Skyrim Mod Sanctuary 47 : aMidianBorn Armor

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A video focusing on re-texturing some of the vanilla armor sets.

Thumbnail image for this video is courtesy of kailay.

Download Links:
aMidianBorn Leather Armor
aMidianBorn iron and banded armors
aMidianBorn steel armor
aMidianBorn steel plate armor
aMidianBorn Dwarven Armor
aMidianBorn Elven Armor...

Skywind

First it was Morroblivion, now it's Skywind.

The group that was behind the project to port Morrowind over to the Oblivion engine has done it again, this time using the Skyrim engine.

From the Morroblivion forums:

Q: What IS Skywind exactly?

A: It is a non-commercial, fan made modification for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that seeks to merge the amazing world of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind with the enhanced graphics and capabilities of S...

DSfix 1.5 released

I just released a new version of DSfix!
One particular request I got here at the Nexus is support for .dds texture overrides, and that is now implemented.

Bugfixes:
Fixed an issue with SSAO being rendered on top of particle effects/fog/water, instead of below them.
Improved the method used to determine when in the render pipeline to apply SMAA/SSAO, and also included more robust renderstate management. (This may fix the random display corruption issue people ...

Skyrim 2012 parts 2 and 3

Skyrim 2012, part 1 of which you may have already seen, also has parts 2 and 3 to continue the story. The videos show what might happen were Skyrim set in real life 2012.

Part 2

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Part 3

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Watch them all and more at the Grosjean brother's youtube channel....

Dark Souls supported in Nexus Mod Manager

It is with great pleasure that I announce that the latest version of the Nexus Mod Manager (NMM) now has support for Dark Souls modding, straight off of Dark Souls Nexus. What does this mean? In a nut-shell, you can now click the “Download with manager” button and have NMM automatically download the file in question and install it in to the proper texture over-ride directory, with no hassle.

As Dark Souls modding requires Durante’s DSFix utility in order to work, we’ve progr...

Trainers, cheats, porting, uploading other people\'s work and the Nexus

Hi folks,

I first of all wanted to say how great it's been to see such an enthusiastic uptake of modding Dark Souls and the use of Dark Souls Nexus. There are now more than 50 mods available for Dark Souls with plenty more coming, which is great, because over 20,000 people will have visited Dark Souls Nexus today looking for mods. Word gets around fast, huh?

I wanted to get a notice out to as many authors and uploaders as possible about a few things regarding our et...

Vote on the Wabbajack!

Head over to GAMEOLOGICAL to vote on the best treasure in a video game ever!

Of course, there is no question, the Wabbajack is THE treasure!

To quote Steve Heisler,
The Tanooki Suit offers two possibilities: flight and stone-cold stillness. The Wabbajack offers infinite possibilities. I think you’ll make the right choice.

We can't let Mario take this one home, can we?...

IGN List of 100 Best RPGs

IGN has created a new list of the greatest 100 computer RPGs.

A number of Nexus website games made the list:

Skyrim #7
Fallout 3 #10
Oblivion #22
Neverwinter Nights #31
Morrowind #32
The Witcher 2 #78
Fallout New Vegas #89

Related games for comparison:

Fallout 2 #28
Fallout #34

The Witcher and Dragon Age didn't make it.

Planescape Torment was the highest ranking "old school...

Real life Helm of Yngol

Harrison Krix of Volpin Props (a prop maker) has uploaded a video to Youtube demonstrating the process he performs to create a real world version of the Helm of Yngol.

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More pictures and explanation are available at Harrison's blog. Some of the steps:

After completing the hammered texture, I attached the horn bases. These started out as vacuum formed styrene discs with acrylic rings glued to the helmet sides. After securing them in place, the...

Dragon Age 3: Inquisition confirmed

In not especially surprising news Bioware has confirmed they are working on Dragon Age 3, subtitled Inquisition. Mark Darrah, the executive producer announced the game in an online letter, which curiously contained part of his own CV.

I am pleased to confirm that we are, in fact, working on the next Dragon Age game. Not a big surprise to most of you, I know. We have been working on it in some way for about two years now with the bulk of our efforts ramping up about 18 months ago.

