Random halls in Ishgard

[_Kakera_]

Though I can say with certainty that Ishgard is a far bigger city than the map movement suggests.

I can say with certainty that we explore maybe 25% of Ishgard's actual ground, and the winding staircases that go up and down from Pillars to Foundation actually take hours to take, which is absolutely impractical. And 25% is being generous with it. I know that someone else built Ishgard before, but it was only Ishgard based on the trailer before Heavensward was released. As such, it looks great from outside, but inside? It's just floating walls for the most part. Needless to say, I'll inspire myself from what they've done when I'll get around to doing those parts, but I strongly doubt that the final product will look like the Ishgard from the trailer. It's practically impossible to build it with any sense of scale and then be able to see it that way later on. (Not to mention, I started building the highest level first which may not have been such a good idea since I have to keep cutting and pasting them up, and let me tell you pasting 960k blocks at once takes a minute or two of wait so the entire process goes through as it stands. I fear it might crash the game sometime.)

The arches (that also repeat very often) are a couple hundred meters off the south of Pillars, and also much lower on the y axis. Contrast the Foundation where those arches are barely visible in the distance up north, and the winding staircases that lead from one to the other actually are very, very, very tall. I've no idea how I will populate the remaining areas, and the entire size of Ishgard leads me to believe if there ever will be Ishgard housing, it will probably be in another instanced map within Ishgard. After all, the city is big enough to house all 3 other main cities within itself, if we're including the areas we can't go to. If that's the case, most likely I should wait before building anything more than just Pillars and Foundation. Already it's tons of work anyway, and housing may shed some light as to how the other areas look like.

Thank you all for the support, I'll try to keep this updated with more new as I go along. I originally wanted to only post it when it would be complete, but since I keep running into small issues like these, I wanted to see if someone else might have the key to my problems. It's not the first time I ran into a dysfunctional build (I'm looking at you, Palace of Azad, where I followed the game's trajectory and ended up on the absolute other side of the palace while the game treated it like it was a couple rooms over.)

[Gamer3427]

I wish you luck with it. I'd also like to say that I was by no means attempting to discourage you when I started discussing the over all size of the city itself, just making a note since I suspect that most people, such as myself, have never taken the time to actually look around the city and think of the scale of it. As you said, it would probably be best if you ignored actual scaling when it comes to placing Foundation in relation to the upper city, at least until, (if there is an "until"), we get to explore the inner city.....

I'm very much looking forward to seeing how this project of yours unfolds, and will definitely check back in this thread from time to time.....

[MihaelB]

Wow great job! Would like to see more progress screenshots

[_Kakera_]

I'm trying to work on it more for the time being but it's hot and I found some inconsistencies in my build, and since it's too heated I can't properly think on how to solve them. I'm mostly working on the sides of the plaza between the Last Vigil and the Jeweled Crozier these times, for reference. I didn't drop it or anything, I'm just taking a very short break since I've been working on it every single day for a week and a half. I'll post more screenshots soon, don't worry.

[Crimen]

Damn. This is pretty cool. Sorry I can't help with your question, but as others have mentioned, please keep posting progression screenshots whenever you get the chance!

[Thandronen]

It's also a possibility that we haven't been able to explore the entire city yet and there could be more areas within Ishgard opened up in later content. Mor Dhona has undergone construction throughout the game, so perhaps we'll see more of the city down the road.

[_Kakera_]

After a short hiatus, I'm back on track with a small update on the build. It's even on-topic too, since I found these windows that have halls (or rooms) behind them, which are clearly inaccessible. They're illuminated at night too.



The funny thing is, in-game, the arch underneath the middle window there is off-center, as is its entire section. Go take a look, it's right off the Jeweled Crozier's south side.