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About this mod
This is a very simple mod that will change the default Timescale and the fFastTravelSpeedMult settings to create a more realistic adaption of Skyrim's size and scale.
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The Problem
Have you ever played a game like Mount and Blade and noticed how it takes days and sometimes even weeks in-game to travel to one end of the map to the other? Did you ever play TES I: Arena and notice how it would take up to a few months to fast travel from Skyrim to the very tip of Elsweyr? If so, have you also noticed that you can walk from one end of Skyrim to the other in just 2 in-game days? Perhaps if you had a Fortify Speed spell, this would make more sense, but no, you and other NPCs, for all intents and purposes, are fairly normal, traveling in a world where vehicles are not yet existent, relying on carriages and horseback to get from one location to another. This is the aggravating problem that I set out to fix. Instead of A: Making the player slower or B: Making the world bigger, Which is A: Annoying and B: Absurd, I decided to warp time to a setting that is reasonable and immersive.
The Solution
Based on some research, I found that Skyrim (lore-wise) is roughly the size of Poland, 660km horizontally and around 590km vertically. I factored in the average speed of a man walking at a normal pace(4 km/h), how many hours one can realistically travel in a day without collapsing from exhaustion (30km), and crafted my scaled measurements based on those variables. I increased the fast travel speed multiplier from 1 to 0.2597 and the timescale from 20 to 77. Before you comment and say that this can cause some game instability and issues with other mods, I am aware. Though, I will say this has worked just fine for my 100+ mod setup for extended periods of time. To toss you an idea of how many in-game days pass from location to location, it will take you around 2-3 days to travel from Rorikstead to Falkreath and about half a day to get from Riverwood to Whiterun. Markarth to Riften took me anywhere from a week to 10 days.
Complimentary Mods
Because your Godlike character can somehow survive without food, water, and rest, it makes travel time twice as fast as it should be. Even the most athletic individuals can only be on their feet for about eight hours a day before they have to stop and attend to their needs. These mods would make it so you have to camp or go off-roads to a nearby city to recharge your batteries. I highly recommend you download them and adjust the settings so they are reasonably intrusive but not so much so that it takes away from your experience.
Install either iNeed or RND
DISCLAIMER
While you may have no issues when running this mod, everyone's experiences are different. I don't know what this mod will do exactly with your mod setup and load order. Most mods are based around the default timescale of 20, this may break ai packages and cause issues with NPCs; however, I am not responsible for breaking your game if you try this. You have decided to download it. If you want to complain in a post before even trying the mod, I don't really care, I'm here to listen to those who have tried the mod and have had issues with it. Not those who have theories about what could go wrong. Based on my personal experiences, my game does just fine with this plugin enabled, if you find that this mod does not perform well with your game, just remove it or make a post in the bugs thread and I will see what I can do.
Have you ever played a game like Mount and Blade and noticed how it takes days and sometimes even weeks in-game to travel to one end of the map to the other? Did you ever play TES I: Arena and notice how it would take up to a few months to fast travel from Skyrim to the very tip of Elsweyr? If so, have you also noticed that you can walk from one end of Skyrim to the other in just 2 in-game days? Perhaps if you had a Fortify Speed spell, this would make more sense, but no, you and other NPCs, for all intents and purposes, are fairly normal, traveling in a world where vehicles are not yet existent, relying on carriages and horseback to get from one location to another. This is the aggravating problem that I set out to fix. Instead of A: Making the player slower or B: Making the world bigger, Which is A: Annoying and B: Absurd, I decided to warp time to a setting that is reasonable and immersive.
The Solution
Based on some research, I found that Skyrim (lore-wise) is roughly the size of Poland, 660km horizontally and around 590km vertically. I factored in the average speed of a man walking at a normal pace(4 km/h), how many hours one can realistically travel in a day without collapsing from exhaustion (30km), and crafted my scaled measurements based on those variables. I increased the fast travel speed multiplier from 1 to 0.2597 and the timescale from 20 to 77. Before you comment and say that this can cause some game instability and issues with other mods, I am aware. Though, I will say this has worked just fine for my 100+ mod setup for extended periods of time. To toss you an idea of how many in-game days pass from location to location, it will take you around 2-3 days to travel from Rorikstead to Falkreath and about half a day to get from Riverwood to Whiterun. Markarth to Riften took me anywhere from a week to 10 days.
Complimentary Mods
Because your Godlike character can somehow survive without food, water, and rest, it makes travel time twice as fast as it should be. Even the most athletic individuals can only be on their feet for about eight hours a day before they have to stop and attend to their needs. These mods would make it so you have to camp or go off-roads to a nearby city to recharge your batteries. I highly recommend you download them and adjust the settings so they are reasonably intrusive but not so much so that it takes away from your experience.
Install either iNeed or RND
- iNeed - Food Water and Sleep
- Realistic Needs and Diseases 2.0
- Campfire - Complete Camping System
- Frostfall - Hypothermia Camping Survival
- Vigor - Combat and Injuries
DISCLAIMER
While you may have no issues when running this mod, everyone's experiences are different. I don't know what this mod will do exactly with your mod setup and load order. Most mods are based around the default timescale of 20, this may break ai packages and cause issues with NPCs; however, I am not responsible for breaking your game if you try this. You have decided to download it. If you want to complain in a post before even trying the mod, I don't really care, I'm here to listen to those who have tried the mod and have had issues with it. Not those who have theories about what could go wrong. Based on my personal experiences, my game does just fine with this plugin enabled, if you find that this mod does not perform well with your game, just remove it or make a post in the bugs thread and I will see what I can do.