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

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;43365109]I found a stray dog in Skyrim, after letting it follow me for a while then I dismissed it as a follower at the Hall of the Vigilant and I imagined I gave it to the Vigilants of Stendarr.[/QUOTE] Better not install Dawnguard...

Yo, are there any skyrim mods that significantly increase performance? No matter what my game runs pretty garbage. [editline]30th December 2013[/editline] already got the 4gb patch

[QUOTE=fear me;43365177]Better not install Dawnguard...[/QUOTE] It was actually brilliant foreplanning on my part, it's setting up character motivation because it's mostly out-of-character knowledge that makes me want to see every last vampire (barring [sp]the court mage of Solitude[/sp]) burn a horrible, crispy, righteous final death.

[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;43365232]It was actually brilliant foreplanning on my part, it's setting up character motivation because it's mostly out-of-character knowledge that makes me want to see every last vampire (barring [sp]the court mage of Solitude[/sp]) burn a horrible, crispy, righteous final death.[/QUOTE] Why not [sp]the court wizard?[/sp] [editline]31st December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=milkandcooki;43365195]Yo, are there any skyrim mods that significantly increase performance? No matter what my game runs pretty garbage. [editline]30th December 2013[/editline] already got the 4gb patch[/QUOTE] "IF you go into your SkyrimPrefs.ini in my documents and make the following changes, it disables all shadows. fShadowDistance=0.0000 fInteriorShadowDistance=0.0000 fShadowLODStartFade=0.0000 " Straight outa SPUF

[QUOTE=ClarkWasHere;43365326]Why not [sp]the court wizard?[/sp][/QUOTE] She hasn't overstepped any moral boundries (that I'm aware of) and isn't openly malevolent. She's kind of like [sp]Count Skingrad[/sp].

[QUOTE=Medevila;43365544]Provides for modding, support of new computers, improves graphics, lots of stuff [video=youtube;NwTWrdB6vIU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwTWrdB6vIU[/video][/QUOTE] Yay, not just flat-as-fuck voids!

[QUOTE=Medevila;43365544]Provides for modding, support of new computers, improves graphics, lots of stuff [video=youtube;NwTWrdB6vIU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwTWrdB6vIU[/video][/QUOTE] has anyone said anything about recreating other tes games in the engine? would be neat

[QUOTE=Medevila;43365544]Provides for modding, support of new computers, improves graphics, lots of stuff [video=youtube;NwTWrdB6vIU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwTWrdB6vIU[/video][/QUOTE] Well that's officially the most beautiful thing I've seen in a video game. Look at all that friggin detail holy shit

With 3D models, new textures, and the cities visible though... hng...

[QUOTE=fear me;43365928]With 3D models, new textures, and the cities visible though... hng...[/QUOTE] Those are all in the works.

I might have just discovered the secret to Dwemer technology [t]http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/666830221558774175/1CB5769914B77DE84CA10C5ABC6BBD6257FBBF0D/[/t]

All the dwemer ascended into bees and now pilot the various machines that litter those shit-dens?

does anyone else here use AFT (amazing follower tweaks)? I've been having a hard time getting it to play nice. It'll recruit a follower and manage them no problem, but the moment I load a game of any kind and try to manage them the blasted thing seems to refuse my followers' very existences, saying they're unrecognized in 1.66. This usually means I have to manually break them out of my follower shell and recruit them again until the next time that I reload. it's really annoying.

Is it possible to kill Ancano before the shitstorm with the Mages College goes down? Will I get kicked out, or will it prevent the rest of the quest from happening?

[QUOTE=ElectricSquid;43369284]Is it possible to kill Ancano before the shitstorm with the Mages College goes down? Will I get kicked out, or will it prevent the rest of the quest from happening?[/QUOTE] I'm guessing he's essential.

[QUOTE=Altimor;43369331]I'm guessing he's essential.[/QUOTE] He is, and it makes the rest of the college pissed off at you. Presumably the rest of Winterhold, though I didn't stick around when I tried that on my first playthrough.

[QUOTE=Medevila;43365544]Provides for modding, support of new computers, improves graphics, lots of stuff [video=youtube;NwTWrdB6vIU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwTWrdB6vIU[/video][/QUOTE] I can't wait for someone to recreate this when it's done in one of the many gamebryo engines That's a lie, yes I can. [editline]31st December 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=AlfieSR;43369457]He is, and it makes the rest of the college pissed off at you. Presumably the rest of Winterhold, though I didn't stick around when I tried that on my first playthrough.[/QUOTE] Essential NPCs piss me off. Why can't it just make them kick you out of the college and give you a bunch of "QUEST FAILED"-fallout type stuff.

Is there mod that gives you your own town? OR lets you build one? I want to roleplay my character as going from hunter to 'jarl' of their own town. Is there anything like this?

[QUOTE=redBadger;43370623]Is there mod that gives you your own town? OR lets you build one? I want to roleplay my character as going from hunter to 'jarl' of their own town. Is there anything like this?[/QUOTE] That actually sounds awesome. The Dragonborn as Jarl, maybe even becoming High King of Skyrim. Ain't nobody gonna fuck with Skyrim with a leader as badass as that.

[QUOTE=Xenomoose;43370739]That actually sounds awesome. The Dragonborn as Jarl, maybe even becoming High King of Skyrim. Ain't nobody gonna fuck with Skyrim with a leader as badass as that.[/QUOTE] What I want is a mod that slightly changes the way the Stormcloak side of the Civil War quest ends. I originally took the Stormcloak side because I wanted an independent Skyrim, not because of the "Skyrim for the Nords" thing. Only after did I realize that going with the Empire was more beneficial in every way. I still think an independent Skyrim is a good idea, but it would support the Empire regardless. That way Skyrim is independent but they still support the Empire, and both sides of the Civil War is somewhat happy. I hated Ulfric's blatant racism, but I wanted an independent Skyrim. What I wouldn't do give Ulfric a piece of my mind. Maybe Ulfric would finally start to purge Skyrim of all non Nords, and you kill him in the end. Also there would be the possibility of taking over as Jarl of Windhelm, and eventually High King of Skyrim.

