Skyblivion
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Bethesda gives us Fallout 76 and modders in their spare time have built this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=174&v=FVbVPftwfP0
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@sweaty_gammon I look forward to somehow getting stuck inside one of the pillars of that bridge.
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This is an interesting application of @Groaner's First Law of Game Modding. I guess it's not surprising that at some point people would bring content from one Bethesda IP into another, especially since they're using the same underlying tech.
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@Groaner This is far from the first. At the same time there's a project to bring Morrowind into Oblivion or Skyrim, and I'm suer there are a few other similar ones in progress.
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@kazitor I am sure there are others as well. I am just amazed that people basically making mods for free can build something of high quality whereas the actual company that made the base game release utter garbage.
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@sweaty_gammon said in Skyblivion:
@kazitor I am sure there are others as well. I am just amazed that people basically making mods for free can build something of high quality whereas the actual company that made the base game release utter garbage.
They don't have anyone preventing them from getting to the quality they want.
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@sweaty_gammon said in Skyblivion:
@kazitor I am sure there are others as well. I am just amazed that people basically making mods for free can build something of high quality whereas the actual company that made the base game release utter garbage.
Well, the thing about the mods is that the quality is not even. So the parts that the modders find fun or feel strongly about get polished, and the parts that no one wants are looked over. Of course, you're not going to see those in a demo of the mod. The actual company tries to keep a level quality standard, even if that level isn't as good as the best that a dedicated modder can achieve.
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@Kian Have you seen Fallout 76
I understand your general point. But it really shows the state of the industry when I can get games that are free that are better than £60 games.
Consider this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6nzHjXHC_I
This is a Doom II Wad Mod (running on GZDOOM).
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@sweaty_gammon said in Skyblivion:
@Kian Have you seen Fallout 76
I understand your general point. But it really shows the state of the industry when I can get games that are free that are better than £60 games.
Consider this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6nzHjXHC_I
This is a Doom II Wad Mod (running on GZDOOM).
Looks like the latest version is standalone: https://www.moddb.com/mods/total-chaos
LATEST VERSION - DOES NOT REQUIRE DOOM2.WAD. SAVE GAMES FROM 0.97.1/4 NOT COMPATIABLE! This version fixes most of the stutter issues. Also solves various memory issues, and is 1GB smaller in size! Post Process effects like Motion Blur and Lens Flares are also included. Package comes with Freedoom, GZDoom and the Total Chaos Launcher.
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@SlackerD I played one of the alpha's a few months ago. The framerate wasn't great but I was playing it on my laptop which is wanting a replacement.
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@Kian said in Skyblivion:
Well, the thing about the mods is that the quality is not even.
Well-documented.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon's_law
And the handful of modders with talent often have better things to do with their time, so they release a couple of magna opera* and disappear.
So the parts that the modders find fun or feel strongly about get polished, and the parts that no one wants are looked over. Of course, you're not going to see those in a demo of the mod. The actual company tries to keep a level quality standard, even if that level isn't as good as the best that a dedicated modder can achieve.
Well-documented.
Gotta pay someone to do the undesirable parts.
*Or opuses or opii if you prefer. A teacher and I had a disagreement in university about which was the correct plural, and as you might guess, I'm still a little salty about it more than a decade later.
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