Original construction set option?
Posted: 20 Feb 2013, 15:47
A question,
are we going to let the editor be able to make mods that will be compatible with the original engine, like pressing a button in the editor to change from vanilla construction set possibilities to enhanced construction set possibilities. I'm not sure whether this has been decided yet.
When I was asking around about whether some of the most active morrowind modding communities are looking forward for OpenMW and the use of it, one of the replies I got was this.
are we going to let the editor be able to make mods that will be compatible with the original engine, like pressing a button in the editor to change from vanilla construction set possibilities to enhanced construction set possibilities. I'm not sure whether this has been decided yet.
When I was asking around about whether some of the most active morrowind modding communities are looking forward for OpenMW and the use of it, one of the replies I got was this.
Haplo wrote: Unfortunately this is a big concern. Not only will there be people who simply don't know of or don't use OpenMW, but there will also be people who use ProjectAedra over OpenMW (due to multiplayer and/or other reasons). Due to this uncertainty, TR modders won't be able to use the OpenMW editor unless there is a foolproof, error-free method for dumbing the new editor down to the "Morrowind CS" level (sort of like the TI-Inspire calculator that comes with a TI-84 faceplate that you can switch between when you only need TI-84 functionality).
However, as an individual modder, I personally would love to see an OpenMW CS, and I urge you guys to go above and beyond with development of it. The best way to ensure full penetration with your CS is to make it simply far and away the best choice over the vanilla CS, so that it only takes a relatively short time for the vast majority of people to make the switch.
All of this is still uncertain because there is still not a single "release" of an engine substitute, let alone a CS substitute. So we can't say for sure how popular an OpenMW CS will be until we can see how popular OpenMW itself will be.