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Post by Meshde »

Hello,

I am a starting book-writer, and I just finished my first book.. called "The history of Hammerfell, it's 8 pages long, and cointains history frome the ages 1, 2 and 3. Please give it a try... To obtain the book, open up your console using ~ , then type : player->additem "History_Hammerell_Book" 1 , go to your inventory, and there it is!
this mod is only to be used with Morrowind
Please if there are any grammar mistakes, don't get mad right away, I'm 15 old and dutch....

Regards,

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Please paste the contents of the book here, as it's kind of hard to open a file for Morrowind when you don't have the game. :P
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Sure, here it is:
The History of Hammerfell

In the beginning

Hammerfell was originally called "Volenfell". The continent got his name thanks to the Rourken Clan, this was a Dwemer clan. They came somehwere in the 1E 400's. But in the beginning they where part of a bigger clan, they broke up with that clan, this was because of disagreement. The Rourken Clan made marvelous cities, including : Kragen (wich is now called "Fang Lair" Wich you can still find, in the eastern dragontales.), and Volenfell, wich isn't described on the maps anymore. If they wouldn't dissapear in 1E 668, they could even build more beautiful cities.

What happened next

You may call the time between 668 and 800, the darkages for Hammerfell, as it was poor and instable. There where two tribes, the Khanovaks and the Hyus, you also had the Goldmoor and the Helkori, but they lived more northern and where considered to be the less fruitful parts of Hammerfell, but in these parts, a "free colovia" started to form, because they where not controlled by the Allessian Order.

The Yokus came

First of all, I will explain who the Yokus are and where they are from.

The Yokus, came from an island called "Yokuda" They had lived there for a long time, but at some point, wich date is unknown , there was a huge earthquake or tsunami, wich caused the intire island of Yokuda to sank to the bottom of the Eltheric ocean, luckily they could escape. As soon as time goes by, someone can be suprised as how fast the world can be discovered. The Yoku found lots of islands, really fast, and after the arival on Hirne, they noticed there was an even bigger landmass! Diagna sent her son, Divad, and Frandir on quest to explore that huge landmass. They landed on a place just south of what is nowadays, Gilane.

The first confrontaties where with the orcs, but they wheren't scared, that's because they also had creatures on Yokuda. Then they came to a Khanovak village, this time they where shocked, because they wheren't creatures, or something else... They looked exately like them! Well not exately, the color of their skin was different. After that they captured one, they took him to Hirne.

Back in Hirne they taught the prisoner Yoku, this was the language of the Yokus, in order to this they used a memory stone. When he controlled the Yoku language, they brought him up to Orishu and the Ana Djesal. They spent hours of talking... and determined that the Orcs where strange creatures, The elves where not like them, the race of the prisoner where like them, but they wheren't them. These men where inportant, you had to fight them honorable, yet they shouldn't get any rights in the Yoku culture.

The invasion

Quickly they sent out two invasion forces, led by Frandir an Divad.. Frandir's army went eastern, to the Goldmoor, and Divad's army went northern. What is called nowadays "Sentinel", and next he went to the Dragontail Mountaines. Afterwards all the land was given to Frandir, and not to Divad.

How they lived on

A long time came and went, the Yokus still had lots and lots of power, until Hammerfell, was conquered by the seccond empire, in the seccond age.

War once again...

After the death of Thassad II, the Ra Gada took the city "Sentinel" by force, resulting in the bloodiest massacre in Hammerfell history, at the hands of Crown Prince A'tor. Tiber Septim and the Third Empire were called to help, defeating A'tor's forces at the Battle of Hunding Bay. Hammerfell then became a province of the Third Empire.

As it is today

As we speak today, the province of Hammerfell still remains a part off the third empire, today rulled by Uriel Septim.


That's it. I hope you'd like it.

Mehdi

Ps: I'm dutch so there can be some grammar mistakes.
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Post by Nanu »

For your age and language situation, you write very well. Unfortunatly, I'm looking for exceptional talent in writing to promote for.

