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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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    #6992
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,990 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    longhalloween wrote: »
    Is there major differences between the PC and console versions?
    Skyrim Mods. That's the difference. I've installed a few and now the game looks better, sounds better, and has a better UI.


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    #6993
    Eggy Baby!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Eggy Baby!


    longhalloween wrote: »
    Is there major differences between the PC and console versions?

    Aside from mods of course, there is a plug in exclusive to the PC (Fall of the Space Core). And the loading times are usually shorter on PC.


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    #6994
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,086 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    longhalloween wrote: »
    Is there major differences between the PC and console versions?

    well...

    O5VpX.jpg

    :pac:

    Nah, it's just the endless mods there will be, the faster loading times etc.
    I had mods installed from day 1 that made the game look way better.


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    #6995
    Patsy fyre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭Patsy fyre


    Eggy Baby! wrote: »
    longhalloween wrote: »
    Is there major differences between the PC and console versions?

    Aside from mods of course, there is a plug in exclusive to the PC (Fall of the Space Core). And the loading times are usually shorter on PC.
    Yeah but you cannot play on a 42" LG led tv, while lying on the bed holding an xbox controller!


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    #6996
    [Deleted User]
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    Patsy fyre wrote: »
    Yeah but you cannot play on a 42" LG led tv, while lying on the bed holding an xbox controller!

    I have a PC and am playing it on a 52" LED TV with the graphics 2k mod and realistic sounds,riding along on my armored Sabre tooth tiger with my 15 followers all on horseback to my house were i am going to have sex with a naked Lydia . Using my xbox control pad.

    Im so dumped if my girlfriend reads this.


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    #6997
    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,503 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    Patsy fyre wrote: »
    Yeah but you cannot play on a 42" LG led tv, while lying on the bed holding an xbox controller!

    TV may not be LG but other than that, yes they can.


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    #6998
    Patsy fyre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭Patsy fyre


    Dre as in Dray wrote: »
    Patsy fyre wrote: »
    Yeah but you cannot play on a 42" LG led tv, while lying on the bed holding an xbox controller!

    I have a PC and am playing it on a 52" LED TV with the graphics 2k mod and realistic sounds,riding along on my armored Sabre tooth tiger with my 15 followers all on horseback to my house were i am going to have sex with a naked Lydia . Using my xbox control pad.

    Im so dumped if my girlfriend reads this.
    Quality!


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    #6999
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Why on earth would you play this with an XBox controller? Are you some sort of pervert that gets off on making games incredibly frustrating for yourself by using the worst possible control method? :pac::p:D

    First person games should always be played on a mouse and keyboard. That's the law. Or at least it will be when I become Emperor of Earth...


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    #7000
    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Patsy fyre wrote: »
    Yeah but you cannot play on a 42" LG led tv, while lying on the bed holding an xbox controller!

    I play on my 42'' plasma Philips TV with 5.1 surround sound with a wireless mouse and keyboard on my comfy couch with my legs up. I have Xbox controllers but that's not how you play an FPS :pac:

    Throw in a few high-res packs and sound mods and it sounds and looks glorious in 1080p


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    #7001
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    People are playing this as an FPS? I stuck it up until the bindings are taken off you and it's been 3rd person ever since.

    But then I hate FPS's as a rule so...


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    #7002
    Vargulf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 172 ✭✭Vargulf


    Sometimes Skyrim looks like a PS1 game on my Xbox. Its weird running through a forest and see one tree with its textures not loaded properly.


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    #7003
    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    calex71 wrote: »
    playing this again on and off all week again for the Dawnguard DLC.

    I already gave my opinion on the DLC, I loved this game so much when it came out and put over 100 hours into it but really after a 6 month break and playing other games in the genre Skyrim is just unbearable for me now.

    I really don't know how I was able to over look the horrific inventory system and load times on the console version the first time around :confused:

    I'm at a stage now where I need to fast travel quite a bit for various things, and it's excruciating when you travel wait for it to load , immediately enter a door , wait some more , conversation, exit door , wait for it to load again , fast travel , load ............................... sorry just needed to vent :o

    THANK you.

    The load times for the game are the reason I haven't played it in a month. I sit down to the console and think "Do I really want to go through the multiple loading screens again".

    I actually have it on PC too but can't do couch + PC.


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    #7004
    Richy06
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭Richy06


    Turn off the various autosaves and just save it yourself periodically. It cuts down on load times massively!


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    #7005
    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Nice one, I'll try that thanks.


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    #7006
    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Ok here's my stats for load times before/after deleting saved games.

    I had 150 saved games, deleted it down to just 4.

    Loading a save (into Riverwood) from the menu after starting the game:
    Before deleting the saved games: 59 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 54 seconds

    Fast travel to Riften stables:
    Before deleting the saved games: 40 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 34 seconds

    Enter Riften:
    Before deleting the saved games: 27 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 22 seconds

    So about a 5 second improvement across the board. Not great tbh.

    Loaded up Oblivion to compare:

    Loading a save from the main menu: 19 seconds
    Fast travel to anywhere: 15 seconds

    So I thought Oblivion had long load times when I first played it, but they're nothing compared to Skyrim!

    Pity, the loading really ruins Skyrim for me and limits how long more I plan to play it for.


