Problems with mountains : V

» Sat May 08, 2010 11:50 am

One thing that is unavoidable is the fact that there are a lot of mountains in skyrim. From previous experience in oblivion and fallout, well the mountains and hills werent very good. i remember trying to climb up dive rock by endlessly running against the sheer cliff edge until something happened. Even worse in fallout NV where there are invisible wall on every crevice, ant hill and slight inline. Do you rekon they should do something about this? , all i can think of is some kind of crude climbing ability.

» Sat May 08, 2010 4:30 pm

I think they need to create awesome looking mountains and add a climbing skill.

» Sat May 08, 2010 8:23 am

they should add mountain passes of course, also a climbing skill wouldn't actually be too bad I think

» Sat May 08, 2010 7:47 am

yah I totally agree, mountains were not mountainous enough, honestly where were the deadly drops, the amazing cliffs, the awesome valleys ??!!!

we want climbing, danger, epic heights, with epic views, and epic snow storms

:angry:

» Sat May 08, 2010 10:00 am

I want mountains that look like mountains... not just very steep hills.

» Sat May 08, 2010 2:02 am

If they don't make mountains too easy to climb, they can use them to make the map seems bigger, like they did in Morrowind.

» Sat May 08, 2010 12:31 pm

Is it to much to ask for the mountains to look like the begining of the mission "cliffhanger" in Modern Warfare 2. :biggrin:

» Sat May 08, 2010 11:48 am

Is it to much to ask for the mountains to look like the begining of the mission "cliffhanger" in Modern Warfare 2. :biggrin:

*looks it up* That would be epic O.O

» Sat May 08, 2010 11:49 am

yeah they are gonna have to vastly change the projection, textures, and shape of how mountains are done. (when compared to FO or TES4)

» Sat May 08, 2010 4:14 pm

Actually, Fallout 3 did moutains pretty good. Just check them on the northwest part of the map, they are very rocky and realistic.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081209162410/fallout/images/thumb/7/7c/Raven_Rock_hill.jpg/830px-Raven_Rock_hill.jpg

» Sat May 08, 2010 3:41 am

Actually, Fallout 3 did moutains pretty good. Just check them on the northwest part of the map, they are very rocky and realistic.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081209162410/fallout/images/thumb/7/7c/Raven_Rock_hill.jpg/830px-Raven_Rock_hill.jpg

It's... better, but it still just looks like some boulders ontop of eachother, I'd really like something like the Modern warfare thing. I realize that area was made for a one path scenario, but still, the size and build was really awesome

» Sat May 08, 2010 11:12 am

100% change the way they make mountains. i dont think they should just make them hightmaped like tes 3 and 4

» Sat May 08, 2010 5:21 pm

Ultimately as long as Bethesda keeps doing their silly heightmap terrain, they're just going to keep embedding boulders into steep hillsides and calling them "mountains". Something along the lines of voxel terrain would be amazing, but I don't see it happening.

Even if they still use the heightmap approach though, I do hope we'll be seeing some interesting cave and mountain meshes.

» Sat May 08, 2010 9:10 am

Climbing skill and.. levitation.

Problem solved

» Sat May 08, 2010 3:15 pm

Actually, Fallout 3 did moutains pretty good. Just check them on the northwest part of the map, they are very rocky and realistic.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20081209162410/fallout/images/thumb/7/7c/Raven_Rock_hill.jpg/830px-Raven_Rock_hill.jpg

better, but far from optimal. also forget about looks, their accessibility was still trash.

» Sat May 08, 2010 5:57 am

Or they could hire consultants such as professional climbers, scientists for the terrain, etc.

» Sat May 08, 2010 9:54 am

The climbing skill is such a must for a game like Skyrim. I can't believe they removed it from Morrowind with all those pesky hills everywhere across the landscape, it never made sense to me to remove the climbing skill. In Oblivion there wasn't a lot to climb apart from buildings (which should have been more climbable), but it really is inexcusable if they don't include a climbing skill in Skyrim. It would be like making the game without any Nords.

» Sat May 08, 2010 2:05 pm

I think climbing skill ain't necessary it fits well in the athletics skill

» Sat May 08, 2010 1:48 pm

I think climbing skill ain't necessary it fits well in the athletics skill

Athletics skill ain't necessary it fits in well with alchemy.

» Sat May 08, 2010 12:42 pm

Like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Re377ol0g Someone posted that in another thread, about trees I think, I was quite impressed by the landscape. Reminds me of backpacking trips in the Rockies. Except for, you know, the ocean at the bottom.

» Sat May 08, 2010 6:06 am

Is it to much to ask for the mountains to look like the begining of the mission "cliffhanger" in Modern Warfare 2. :biggrin:

Climbing skill please! Also don't look down with your back to someone. :whistling: :sadvaultboy:

» Sat May 08, 2010 2:20 pm

It takes a lot of strength and agility to climb very high mountains. I still haven't been able to climb to the top of Denali (McKinley).

» Sat May 08, 2010 4:00 pm

Hopefully, in the 5 years since Oblivion came out, they sent programmers out to see what actual mountains and ridges/cliffs look like.

» Sat May 08, 2010 2:45 pm

Equip climbing equipment and climbing starts automatically when you get close to a cliff, tree, or house wall. You won't be able to fight or cast spells while climbing.

» Sat May 08, 2010 5:57 am

Big, steep, realistic mountains that you can climb with nice animations both in 1st person and 3rd person. I want to ... like really see my hands reach, grab, and hold on to an edge of the mountain rocks (in 1st person)