Morroblivion

The tedious and boring part is the conditions. So is it really worth it to even make a script converter, when just re-doing the scripts isn't even that tough and can be fun for some?

Its about ensuring the potential conversion of the 26964 mods available to Oblivion (that is just the Nexus). Then for possibilty of a next conversion the 24223 mods for Skyrim (and growing of course).

Oblvion/Skyrim can always be downgraded to Morrowind format plugins and used with OpenMW.

I've become more convinced that the future of keeping mods "alive" is with an expanded OpenMW. I've done a post on their website about an OpenTamriel/OpenGamebyro and it is surely something that will be planned for.

But rather than downgrading to a Morrowind version of BSA, Nif, etc, surely a more universal format that contains more information as used by Oblivion and Skyrim would be better? This includes scripting of course.

You might see oblivion scripting, OBSE, papyrus scripting, SKSE all being converted to some format that OpenMW can process.

I think that OpenMW already has its own way to save plugins.

I think both these projects success will still be on conversion. As Zilav says even if it was downgraded, its a conversion. But far more likely to upgrade, and not necessarily to a Skyrim format either. After all OpenMW is based on Orge3D and C++, so really as long as it has the data (game settings) and a successful way to convert models and their physics, having conversion tools will be the key to playing Elder Scroll games and the 50,000+ mods well into the next decade, and really forever. As Orge3D progresses its framework, so does the potential to keep updating everything. The Skywind project is proving that we can keep updating models, animations, textures that can see the game well into the future. Admittedly we gear everything towards Skyrim format at the moment, but we save our current processes so that they can be edited later to port/convert into what ever the future holds.

I see that conversion tools will be less about porting into another TES game, and more about a universal method for conversion for OpenMW (lets start calling it OpenGamebyro). I think that these two communities will start merging as we basically have the same goals. Older games in newer engines.

SB has also converted over all the SI .spt files but they still need some work.  

Anthelius, don't forget the Oblivion grass. :)  Or is that what you meant by bushes?

i can almost hear "stop right there criminal scum, you violated the law" being shouted incessantly at me

That looks sweet!

About textures:  There are many mods for Oblivion that provide great retextures.  We would only need permissions, and so far every modder I have spoken to has heartily agreed to let us use their stuff. :)

I think the only things that really would need a retexture would be the landscape and small objects that can now be seen in the inventory, like food.

Edit:  Oh, and This thread has some LOD files for the imperial city walls.  The textures are a little weird I think, but far better than nothing. :)

ya love it

what a nostalgia seen this cant wait to play this doesn't need a lot of work the landscape when u see this

Don't worry it's already very appealing^^ We can still poilsh it later.

Some logos:

Also I'm uploading a video.

I've attached PSD source, so anybody can delete this word :)

Don't forget you can get the original grass here: http://morroblivion.com/forums/skyblivion/skyblivion-mod-rel...

And the original music adds a lot to the atmosphere too ; ) (it seems you don't have as much ctd as me).

That is awesome Zardalu!  Yes, please share regularly. :)  Something Mehh did for Skywind to find broken meshes was to do a quick navmesh and if the CK crashed on a cell he would remove objects until the crashing stopped,  and then we would know the last removed object was broken.  I don't know if that method would be any help?

That LOD looks great too.  I'll see how much it breaks my FPS. :)

Well one of the biggest culprits for crashing in Skywind, was floral with collision. If you remove the collision from those, you'll probably stop a lot of the crashing. If you go to Solstheim in Skywind, you'll find some floral with collision(we didn't wanna touch Bloodmoon/Tribunal stuff yet) and you'll probably ctd if you touch it.

The crashing right now is mainly due to bad collision, you'll need to find someone who knows how to fix bad collision.

Zilav I am amazed by what you did I asumed you work weeks before even speaking of it , you are a god.

so about the LOD I have not lost anny FPS but , my pc is a high so errrr not really good for benchmarking , I only did cities and some of the biger bridges so it should be ok for most pepole

ouch errmmmm lets see mmmm I do know that my game CTDs near anvil therefor maybe one of anvils meches causes CTD

Zilav I think the problem with the lighting is the over done bloom , so what if we disable bloom in its immagespaces? il try that and report back see if it changes anything

oh and it looks like I forgot to set some of the wall section in full lod , il do that when I have time

dont tone them to far down oblivion is a bright place i like to think that spring just started there and skyrim its more fall/winter and when u are high up on the mountain and u look over cyrendel the bright green is very nice on the eye