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Title: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on June 30, 2010, 11:45:43 am
I've decided to make a new region, in the zone now called "Quel'Thalas", the northern coast of Lordaeron (now fully selectable in game as region and viewable in the overrall azeroth map, i'm working on the zone map, soon screenies)

The zone is accessible from Hearthglen, Western Plaguelands (near the tower, starts a path in the mountains), Plaguewood (a mountain pass) Tirisfal Glade (swimming)

Northeron divided between four factions:
-Scarlet Crusade (Hearthglen Harbor)
-New Lordaeron (Northolme Village)
-High Elves (Dawnstrider Harbor)
-Scourge (Banewood Marshes / Stratholme sewers (brand new instance)
-Elementals (Voidheart Mansion -new instance)
-Wilhammer Dwarf (isle of Thor'Kargas)
-Wrykul (attacking the wildhammer isle)

This will be the starting zone for the new race on my server, the High Elves (not really new, but now avaiable)
now, it's lore time (not really xD)

You start on the eastern part of the banewood marsh, on a ship wrecked on the coast, you can see the ghostland over the sea, you did it!
you and few survivors are finally free from the magical thirst, embracing the power of Sideros (god of the stars, check my server lore) you've found a new source of power... but is not over yet!
The first task is to cross the banewood marsh, where hordes of scourge wander, flowing out from Stratholme (of wich you can see the outer wall burning...) ralliyng the survivors and completing some task you finally reached
Dawnstrider Harbor, the city of the High Elves (reaching level 7-8 at this point), where you must earn your stay! helping villagers and hunting creatures, until a human of the new lordaeron arrives, asking for help!, the commander has no choiche but to send you to the small village of Northolme, main harbor of the New Lordaeron forces, you're welcome here... (and here you should be at level 12-14)

... but not safe! the scarlet crusade is coming to attack the town from one side and the scourge from the other one!
you MUST defend the town, the humans who opened their arms to help you must be helped back!
Repelling the attack is not hard, and eventually you managed to do it (level 15-16)

the lordaeron commander Alestorm sought in you something of valor, and you are chosen to help a counter-attack! this time the Scarlet crusade will loose Hearthglen Harbor once and for all! (completing the prologue will bring you to level 20)

This is the prologue of the High Elf, at the end of wich you're sent to Soutshore to report to King Ralean Trollbane (the son of Galen) at Stromgarde City, becoming a part of the alliance, and the prologue is all set in an instanced copy of this map (on the normal map Hearthglen Harbor is already of the alliance and the whole zone is a high-level one)

Screens time!
Tor'Kargas city
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5820/wowscrnshot080810161341.jpg)
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/622/wowscrnshot080810161349.jpg)
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6572/wowscrnshot080810161411.jpg)
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4167/wowscrnshot080810161509.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]

Northeron forest - REDONE
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6972/wowscrnshot080710181348.jpg)
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9716/wowscrnshot080710181410.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]

New World Map and Azeroth map (zone map credit to Amonra, the highlight of Northeron is a strange X with a square because i was taking measures for the final picture)
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2536/wowscrnshot080710180152.jpg)
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2955/wowscrnshot080710183147.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]

Older:

[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/5433/wowscrnshot051010151624.jpg)
(http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/8364/wowscrnshot051010144924.jpg)
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/566/wowscrnshot051010145917.jpg)
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3295/wowscrnshot051010145306.jpg)
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2539/wowscrnshot051010145445.jpg)
The swamp is to be finished ^^[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]

