I was able to get it working!!! It took a little work for me to get this ported via Creation Kit (not very much to be honest) I am new at this so I have been weary of sharing any of the oldrim mods I've been updating until I know FOR SURE I have the right perms to be able to share it but if I can I would be happy to share the patch (it's still dependant on the oldrim mod since it's a master file)
I am only one screenshot away from posting the SE version of this mod on Nexus.... just need to get a screenshot and double check the perms one last time to make sure it's okay for me to do so. Just waiting for the mod author to hopefully get back to me ASAP
This is so worth it. :D Perhaps not if you plan on actually playing Skyrim, but, u know, inbetween modding and actually going back to playing. Why not take a small detour and go to Azeroth. I wholeheartedly recommend taking your time for it. They did a really good job at recreating the areas! Lakeshire is so pretty, and Duskwood alltogether too! I always wondered what it would be like if we could have WoW like Skyrim. This was a taste of it. Really, if you're just before getting back into Skyrim, inbetween modding sessions or whatever, save your modding until tomorrow, and go to Azerim first. ;-) If the mage in the Inn in Kynesgrove doesn't talk, save and reload. Stormwind is a bit laggy, and I got a ctd traveling by foot to Redridge but after fast traveling to Lakeshire it worked fine. One ctd after trying to enter the Dark Portal (say whaaaaaat??!!! :O But was a bad idea anyway... who just randomly runs into THE Dark Portal.. right?), but otherwise everything runs fine. Lot of empty world outside, but what is there inside the finished area is really cool.
Only thing I regret: That I can't keep the Stormwind armor. D: (And that a Skyrim style WoW will never come to life...)
Was this on LE that you did this or were you able to get it to work on AE/SE without a patch? Either way it's good to know it's still working and what i need to look for when i get to kynesgrove (good to know the NPC is a mage, probably in robes ect. that narrows things down for me. Also it's good to know that a save/ reload will get the NPC mage to talk, Thank you!). Did you bring any followers? I know that they said the area isn't Nav Meshed so it makes sense that I can't bring any of the warcraft themed followers there.... sadly.
Going to see if this is something easily updated or not for SE/AE. Wish me luck.
Update: #1: No Crashes after making the appropriate plugin for SE/AE, it is dependent on the original mod since the original plugin is a master file. I had no choice but to overwrite the original LE plugin with the new form 44 Plugin that i made using Creation Kit.
2: Was able to find the mage in Kynesgrove at the inn but crashed when attempting to teleport to Northshire Abbey..... After doing some research it turns out the mod was abandoned due to random unexplainable crashes.... something WAY outta my league in terms of fixing.... either way i just hope i can have a peek at some of the lands this mod offers without it instantly crashing when i try to teleport to Azeroth.... here's hoping that that was just a fluke and one of the random crashes that can happen with this massive mod
3: Was able to successfully get to Lorderon. hoping ill be able to explore the rest of the mod soon but it may have conflicts with other mods so I may have to make another file to explore more of the mod.... so far this simple patch I made has let me experience some of the mod so that's a minor success....
