Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Elrollo · 22-11-2011 2:59pm

got sent to a dragon burial site by 'A Friend', three frost troll's, 4 ice wolves and a blood dragon later and I have a new shout...who the hell is this friend and why does she/he want me dead so badly?!

Also Frankie5Angels..yes, this is the greatest game we have all played!

Dyr · 22-11-2011 3:07pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Dunno if anyone saw this today, but apparently Bethesda created a large portion of the neighboring landmass around Skyrim; including Morrowind & Cyrodil (locations of games #3 & 4 in the series). Apparently the landmass isn't completely to scale & has mostly lo-res textures, but the blank landmass is there.

Speculation is rife as to why Bethesda made all this extra space. Some say it's for upcoming expansions; others say it's a sandbox area ready-made for modders; others that it was just made as a mapping point of reference for the devs to create Skyrim.

http://kotaku.com/5861752/skyrim-contains-the-entire-elder-scrolls-continent-including-morrowind-and-cyrodiil

Can't wait to see what the modders do with it all though!

This made me laugh in the comments:

The Elder Scrolls X: The Search for Spock

marco_polo · 22-11-2011 3:28pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

i instaled the new ati drivers and they seem to have made a difference
not noticing a huge jump in fps but previous problem areas (for some reason, the main road in whiterun as soon as you fast trravel in) are a lot better

also, anyone noticing their vertical mouse issues gone? yesterday the vertical mouse speed was directly related to fps, and in areas with low fps the vertical mouse speed would be terrible. this morning, there's no difference at all in speed whatever area of the game i'm in. i've jumped around to a few areas i'd noticed problems before and it's perfect.

Definately yeah I have noticed the mouse thing and improvements in certain areas like the Solitude entrance and that specific area you mentioned in Whiterun as well. Still dipping just under 29-30FPS at times there but it is less jarring on the eye than the 22-25 FPS I was getting previously.

Haven't been in any of my problem indoor areas since but I am hoping that they will have improved as well (Although I suspect my dips indoors may well be purely 'horsepower' related due to particle/shadows/lighing effects).

mewso · 22-11-2011 3:34pm

The one graphical improvement I would like would be for water to be seen flowing at a larger distance. Really annoys me seeing a block of texture on a waterfall that only starts moving when I get close. Haven't seen anything that really does this.

calex71 · 22-11-2011 3:38pm

Did anyone do the quest where you get the ring from the guy in the prison cell?

You can't take it off until you end the quest and can turn into a warewolf at random times

It happened as I fast travelled into Riften and chaos ensued

Lucky I had a save to go back to, as I wanted to keep things clean, so got the ring again and saw it's quest through before I continued.

Sephiroth_dude · 22-11-2011 3:39pm

Blowfish wrote: »

They did the same for Oblivion though, the map included far more than Cyrodiil. I maxed out my Athletics and Acrobatics and was able to use it to wander around Elsweyr and Valenwood, before eventually falling off the end of the world.

Cool,did you find much there?

Blowfish · 22-11-2011 3:46pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Cool,did you find much there?

As with the link above, it's pretty much just lots of terrain with low res textures.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 22-11-2011 3:47pm

see some mammoths, fair enough.. i'll go steal a few souls
i attack one, 2 more mammoths come running over.. followed by 2 giants

then a dragon lands
then 2 sabre cats join in the fray
my soul gems be burstin

Creature · 22-11-2011 3:49pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

see some mammoths, fair enough.. i'll go steal a few souls
i attack one, 2 more mammoths come running over.. followed by 2 giants

then a dragon lands
then 2 sabre cats join in the fray
my soul gems be burstin

How does one survive such a grand melee? Sounds like fun.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 22-11-2011 3:51pm

one uses many plentiful health potions, equips dragon armour and runs away alot

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 22-11-2011 4:01pm

my tab key has stopped working at all when in menus

and i am now stuck in a merchants menu because i can't even click the exit option

pain in the balls

--edit

on the plus side, I just got the heavy armour weighs nothing perk

now i can enchant a load of different dragon armours and just switch between them on the fly, all the while looting everything and everyone I see

Elrollo · 22-11-2011 4:01pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

one uses many plentiful health potions, equips dragon armour and runs away alot

while laughing like a lunatic as Lydia decides to get stuck in alot more than she should!;)

TwoShedsJackson · 22-11-2011 4:09pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

one uses many plentiful health potions, equips dragon armour and runs away alot

Perhaps you can rename your character Brave Sir Robin??

Elrollo · 22-11-2011 4:16pm

Bravely bold Sir Digby rode forth from Whiterun.
He was not afraid to die, O brave Sir Digby!
He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways,
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Digby!

marco_polo · 22-11-2011 4:24pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

my tab key has stopped working at all when in menus

and i am now stuck in a merchants menu because i can't even click the exit option

That has happen to me a few times, the last time I accidently pressed something like cap lock, ctrl or shift or similar button on that side of the keyboard and then tab magically worked again. It hasn't happened since then so I can't retest it.

