hipolipolopigus
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Hm... Unfortunate... There is more than one way to get attention for this, though. Like anything, get enough people involved and you will be heard. This is why I'm posting the letter here. I don't intend for it to be read as-is by Bethesda, it's to be reviewed and scrutinized (And preferably mention things that we like about the game xD).
I'm thinking about mentioning closed/open betas, which many companies use (Admittedly not so much for Single Player games) for quality assurance and to make fans a little more excited about a product (Ref. BF3).
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No need to be sorry :happy: Happens to all of us :)
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Never use smileys and jokes when you want to send an official letter ... If something, only harsh sarcasm to give it some edge, but no smileys, that makes people discard it before reading.
Smilies in the letter aren't final, they're there for the moment to make the letter seem less judgmental (I admit, it definitely sounds judgmental).Thanks for the input, though :happy:
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Save your letters for games that deserve it. You complain about modders fixing things for Beth? At least they can. $60 and it should be everything to everybody out of the box. My favorite game in the world in 1998 was NCAA football from EA, the 99 version crashed so much it was unplayable. After that it was console only. Count your blessings.
It's not a complaint, exactly (At least I didn't intend it that way). I revel in the chance to fix and tweak things, though it shouldn't be up to the community to fix massive bug lists. I've seen a rather sizable one around, supposedly 500 entries on it, not all of them minor.
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I'd leave out the smileys. They make the letter seem easily discountable.
Smilies aren't intended to be final (Perhaps I should write that...), they're simply there at the moment to not make the letter seem so cold and judgmental.
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@darthsloth74; Thanks for the input :happy: Perhaps I should also mention Bethesda's reliance on the community for fixing things. Doesn't the Unofficial Oblivion/SI patch cover things Bethesda still haven't done, or am I mistaken there?
@Dan3345; I don't take it as harsh :happy: I agree completely, which is why I'm putting this here for community input. The best way to proof-read something is to get lots of people to read over it, no? On marriage, I'm not saying it should be patched, I understand how amazingly complex the whole process would be, I'm saying that it's gone irrevocably wrong.
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I thought I'd write a letter to Bethesda here before I send it to get some community input :) Feel free to suggest additions, subtractions (Perhaps divisions or multiplications if you're so inclined ;)). This is a work in progress and it may be a while before I send it.
Dear Bethesda Softworks LLC,
Being an avid gamer and fan of many of your games, I felt it was my responsibility to write this letter to you on behalf of your consumers and fans alike. As you may be aware, there are more than a few issues regarding Skyrim. The first that I would like to address is the lack of Large Address Awareness and the (Apparent) lack of quad-core support (In spite of the recommended specs calling for 4gb RAM and a quad-core CPU). What on Nirn are you thinking? Is there a reason for not enabling these? Is there any reason to enforce the lack of Large Address Awareness? The LAA fix modified your binary, sure. But it was a single byte flag that didn't compromise the integrity, operation, or security of the game. Either let us use it or deploy it yourself. I have 10gb of RAM, 6 of which Skyrim could be using! -(Edit)- When you stop things like the LAAF from happening there are two possible reactions;
- First (And least likely) the issue will just go away
- Second, the users will find a way around your system. This has already happened with the LAAF. So what now? Prevent that? Release an LAA-enabled binary?
Next is patch 1.2. Oh boy. You've probably heard a lot about this already. Perhaps ironically, doing some research into this patch brought up your blog's 404 page titled "This is somewhat embarrassing, isn’t it?" (The correct link is here, unsure why that one was supplied). Here are my observations of what you've done in 1.2;
- Fixed several rare or remedial gameplay/control issues.
- Claimed to have fixed performance for PS3 users (Many are disputing this already).
- Broke several core functions including resistance, dragon flight... The list is still growing.
- Didn't fix much, if anything, from the community bug list.
I'll leave it at that for now.
-(Section up for revision/removal)-Marriage and relationships. Very cold and almost professional. No children, no friendship/companion development... You get the picture. -(Need suggestions for here)- I was really looking forward to having an amazing immersion experience. Instead, I'm left with... Well, a wife that helps me fight dragons, sure. But she could die at any moment. Most likely from repeatedly gouging herself on those pesky dungeon traps which are, honestly, too obvious. Perhaps you should take a leaf from Bioware's book, look at their Mass Effect character development. I can say that I feel genuinely attached to them and actually somewhat traumatized when they die.
