TES V: Skyrim Discussion Thread

I still don't understand your issue from looking at the screenshot. You mean the clouds are too thick?

If you want clear skies there is a console command you can use to change the weather.

 

went on another laptop in the house and the clouds look normal which is bad because means something wrong with my cards or screen time to call support

 

I've encountered a couple of bugs in Skyrim, and I wanted to confirm that others have experienced them as well. (That way I know its the game not my system). The bugs I've encountered are:

Hovering over a book, and then clicking "E" some times results in the book being attached to the cursor and being dragged around the screen (in this state the book flaps open, and can knock other items around and over).
Hovering over an item, and then clicking "E" to pick it up some times knocks the item over, continuing to click on the item can continue to knock it around, but if done enough (or rapidly) it will eventually pick it up.
Running forward (W key) and jumping (Space Bar key) some times results in the character not jumping. (I've noticed that some times when I notice the character doesn't jump if I move away from the spot (often next to rocks, walls, shelves, bookcases, ore deposits, etc) and jumping it works again.

Anyone else encounter these bugs?

 

I haven't had any issues at all with clicking E (mapped to middle mouse button) to read books since Patch 1.1 or 1.2 back in December of last year. (prior to that there were some problems for those of us who used custom keybindings)

As for running and jumping, holding down W while pressing my jump key (mapped to my Nostromo d-pad), doesn't cause any problems for me.

 

O Dragonborn; where art thou?

 

My guess is it's going to silently appear on Steam next week with no formal announcement.

 

I did a normal walkthrough when it was released, all major quest and items, but none of the DLCs. How many hours of gameplay the 2 big DLCs suppose to make up?

 

I'd say it's enough new stuff to try at least 2 or 3 more playthroughs. Each playthrough seems to last about 100-200 hours for me, just joining one or two factions and playing up to around level 30.

 

huh, seems like I should preping mods and save (since my old save are gone).

 

Did anyone else find this game sort of disappointing when compared to morrowind or even oblivion?

 

I wouldn't call it disappointing. It was unfortunate that it was such a console port and there were so many issues with the release, but that's Bethesda for you. It did add a ton of features the community asked for. I.E. dual wield weapons and magic, horseback combat (though added late) , and the fully open skill trees. Just to name a few. It also has a much greater following mod wise thanks to a growing modding community and Steam.

 

I know there are some Morrowind fans who didn't like Skyrim or Oblivion, but I think anyone who enjoyed Oblivion will probably love Skyrim.

Oblivion used to be my favorite game, played it for hundreds of hours. Then Skyrim came along and I don't think I'll ever be able to go back and play Oblivion again.

 

Agreed. I used to have 2k plus saves in Oblivion with hundreds of hours put into it. Now I have Skyrim with about 4.5k saves and close to 500 hours of gameplay and I'm on my second play (never did the main quest in the first play, just thieves-assassins-side quests). The mods are much better and with 125 carefully set up mods (for compatibility) I now have a very immersive and interactive Skyrim world around me. Can't go back to any other open sandbox game without feeling like it's missing something.

 

the Skyrim graphics felt a lot more like Morrowind to me. the armor models (especially imperial) the castles... and dwemer ruins! loveeee dwemer ruins! They all felt like Morrowind. the controls and menu systems where heinous on a keyboard though. The Skyrim storyline felt weak too and the archery combat was annoying how arrows did not fire where you aimed.

If I play the game again I will definitely be looking for mods to fix the archery combat/menu systems.

 

To me skyrim was disappointing because in morrowind there was a huge range of variety in environments.. There was slowly tundra.. Huge cities.. Little villages.. Shore communities, all the guards had different Armor on based on the environment, and style of city, such as the sandy scarf bone mold of the desert vs the golden knight ordinator Armor of vivc. Vivc had a huge city feel while the desert cities building all looked like... Desert shells. In skyrim, all the guards look the same. All the environments look the same, and for the most part, all the cities look the same. Just a bunch of snow and mountains everywhere and the cities architecture is pretty much the same everywhere.

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Well, let's be fair.

Skyrim does not have the variance in climates the other games have.

If you have ever been to a snow-locked place, the buildings do indeed look very similar to each other.
Why? because functionality trumps flair when its your life on the line. Freezing to death sucks.

Furthurmore, people tend to look similar as they are all covered up for the most part and distinguishing features get hidden in clothing.
That, and in Skyrim, most people are of a specific genetic makeup as not many other people have the endurance to live in such a less-than-hospitable place.

I do realize Bethesda had to draw a line and make some sacrifices to allow the consoles to play this, but coming from a person who lives in a climate very similar to Skyrim (except we don't have mountains) they did a pretty good job in relaying the environment despite their limitations.

