@everybody: thanks for using and appreciating
Thanks for the report, I'll try to fix things in next version
I never say never, but I'm working on TR striders, then I'd like to do Vivec gondoliers... this will take some time, so no boats project at the moment.

Really? You should make Anteras' guar carts rideable... I'd nearly pay for that!
and in the Mar Gen comment

That's OK, take as much time as you need. Gondolier travel sounds very cool.

try this http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=Mods.Detail&id=6112, maybe you like it /wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />

thanks...

This is just an idea that'd make for a few interesting comments you could add a system were

Abot,

Would you mind posting your MGE XE settings for third person?

Thanks!

MGE/XE settings:
Customize 3rd person camera offset: X=0 Y=-160 Z=0 (not sure it is necessary)
Macro editor: left arrow key
Function: Move back 3rd PC camera
Macro editor: Up arrow key
Function: Move up 3rd PC camera
Macro editor: right arrow key
Function: Move forward 3rd PC camera
Macro editor: Down arrow key
Function: Move down 3rd PC camera

Morrowind Code Patch options ON:
vanity camera lock, reduce camera clipping

With these settings you should be able to use independent TAB + arrow keys, TAB + mouse wheel to zoom 3rd person view, so you can reserve a shorter range 3rd person view for interiors/near strider cabin and a longer range one for exteriors/scenic view.

Oh. My. God.

"I had that Nerevarine in the back of me 'strider once"

Thanks abot.

I'm working on some dialog to submit, abot. Don't get too excited! It's not very much but I hope it might be useful either in itself or to trigger an idea. It'll probably be a few more days before I will be ready to send it to you.

I noticed that health and magika don't regenerate when travelling because you are effectively levitating/can't rest (not that you'd want to because that would defeat the purpose of the mod!). Would it be possible to add a healing/regenerating effect, for the 'real time' option at least? This would fit in with what happens with the vanilla version of strider travel.

Still having a lot of fun with this mod! I don't expect that to wear off anytime soon.

Nice, thanks!consider it done
me too! http://youtu.be/PhFKhuSXTdk

will you release a new version soon? i got an eager community sitting in my neck /biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

(take your time /wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />)

Looks cool, but I've got a question or two about silt strider lore.

Why are there silt striders in Ald'Ruhn and Maar Gan? AFAICT there are no rivers or streams in those towns. Looking at your video, it seems like silt striders follow bodies of water to travel from one place to another.

Do silt striders have set routes they use to travel from one town to another? Would they have worn a noticeable path over the years so that someone could follow those paths like the roads/trails/lava paths used for traveling by foot? If so, do you think you'll add something like that to the landscape? Imagine a hunter following a trail of insect droppings

Not relevant to your mod, but has anyone published how long it takes the silt strider to travel from one place to another?

John

Very impressive stuff. Any chance of a addon for TR striders?

This is a novel mod for vanilla Morrowind but, it can get stuck in a modded landscape (it happens). I would suggest that the siltstrider should rise up and float over or clip through the landscape.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/File:FullMap_TravelRoutes.png to the rescue.

I don't know any established lore (someone even thinks striders should jump like giant fleas). Judging by their name, I think they should walk. Given their size, I think they should be good climbers, preferring plain routes if large enough are available.
Absence of living wild striders in VVardenfell is probably just game release time constriction that we try to justify with lore. Maybe they are all dead from food shortage in the ashstorms (but why there is none in the Grazelands?), and the domesticated striders present in VVardenfell all come from the mainland (Tamriel Rebuilt strider farms?). I'm not sure if I should keep some rare wild strider in VVardenfell (and where?) or not.

From a mod compatibility perspective, the less you touch landscape/statics, the better (floating MGE grass anybody?). Given how Morrowind landscape is set, and how many scenery mods are available possible not conflicting strider routes are limited, I'm trying to do my best.
See Dragon32 link. I tried to respect fares from in-game fast travel, with "skip rest of scenic trip" option requiring about 1 hour for each 3gp step, but I did not write down a table with gp/hours for each route, they are set in dialog result.
Probably this level of detail would require more than a road retexture, and I'm trying to avoid touching landscape if possible /no.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':no:' />
Click the nodding face /happy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='^_^' />

They should be able to pass most obstacles (with a lot of stuttering) already. Engine is limited. I use 2 collision disabling/enabling methods.
first is disabling/enabling same frame
pros: no player warping
cons: stuttering, ingame map is closed, small movement

second is a double togglecollision
pros: no stuttering
cons: on second togglecollision player is warped to the ground for 1 frame no matter what. Annoying in 3rd person view mode / with MCP doppler sound effects
I use the second method very sparingly in known critical places (couple bitter coast tree filled passages)

@abot. Apologies if it sounded like I was criticizing your mod. That wasn't what I meant at all with my questions. The whole thing looks fun. I'm with you in thinking that the striders would move primarily by walking, not jumping. It seems to me that jumping would jostle the passengers and possibly cause injury and damage to goods, hence being a more hazardous form of travel compared to boat or Mage Guild guides..

I asked about Ald'Ruhn and Mar Gaan because all the other locations of silt striders are in towns that can be reached by water. Ald'Ruhn and Mar Gaan are arid, desert-like areas for which the silt striders look like they would be ill-suited to live in or be domiciled. Of course, it also makes me wonder where each of those towns gets their water to support their population

And the question about travel times was just an opportunity to ask a trivia question. Sometimes I get curious as to what are reasonable travel times by foot compared to silt strider and to ship to go from one place to another. Dragon32's link was great; I couldn't believe that someone(s) had already invested the effort to track down and publish travel times.

John

I'm not familiar with the lore surrounding silt striders, but I would say that the key word in their name would be 'silt.' Silt being very small and generally unbonded particles, found most often in river beds and areas where water would flow. Given their anatomy, an insect with very long legs would likely prefer soft ground over rigid rocky ground because of the chance of getting a leg stuck and not being able to free it. However, given the ash storms of Mar Gaan and Ald-Ruhn, the ground might not be rather soft, at least on the surface.

Ultimately, I don't think that was really considered by Bethesda during development. Mostly any city that wasn't Imperial in nature and didn't have at least one other method of connection or was a likely destination from a city which had no other connection got a silt strider port.

LOL, playing the game for how many years now and I've only just noticed whilst reading the post above that it's silt striders and not stilt.

/facepalm.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':facepalm:' />

Look forward to the final product. Very well done indeed.


-KWM

update - version 1.1
enjoy!

Ooh, I'll check out the new version later.

This is just a heads up to let you know I've emailed you a few dialog suggestions in case you are still looking for additional material. No worries if not!

yeah. the germans will rejoice /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />

Thank you , Abot!!! /biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

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