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News: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition contains all DLC. The publisher says that no more DLC will be produced for the game. You may pick up the PC version here Moderator's Corner: Make sure to add spoiler tags to anything that deals with the quests in Skyrim each time you post. Yeah, it's Bethesda and there really isn't anything to spoil, but do it anyways. Also, a dedicated modding thread is found here. Steam Group: We made a new Steam group for The Elder Scrolls fans called The Elder Scrolls Goons (TES Goons) . Developer: Bethesda Game Studios Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Bethesda Studies Game Director: Todd Howard Skyrim Lead Designer: Bruce Nesmith Composer: Jeremy Soule Engine: Creation Engine Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Release date: November 11, 2011 Purchase Skyrim for retail versions. Note: Since the PC version is a Steamworks title, you will need to authenticate the game with Steam and tie it to a Steam account. You can purchase it digitally by clicking to go to the official Steam store page of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Skyrim is set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion, in the land of Skyrim. The province has erupted into civil war after the assassination of its king. Concurrently, the god Alduin, who takes the form of a massive dragon, has arisen to destroy the world. The player character is one of the last living Dovahkiin (Dragonborn), and must fend off Alduin and save Skyrim from destruction. Skyrim is not a direct sequel to Oblivion; rather, it is a new chapter in the Elder Scrolls series, set two hundred years after the events of Oblivion. In the preamble to Skyrim, the Empire began ceding territory to the Elven nations it once ruled, because there was no heir to the Emperor's throne. The Blades had no one to defend, and gradually died, were murdered, or secluded themselves from the rest of the world. After the king of Skyrim was assassinated, a civil war broke out amongst the native Nord race – the majority being those who wished for Skyrim to secede from the Empire, and the rest being those who wished for Skyrim to stay in the Empire. As with previous Elder Scrolls games, Skyrim begins with the player character as an unknown prisoner, on the way to their own execution. The player eventually learns that Skyrim's civil war is last in a sequence of prophetic events foretold by the Elder Scrolls, which also foretell of the return of Alduin, the Nordic god of destruction. Taking the form of a gigantic dragon, Alduin is prophesied to consume the world with his servants, the Jills (a race of black dragons). The player character is the last Dovahkiin (Dragonborn), a dragon hunter anointed by the gods to help fend off the threat Alduin poses to Skyrim and Tamriel. Aiding the player is Esbern (voiced by Max von Sydow), one of the last Blades. Skyrim's game world is the province of Skyrim. It is a northern province of Tamriel, the continent on which all the games in the series have taken place. Skyrim is roughly the same size as Oblivion's game world Cyrodiil, which is around 16 square miles (41 square kilometers) in area. Within Skyrim lie five cities, larger than Cyrodiil's cities, as well as smaller townships and expanses of wilderness. Much of Skyrim's topography is mountainous, and dragons are frequently encountered when exploring the wilderness. There are over 150 dungeons scattered across Skyrim, and when the player enters a dungeon for the first time, the monsters within lock to the player's level permanently, even if visited later at a higher level. Fast-travelling is a returning feature, allowing the player to instantly travel to any marked location that has been previously visited. Over 300 in-game books will be featured for the player to read in order to learn about the lore of the world. These are just a few of the features for Skyrim, voted by Goons as being the most important; however, remember that this game has hundreds of new features, and the best way to find out about them is to simply play the game.
