Wow! Just... wow! - TTLG Forums

YogSo on 22/9/2006 at 11:21

(Maybe you're already aware of this subject; maybe you are all playing Oblivion and don't even care, but I think this is quite a wonderful achievement, so I'm posting it here).

So. I was bored the other day and started browsing the Morrowind forums over the ElderScrolls site (yeah, yeah, I know; I've already said I was bored, 'kay?). Soon I spotted a thread by the funny title "Would you like an Engine Update for Morrowind?". Yeah, right, that's very likely to happen, was my first thought, but I started to read it. Nothing terribly interesting, as I had expected: lots of wishful thinking that will never happen.

But the fifth post had a link to something very intriguing called (http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=519146) Timeslip's Infinite View Distance. I clicked the link and... well, the first thing I saw was the downloadable trailer. The 'Official Extended Trailer' weigths some 80+ MBs, so before I started the download I tried to find out what this mod (or program) was about. There are some links to pictures showcasing the program in action, so I open the (http://s73.photobucket.com/albums/i201/Vality7/Morrowind%20IVD/screenshot1nt7.jpg) first one and...

WOW... just wow...

After admiring the image in complete awe, I promptly downloaded the trailer. The tagline of this project says: 'See Morrowind like it's never been seen before'... and they're damn right!

By now I'm starting to sound as if I'm trying to sell something to you, so I will end this post with three pictures and the link to the trailer, so you can judge all by yourselves:

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Inline Image:

http://img159.imagevenue.com/loc337/th_22840_vivectemple8ev_122_337lo.jpg

(http://img120.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22819_ScreenShot13_122_436lo.jpg)

Inline Image:

http://img120.imagevenue.com/loc436/th_22819_ScreenShot13_122_436lo.jpg

(http://img136.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=22835_screenshot171mj_122_398lo.jpg)

Inline Image:

http://img136.imagevenue.com/loc398/th_22835_screenshot171mj_122_398lo.jpg
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And the high quality version of the (http://rapidshare.de/files/27752264/Morrowind_IVD_Extended_Trailer.avi.html) trailer.

Isn't it amazing?

Arondil on 22/9/2006 at 20:19

That last pic looks really strange. I presume there are a couple of other mods running too. Unless Solstheim looks that strange (particularly towards the east) and the Bitter Coast seems to have flooded.

RyushiBlade on 25/9/2006 at 04:50

That picture is correct, though the angle is... unflattering. Also, I suspect the Bittercoast looks flooded because a large part of that area is water. Land is so scarce that at a distance you can't even see the tiny islands, even if there are so many.

That looks fantastic though. If I still played Morrowind, I'd download it. How does it do performance wise?

Kainus on 10/10/2006 at 02:50

Sweet jebus! that would just about melt my computer i think.
Btw, anyone know how to adjust the clipping distance on the xbox version?

Jeshibu on 18/10/2006 at 22:26

You don't. If you want to mod anything in a game, don't buy the console version.