Roxana

The Abandoned prison is as close as you will get. There is a cellar mod for the Lakeview manor found in LL while Hearthfire extended allows several more cellar rooms with on having bars. Someone should rehabilitate the abandoned prison as a mod as it is a waste.

The usual: kill someone and cannot find the body for loot

I know that this sounds stupid but if you loot too quickly in the face of distractions you can actually lose items. I was looting a chest and was attacked and had to fight off a few raiders and after I had the last one I noticed that I had no 308 left. I looked around but could not see it . It was only when I went back into the building that I had cleared that I found my 200+ 308 in that chest. How?? FIIK!

Is there ANY way of making this more obvious? Usually the first I know about this is when I am told that I have failed so I must return to an older save and then go there. damn well annoying and I am hoping that there is an easy solution that I have missed.

Agreed. As I bayoneted some guy I kept wondering who was throwing the Molotovs and why.

Damn good idea...I become so annoyed when I go to a settlement x only to find that all of their turrets are stuffed and I have no circuit boards. So back I go.

I have enough problems finding beds for them without having more of them. How they reach their beds is beyond me and managing 14 settlements already takes too much time. God help me when I have all of them.

Apologies if I have missed this one below BUT as an old Fallout player I was horrified to find that I needed a perception of 8 to gain "sniper' and an Endurance of 6 to gain radiation resistance (radiation is much more lethal in this game) and a Charisma of 6 for Local leader. The old way was take a drug (or two) and hope that there was no addiction but now we have loads of * rated add on armours and clothing that give attribute increases but do NOT help you gain perks. Sure by level 50 I will have 8 perception, 6 charisma and 6 endurance but I would like to spend some levels on decent perks(still have no Better criticals at level 20). Of course I can console cheat, but I would rather just have the "old way" back as I started 3,3,3,4,5,5,5. after literally hours of thought and while my char is doing quite well at VH (3 raiders at level 1) I am not certain I want to wait so long to upgrade attributes via levels. I almost had a nervous breakdown wasting 4 points in charisma. So a mod that allows temporary attribute increases to help gain perks would be nice. Ohh BTW I do not use stimpaks or radaways or rad x in any fallout game....masochistic but it makes it a little harder although IF I try Survival I may have to break that rule : )

Hmm looks like I was well out of step here : ( Bertilsson, a few questions if I may : ) 1) does the above mod require alteration of Skyranger capacity? No? 2) The above just goes into the "mod " section of Toolboks 1.6.2? Yes? 3) is it all compatible with the latest EW under steam? Dunno 4) Is it retroactive or do I need to start new game number ? 51? Dunno Sorry that I am such a PIA : (

Okay I ploughed through most(not all) of the preceding pages as this interests me and just using skyranger capacity I have managed (with NPs 6-12 troops in all of EU) to complete the old game. Sure I often had six clustered on the one spot or even "outside the wire occasionally*tough luck!!*. But NOT with the EW EU as something has changed here. EW has a CTD when any trooper drops into a depression(eg on the DLC and other battleships and in the quarry map) and I have slowly changer every modification I made to the exe and the DGC.ini and only dropping the capacity to six seems to stop it(so far) The only other modification I have NOT changed is the 3 small items slots on all armours. Even the Arcthower pistol slot I changed back. MHO is that there is something in EW that makes any increased capacity unstable and this is IN the savegames and hence corrupts them I am a total PC moron so take all this with a grain of salt : ) but I have restarted EW about 20 times to try and fix this. Ohh I had the selection problem just like everyone else and usually finished up with seven "top of the list" soldiers (6-12)and five ones that I wanted to give exp to(1-5). This was no big problems a sit was the top of the list ones that stacked as a six and that suited me until I tried it in EW . In EU the DLC handled it but in EW EW the last "battleship capture" crashed always as I approached the pair of lower gates ( I grenaded the first one as I always crashed there if I did it by touch) I hope that this helps but remember my PC knowledge is threadbare. Oh I have the latest EW steam build and ToolBoks in/out makes no difference.

I did A cold boot and reloaded the game and broke the cycle so no need to reply.