The Vampire Lord Harkon has returned to power. By using the Elder Scrolls, he seeks to do the unthinkable - to end the sun itself. Will you join the ancient order of the Dawnguard and stop him? Or will you become a Vampire Lord yourself? Featuring an all new faction questline and locations, the ultimate choice will be yours. With this official add-on to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you can purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, stable, garden, and more. Use all-new tools like the drafting table and carpenter's workbench to transform quarried stone, clay, and sawn logs into structures and furnishings. Even transform your house into a home by adopting children. With this official add-on for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, journey off the coast of Morrowind, to the island of Solstheim. Encounter new towns, dungeons, and quests, as you traverse the ash wastes and glacial valleys of this new land. Become more powerful with new shouts that bend the will of your enemies and even tame dragons. Your fate, and the fate of Solstheim, hangs in the balance as you face off against your deadliest adversary – the first Dragonborn Screenshots All screenshots are clickable and link to the image hosted on the imgur.com website. Visit the imagur album to view them with more customizable settings and viewing options. Wallpapers These are the wallpapers are from the Official Skyrim website. Aerial Attack 1920x1200 1680x1050 1600x1200 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x800 Dragonborn 1920x1200 1680x1050 1600x1200 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x800 Environment 1920x1200 1680x1050 1600x1200 1280x1024 1280x960 1280x800 Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1AenlOEXao&hd=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PjBSicSVqI&hd=1 Special Thanks to Contributors of the Original Post A friend of mine, Natasha (pastelsounds) the Swedeophile of Russia, for making the banners! Tack så mycket! AirRaid, Anani Masu, gently caress SNEEP, 7c Nickel, Nulity, Morocco Mole, and Smug Amoeba for the additional pictures Bethesda Drake Lake for Racist poo poo pictures forfeit for console command breakdowns Insufferable autistic idiots johndis and SNAKES N CAKES for various links Makrond for a solution of the "crash to desktop while at menu" problem m-o-o-n for a solution of the "FOV sucks" problem poop for a solution of the "mouse acceleration" problem Todd Howard Wikipedia contributors for the description of Skyrim Whoever made imagur.com Zaldir of the Official Skyrim Forums for the confirmed features list. Takk for den fantastisk liste! Official Links ElderScrolls.com - The official website for The Elder Scrolls. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Offichttp:[url]http://elderscrolls.com/skyrim/downloads/http://elderscrolls.com/skyrim/downloads///www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm80VuP1q0Iial Site[/url] - The official website for Skyrim. Bethesda Blog - What the developers are working on. The Elder Council - The Facebook page for The Elder Scrolls series. Twitter - Their twitter. Skyrim Soundtrack Other Links The Elder Scrolls Goons (TES Goons) - A goon group for Steam for all TES games. The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP) - Quest, item, spells, skills, and any lore found within the Elder Scrolls page combined into a fantastic Wiki. Skyrim Wiki - A Wikia for The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim. Confirmed Features - A post made by Zaldir on the Official Skyrim Forums about confirmed features for Skyrim. Achievements for The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim - Achievements for the Skyrim. Minor spoilers in the link. Skyrim Nexus - A mod nexus for Skyrim, containing 99% of the mods for this game. Find out how to add huge anime boobs to mudcrabs that are retextured and scripted to sleep with you! GO HOG WILD! The Elder Scrolls Series The icons are clickable. The ghost icon represents a web site containing a free download of the game, while the Steam icon represents a purchasable game on Steam. 1994 The Elder Scrolls: Arena 1996 The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall 1997 An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire 1998 The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard 2002 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002 The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal 2003 The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon 2006 The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 2006 The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine 2007 The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Stay Safe fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Tweaks and minor mod chat in this thread is fine but a modding-oriented thread was made by someone so that this thread doesn't degrade into boobs-on-mudcrabs chat. Speaking of tweaks and customization, I don't want to lose this from the now-closed forums, so I will copy and paste this in here. Mods A dedicated modding thread is found here. Tweaks and Customization Unless otherwise signaled, these fixes are primarily for the PC version of the game, as fixes for consoles are usually limited to waiting for patches. Console-related problems are primarily at the mercy of official patches. Console commands (PC): Click here for a full list of PC console commands. My shadows are horrible, pixelated pieces of poo poo even on Ultra settings Unfortunately, it appears that the game's Shadow settings are integrated with each other. What this means is, the game's shadows are rendered based on resolution/quality in conjunction with distance. The more distance you have set your shadows to render, the less in quality the shadows are. The less your distance, the better the quality. You can change the settings with the instructions below to lower the default Ultra distance (8000) to something lower. Goons have found that 4096 seems to be a sweet spot between quality and distance.