4: MAJOR SUCCESS! Managed to Teleport to Karazan! From there i made it on foot to Darkshire and was in awe of the sheer beauty of this mod.... Only one armor set I've seen so far needed updating because it was cursed (probably due to my mods) But I am in AWE of how Successful this little patch i made has had! I'm going to look in to see what i can do and if i can somehow provide this patch for AE/SE with the right perms... or even better if someone who is more experienced in this can replicate my steps so others can enjoy this mod (even if it is a lil broken). This isn't just a mod it's a piece of art. A love letter to both Blizzard and Bethesda from some hardcore fans that had a dream of making Azeroth in Skyrim. Maybe it was too ambitious but i respect and applaud the attempt and attention to detail that went into making this mod. Kudos
5: Crashed in Redridge when trying to explore lakeshire.... seems like crashing is something that you may just randomly have happen since the mod is so huge and has so much to explore. Was attacked by Fetid corpses and spiders as well as an ogre so the enemies are all loading into the world fine. Seems like most of the issues i am running into are the main reason why the mod was abandoned - Random crashes. I suggest having a few saves once you decide to explore this mod, so far the safest place has been darkshire/ deadwind pass. Also ran into some odd invisible walls (more like speedbumps?) when trying to get to Lakeshire, but got around them fairly easily before i ended up crashing while trying to traverse the bride in Redrige to get to Lakeshire. I am hoping to travel to Stormwind on my next adventure..... apparently it's supposed to be as laggy as Stormwind is in WoW (wouldn't be authentic without a laggy SW IMO)! Fingers crossed i don't get hit by a random crash on the way and that if i do i remember to save. But i am super happy this experiment has been a success. Was able to check out all the items in the mod using an item collecting mod and MOST of the mods armor/ weapons looked fine with the exception of a few items that had white textures, They may have been weapons/armor that weren't quite finished yet since this mod was abandoned due to the random unsolvable crash issue
6: Elwinn Forest, Deadwind pass and Duskwood seem to be rather crash free and mostly finished! Stormwind is just the Trade District but very respectfully done. Redridge just makes me crash but is pretty. Lorderon isn't finished but works. Haven't checked out anywhere else yet but i still have a few places left to check out and see if they're working. I'd say the best part of this mod is just hanging out in Elwinn Forest or Duskwood because it's almost identical in terms of placement of buildings and vibe.... Just remember to have some sort of mod to get you out (or console commands) and you can go back to azeroth at any time by just chatting with the mage in Kynesgrove.
7: This time i Visited the Dark Portal, It's really good use of skyrim's assets and is a fine looking portal! Just whatever you do don't use it, it didn't crash the game but froze the UI in a state where i couldn't do anything but watch the cool animation effects of the dark portal when i tried to use the teleport connected to the portal. Stratholme was also working fine so i went in there as Lady Liadrin with the Ashbringer (2 mods i have) and Cleared it of undead and Scarlet Crusaders. 10/10 would do this short but sweet raid again. Great way to level a new character and test out your skills.... run Stratholme and just kill everything in there ;D. I've covered almost everything on this mod the scarlet crusaders were fine except for a few that had some weird visual effect (probably a conflict from one of the physics or skeleton mods ect). Sorry for the long post
yes unfortunately, they havent updated this mod in almost 10 years and the SE version was removed from nexus, which sucks because it wouldve been awesome
Q: How can I enter Azeroth? A: As for now, the worldspace can only be accessed through a npc in Kynesgrove. A quest will start as soon as you enter a town, inn or city which will point you towards the npc. This npc can also send you to other locations which aren't accessible through the Eastern Kingdoms worldspace. In the future this will be done through a questline.
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Many thanks to AzureMouse from Loverslab for allowing us to use the Elves of Azure mod and Ulithium_Dragon for the Draenei race!
I wholeheartedly recommend taking your time for it. They did a really good job at recreating the areas! Lakeshire is so pretty, and Duskwood alltogether too! I always wondered what it would be like if we could have WoW like Skyrim. This was a taste of it.
Really, if you're just before getting back into Skyrim, inbetween modding sessions or whatever, save your modding until tomorrow, and go to Azerim first. ;-)
If the mage in the Inn in Kynesgrove doesn't talk, save and reload. Stormwind is a bit laggy, and I got a ctd traveling by foot to Redridge but after fast traveling to Lakeshire it worked fine. One ctd after trying to enter the Dark Portal (say whaaaaaat??!!! :O But was a bad idea anyway... who just randomly runs into THE Dark Portal.. right?), but otherwise everything runs fine. Lot of empty world outside, but what is there inside the finished area is really cool.
Only thing I regret: That I can't keep the Stormwind armor. D: (And that a Skyrim style WoW will never come to life...)
Update: #1: No Crashes after making the appropriate plugin for SE/AE, it is dependent on the original mod since the original plugin is a master file. I had no choice but to overwrite the original LE plugin with the new form 44 Plugin that i made using Creation Kit.
