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Thanks (I'm assuming you mean the wool one ) I got it here: http://www.yesstyle.com/en/home.html I'm fond of asian fashion

haha, that's indeed a great question Chord, and I can't give a good answer. Really, things seems to fall into place when they need to... I don't try to push things too hard. If I don't feel like working on it, I usually don't. This is true for my real life projects as well and boy are there a lot (school, learning japanese, writing screenplays, omg) ! Maybe it would benefit me to be more disciplined. :/ Edit: There was another thread almost just like this around here in one of the other forums. I had it bookmarked at one time because it had a lot of good info, but I lost all my bookmarks in the laptop move. If anyone knows what I'm talking about and can find it, please post a link! Edit 2: I found the thread (I think):

Nice work! I always thought there should be more to that place <.<

Cool! I love game of thrones. This should be awesome.

Why yes! I would be happy to have a bit of help with this! Thanks. I'll PM you some ideas I had.

An excerpt from the Architects Journal: What is The Dark Spire? The Dark Spire is an epic quest mod that will pull the player into a steampunk movie-like adventure full of fascinating locations and striking characters. Journey to an alien plane first explored by the ancient Dwemer and experience the obsession that drove them mad. Pick up their tools where they dropped them and continue their story. Your success or failure decides the fate of no less than all creation. Conceptually, The Dark Spire is a gourmet concoction of the Myst games, The Dark Tower books by Stephen King, and Diamond Dogs by Alastair Reynolds, infused with a healthy flavor of steampunk culture and anime influences, and then blended seamlessly into the Elder Scrolls universe. Concept Art Through numerous internet searches I have procured a rather large collection of concept art. I've included an assortment of pictures from a wide range of sources. This collection is not meant to be definitive of the mod, but rather provide a general idea of what I have envisioned. Note the spoiler boxes. They are there for your convenience only, there are no real spoilers here. The Tower Itself: Landscape: Characters: Technology: Progress so Far This project is still in the planning stages, but in that respect, much progress has been made indeed. I have written all of the journal entries, written the in-game books, and planned out the majority of locations. Assets Here is a Dwemer steampunk sword that ResolveThatChord started for me. Many thanks! Acknowledgments: Bethesda, and all artists and authors involved in creating the Elder Scrolls universe Stephen King and also the Creators of Myst Phitt and the Sheogorad team Artists and Uploaders of concept art ResolveThatChord WhoGuru DarkRider Alizarin Crimson The Architect Future Team Members! And to all others who have supported this project, I thank you.

I will reinforce what Vouivre said about planning. It is absolutely vital to have a blueprint for your mod before you start the actual work. I have a folder dedicated to concept art that is packed with 200 images procured through numerous internet searches. I have all of my journal entries written out and the books as well. I have my worldspace mapped out to the vertex. Depending on the nature of your mod, I think figuring out the story to the letter before starting is the most important thing you could do. With bigger mods, unless you are some kind of modding god (like some people round here) you'll need a modding team. I would highly recommend that you have something tangible and inspiring to show people before trying to recruit... world space or videos are good... just to show that you are committed to the project and willing to do your own work. Try to learn as much about the different aspects of modding as possible - modeling, texturing, world building, voice acting... it's important that you can excel at at least one aspect of the technical aspect of modding in order to be a valuable asset to the team. Once you have a team, by god cling to them like precious stones! Be the visionary and inspirational leader they need to stick with the project. Communication is absolutely key. As the lead, you need be available to coordinate people and send them off in the right directions. Keep track of the mod's progress where everybody can see it. Post screenshots and videos of new developed areas or items.

Well, I bet you can guess what I'm gonna do Yup, the Dark Spire will finally be realized! mwahaha! But that aside, Skyrim looks great so far... it looks like it'll hold up pretty well on it's own even without mods. I'll probably play through once without them, unless there is something really annoying.

LOL!! Bethesda seems to have taken over the wheel on this one... haha.. can't wait

Yeah, for mods, a solid state drive goes a long way I think... I should prob upgrade before too long, although my laptop is pretty decent: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834214190

Hey guys! Some great music on here! I'm really into Tool right now also, but here are some different things. Hatsune Miku!! Live 0.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTXO7KGHtjI awesome korean pop music vid:

Yeah, sweet. Best of luck DR and to the testers!

It all depends on what your purpose for playing is Si-Shen. I just don't want to go through all the same hoops every time I want to make a new character. Sometimes I make a new character just to play a certain mod. In a book or a movie each character has their own backstory, talents, etc... I'd like to be able to start any place at any level. If I want to play someone who's been arrested for some unknown crime and for some reason has to be at the very bottom of the pecking order I can do that. If I want to be a young upstart who's out for revenge after having his village destroyed I can do that. If I want to play an outcast Ordinator starting a new life in Skyrim I can do that. If I want to play a gorgeous nordic warrior woman with striking blue hair who has fought many prior battles I can do that too! If I want to play the game without even starting the main quest I can do that. haha... It's an RPG... Role Playing Game... I want the freedom to role play!!! It wouldn't be that hard to do. In fact, I think there is a mod for Oblivion which allows you to do pretty much just what I'm talking about. The only catch is that the game mechanics have to compensate a little bit for your increased level - you still want to be challenged after all or else it isn't fun, which is why I'm in favor of a more static world independent from the character. I liked Morrowind's start alright because it was relatively quick, and to this day I don't mind going through it again just for nostalgia's sake.

Oh, but there will be alternative start mods soon enough. As long as it's not nail bitingly long and tedious (like oblivion's start) then I won't be too unhappy with it. However, I've always wanted the option to begin the game at a higher level with more spells and abilities just for the sake of roleplaying. Like if I wanted to play an outcast ordinator why would he start so weak?

You guys have no idea how happy I am to hear that there will be dwemer constructs!! Those are really informative videos. Thanks for the heads up. This is just getting better and better!

Bummed that they did away with the class system... but if that means more FPS like combat than I'm all for it . I wonder what the alternative will be?

Haha, thanks for the insight!