elder scrolls mod development thread

[ramzay1945]

The list of creatures which I should make is necessary to me.

 

[smortt]

scamp
dremora
troll
goblin
kagouti from morrowind maybe? (to spawn in ashlands)

I think these are enough, but if you feel creative then I can think of:

giant (from skyrim)
werewolf
dragon
dreugh
lich
ghost

I'm still unsure of adding undead just as animals... Probably need to think of some better implementation and code it, and here lies the problem...

 

[smortt]

Nice idea! and fairly easy to do. Noted

 

[Dovahkiin]

Hello everyone! First let me say that you guys are doing an AMAZING job with this mod! I have been an Elder Scrolls fan for years and I was ecstatic to see a mod that brings that world into Civ. If you couldn't tell by my avatar, I just now signed up so I can post on this thread,mainly because I noticed your not really getting any feedback about how the mod actually plays. A friend and I have been playing this mod quite a bit over the last few weeks, both v.17 and v.18., and have found it to be very solid. The new additions to the current version are top-notch. The units,the leaders and the flags are great! And I cannot wait for the "new" barbarian units!

So far the only "bugs" that we have found are:
1.There is something glitchy with the Orcs and the gold. For some reason, and the timing of it varies, the Orcs gold goes nuts. You can have 100% research, be "losing" 200 gold per turn, and will still recieve rather large amounts of gold every turn. I don't know if this is something leftover from the earlier version when Orcs couldn't build settlers or what. I have checked out the XML files and am drawing a blank. It's a great bug if you play as the Orcs, but if not, it kinda sucks,lol.
2.While playing as the Redguards, at a certain point in the game, the workers lose they're legs, and they are replaced by little black domes which makes them look like they're wearing dresses,lol. Just a missing texture issue, no big deal. It's actually kind of funny. Also, after building a settler once in the capitol, all of the interface buttons for that unit disappeared as well as the ability to manage the city tiles. The settler still worked but I had to use keyboard shortcuts in order to build a city. But then the game crashed not long after that so that one may be a little more serious. And finally...
3. The Ghostfence...after the hysterical one from v. 17 (I'm laughing with you,not at you Smortt.lol), I decided to try it out on v. 18. This time nothing appeared, and the barbarians just kept coming. No big deal for us since we play with raging barbs and disdain The Great Wall, but some people don't like to be harassed by the natives,as it were.

Other than those minor little things, as I said this mod is great and only looks to keep getting better. I am patiently(not) waiting for v. 19. Keep up the good work guys! Awesome,awesome job!

 

[Dovahkiin]

Sorry, I just remembered another little issue. In the new version,when playing the scenario mode, no matter what civ player 1 is playing as, they always start out in Morrowind?!? The other civs seem to start out kind of near where they are "supposed" to and sometimes not. I found it strange,since in v. 17, all the starting locations were dead on. Again, not that big of a deal, I'm sure it's an easy fix, but it is annoying if your trying to "role-play" it.

 

[ObsidianWolf]

Something tells me that changing the starting position for the Nords might need to happen, now that the capitol name has been remedied. Minor nitpick.
Also, War Mages still give me interface issues when I build them. Just, ah... thought I'd share.

 

[Dovahkiin]

Did you put it in the right folder? It's supposed to be in the C:/Program Files/.../Beyond The Sword/Mods directory and not the My Documents/My Games/Beyond The Sword/Mods one... When that happened to me, that was my only mistake, and it gave smorrt here quite a headache until I discovered the fault myself

Oh yes,it's in the right location. I made all those noob mistakes when I first started modding Oblivion,lol.

Now regarding my comment on the Ghostfence, I did make a noob mistake. I read the civopedia entry and realized it has nothing to do with a Great Wall replacement. Oops, my bad!

 

[smortt]

A friend and I have been playing this mod quite a bit over the last few weeks, both v.17 and v.18., and have found it to be very solid. The new additions to the current version are top-notch. The units,the leaders and the flags are great! And I cannot wait for the "new" barbarian units!!

wow thanks! Thats the best thing I can hear, people playing the mod

So far the only "bugs" that we have found are:
1.There is something glitchy with the Orcs and the gold. For some reason, and the timing of it varies, the Orcs gold goes nuts. You can have 100% research, be "losing" 200 gold per turn, and will still recieve rather large amounts of gold every turn. I don't know if this is something leftover from the earlier version when Orcs couldn't build settlers or what. I have checked out the XML files and am drawing a blank. It's a great bug if you play as the Orcs, but if not, it kinda sucks,lol.
2.While playing as the Redguards, at a certain point in the game, the workers lose they're legs, and they are replaced by little black domes which makes them look like they're wearing dresses,lol. Just a missing texture issue, no big deal. It's actually kind of funny. Also, after building a settler once in the capitol, all of the interface buttons for that unit disappeared as well as the ability to manage the city tiles. The settler still worked but I had to use keyboard shortcuts in order to build a city. But then the game crashed not long after that so that one may be a little more serious. And finally...
3. The Ghostfence...after the hysterical one from v. 17 (I'm laughing with you,not at you Smortt.lol), I decided to try it out on v. 18. This time nothing appeared, and the barbarians just kept coming. No big deal for us since we play with raging barbs and disdain The Great Wall, but some people don't like to be harassed by the natives,as it were.

