Mount & Blade: Interview with Sheriff-murder of The Wutai War mod.

We have recently got in touch of the Mount & Blade modder known as Sheriff-murder about the upcoming The Wutai War mod. This mod has a fair amount of hype as it is based on the highly popular video game Final Fantasy VII by Square Enix and even has our own writer Lorven greatly anticipating the final release of this mod..

Link to the Mod discussion thread: http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/topic,59877.0.html

Sheriff-murder kindly answered several questions for me through a pm.

Questions

What was the main reason for picking Final Fantasy 7 over the others to base this mod on?
I am most familiar with Final Fantasy 7, and some of the latest releases has also given a lot of good sources to base the mod on.I also like the specific uniforms all the units have for each rank and class.

What about the Wutai War inspired you to create a mod based on it in Mount & Blade?
It was the most fitting to base a mod for a game like mount & blade from. Several times have people been posting about wanting a mod about old vs modern. Or a mod with the same aspect as the movie "the last samurai". And i liked the idea myself.

What are you currently working on for the mod?
I am currently working with Highelf on a code that is necessary to make the mod even playable.In short, it makes the lords, peasants and caravans able to travel inter-continental.

What sort of difficulties have you encountered while making this mod?
So far it has mostly been the previously mentioned code, it has been a series of two steps forward and one step back.

How did you get into modding in general?
I have always been into game development, in a couple of weeks i am moving to the capital here in Norway to study 3D and game development.I wanted to be prepared, so i started 3d modeling on my own. I also wanted to make use of my models, so i used them for a mod.

Is there anyway we can entice you to use the Final Fantasy 9 chocobo music for when you are travelling around the world map on a chocobo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZRHix-6WlQ&feature=related We'll see. * Wink*

I'd like to extend thanks from the Customized Games team for Sheriff-murder taking the time to answer our questions. If you want to help with The Wutai War then they currently need
Weapon and Armor modeler
Intermediate/Advanced coder
Scene props modeler
Scene mapper

Screenshots

A Chocobo Mount

An ingame battle

Midgar