Official Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim thread!

[Veho Nex]

You guys are all just milk drinkers.

[LeftEyeNine]

You can actually FUS RO DAH! now.

[Divine Wind]

You guys are all just milk drinkers.

Whats wrong, did someone steal your sweetroll?

[rajpoot]

You can actually FUS RO DAH! now.

Niiiice find

I just have to get my mic port repaired now....

[tibilicus]

What's the actual point of Dragon smithing when Daedric Armour has better stats?

[rajpoot]

What's the actual point of Dragon smithing when Daedric Armour has better stats?

I'm guessing they were trying to keep a balance between the old and new.
Daedric armour has traditionally been the strongest in all TES games to date, AFAIK. To nerf that in favour of dragon armour wouldn't have made much sense.
But on the other hand Dragon Armour is nearly as good, and has a different look to it (one I don't much like BTW...the helmet's cool, but everything is else is too boney).

Anyway none of it matters. With enough points in smithing and a few well chosen items with smithing-fortifying enchantments on them you can eaisly reach the armour level cap, even with Orcish or Steel plate.

Personally I wish that they should've made the Draugr armour look cooler. It's got a really nice looking helmet and everything else looks like leather and fur.

[LeftEyeNine]

Skyrim HD textures change your game a lot.

However if you ever decide to give that a go, do not forget to use Skyrim 4GB so that 4GB of a virtual memory could be allocated to your Skyrim as well as -afterwards- adding iMaxAllocatedMemoryBytes=3000000000 under [Papyrus] in your Skyrim.ini file that is located at My Games\Skyrim.

[Beskar]

What's the actual point of Dragon smithing when Daedric Armour has better stats?

Other than being lighter, Dragon Armour is far easier to get the mats for.

[naut]

Other than being lighter, Dragon Armour is far easier to get the mats for.

Looks better.

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Shout mod is excellent. I often get the wrong shout, but it does own.

[Monk]

Other than being lighter, Dragon Armour is far easier to get the mats for.

I do enjoy genres wherein making suits out of my enemies is considered socially acceptable.

[LeftEyeNine]

Oh in addition to Skyrim HD Textures, these complement best:

Vurt's Flora

Lush Trees

I should reiterate that in case you use these mods Skyrim 4GB is a must to evade crashes and purple textures problems.

ATI users are advised to turn off AA and AF from the game and use ATI CCC to apply such settings. It indeed allows a drastic FPS incrase especially after patching the game with the Hi-Res texture packs above.

Nvidia users (I'm not one) are told to tweak to certain configurations via a tool called Nvidia Inspector as instructed here.

The game is over-dull with its original textures. No wonder why we were amazed at the smoothness of the graphics maxed out. Textures are too light to create any burden on a good rig although top notch is switched.

[naut]

Those HD textures look great. But, my machine is just barely doing the job with the graphics as they currently are. And my machine is pretty decent... so I think I'll give those a miss for now... =P

TBH, the game runs like poop on my machine. No idea why. Every other game I have runs fine. (AMD Phenom II x6 OC 3.5Ghz [down-clocking to default specs doesn't help], HD5870, 8gb RAM) I consistently get about 25fps on anything above medium settings.


Hmmm. OCing down and back up to 3.5Ghz seems to have done the trick. Runs beautifully. I knew it was CPU bound, but didn't realise how much so.

[LeftEyeNine]

For those looking to push their monster rig further and enhance Skyrim visuals even further should try out ENBSeries.

Make sure you have a top notch gfx card though.

[naut]

Make sure you have a top notch gfx card though.

TBH. CPU is more important for Skyrim. It is bound to 2 cores, performance on anything below an solid i5 or heavily oced AMD rig is not great.

[LeftEyeNine]

I've read that the game is heavily CPU-bound however I doubt it's the same about post-processing injections, e.g. SSAO, like ENBSeries do. Are you sure, matey ?

[Lemur]

[P]erformance on anything below an solid i5 or heavily oced AMD rig is not great.

Depends on how you're defining "not great"; I've been playing on a lightly OCed Core 2 Duo E6600, and I'm doing just fine. I was chuffed when one of the Skyrim team's patch notes talked about optimizing for Core 2 Duo performance. They like me! They really, really like me!

[LeftEyeNine]

Lads, lads...

Here is what we were looking for.

UP FOR GRABS.

[naut]

Thanks for the link LEN, I'll give it a whirl.

Depends on how you're defining "not great";

My definition of "not great" is ultra settings at 1080p running at a stuttery 25fps. Which, yes, is a little different from many other's definitions. However, if a game is pretty, I want it at it's prettiest.

