The Elder Scrolls Megathread XV: A Song of Ice and Draugr - Games

[QUOTE=proch;40617803]What do you do for a living[/QUOTE] I used to do IT support as of a few weeks ago. Now I'm only a student and do YT stuff full time. [editline]12th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=zeldar;40617916]makes skyrim enb vids[/QUOTE] Also this

Oh boy another problem [t]http://i.imgur.com/HTYhRqg.jpg[/t] Why are my shadows so stripey?

[QUOTE=fear me;40618025]Oh boy another problem [t]http://i.imgur.com/HTYhRqg.jpg[/t] Why are my shadows so stripey?[/QUOTE] Raise your shadow bias in skyrimprefs.ini to something like 0.25 or so. Edit: So given the disagree, you've tried this or you think it won't help. Why.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;40618037]Edit: So given the disagree, you've tried this or you think it won't help. Why.[/QUOTE] Nevermind, you were right. I just had to raise it to like .6

My understanding of the bias is that it's like the threshold of where it starts to draw a shadow. So my increasing the angle it stops assuming it will draw a shadow. If it's too low it constantly is trying to draw a shadow on the surface.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;40617957]I used to do IT support as of a few weeks ago. Now I'm only a student and do YT stuff full time. [editline]12th May 2013[/editline] Also this[/QUOTE] You motivate me to spend a lot of cash and buy some high end pc.

[QUOTE=proch;40618406]You motivated me to spend a lot of cash and buy some high end pc[/QUOTE] Wait, in the past or just now?

In my opinion, the next single player Elder Scrolls game should take place right on the Summerset Isles. Imagine the game starting out with you as a diplomat or ambassador for the Empire and throughout the game events like the outbreak of the Second Great War get you detained and scheduled for execution by the Thalmor then you know where this is going, you avoid certain death and escape through some sort of serendipity and the actual game commences. Imagine aiding groups of Altmer opposed to the Thalmor as well as convincing other factions that are on the fence to join the opposition. Other quests would include acts of sabotage like burning the Thalmor fleet in port to prevent it from engaging an Imperial counterattack or tricking the member states of the Dominion into thinking one is betraying the other. The game would have a much larger focus on magic as well as underhanded plots, subterfuge, and possibly even the Daedra (those moons had to disappear somehow)

Fixed, just now. My graphics card is five year old anyway, so I guess I'll do it sometimes this or next year.

[QUOTE=Hidole555;40618435]In my opinion, the next single player Elder Scrolls game should take place right on the Summerset Isles. Imagine the game starting out with you as a diplomat or ambassador for the Empire and throughout the game events like the outbreak of the Second Great War get you detained and scheduled for execution by the Thalmor then you know where this is going, you avoid certain death and escape through some sort of serendipity and the actual game commences. Imagine aiding groups of Altmer opposed to the Thalmor as well as convincing other factions that are on the fence to join the opposition. Other quests would include acts of sabotage like burning the Thalmor fleet in port to prevent it from engaging an Imperial counterattack or tricking the member states of the Dominion into thinking one is betraying the other. The game would have a much larger focus on magic as well as underhanded plots, subterfuge, and possibly even the Daedra (those moons had to disappear somehow)[/QUOTE] I'm not convinced the TES series has ever profited much from overt continuity: BethSoft's always been at their best when hitting us unawares with a world and letting us see how deep it gets. I'd hope having the MQ of the next quest overtly take from Skyrim wouldn't exhaust the opportunity to give the requisite Weirdness.

Hey whats the best texture/HD mods?

i was reading up on lore of 4E and damn, it's pretty much Thalmor+Tamriel fuck shit up [editline]12th May 2013[/editline] I mean morrowind (vvanderfell) getting destroyed by the volcano? shit

It's not like the Tribunal has anything to loose te-he-he

[QUOTE=Hidole555;40618435]In my opinion, the next single player Elder Scrolls game should take place right on the Summerset Isles. Imagine the game starting out with you as a diplomat or ambassador for the Empire and throughout the game events like the outbreak of the Second Great War get you detained and scheduled for execution by the Thalmor then you know where this is going, you avoid certain death and escape through some sort of serendipity and the actual game commences. Imagine aiding groups of Altmer opposed to the Thalmor as well as convincing other factions that are on the fence to join the opposition. Other quests would include acts of sabotage like burning the Thalmor fleet in port to prevent it from engaging an Imperial counterattack or tricking the member states of the Dominion into thinking one is betraying the other. The game would have a much larger focus on magic as well as underhanded plots, subterfuge, and possibly even the Daedra (those moons had to disappear somehow)[/QUOTE] I'd like if it wasn't just the Empire attacking. The Redguards broke off from the Empire so I could see them fucking the elves on their own front. They could make the civil war in Skyrim a little more ambiguous (and in retrospect, pointless) by making the Nords into their own army. And, since most of the Thalmor cities are on the waterfront, I'd really like to see the An-Xileel use their soldiers as marines. The Thalmor should also be a little bit of everyone else, we need some hostile Bosmer and Khajit to mix things up a bit.

