Dubnoman

I'm playing a sword and board Nord (a Nord woman). She only has perks in combat trees and stealth trees (1H, block, smithing, light armor, speechcraft, and lockpicking). I'm at level 35 now. When I gain a level, I pump up health and stamina. Magicka is still at 100. My stamina is at 180 and the health is around 400 (and it is higher than that, due to a fortify health ring that adds 40 points of health). I read something here, someone advised to level up health and stamina evenly for warrior types. Is that what I should do? Should I pump more points into stamina? Or is my stamina fine at 180 and I can just pump more points into health from now on? Some things to note: She adventures alone (so maybe more health is better?). I don't have perks in power bashing, and she uses a 1H sword. She has a perk that reduces stamina use in 1H power attacks. I'll adventure alone until I deem I need a follower or two, if it gets to that point.

Once I see some games utilize 8 GB of RAM, I'll upgrade to 16 GB, being that extra RAM will be needed for Windows and other applications and programs. Maybe 12 GB would be all that is needed, but hoofhearted was making a point about dual channel, triple channel, and memory. How can you determine your motherboard supports triple channel memory? My motherboard probably only supports dual channel, anyway. I'm still not sure if I'll crossfire with my current card. My card will be plenty good for quite a while. What I may do instead is buy a GPU in the second part of 2014 or first part of 2015 (from the latest Radeon or Geforce line) that has 4 GB of VRAM and then 12-18 months later buy another one of the same GPU and then crossfire/SLI them. I'll want two GPUs with at least 4 GB VRAM, since the VRAM amounts don't stack. Now whenever I get this GPU upgrade, it'll be at least a 4 GB GPU. Depending on what is available and at what price, I may get one with more VRAM than 4 GB and then get a second one of the same card later for crossfire. It depends on what is available when I'm ready to get a new GPU and buy a single card. I'd go for a card that is $350-$450. $500 or more is too much for a GPU for me. If I had two GPUs at at least 4 GB VRAM a piece, with at least 4 GB VRAM in total to use, with a system RAM upgrade to 16 GB and taking my i5 and overclocking it, this would carry me strong through a large part of next gen.

I hear the Companions questline is the buggiest questline. I have the unofficial patch for Skyrim, but I figure that will help out the Companions questline only so much. Should I even bother with this questline? Is it worth investing time into? I know some spoilers about it, too. I was thinking about doing the civil war questline, too. Is that one worth doing? I will join the Imperials. My character believes a united empire is needed to take on the Thalmor, and finds the Stormcloaks to be racists.

I could just throw in a 4 GB stick and go up to 12 GB, but I think the better thing to do is bring the number up to 16 GB. Then again, maybe 12 GB would be all I'd need until I get a new motherboard that uses a new type of RAM. Hmm... And I was thinking of getting an 8 GB RAM stick, but now that I think about it, I'll probably never need more than 16 GB of RAM until I end up with a new motherboard with a new RAM type. So, you guys think the smart thing to do is spend a good bit less and just get two 4 GB sticks of RAM? That sure seems like the thing to do. Edit: I had thought that two 4 GB sticks sold together would be significantly cheaper than a single 8 GB stick, but they are actually almost the same price.

Like I said, I will upgrade my RAM to 16 GB when I see devs start announcing that their AAA games will utilize 8 GB. Maybe that'll happen in 2014? I dunno, we'll see. I have no need to upgrade for quite some time. I probably won't even need to upgrade when The Witcher 3 hits. My system is really good. But still, I'm eager to upgrade, haha. When cross-platform next gen games start hitting PC next year, I'm going to be eager to tweak my system so that it can run cross-platform next gen games like a champ. I might even put off upgrading for a bit. I will definitely play things by ear.

Thanks for your continued input. As you can see I'm trying to gauge what type of upgrade would be smartest in about a year from now via input from people who have more insight on these things. So the extra VRAM (higher than 3 GB) won't be too important for the first few years of next gen? If I did this upgrade in 2014 and just did system RAM upgrade and crossfired Radeons, I'd be fine with 3 GB VRAM in the next two years to follow? System RAM on PCs can't pick up some of the load for VRAM on GPUs, right? You only see that on machines specifically made with a unified memory configuration?

Hmm. So when the PS4 and XBO launch and developers start making games for PS4, XBO, and PC in 2014, I think I'll upgrade my PC. We are already starting to see this with games like The Witcher 3 and Titanfall. Let us say The Witcher 3 releases in Q4 2014 and I go to upgrade my GPU shortly before the game's release. By that time, there will be new lines of AMD and Nvidia cards, and spending $400 will probably get you a GPU with 4 GB and possibly you could get some cards with 5 GB at that price (just guessing). I'm figuring it could be like that by, say, September 2014. So Crossfire will really make a difference, but won't increase the VRAM. Let us say in Q3 2014 I could get a really good GPU with more RAM at a price that isn't too much (let us say $400, give or take a bit, is the limit). Should I go with crossfiring two of the type of card I have now, or get a GPU from a new Geforce or Radeon line that has more VRAM? Would your advice depend on whether, with all the things I mentioned, it was either 4 GB or 5 GB of VRAM on the card? I'm thinking 16 GB of RAM in a PC will start to be relevant for gaming once the next gen gains momentum. I heard a rumor that The Witcher 3 will utilize 8 GB of RAM for systems that have enough RAM (so the computer would need 12 GB or 16 GB in order for this to work with them). I think once I see devs start announcing that their upcoming AAA games for PC will utilize 8 GB of RAM for higher end systems, I'll throw in a 8 GB stick of RAM.