Spoilt by Toolboks I am stalled on a save where I have all six gaining promotion but FIVE are snipers which now gives me 90% snipers. I have reloaded the last combat save several times and it makes NO difference. and yes, I have the EW savescum working (is this payback for so doing? ie rigid noncombat effect) Is there a DGC.ini lineor resource hacker .exe that I can alter to select the ones I need as did toolbox?

yes..I have had many such "WHAT????" moments: From point blank (ie next door) misses with even a pistol to alien shots across the screen from a handheld pistol which take out my man in full cover and hunkered down. My husband was in combat and he rolls around the floor laughing saying that you will get something like that once a tour but not repeatedly. landed next to an abduction ship: first trooper I moved saw SIX enemy (2 cyber discs and 4 drones) and as next one hits cover SIX mutons popup (2 elite) and then I move next guy into cover and SIX floaters jumped in...only one left was the ouitsider. I was massacred like 5x but kept trying and eventually managed the scenario without loss but to insult this with the term:"scumsave" is a punishable offence IMHO as there is no way that they could have all 18 troops just waiting near my landing spot. I increased my squad size to 10 and tried from the base autosave and had exactly the same result: all killed....so I went back to my hard earned first run through and said hello to them all in hospital :sad:

Not sure that my opinion is worth much BUT I increased the capacity to 11 so that I could have ten troops and one passenger(I found that in the DLC missions if I filled all slots the game would crash in the first mission or any rescue mission). In the DLC the extras were superimposed on top of each other and usually in a place where I could not use them. So I restarted the mission and eventually found them usefully on the map In EW. However in the Exalt missions I could not seem to use them as they always appeared outside the pink "wire" and I was stuck with my six but if I used my best troops no big deal. Must admit I like shooting traitors.

I had no problems with increasing "small item" to 3 successfully using Resource hacker so your problem lies elsewhere IMHO I only modded the XCOM EW exe and nothing else. My problem was I tried to give majors a perk choice..: (

Hmm I must disagree. I find this game MUCH better than Oblivion. I could replay daggerfall or Morrowind but Oblivion suffers compared to Skyrim IMO The vistas alone are boggling. the concept of the Thalmors giving unpredictabilty (and death until you reach very high levels) to the game and none of the thieves guild or Brotherhood lines are straight forward. Even the daedric quests had me agonising on the choices:ritual cannabalism etc. I grant you the old adage:"everyone has opinions , just like everyone has an anus" but IMO you must have been spoilt by the games that you have ever played. The dungeon mazes are simpler but more varied while Oblvion was a snap compared to daggerfall dungeons. Skyrim could have made the dungeons slightly more complex but IMO they are the best of the series. Oblivion was just one group of rearranged parts after another: at least Skyim's seem to have individual character. if you cut it to the bone:what is an RPG? Quest, survive, improve skills, find out story, kill the boss, live happily ever after. Now that iS boring but it is the trip not the destination that makes the game; my current char is 62: has not handed in the dragonstone; has not made the werewolf choice, is on the 3rd thieves guild quest, the second mages guild one; while the brotherhood? hello!! Grelok is dust but no contatc and only one daedric quest finished. most side quests and all reachable places found and I find it still quite difficult at very hard despite good skills. Boring? don't fast travel: walk and see if it's boring or straightforward. I still die and often. if I ever reach level 100 I think that I will still die and often...harder dragons & increased spawns will see to that. In my first char one dragon took more than half an hour and i spent most of my time dodging and hiding behind cover with the occasional snipe.

Mod Mnager is an excellent idea for mods but why make it a login? that was my point. Like so many websites who offer "free" service until you find the catches I totally FAIL to see why I must "login" MM even once and especially when that "once" was when I was d/c. My ADSL is highspeed (Husband's business line) but it is via an old server exchange and hence lapses at home (not work) often and having to log in during frequent d/c is a PIA. So, sneer if you like but logging in for MM is UNNECESSARY and a cause of problems for me. I work very hard(like many others do) . My relaxation is RPGs and thank god for fallout 3 not being via steam(try it at very hard/extremely slow levelling/never using stimpaks Rad X or Radaway(food, water and trips to home or doc) and with reds in every direction.