[QUOTE=Kurahk;43370845]I hated Ulfric's blatant racism, but I wanted an independent Skyrim. What I wouldn't do give Ulfric a piece of my mind. Maybe Ulfric would finally start to purge Skyrim of all non Nords, and you kill him in the end. Also there would be the possibility of taking over as Jarl of Windhelm, and eventually High King of Skyrim.[/QUOTE] While I wouldn't have minded a way to give the Thalmor a piece of my mind, while still supporting the Empire, the whole point of the civil war questline is that you're supposed to not have a massive impact on the events of the war regardless of the side you choose. You're already Dragonborn, they don't need to mary sue you into becoming high king of skyrim or emperor as well. Bethesda likes making the player feel super important, but it's the games that don't make you feel important that were the best. New Vegas felt more personal than "save the wasteland" Fallout 3, and TES:M felt good because nobody respected you for shit even if you were nevarine.

[QUOTE=Xenomoose;43370739]That actually sounds awesome. The Dragonborn as Jarl, maybe even becoming High King of Skyrim. Ain't nobody gonna fuck with Skyrim with a leader as badass as that.[/QUOTE] How about a mod that just lets me stab a sword through the Jarl of Winterhold's chest and become the new one. That dude's a dick and totally deserves it. Come on guys, it's ~lore fitting~

[QUOTE=Loriborn;43370890]While I wouldn't have minded a way to give the Thalmor a piece of my mind, while still supporting the Empire, the whole point of the civil war questline is that you're supposed to not have a massive impact on the events of the war regardless of the side you choose. You're already Dragonborn, they don't need to mary sue you into becoming high king of skyrim or emperor as well. Bethesda likes making the player feel super important, but it's the games that don't make you feel important that were the best. New Vegas felt more personal than "save the wasteland" Fallout 3, and TES:M felt good because nobody respected you for shit even if you were nevarine.[/QUOTE] I think that was the best thing about Morrowind - Everyone who declared you Nerevarine did so for their gain. They made you clear shit up in their back gardens and then sent you off with a smile and a pat having declared you "Hortator", an empty title which basically means "We respect your willingness to sort out our shit and die in a morally dubious quest which we don't think you've a snowballs hope of achieving." The Urshilaku are the closest to a bunch of bros you've got, and they're a bunch of backash guar herders. Even the dissident priests are just looking for their apostasy to be justified. Nevermind there is the whole questionable nature of whether or not Dagoth Ur was actually a villain, or loyal liegeman to Nerevar fighting back against the murderers of his lord.

Man I sure would be enjoying skyrim if it didn't crash constantly whenever I approach windhelm or solitude

[URL="http://imgur.com/a/6Zl7k"]Speaking of being the high king of skyrim...[/URL]

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;43371042]Man I sure would be enjoying skyrim if it didn't crash constantly whenever I approach windhelm or solitude[/QUOTE] i've gotten into hour 50~ of my 100+ mod playthrough and i cannot for the life of me find out what is crashing me it isnt super common, but there are times it will silent crash constantly and i'll have no clue what is causing it

Skyrim is such a CPU void that essentially installing any mod that somehow adds recurring script, such as Wet & Cold, Sounds of Skyrim or Audio Overhaul will either remove all textures in the game on a regular basis due to not enough ram to render it, or will make the game crash entirely at some places, sometimes also frying the savegame with it. It's a fucking script giving items to people when it rains or playing specific sounds at night, and somehow skyrim is such a buggy piece of shit that's enough to make everything go to shit. I run BOSS every single time I install a mod to prevent this, but there are just some mods that make skyrim's CPU usage go way up the charts, it's unbearable. Guess I'll have to give up on ENB and use imaginator instead, even though the game hurts my eyes like a bitch after 30 minutes of playing without ENB. Either that, or shut down literally every single thing running in the background to make sure skyrim can use my 4gb of ram + the allocated hard drive space (around 6gb on my third hard drive) without shitting itself every five seconds.

[video=youtube;g_eBKMaof9Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_eBKMaof9Q[/video]

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;43371098]Skyrim is such a CPU void that essentially installing any mod that somehow adds recurring script, such as Wet & Cold, Sounds of Skyrim or Audio Overhaul will either remove all textures in the game on a regular basis due to not enough ram to render it, or will make the game crash entirely at some places, sometimes also frying the savegame with it. It's a fucking script giving items to people when it rains or playing specific sounds at night, and somehow skyrim is such a buggy piece of shit that's enough to make everything go to shit.[/QUOTE] fortunately i havent run into any ram issues, got 12gb and skyrim never runs more than 40% of it, even with all of the mods and ultra graphics set, but the spontaneous crashing is the big thing it'll be when opening some inventories, like a shop or corpse, and only happens in the overworld skyrim, never inside a cell that is in a cave/building/dungeon. quite annoying but hasnt hurt my gameplay much though the falkreath inn is totally fucked up architecturally by expanded cities and moonpath to elsweyr conflicting [editline]31st December 2013[/editline] the sudden random fps drop when it tries to give characters headgear in frostfall + wet and cold when entering highly populated places is annoying though, considering its only because some actually never put it on and it keeps running the script anyway

Moonpath was never finished and conflicts with everything, I'd remove it after completing it, honestly.