If you'd like to try your hand at CS work like questmaking, interiors, or exteriors, feel free.
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New Promo vid

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Hi,

I asked Haplo if I could make a new promo video or trailer for the Tamriel Rebuilt project, he said yes! So I started right away, and here it is, I show thee, Tamriel Rebuilt Trailer:


[url]http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=-eDP4CrF8aU[/url]

Please Comment, It's just a beta, so please don't be harse yet.

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Well, I'd disable the menus. Open the console and enter "tm".
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Thanks, I will do that. I will start right away. But the rest is it good??

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my notes:
-the quotes are a bit weird imho. id write something like "Plantet Elderscrolls Hall of Fame" - "Interviewed twice by Bethesda Softworks Blog". if you're going to add feedback i'd also add the mod ratings on PES and Nexus (both solid 10's). not sure if you should leave that solitary quote in there, maybe remove it or add others? ooh, idea, i'd intersperse the quotes with the video.
-there is no period after "tamriel rebuilt" :P
-you repeated one of the videos, first at 0:30 and then at 0:56
-there is a weird graphical glitch at 1:28


all in all, its a good video :) thanks for doing this. in the future, can you please link to www.youtube.com instead of nl.youtube.com?
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Post by Morden »

Its a good start. :)

You could try using some of TR's music for the trailer instead of the morrowind theme.

The stone dock clip is used twice in the trailer, once at the beginning and again at 43 seconds.

Also there is a glitch at 1.29
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Alright, I will do all you've said some things I already noticed myself, like the glitch, but I wanted to show you guys... Also, thanks for comments. But how can I get some morrowind TR music?

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Post by immortal_pigs »

Just wondering, but what is this video actually for?
Is it to motivate people to go download the latest TR Map 1, or is it supposed to get people to join TR?
[I have a few points for both options.]
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Both

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I made this video for people, to encourage them to play TR, and also to make them join the project.

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I personally think you shouldn't try to do both in just one video, but I don't have any video making skills, so I don't really have a right to judge. :P

I do have a few points, though.
- Perhaps you could start the video with displaying one theviking's maps. (Which you can find here: http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/viewtopic.php?t=19043. You should probably ask him/her for permission first though.)
I always find maps to be one the most appealing parts of a fantasy world. By starting with a fully detailed map you can show the viewers that TR already has created a world and stuff.

- (This is more focused on getting people to download TR Map1.)
You could focus on showing off all the fresh and new stuff TR has. I mean show the new creatures, the new armours, the new weapons, etc.. For example the two battles you show are nice, but if they were battles with a TR created creature and an Orc in TR created armour, I think that'd be even better.

You could also add a few appealing facts in between, like:
11 fully detailed and unique towns and cities
A landscape 4x the size of Solstheim.
Over 1000 NPC's.
More then 100 quests.
Countless caves and dungeons to explore.

etc..

Also, I think you should do more of those epic shots, like you did with Tel Ouada. That shows off the greatness of TR's cities.


I also have a few ideas that focus on getting people to join, but I'll refrain from them, otherwise it would be quit a lot.

I hope you don't mind my points, Mehdi. Once again, you know how to make a video, so for lack of the english words 'de beste stuurlui staan aan wal.'

Oh an for TR music you could use the TR Morrowind Theme. As far as I know that is the only Morrowind music TR has. You'll find it here: http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/?p=download
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I would suggest, instead of using full quotes, flashing one-word sections of people's praise, like "Incredible", "10/10", or "Better than Morrowind", etc.

Personally, I don't think combat is a good idea for a mod to a game, since it's just showing the same combat with vanilla creatures and NPCs, viewers might get tired of those scenes; "What? Combat...eh". They want to see the beautiful exteriors, interiors, and quests we've made. Great start!


EDIT - And I've merged your two threads for you.
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Post by blackbird »

I don't have a problem with nl.youtube.com :)
I have seen twice the same shot too (of a telvanni village).
You could replace the battler with one TR's creatures.

But hey, a good video.
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Thanks all :)

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Hi,

I am really glad that you all help me!! So I made up a list, with all my stuff to re do, it counts 17 points! But he, I asked for it so it's fine.

I'll start up with making a story board today, and then I'll record it, and make some adjustments, Add some TR music and, fit all in.

This will take aprox 3 a 4 days.

