Singulair7y

If you want better distant trees then this mod will help http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/6245 It improves lod for distant trees but might have high performance impact on your pc. And heres some texture mods i use http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/4582 This mod adds alot of new textures but i only use the plant/grass ones. http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/1546 This one for bushes and small plants.

Thanks i got a stock i7 920 6gb ddr3 and a oc gtx 670

I put this video together to show what skyrim looks like with my collection have a look. [video=youtube;Xt2ri6CKio8] [/video

I never thought about the time difference they still could have made it a little more advanced with out adding guns.And crossbows are in morrowind so i found it strange they weren't in oblivion.

Yeah i feel the same way i get bored of skyrim quick.Its the new leveling system that does this no character is specialized in anything now and the lack of unique items/weapons makes them all feel the same.I only just got to solitude in the main queste because i dont play it much been playing morrowind again which i haven't played for years and im loving it.I don't know what bethesda was thinking.First time they disappointed me and i hope they don't make these mistakes in there next game

The thing is bethesda had a good mix of twitch gameplay and stats.Thats what they were knowen for it's the way they made there games for years why change it now?I never heard anyone complain that oblivion didn't have health regen who even asked for that.

Well there is garry's mod which cost 10$ on steam now

@ shanith Im surprised that a rpg veteren would like the new leveling system but everyone has there opinion.Im not a hardcore rpg player but this wasn't what i was expecting from a bethesda game.Sure they need to be able to evolve there games and make changes but i think they went about it the wrong way.With the new leveling system it changes the feel of the game its more like fable now.I loved planing my characters out working out which skills/attributes i would train and there's not many unique weapons/items.As for fallout 3 i don't compare the new ones to the old because i expected bethesda to make fallout there way and i wasn't a fan of the old ones so i didn't play them much but i did play them i just wasn't into rpg's back then.But im sure there would be fallout fans who weren't happy with fallout 3.But these things happen and im just voicing my concerns because if we don't say anything bethesda wont change it.

Let me start by saying Skyrim is an good game and i do like it.It has nice graphics good combat great story and there's lots to see and do.The game is so close to perfection but it just feels like there's something missing.There's so many things that contribute to this that i cant name them all but the removal of attributes is one of the major things that does this.Bethesda say that they were just a way of increasing health magika and stamina but they were so much more.With out them the game is is simplified and each character feels the same there not specialized in anything every character can easily learn any skill now. Also the lack of unique items/weapons does this as well.It just feels like all the weapons are the same you know what your getting when you pick one up not like Morrowind and less so Oblivion where there's so many spells weapons and items i'm overwhelmed by them.The perks are a nice addition but cant make up for the removal of attributes.And there's many other small problems like regenerating health/No location damage no hardcore mode (i didn't expect this anyway) and the game is to bright.Without the darkness night time looks bad dungeons aren't scary and torches are useless. Even things like being a vampire suck now.The pro's and con's have been reduced vampires can go in sunlight now just there health doesn't regen.Whats the point of being a vampire in Skyrim when all you get is a couple of Average spells and a set of cool eyes.In Oblivion my vampire mage has 148 willpower and i'm sure it would be possible to get it even higher.When i play Skyrim i get bored real quick i spend most my time taking screenshots.It just doesn't fell like my character is progressing there's nothing to keep me hooked.I brought Morrowind a couple of days after Skyrim was released and i already clocked up more time on that than Skyrim.I haven't played it in about 8 years and i thought it wouldn't like it much now but i love it more than ever brings back so many memories the best of the elder scrolls. I loved Morrowind i loved Oblivion i loved Fallout 3 but Skyrim is the first time bethesda have disappointed me.Like i said it is a good game one of the best this year but this seams to be what all the game companies are doing now simplifying there games.Its ok to make a game more accessible just not when your sacrificing gameplay/depth.One recent game that does this is deus ex hm which is Awesome by the way but in my opinion not as deep or as enjoyable as the original.Guess i just have to wait for some mods to make Skyrim what it should have been. Sorry for the long post and bad punctuation i just had to have my say.

I just thought i would post some screenshots as a comparison between tweaked and untweaked shadows.The game actually looks best with standard shadows set to ultra when you change the ini and shorten the shadow distance it looks good close up but much worse in the distance and its not just the shadows it changes the tree lod is shortened aswell and you get noticeable pop in the only thing you should change in the ini is bTreesReceiveShadows=1 and bDrawLandShadows=1 this enables extra shadows like on foliage.These screens show the difference look closely and you will notice the modified screens also have less foliage on the trees.The modified screens have fshadowdistance=2500 and normals are at the standard 8000 you be the judge. normal shadows1 http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=42125SlZGQ&i=199364 modified shadows1 http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=42125SlZGQ&i=199365 normal shadows2 http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=42125SlZGQ&i=199366 modified shadows2 http://www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=42125SlZGQ&i=199367