Mods offer players many ways to enhance games for free. However, one fan has taken it too far and is releasing a project for Elden Ring that merges two completely different games.
Which fan are we talking about? It is the YouTuber and famous modder InfernoPlus. In the past, he has ported well-known weapons from Halo into Dark Souls, making them look and work as accurately as possible. He is known for taking on absurd projects that are not lore-friendly but definitely fun.
Now the modder has turned to a new project where he wanted to merge two well-known games. The goal was to surpass everything he has achieved in his career as a modder so far.
Morrowind meets Elden Ring
What kind of mod is this? In his latest project, InfernoPlus wanted to port the world of Morrowind into Dark Souls 1 in order to create a new adventure. However, this didn’t work as planned.
Morrowind has a gigantic map and Dark Souls 1 is not designed to handle such a large amount of data – an alternative had to be found, so the YouTuber chose Elden Ring as his foundation.
In his video, InfernoPlus shows how Morrowind looks in the Elden Ring engine:
What challenges does InfernoPlus face? The developer encounters 3 problems with Morrowind that he cannot solve himself and is now asking the community for help. Primarily, the issues involve:
- Elden Ring has a limit on NPCs that can spawn. This is set at 21 personalities – however, Morrowind has up to 2,000 NPCs.
- The map requires NevMash for NPCs to logically traverse the terrain. NevMash is an invisible data grid located under the map that NPCs need for pathfinding. However, InfernoPlus does not have the tools to generate such NevMashes.
- The modder needs some 3D designers, as he wants to port items like weapons and armor as well as enemies from Morrowind onto the map. He has tried himself, but the result shows clothing with pixelated graphics, and he does not want to offer that.
Even with the Halo mod, InfernoPlus received help from the modding community. It is therefore very likely that he will also get assistance from talented developers this time around.
How would you feel about such a mod? Would a port like this be a reason for you to revisit Elden Ring, or do you find such crossovers inappropriate? More about Elden Ring: Nightreign, the spin-off from FromSoftware, can be found here: Popular YouTuber was allowed to play the new MMORPG of former WoW veterans, making an unusual comparison to Elden Ring
