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About Me

My name's Edd, and I suppose I'll start by saying I love modding Oblivion! I live in Stafford, England, and my main interests include pretty much anything creative, mostly in computer form, such as modding, web design, animation, programming etc, and then theres my non-electrical hobbies such as playing guitar, singing and songwriting and stuff. Once I'm done at college I'm taking a gap year, and then I'll be studying computer games design at university for 5 years.

What I've done

Forgotten Tomb

This was my first Oblivion mod. I didn't want to mod until I'd finished the game so as not to spoil things, so I blitzed the game and then got to work straight away. It was basically a short dungeon/quest mod that introduced a nice story for the player to follow with some new traps and a large area for an end boss. I've had all round good feedback from this, and I'm really happy about it because it's the first internet released mod I've ever done (I modded Morrowind for my own personal joys but didn't feel like anything was worth sharing).

You can download it from TESSource. Screenshots:

What I'm doing

For my final major project at college, I've been given permission to create an Oblivion mod. What this means is that instead of college hindering my progress with modding, it's actually helping. I did some tests a while back with various things, and made a few videos which are all quite old now. Thanks to various people on the official forums for giving me help here and there for different things, such as mrflippy with scripting help on the trap spells I made, and CuteUnit when I was getting irritated with glow maps for something else.

Videos of completed trap spells:

Conjure Paralysis Crystal
Conjure Spike Trap
Conjure Daedric Turret Bugs in this video have since been fixed

Testing videos from my easter break:

I've been spending a lot of time in 3dsmax making some weapons and rigging armor and stuff, and whilst I have a great story for a large mod, I'm running out of time for my FMP and I'm beginning to think that I chose a bit too ambitious a task. I kinda figured this ight happen, which is why I never made any WIP threads about it or anything. Currently I'm still working on it, but I might change things quite dramatically, or even come up with a new concept, to finish in time. Don't worry though, I shall strive to complete something solid pretty soon.

What I'd like to do

Depending on how successful my current project turns out to be, and depending on if we ever get an official exporter, depends on what I do next really. I'm taking a gap year because I need to work and save up lots of money for lots of stuff I want befoer I go to university (for a 5 year masters degree in computer games design). I did want to make a western TC, but wether I will or not is debatable. I might look into modding Half Life 2 (so I have a more varied portfolio), or I might make an animated movie (because as much as I love games, it gets a little irritating with issues like the official exporter, limitations of the CS, etc).

Adios

Feel free to ask any questions either in a PM or in my talk. Thanks for stopping by!

Please respect this page and hold back from editing it, thanks.

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 *[http://www.tessource.net/files/images/Forgotten%20Tomb-3.jpg Location on the map]
 ==What I'm doing==
-===Trap Spells mod===
+For my final major project at college, I've been given permission to create an Oblivion mod. What this means is that instead of college hindering my progress with modding, it's actually helping. I did some tests a while back with various things, and made a few videos which are all quite old now. Thanks to various people on the official forums for giving me help here and there for different things, such as mrflippy with scripting help on the trap spells I made, and CuteUnit when I was getting irritated with glow maps for something else.
-I intended to finish this during my easter break from college, but got sidetracked with various tests for the mod below this one, so I'm thinking I might merge the trap spells in with the mod below. Many thanks to [[User:Mrflippy|Mrflippy]] for helping me out with a few seriously irritating scripting problems I came across.
 ''Videos of completed trap spells:''
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 *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y93LL9QADJ0 Conjure Spike Trap]
 *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txJv-32pra8 Conjure Daedric Turret] ''Bugs in this video have since been fixed''
-===Aequitas Isle ''(working title)''===
-This is a rather large mod that I have just begun. I am actually making this as my Final Major Project for college, which I have 8 weeks to complete in total. What I intend to do with this is to add a new dimension to the game called Aequitas. This dimension is a pretty peaceful place, but has a few secrets. The whole dimension is stable due to a very special crystal, which grants light, water, and life to the entire dimension. Without it, the dimension would become horribly unstable.
-I don't want to reveal too much information about the storyline yet, but I basically intend to add a new dimension, a new race, a major storyline, a guild to join, sidequests, easter eggs, voice acting, along with custom meshes and textures.
 ''Testing videos from my easter break:''
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 *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0ri54YRV04 Testing Grounds 2]
 *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iA74GoufP8 Custom Mesh Test]
+I've been spending a lot of time in 3dsmax making some weapons and rigging armor and stuff, and whilst I have a great story for a large mod, I'm running out of time for my FMP and I'm beginning to think that I chose a bit too ambitious a task. I kinda figured this ight happen, which is why I never made any WIP threads about it or anything. Currently I'm still working on it, but I might change things quite dramatically, or even come up with a new concept, to finish in time. Don't worry though, I shall strive to complete something solid pretty soon.
 ==What I'd like to do==
-Depending on how well Aequitas Isle goes down, I should finish college a few weeks after that and start my gap year, so although I will be working, I'm tempted to start up a Western TC. The only problem is I don't know yet how do-able this is for the ideas that my head keeps producing. For now I'll stick to what I'm currently working on.
+Depending on how successful my current project turns out to be, and depending on if we ever get an official exporter, depends on what I do next really. I'm taking a gap year because I need to work and save up lots of money for lots of stuff I want befoer I go to university (for a 5 year masters degree in computer games design). I did want to make a western TC, but wether I will or not is debatable. I might look into modding Half Life 2 (so I have a more varied portfolio), or I might make an animated movie (because as much as I love games, it gets a little irritating with issues like the official exporter, limitations of the CS, etc).
 ==Adios==
 Feel free to ask any questions either in a PM or in [http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/User_talk:Eddwills my talk]. Thanks for stopping by!
 ''Please respect this page and hold back from editing it, thanks.''