4. Sorry, I just remembered another little issue. In the new version,when playing the scenario mode, no matter what civ player 1 is playing as, they always start out in Morrowind?!? The other civs seem to start out kind of near where they are "supposed" to and sometimes not. I found it strange,since in v. 17, all the starting locations were dead on. Again, not that big of a deal, I'm sure it's an easy fix, but it is annoying if your trying to "role-play" it.

Something tells me that changing the starting position for the Nords might need to happen, now that the capitol name has been remedied. Minor nitpick.
5. Also, War Mages still give me interface issues when I build them. Just, ah... thought I'd share.

thx for the bugs reports, keep them coming, I'll see what I can do in a few days
1. I'll check that, no idea
2. The worker I know. The settler, no idea
3. ghostfence is not the great wall, it's not against barbs I plan on writing civilpoedia entries and descriptions for everything... that's a huge amount of work.
4. I don't know the changes had nothing to do with that. Perhaps clear the cache?
5. Yeah, I know... some problem with the graphics

 

[ramzay1945]

The settler, no idea

All problems in model and animations. Take my model of settler, and animation from the standard. Should work.
oh sorry... problem with redguard or orchish settler?

 

[Dovahkiin]

wow thanks! Thats the best thing I can hear, people playing the mod






thx for the bugs reports, keep them coming, I'll see what I can do in a few days
1. I'll check that, no idea
2. The worker I know. The settler, no idea
3. ghostfence is not the great wall, it's not against barbs I plan on writing civilpoedia entries and descriptions for everything... that's a huge amount of work.
4. I don't know the changes had nothing to do with that. Perhaps clear the cache?
5. Yeah, I know... some problem with the graphics

No smortt,all the thanks goes to you and everyone else who has done all the hard work! We are naught but humble players.

1:Yeah, the Orc gold thing has me stumped. I thought it might have been the same issue that was giving the Argonians and Bosmer so much gold,but all looks good in xml.
3:Noobish mistake on my part.Didn't really pay attention to what it said it added.I just assumed it was a Great Wall replacement,and we know what they say when you "assume" something,lol!
4:Tried that as well as reinstalling the mod itself to no avail.The only thing I haven't done is reinstall Civ,which I can't because I no longer have the disc.It "might" be due to my version not being patched to v. 3.19. I've tried to use the patch, but it says it can't find Civ on my pc!

All problems in model and animations. Take my model of settler, and animation from the standard. Should work.
oh sorry... problem with redguard or orchish settler?

The Redguard settler is the one that gave me issues.

 

[ObsidianWolf]

Holy wow, are the Orcs overpowered now. Might wanna restrict their some of their benefits now that they get settlers, because now they surpass even the Wood Elves in their expansive ways... currently playing the Nords, with both the Bretons and the Imperials vassals under the Orcs O.o Was playing the Dark Elves, but the Nords just ended up being vassals to them too...

 

[smortt]

Settler cost IS triple... of course I can make it even higher...

EDIT: oh I know what happened... settlers cost is handled differently...

They have huge production bonuses, mainly in the capital.

How did they do without settlers? Did they ever conquer barbarian cities? Did they declare wars?
I still like the no settlers idea... Perhaps together wqith making gortwog really violent


-- fixed redguard workers.
-- Fixed redguard settlers by reverting to the original animation.
-- No idea how to fix the Warmage interface problem
-- tuned down the bosmer boni (now only -50% civic upkeep, as opposed to -70%)
-- added: undead might spawn after killing barbarians... now I just need Ramzay's undead units

 

[ramzay1945]

-- fixed redguard workers.
-- Fixed redguard settlers by reverting to the original animation.
-- No idea how to fix the Warmage interface problem
-- tuned down the bosmer boni (now only -50% civic upkeep, as opposed to -70%)
-- added: undead might spawn after killing barbarians... now I just need Ramzay's undead units

Well, undead units will not soon, I have not enough free time. But at me is, than you to please

 

[ramzay1945]

Bosmers and Dunmers!

Indoril and Redoran warriors!

and my retextured ffh dragon

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[AbsintheRed]

Amazing units!

 

[Dumanios]

Those units are awesome!

 

[smortt]

wow thx.. will add dunmer and bosmer soon

 

[Dovahkiin]

Try patching from in-game...

Ok. Umm...how would I go about doing that?

 

[Dovahkiin]

Hey guys, sorry I haven't been on in awhile.Was having internet issues.Just a little update on the bugs.The Redguards are definitely having some interface issues with settlers and horse archers and the game continues to crash when thier civ is included in the game.On the starting location problem,just to make sure it wasn't on my end, I removed 18 and put 17 back in and everyone was where they were supposed to be.Then reversed the process and the problem persists.

Still though, having a great time with this mod! I agree that the Orcs are just ridiculously overpowered. I think your right smortt...,get rid of the settlers,let the Orcs be the barbarians they were meant to be,lol! And Ramzay...,those units are just plain amazing! I hope you get some free time soon to work on the undead and daedra units. And here is a thought smortt. How about the daedra as a playable civ? I think that would be awesome.

Anyway, that's all I have for now.Talk to you guys soon.

 

[ramzay1945]

Ships for Tamriel

Human Ships

Elven Ships

Animal Ships

Redguard Xebec and Nordic Drakkar

View attachment ships.rar

Humans galley and trireme - ambrox62
Human caravel - RG retex
Human galleon - my retexture of Dutch EastIndiaMan
Drakkar - my retexture of viking boat from Realism invictus
Xebec - Refar
Animal ships - Chuggi
Elven ships - from "Asian Ship Project v4.0"