(Idea) boats+havock Options

[Screaming_Dude_In_Vegas]

(originaly posted on official ES forums by me)
[quote]Well Chances are they will have some sort of way, probably (or maby) through scripting, to put force in a direction (because of havock), as it would have numerouse applications in the game.

So Boats Float, right?

If you've played HL2, you see that certain things float, and move if force is aplied to one side, but in a more fluid, sliding motion than if they were on the ground (just like in real life).

So the whole idea is to simply script somthing so that it aplies force to part of a boat, and let havock do the rest. This would probably only work for small boats, nothing larger than a longboat.

Still, it's anough to give wannabe pirates like myself a hell of a time.[/quote]

OK, I might actualy do this one, I just gotta learn how to apply force in a game enviroment. I have one question:

Is it most likely to be s cript comand or somthing else? I probably will do it ifit's a script comand, and might get creative if it's somthing else (sheep powered water wheel anyone?) But I think I might just to this, as long as I use stock ship modles.

What do you guys think?

[Screaming_Dude_In_Vegas]

[quote=Channler]Yea, that would be pretty cool..

I'd like to start getting into modding.. Not sure where to start though [/quote]

Do you have morrowind?

If so just make an island with a house or two on it. Simply get used to dragging stuff around, rotating, ect... That will be the same in oblivion. Learn to conect two cells, and change an item's size.

Also give dialoug a try, as I think it will be similar, and similer systems (in terms of variables and options, ect...) will be used for quests and AI.

Screw around with the new CS once you get it, read any tutorials that are availible.

If you want to work on an Oblivion mod that will be big and such, and just want to take it easy, give me an PM some time, I'm doing a huge underground tunnel network mod (think a TES flavored underdark), and the more people the better (more people=more tunnels=more quests=less suckiness)