(For Brittainy)
Why do PC users have the low-res textures from the console versions? Is this indicative that the content is ported? Is it the Bethesda way to let users fix things where they can to save on man-hours and to meet somewhat obnoxious release dates? ("One-one-one-one-one-one" as a certain comedian I know of puts it). In hindsight, I would gladly have waited for issues to be ironed out if I knew things were going to be this bad. The content and evolution of the game from Oblivion has suffered immensely.
Okay, enough assuaged gripes. Onto the good stuff! (I did need to pause a bit few minutes for this :/)
Well... I'm stumped for this section. I would have put something about the grace of the dragons, but that kinda went out the window with 1.2. I'd praise the almighty creation kit, but... Well... You know. The main story? I guess... Was a bit short, though. I honestly intended to write nice things here. -(Need suggestions for here)- -(Thought of something 3 things! )-I do appreciate;
- "Turn Undead", particularly in dungeons. I just love watching as those annoying Draugr tossers walk right over the traps and get smushed/incinerated. Thanks for that!
- The dragons following me into cities was, to be honest, unexpected. Thanks for taking time to do (What I assume is) a cell check!
- Putting Tamriel in Skyrim. This is going to make modding amazing (Eventually...), hope your DLC will utilize it! :happy:
Well that's it for now. I hope that you take this letter and the good intent behind it seriously.
Warm Regards,
Vedviing - Ui Mahfaeraak
So... Let's get to it! Suggestions, please :happy: Smilies in the letter aren't final, they're there for the moment to make the letter seem less judgmental (I admit, it definitely sounds judgmental).
- First (And least likely) the issue will just go away
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This is already being worked on. You don't need to re-write the whole system, just inject some additional functionality (Like OBSE did for Oblivion). However Steam may prove to be a bit of a nuisance about it.
How do I know it's being worked on? Well... Here :)
On the functionality; Yes, Skyrim definitely has the capacity to do it. It's a matter of linking the client to the host and transmitting the data between them, possibly having some core-content mods for compatibility issues.
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Well yay for us kiwis :happy:
Send me one of your saves and I'll have a look at the data, if you like. I suspect that both Skyrim.esm and Update.esm are loaded, regardless of whether they're checked or not.
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Looking at the plugin info data from my saves (Using information from UESP, particularly the information on the plugins info) that both are loading on my end. Image attached :tongue:
Off topic, I hope that NZ means you're a... Well, "green" kiwi :wink:
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After encountering this rare error, I thought I might document it here.
I have a built from-scratch system with an NVIDIA GTS 450. Not the best card, but definitely able to run Skyrim on at least High. After updating my driver, my overall performance dropped. I tried just about everything to get it right again, to no avail. After I installed MSI Afterburner, I found the problem. My near-1gHZ card was running at 405 mHZ. Less than half of what it should have been getting (And around 15 FPS on High settings).
The card was permanently in its' low-power state (P3, I think) and was unable to get out of it, fortunately the fix was damned simple; Disable the card in Device Management and then Enable it. I suspect that restarting the computer may also work in certain cases, but not mine. And before you go blaming my other hardware (Like NVIDIA :dry:), my specs are;
- AMD Phenom II 955
- 10 GB DDR3 1033 (2x4 + 1x2, simply because I can :rolleyes: )
- Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3
I'm now running on ultra with land shadows, tree shadows and a 80962 shadow map and getting ~56 FPS. Huzah :happy:
- AMD Phenom II 955
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Hey all! :happy:
I've been registered for a while, but I've never really felt compelled to submit any of my own work... Until Skyrim :D I'm a C# developer with just under 9 years of experience (I'm only 19 so... Heh :P) and I'm working on a Skyrim Management project called "Spriggan" which has some basic features at the moment (Character management, Video Settings and applying the Large Address Aware fix), but more will come after the Creation Kit is released.
So... Yay, now you know a bit about me and mah work :3
A Communal Letter to Bethesda Softworks LLC
in Skyrim LE
Posted · Edited by hipolipolopigus
Thanks jim_uk :happy: I'm not sure of the extent of publication support, though (I was considering Machinima/IG Daily, but I may be as far off as contacting Bethesda there). Any suggestions?
Loving the kittehs BTW :happy: