One thing I thought about is AI Packages. I'm at work so I can't check what we have so far but I guess not much or at least not assigned to the NPCs.

AI Packages is basically where you add life to your NPC. You put their schedules, say for a guard

breakfast from 8Am to 9Am in the local barracks

patrol from 9AM to 1PM in current town

lunch from 1PM to 2PM in barracks (or local pub whatever)

 

patrol from 2PM to 8PM in current town

dinner from 8PM to 9PM

sleep in barrack from 9PM to 8AM

etc... I guess some NPC schedule are documented in UESP or other wikis. Otherwise try to create something that makes sense (basically don't send a crucrial NPC to the other side of the island if it's not mentionned).

Don't be afraid by the AI thing. It's not that difficult, lots of tutorials in the Creation Kit wiki.

You basically create template and apply to NPC with specific parameters.

And voilà, people start moving around, living the life !

I know that's something I have interest in but can't work on due to workload on quests.

Only thing, I don't know how this interfaces with Navmeshing... but even if navmeshing needs to be done first, this task can be started.

Ooh only thing: don't modify any vanilla Skyrim AI package, otherwise it will impact vanilla NPCs

Promoted this post to the front page.  Good info.

Hi everyone, 2 years ago i helped with morroblivion project. Now i am gonna help and with Skywind. First thing that i did-i am remade almost all daedric and some other textures. I have  been reworked textures with new bump and spec maps for better looking on skyrim engine. Today i started work in CK and my first work was a corrections of Imperial Guards-now they will wear armor and will use torches. Archers now also has bows and will use it. Guards use leveled items. Some screens attached. I will continue to work in the CK to fix the various errors and bugs. 

Thanks for coming back!

There are some things you should know though.  We are using a system of armor like Morowind, so just adding Skyrim armor won't do any good until we have the split armor models.

Also, Eloth has completely overhauled all of the textures, and I am not sure if that is needed, but you'd need to ask him.

I am already talked about textures with eloth, so we splitted some work on the textures with him. This is a temporary solution, not to leave guard completely naked) So what about another ck editings? I can handle with more things than armor-attributes, skill, etc.

Yeah, you wanna landscape edit, and fix up our fugly landscape?

I've done a little modding and would love to help, but I really don't have time.

From the little I know about modding, it seems a tool like Skyproc could do a lot of the translating from the original morrowind ESM's and ESP's in regards to facegen and NPC's.  Don't know about voice files, items, quests, ect. 

About landscaping... What should I fix? Textures or meshes?

Now I'm getting permissions from the authors of all the modifications that we could use in Skywind. Maybe someone know how can i  contact with Connary?

And by the way, I think that I can do the placement of armor  (which is already done) on the NPCs.

Okay, we have to wait for Alexanderb to get back with the armor, and the instructions for setting up nodes first though.

I think Mehh meant that sometimes you find errors in the landscape texturing.  Like black patches or seams that need to be fixed in the CK.

http://morroblivion.com/forums/skyrim/skywind-development/3460

This thread shows a pretty good example. It has been nearly a month, so it's safe to assume the guy ragequitted, but his thread shows off what I'm talking about.

I knew that for Morrowind and Bloodmoon was created plugin for fix it. Here it is 

http://morrowind.nexusmods.com/mods/42170

But i think that we can't use it already?

Actually, I have a few suggestions. Why not ask the guy who made the Skyrim Monster Mod for help? I used the SMM to add several creatures to Morrowind on my game, like the Guar, Daedroth, Hunger, and Ogrim and such. There are creatures that would need to be created though, such as the Golden Saints, Clannfears, and Cliff Racers (there is a Cliff Racer mod, but it's just a retexturing of the hawks in the game).

Hi guys.  ok, so i dont have extensive experience in modding or anything, but i would love to help you guys out.  ive been playing ES games since morrowind and have modded oblivion and skyrim. been a member of nexus for a little over 2 years now. i have used the creation kit to create npcs and successfully implemented them into the game.  i also have half of a house built lol.    if there is anything i can do to help like bug hunting or the like, please let me know!  ill be around.

I got permission from authors to use several mods related to Morrowind from SkyrimNexus, that we can use if needed. 

 

Morrowind Style Clutter and More 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/24883

 

Morrowind Like Soul Gems

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30348

And once again received permission from the PrivateEye for using  models from him

And i am waiting for another authors permissions

I already got permission from PrivateEye forever ago about using all of his models....

We've had the Morrowind style clutter mod brought up multiple times.  Almost everything is just a retexture of Skyrim stuff.  Besides, all of our clutter is really nice, why would we want to replace it?

