Official Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim thread!

[TinCow]

horrorview from SkyrimNexus has a tiny collection of "Sexy" re-texturing collections for villages and towns, followed by Riften, Windhelm and Winterhold College for now, upon the success of the first.

"Sexy" stuff, although improving dumbed-down textures is an attraction indeed, raised my eyebrow since I wondered if warmer colours would spoil the intended ambiance of the game. You know the color palette must have been chosen carefully for an atmospheric game like this. If any of you dares trying, let me know about your thoughts on the mod.

Rumor has it that the construction kit download will also include official High-Res textures for the game. It's scheduled to be released on Tuesday.

[Gregoshi]

Lol i forgot about my own thread! i havent played the game in a while since to me after the story, everything just got dull,does anyone agree with me? i might start playing again killing some random gaurds

Story? There's a story? Just kidding, I'm having a hard time paying any attention to the main story with everything else there is to do. I'm just over 1/3 of the way through the main quest. I've got a bad case of "Yes, I'll help you sir/ma'am." and "Oh look! A cave!".

[LeftEyeNine]

Oh, Greg-sensei, I should have predicted long before that we are surely from the same clan.

[HopAlongBunny]

. I've got a bad case of "Yes, I'll help you sir/ma'am." and "Oh look! A cave!".

Much the same for me on my first couple of starts. When I got a toon I was happy with, I still said "yes!" to all requests but pushed the main quest. I was afraid that waiting too long would result in the same thing as Oblivion: You might be the most powerful thing in Tamriel, but you will never! get Martin through alive!!! Muahahahaa!

As far as I can tell, there is no need to worry. Enjoy your journey! :)

ps: do NOT take any follower you wish to keep, on the last stage of Meridia's quest.

[Chirurgeon]

Here is the link to my AAR:

Life In The Stronghold

[Lemur]

A journey with a farmer named turnip.

[Drunk Clown]

[LeftEyeNine]

Tried official Hi-Res Textures DLC yet ? Anybody ?

[Monk]

Yeah I did. Some improvement in a number of places especially on character models and wood/tree textures, but there are still mods that have added better texturing. The one i've seen people drawing the most comparisons with is Skyrim HD, which seems noticeably better than the High Res pack.

Honestly I'm more impressed with patch 1.4 and the optimization fixes. The game now runs as well unmodded as it did when I had it loaded with half a dozen optimization tweaks. And it only took themfour months, impressive.

[HopAlongBunny]

The patch seems good, although I am back to stutter-casting sometimes.

Game has a lot of content to while away the hours, but I won't be recommending it to anyone. Way too often I get to the end of a dungeon slog capping off a quest, and there is no "Hurrah!" at the end. It just makes me really annoyed to go through the whole bit, and end up having to rely on the console to complete.

I suppose I should be glad I can save the game that way; I'm not.

[Gregoshi]

There are lots of "funny" Skyrim videos out there, but this short one just cracks me up every time.

[lars573]

I'm partial to this one. But you know potty mouth and all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlC6...2GLdVimB20LsZv

[HopAlongBunny]

The vids for this game are quite a varied lot; many of them very funny :)
For all my moaning about the game I have logged over 400hrs at it...can't be all bad :p Maybe I would recommend it to others.

[lars573]

I just hope they announce a DLC soon.

Also THIS IS SKYRIM!

[rajpoot]

It's supposed to be a song from Skyrim. TBH I never heard it in-game but who cares. It's really well sung.

[Gregoshi]

The recent Catalyst driver update for Radeon cards (12.2 - but it has been refered to as 12.3 in some places) causes graphic pixelation in Skyrim. Seems to affect water, reflected light and other such things. The only solution I've found is to uninstall 12.2 and reinstall 12.1. It works.

Go to AMD.com support page and select your card class and operating system. At the download page, look for the "previous drivers" link and select it. Find 12.1 on the page and download it. Run the installer, first time to uninstall current drivers and then after rebooting, run it a second time to install the 12.1 drivers.

[Monk]

The recent Catalyst driver update for Radeon cards (12.2 - but it has been refered to as 12.3 in some places) causes graphic pixelation in Skyrim. Seems to affect water, reflected light and other such things. The only solution I've found is to uninstall 12.2 and reinstall 12.1. It works.

Go to AMD.com support page and select your card class and operating system. At the download page, look for the "previous drivers" link and select it. Find 12.1 on the page and download it. Run the installer, first time to uninstall current drivers and then after rebooting, run it a second time to install the 12.1 drivers.

This is one time where not keeping up to date with my graphics driver has saved me a lot of hassle. I've been thinking about playing Skyrim again all week and this would have surely ruined that. Thanks for the heads up Gregoshi.

[lars573]

Imma go hug my Xbox now.

[Quid]

The PS3 version is virtually unplayable after you reach a certain level. It crashes constantly. Bummer!

Quid

[Kekvit Irae]

Decided to try my hand at modding Skyrim now.

Came up with a small mod to remove the Dragon Priest Masks from a character model.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=13371

[HopAlongBunny]

I find it intriguing that dragons are not "treasure hoards" in the usual sense; instead of vast piles of gold and goodies you get some gold and products (bones/skin) It seems more akin to landing a whale in that respect. Given the number of dragons you end up killing that's a good thing :)

[lars573]

Actually Dragon lairs have some nice loot. And some times word walls.

[rajpoot]

Mounted combat

I uninstalled the game, and my HDD is filled to the brim so I cannot try it right now
Here's hoping it's like M&B or better.

[johnhughthom]

Here's hoping it's like M&B or better.

Not asking for much there, are you mate!

[Greyblades]

Considering it's bethesda we're talking about, I dont think it would be unreasonable.

[johnhughthom]

Considering it's bethesda we're talking about, I dont think it would be unreasonable.

I don't really understand that sentence, do Bethesda have some reputation for making great combat engines I'm unaware of?

[rajpoot]

Once they know what they have to do, I don't think replicating M&Bs combat should be all that hard.
I mean they don't have to do the lances or polearms at all, nor have they done the shields as far as I know. And the horse/riding bit is already decent enough.

Anyhow by what I know this actually started out as an in-house mod at Bethesda itself. Then they liked the idea and decided to release it as a patch.

[johnhughthom]

I've re-downloaded Skyrim and have opted in to the beta. I'll let you know my thoughts on the mounted combat when I get a horse, I'm quite a slow player though, so could be a few days. Unless I just steal one.

[rajpoot]

I've re-downloaded Skyrim and have opted in to the beta. I'll let you know my thoughts on the mounted combat when I get a horse, I'm quite a slow player though, so could be a few days. Unless I just steal one.

Much obliged.
You can also use the console to just give yourself one. :D

[Greyblades]

I don't really understand that sentence, do Bethesda have some reputation for making great combat engines I'm unaware of?

Not really but they're pretty much the only company I have an interest in (other than Stardock) that hasn't really screwed up royaly yet.