[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/922/previewfq.jpg)
the Minimap (just a part, less than half, without the Ghostland-like swamp and the Stratholme outskirts)
(http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4404/wowscrnshot050510224104.jpg)
(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2638/wowscrnshot050510224052.jpg)
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/2689/wowscrnshot050510224035.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9406/wowscrnshot050410184033.jpg)
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5985/wowscrnshot050410185252.jpg)
(http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6240/wowscrnshot050410185108.jpg)
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/370/wowscrnshot050410184300.jpg)
(http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1237/wowscrnshot050410184116.jpg)
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/1791/wowscrnshot050410184105.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2559/wowscrnshot050210204119.jpg)
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4715/wowscrnshot050210204207.jpg)
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8564/wowscrnshot050210204150.jpg)
(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/5959/wowscrnshot050210204134.jpg)
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6831/wowscrnshot050210204142.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3924/wowscrnshot050210153544.jpg)
(http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/5552/wowscrnshot050210155345.jpg)
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2484/wowscrnshot050210153607.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/1285/wowscrnshot042810000804.jpg)
Road from Dawnstrider Harbor to Northolme
(http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/5513/wowscrnshot042810000740.jpg)
Crossroad from Northolme to Dawnstrider Harbor and Western Plaguelands
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8391/wowscrnshot042810000513.jpg)
Hearthglen Harbor 100% done (added some cranes, the dock and more details)
(http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3134/wowscrnshot042810000054.jpg)
Ramkin's Farmstead, i made this farmstead (with a lumbermill behind) to fill a dead space between the Highlands and the Western Plaguelands, perharps i will add a new questline similar to the Saldean one at Westfall [i'm going to swap the fence model, i used the same of Hearthglen Harbor but i'll swap it in taliis eventually]
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7672/wowscrnshot042810000112.jpg)
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/5448/wowscrnshot042810000133.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/651/wowscrnshot042510194944.jpg)
Hearthglen Harbor
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4996/wowscrnshot042410133206.jpg)
Last Light's Chapel
(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5253/wowscrnshot042510194921.jpg)
(http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/3227/wowscrnshot042510194823.jpg)
Northolme Cliffs
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/7134/wowscrnshot042510194816.jpg)
Northolme
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3167/wowscrnshot042510194731.jpg)
general coast view[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]
[spoiler:vj4xlue1](http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8805/lordaeronhighlands14.jpg)
the road down from hearthglen (exiting Wp)
(http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/7024/lordaeronhighlands13.jpg)
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2390/lordaeronhighlands12.jpg)
(http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/8195/lordaeronhighlands11.jpg)Hearhglen Harbor ( i need to place still the docks and the ship, perharps i will change the lumbermill with a Inn and the towe with a lighthouse)
(http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/1461/lordaeronhighlands10.jpg)
a small manor
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/5551/lordaeronhighlands9.jpg)Therenolde Plateau
(http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9592/lordaeronhighlands8.jpg)
(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/763/lordaeronhighlands7.jpg)
Upper Highlands
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1756/lordaeronhighlands5.jpg)
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/762/lordaeronhighlands6.jpg)[/spoiler:vj4xlue1]
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on July 01, 2010, 02:20:06 am
The World Map! (just the basic shape, is to test, the dwarven isle is missing AND will be changed as soon as i finish with the mapping)
note: there are other new/changer regions, find them :3
[spoiler:3v14o1pw](http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9444/wowscrnshot060910194709.jpg)[/spoiler:3v14o1pw]
Azeroth Map redone (to accomodate the new region ad the selection, again ,the isle is to be added, YES the other region is Zul'Aman!)
[spoiler:3v14o1pw](http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1783/wowscrnshot061610021122.jpg)[/spoiler:3v14o1pw]
Ghostlands Merged into Azeroth!
[spoiler:3v14o1pw](http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1746/wowscrnshot062710135718.jpg)[/spoiler:3v14o1pw]
Thor'Kargas isle, the new Wildhammer Clan zone (mainly dwarven quest) with the wrykul camp (in early stages of mapping still but a little taste of the brand new mountains :3)
[spoiler:3v14o1pw](http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7136/wowscrnshot062710191639.jpg)[/spoiler:3v14o1pw]
The featured entrance to Stratholme Sewers (stratholme outskirts)
[spoiler:3v14o1pw](http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/5563/wowscrnshot062710192037.jpg)[/spoiler:3v14o1pw]

