ok, so here's my idea. In the background of the screen you shoudl see the next biome in that direction, it not actually be there and would only be an image on the horizon. for example, in the lone lands looking east you might see the misty mountains in the distance(depending) on where you stand. or if youre in gondor and you look east you would see the Mountains of mordor with fiery clouds of shadow. for biomes like the shire, where you wouldnt be able to see past the borders you would see something like rolloing hills and a few patches o trees. And again, there would not actually be chunks loaded, it would simply be an image on the horizon.
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Dragons on the Horizon didn't have the suggestion of being able to see mountains in the distance, only dragons. He's elaborated enough.
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Well, if you need more elaboration, I'll elaborate. Essentially, when in a biome if you're looking in a certain direction, in the distance(unloaded chunks) you would see and image(not the actuall thing) of the next biome in that direction. However in places such as the shire you would only see an image of the shire in the distance(green rolling hills and trees). The image could perhaps also change depending on the weather. For instance, if it's raining, the image would have an overcast sky. In mordor there would probably be giant ash clouds and lightning. This would add realism to the game an ad depth. Also, when major structures are added such as Mina's tirith you might see that in the background while looking west from ithilen. However, your ability to see the image would also depend on where you're standing, if there's a hill in the way, you wouldn't see the next biome in the distance.
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To rephrase this, the skybox would not just change within the LOTR dimension, but even varying by biome. This seems difficult, but not impossible, though I don't know the extents of the modding team, they have accomplished far greater feats before. Pehaps when/if music depending on the biome (I know this is already suggested) they could go further and add specific skyboxes? Just a thought based on this already interesting suggestion.
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I think this could be very useful, instead of just looking at unloaded chunks in the distance, you would se nice scenery, unles it's mordor.
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This would probably only make sense if the next biome is rather mountainous - and not too far either (you don't want to see the Grey Mountains of Harad as soon as you enter the Ocean biome south of Gondor...) but in general this has the potential to make the game more immersive...
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That makes sense, maybe it could also be based on cooridantes
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Nice thought, but too much trouble for minimal realism enhancing effect afaic. A clear 'nay' from me.
Many disagree with me on this, so I just endorsed it nonetheless.
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Maybe this should only be the case for mountain biomes.
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it could also be an option that you can turn on and off.
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It'd be nice as well, when quests are implemented to have changed skylines to show that. So during the battle of Pellenor fields you could see a Fell Beast near Minas Tirith or smoke rising from the chapel (When Denethor died).
(Edited by James of the iron hills)