the original VANILLA version of the raid, including all enemies from that original, pure incarnation of the greatest dungeon ever designed. I have created a little backstory for why the undead scourge has invaded Tamriel, and that will be included in the mod in books scattered around the dungeon. This is a massive undertaking, because Naxxramas is a vast dungeon - a veritable city in fact. I'm not deterred though, and I'll keep going, simply because I am completely obsessed with Naxxramas, the Undead Scourge, undead in general and recreating it in Skyrim. Here's a list of things I'm going to include in the mod: World of Warcraft-accurate dungeon layout, structure, decoration and colouration.Music and ambient sounds from World of Warcraft to create an authentic atmosphere.Books, written by myself and also taken from World of Warcraft, to give the dungeon backstory and depth rather than making a quest line to reduce work (including gems like On Undeath)Voice files from the game to make the bosses feel closer to World of Warcraft.Accurate enemy names and abilities, including, but not limited to, massive health pools and devastating attacks.Incredibly difficult battles against bosses and standard enemies - it is Naxxramas after all - to the point where you will be pulling your hair out in frustration and wanting to rage quit from the game. Unless you cheat, but that doesn't count.Authenticity is my main goal with this mod - my first mod - because in my opinion if it doesn't look, sound and play like the original then there's no point doing it. As such my mod will be of the highest quality and may well take a long time to complete but it will be worth it in the end. Of course, I really could do with some help. I can easily handle building the dungeon, navmeshing it, writing books, adding sounds and music and voice files, scripting etc. but I can't do everything. I really need someone that is fairly good at either importing or creating from scratch certain pieces of armour and also ENEMY MODELS. I really need models for the following bosses: GLUTH (May use a Death Hound as a placeholder)LOATHEB (may resort to using a Troll as a placeholder)THADDIUS (Giant placeholder? Frost Giant?)KEL'THUZAD (although I may resort to using a Dragon Priest for him)GROBBULUS (no placeholder really available for this guy...) ...and the following enemies: ABOMINATIONS (might use Ash Spawn as a placeholder)WIGHTS (Draugr placeholder)SLIMES/ SLUDGES (Netch placeholder?)FUNGAL MONSTROSITIES (Troll placeholder probably) ...and the following weapons / pieces of armour: Level 60 Frost Resistance gear (such as Icebane Plate)Tier 3 armour sets.Weapons. WEAPONS, DAMMIT.ShieldsThe importance of including these weapon / armour models is paramount - if the loot and enemy appearances don't fit the bill then it will look half-baked. Maybe I'll have to learn how to do it myself if no one helps me, but then it will a) take more time and b) result in a higher chance I give up out of exhaustion. If you are willing to help but don't know what the above items / enemies look like I recommend looking them up. Unfortunately I can't upload any screenshots of my work so far on here because the filesize is too large, but you can check them out on my Nexus Mods account ScarletPox. Here's the link to my gallery: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/users/2208823/?tb=images&pUp=1 MODS: Please delete the other thread I made covering this subject on my other account Imperatordeus. Thank you. Edited January 6, 2015 by ScarletPox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletPox Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Update: Have now completed the Military Quarter up to Instructor Razuvious. Check my Nexus Mods page for screenshots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletPox Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Update: Added a link to my gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletPox Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Update: have been temporarily set back a few days thanks to a broken motherboard, hopefully the replacement will arrive tomorrow and then I will be able to crack on with it; so far I have laid down the floorplan of the military quarter, have completed up to Razuvious and have begun construction of the next part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletPox Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Unfortunately the new motherboard was DOA so gonna send it back and buy a new one in a couple of weeks along with a bunch of other components so until then there will be no progress unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletPox Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Update: I have finally repaired and upgraded my computer, so work on the mod will begin again shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorKaizeld Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) hey man stop with the updates. just edit the original post also, you cannot use voice or music files from WoW due to copy write law Edited February 20, 2015 by qwertyzeldar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambria Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Sounds great and I wish you luck.You may want to be weary of using sound files and music from the official game though due to copyright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarletPox Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Actually you can use sound files from WoW as long as it's not for profit, you should read up on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorKaizeld Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Can I write music with samples or characters from your game?We appreciate the creative energies of customers. Use of our music, sound samples, or characters from our game in your original compositions is limited for your own personal use and creative exploration. You may not sell or distribute for commercial purpose any music containing samples of music, sound or characters taken from our game. Any use of these materials would also be subject to the terms of our End User License Agreement included with each product.for personal use only that is there is another topic on it that also says for personal use only Edited February 20, 2015 by qwertyzeldar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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