Larian Studios Forums Divinity - Original Sin Divinity Original Sin - Mods Standalone project, original setting (W.I.P).

Hallo everybody, I've been working on this project (on and off) for several months, though mainly on the lore and background setting. But now I feel it's time to start getting some content out in the open.

This module is very small and basic in its scope, it's intended to be short and linear, but also to be part of a bigger story that should continue once Divinity: Original Sin 2 is released.

The player character(s) is part of a clandestine organization called "The Shadow Shields", whose role is to protect the crown and integrity of the kingdom of Dothnia. Just prior to the module start you're undergoing training to become a full member, at the island of Ocgar.

I'm not an experienced modder so progress is painstakingly slow, as I have to learn most thing by going through tutorials, though I'm starting to get a hang on some things. Added to that I also have an ongoing university education, a newly achieved fatherhood and a relationship, which all takes its toll on my time at hand. Although this fall semester I'm taking an optional university course on “Essential Computing” which should help a lot on the progress.

I hope to have the module released in a working version before D:OS 2 is released.

I do however have a lot of written lore material that I plan to release bits by bits as well.

(Envisioned) Features:
- A richly detailed "original" (they all steal inspiration somewhere) fantasy world.
- 6 different NPCs to join your adventure, all with unique motivations and background stories, of which 3 of them are almost fully developed ATM.
- An overarching main quest story that ties each released module together.
- 3 distinctly different areas planned (with more on the drawing board) for D:OS 2, besides the prequel for D:OS.

Current work focus:
-Major: Finalising the terrain as well as placing items for the first half of the prequel map.
-Major: Finishing the encyclopedia for Dothnia.
-Minor: Putting details on the handcrafted map of Dothnia.

Edit: Oh, I forgot to tell that I'd be happy to answer any question about the project and that if you want to contribute in any way please don't hesitate to post in the thread.
Cheers everybody .

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Here is a simple map of the kingdom of Dothnia, that I've made with a simple paint program.


A picture of the world map, still under construction as well.


A picture of the local fishing village on Ocgar island

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Cooming soon... An encyclopedia of the kingdom of Dothnia

An overview of lore content to come:

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Hey! someone else doing stuff

Your posts above that are reserved, keep in mind there is an edit time limit on posts on this board.

One thing you can do to quickly spice up the visuals is use the extractor and take some of the atmosphere settings from main and dump them into your level's atmosphere folder. Then you can tweak them if needed.


I did some tutorials awhile back, though most of them are pretty narrow:
http://larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=567393
http://larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=567416
http://larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=567576

Unfortunately they were all for the old editor so some things are different. For example ignore anything that mentions the standalone template. Also sometimes they'll mention creating a file that probably already exists because the EE includes a lot of these scripts by default.

If you ever need any help getting something to work or whatever post in here or bug me on steam. Always happy to mess around with the editor.

Thanks SniperHF, I appreciate your support. My schedule is kinda busy the next few days but I'll look into your advice soon and I'll let you know if (when) I run into any trouble.



Do you mean that there are limited times (e.g. 5 times) that you can edit a post or a limited timespand (e.g. 1 month)?

Oh Raze have already answered the question and taken care of the problem as well.