An Idea for a big Skyrim mod

  • If anyone viewed comments that I post on here (and on the old site), you might notice that I love Elder Scrolls mods and the community. I mean, who doesn't? Elder Scrolls have some of the greatest modders for any series of video games, rivaling Source mods and Crysis-based mods in terms of innovation and community size and dedication.

    Well, this time around I have decided to look seriously into making my own mods and releasing them on sites like SkyrimNexus, PlanetElderScrolls and ModDB. While I might release some basic mods early on (like a house, or a couple buildings, etc.), I really want to create something big. I love landmass mods, and more specifically, I love when landmass mods are lore-based. Tamriel Rebuilt has added so many hours of playing time from me in Morrowind (and the more they release, the more I will play and explore new territory) that it's mind-boggling. In Oblivion, there are a few more big landmass mods: Elsweyr, Deserts of Anequina was probably the most well known one on Oblivion. It added most of the province of Elsweyr to explore and settle, and even do some quests. Total Tamriel, despite being plagued with certain problems and not fully finished, was another great one. Tamriel Heightmaps was probably the biggest one, adding the entire continent of Tamriel to the game (just the landmass, no landscape, no cities, no npcs, etc.). Onra (the creator) did a great job with the other provinces and made it very lore friendly in terms of their shape and size (sort of). Of course, other mods added on to THM, adding landscapes to Black Marsh, Valenwood, the rest of Elsweyr, High Rock and Summerset Isles. Some people even started making their own mods based off of this, and I can only hope that continues to the point where one day we will be able to turn on Oblivion and play on the entire continent filled with detailed regions to explore and settle in.

    So, where am I going with this long description of landmass mods that I happen to like and are lore friendly? Well, if you haven't gotten it yet, I'm planning on making a landmass mod for some of the neighboring provinces. I want to work on the provinces east of Skyrim: High Rock and Hammerfell. The eastern portion of High Rock will not be too hard to work on: it has mostly the same terrain as Skyrim, it's just populated predominantly by Bretons. The cities of Jehanna, Farrun and Evermore are located in the eastern portion of High Rock, and will certainly be fun to work on.

    However, I want to add more than landmass and landscape. I wish to have a new region, sprawling with NPC's you've never talked to before, along with new dungeons, new quests and even new factions. East High Rock is not the only place that I have set my sights on. I also wish to cover northeastern Hammerfell. The main cities in this area are Elinhir and Dragonstar, both conveniently located right near the Skyrim border and contain a heavy Nordic influence. Hammerfell has a very diverse and varied terrain, so it might be a little harder to work on this area. However, it is almost entirely mountainous in the northeastern region of the province, so there won't be too many issues of putting in a desert or some grasslands.

    I know, these ideas sounds kind of ridiculous to some, and I hope I'm sounding overly ambitious, but I really wish to work on something like this. Of course, I have a life outside this game, and because it's such an enormously heavy work load I hope to get a group of people together to work on the mod. If you have: any expertise in modding (whether it be textures, landmass, cities, etc.), are very knowledgeable in lore (and I hope to catch up on the new lore in Skyrim, it is 200 years after everything we know after all), or are a good artist who can possibly work on some concept art pertaining to these regions I have described, feel free to message me or leave a comment below.

    If you are a modder (or just an imaginative person), describe your own ideas for Skyrim mods in the comments below. I hope everyone has had the patience of reading this long and kind of unfocused post. This is an idea I have that's very early in it's infancy: it's only basic ideas right now. Hopefully we can turn these ideas into something playable.

    Also, if there are actually a group of people somewhere on the internet that are working on something like this (putting a lore-friendly region into the game), feel free to say and post links if possible. In the distant future, unless Bethesda adds this as DLC, I also wish to add Solstheim into the game. Once again, thanks for reading this long, unfocused post.

Comments

15 Comments
  • i hate cliff racers
    i hate cliff racers   ·  November 21, 2011
    I think that going to atmora would be great, just so you could join the dragon cult.
  • i hate cliff racers
    i hate cliff racers   ·  November 21, 2011
    Turning into a dragon and keeping all your shouts would be epic.
  • Deeza
    Deeza   ·  November 13, 2011
    For those of you who are interested, I have officially launched my High Rock Island mod here:
    http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1264259-wipz-announcing-the-elder-scrolls-archipelago/
  • Dieter
    Dieter   ·  November 10, 2011
    I reread your great post and I noticed you also wanna remake Soltsheim, but do remember to change it a bit since a big part of the remaining Dunmer population fled to Soltsheim.
  • Anonymous Lex
    Anonymous Lex   ·  November 9, 2011
    I would love to completely re-make Bloodmoon in Skyrim.  After the DLC come out, implementing the landmass and the quests in would be awesome.  The only problem would be voice acting...
  • BakaPenguin
    BakaPenguin   ·  November 9, 2011
    I would love to help out in this effort, if you go ahead with it. Unfortunately, my only skills would be in writing. I can pen quest/story archs, create NPCs and such. If you need anyone for those tasks, I'd be more than happy to work on the project.more
  • Deeza
    Deeza   ·  November 9, 2011
    Also, if there are actually a group of people somewhere on the internet that are working on something like this (putting a lore-friendly region into the game), feel free to say and post links if possible.
    You asked, and I have answere...  more
  • Seth Davis
    Seth Davis   ·  November 9, 2011
    I really think that if you're into adding a REALLY big thing to the game that could go somewhere lore related that Bethesda probably isn't ever going to get to, you would be interested in Atmora. I know you'd have to add a bunch to the ocean, or make it a...  more
  • Mr. Mjolnir
    Mr. Mjolnir   ·  November 9, 2011
    I love landmasses mod. The best bit of TES games are not the quests, not the spells, not even the story or its characters but the exploration. It's the most demanding as well like you said in terms of work and commitment. Quality is in the level of detail...  more
  • shoresinflames
    shoresinflames   ·  November 9, 2011
    Oh yeah I'm definitely going to try and get a team for this. I think I would go insane if I tried to do this on my own.
    And doing the entire High Rock province would be awesome. What else would be nice is Daggerfall didn't cover east High Rock, so y...  more