Expected down-time this evening

A real quick heads up that our provider is going to be moving our servers in to some new rackspace this evening, within the next 4 hours. I'm told the down-time should be no more than 15 minutes, so that normally means 15 minutes - 60 minutes. If you're on the site a bit later and you can't connect, you know why!...

The state of Dark Souls modding

Hi everyone, I'm Durante (the guy who made DSfix), and this is my first Nexus news post. I'd like to provide some information on what is possible with Dark Souls modding at the moment, and what might be possible in the future.

Currently, there are two ways to mod Dark Souls. On the one hand there are program modifications such as DSMfix, the 60 FPS mod and my own DSfix, which work by .dll wrapping. On the other hand, since a few versions DSfix supports overriding any of the...

Announcing Dark Souls Nexus Launched

Hot on the tails of our new Grimrock Nexus site we’ve got another special treat for you. It’s my pleasure to announce the launch of Dark Souls Nexus for Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition.

For those living under a rock for the past few months I’ll break it down a little. Dark Souls was (originally) a dark-fantasy console-only RPG that is well known for being quite difficult but particularly rewarding for players. It was so popular that the PC gaming community petitioned for a ...

Announcing Dark Souls Nexus Launched

Hot on the tails of our new Grimrock Nexus site we’ve got another special treat for you. It’s my pleasure to announce the launch of Dark Souls Nexus for Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition.

For those living under a rock for the past few months I’ll break it down a little. Dark Souls was (originally) a dark-fantasy console-only RPG that is well known for being quite difficult but particularly rewarding for players. It was so popular that the PC gaming community petitioned for a ...

Announcing Dark Souls Nexus Launched

Hot on the tails of our new Grimrock Nexus site we’ve got another special treat for you. It’s my pleasure to announce the launch of Dark Souls Nexus for Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition.

For those living under a rock for the past few months I’ll break it down a little. Dark Souls was (originally) a dark-fantasy console-only RPG that is well known for being quite difficult but particularly rewarding for players. It was so popular that the PC gaming community petitioned for a ...

Redkit beta sign-ups closing soon!

CDProjekt recently announced their plans to release an SDK for The Witcher 2 and they've asked for help from as many modders as possible to make this the best kit possible. They're planning to do a closed beta to begin with before releasing the kit to the general public. As a modder, this would be your chance to have your say in the creation of the kit as well as get a great head-start on any of your modding plans. Here's the blurb from the official site:

We are still ac...

Skyrim Mod Sanctuary 46 : skyBirds, Birds and Flocks, Player Headtracking and Skill menu retexture

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A video focusing mostly on mods that make the world of Skyrim and the player feel a little more alive.

Thumbnail image for this video is 'Death from above' courtesy of Valtyr989.

Download Links:
skyBirds - Airborne Perching Birds
Birds of Skyrim
Birds and Flocks
Player Headtracking
Brawl Bugs Patch - Plugins - Modder Resource
Skill Interface Retexture...

IGN makes controversial top 100 \"greatest\" RPG list

IGN proves that "greatest" is entirely subjective with their newest list of "100
Greatest RPGs of All Time".

Skyrim being the newest and flashiest takes out the highest position among the games covered by the Nexus sites at 7th Place.

How easy it was to spend an afternoon, a weekend, a month, in the world of Skyrim. Like its Elder Scrolls predecessors, Skyrim contained a massive land to explore -- a land teeming with quests, characters, and treasure. Considering ...

Sale on NWN Diamond on GOG this week

From the 14th to the 21st, GOG.com is running a "Diamonds of D&D promotion of what looks like all of their D&D games, including Neverwinter Nights (Diamond edition) for up to 65% off.

Also included in the sale are Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale 1 & 2, and The Temple of Elemental Evil, all great games.

Where to buy Neverwinter Nights 2 is a frequently asked question lately, since the Hasbro/Atari dispute seems to have resulted in the game bein...

First person combat in Skyrim deconstructed

The California Literary Review has an analysis on the use of camera angles in video games and how they affect how you play. It examines the differences in first person and third person camera angles in Skyrim and Dark Souls respectively. It assesses how the camera angle affects how you play, with a particular emphasis on combat between the two games.

The interesting thing about the first person perspective though, is that as it was used over and over (again primarily by Western deve...