[QUOTE=Ekalektik_1;40620222]I'd like if it wasn't just the Empire attacking. The Redguards broke off from the Empire so I could see them fucking the elves on their own front. They could make the civil war in Skyrim a little more ambiguous (and in retrospect, pointless) by making the Nords into their own army. And, since most of the Thalmor cities are on the waterfront, I'd really like to see the An-Xileel use their soldiers as marines. The Thalmor should also be a little bit of everyone else, we need some hostile Bosmer and Khajit to mix things up a bit.[/QUOTE] Valenwood and Elsweyr are basically occupied lands of the Aldmeri Dominion, and the Bosmer and Khajiit are basically slaves to the Thalmor.

I've been having this problem for ages, and I cannot figure out how to get rid of it. At random, my FPS will drop from 50 - 60 to 2 - 4. Sometimes, this is sensitive to looking in a certain direction in an interior. Other times, both interior and exterior cells, I will keep the 3 FPS until I tab out, then back in. Here's my BOSS log for anyone who cares to help: [code]These plugins are recognised by BOSS and have been sorted according to its masterlist. Please read any attached messages and act on any that require action. Skyrim.esm Active Update.esm Active Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} Contains dirty edits: 92 ITM, 3 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. Dawnguard.esm Active Contains dirty edits: 607 ITM, 82 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} HearthFires.esm Active Contains dirty edits: 171 ITM, 11 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. Dragonborn.esm Active Contains dirty edits: 57 ITM, 8 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. RaceCompatibility.esm Active ClimatesOfTamriel.esm Active SkyMoMod.esm Active SPIKE.esm Active HighResTexturePack01.esp Active HighResTexturePack02.esp Active HighResTexturePack03.esp Active Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp Active Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} Note: Recommend to use the Unofficial Dawnguard Patch in addition to Dawnguard. This is need for correct work with Dawnguard. RaceCompatibilityUSKPOverride.esp Active SkyUI.esp Active hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp Active Bash Tag suggestion(s): {{BASH: Delev, Relev}} Contains dirty edits: 7 ITM, 0 UDR records. Needs TES5Edit cleaning. A cleaning guide is available here. Dr_Bandolier.esp Active SkyTEST-RealisticAnimals&Predators.esp Active Better Vampires.esp Active Brows.esp Active 3DNPC.esp Active Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp Active Bashed Patch, 0.esp Active[/code] I've looked all over the net looking for answers, and even asked here about half a year ago, but I was hoping some solution that I missed has come up in the mean time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;40620584]answer: bethesda[/QUOTE] Are you telling me everyone constantly puts up with this? I didn't encounter it in the vanilla game so I thought it would be mod-related.

Can stewards still be followers? What does stewarding even do?

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;40621498]Can stewards still be followers? What does stewarding even do?[/QUOTE] you give them money to make your house for you

[QUOTE=El Fonz0;40621659]you give them money to make your house for you[/QUOTE] It just adds those options? Nothing else?

[QUOTE=BLOODGA$M;40612809] [sp]I'm pretty sure some point of that quest requires you to be arrested and serve time in Cidhna Mine in order to progress[/sp][/QUOTE] Reply: [sp]I mean, I did end up surrendering because no matter what, I couldn't get out alive. Those guards weren't kidding. Would it have been wise to stay in the city until the Forsworn took care of certain other things to prevent the bounty?[/sp] Other things: I love the little details they put into this game. When I decided to drop my prisoner clothes in Riverwood [sp]at the start of the game[/sp], the old lady commented something along the lines of, "Back in my day, we knew how to dispose of trash properly." Except for how the Nords in Skyrim hates elves yet don't point out anything about my pointy ears or my hatred of them.

[QUOTE=Stonecycle;40621782]Reply: [sp]I mean, I did end up surrendering because no matter what, I couldn't get out alive. Those guards weren't kidding. Would it have been wise to stay in the city until the Forsworn took care of certain other things to prevent the bounty?[/sp] [/QUOTE] [sp] I never found it hard to escape them, you just need to run and don't bother fighting them, you should also try and run to the guy's body so you can get around 1000 gold and some jewelry. [/sp]

[QUOTE=coyote93;40622111]I dont get it. I decided to try skyrim with an enb that looks nice. I mean, i get like 50 fps outdoors and around 100 indoors, and enb's say there is little to none fps loss. But i get down to 15 fps indoors when i use an enb... even tough it looks ok. without [t]http://i.imgur.com/OLE1lYX.jpg[/t] with enb [t]http://i.imgur.com/qTA3K8P.jpg[/t] without [t]http://i.imgur.com/Ff2ldWj.jpg[/t] with enb [t]http://i.imgur.com/h4DwZa2.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] it's dark as balls

it looks like literal shit as well; while you should be seeing a performance hit with an ENB no way it should be that high, particularly indoors try sharpshooters' one, I'm not a total fan of the aesthetic but it looks fairly nice and runs good project enb is my personal choice though

Would anyone be able to help me out with this? [url]http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/991867-skyrim-help-ctds-freezes-etc/[/url]

[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;40622374]not using 128 hq ssao samples is for scrubs[/QUOTE] enb just proves that tons of high tech shaders just slathered on a game doesn't come close to a few tastefully applied ones

Personally, I'd suggest getting stuff like Realistic Lighting Overhaul. I've found that using that has made my game look as good as some ENBs, but without as much of the impact.

Ack, the shadow stripes are back

Would the amount of RAM I have in my PC make any difference stabilitywise? I'm thinking a lot of my problems are being caused by my PC not having enough physical memory.

How much do you have now?