How do I change the FOV? Primary method that has the most success from Goons
How about some tweaks to make Skyrim look even more pretty? This is a good one. Fundamentals of Character Editing from Console Understand that opening, or using console commands does not affect achievement triggering in any way. You can still get achievements while using the console without fear. Open/close console: ~ Search help for a string: code:
0: all 1: functions 2: settings 3: globals 4: other forms To find the perk ID for the Block perk Quick Reflexes, type: code:
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Some other useful commands are player.additem and player.removeitem. For example, to add gold you need to find the item ID, then use that when calling additem: code:
Help, there is some kind of visual effect stuck on my screen! (Blood, blurry and blindness effects on the camera; NOT on the character)
If the vision effect was two parts, rimodcf is probably the command you want. I haven't seen anything require rimod yet, but if the crossfade can get stuck I suppose the original modifier can too. Is there a way to turn off killing animations?
How do I shorten or lengthen the book-opening animation?
Stay Safe fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Right when I'm getting into Skyrim - bookmarked a few threads a few days ago - the forum closes. Anyway. Bethesda, why didn't you include a non-enchanted version of the Thalmor robes? They're like the only pretty cool looking robes in the game, but come exclusively with a sucky enchantment. (Playing on console here). Image not mine.
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Are those threads archived somewhere or did they just get deleted?
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Bunleigh posted:Are those threads archived somewhere or did they just get deleted? You can still browse (only the first page?)
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RIP skyrim subforum. How many specific games subfourms have there been anyways?
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Since Skyrim came out, I have put 976 hours into it according to Steam.
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Lawman 0 posted:RIP skyrim subforum. A good number actually. Though often they're for a couple of popular games, like when GTA4 came out there was a GTA and GTA clones forum.
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Wait, when did Redguard and Battlespire become free to download?
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It's been awhile since I played, did anyone ever reveal what was up with the various insects in jars that you can find? At the time there was all sorts of speculation that they were an unfinished quest or part of something that would appear when the DLC was out. Did anything ever come of that?
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Lizard Wizard posted:Wait, when did Redguard and Battlespire become free to download? I'm sorry, where do you see Redguard as a free download? I really want to play that game again!
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Should Anthology be added to the OP? It seems like a way better deal than the Skyrim Legendary Edition if you don't mind waiting another couple of weeks. http://www.elderscrolls.com/anthology/
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I said come in! posted:I'm sorry, where do you see Redguard as a free download? I really want to play that game again! At the bottom of the OP, along with Daggerfall, and ohgoddammitit'snottrue.
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Lizard Wizard posted:At the bottom of the OP, along with Daggerfall, and ohgoddammitit'snottrue. I clicked those links and didn't see anything on the official Redguard website to download it.
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So what's gonna happen to the modding/visual modding threads for Skyrim? Because there's still a ton of good stuff to find, especially in the visuals category (Boris is actively developing ENB and it's getting better and better with each new version) Is someone gonna make a new thread and combine both? Oh, and since it is a general thread, is it cool to discuss the in-game literature too? E: Oh and don't forget SPERG! Synthwave Crusader fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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I have bought all the DLC for this stupid game and haven't completed any of it. This game is literally A Problem TM.
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Lotish posted:I have bought all the DLC for this stupid game and haven't completed any of it. This game is literally A Problem TM. I bought Dragonborn for but it was right when the fatigue set in so I have no way to playing it unless I do another 30 hour playthrough.
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computer parts posted:I bought Dragonborn for but it was right when the fatigue set in so I have no way to playing it unless I do another 30 hour playthrough. Did you play Morrowind? If so, just go to Solstheim and listen to the music for a few minutes and your fatigue problem will resolve itself. So much nostalgia.