To importal_pigs:

As for the "spreekwoord" De beste stuurlui staan aan wal" Bedankt, wat je zegt klopt, maar ik ben niet de beste :D

(This means, Thanks, What you say is right but I am not THE BEST :D)

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Update

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Hi,

So, I thought I could make a little update so you all knew what I was doing, First for all of you who don't know what I am doing at the moment. I am making a Trailer for Tamriel Rebuilt, and I hope the new one will be good enough to call it: "The oficial trailer of Tamriel Rebuilt"

Update:

I made a to-do list, containing 16 points!! I am done with 9.
I've over 6 GB.
I've Made the first minute of a 3 minutes long trailer.
I picked some new programms ass, pinnacle, audacity, and more!
I am 1/3 way!!

More updates to come!

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Post by immortal_pigs »

I downloaded the preview from your other post and I can say the trailer really looks a lot better now. :)

I have but one little suggestion though.
Your shots of Firewatch and that Daedric Ruin and the field with the Orcs look very good. I'd like to see more of those 'global' shots giving a good overview. Take for example the shot of Ranyon-Ruhn. Going through the streets is nice, but a more global overview would be good too.

On a sidenote, do you use levitate to get shots from above? Because you can also just type 'tcl' in the console. This allows you to walk in the air. You can also walk outside of an interior and get an overview of what it looks like.
It does look a little strange, but perhaps you could use a shot taken from outside an interior. Take for example one of the Telvanni towers or Firewatch Palace.
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Post by bamman62 »

The problem I find is that it is written like a book report would be. It is not anything like how Bethseda would write it. Try to give it a little more of a feel, read soe of the ingame books and look at how they wrote it, it will give you a better idea on how to set it up. I am not a good writer, but Nanu could probably give some very useful literary advice. The trailer looks awesome though.
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Hi everyone,

I have a couple of things to say.

one, I don't write books anymore
two, Importal_piggs: I use TCL :D, and I am not going to do outside shots of an interior because it will look really bad and inproffesional.

three, I had some tips to change the font, and I founf a really nice one.

four: found a new program so transisions go lot's better!
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Finally it's arrived!!

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Hi,

So after hours of work(I think it took me about 15 hours) I finally got the trailer done, it's the trailer of morrowind for TR, and if it's good enough, i hope I may call it the official morrowind trailer for TR. But first I like you to review it, I had lots of sugestions, and I tried to forfill them all. here'smy list of things I've done.

I disabeld the in-game menus
Made better quotes.
Cut out the glitch
You will see no more scenes twice
Used TR music (by Dragonfly)
It starts with a map
Used facts
Placed in more epic shots
Cut out the combat scenes (advice from Haplo)
Made more global shots (advice from Importall pigs)
Used a diffrent font
Reinstalled Morrowind and this time I didn't use replacers (advice from osiris)
I don't clip trhoug walls anymore (advice from jale)

So here it's, I litterally spent HOURS AND HOURS.
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Post by Thrignar Fraxix »

Review:

Font is a little hard to read on the title.
the pictures starting at 0:03 and running to 0:19 are blurry
do we actually have over 1k NPCs? I thought we had like 950 or so...
Except for the shot of port telvannis, every shot until Bal Oyra looks like it might as well be vanilla (except the moth, but even the place it is at looks like the original game)
"Lots of Cities" could be phrased better
Make sure you say who said it was better than Morrowind. If you don't credit someone people will think we said it. (and we don't say that because we aren't arrogant like that)
Try and get the link all on one line.
The last frame is up for a long time.
Do you slow down your video clips? the creatures seem to be moving awfully slow...

Its a good start, but I think you need more pictures of our settlements. (Our wilderness really isn't all that impressive on map 1)
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Wow, I do think your trailer is a lot better now.
The usage of theviking's map is nice. I'm sorry for saying there were 1000 NPCs, because that was just a raw guess. Perhaps go with 'nearly' 1000 NPCs. The part where 'Better than Morrowind' flashed by was VERY funny. Like TF said, you should add the source. I didn't mind the font, but maybe others won't like it.
One thing though, the opening sequence shouldn't include Map2 and Map3. Just start with Map1 and then show TR's cities and stuff.

If you'd like, I could try to write you a shooting script including all the suggestions made by people and giving you an idea of what cities and such to film.
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