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It's the "Checking for new client version..." bit. It looks like the website used to host NMM is out of order - so when it checks for the latest version it gets a 404 error (or whatever) and that makes it crash. :-( I don't think its possible to turn off checking for new client version. But I would appreciate it if someone could check if that _is_ possible - and maybe put up NMM at a mirror somewhere.

Alchemy ingredients are too cheap - if you're in the mood you can just buy ingredients, throw basic potions together, then sell. Repeat at each town you've visited and your speech, and alchemy skills go up pretty fast. That's not so bad, but your money also goes up _real_ fast. Why is the alchemist selling you a bunch of ingredients for a few gold each when they could be selling you the potion they make for a couple of hundred? So, yeah, I think that alchemy ingredients should have their price put up by 300% or more. It would also be nice if common alchemy ingredients were available in much greater numbers in the shops. If they have, say, two thistle branches and three cloves of garlic that isn't really impressive. Difficult stuff like Vampire Ash or Daedra Hearts should be less easy to get hold of, but the basics should be readily available.

My first thought was that you're imagining things, but I checked and you're half right. Yatul and Bolar are only ever referred to as Aunts. So we can't know for certain either way. Maybe Bethesda did that deliberately to keep Skyrim at '13+' ;-) Ha, ha. Well, here's everything I found out with my Khajiit (I'm working on the unofficial translation to Japanese, so I've got the dialogue noted down). This is what Urog, his daughter, has to say. * My brother keeps trying to spin these fantasies to me about my aunts and our father. He's crazy. * Sometimes I wonder if my aunts are right about my father -- he does seem weak. * Yatul's been teaching me to hunt. I'm still learning, but she's the best teacher I could have. This is what Dushmamub, his son, says. * Haven't you seen how my aunts act with my father? It's beyond strange. * I never knew my mother, but I doubt even she acted as affectionate with my father as Yatul and Bolar do. * My sister is blind. I've told her she shouldn't spend so much time with Yatul, but she won't listen. Thinks she's nice. Chief Mauhulakh himself doesn't have much to say, except to bemoan his lack of wives. * The blessings of the mine have been many, but I have no mate to share them. * Been married many times, but the gods keep taking them from me. Then there's Yatul. * Mauhulakh. He wants to be a leader but spends too much time moping over women. Bolar and I should be all he needs. * Orc chiefs should be strong and stand alone. They need no companions. Progeny is a poor excuse. * I know I sound abrasive. It's just that I love Mauhulakh so much that I want us to be happy together. It gets more confusing with Bolar. * I've read the entrails many times, but can't fathom why Mauhulakh's wives keep finding tragedy. * Urog and Dushnamub were such lovely children. I held them as they watched their mothers die after birth. They know me best, now. * Mauhulakh was such a darling boy. Until he got older and started having opinions. So, either Yatul and Bolar are Mauhulakh's older sisters (or sister-in-laws) or they are actually Mauhulakh's aunts, and Dushmamub and Urog's great-aunts.

Have you been up to Narzulbur and chatted with the orcs there? What's your opinion on the hot orc gossip of the season? :tongue:

Er, then why not put them up by more than that? A percentage increase might work better. If you get fined an additional +30% each time you are caught pickpocketing then by the 20th time you are caught the fine would be over 4,700. It should probably be capped, though, as a fine of 900,000 for the 40th time you're caught is a bit much. ;-) A reputation system would be interesting, probably quite difficult to implement well though.

Simple concept. I find it silly that you get the same fine (25 gold) the first time you are caught, and the 100th time you are caught. If fines increased significantly each time you get caught it would be more realistic, players would take more care in pickpocketing, and pickpocket might not be the easiest skill to get to 100.

Yeah, I got those. The first time around I did that quest I pick-pocketed the guy so I thought that was the problem. But when I retried it there wasn't any difference. [EDIT] Fixed! I created the quest reward item and spoke to Wilhelm again and suddenly the conversation choice came up. :-/

So I've got the item[1] from the Shroud Hearth Barrow that I need to give to Wilhelm to proceed with the quest, but he doesn't want to know about it. There is no conversation option to let him know what I've found. Is there some console command I can give to make him get his act together? Otherwise I guess I'll just have to create the quest reward item[2] I need from Wilhelm. Anybody else have this problem?

Hmm, not really. The problem is that to turn a decent amount I need to go 'drag mouse, lift mouse, move mouse back, drop mouse, drag mouse'. I could change the mouse sensitivity, but then I'd be overshooting on the finer actions all the time.

Simple idea - maybe not so simple to implement? I'm fed up with struggling to turn my character around quickly with the mouse. I'd like a couple of keys mapped to 'turn left 90 degrees' 'turn right 90 degrees'. (I'd probably use z and c myself, although you'd need to re-map the original action associated with 'c' to something else). It would be nice if the character would actually turn, not just the view point. Either would be better than nothing, though.

I came across this mod Skyrim Character Editor, which looks pretty good, but it only does half the job I'd like to do. The character editor creates a console bat file that _writes_ new values for vital attributes, perks, skills, etc. What I want to do as well is _read_ the current values for a character (output to console log, or whatever). You see I'd like to be able to restart Skyrim with an existing character - or at least a new character with the same level/skills/stats as the old one. I want to redo the early bits of the game while taking notes and I don't want to cheat, or waste the experience I've gained so far. Is anyone interested in taking on that challenge, or do you have any advice for me if I try to work out how to do it myself?

Can we get support for foreign language character sets in Nexus pages? See here http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=5094 for what I mean.

I personally reported it. I know that the PMs were received, because I got replies. [EDIT] It's a long time ago, so I don't have those PMs now. The 'older (popular)' mod was, IIRC, the sexlivion / sexdarkness mods that use audio taken from a commercial adult game. The new mod was one I initially included in my list of Japanese Oblivion mods, but took down the link after seeking clarification on Nexus policy.

Yeah, I don't particularly want to annoy those in authority here, but Nexus policy does get bent on occasion. I know of at least one case where a new mod including illicitly copied copyright material was (naturally) disallowed, but the exact same material in an older (very popular) mod did not result in that older mod being taken down.

Thanks for 'Circles be Gone' that looks like a good start. As for the markers, I see you can set them to only show in explored areas, but I don't see how you can turn them off entirely. If I'd wanted achievements I'd have played Achievement Unlocked again. (Actually it's a lot of fun). Surely the grim realities don't come under dark fantasy. :P