OFFICIAL Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim (Discussion)

[pantherx12]

it hits hard because higher ugrid means higher draw distance means everything in Ugrid region is loaded to memory, this means AI routines, Physics etc, on top of if you've messed with shadows and increased there draw distance it also effects frame rates,

default ugrid i peg 60 all day ugrid 7 with tweaks im at 45-50 ugrid 9 i drop to 30-40

alot of it is just CPU getting hit hard. so it lowers frame rates but the Image quality boost is rather amazing.

It's just that it's a bit of a farce undoing ugrids if you want to use it on a current save so I want to be certain.

Out and about in the wilderness I get about 45-60 fps ( depending where I look)

I've put shadow draw distance at 5000 as I prefer the character shadows looking nice

Sorry if it's not enough info

By the way is there a way to increase contrast etc in game? ( without the enhanced shader mods, they hit me to hard with my current settings)

Everything always looks a little washed out on my screen

 

[Widjaja]

^^ Lydia looks a little pissed at your character.

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So this recent update does not allow me to use 4GB?
I would still have to add the 4GB mod?

 

[WhiteNoise]

I need to buy a new house. I'm tired of living in that small little breeze home. What city has the biggest house to buy?

 

[Solaris17]

^^ Lydia looks a little pissed at your character.

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So this recent update does not allow me to use 4GB?
I would still have to add the 4GB mod?

no the latest update allows 4GB disable your mod.

 

[Widjaja]

I need to buy a new house. I'm tired of living in that small little breeze home. What city has the biggest house to buy?

Probably the one in Windhelm even though it is not the most expensive.

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Thanks Solaris.

 

[pantherx12]

^^ Lydia looks a little pissed at your character.

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So this recent update does not allow me to use 4GB?
I would still have to add the 4GB mod?

Well the woman in Volkuns tomb kept accidentally hitting her with fireballs so Lydia kept kicking off only way to make her stop was to make her dead and then resurrect her, must of done it 5 time or so

No surprise she hates me

Probably the one in Windhelm even though it is not the most expensive.

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Thanks Solaris.

+ one to this, my main character has that as a home and it's got the most stuff to fill it with as well.

 

[Mussels]

so 12.1 and the new LAA fix play together nicely, no graphical fuckups in game that i saw except at the main menu.

anyone ran into that before? only using the beautiful skyrim mod

 

[Widjaja]

+ one to this, my main character has that as a home and it's got the most stuff to fill it with as well.

Yeah same reason why I recommend it.
Plenty of space for the stray dogs too, if you decide to keep them as pets.

Although I do not recommend leaving them in the kitchen.
Food tends to end up on the floor.

 

[pantherx12]

Yeah same reason why I recommend it.
Plenty of space for the stray dogs too, if you decide to keep them as pets.

Although I do not recommend leaving them in the kitchen.
Food tends to end up on the floor.

Wait wait wait, I can have a dog!?

How do I miss things like that

 

[Widjaja]

Wait wait wait, I can have a dog!?

How do I miss things like that

Yeah, found a couple of stray dogs about Skyrim, talked to them and they followed me.
Instead of telling them to go away, I left them in my homes and annoy the housecarls with their barking.

 

[Irony]

There are a couple of stray dogs south of Helgen. I killed em though. One had gold, the other had a garnet ring. Also, some wolves have garnet rings.

 

[ViperXTR]

my dog disappeared when i went to high hrothgar '__' (did the gray beards ate him because they are tired of dried meat? oh god no!!)

Also, how about 8GB LAA? >_>
/sarcasm

 

[popswala]

whats a good prog for capturing screenies? I'd like to keep some pics from here and add them to desktop theme.

thanks

Spoiler

whats the deal with that big glowing ball thats now in the college? I found it, its there now. I see I have the option to activate it but not sure if its gonna change something

 

[Irony]

whats a good prog for capturing screenies? I'd like to keep some pics from here and add them to desktop theme.

thanks

FRAPS. After its started, just hit F10 in game to capture screenshots. It saves them to C:\FRAPS\Screenshots

 

[ViperXTR]

steam has a built in screencap (F12)

 

[MatTheCat]

Arghhh..

Spoilers everywhere about here....

I have the game running at a solid 60FPS with everything turned up to max (but FSAA x2) plus a few ini tweaks thrown in for good measure. My GPU sits at around 70% most of the time yet I still get microstutter.

I know this is a common problem with the engine that Bethesda use.

My question is, did any of you get this and if so, did you fix it.

This microstutter isn't really that bad, just enough for me to notice it and the game is still totally playable but being a perfectionist/fussy ßastard, obvioulsy getting the game running as smooth as butter (as many other games do) is the desirable target....if it is at all possible.

 

[Irony]

steam has a built in screencap (F12)

Ah, yeah, forgot about that.

 

[TheLaughingMan]

whats a good prog for capturing screenies? I'd like to keep some pics from here and add them to desktop theme.

thanks

Spoiler

whats the deal with that big glowing ball thats now in the college? I found it, its there now. I see I have the option to activate it but not sure if its gonna change something

Spoiler

It is part of the missions for the College. Talk to Toldor or whatever his name is. He is the old guy that was leading your lessons. He will either advance the plot or tell you who to talk to about it. At this point you are either going to be talking to the Admiri Elf no one trust or the librarian.

 

[Widjaja]

My first C++ runtime error in this game since updating to this new patch.
Wonder how many times this is going to pop up.

 

[hellrazor]

Also, how about 8GB LAA? >_>
/sarcasm

I know you're being sarcastic, but 8GB LAA is impossible.

 

[ViperXTR]

BioWare: Next Dragon Age Will Draw From Skyrim

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/12/dragon-age-3/

“We’re checking [Skyrim] out aggressively. We like it. We’re big admirers of [Bethesda] and the product,” he said. “We think we can do some wonderful things.”

 

[jonathan1107]

DA-2 Was rushed... let's hope DA3 will not...

 

[jonathan1107]

Weird, I've noticed something about skyrim:

When I Ctrl-alt-del out of the game and press cancel instead of selecting task manager, I get a strong FPS boost in-game, until the next time I fast travel...

then I re-do the manoeuver, and still get the extra fps...

U guys, pls try this and let me know if it made a difference in your FPS...

 

[Delta6326]

Anyone else notice about a 8AVG FPS drop with the new update!? But otherwise everything is running perfect!

 

[Frizz]

I hope DA3 will be more like DA1 .... DA 2 was pure garbage. I didn't sleep playing DA1 because it was so much fun , they will learn a lot from Skyrim hopefully they'll take on Bethesda's 411 quests + infinite ones.