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Scyantific posted:So what's gonna happen to the modding/visual modding threads for Skyrim? Because there's still a ton of good stuff to find, especially in the visuals category (Boris is actively developing ENB and it's getting better and better with each new version) Hopefully someone does. The OP needed overhauling anyway. I'm sure SPERG will have to roll back into the regular modding thread, though. We need a modding forum.
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I'd like to take a moment to talk about Imaginator. Essentially, it allows you to change the game's brightness, contrast, and color balance and saturation on the fly. A splash of red, for example, really evens out the game's palette and makes it more vibrant in general. I realize we're trying to keep mod chat separate, but since the bleak landscapes of the game are kind of a common complaint I figure it's pertinent to everyone, like that one Fallout 3 mod that removes the green tint from everything. Scaly Haylie fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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Someone gifted the vanilla game to me on Steam when it first came out, but there's no way in hell my laptop can run it so I've been waiting for a chance to upgrade computers in any way (baller laptop or finally building that gaming PC like I've been saying for months). Now I see there's an all-DLC version of the game, is there any way to upgrade my version to that for a discount or am I just going to have to wait for all the DLC to go on sale in the future?
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C-Euro posted:Someone gifted the vanilla game to me on Steam when it first came out, but there's no way in hell my laptop can run it so I've been waiting for a chance to upgrade computers in any way (baller laptop or finally building that gaming PC like I've been saying for months). Now I see there's an all-DLC version of the game, is there any way to upgrade my version to that for a discount or am I just going to have to wait for all the DLC to go on sale in the future? You should probably wait for a sale.
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With SPERG finishing up development anyway, the loss of a SPERG specific thread is no big deal as long as there's still a Skyrim modding thread I can keep up on so people can ask questions, submit bug reports, etc. I'll miss the subforum for sure, though.
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seorin posted:With SPERG finishing up development anyway, the loss of a SPERG specific thread is no big deal as long as there's still a Skyrim modding thread I can keep up on so people can ask questions, submit bug reports, etc. I'll miss the subforum for sure, though. We all will. Hey, can you link your NoDisarm mod? Edit: Sorry for modtalk!
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I said come in! posted:I clicked those links and didn't see anything on the official Redguard website to download it.
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I hope someone goes ahead and makes a Skyrim modding thread soon. I just got back into this and started installing mods, so the list of Goon-Certified ModsTM was really coming in handy...
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WEEDLORD CHEETO posted:I'm pretty sure there's still next to no way to get Redguard running on modern OSs anyway. Could be wrong, though. You're right, insofar as I'm aware. DOSBox doesn't work for it, compatibility certainly doesn't.
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I never finished Redguard, but these days I think most people would find it drat near unplayable even if you could get it running. Just watching the videos makes me cringe.
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Is the "Radiant Story" feature something added by one of the expansions? Or is it a player-made mod? I've only played the vanilla game with tons of mods. This feature is supposed to make the game not "inundate you with a string of unrelated and mundane tasks." Inundating you with a string of unrelated and mundane tasks seems to pretty accurately describe how the side quests always were for me. There didn't seem to be any special intelligence to the order or way I was given side quests.
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OpusD posted:Is the "Radiant Story" feature something added by one of the expansions? Or is it a player-made mod? I've only played the vanilla game with tons of mods. It's a vanilla feature, but it's not as grandiose as the description makes it out to be. A bunch of caves and dungeon type areas are flagged as being radiant locations, and the enemies you will find inside of them are affected by it. General "Go here and do this" quests use the pool of radiant flagged areas as their destination. Some main quest locations use the radiant pool, but not many. It's mostly a side-quest mechanism. Some other quests use radiant flagged containers, like the thief guild side job quests.
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OpusD posted:Is the "Radiant Story" feature something added by one of the expansions? Or is it a player-made mod? I've only played the vanilla game with tons of mods. It's part of the base game. All it does it generate quests based on a pool of variables, such as location, quest object, quest giver, etc. For example, all those quests you do after the major faction quests are Radiant quests, since they're generated based on a pool of available data. So it basically generates random quests, a la Daggerfall. Also, bounties are radiant. Also, it sets who does what in the event that someone dies. If John dies, Jill takes over his role in the quests. The UESP has information on Radiant quests, such as what assets are available for what roles. Also, the way you describe how the system works is pretty accurate. It ends up just being poo poo to do.