My biggest gripe was the dumbing-down of the character creation. This is a sacrifice that didn't have to be made as it is not a hardware limitation.
This didn't make Skyrim a bad game overall, it just limited my enjoyment a bit.

 

I thought some of the underground environments where pretty cool... I cant remember the one specifically but there was a specific dwemer ruin with beautiful glowing plants that was just amazing.

man this is making me want to install skyrim again

 

Blackreach is what you're talking about, I think. It's beautiful, dark, underground, and very large area, with all sorts of glowing plant life. Bethsoft should've implemented this area more into the game, IMHO.

Just recently got back into Skyrim after a 7 or 8 month break. Was just too burned out.

Bought a MUCH more powerful rig than I had back on 11/11/11, when I bought the game on launch day. Having a good time again with all the new mods, and its especially nice to come back to Skyrim and find all the old mods I was using, are matured, stable, and more content.

Thinking ability getting Dragonreach DLC.

 

Have you guys seen a better deal than this for Skyrim? Actually, it includes Oblivion GOTY, Morrowind GOTY, Skyrim, Hearthfire and Dawnguard. It's a single Steam key.

Buy Elder Scrolls Bundle - Oblivion GOTY, Morrowind GOTY, Skyrim, Hearthfire and Dawnguard on PC-Games | Free UK Delivery | GAME

 

Seems almost too good to be true.

The cheapest I've seen it is US$29.99 excluding any DLC.

 

It's a nice deal, but you forget that's in british pounds.

 

Promised myself the next time Skyrim goes on sale I'm going to finally take the plunge.

 

£20.61 for Skyrim + Dawnguard + Hearthfire + Oblivion GOTY and Morrowind GOTY still sounds pretty amazing to me, almost too good to be true

 

Awesome mod

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two of my all time favorite games. rolled into one. mother of god.

 

So the DLC Dragonborn came out not too long ago.

With PoE having some server issues, I think I'll grab Dragonborn and dive back in.

Anyone find anything stunning in Dragonborn they'd like to share?

 

Not really. I'd recommend getting the "unofficial Dragonborn patch", off of the nexus. Many people, myself included, had a glitch where you could not absorb dragon souls, which will pretty much make the end of it unplayable. The patch fixed it.

Other than that, it's an interesting island. Average in size. The inclusion of music not heard since Morrowind, was very nice! Subtle, but it was pretty cool stoping in my tracks, and realizing I'm hearing stuff I haven't heard in many years. I played Bloodmoon/Tribunal, way back in the day, and it was also cool being able to walk on Soltsheim after being gone for so long.

Eh; I'm enjoying it.

 

It's 82.45 for me now :/ .

 

You're not the only one! I've only put an hour or two in it so far but I'm loving seeing Morrowind ashlander architecture and hearing the return of the old music. It was almost like they listened to the fans when creating this dlc and stuck a part of Morrowind into Skyrim.

 

Exact opposite to stunning for me - i gave it a couple of hours play and have shelved it as there's very little in new experiences there. The look isnt even that different other than snow being replaced with ash!

Bit of waste of money IMHO

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I moved to a new house where satellite or 3g is the only way to get internet...
AKA, no more multilayer FPSs for me


I know with BF3 there were a few 'overseas' alternatives. Is there anything smiler for skyrim?


I have nothing against paying for games, but it's been out a year and is still $60

 

My guess is you'll see it 50% off at least in the steam spring sale. It was at that discount over the holidays.

 

I've just tried a few enb mods and they absolute cripple performance on my machine.

Do any of you guys use it and what preset?

 

Guess what.. it's now $39.99.. looks like normal price now..

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Steam

 

yeah, it does that to any system.

um right now, im rocking yaddas enb. it's extremely crisp, and not to over the top.
but hey, it still kills the frames, usually never goes below 31.

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Skyrim is my favourite game. I love its graphics and storyline. Generally - i love games with open world. And Dragonborn DLC - amazing. Especially for someone who likes Morrowind.

 

before I buy... How well would it run on my system?

m6600
i5 2520
m8900 (amd 6970)
16gb ram

Or is it horribly optimized and a CPU hog, like BF3...

 

you should be fine at highish settings. I had it running maxed out at 1080p on a Nvidia GTX 460 and AMD 955 3.2GHz quad. Unless im mistaken your system is quit a bit more powerful. Skyrim seemed to be fairly well optimized on the PC, though I flat out hated the in game GUI.

 

I played it (and am still playing it) with a wired 360 controller. It's a much better experience.

 

I'm using skyui, it improves the interface a lot.

 

Picked it up last night...

What mods should I have from the beginning?

