OFFICIAL Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim (Discussion)

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Nov 25, 2011

theJesus said:
Dude, in this thread, it would get buried real fast

Anyways, short answer would just be to collect every book you come across, then next time you unload at your house, start reading. You can usually tell pretty quickly whether the book is boring or not by the tone. The ones with a narrative tone that actually tell a story are good and the ones that read like a fucking history book tend to be boring and only worth reading to increase you're knowledge of the lore.

Off the top of my head, I'll recommend a few:
-Of course the ones above.
-Mystery of Talara
-Beggar, Thief, and whatever the other books are in this series (at the end of each one it names the next)
-Thief of Virtue
-Argonian Account

on top of my head, I only have one:
- The Lusty Argonian Maid

entropy13 · Nov 25, 2011

I got a lot of books, some were carry overs from previous games too like that book about Ionith. Then there's about the Dragonborn, about Dragons, How Not to Get Killed (I think is the title? LOL), then the Barenziah biographies (which are carry overs too), etc.

Iceni · Nov 25, 2011

Confirmed:

Skyrim saves are not saved on steam as well!!! LMAO

If you have to format make sure you have your save games backed up somewhere first!!

Just re-rolling my archer now!

1Kurgan1 · Nov 25, 2011

Yep, all your saves are stored in My Documents > My Games > Skyrim. And if you tweak your ini's you should back those up as well.

LAN_deRf_HA · Nov 25, 2011

Just tried Skyrim on my old one off 8800 GTS 1024. Ultra played fine at around 30 fps after I dropped the AA down, paired with a 2500k.

Mussels · Nov 25, 2011

loaded my game.

saw a weird smoosh effect, wondered what it was.

went to third person.

what.

the.

fuck.

i have no head.

Black Panther · Nov 25, 2011

Can you still 'see' from your character's perspective or are you seeing from your character's decapitated head? :laugh:

1Kurgan1 · Nov 25, 2011

Mussels said:
loaded my game.

saw a weird smoosh effect, wondered what it was.

went to third person.

http://img.techpowerup.org/111125/Capture026.jpg

what.

the.

fuck.

i have no head.

You need to calm down, theres no reason to lose your head over this situation.

Black Panther · Nov 25, 2011

Do a sexchange twice. It removed the arrows from my head. So who knows it might give you your head back. In the worst scenario, it might give you something else.........

ViperXTR · Nov 25, 2011

So ive read someone's journal

Cicero from the dark brotherhood posed as a fanatic of the grand champion from Cyrodill lol adoring fan anyone?

entropy13 · Nov 25, 2011

ViperXTR said:
So ive read someone's journal

Cicero from the dark brotherhood posed as a fanatic of the grand champion from Cyrodill lol adoring fan anyone?

He was a Wood Elf. Cicero is human, an Imperial.

He posed as a "fanatic fan," but not necessarily the one from the game? Or at the least he killed THAT one and posed as that guy.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Cicero

Super XP · Nov 25, 2011

ViperXTR said:
Imo they dont need to put the latest graphical technology in it (maybe just optional such as tesselation) but at least take advantage of all multicore/thread processors of today along with the advanced capabilities and optimizations of new GPUs that could still scale down well (to DX9 level consoles). Heck they may wanna take advantage of DirectCompute/OpenCL or maybe even CUDA/APP for texture decoding (for better looking textures) and let the CPU handle all the non graphical tasks such as AI/path finding/physics and other game assets, and yeah, more than 2GB of addressable memory XD. Even console emulators take advantage of these advanced technologies lol.

Fully agree.
Hopefully they can release a game changer patch for Skyrim where both multi-core CPU and GPU will be fully utilized properly along with allowing the game to use more than 2GB of Ram. Right now we should have a campaign where we voice our opinion and perhaps per-sway Bethesda . We are the ones that buy the game. Money talks, Bull*hit walks.

ViperXTR · Nov 25, 2011

entropy13 said:
He was a Wood Elf. Cicero is human, an Imperial.

He posed as a "fanatic fan," but not necessarily the one from the game? Or at the least he killed THAT one and posed as that guy.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Cicero

Lol i was just saying that its quite a reference from the previous game, no need to go explain and all, besides that was 200 years ago XD
Their voice even sounded the same (if not the same voice actor that is)

Iceni · Nov 25, 2011

I just had this naked courier hand me a letter.... I do not want to know where he has been keeping it!!!!

catnipkiller · Nov 25, 2011

Im stuck in some ice caves and i dont know what to do and i dont know how to make spoilers.