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    #7007
    Varied
    Closed Accounts Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Varied


    The music in this game is just epic, i could listen to it all day.


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    #7008
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    quarryman wrote: »
    Ok here's my stats for load times before/after deleting saved games.

    I had 150 saved games, deleted it down to just 4.

    Loading a save (into Riverwood) from the menu after starting the game:
    Before deleting the saved games: 59 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 54 seconds

    Fast travel to Riften stables:
    Before deleting the saved games: 40 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 34 seconds

    Enter Riften:
    Before deleting the saved games: 27 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 22 seconds

    So about a 5 second improvement across the board. Not great tbh.

    Loaded up Oblivion to compare:

    Loading a save from the main menu: 19 seconds
    Fast travel to anywhere: 15 seconds

    So I thought Oblivion had long load times when I first played it, but they're nothing compared to Skyrim!

    Pity, the loading really ruins Skyrim for me and limits how long more I plan to play it for.

    What are you playing on? I'm playing on 360 and fast travelling takes <10seconds IIRC, even less for entering/exiting houses etc.


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    #7009
    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    What are you playing on? I'm playing on 360 and fast travelling takes <10seconds IIRC, even less for entering/exiting houses etc.

    Xbox 360.

    Fast travel is less than 10 seconds for you, are you sure about that?

    Can you time it exactly? Time how long it takes to fast travel to Riften stables to compare to my results.


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    #7010
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    quarryman wrote: »
    Xbox 360.

    Fast travel is less than 10 seconds for you, are you sure about that?

    Can you time it exactly? Time how long it takes to fast travel to Riften stables to compare to my results.

    Haven't gone to Riften yet. Still messing around in Whiterun 40+hours in with the Companions. Maybe mine are faster because I haven't progressed as far as you?


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    #7011
    Patsy fyre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭Patsy fyre


    quarryman wrote: »
    Ok here's my stats for load times before/after deleting saved games.

    I had 150 saved games, deleted it down to just 4.

    Loading a save (into Riverwood) from the menu after starting the game:
    Before deleting the saved games: 59 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 54 seconds

    Fast travel to Riften stables:
    Before deleting the saved games: 40 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 34 seconds

    Enter Riften:
    Before deleting the saved games: 27 seconds
    After deleting the saved games: 22 seconds

    So about a 5 second improvement across the board. Not great tbh.

    Loaded up Oblivion to compare:

    Loading a save from the main menu: 19 seconds
    Fast travel to anywhere: 15 seconds

    So I thought Oblivion had long load times when I first played it, but they're nothing compared to Skyrim!

    Pity, the loading really ruins Skyrim for me and limits how long more I plan to play it for.

    These load times are crazy, load times are slow, but more like 10 seconds as opposed 40 seconds.

    Are you using on external hard drive ?


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    #7012
    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Patsy fyre wrote: »
    These load times are crazy, load times are slow, but more like 10 seconds as opposed 40 seconds.

    Are you using on external hard drive ?

    As above, i'm on the Xbox 360, no external hard drive.


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    #7013
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Mines the same. Takes forever to load from the menu, close to a minute, and definitely much longer than 10 to fast travel within the game.


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    #7014
    Richy06
    Registered Users Posts: 963 ✭✭✭Richy06


    Ah, well I'm on PS3 and just stopping the autosaves halved my load times, be it fast travelling or entering/exiting.


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    #7015
    DeSelby83
    Registered Users Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭DeSelby83


    This may seem very obvious but it came to mind,do you have it installed to your harddrive on the xbox? Not sure if same applies to ps3


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    #7016
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    quarryman wrote: »
    As above, i'm on the Xbox 360, no external hard drive.
    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Mines the same. Takes forever to load from the menu, close to a minute, and definitely much longer than 10 to fast travel within the game.
    DeSelby83 wrote: »
    This may seem very obvious but it came to mind,do you have it installed to your harddrive on the xbox? Not sure if same applies to ps3

    I do have mine installed, but even before that, the load times were no where near as bad as quarryman's.

    I don't think it should, but would it make a difference that I'm using the Slim 360?


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    #7017
    Eggy Baby!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Eggy Baby!


    So I thought Oblivion had long load times when I first played it, but they're nothing compared to Skyrim!

    Pity, the loading really ruins Skyrim for me and limits how long more I plan to play it for.

    You see the Skyrim load times feel shorter for me because all I do is spin the model around and it keeps me occupied lol


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    #7018
    N64
    Registered Users Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭N64


    Any news on the PC version yet? :(


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    #7019
    quarryman
    Registered Users Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    wnolan1992 wrote: »
    I do have mine installed, but even before that, the load times were no where near as bad as quarryman's.

    I don't think it should, but would it make a difference that I'm using the Slim 360?

    I'm using a slim Xbox 360 too and the game is installed to the HDD.


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    #7020
    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    quarryman wrote: »
    I'm using a slim Xbox 360 too and the game is installed to the HDD.

    Turns out they're a bit longer than I originally thought.

    Loading from the main menu: 23 seconds
    Exiting a house or town (i.e. loading a large area): 22 seconds
    Entering a house (i.e. loading a small area): Anywhere from 5-15seconds


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    #7021
    jammstarr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,805 ✭✭✭jammstarr


    I'm after getting hooked on playing this again.


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