Post by darkelfguy on Oct 3, 2016 15:42:50 GMT
Update: May 5th - The Reach from Skyrim - Home of the Nords has been released! Download on the Nexus! Likewise, the Island of Stirk from Province: Cyrodiil has been released! Also download on the Nexus!
I haven't been around in a while, but I recently did an interview with some of the developers from Skyrim - Home of the Nords and it occurred to me that, well, very few people know this project exists, so I thought I'd open up a topic thread here to spread a bit of information about one of the biggest province mods for Morrowind.
Anyway, Skyrim - Home of the Nords is a massive province mod that seeks to add the province of Skyrim to the gameworld of Morrowind. Originally started in 2005 by Lestat, SHOTN has been in continuous development for over a decade, and now totals a landmass with a finished area over 1.5 times the size of Solstheim, including the cities of Karthwasten (which in SHOTN is a city of over 90 buildings), Dragonstar and Markarth, and a large portion of the Reach, including the Druadach Highlands, Vorndgad Forest, and Midkarth County. The project is currently gearing up for a major release later this year, but you can actually download an early alpha version of Vorndgad Forest today, and I've included a download link towards the bottom of this post.
Now most recently I did an interview with two of the lead developers from SHOTN, Worsas and Roerich. I've linked the video to this interview up above for those who want to check it out, and it actually contains over 100 minutes of unique video footage of the Reach, including clips from Karthwasten and Markarth, as well as tons of wilderness, small villages, Direnni ruins, and more. But anyway, over the course of this interview, we talked a bit about the project's history, the different regions of the Reach and their style and design, as well as get a bit into the unique lore for the project and conflict-heavy nature of the Reach's many diverse groups and factions. Naturally we also talk about when we might see a new release, and also how new modders can join up and help out with this impressive project.
You can find a full transcript of this interview here if you'd rather just read it.
And here's a list of project links for Skyrim - Home of the Nords, which is hosted by Project Tamriel, a consortium of Morrowind province and landmass mods:
Project Tamriel Website
SHOTN Forums (part of PT)
Lore of Skyrim - Home of the Nords
Vorndgad Forest Alpha Download
Screenshots of the Reach
There's also three trailers that we've released for Skyrim - Home of the Nords that shows off the Vorndgad Forest, Karthwasten, and the Druadach Highlands which you can find below (though fair warning, they do have some lag issues):
Skyrim - Home of the Nords - Reachs of the North Trailer (featuring Vorndgad Forest):
Skyrim - Home of the Nords - Landscapes of Karthwasten Trailer:
Skyrim - Home of the Nords - Highlands of the Druadach Trailer:
Anyway, hope you guys don't mind me starting a topic for this mod here, just thought you might find it interesting.