Its the mages college part.

Black Panther · Nov 25, 2011

catnipkiller said:
Im stuck in some ice caves and i dont know what to do and i dont know how to make spoilers.

Its the mages college part.

I can't help since I haven't done those quests yet, but here's how to do the spoiler bit:

{spoiler} write your stuff here bla bla bla {/spoiler}

Just replace the brackets with the square ones like this [ and this ] instead of the curly { } ones I used

And it'll appear like this:

write your stuff here bla bla bla

entropy13 · Nov 25, 2011

catnipkiller said:
Im stuck in some ice caves and i dont know what to do and i dont know how to make spoilers.

Its the mages college part.

You're in Saarthal? Stuck where? Don't know what to do at what point of the quest?

Darkleoco · Nov 25, 2011

91% utilization on both of my GPU's so I assume that means I have plenty of room for modding the game without losing all my FPS?

Black Panther · Nov 25, 2011

Big sad.

Around a week ago I ordered the hardbound prima guide from Amazon. I told them to ship within 4 weeks (I didn't want to be tempted to read any spoilers).

Now I found this email

Regarding Order xxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx from Amazon.com

1 of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector's Edition: Prima Official Game Guide

Greetings from Amazon.com,

If your credit card payment could not be completed, the issuing bank may have declined the charge if the name, expiration date, or ZIP Code you entered at Amazon.com does not exactly match the bank's information.

Valid payment information must be received within 1 days, otherwise your order will be canceled.

Duh wtf?!? I have been using this same credit card for over 4 years now to send gifts, to pay ebay, for paypal, on overclockers.co.uk, to buy games on Steam, to purchase from gameplay.co.uk etc etc etc....

And now that I had found a guide for Skyrim on Amazon at a terribly good price it gets refused? :wtf:

What hurts most is that I didn't check my email within 24 hours as they requested. So my order got cancelled. AND apparently the hard-bound Skyrim guide is no longer available either :cry:

Edit: It's available but it's more than x3 the price I originally ordered it, it's at $67.49 now... (w..t..f..???) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307891402/?tag=tec06d-20 :twitch:

For my original order it was around ~20 USD :confused:

I'm wondering whether it was true that my bank declined my credit card... I might give them a call tomorrow... :pimp:

Darkleoco · Nov 25, 2011

Black Panther said:
Big sad.

Around a week ago I ordered the hardbound prima guide from Amazon. I told them to ship within 4 weeks (I didn't want to be tempted to read any spoilers).

Now I found this email

Duh wtf?!? I have been using this same credit card for over 4 years now to send gifts, to pay ebay, for paypal, on overclockers.co.uk, to buy games on Steam, to purchase from gameplay.co.uk etc etc etc....

And now that I had found a guide for Skyrim on Amazon it gets refused.

What hurts most is that I didn't check my email within 24 hours as they requested. So my order got cancelled. AND apparently the hard-bound Skyrim guide is no longer available either

Edit: It's available but it's more than x3 the price I originally ordered it, it's at $67.49 now... (w..t..f..???) http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307891402/?tag=tec06d-20

For my original order it was around ~20 USD

I'm wondering whether it was true that my bank declined my credit card... I might give them a call tomorrow...

Amazon IMHO has a reputation for being a poor site :/ many of my orders from them in the past have arrived with the boxes considerably beat up, its a shame you have to lose out on the hard-bound version due to an error on their side :/

Super XP · Nov 25, 2011

Testing Only

Darkleoco · Nov 25, 2011

Skyrim Total Enhancement Project is amazing

Black Panther · Nov 25, 2011

Darkleoco said:
Skyrim Total Enhancement Project is amazing

link please?

human_error · Nov 25, 2011

Black Panther said:
link please?

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11

Easy Rhino · Nov 25, 2011

meh. this game looks and runs fabulous for me so i dont think i will bother until i see a dx11 patch.

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OFFICIAL Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim (Discussion)

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Iceni

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The Knife in your Back

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Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Black Panther

1Kurgan1

The Knife in your Back

Black Panther

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entropy13

Super XP

ViperXTR

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