ihateregisteringeverywhere Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I think that changing some dialogues actualy seems like the simplest solution. Besides everything's allready in place and only requires small tweaks, so why bother? I don't personaly think that the an arena where you interact with statues to be able to kill a few oversized creeps could ever match the grandeur of the original arena. And as far as the size goes. You could create a secret entrance in the bloodworks and let Ysabel tell you that there's another special secret under-arena. an arena that hasn't been used since gaiden Shinji, because there was noone strong enough to compete in it - not even the gray prince could survive the onslaugh. And that it was used for the personal joy of the filthy rich people of the empire - huge stakes, huge wage, huge monsters, huge problems :D. And that recently more and more "investors" have been interested in seeing that old tradition come back again :). Speaking of investors, haw's about investors handing out money to rebuild the arena? You become grand champion, wait 2 weeks and the arena gets rebuilt. You get a statue in the bloodworks, a new museum about the past grand champtions open in the vincinity and now the arena stretches across most of the place covering the space where those two were training for the arena etc. And the arena could also have a few traps and obstacles. Err Yeah, my vivid imagination strikes again :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaera75b Posted October 2, 2008 Author Share Posted October 2, 2008 your vivid imagination harks back to a long-dead topic i read about on these boards- a possibly 'illegal' arena, for exactly the purpose you specified- those rich, bored and bloodthirsty. You're right! Maybe, if we modified Ysabel to allow battles against these new NPCs I've made, the White team, then Owyn might someday whisper to you (which would make up for the lack of voice-acting) that there's a secret arena somewhere in the floor of Porkchop's old pen- and THERE, giant creatures could be fought! ... again, though, ideas are wonderful, what I need is the skill to execute it. If only! I think you're well right about the idea. I've been playing with it all day. I couldn't get the statue thing to work, so I was using the placeatme command. It wasn't very fun, just killing white team members with black team members I'd summoned in to do my bidding. A bit tedious. I've always liked the idea of a new arena, and this underground one... to be fair, we could use the Arena of the Dead's actual arena, but modify its surroundings to make it look underground. Have fat toffs in the crowd, in expensive robes, betting thousands on the Grand Champion. I know now exactly what I want, but I can't do it. I need to assemble a team to work on this, really... a total Arena overhaul. I hope you're still interested in this, because I'm going to try to learn all about CS and try to make this happen, and also to 'recruit' others.... I think this mod would be loved if it ever came to be. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihateregisteringeverywhere Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I'm on a big mod allready. However I could perhaps help you with a thing or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaera75b Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaera75b Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 no progress since my last post. just thought i'd say something. bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skaera75b Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 I keep finding more and more. I'm in Damarask at the moment (look it up if that sounds unfamiliar, it's wonderful) and I've found the entirely Oblivion-placed Daadric Arena. It looks a similar thing- you speak to a blademaster, and you fight a Dremora. After you've agreed to the fight, you are teleported into the holding bay of the beautifully crafted Arena, and a pop-up notification telling you to prepare yourself triggers a script which lowers the gates. It's... beautiful. Just beautiful. I want to work on this Arena... I think it's a massive improvement over the original Arena (for one thing, curiously, the textures are higher res) and it's a lot more entertaining. No silly Raiments, just a fight. There's even a Battle Royal script. Obviously permissions need to be applied for, but until then, I may well work on this as a seperate mod for personal use, or simply work on the new mod as a 'patch' for the Damarask original. Seriously, it is an amazing place- it looks evil, and it functions wonderfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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