OK found it. No help to me as between the whole family there are >50 mods half Nexus and the rest (thank you children) Steam

No help to you....sorry....but what is STEP? (searching for it now)

SKSE isn't working for me and your superior attitude is as pointless as was the language elsewhere. I only log on with problems so like all those who do so, I was not aware of the other ways to beat steam. In addition , even if I did, I have children here who have "other" steam programs and would be on me like a plague of mosquitoes if I stopped their patches I agree that Alex has an unappreciated job but it always seems to happen when I have "my turn" at this PC and no smart comments about buying another as there are four working PCs in this room(win 7, 2 XP & Win95/98, it is just that certain spoilt little sods want to play gmes other than Ultima VII, Wing Commander prophecy, Daggerfall, Morrowind & Freelancer. Between &^%$#%^ steam, SKSE, ScriptDragon and the RIDICULOUS LOGIN for modManager which I will never again use in later games it is almost pointless buying games.No wonder piracy is up and well. If games were cars the manufacturers would go broke fixing them but they would still be stolen.

Uhhh-Ohhh!! Looks like SKSE has also been caught. I have to admit that I F******gwell HATE Steam and its OBNOXIOUS constant Rape of my software and yes I had NO auto updates on FWIW Never had any time for piracy but if Steam is the answer then Big Brother (the 1984 one) isn't far off. But the joke is that the conscienceless Chinese Communist party supported hackers: the one who are THE threat find Steam easy...it is the HONEST mugs who suffer.

Been away from the game for a while (local phone network problem) thanks to steam NOT working offline and the absolutely STUPID forced login for Mod manager. But whingeing aside, how new is the Skyrim patch? I ask as naturally scriptdragon doesn't work(again). Any idea when we can expect an update? I don't wanto sound unppreciative but my playing time is limited and every time I have some,I have to wait for script dragon. BTW I couldn't even play Fallout NV thank to that idiotic forced mod manager login.

Umm I agree ...to a degree but... Any lockpicking perk is pointless...after the three previous games even very hard locks simply waste a few more lockpicks. Onviously you have never been attacked by more than one archer as that blocking perk while not good ( ie you still cop damage, albeit reduced) it is far better than not having it. Three archers will pincushion you in 20 seconds. Similarly any pickpocket perk is pointless:if you do it often enough 100 gallops towards you, So, unless you are determined to get that dwarven axe at 0% chance, I never waste any points on this skill. Poisons are only of real use in the beginning when they can have a game changing effect. By the time you could afford the point it is useless The wards are only useful if prearmed which isn't often but they are part of magic lore in most games. IMHO they are too weak and short of duration to be really useful. The runes have their role if you are planning a tactical retreat with a far superior enemy. the silent casting is essential whatever the cost. Disintegrate??? I really only reanimate in desperation and there is always enough bodies left if that desperate. The above is at very hard with constant warring and attacks...if I go 5 minutes without someone trying to kill me I wonder what the hell is going on. I have found archery to be the BEST offensive skill and that includes 100 dest but conjuration is a close second for distraction/reinforcement. What is so funny is that with 100 Block Heavy armour and 1H I am still sliced & diced by gang leaders in steel plate and me with my dragonbone armour but 6 arrows backing off and down they go.. hmm a bit lopsided IMHO but it means that those skills a re only useful on nonbosses. I was going to switch totally over to magoc at level 30 but my bow is still betetr than 100 dest.

I was using that stupid game box and not the mod manager to untick and I may have missed one as they are so poorly packed in there re display. I downloaded the newer version of that mod and will check all mods for upgrades....after I save the working game files on backup I actually could not get my Lev 62 to work in FNV for a week. So I re-installed completelt but forgot to change the NVSE icon to the new version. Naturally FNV & my level 62 work perfectly now ON THE OLD FILES and so does this new char so I have no idea why FNV wouldn't load saves for a week or so. luckily i have 50gig max DL and a nice Vanilla game file. Anyway...... Thank you

Ohh My surprise here was that at level 62 I hadn't even noticed them probably for 30+ levels so I guess i sort of forgot about them and couldn't untick the correct box.