That soul gem mod looks like it could be of some use though.  Anyway thanks for taking the initiative and keeping an eye out for things we could use.

we already have non morrowind clutter, and when i think about it, i made a replacement mod for soulgems for morrowind ages ago, we can use that, i forgot about it :)

Drodiggs,

Your CK skills sound interesting,and also the half built house.

When a new building is done assuming you are putting NPC`s into it,they will need to be able to move around.

What i mean is that your house will need some navmeshing done on the floors,we have a lot of internal cells that need it too,so if you are interested in that subject and would like to give it go,head over to the the navmeshing thread,there are a couple of video links in the first post that explain what is needed.

Welcome!

 

 

Hi, guys, sorry, but it seems that i cannot help you are with landscape editing. But I spent the whole day on the editing of Morrowind books. For the beginning I adjusted models of books - now they can be read, previously in your inventory displayed only model of the book. I edited EACH book from Morrowind, Tribunal and Bloodmoon, (except magic scrolls) the text is now displayed correctly, so you can read any book. Skill Books now properly teach the skills when you read them. http://www.mediafire.com/?g8f0hstrt2tcscy

You should ping Machine. I think he was doing stuff on the books but I don't remember what exactly (meshes, animations, textures ?). Hopefully both your work are not overlapping and complement each others !

OK, guys. Today i am finally had Dragonbord DLC​. And i am used model of Silt Strider from this DLC. It is fully functional-animated, placed in the world, and will use original sound.

 

Link http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qc57mbr76q66q3j

Sorry for wrong link, now all correct

Um, you really should ask before you do that kind of work. Machine already updated all of the books days ago, with exactly the same changes you just mentioned.  Oh, and I changed the books so they teach you the correct skills already.  It was merged in the last master.

Sorry that you had to do double work.

Good job on the silt strider though, that should be merged.

Edit:  Wait, how did you add it?  We have a script that will replace form ids with another form id automatically.  Those cups are just placeholders.  I guess it is fine if you did these by hand, but it is good to know if you decide you want to replace anything else.

Yes better to replace cups which already hold "reserved" references instead of deleting them and adding new refs.

ShadowOh, and I changed the books so they teach you the correct skills already.  It was merged in the last master.

About skill books-they don't teached skills in last master, because  this function do not was activated.

About silststrider-i am added model  without replacing or changing anything else.

  If you want i can replace something else by hands. I can use some models and textures from dragonborn.

Nope, I just checked.  My fix was merged and according to TESV Edit, books should be teaching skills.

Oh, sorry, for some reason I thought that the strider references were cups.  I just realized that they simply had a placeholder model.  If you ever want to replace anything that was there in Morroblivion but is now a blue Skyrim cup though, just let us know and we'll use a script.

Good work, I'll see if we can't have Machine merge that in our working master.

 

Can you share a script, please? I wanna try it. Now we have all models from Dragonborn, that we ca use i think. About siltstrider-it need a Soundmarkers placements for correct sounds, i tried to make it for all of them, but CK crashed in Ald-Ruhn.

@digitalparanoid is there a post (similar to the facegen post) that lists who is working on what AI? Or has no one started this yet? I'm looking for something not entirely beyond my capabilities but that will break up the monotony of just redoing NPC faces all day.

I don't think there's any post for now. Please start one ;)

Also I'm wondering if the users will be able to move considering the current navmeshing but anyway, that shouldn't prevent from working on this topic.

Well, after unsuccessfully attempting for the past couple of hours to get various NPCs in Balmora to move, at all, I think I am resigned to conclude that AI Packages are beyond my capabilities, lol. Neither guard patrols nor average NPCs would do anything. Would current navmeshing make them unable to move at all (unless attacked, they can move if you shoot them)?

Do you guys need the actual book lore written out? Or already have that done?

I'm not 100% sure about how navmeshing works. For me it tells the NPC where they can move. So probably your AI packages are correct and the Navmeshing prevents them from moving.

If there's a technical limitation for now but you're interested, you can probably start designing some of the schedules at least on the paper. Like : this guys sleep until 7 Am, on mondays he goes to the temple for between 2PM-4PM...

If it's an interior npc, then yeah, it's probably lack of navmesh. I've seen exterior npcs move, and chase after monsters.

orgint,

It depends on where your NPC[s] are to start with,if they are for example in the Balmora main square [where the fighter`s guild is] then the navmeshing would be external,you can check this in the CK in the render window by hitting the navmeshing icon and viewing the ground mesh.

But let`s assume that the meshing is ok then to make an NPC move to a preset path [there are wander etc paths built into the CK],you can pick the type of movement path needed.

But there are also functions that can restrict those path movements to within a region or cell etc,I can`t explain fully how it`s done but that is the general idea.You might also need a bit of scripting to time the start and end of the paths etc.

