Colored Lights : V

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:59 pm

Perhaps I'm crazy, but one of the little things I liked in Morrowind were the blue and red lanterns and candles. I collected them, and I've seen at least one other person in these forums mention collecting them as well. They were missing in Oblivion, and I hope they'll return in Skyrim.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:10 pm

I loved those lanterns, I remember coloring my houses with the blue and red ones. One reason why I still play morrowind and not oblivion.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:00 pm

Perhaps I'm crazy, but one of the little things I liked in Morrowind were the blue and red lanterns and candles. I collected them, and I've seen at least one other person in these forums mention collecting them as well. They were missing in Oblivion, and I hope they'll return in Skyrim.

Sounds lovely. Motion supported. :tops:

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:10 pm

I had an entire house in Balmora dedicated to my candle/lantern and daedric statue collection. Good times, I hope they're back as well.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:57 pm

I missed those so much I had to mod them in. They were just lovely...
Placed floating ones all over the place in Caldera, occupied by my skeletal army constantly fighting off the imperials...

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:59 pm

Same here, I decorated the corner club in Balmora with red and blue ones after I killed the patrons.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:37 pm

I used them all the time as well. They were beautiful and I'd decorate Raven Rock with them.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:09 am

Yeah, I kinda liked those.

On a slightly different note, I would like lights that are colored black to actually make places darker again. Those things were useful when it came to creating properly shady areas in exterior cells...

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:32 pm

I loved that.

A red paper lantern hidden behind the wardrobe in the upper bedroom of Tel Uvirith gave the place the proper atmosphere.

I loved scouting around for coloured lamps (and also skulls) to make my place more Telvanni crazy wizard like.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:48 pm

I feel like creating light sources might be detrimental to the new engine...since everything casts a shadow...but colored lights would be awesome.

The Blue flames in Oblivion were cool, but Morrowind really used lighting to tell a story...from candle lit sixth house bases, to blue lit velothi style buildings..

I don't think people underestimate the power of lighting in games either. Take Mass Effect 2 for instance. Thanks to the red and warm lighting in the game, it completely changed the tone in comparison to the first.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:32 am

I did it too. I support this.

Aren't people strange? :]

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:26 am

I missed having different types of lighting as well. Instead of just having torches, the candles and lanterns were really nice, I love the effect. :flamethrower:

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 6:47 pm

I too collected the colored candles/lanterns in Morrowind. I made a daedric artifact/daedric equipment museum room in Hlormaren stronghold and filled the room with red lights! It was very nice.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:54 am

Oh the memories of my Telvanni tower fully decorated with skulls with red candles on top of them all over the place :sadvaultboy:

Was one of those little things that made me sad in Oblivion,the lack of this litlle details

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:27 am

It would also be nice if they put in a few more colors, such as green and purple.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:03 pm

I support this, with more colors. Do all the primary and secondary colors, a pure white and pure black (for making things brighter or darker without changing hue), and a few of the more popular colors like cyan, lime, some kind of brown or tan, etc.

» Thu Feb 17, 2011 12:42 am

Yeah I loved all that kind of stuff, and all the pointless little items, gives more depth.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:21 pm

Well, I want red lanterns.

Much cooler than blue.

We need green and purple.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 12:20 pm

I feel like creating light sources might be detrimental to the new engine...since everything casts a shadow...but colored lights would be awesome.

Perhaps if you put so many lights in an interior cell, it just raises the ambient lighting in order to avoid lag.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:59 am

I loved Morag Tong dens, those places were always lit by weird/dark colors. THAT is why I love Morrowind so much. The atmosphere trumps Oblivions 100 fold. BUT, I digress.
I agree, I think they should return.

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:35 pm

I made a topic about having more light sources... And yea, I would like more light sources (includes colored lanterns, candles...)

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:13 pm

I don't know about you guys but I loved looking at my Dark Elf character holding a blue/red lantern while traveling on my adventures. GOOOOOODDDDD I miss Morrowind...

» Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:45 pm

I'm going to go ahead and shove this right back to the top. I loved the mobile candles and lanterns in Morrowind, allowed personalization of any area - combined with non-re spawning enemies you were able to make even a cave humble and safe. I liked that.