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I said come in! posted:Since Skyrim came out, I have put 976 hours into it according to Steam. 900 making iron daggers.
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Well, it's not too terrible in its current implementation. But that feature description made me think it might be something new. I guess the game was doing a bit more under the hood than I thought. Thanks for the replies. I've put well over 200 hours into the game. So it's been worthwhile. If I ever get the expansions then that'll give me a lot more to do in the game. OpusD fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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Lizard Wizard posted:I'd like to take a moment to talk about Imaginator. Essentially, it allows you to change the game's brightness, contrast, and color balance and saturation on the fly. Minor mod chat is fine, along with tweaks and whatnot. I just don't think this thread should be mod-oriented. I might try to find the tweaks thread and create a help section. Anyways this is interesting and looks like it is on par with FXAA injection.
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Doesn't the radiant AI handle all the side conversations between npcs as well and the daily activities of them?
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Come back, mod threads. I'm on my second week of collecting and installing mods, haven't even played yet.
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Oh, the subforum is finally gone. Not that I didn't enjoy it- there was a ton of useful info there- but it was definitely past time for it to be taken out back. It's been a while since I played Skyrim, I'd been thinking about upgrading to a better computer so that I could actually play with some of them fancy lighting mods. By the time I get around to it, I'm sure I'll have to spend approximately an eternity updating everything I've already got on my install. Pretty sure I spend more time modding TES games than playing them.
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Alasyre posted:I never finished Redguard, but these days I think most people would find it drat near unplayable even if you could get it running. Just watching the videos makes me cringe. It was my first game I played on a 3d accelerator card. A Voodoo Banshee 16mb. I remember the graphics being pretty amazing at the time.
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This game has trained me not to be a packrat or get I'll overwhelmed. My first few characters I ended up with insane amounts of little miscellaneous poo poo in my inventory thinking "maybe I'll use these Dwarven cups later!" and the inventory system is pretty terrible for that kind of hoarding. Now I'm really careful about what I pickup. If I can't sell it for gobs of money or if I'm not going to use it, then I stop myself. One thing I can never get a handle on though, is however much I try to complete quests one by one and keep the count down (not stopping in the middle of a sidequest or getting distracted) I always loving end up with like 20 quests because people (or talking dogs) will literally just walk up to you and you don't wanna decline. Quest journal fatigue.
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Dead Man Posting posted:Minor mod chat is fine, along with tweaks and whatnot. I just don't think this thread should be mod-oriented. I might try to find the tweaks thread and create a help section. Speaking of graphics (and yes, this is minor mod talk here), I highly recommend looking into the ENB series graphics modifications binaries (find them at https://www.enbdev.com). Why? Because it takes this: and turns it into this (lovely imgur compression ahoy!): (This is the Quietcool ENB configuration with a customized wide-screen setting) But while a prettier Skyrim is good and all, there's also a very useful thing that has come out of the latest ENB series binaries. And that is a workaround for the dreaded 3.1GB memory limit for the game. If you're into modding any Bethesda game, you'll know that the game will crash if it eats up more than 3.1 gigs of RAM. Boris (ENB creator) managed to create a workaround for that problem in the latest series of binaries. And yes, you can run the ENB without actually touching the graphics, which is useful if you want the memory hack, but your computer can't handle the stress of graphics modification. So, if you plan on doing any sort of modding (and especially if you plan on using HD textures), I highly recommend it. THS posted:Quest problem This sort of falls into gameplay, since with these two very small mods you can keep the clutter in your quest log to a minimum. Apologies for the derail into mod territory, but I think these two (ENB and the quest minimization mods) can really help improve the basic gameplay.
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