How would you like the borders to be handled? (decided it wa : V

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:45 am

I assure you this is not a "repeat thread" or whatever. I just wanted to actually see what would take majority.

» Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:26 pm

You can edit your first thread and make it into a poll. Either way, hit the report button on one, and get the mods to lock it.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 2:11 am

Natural borders (mountains) and an endless sea.

It could work, seeing how Skyrim is pretty much completely surrounded by mountains.
One might say then: "Oh... well if there is and endless sea, I can keep swim to west or east and then go ashore around the mountains!". I say: the cold should kill you if you swim way too far in the cold cold ocean up north.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:00 am

Well, the devs most likely have the invisible wall implemented already, so the testplayers don't get carried away.
No one loves a coward in the Elder Scrolls games anywho (me assuming that you want to explore past the story's borders).

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:51 am

As said in the previous thread, invisible walls are fine. They can easily be disabled, and I want to be able to add new regions (like Cyrodiil for instance) to Skyrim without natural borders getting in the way.

» Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:04 pm

You can edit your first thread and make it into a poll. Either way, hit the report button on one, and get the mods to lock it.

Didn't know that. Sorry.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:57 am

I really dislike all this 'the weather sends you back', and ' you went too far outside the zone, the laser turrets kill you' stuff. Go the easy route, stick up some invisible barriers and have done, rather than some pretense that the world continues, you just can't happen to go that way, or that way, just at the moment, hope your immersion wasn't destroyed.
We all know it's a game, we all know the map has limits, please don't bother with some artificial attempt to fool us into thinking otherwise.

» Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:08 pm

I like the dragon idea. But really the barriers thing works just fine

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:57 am

From the Other Thread-

Other:

Think "Great Wall of China." The Nords are so dead-set on booting the Empire out that they've walled their entire country off.

(What else would they have been doing for the last 200 years?

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» Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:09 pm

From awhile ago someone mentioned

Todd Howard with an anti-material rifle try to get out of skyrim now.

thats still my favorite

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:57 am

i hated the way invisible walls were done in fallout NV... they just weren't at the edge of the map but all over the place... i like natural barriers, but in places where they can't fit them in without making them look unnatural, invisible walls would be okay.... just please keep these invisible walls at the edge of the map only... i don't want an invisible wall blocking me from squirming up a mountain a in an unconventional way....

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:39 am

The Gandalf thing, thats epic.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:13 am

I went for border controls with tough guards

It would feel more natural than impassable mountains or invisible walls, and modders could just mod then out, or make them much easier to kill when adding new territories

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:37 am

Didn't know that. Sorry.

No need to apologise

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» Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:53 am

~ Naturally impassable landscape (mountains)

~ Closed borders (in a politcal sense, with unkillable border control guards)

That I think would be good for both immersion people and new region modders.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:37 am

As said in the previous thread, invisible walls are fine. They can easily be disabled, and I want to be able to add new regions (like Cyrodiil for instance) to Skyrim without natural borders getting in the way.

There are hundreds of mods which add new regions to Oblivion (some better than others obviously). Some of the most popular ones have been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times... so yes, it's going to affect more than just a few keen modders / mod users.

Ah, ok. I did have a (very) brief look on TESNexus, and most of the ones I saw were new worldspaces. I obviously didn't look properly :shrug:. Just shows, the quickest way to make an ass of oneself is to join a discussion without doing proper research

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Man, the braying on these forums is deafening

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Anyway, I still personally prefer the idea of having a clear visual cue of impassibility along with the invisible walls, but I concede that mountainous barriers would be a problem for modding.

Perhaps have a scattering of collapsed bridges in the otherwise impassible mountains, that modders can 'repair' if they so wish?

» Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:20 pm

I am sorry. but I don't understand how unkillable border guards is not immersion breaking. A ring of soldiers, surrounding the whole country, including the sea for the idea to work, who are unkillable, immune to paralysis, calm or frenzy, who always detect invisible characters, and for trade to exist at all are only there for the benefit of the player character? No thanks.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:08 am

invisible barriers that can be canceled (for further mods, that add landmasses)

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:02 am

i think guards would be the best. it would make DLC transitions to new areas more realistic, and probably more simple for developers. Like just having one guard saying "i have permission to let you through to morrowind" then bam, walk over the border. and i dont think that the guards should be invincible, just if you attack them, you're immediately sent to jail.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:20 am

People like invisible walls? This confuses me...

Need it to be mod friendly? Just mod a road through the natural barrier?

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 6:21 am

i hated the way invisible walls were done in fallout NV... they just weren't at the edge of the map but all over the place... i like natural barriers, but in places where they can't fit them in without making them look unnatural, invisible walls would be okay.... just please keep these invisible walls at the edge of the map only... i don't want an invisible wall blocking me from squirming up a mountain a in an unconventional way....

I agree, ever attack Primm from behind? Let me guess, you didn't, because there's an invisible wall there :brokencomputer:

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:42 am

I would love it if you could actually get across the borders a LITTLE bit, but then, in each case, the terrain just becomes too unfriendly. Steep Chasms, harsh currents in the deep Sea Waters. and sheer unscallable cliffs seem best to me.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:43 am

I agree, ever attack Primm from behind? Let me guess, you didn't, because there's an invisible wall there :brokencomputer:

No i didnt, and i hated the way invisable wall were placed in vegas. They were in random spots ticed my off. :swear:

» Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:22 pm

Due to lore, I know it isn't possible, but I've always wanted to see a miny globe/planet with no borders.

» Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:19 am

People like invisible walls? This confuses me...

Need it to be mod friendly? Just mod a road through the natural barrier?

This. Still my idea is to have mountains that are hard to go through. If you made ith through there will be border patroll guards that will warn you to get back in Skyrim or they will arrest you. If you made it passed them. Then A few dragons would come and kill you.