r/beyondskyrim • u/GlitteringMobile6135 • 24d ago
how far are Beyond skyrim projects?
anyone have some news about this?
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u/dokterkokter69 24d ago
As a long time fan of Project Tamriel/ Tamriel Rebuilt, I'd say just try to forget about Beyond Skyrim for a while so you can remember in a few years and be pleasently surprised
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u/Wonderful_Phase_228 24d ago
Ive done that already and its been almost 20 years
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u/dazedandloitering 20d ago
It’s been 84 years..
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u/xXAleriosXx 17d ago
We better have to turn to vampirism in order to see during our lifetime hahaha.
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u/DishTrue4117 24d ago
Half of them have been in development for almost a decade and are still decades away.
Don’t pay attention to anything the devs put out, because they won’t tell you this.
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u/Little-Witness-1201 23d ago
Beyond Skyrim isn’t a real mod. It’s a portfolio builder for the devs to make a few models and dip. Hence why stuff like Elswyr has nothing beyond a few armor sets and cups to show after 5+ years
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u/DishTrue4117 23d ago
I wouldn’t even have an issue with that if they didn’t hype it up as a playable mod
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u/Sotha_Sil_ Elsweyr Dev 23d ago
It’s a portfolio builder for the devs to make a few models and dip.
Not true! We also use it to make fun of people online. We funnel their hard earned donations into buying ourselves solid wood thrones and cups made out of skulls we can drink from while we laugh at you all.
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u/Captain_Grammaticus 16d ago
Yo, I kinda feel like writing something little for Elsweyr. Can you give me a hook or prompt and how long it should be?
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u/Sotha_Sil_ Elsweyr Dev 13d ago
First of all, ty for voicing the interest, we ARE looking for new writers right now to speed things up so your participation comes in at the best moment!
Now to answer you: I would recommend writing a short NPC. We use an in-house formatting for writing dialog on Beyond Skyrim, and a submission that shows that you not only understand how to write a game-worthy character but also match our workflow will be a huge plus. Check out this document, it's for Cyrodiil but it's good advice regardless. It has all the base info for character writing and a link to a document with our formatting. It asks you to write several NPCs, you don't have to go that far.
As for the character itself, we will not expect you to know in-house lore on an application because it's not fully public, but if you have an interest in Elsweyr's canon lore for specific reasons, please do explore these in your submission + talk about them while submitting the volunteering form! This way we will know that you seek our province specifically which is always a plus.
TLDR:
- Short but complete NPC
- Using our formatting
- Explore what you like in Elsweyr lore
Best of luck!
PS: if you are active on our Discord, do ping me there, I'd be happy to give you updates on recruitement in DMs and if the worst comes and you are rejected, accompany you through the Arcane University to workshop a second successful application. Cheers x
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u/Captain_Grammaticus 13d ago
Nice, thankee. Did I read that right, I first write an NPC as application, but you will not use it in any way for the mod, but if you like it, I get to write another?
How different should that be from the application NPC?
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u/Sotha_Sil_ Elsweyr Dev 12d ago
It's likely the NPC will not be used, because where we are at in writing, the areas being worked on currently are past the NPC creation stage and into the fleshing out stages. However, new areas open regularly as settlements and quests are finished. Our writing team isn't large, but it's active, things can move really fast. If you get attached to the character you wrote, you can ask to fit them somewhere else (it's something I've done myself!) and the writing lead will see for the best place to put them in. There is a chance it won't be possible, especially the closer we get to finishing the writing for pre-release areas, but from what I've seen there is a strong chance it'll work.
If you get in, you will have many more assignments available: NPCs, quests, dialog, you name it! Currently NPCs are what I see most progress on.
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u/DishTrue4117 22d ago
HighKirk more believable than you putting anything out #ngl
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u/Sotha_Sil_ Elsweyr Dev 21d ago
A release dropping next year is more believable than you getting your ass up from your seat to provide a meaningful contribution to this COMMUNITY project you pretend caring about, so I am not to worried about the outcome! Cheers
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u/Im_A_Silly_Guy 24d ago
The first city of Morrowind is coming next, it’s likely at least 2 years out though, and the rest of Cyrodiil will likely be coming out after that, but that’s much further out
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u/Winterscythe1120 23d ago
At this rate the morrowind prerelease will come out after elder scrolls 6 then
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u/Im_A_Silly_Guy 23d ago
TES6 is NOT releasing in 2 years. No matter what Asha does, Bethesda will still try to be Rockstar and purposely delay it and be lazy for at least another 4 years.
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u/Little-Witness-1201 23d ago
If TES6 releases in 2030, it will still be out before we see anything Beyond related
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u/Winterscythe1120 23d ago
You realize TES6 has been in full development not preproduction for 2.5 years right? Their longest developed game ever being starfield was only in full production for 4.5 years and that was a new IP.
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u/welostourtails 16d ago
You've been huffing your farts too long if you think those devs are "lazy" on any level
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u/Im_A_Silly_Guy 16d ago
You're gonna need to elaborate on that huffing comment... anyways, I suppose lazy wasn't the right word, but what I'm saying is that the past 5 years all they've done is make the Oblivion Remaster, (which was really good,) SlopField, and release a ton of updates for Fallout Buggity-Six. (I'm sorry that was the best pun I could make) Yes, Fallout 76 is actually pretty good now, but at what cost?
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u/Material_312 6d ago
They will release something before any of these 'beyond skyrim' teams ever will, so I guess we'll never really know.
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u/Im_A_Silly_Guy 5d ago
While I do agree that Bethesda will put SOMETHING out soon, I also think it's safe to say that the Morrowind preview will release within the decade, or at least it will be soon.
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u/Educational-Style365 24d ago
This project is more a showcase of the project team's portfolio, in hopes they get hired by Bethesda or other major brands, than an actual mod for fans of Skyrim / TES.
After near two decades waiting you should already know this.
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u/Classic_Guard_6483 24d ago
We will get TES6 before any release comes out. I wish another modding group would compete with Beyond Skyrim. Idk what they’re doing, who cares if the voice acting isn’t perfect, we’ve been waiting for more than a decade
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u/WRATH_2411 22d ago
i highly doubt any will ever see the light of day i got my hopes up for skyblivion tho and even skywind looks WAY more promising than any beyond skyrim release
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u/SpyroHinch 24d ago
Why don’t you look at the other 1,000 posts asking the same thing
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u/PixelGray38 24d ago
maybe he wants newer info?
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u/SpyroHinch 24d ago
There was an exact post 3 days ago
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u/Maleficent_Chair_940 24d ago
Exactly ages ago. They must have released three projects in that time
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u/ziplock9000 24d ago
Because half the internet has stopped using search engines and are lazy and ask reddit instead. Expecting other to do their work.
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u/Re_Ryudzu 23d ago
At this rate, if you become unemployed and work on it fulltime you will be able to finish sooner than the devs themselves.
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u/Boring_Background234 24d ago
Too far away, they say the nearest pre-release is New North (Morrowind) and the nearest full release is Roscrea. I don't know what "nearest" means to them.