Comments - Dtelm

Sorry to disapoint you but ame switched over to Oblivion quite awhile ago,

at the moment it is frozen beacuse, for, 6X6 Quads is the largest size that oblivion's engine can support, the team has just recently uncovered something that may, note may, fix the problem

Dont get your hopes up, but i am,

There are alot of websites out there containing info to ame, and some, including this one have multiple places where it can be found, however this information may not be accurate, probably the best way to keep youself posted is going to the official website

Abenteuer-mittelerde.de

Note, that the website is in german, so you'll have to click the lil british/american (its half and half) flag at the top right, when things get going again, (not if, i have no doubt that they will, just a matter of when)
there will be something 0n the news page, there are fourms there *** well, there are still those of us that roam them,

this is copyed from the news section of the ame site
of course this is from awhile ago
But noones forgotten about it, in fact many of us still stalk the fourms waiting.....

AME is frozen
Dear Middle Earth Enthusiasts!
Today we want to announce a very drastic step in the development of the vision "Adventure Middle Earth": AME is getting frozen.
The technical limitations of the publicly available Construction Set makes it impossible to realise AME for TES IV: Oblivion with the planned size. Based on the fact that we could already implement our whole landmass in Morrowind we did not think it could be a problem for Oblivion. Just when rumours spread that there is a limitation of 6x6 Quads (1 Quad = 1024 cells) in Oblivion we started testing the whole size of the heightmap instead of testing it step by step as we had done before. The result was shocking: As soon as the amount of the quads surpassed 20 the Construction Set crashed, when trying it in one rush and also with parts of 10 quads each. So altogether nothing above 20 Quads can be imported to Oblivion. Additionally for these 20 Quads no LOD-Terrain (LOD is what you see in the distance) can be created anymore - this is only possible with a maximum of 16 quads. As we had planned Adventure Middle Earth with 225 quads, the realisation is impossible due to an ever crashing Construction Set. Even a request for help at Bethesda did not result in anything. This does not astonish us too much as the Community's calls for a new Version of the CS, which is used for the Pay-PlugIns, were unheard. We have tried everything, tested as much as possible and searched for solutions - but it is simply impossible. We hope you can understand this sad but inevitable step.
Now, after about four years, we could of course review the past time and wallow in memories, but we won't, as AME is not cancelled and thus we rather look hopefully into the future. AME is a vision we want to realise for ourselves, and to do this the way we want we accept waiting for some more years which we will use to look for a new technical basis and to extend our skills. We will also proceed with some work on AME. So today we want to say goodbye to all those who have eagerly awaited Middle Earth in Oblivion and whom we have disappointed. But we also want to invite all those who share our vision to visit the forums from time to time, because it will definitely go on. Time is not yet ripe for such a Middle Earth, but some day it will be, and with today's progress rather tomorrow than the day after. As a bridgeover for this time we have a composition from our musician who has already transferred our vision into a melody: Er-Chorf - The One Ring.

We will meet again - in Middle Earth!

I prefer to think of it as frozen in a thick shell of ice......
its been frozen for awhile now, due to restrictions with the oblivion cs, but eh, dont lose faith,

and hopefully one day the hard shell of ice will thaw

if you want to find out more about it tho, heres the website

Abenteuer-mittelerde.de

No that wont work, you can only have 16 quads, even if you seperate it into diff esp files, its sad.. :( i was looking forward to helping create tolkiens fantastic world for oblivion, but that dream cannot be realized with oblivion, perhaps another game, or mabey the next elder scrolls, but that may be some time, i hope the website hasnt been taking down, ive been checking it every other day and today i cant reach it, i sent a email to grabba, hopefully its just me.
If the day ever comes that we bring it to another game or Elder Scrolls V then you can bet, sure as hell, that i will be there to help, if some of the old team still share the dream.

Anyway i doubt theres a solution, as the team has searched rigorously for awhile now, but its always possible as much can be acomplished the the obivion editor, so if u ever come across somthing, then go ahead and post it somewhere or email it to me at Dtelm@myway.com and ill email it to grabba and some of the other team.
its a shame, we couldve done it too, some pretty talented and dedicated people on that team, they worked long and hard, sucks that it was stopped by somthing like this, im less sorry that it wont be released as i am that they wont be able to create it, and i wont be able to help, its a passion of sorts, but just dont forget, and mabey one day you will see the return of Ame.

So hats off and lets give a hand, wheather ame returns or not, to the great Ame Modding Team