2: Was able to find the mage in Kynesgrove at the inn but crashed when attempting to teleport to Northshire Abbey..... After doing some research it turns out the mod was abandoned due to random unexplainable crashes.... something WAY outta my league in terms of fixing.... either way i just hope i can have a peek at some of the lands this mod offers without it instantly crashing when i try to teleport to Azeroth.... here's hoping that that was just a fluke and one of the random crashes that can happen with this massive mod
3: Was able to successfully get to Lorderon. hoping ill be able to explore the rest of the mod soon but it may have conflicts with other mods so I may have to make another file to explore more of the mod.... so far this simple patch I made has let me experience some of the mod so that's a minor success....
4: MAJOR SUCCESS! Managed to Teleport to Karazan! From there i made it on foot to Darkshire and was in awe of the sheer beauty of this mod.... Only one armor set I've seen so far needed updating because it was cursed (probably due to my mods) But I am in AWE of how Successful this little patch i made has had! I'm going to look in to see what i can do and if i can somehow provide this patch for AE/SE with the right perms... or even better if someone who is more experienced in this can replicate my steps so others can enjoy this mod (even if it is a lil broken). This isn't just a mod it's a piece of art. A love letter to both Blizzard and Bethesda from some hardcore fans that had a dream of making Azeroth in Skyrim. Maybe it was too ambitious but i respect and applaud the attempt and attention to detail that went into making this mod. Kudos
5: Crashed in Redridge when trying to explore lakeshire.... seems like crashing is something that you may just randomly have happen since the mod is so huge and has so much to explore. Was attacked by Fetid corpses and spiders as well as an ogre so the enemies are all loading into the world fine. Seems like most of the issues i am running into are the main reason why the mod was abandoned - Random crashes. I suggest having a few saves once you decide to explore this mod, so far the safest place has been darkshire/ deadwind pass. Also ran into some odd invisible walls (more like speedbumps?) when trying to get to Lakeshire, but got around them fairly easily before i ended up crashing while trying to traverse the bride in Redrige to get to Lakeshire. I am hoping to travel to Stormwind on my next adventure..... apparently it's supposed to be as laggy as Stormwind is in WoW (wouldn't be authentic without a laggy SW IMO)! Fingers crossed i don't get hit by a random crash on the way and that if i do i remember to save. But i am super happy this experiment has been a success. Was able to check out all the items in the mod using an item collecting mod and MOST of the mods armor/ weapons looked fine with the exception of a few items that had white textures, They may have been weapons/armor that weren't quite finished yet since this mod was abandoned due to the random unsolvable crash issue
6: Elwinn Forest, Deadwind pass and Duskwood seem to be rather crash free and mostly finished! Stormwind is just the Trade District but very respectfully done. Redridge just makes me crash but is pretty. Lorderon isn't finished but works. Haven't checked out anywhere else yet but i still have a few places left to check out and see if they're working. I'd say the best part of this mod is just hanging out in Elwinn Forest or Duskwood because it's almost identical in terms of placement of buildings and vibe.... Just remember to have some sort of mod to get you out (or console commands) and you can go back to azeroth at any time by just chatting with the mage in Kynesgrove.
7: This time i Visited the Dark Portal, It's really good use of skyrim's assets and is a fine looking portal! Just whatever you do don't use it, it didn't crash the game but froze the UI in a state where i couldn't do anything but watch the cool animation effects of the dark portal when i tried to use the teleport connected to the portal. Stratholme was also working fine so i went in there as Lady Liadrin with the Ashbringer (2 mods i have) and Cleared it of undead and Scarlet Crusaders. 10/10 would do this short but sweet raid again. Great way to level a new character and test out your skills.... run Stratholme and just kill everything in there ;D. I've covered almost everything on this mod the scarlet crusaders were fine except for a few that had some weird visual effect (probably a conflict from one of the physics or skeleton mods ect). Sorry for the long post
Was always a project I hoped would see fruition. Suppose there is always starfield