Internal is the same,but you then have to find a path that is internal [ I think there is a function for internal and external paths],by function I mean a condition added to the NPC[s] that starts off the movement.

I had the same problem in morroblivion when some wolves that I added just moved when I moved,and stopped in mid stride if I stopped,so I had to put conditions on them to make them move and attack me etc and even chase me for a given distance in the region or cell.

 

 

Hey all,

I am getting a new computer this week that will finally be able to play Morroblivion and Skywind. I really want to help out and since I have never made any mods or worked on any graphics, I would love to help with voices. I will start recording a few this week and see what you all think. I notice that there are still a lot of female voices unassigned. While I can do a pretty good Monty Python female voice, I doubt that is what we are looking for. ``I DON`T LIKE SPAM!``  Anyway I look forward to helping with this project in any way that I can.

yup, same here ;(

 

Hi

I've been lurking around this project for sometime and finally decided to take the plunge.

My user name is dtom, and I've been modding since Oblivion's first release.

I produced Verona House:Bloodlines

http://oblivion.nexusmods.com/mods/14601

and wrote a Beginners Guide to Modding which became the feature article on the Construction Set wiki for Oblivion.

I also released some mods for Fallout 3.

I've retired from releasing mods (too many trolls), but have kept my hand in making mods for my own use.

I'd love to help out in anyway I can.

I can't model or texture, but I do know my way around the CK and can

Landscape,

Build and clutter interiors

Conditionalise Dialogue

Conditionalise Quest (inc quest markers if required)

Script

Do NPC AI's

Play Test etc

Not sure where your needs are most

 

 

Hey, welcome onboard.

the list of tasks you could undertake/join looks very much like a todo list :) So, really jump in where you have more interest. A few remarks, bullet point style

-Landscape: there's a thread on the forum to get you up to date on who's done or is doing what

-Build and clutter interiors: I don't think there's any organized effort on this, but this is needed :)

-Conditionalise Dialogue, Conditionalise Quest (inc quest markers if required), Script : I guess that's in my bucket. We have a lot of interesting things to do. There's a sticky thread in the release (eh) sub-forum. I will update the OP as soon as we release v0.6 but you can gather some stuff.

-Do NPC AI's : clearly needed but not started yet afaik. I'm interested but have much work to do before getting there.

Not necessarily for you but also one task that is needed and I might get around it sometime, but anyone want to do it in my stead, you're welcome: make functional merchants out of the relevant NPCs. I know there are some tutorials online for this task...

Oh and another thing, anyone wants to complete/tweak the chargen intro... feel free to do so, I really butchered that one :)

 

hope this helps.

Sweetness!  Any help from experienced modders is much appreciated. :)

I think digital has made a pretty good list, so post what interests you, and go ahead and start.  If you need help you can ask anything you want in the public chatroom.

Hey all, I was wondering if Skywind project is planning to use music used in within Skyrim - since using materials from Morrowind would be not permitted within this project.

What are your plans? If it's necessary - I'm professional composer from Canada, and I'm willing to volunteer into this project :)

hi :)

We need to get all the morrowind soundtracks(well except those from skyrim/dragonborn) remade or covered :) More or less in the same style and atmosphere, only sounding grander, with a slightly modern twist

Honestly we're probably never going to get this completely legal, at least not for many more years.  We're probably fine using Morrowind soundtracks for quite a long while yet.

However, I am always okay with new arrangements or entirely new pieces, and we would definitely use them ingame. :)

Hi guys, I've been lurking around these forums for quite a while now and I've decided now that I wanted to help out and wanted to ask what I could do.

I could do the landscapes or maybe something like the AI packages, so if you guys could give me something to do then I'll start working on it, although I can't work on it now as I don't actually have Morrowind but I can get it as soon as anyone needs some to do something :).

Hello, What type of work needs to be done as far as weapons? I can model swords fairly well, but I would need someone to do textures as I'm an awful texture artist. Also, I've done level design for a few different game mods in the past, so maybe after some learning I could help out with the level design for this. Picture is of a sword that I modeled a few months ago.

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Yes I've used the Creation Kit a fair bit before and I could do some landscaping if that is what you guys want :).

CiaranB123

Yes I've used the Creation Kit a fair bit before and I could do some landscaping if that is what you guys want :).

Check this thread out then.
http://morroblivion.com/forums/skyrim/skywind-development/3805

I could help with making 3d items if you want.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Ghalithegreatesthits/myworkshopfiles/

I made some items these are 4 of them.

I hear your team is making unique faces from Morrowind and putting them into Skywind and I could do that using the creation kit I just need a list of peoples faces to make. :D