Since there were multiple team projects after OB's release to recreate assets and game areas from MW is there going to be the same nostalgia for Cyrodiil?

Legal issues, won't happen.

They can recreate Cyrodiil, the province, just not Oblivion, the game.

Nevermind (gosh this forum's rules can be silly).

Abovementioned is a banned topic. Not what I'm talking about. Talking about Silgrad Tower and other MW recreation mods that don't use MW assets. Stuff like http://www.yacoby.net/es/forum/25/8252341206459600.html.

Well, can you edit your post please? Is there a list of banned topics somewhere?

The unnamed mod in question is off limits here. Otherwise refer to the forum rules. But basically modding rules don't allow using assets from one game in another game. You can recreate the designs from scratch though.

I wouldn't see a lot of interest, but then again what do I know?
I know I would play a 1st Era mod though, back when the Imperials were slaves to the Aylieds. Get some Pelenial action on.

I was actually considering planning for this the other day... With the improvements that I'm positive Skyrim will make, it would be interesting to make Cyrodiil. Perhaps make Cyrodiil according to lore... IE have the Imperial City be more grand and populated. I also was considering how someone would go about doing this, and I thought: It should be modular. Like make the Jerall Mountain range and include Bruma first, then slowly go region by region.

Not entirely sure there 'is' an Imperial City anymore. Have to wait for the 2nd novel on that. But maybe a Bruma project would be kinda cool.

If you look about there are also, and these aren't banned topics so hurrah also boo banning topics, mods for different areas.

There was one for Hammerfell, one for Elsweyr, one for Valenwood.

There was even a rather nice one for the world of Dune. If I had Oblivion on PC I'd definitely download this one.

I thought about this a few times over the past year or 2. I imagine to some small degree, yes. Like a few favorite assets from oblivion might be recreated, But I don't know how much interest in full province mod. I'm not interested.

Morrowind is still interesting to me as the favored province to mod for.

I'd love to see a mod for Skyrim set in Vvardenfell (Morrowind + the Mainland) after the events of Oblivion and that book.

Could be a cool way to make an old (and beloved) environment new again.

Or desolate, empty, and unrecognizable. The Ministry of Truth didn't leave much to see.

I haven't read the book.

Is it really that bad? Vvardenfell I mean.

I figured Vivec would get worked over pretty bad but the rest of it would be kinda ok.

Although I heard Ald'ruhn (if I spelled that right) got jacked up pretty bad.

Also, how is the book?

I read somewhere or other it was kind of disappointing and covered with spelling and grammatical errors...but I might have to pick it up just the same for some weekend reading.

It wasn't the Ministry of Truth, but Red Mountain that destroyed Vvardenfell. The Ministry hurled itself into the ground with immense force. That alone would destroy the city of Vivec and the surrounding areas, but it also likely added pressure to an underground magma chamber, causing the mountain to erupt lava all over the island and shatter it with the seismic disturbances caused as a byproduct. There would probably be things on it, maybe some charred buildings with interiors left to explore, but overall it would resemble the Ashlands and much of what was once mainland would be divided into smaller islands like the Sheogorad Region. I'd assume that many Dunmer survived the Cataclysm, but Vvardenfell became too inhospitable to live in. In fact, it's very likely that Red Mountain is still active and going strong at the time the novel, or even the game, takes place. The sea surrounding the island is still boiling.

Vvardenfell is still there, but it probably looks like http://www.pixelhuset.se/downloads/screen/dtp_mordor_1024.jpg now.

As for mainland Morrowind, the Argonians did that one in. Slave uprising and all. At that point, the Dunmer only had Solstheim to turn to, because the Argonians to the south would kill them and the Empire to the west were evil oppressors themselves that are now undergoing bad political upheaval.

Single tear.

Would be nice to venture through mainland I guess....I'm gonna miss me my Vvardenfell though.

Yeah. It's explored a little bit in the book, if you want to give it a read. It actually wasn't that bad. Most fans of Elder Scrolls will appreciate it for what it is. I don't remember there being any outright grammatical errors or such either, but I was just too caught up imagining the story to care I guess. The real value of the book for me was just imagining how much the world changed since Oblivion. Which is to say, significantly.

Edit: I'm sorry, I'm going off topic here. To address the OP's concerns, yes, you can recreate Cyrodiil in Elder Scrolls V. For best results, it would have to keep the details consistent with the background lore given in the book and from the game (I'm assuming there will be plenty). The exception is that you cannot use any resources from the actual game Oblivion, nor can you attempt to replicate the game's story. It would have to be your own unique spin on the region. For further reference, as stated above, there are already mods that attempt similar ventures in Elder Scrolls IV, like Silgrad Tower and Tamriel Rebuilt. The fatal flaw of these mods, though, is that they're so ambitious that they are never completed. I wouldn't put too much faith on an attempt to convert Cyrodiil into Elder Scrolls V myself, as much as I'd love to.

Screw it, I'll get the book. I'm sure I'll like it, even as I cry into my Steak and Potatoes.

Why'd it have to be Vvardenfell? Whyyyyyyyy


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Now I really hope Skyrim is set after the events of The Infernal City...

Got to be some really pissed off Dunmer now, and they weren't exactly jolly before.

Because they knew it'd create that very emotion

The real question now is whether or not the second book will destroy everything we know about Cyrodiil too. But that there is a matter of spoilers, and I won't ruin details.

Yeah sorry....another post...

I thought the Ministry of Truth was the giant floating prison from Morrowind...I'm looking at this review talking about a Lord of the Flies situation based on who is the best cook...

wtf?

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Also, damn them and their emotion generation.

I would think that someone would try to redo Cyrodill. I have Elsweyr and Skyrim mods for Oblivion so I can't see why not.

Its possible but would be incredibly difficult and time consuming. If someone does re-create it, I would suspect it will only be Parts of it and would obviously have a smaller number of cities, etc.

To re-create the entire worldspace of Cyrodill with all towns would be a task beyond imagining for one or even a couple of modders!

You have seen (that which must not be spoken of) haven't you?

In addition to (that which must not be spoken of) there are several other Tamriel provinces that were made for Oblivion. Elsweyr and Hammerfell at least.

There's a rather amazing Dune thing too. Recreating Cyrodill with all the towns would be quite plausible. It'd be harder with all the towns and all the dungeons...but still possible.

Albeit probably no White Gold Tower

Yep I agree that by the laws of physics it is _possible_, but not _likely_. I also said no One or Two modders could re-create the entire thing, it would take a team of folks to re-make something so grand. If the cities are cut back and as you said the white-gold tower modelling is excluded, then yeah in 3 or 4 years I definitely think its possible.