Skywind Release Date 2019

Will Skywind ever be releaed? Question I am waiting years and years now for this mod and even as the tes vi timeline gives the team still some time, I just can't imagine a release anymore before the whole team changes over to the Hammerwind project. Been a bit since we heard from Skywind, the mod remaking The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind inside The Elder Scrolls 5, which is a fancy way of saying ‘fan-made port to an upgraded engine.’.

In the absence of any news about The Elder Scrolls VI, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Skyrim mod scene continues to thrive – with new, innovative mods being released all the time. Nevertheless, the one elusive mod that still generates the most excitement – despite being around seven years old at this point, with no release yet in sight – is Skywind.

If you’re not familiar with it, Skywind is a mod to bring an updated version of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind to the Skyrim engine. It looks gorgeous, but as mentioned has been a very long time coming. Now the latest trailer for the mod is here, titled ‘Call of the East’ – a reference to Morrowind’s location in the east of Tamriel.

The new trailer not only brings with it our most up-to-date look at the mod and how it’s coming along, it also introduces a haunting and beautiful new arrangement of the classic Elder Scrolls theme song composed by Jeremy Soule.

You can check out the full trailer below, and if you like the new version of theme song, also known as ‘Nerevar Rising’ – done by composer Fredrik Jonasson, with vocals by Marie Nilsson Lannerö – you can listen to it in full here. It’s clearly inspired by Skyrim’s own epic vocal version, with the lyrics rewritten to make sense with Morrowind.

As for Skywind, it’s looking just as exceptional as it did in the last trailer we saw a year ago. The team notes that the mod has now been ported over to the Skyrim Special Edition “to take advantage of the upgraded engine. This was a necessary change for stability purposes and to accommodate our improved visuals.” There’s also a brand new website for the mod, if you want to volunteer or get more information. The release date on the FAQ page is still “ready when it’s ready”, if that’s all you’re interested in.

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Of course that’s not the only impressive and long-awaited mod coming out of the TES Renewal group, as the similar Skyblivion – Oblivion ported over to Skyrim – is also making slow but awesome progress. At this point it’s pretty much a race to see which one can beat Elder Scrolls VI to release.

The Elder Scrolls Renewal Project (TESRenewal) is a fan volunteer effort to recreate and remaster the video games in The Elder Scrolls series. The team is best known for its Skywind project, which seeks to remaster the 2002 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind on the 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrimgame engine, known as the Creation Engine.^[1]

History[edit]

The Renewal Project began with Morroblivion, a Morrowind remaster on the 2006 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion engine, prior to Skyrim's release. Coordinated through the Morroblivion website's forums, ^[2] the mod was publicly available on the team's website in 2008.^[3]

In 2012 after the release of Skyrim, forum members began work on Skywind, intending to begin the same result in the Skyrim engine.^[4]

Another volunteer team works separately on Skyblivion, a similar but separate project to remaster Oblivion on the more advanced Skyrim engine.

Skywind[edit]

Skywind is a recreation of Morrowind (2002) in the Skyrim - Special Edition game engine (2016).^[5] The original game developers, Bethesda Softworks, have given project volunteers their approval.^[1] All original game assets, including textures, music, quests and gameplay, were planned to be redesigned.^[6] The remastering team involves over 70 volunteers in artist, composer, designer, developer and voice acting roles, who released several videos highlighting their development progress. In November 2014, the team reported to have finished half of the remaster's environment, over 10,000 new dialogue lines and three hours of series-inspired soundtrack. Players were able to download and play an unfinished version of the release until late 2014, when the volunteer team chose to divert assets to development instead of user support.

A March 2015 update showed updated levels. The developers wrote that they were not close to a release despite technical indications from their project's version number.^[7] In mid-2015, the team released its public alpha, an unfinished test version, but it was soon withdrawn.^[1] After a year, the project team released its fourth update, which was designed to solicit volunteers for the remaining work.^[8] In October 2018, a further major trailer was released^[9], and another in July 2019 and January 2020.^[10]

Skyblivion[edit]

Skyblivion is a recreation of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) within the engine for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition (2016).^[11] Like its sister project, it involves an overhaul of most aspects of the original game, including landscaping, weapons, and armors.^[12]

As of mid-2014, the project sought outside help from visual artists and declined voice actors, as Oblivion already featured a full voice cast.^[13] The team released a development trailer in May 2014 that showed the remaster in early development^[14] and a gameplay trailer a year later. As of 2015, the game lacked navmesh, a mechanism by which non-player characters wander an environment without becoming lost in other assets.^[15] In the month of November 2016, Rebelzize started to send out invites on Nexus Mods in the hope of more volunteers. More people joined and not much later the 'Skyblivion – Return To Cyrodiil' trailer was published resulting into an influx of new volunteers.^[16]

By August 2019, the project started to near its completion, with the exterior map in its final stages of development, 3D assets being implemented at a rapid rate, and debugging being done for the quests.^[17][18]

See also[edit]

• Enderal – a total conversion mod sequel to Nehrim, created in the Skyrim engine

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcOwen S. Good. 'Fans remastering Morrowind give another glimpse of its landscape'. Polygon.com.
2. ^Jason Schreier. 'Morrowind Modded Into Skyrim Is Something You Must See'. Kotaku. Gawker Media.
3. ^Mike Fahey. 'Morroblivion - You Got Your Morrowind In My Oblivion'. Kotaku. Gawker Media.
4. ^Alexa Ray Corriea. 'Skywind project mods 'Morrowind' into 'Skyrim''. Polygon.
5. ^Craig Pearson (January 1, 2014). 'Ten top fan-remade classics you can play for free right now'. PC Gamer.
6. ^Rainer Sigl (February 1, 2015). 'Lieblingsspiele 2.0: Die bewundernswerte Kunst der Fan-Remakes' (in German). Der Standard.
7. ^'Ambitious The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Morrowind Crossover Mod Gets a New Trailer'. GameSpot.
8. ^Owen S. Good. 'Fan-made Morrowind remaster gives another look at the progress they've made'. Polygon.
9. ^Skywind - The Fall of House Dagoth Story Teaser Trailer - IGN, retrieved July 2, 2019
10. ^'New Skywind trailer introduces a haunting remix of the Morrowind theme'. PCGamesN. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
11. ^'Making Skyblivion: Bringing Oblivion To Skyrim'. GameSpot. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
12. ^Senior, Tom (November 2, 2018). 'Beautiful, familiar scenery on show in Skyblivion video update'. PC Gamer. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
13. ^Owen S. Good. ''Skyblivion' seeks to recreate The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion with Skyrim's engine'. Polygon.
14. ^'Skyblivion trailer shows Oblivion's opening locations recreated in Skyrim'. PC Gamer.
15. ^'Tour the world of Skyblivion in new 45-minute gameplay trailer'. PC Gamer.
16. ^[1]
17. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68uUeZGppXw
18. ^https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-elder-scrolls-skyblivion-fan-mod-shows-off-lat/1100-6469122/

External links[edit]

• Official website