OFFICIAL Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim (Discussion)

[Kwod]

im gonna come out and say it...THE UI SUCKS ASS!!!! WTF where they thinking,its like they didn't even play the damn thing :shadedshu

NONSENSE.....give it a chance, you'll get used to it
It's quite similar to FO3/Vegas, so if u can navigate thru them, u should be able to handle Skyrim.

 

[theJesus]

Getting used to it doesn't mean it's good.

edit: I wouldn't mind it quite as much if it actually selected what I'm pointing at with the mouse. Instead I have to wiggle the mouse back and forth over the thing I want until it decides to listen.

 

[Kwod]

Seriously, I discovered some random bitch out in a hut was a witch or something and then immediately killed her. Days later some hired thugs come after me and they had a contract from her

Yeah, it's like Big Brother's watching....anyway, on my first playthru I'm trying to do the right thing, however, I did test the effect of stealing in front of someone and they attacked me, so I did it behind closed doors, walked out to no reaction and thought nothing more, till 3 goons turned up

 

[theJesus]

Yeah, it's like Big Brother's watching....anyway, on my first playthru I'm trying to do the right thing, however, I did test the effect of stealing in front of someone and they attacked me, so I did it behind closed doors, walked out to no reaction and thought nothing more, till 3 goons turned up

lol. I try to be good as well, aside from stealing everything worth stealing. The only reason I killed that bitch though was because when I came back up from her basement she yelled something to the effect of "FFFUUU YOU KNOW MY SECRET!!!" and then tried to kill me.

 

[Kwod]

Getting used to it doesn't mean it's good.
.

But the way some people carry on it's like it's either 360 pad or nuthin, and I think that's ridiculous as so far, I've found this to be a reasonable console port....I mean, compare Skyrim's GFX to the garbage in New Vegas, heck, Skyrim Vanilla still looks better overall than Vegas with a 7 gig texture pack.

 

[theJesus]

I haven't any of Fallout games >.>

 

[Kwod]

I haven't any of Fallout games >.>

Damn boy, get cracking
I like both but Vegas is a kickass shooter, it has a huge range of guns, mods and alternate ammo, and thankfully they allowed the free use of scoped weapons given the size of the environments.

FO3 with the 1.2gig NMC texture pack is dramatically improved visually and my 6850 still gets 60FPS+ with it.

Vegas also has improved gameplay etc, but I still like the atmosphere in FO3 and I often found it funny.

 

[AphexDreamer]

I never really liked Wrye Bash for some reason. It's powerful, but OBMM was a lot easier to use. Is there something like OBMM for Skyrim?

Where did you add that at? And which file?

Edit: Posted this on GN earlier, but forgot to post it here . . .

"Just had some fun messing with the console in Skyrim and creating epic battles. Too bad all the AI processing slowed me down to like <5 FPS at times. Still, it was worth it to see 40 Dremora Lords wipe out 50 guards and then fight some dragons. Then I spawned 50 more guards and cast a fireball in the middle of them just to see if they'd all shoot arrows at me at once. I took 50 arrows in the knee."

I used the Skyrim INI tweaker application from Skyimnexus. http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=378

Under advance it has threading values you can enable and a box for specifying the amount of threads for Havok.

Since I have an AMD FX6100 with 6 cores I set it to 6. The only other change I did as well was increase my Interior and Exterior Cell Buggers to 78/126 respectively. Also my UGrids is at 7.

I'm not sure what the default is for it though, I couldn't find it set in any .ini file. However after applying and checking for it again the INITweaker has added the following to my Skyrim.ini

[HAVOK]
iNumThreads=6

So you can try adding that for 6 cores or =4 for 4 cores.

 

[theJesus]

Damn boy, get cracking
I like both but Vegas is a kickass shooter, it has a huge range of guns, mods and alternate ammo, and thankfully they allowed the free use of scoped weapons given the size of the environments.

FO3 with the 1.2gig NMC texture pack is dramatically improved visually and my 6850 still gets 60FPS+ with it.

Vegas also has improved gameplay etc, but I still like the atmosphere in FO3 and I often found it funny.

As soon as I finish playing all the games I already own

I used the Skyrim INI tweaker application from Skyimnexus. http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=378

Under advance it has threading values you can enable and a box for specifying the amount of threads for Havok.

Since I have an AMD FX6100 with 6 cores I set it to 6. The only other change I did as well was increase my Interior and Exterior Cell Buggers to 78/126 respectively. Also my UGrids is at 7.