hoping you enjoy, there is still plenty of new screenies to show but for now that's all :3
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Eluo on July 01, 2010, 03:28:54 pm
Wow i like that stuff. Nice hills indeed :D
Would it bother you if i ask for a screen of the 2d texturing view?
I would love to see how you are painting^^
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on July 01, 2010, 07:39:04 pm
Quote from: "Eluo"
Wow i like that stuff. Nice hills indeed :D
Would it bother you if i ask for a screen of the 2d texturing view?
I would love to see how you are painting^^
there is the showoff of the minimap :D
about the minimap of the isle (the new style) will be out as soon as i've finished the whole zone :3
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: gorq on July 04, 2010, 02:52:50 am
Fantastic! You have a really nice style :D Great work
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Splark on August 06, 2010, 12:17:04 am
I want to play on your server after seeing this! Someone linked this on MMO-Champion and I registered specially to tell you that. :)
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on August 06, 2010, 11:43:09 am
Quote from: "Splark"
I want to play on your server after seeing this! Someone linked this on MMO-Champion and I registered specially to tell you that. :)
O.o link please
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Northem on August 06, 2010, 02:25:30 pm
Quote from: "SirFranc"
Quote from: "Splark"
I want to play on your server after seeing this! Someone linked this on MMO-Champion and I registered specially to tell you that. :)
O.o link please

http://www.mmo-champion.com/showthread. ... ost8483474 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/showthread.php?p=8483474#post8483474" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
http://www.mmo-champion.com/showthread. ... ost8521774 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/showthread.php?p=8521774#post8521774" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)


Me and a friend of mine were developing a draft Northeron and maybe if you want we could collaborate all together for a better result.

Without wishing to boast, I consider myself an expert on the subject of Northeron after several months of research and I could help you to fit all the pieces. I would like to send you some information if you want.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on August 07, 2010, 02:12:18 pm
Quote from: "Northem"
Quote from: "SirFranc"
Quote from: "Splark"
I want to play on your server after seeing this! Someone linked this on MMO-Champion and I registered specially to tell you that. :)
O.o link please

http://www.mmo-champion.com/showthread. ... ost8483474 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/showthread.php?p=8483474#post8483474" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)
http://www.mmo-champion.com/showthread. ... ost8521774 (http://www.mmo-champion.com/showthread.php?p=8521774#post8521774" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)


Me and a friend of mine were developing a draft Northeron and maybe if you want we could collaborate all together for a better result.

Without wishing to boast, I consider myself an expert on the subject of Northeron after several months of research and I could help you to fit all the pieces. I would like to send you some information if you want.
Oh, i can help you, but anyway my region is 90% finished and In-game working (with custom zone map and corrected minimap, i wanted to add too something like the acqueduct but sadly there aren't any fitting wmos for such purpose :S
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Shruik on August 10, 2010, 02:24:53 am
I always like your builds :)
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on August 10, 2010, 01:36:45 pm
i have just done a major overhaul, adding eventually a new sub-zone (that will be a daily quest hub) and this topic will have mostly updates about this subzone

Lore time? ok!
Not much to say, the inland zone is the same of the old project lorewise, except for the fact that:
-The banewood marshes have been mostly reduced and cleansed in the present day, becoming dawnstrider forest.
-The Stratholme outskirts are now nested on a cliff
-Just out in the offshores of Northeron lies a massive isle: Tor'Kargas, the home of a huge number of Wildhammer dwarfs.
The isle has been left separated from the world for long time, closed by a runeshield
But something went wrong, the runeshield has fallen and now a massive fleet of Wrykul invaders is coming, determined to conquer the isle as base for operations and incursions in the Eastern Kingdoms, but is not only that...
In the southwest corner of the isle lies an ancient peak, where once was a massive fortress of the clan now are only ruins and death... the zone was sealed long ago, but the evil powers of the Wrykul have broken the seal, allowing the hordes of undead dwarves to wander free and swarm the isle...
The wildhammer clan needs the heroes of azeroth now! they need to push back the enemies to preserve their largest haven and avoid a total annihilation.

