Oblivion:Nirnroot Cataloging Project
Nirnroot Photos
Photos from the original Pocket Handbook lacked any standards, but generally followed the idea of showing one photo of the plant from a distance (the view you would see if following the route), and one photo up close. The photos are riddled with inconsistencies in lighting, angle, distance, etc. and need to be updated to more clearly communicate where each plant is visually.
The standards are currently being developed, with the following criteria being used as a rough outline:
- Photos must not contain subtitle text of any kind.
- Photos must not contain additional NPCs or creatures.
- Photos must have the Grass Distance setting at the lowest (slider to the left) since the player will have the same setting enabled for Nirnroot visibility.
- Photos must have the HUD visible, including the compass, which must not have the blue/red/green map markers visible.
- Photos must be in first-person perspective, with the player's fists/weapon lowered. The player should not be visible in any way.
- Ideally, notable landmarks should be visible in the photo is applicable.
Nirnroot Text Descriptions
Corn Tips
Photos often cannot fully describe the route the player must take to locate a plant. Descriptions (called "Corn Tips") in the original Handbook were often too vague, or not present at all. Ideally, each Nirnroot will have a text description that fully illustrates how the player can most easily find the plant.
The standards are currently being developed, with the following criteria being used as a rough outline:
- If a Nirnroot is most efficiently obtained by first fast traveling to a location, the description should start with instructing the player to do so.
Corn Jokes
Nirnroots that do not have a Corn Tip were previously filled in with a placeholder joke. To avoid confusion, these placeholders will be visually separate from the actual helpful information in future revisions. Ideally, every plant will have a Corn Joke of some kind that can be read for the sake of entertaining the audience during the Nirnroute.