Poor Wollibeebee, we all hope your computer gets fixed soon! :brokencomputer:

Where exactly is this part of the The Heartland that it has snow on the mountain side?

The western border with Cyrodiil, known as the Velothi Mountains (Valus Mountains to the Imperials on the other side)

Haha nice, I knew I'd see my screenshots somewhere on the official forums one day

Velothi mountains have snow on them in TESIV? I only recall the mountains near the border of Skyrim having snow. But then I haven't played OB that extensively either.

Its winter in Cyrodiil during the events of Morrowind so there will be snow of course...

Seriously though OB has little bearing on what we do at TR, or Skyrim and P:C for that matter (more so in P:C since it is a Cyrodiil mod and won't be anything like OB)

So are you saying that those pictures of the velothi mountains won't have any snow on them during summer, spring and fall? Are they scripted that way or something? Because having snow on the top of the mountains like that implies that it is permafrost (constantly snowy)

I think Samir was being a little facetious with that line.

The snow is there primarily because it looks good and provides an interesting new region to explore.

Snowy coolness!

Sunset in the Velothi Mountains region:

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/7668/morrowind20101127142121.jpg

Ding ding ding! Not sure how that one could have been taken seriously unless the other line was completely neglected. I like the mountains the way they are and once P:C gets to that side of Cyrodiil it will probably get the same treatment.

I love those snowy mountains. Solstheim was too flat!

http://www.uesp.net/maps/obmap/obmap.shtml

Well I'm assuming it melts more or less during different seasons but to do that in a video game just takes more work and time. I'm sure the devs could have made it like that but declined not to.

@Tes96: while it would be an utterly cool idea to have a snow line moving with the seasons, I never heard of - let alone played - any game that had one. You'd have to animate or morph every single block of ice in your landscape. Just have a look at these wonderful TR screens. You need two animations, one for melting and one for building up. Almost any time (apart from deep winter or summer) you'd have to play one of these animations at a practically glacial speed. For every single block of ice. Little melt water rivers when the ice blocks shrink in spring and early summer would be nice, too. In fact, simulated erosion would be the absolute crest of cool. "Real" Hydrodynamics - where you have "real" waves at sea and a waterfall is just what the name implies. Talk about immersion: this would be it. Sorry, got carried away a bit. :blush:
While its only a matter of time until someone understands implementing physics into games like dreamed up above instead of just throwing in more collapsible buildings and explosive crates, we'll have to live with the Morrowind engine until then. This limitation might not even be a bad thing, judging by the screenshots.

The pics from TR (Map 4?) have that certain, unlimited air about them. Over the years, the TR team has evolved into a community within the community: and they have developed a certain style. Outstanding exterior and interior design have been the hallmark of this teamwork ever since. But there is always a certain "lightness" to the landscapes, an ease that must have been very hard to achieve. :drool:
As long as stuff like this is in the works, Morrowind is still very much alive. :liplick:

True. But look at the grass generator. Go back to 1990 when Arena was being developed, if you would have told them it'd be cool to see every blade of grass, they'd say the only way to do that would be to draw each 2-D piece of grass and put it in the world. And now look where we are. So the auto-generating grass is only just baby steps into what we'll be able to achieve. I can only imagine what the elder scrolls games (and even Morrowind, Tamriel-Rebuilt...) will be like in 2020 A.D.

If Willie Nelson knew how to mod...there would be grass all over Tamriel.

pah! http://planetsmilies.net

wtf, I thouht bb codes worked on this board?

They do - the image one is an exception ;P

Snow is cool; why would you want it to melt?

The snow would melt, rills form, grass would grow, bushes and trees would flower. Then the leaves would fall, the glaciers grow again and bingo! there's your snow covered land again. The full cycle. Wouldn't it be seriously cool to just look at a landscape and know which time of year it is? Have rivers swelling in spring, the sea has proper waves? Yeah, around 2020 I'd say, too.

We have a cynic among us! I would guess 2015 would see such technological marvels.

Depends on when OpenMW comes out.

Do we have any rough estimates for the next releases?

I guess what I mean is: In the next three months or not?

Either way, you guys are doing an excellent job over at TR. This project is truly an epic masterpiece of modding...