 

The Unofficial Patches
ENB if you can run it
UFO - It isn't working quite right with Dragonborn so dismiss all your followers before you begin that xpac but besides that i feel that UFO should have been in the game since the beginning
SkyUI
Dance of Death
Winter is coming
Cloaks of Skyrim (Both WOC and COK need to be configured a specific way in order for them to function properly together, make sure you read the "Read Me")

There's a butt load of textures mods, too many to list; I would go through them on the nexus and find the good ones

There's a lot more that I can't think of right now - I run probably over a 100 mods so I can't list them all without being at home but along with mods you'll want SKSE and BOSS.

 

Hold off on the mods for a few days; a new patch is about to launch [1.9; it is currently in BETA]. 1.9 could render some mods incompatible, and we'll need the mod author to update them.
http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1447548-19-beta-update-on-steam/

 

I have a small list of mods that I use to only enhance the setting, atmosphere, and visuals of the game, as well as some bug fixes. Nothing I have listed should alter the balance to make things too easy and keeps that rather vanilla-like.

A Quality World Map
Better Dynamic Snow
Complete Crafting Overhaul
Enhanced Blood Textures
Ethereal Elven Overhaul
Immersive Armors
Improved NPC Clothing - High Res
Lush Trees
No More Blocky Faces
Project Reality - Climates of Tamriel
Real Ice
Realistic Ragdolls Force
Ruins Clutter Improved
Skyrim Flora Overhaul
Skyrim HD - 2K Textures
SkyUI
Smithing Perks Overhaul
Statis Mesh Improvement
Unofficial Skyrim Patch
Visible Windows
W.A.T.E.R. - Water and Terrain Enhancement Redux
Weapons and Armor Fixes

These are all from the Skyrim Nexus. I also have uGrids set to 9, and the game looks gorgeous and runs completely smooth on my system at 60FPS on max settings, occasionally dipping to 45-50FPS at the lowest. I've never used any ENB injectors and felt that things look beautiful the way they are, so I have no experience with that.

 

I played for an hour/2 I'm thoroughly unimpressed....

oblivion looked better, skyrim looks like a DX9 game.
It's almost as bad as the dirt series for console port feel.
No character creation? Really!!??? I want my battlemage argonion...
I haven't checked FPS, but movement seems really choppy.
No hotkeys?
So far it seems incredibly easy, I can walk into a group of bandits and kill them all without taking any damage.

 

Skyrim is not a console port. It was developed for both intentionally.

You havent even scratched the surface really...
2 hours isn't enough to even get the slightest ilking of a game of this magnitude.

Skyrim looks a LOT better with the texture patch and mods. Oblivion (without mods) isn't better than the PC version of Skyrim.

Character creation was indeed simplified from previous elder scrolls games, and this is a loss... but the game still allows many different ways to advance and many different ways to play.
Argonian Battlemages are still quite possible.

Either your PC is awful, or your settings need tweaking... Skyrim runs quite smoothly on even lesser hardware. My almost 6-yr-old laptop can play at 720p with medium/low settings smoothly...

Read up on Favorites and hotkey them. You must have missed the tutorial prompts, or haven't played long enough to get them yet.

If the game is too easy for you, turn up the difficulty. This should present a reasonably good challenge until endgame where you are 20+ levels higher than everything else in the game.
Honestly, I think you have just barely beaten the tutorial and wondering why you are curbstomping everything...
You aren't supposed to even come close to dying in the tutorial...

 

There is character creation.. And just like other elder scrolls games, you gain skills at your choosing. Be a destruction school and weapon master if you want.

Also, if you think it's easy, enable beta access and get the 1.9 patch from steam. Apparently there is a new legendary difficulty level. Not sure if you can choose that out of the gate or not, I haven't played Skyrim yet since the patch was available to check it out. I think it landed on March 4 so it's rather new.

Edit.. Wait... And oblivion looked better? Stock? There's so much wrong with that statement I can't even respond. Must be trolling..

 

according to fraps, my system gets 60fps inside and 50-60fps outside...
It looks like the stuttering is caused by Vsync...


Oblivion looked better, I'm sick of the brown/grey filter on everything.

The menu system sucks, I'm constantly buying/selling/picking up things I dont want to.
No mouse speed adjustment?!

 

/shrug
It sounds like you are just getting the hang of adjusting your settings.

I am from a similar climate to Skyrim... from RL experience, the look of Skyrim with the texture pack is fairly decent, and much closer to reality than the default Oblivion technicolor filter.

While it isn't the best menu system ever... it's more than usable.

The meat of Skyrim is the loving attention to detail and the things which simply happen in game.

Much like Oblivion, the best parts are actually community add-ons which make the game truly shine.

I too enjoyed Oblivion... but Skyrim is a worthy successor.
Game of the year and for good reason IMHO.