First Hlaalu Building model completed

[Razorwing]

Excellent work Jon!

Yes I'm glad Silgrad isn't in Telvanni territory

If the work seems daunting at times, think of it this way: once it's done, you/we can not only use it for Oblivion but also for Elder Scrolls V - so four years from now when you and we are psyched about ES V, you already have a complete library of Hlaalu culture in your pocket, ready to be set up Heck, even if your taste in games changes you can use the Hlaalu models you made for any game that can import them, so they'll be with you and usable for the your entire life.

And thanks for messaging me the source model. I converted it to NIF (no texture) and am attaching it to this post. I did some investigating in Max, and here's what I found out. The program tells me your model "has 1786 faces and is double sided.", and this is also clearly visible to the naked eye: your model has faces on the inside. Don't quote me on that though, I'm not an expert and might very well be wrong. If you compare with Bethesda's models, they are usually invisible if viewed from the inside. So I would humbly suggest that you delete any faces that the player would never see.

I ran your model through 3D Studio Max's optimiztion feature and got it down to 2008 vertices and 1130 faces, with it still looking exactly the same. I'll PM that file to you.

Ed.Rw 050722, 23:34 C.E.T.: Pre-release attachment removed pending the final release of the model.