End of lore
Technical infos:
The isle is divided in 4 pieces, the Tor'Kargas city (northwest corner), Grendel's Landing (northeast corner), Tol'Galar Fields (southeast corner), Kargas Peak (southwest corner)

Tor'Kargas city is a quest hub, rest place and general merchant/trading place
Grendel's Landing is the Wrykul fight zone
Tol'Galar Fields is the zone where all the heroes will land first, is both a quest hub and a fight zone (you will need to fight to unlock the road to all the other places)
Kargas Peak is the Undead fight zone

Screens for you :D
NOTE: the zone is half finished ONLY FOR TEXTURES and shaping, there are still few doodads/wmos

Tor'Kargas city
[spoiler:1hki89mt](http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5820/wowscrnshot080810161341.jpg)
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/622/wowscrnshot080810161349.jpg)
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/6572/wowscrnshot080810161411.jpg)
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4167/wowscrnshot080810161509.jpg)[/spoiler:1hki89mt]

Northeron forest - REDONE
[spoiler:1hki89mt](http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6972/wowscrnshot080710181348.jpg)
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/9716/wowscrnshot080710181410.jpg)[/spoiler:1hki89mt]

New World Map and Azeroth map (zone map credit to Amonra, the highlight of Northeron is a strange X with a square because i was taking measures for the final picture)
[spoiler:1hki89mt](http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2536/wowscrnshot080710180152.jpg)
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2955/wowscrnshot080710183147.jpg)[/spoiler:1hki89mt]
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Eluo on August 10, 2010, 03:43:31 pm
Ahmahgawd
I really love the forest <3 Can't wait to see your builds finished and maybe ingame on your server?^^

On how many adts have you been working on for Northeron? This area looks huge to me...
I know how much work this is and i really respect you for that.
Great work!
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on August 11, 2010, 03:15:40 pm
Quote from: "Eluo"
Ahmahgawd
I really love the forest <3 Can't wait to see your builds finished and maybe ingame on your server?^^

On how many adts have you been working on for Northeron? This area looks huge to me...
I know how much work this is and i really respect you for that.
Great work!
around 20 adts, not counting the ones of the merged ghostland/eversong :P
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Shruik on August 11, 2010, 11:04:16 pm
will it be possible to play at your server when i want to or is it a kind of hardcore rp invite system? At when will it be possible? :D
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Buddiman on August 12, 2010, 03:12:17 am
This sounds so nice. A really good concept, now we have to hope you can do all this work!
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on August 13, 2010, 03:31:50 pm
Quote from: "Buddiman"
This sounds so nice. A really good concept, now we have to hope you can do all this work!
is 90% done already :P
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Vortalex on January 13, 2011, 12:34:46 am
Alright man, I just can't stand it.

I've been trying my best to map a blank wow map,
to use as a template for a new zone map I'm working on,
but I just can't do it. I tried finding one online, but I just can't.

Maybe you'd be so kind as to share your secrets? ^^
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Jack on January 13, 2011, 10:41:10 am
lol template? there's that little rest of modding that you might actually have to do by yourself.
Take a look at Eluo's great tutorial viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26 (http://modcraft.io/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=26" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) and then try. You'll fail, you have to try again, get better with every hour you're working on it. Eventually after a few hours, days maybe weeks your builds will start to look like something. There's no fucking template for that.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Vortalex on January 15, 2011, 01:19:26 am
I meant just a blank map template.
As in, the brown old-paper looking background image,
yea I was just asking for it, can't find one online. Thanks.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Steff on January 16, 2011, 12:41:30 pm
If you are not abel to extract the image form an existing one how will you then creat the rest?

But ok we are a frindly community so

http://www.file-upload.net/download-3133612/ReagionEmpty.zip.html

 But i want to see some results based on it :)
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Croza on January 16, 2011, 10:23:35 pm
holy c-...cow
this is awesome :D
can't wait to see it finished.
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: Instantfreakmod on February 05, 2011, 06:20:25 pm
how do i play ur rp server
Title: Re: [SHOWOFF] Northeron
Post by: SirFranc on February 06, 2011, 02:13:36 pm
Quote from: "Instantfreakmod"
how do i play ur rp server
Google it (is my signature) on google :P you'll find the forum