skywind, and skyblivion.

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I am new to pc gaming, i have always used playstation. i am finding that playing on pc is a much better, and exciting experience, because i am new to pc gaming i am only finding out about skywind, and skyblivion, i was wondering how it works, and if its something i can still download. Is it a mod? How do i download? Is it a big file? I am sorry about all the noob questions.

[velvetsanity]

They're both total conversion mods, and they're both still in WIP status, as far as I know. I haven't actually looked myself, figuring that someone here will post some sort of announcement thread that will get hundreds of replies within the first day or so.

If you want to learn about modding, check out the pinned thread 'Player Spreadsheet'. It touches on the most basic info for most modding-elated topics and has links to more in depth info on each topic, how to guides and so on. I highly suggest reading it and following the links as you begin your modded Skyrim journey. ^_~

[papajack_papajohn]

They are both all hype for the past severl years. They haven't been released yet and I doubt they ever will. I can't stand all talk and no show. Years and no show with all talk? Sorry guys, I find that credibility very low.

Enderal came out before they did and is a total conversion mod and they didn't put the hype into until it was finished. I played it through and I loved it... No talk, no hype, just released the finished product to the public. An awesome product to boot.

[BarbarianHeart]

They did finish Morrowblivion (Morrowind on Oblivion's engine) so it is more than just hype and rumor. These people are building huge mods in their spare time so it really does take that long, I have no idea how the Enderal people get their mods out so quickly. Anyway, check out the TES Renewal Project web page. http://tesrenewal.com/

[Bad Distraction Carnifex]

They had to create a new height map for Skywind which in turn basically meant redoing everything that wasn't asset creation, dialogue or a backend script. That put them back by about 2 years, they also had an influx of exeptionally bad or inactive contributors which delayed things further.

We'd have a alpha/beta version but there was some drama about content creators being concerned about asset theft, so they took down the old alpha and never hosted a new alpha once they had enough content, which they certainly do at this point.

They had to cater to these people because good content creators are hard to find and it was a relatively small concession to make in order to keep them happy.

That being said...it's been a looooooong time since then and there's still no alpha/beta for Skywind which leads me to think that they can't get enough volunteers to help out. I sincerely doubt Skywind will see the light of day. Maybe sometime after the next TES game.

Skyblivion is a straight up port job which makes it easier to do but it's also completely understaffed, most of the talent they have is working on Skywind 1st. If Skywind release is questionable, Skyblivion might as well be abandonware.

I followed both projects and kept in regular contact with several of the important people for Skywind and by extension: Skyblivion which is why I know a bit of the history...but that was YEARS ago so who knows, maybe they've made considerable progress since then?

[Storm]

Originally posted by Bad Distraction Carnifex:

They had to create a new height map for Skywind which in turn basically meant redoing everything that wasn't asset creation, dialogue or a backend script. That put them back by about 2 years, they also had an influx of exeptionally bad or inactive contributors which delayed things further.

We'd have a alpha/beta version but there was some drama about content creators being concerned about asset theft, so they took down the old alpha and never hosted a new alpha once they had enough content, which they certainly do at this point.

They had to cater to these people because good content creators are hard to find and it was a relatively small concession to make in order to keep them happy.

That being said...it's been a looooooong time since then and there's still no alpha/beta for Skywind which leads me to think that they can't get enough volunteers to help out. I sincerely doubt Skywind will see the light of day. Maybe sometime after the next TES game.

Skyblivion is a straight up port job which makes it easier to do but it's also completely understaffed, most of the talent they have is working on Skywind 1st. If Skywind release is questionable, Skyblivion might as well be abandonware.

I followed both projects and kept in regular contact with several of the important people for Skywind and by extension: Skyblivion which is why I know a bit of the history...but that was YEARS ago so who knows, maybe they've made considerable progress since then?

You got me curious. Any chance you can get a current update from them?

[Digstar]

Found some recent news (Oct 2016) on Skyblivion on Youtube. Looks promising:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dW4L7i-J7k