The dozen times before that I had to exit and reload the game.

Tar.Aldarion · 22-11-2011 4:27pm

ooiiii wasnnnnt

Elrollo · 22-11-2011 4:33pm

He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp,
Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken!!
To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away;
And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave Sir Digby!

fifth · 22-11-2011 4:36pm

I love the Wabbajack.

I used it on a restless draugr. He turned into some kind of Daedric knight and started going berserk killing other draugrs. Then he turned on me.

So I killed him. He then turned back into the restless draugr, which I killed in the normal fashion, causing him to burst into a huge pile of gold coins.

Awesome.

Overheal · 22-11-2011 4:37pm

I've taken to flawless dwarven armor and 2 dwarven swords.

made for an epic cutscene kill on a dragon... when some idiot ran up to me in the middle of it and engaged in some dialog about stealing a sword. **** off guy, cant you see im having an epic slay of a dragon?

pixelburp · 22-11-2011 4:44pm

funkyflea wrote: »

I love the Wabbajack.

A great wee weapon, although to get it one must first endure one of the more terrible Oirish accents I've heard in a video-game.

Dave1711 · 22-11-2011 4:58pm

I now have no face,quite amusing.

The arch-mage outfit + the mask you gain from killing the guy with the staff of Magnus has literally left me with a gapping hole where my head should be.

Initailly i thought it sucked,now its highly amusing.

kearneybobs · 22-11-2011 5:00pm

pixelburp wrote: »

A great wee weapon, although to get it one must first endure one of the more terrible Oirish accents I've heard in a video-game.

I got it there a while ago. What use is it? Is it just a weapon to let weird stuff ensue?

Dave1711 · 22-11-2011 5:01pm

kearneybobs wrote: »

I got it there a while ago. What use is it? Is it just a weapon to let weird stuff ensue?

Pretty much,transforms people into random stuff.

stevenmu · 22-11-2011 5:05pm

So am I the only one who Lydia died on after about 10 minutes ? I keep seeing all these posts mentioning her, but I went straight to see the greybeards after meeting her and she ran off after an ice troll and died straight away.

kearneybobs · 22-11-2011 5:08pm

stevenmu wrote: »

So am I the only one who Lydia died on after about 10 minutes ? I keep seeing all these posts mentioning her, but I went straight to see the greybeards after meeting her and she ran off after an ice troll and died straight away.

You companions can only die via your damage dealing. If they get down to low health, they drop to their knees and regen their energy. They can only die if you kill them. I must have killed her in a scuffle last night and didnt notice she was gone for about an hour later. I didnt bother reloading.

Either you killed her or she is back in the place where you initially found her.

Shane.C · 22-11-2011 5:12pm

I left Lydia in the mountains somewhere, completely forgot about her, then about half an hour later it said, Lydia has grown restless and cannot wait any longer so i went back to Breezehome and found her there, told her to follow me again, walked down another mountain cue a fight with 2 bears, ending in me with some bear pelt and Lydia mauled on the ground. So no dude, i lost her too.......:(:( Why LYDIA WHY must you fight the BEARS:(

Beruthiel · 22-11-2011 5:14pm

stevenmu wrote: »

So am I the only one who Lydia died on after about 10 minutes ? I keep seeing all these posts mentioning her, but I went straight to see the greybeards after meeting her and she ran off after an ice troll and died straight away.

I lost her pretty soon too. Can't even say where, think it was during a dragon fight.
So I married Marcurio, the mage mercenary in Riften.
He's been the cats pajamas and I've become rather attached to him and would hate to loose him at this stage.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 22-11-2011 5:14pm

kearneybobs wrote: »

You companions can only die via your damage dealing. If they get down to low health, they drop to their knees and regen their energy. They can only die if you kill them. I must have killed her in a scuffle last night and didnt notice she was gone for about an hour later. I didnt bother reloading.

Either you killed her or she is back in the place where you initially found her.

pretty sure they can die from enemy attacks too

Shane.C · 22-11-2011 5:14pm

Well that did not happen to me, the bears both went for her and took her out, i had no part to play in her death.

kearneybobs wrote: »

You companions can only die via your damage dealing. If they get down to low health, they drop to their knees and regen their energy. They can only die if you kill them. I must have killed her in a scuffle last night and didnt notice she was gone for about an hour later. I didnt bother reloading.

Either you killed her or she is back in the place where you initially found her.

Reamer Fanny · 22-11-2011 5:15pm

Beruthiel wrote: »

stevenmu wrote: »

So am I the only one who Lydia died on after about 10 minutes ? I keep seeing all these posts mentioning her, but I went straight to see the greybeards after meeting her and she ran off after an ice troll and died straight away.

I lost her pretty soon too. Can't even say where, think it was during a dragon fight.
So I married Marcurio, the mage mercenary in Riften.
He's been the cats pajamas and I've become rather attached to him as would hate to loose him.

He's weak in melee combat I lost him a while ago was very amusing when he cast fireballs at the enemy

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

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