I'm not sure what the default is for it though. I couldn't find it set in any .ini file. However after applying and checking for it again the INITweaker as added the following to my Skyrim.ini

[HAVOK]
iNumThreads=6

So you can try adding that for 6 cores or =4 for 4 cores.

Thanks, I'm gonna try that out. Also, "Cell Buggers"

 

[AphexDreamer]

As soon as I finish playing all the games I already own

Thanks, I'm gonna try that out. Also, "Cell Buggers"

lol didn't notice that.

But really in areas where I was getting unusually low FPS like 22 it is now jumped up to 40s and that seems to be the area my FPS mingles now.

I complained about my FPS in certain outdoor areas a while back. I wonder what it was before I set it to 6?

Please post back if it helped you at all. I'm going to use Solaris app to see if is making use of more CPU now.

EDIT:
You know what I also added the TESVAL.dll thats could also be it or part of it. I forgot I had that.

 

[Black Panther]

Can someone tell me how to get the "top 100" files to show on Skryim Nexus?

Everytime I click "top 100 files" I only get a list of the top 25

 

[radrok]

Above on TOP lists just click on one of

Most endorsed files in the last two weeks
Most endorsed recently added files
Most endorsed files of all-time
Most endorsed files (non-adult)
Most endorsed files (adult-only)

and you get your TOP100 list

 

[popswala]

Can't remember lol

Spoiler

can someone remind me what the moons (crescent, half and full) are for after doing the nocturnal (returning skeleton key) quest? I can't get karhlia to repeat them to me.

 

[radrok]

Can't remember lol

Spoiler

can someone remind me what the moons (crescent, half and full) are for after doing the nocturnal (returning skeleton key) quest? I can't get karhlia to repeat them to me.

Spoiler

Agent of Stealth (Crescent Moon) - Use this power to be invisible for 2 minutes while sneaking.
Agent of Subterfuge (Half Moon) - Use this power to cause all nearby enemies to fight each other for 30 seconds.
Agent of Strife (Full Moon) - Use this power to invoke a powerful life-drain effect.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

Spoiler

Agent of Stealth (Crescent Moon) - For two minutes, any time you enter the sneaking state, you will become invisible after 2 seconds. Can be used multiple times during said two minutes.
Agent of Subterfuge (Half Moon) - Use this power to cause all nearby enemies to fight each other for 30 seconds.
Agent of Strife (Full Moon) - Use this power to invoke a powerful life-drain effect. At maximum you absorb 100 HP from a target.

Fixed

 

[popswala]

OMG yea, that's not gonna work for me. O' well. that ini tweaker cut my frames down bad. I went from 40+ down to 10 FPS. I'm gonna have to reset and get rid of it.

I sure wish a deal on a better cpu came up that someone's willing to work with me on. Mine is awful. My 1st gen phen 9600 be sux ballz and can't oc for squat on my board.

 

[ViperXTR]

If I was rich, I'd buy a copy of Skyrim for each and every member of this forum that didn't already have it.

Only Jesus can make it happen

 

[MxPhenom 216]

got the game for christmas today! I love it so far! I have two mods installed as well. Realistic Water Textures and Vurts Flora Overhaul.

 

[pantherx12]

got the game for christmas today! I love it so far! I have two mods installed as well. Realistic Water Textures and Vurts Flora Overhaul.

Download Lush trees!

( has a patch for use with vurts flora mod too)

Makes tree branches about twice and dense so they look a lot nicer : ]

 

[MxPhenom 216]

Download Lush trees!

( has a patch for use with vurts flora mod too)

Makes tree branches about twice and dense so they look a lot nicer : ]

haha possibly. I have 2 more i want to install. maybe 4 lol.

 

[ViperXTR]

Maybe lush grass as well plus Skyrim HD textures, SkyUI (while you are still a new player hehe)

 

[theJesus]

Only Jesus can make it happen

Nope, even if I drained my bank account, it wouldn't be anywhere near enough for the whole forum.

 

[Kwod]

I'm gonna play vanilla first, then when I get a Ivy Bridge system, go crazy with mods.

 

[Widjaja]

I wonder if Bethesda are going to fix the blocky noses on the characters in one of their patches or just leave it to the modding community leaving us to need to install mods to fix their faults.

 

[MxPhenom 216]

I'm gonna play vanilla first, then when I get a Ivy Bridge system, go crazy with mods.

yeah, i have 2 right now. but i want 2 more. Enhanced Night Sky and Enhanced Shaders