LE WORKING Ships in Skyrim - Why don't we have them?

[SaltLakeMormon]

This is sort of a half request, half discussion for sailable, working ships in Skyrim - but also a journey through the history of Nexus modding in general.

 

 

Why do we not have a good, functional ships/boats mod for Skyrim?

 

 

The ones that exist are either very clunky, or very limited.

 

There's this:

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/56410/?

 

And you've probably seen this:

http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37902/?tab=1&navtag=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nexusmods.com%2Fskyrim%2Fajax%2Fmoddescription%2F%3Fid%3D37902%26preview%3D&pUp=1

 

 

 

 

Now, I know what you're thinking. I sound like an entitled douche by doing this - but let's think about it for a moment. Let me take you on a trip back to the days of Oblivion and New Vegas modding.

 

 

 

If you turn the page wayy back to February of 2010 (6 years ago, mind you), you'll find a beautifully scripted mod. A mod that allowed the user to sail wherever he/she wanted to, on a variety of about 6 different ships. You could walk around the decks of these, bug and stutter free (wow). You could carry your companions on them, read books while sailing, etc. They even acted as a home if you went below deck!

 

The mod I'm talking about is, you probably guessed it - Side_s Sailing Ships:

 

http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/29688/?

 

This mod changed the way I looked at Oblivion. Hell, it changed the way I looked at modding in general! There are SO many islands and so much water included in Skyrim, I'm very surprised a mod like this hasn't been released - even after 5 whole years!

 

Side_s Sailing Ships revolutionized EVERYTHING. But it wasn't the first.

 

If you fast forward a bit to the January 2013 modding scene of Fallout: New Vegas - you'll find another great vehicle mod that astounded everyone. I remember reading a forum post on this website about someone asking if a mod adding drivable cars would be released. Three people responding saying it was absolutely impossible. This one sure showed them.

 

I present to you, XRE - Cars.

 

http://www.nexusmods.com/newvegas/mods/49042/?

 

 

 

Conclusion: Skyrim only has two working ship mods, and one of them is a boat. Now I'm no scripting wizz, and the best that I can really do is make a decent quest mod; but I'd like to know why this hasn't happened yet - and why no one is talking about it? I hope none of you in the comments write that this is impossible, because it isn't. By creating a mod such as this, it would completely revamp Skyrim entirely.