[LeftEyeNine]

Please report back about (non-existent) benefits, Psychonaut.

[naut]

Ok. Tested.

Settings:

1080p
AAx8
AFx8
Textures=High
Radial Blur=low (personal preference, I hate radial and motion blur in any and every game)
Shadows=High (ultra has minimal improvement for the fps hit)
Decals=Ultra
FXAA=On
Reflect=All
View Distance=Max
Distant Objects=Medium

Testing Area:

Markarth, probably the most visually demanding area in the game. A good combination of NPCs, ambient activity, water and distant objects. Starting from the entrance, looping to the left, up to Understone Keep, to the Guard Tower, round to Vlindrell and back to the entrance. A place where my fps was always average at best.


Without Tweak:

Max fps: 43
Avg fps: ~35
Min fps: 19

Minimum was reached at the entrance to Vlindrell, with the view of the valley, the city and three waterfalls dropping fps.


With Tweak:

Max fps: 45
Avg fps: ~35
Min fps: 21

Overall, it made a minor difference. The minimum occurred in the same spot, and a 2fps gain there. It seems to make a difference, but it would probably be more pronounced on a weaker rig.

[Drunk Clown]

All of this is exactly why I bought the Xbox 360 Version. Moderate load times, no frame-rate issues.

But you are ****ed harder when you encounter bugs :)

[LeftEyeNine]

All of this is exactly why I bought the Xbox 360 Version. Moderate load times, no frame-rate issues.

With even more dumbed-down textures, it must be a joy to behold, mate.

[Vuk]

Vine grow and twine,
Green and curl. Choke and bind;
Leaves unfurled. Formsie spine;
Tumble wall. Wreath and vine,
Cover all, Leafsie mine.
Call the vine!
Call the Green!
Bringsie forth world be seen!

Storm black, and blow
Swirly gusts! Rain! Winds flow,
Pushing dust. Storm Clouds grow
Darksie. Clouds lightning throw;
Misty shroud; freezie snow
Call the Storm!
Call the gray!
Bringsie forth world's old way!

Flame, burning heat!
Fences charred blazie sheet.
Blackened tar manflesh meat!
Melting gears dance and leap,
Manfool's fear come to reap!
Call the fire!
Call the red!
Bringsie forth past not dead!

Tide rise and fall.
River flood, rain and squall,
Churning mud. Dam, break all
Sea waves wash swampy Squall
Sewer slosh drain pipes stall
Call the wave
Call the blue
Bringsie forth world anew!

Stone grind and quake.
Shatter tile! Columns shake
Brick unpile! Chip and flake!
Darky soil; Windows break!
Earthy toil; wall unmake!
Call earth!
Call the brown!
Bringsie back world thrown down!

Night smother light
Black break lamp! Done with bright.
Dew and damp smother tight.
Dark, and hide foolsie sight.
Stay inside fear the night!
Call the dark!
Call the Black!
Bringsie forth; I call it back!

Open for me
Open to me
Open my way
Open the path
Open for me
Open

[Centurion1]

just got for 360.

holy *******************

im tempted to swear because it deserves it.

[Centurion1]

what doesnt deserve it is me buying a game for a 360 that freezes twice in the space of thirty minutes. seriously lower the graphics a little before you allow that.

[Centurion1]

hasnt for a couple hours which eases me.

this game is gorgeous will weigh in more tmmrw.

happy holidays yall

[rajpoot]

I gotta say, this one is certainly more immersive than any of the other Elder Scrolls games. I picked a big tough Nord Warrior guy for a character, and I'm currently following the Stormcloak storyline. Its pretty sweet. I don't recall caring one whit about Oblivion's storyline after it became apparent that I was, in fact, going to have to go into all of those damned irritating Oblivion gates.

Ahh I did the same thing until one particular story mission which made me realise that Stormcloak is indeed the 'less-good' way to pick. That made me feel so distressed I started the game again from an older save losing over three days worth of gameplay.

Speak to the mage in Solitude's court. That's an eye opener.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

And infiltrate the Thalmor Embassy. Even bigger proof there.

[Centurion1]

im usually a steath bow guy but i too chose a nord warrior using a massive two hander. i feel distressingly over powered though tbh.

[Hamata]

I'm more of a warrior charector then battle mage etc

ps what's your favorite race in the game mines kajite or how ever you spell it

[thefluffyone93]

Sneak overpowered? Meh.

How bout an Orc with a 100 in smithing, conjuration, heavy armor, and one-handed?
A tank like that with full legendary Daedric Armor is tough to kill, as is the two storm Atronachs I can summon at once!