The 'Verse: A mod for Oblivion by Psyborg

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The 'Verse: A mod for Oblivion

POSTED BY: PSYBORG
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:37
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Monday, February 27, 2006 11:39 AM

Greetings, fellow Browncoats!

I'd like to announce something I've been planning for quite some time: a mod for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion engine set in the Firefly 'verse. To quote from the preliminary design document...

"Introduction:
"The 'Verse" is a total conversion mod for the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion engine, set in Joss Whedon's Firefly universe. The player can create a character to explore the vast world that we will be making for them, where they will be able to explore the 'verse in a variety of space ships, land-based vehicles, and their own two feet in a completely freeform universe. While in the 'verse, they can take jobs from people, betray them, form relationships, etc.- all the things they would be able to do in the real world. Most of the major places and people from the TV show, movies, and comic books will be portrayed. However, the main characters from these sources will either not be included at all or play a very minor part (depending on the popular opinion of the Team and Members). Our purpose in creating the mod is to provide both an enoyable playing experience and another outlet for the Firefly 'verse."

This is admittedly a lofty goal, so we need both Team members and other contributors to the cause of rebuilding the 'verse to be the best gaming experience possible. To reach this, I've created a forums about a month before Oblivion actually comes out, to provide us time to prep for the massive amount of work (though, at least for me, it'll be fun as a Geisha bobblehead) necessary, and more importantly, to get an established community. Just like we can't get a ship off the ground without a crew, we can't get this mod off the ground without a group of people dedicated to seeing it through to the end.

So if you feel you want to help out, or just track our progress as the months progress, log into http://41.freebb.com/theversemod, and if you want to contact me about becoming one of the official "Team" members, just email me at theversemod@hotmail.com.

Shiny.

P.S.: You can see the preliminary design documents here: http://41.freebb.com/theversemod/theversemod-post-6.html#6

If you're interested.

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Monday, February 27, 2006 12:15 PM

SIGMANUNKI

So, the working title is "Firefly RPG" right (from the docs)? Because I am planning a from scratch project called "The 'Verse".

Just don't want us to start stepping on eachothers toes

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"We're in a giant car heading into a brick wall at 100 miles/hr and everybody's arguing about where they want to sit."
-David Suzuki

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Monday, February 27, 2006 12:18 PM

PSYBORG

Unfortunately, I just hadn't updated the docs. The title is "The 'Verse". Now, I certainly can change it if need be, but if it's a problem I could change it to something else.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:04 AM

JERRYT

Bump

Sweet!! I have about 130 hours in Oblivion right now. Look forward to this.

JerryT
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"I'll be in my bunk"

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:42 AM

AGATSU

I'd so be on board if not for the lack of MP in Oblivion. The thing I'm looking forward to the most is spending time onboard the Serenity with friends. Well, it's not the thing I'm looking forward to the most in LIFE, but when it comes to a Firefly PC game, it is.
As a matter of fact, I was talking to Treybor about this today in an email... I'm more about human interaction.
Besides, the one thing about ALL older scroll titles that really bothers me is that interiors and exteriors are seperated - there's loading times, and you can NEVER look out the window or step on a balcony to have bothe the beautiful interior and the breathtaking landscape. Sort of a bummer. Might wanna wait for Gothic 3, although I'm not sure if they're gonna release the source kit. And, no MP.

Best of luck, however, and I'd be lying if I say that I'm not looking forward to it.

Coincidentially, I was on The 'Verse website just yesterday when I was checking out different Firefly mods after someone posted links on here.

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Serenity 'Versary:
September 30th www.FireFlyFans.net
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 8:22 AM

KEYOKE

I was planning on doing a Shiny Firefly mod based around the Source Engine behind Half Life 2...

Just need time off college so I can start.

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"We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days,
Through the fire and the flames we carry on"

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:37 PM

PSYBORG

Unfortunately, this mod has been set back until after finals (next week...ish). I need time to completely figure out the Oblivion Construction Set from top to bottom in order to put together a proof-of-concept work. I'll try to get that done by early summer, and then work on the actual mod. I don't want to raise people's hopes and then dash them like my breakfast sandwich on the linoleum floor, so... I'd like to make sure it CAN be done before I collaborate with a big team, and then find out the game just won't work with Oblivion's engine. But yeah, I'm looking forward to it too.

(And a multiplayer Firefly experience would be awesome too, but then I'd have to worry about servers and bandwith and other go-se like that. So I'm happy with my single player experience)

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