Thanks again, guys. I know my i5 is great and that i7s are overkill for PC gaming. I wasn't actually ever considering replacing my i5 with an i7. In fact, by the time I want a better CPU, I'll be getting a new motherboard for a newer CPU type and that won't be for quite some time. I just wanted to know how good my CPU should be in the not-too-distant future, and you guys say it'll still be great in that time frame. My motherboard has two PCIe 3.0 slots and allows crossfire. So we don't need to get in depth on what it takes to crossfire two cards, I'd just like to know, if I was going to take my GPU and add a second one to crossfire with, I'd want the exact same card, right? I know the brand and model number of my Radeon HD 7950 and it is on sale on newegg. This is anyone's guess, but if I took two 3 GB Radeon HD 7950 cards and crossfired them, should I expect their performance to be about the same as a 6 GB GPU released in 2014 (something pretty high end, like $350 to $400). Vindekarr indicates this would be the case. Vindekarr, you say you have dual 7870s. Those are very good AMD cards. How well do they compare to 7950s? About the same, right, but which are better?

Thanks for the replies, guys. I wasn't thinking of upgrading my CPU when The Witcher 3 hits, I was just wondering how good the CPU might be by the second half of 2014. If I ever did crossfire, would it really be better than buying an upper-mid-range GPU (something around $350-$400 in 2014)? Would I have to worry about power consumption? I have a 850 watt PSU (good model from a good brand, I forgot who atm). I'd have to see if my motherboard does crossfire, too.

I bought a nice PC last year with an i5 3570k. It also has a Radeon HD 7950 with 3 GB and 8 GB 1600 RAM and runs on Windows 7 64-bit. I sought advice on my build and people told me that an i7 just wouldn't be utilized for PC gaming. Next year, around the time The Witcher 3 hits, I want to upgrade some components. I don't think getting a new motherboard and CPU will be necessary. I will put in an 8 GB stick of RAM to give my computer 16 GB of RAM and then get a very good GPU by mid or late 2014 standards (whenever The Witcher 3 hits). Do you think that an i5 will still be pretty good for PC gaming by late 2014? Do you guys expect it to run The Witcher 3 very well, or might I be wishing I went for an i7 in 2012? Do you think the i7 will still be underutilized for PC gaming all through next year? I should note that if The Witcher 3 can run very well with both my current CPU and current GPU but benefits from 8 GB of RAM (let's say that they did that), I may just keep the same GPU I have now for all of 2014 and just double my RAM in 2014. My current specs should be able to run The Witcher 3 pretty well, so it is possible I may just double my RAM only next year.

I'll have to work on these things later. I just wanted to check for replies now. Do I have to worry about corrupt data being baked into my saves? Or should I be able to remedy things well and going forward should have more stability?

Recognized plug-ins Unrecognized plug-ins I edited the Skyrim.ini files a bit. I did the .ini edit that allows for more than one weapon to show up on your character while in 3rd person (http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/716366-i-found-a-way-to-make-multiple-weapons-show-up/?gopid=5692880&do=findComment&comment=5692880). The OP got it wrong in that thread, it is an edit to Skyrim.ini. Other than that, I made an edit to allow for there to be Papyrus logs. System specs: Windows 7 Home Edition 64-bit, i5 3570k, AMD Radeon HD 7950 3GB, 8 GB DDR3 1600 RAM. Mods without plug-ins: I can provide links for the ones I didn't give links if I need to. I started giving links, but I don't know if it is necessary. Papyrus Log:

I had a CTD while in the open world. I have a Papyrus log. I can't make sense of it. I figure I get useful info from the last things sequentially. So what do I do? Post the whole log here on these boards? Would I have better luck starting a new thread on it, or just use this existing thread (not everyone will know I have Papyrus logs I'm reporting on)?

How can you reset skills and redistribute all perks? Is it for Legendary mode only, or all difficulties?

Thanks for all this info. I tried clearinvalidregistrations. It said 0 for invalid registrations. I changed the values for the Papyrus lines in Skyrim.ini. I used the Skyrim Save Cleaner. I'll see how things go as I play Skyrim. I'll post more in this thread to report on things, especially if I still have CTDs in the open world.

I'm having some CTDs while in the open world. I'm at level 23 or 24 and I've had 5 CTDs while in the open world of Skyrim. It may be getting worse. I went to ride from Morthal to Whiterun, and I had a CTD. I reloaded in Morthal and headed towards Whiterun again and had another CTD. I reloaded and then made it to Whiterun that time. I did disable and uninstall one mod. I followed the instructions on how to disable. I believe the first CTD may have occurred after this and not before it. The mod I uninstalled is the real shelter mod. I can't link to the mod page. It has been removed from the Nexus (the mod author thinks there are too many adult mods on the Nexus). There is a program that can fix broken scripts, right? There might be a way to identify a problem leading to CTDs and also possibly fix it, correct? I don't really know anything more than that, and I'm kind of guessing on it. But I may be able to fix the problem, correct? Is it inadvisable to do quick saves? I started playing Skyrim with ms/kb on this playthrough, and I did one quick save, and I think that was before I had these CTDs, too.

I guess I'll take my time and not rush things, then. I just kind of wanted to rush things since I restarted a few times. I won't be very thorough in what I play, though. There will be questlines I won't do, and there will be many dungeons, forts, and caves I won't do. I'll still do many dungeons, caves, forts, and dwemer ruins, though. How I've been playing so far, I'm been moving along the mainquest, but have been breaking from it as I go to do things like dungeons, caves, bounty hunting jobs, etc. Oh yeah, JimCass, I haven't fast traveled a single time. I intend to not fast travel a single time as I play this game I have going now.

I want to play it somewhat thoroughly, but when playing a game like Skyrim, I have a hard time juggling between something as involving as it and other games that take hours of playing to beat. I don't want to try and pick up other games that are quite involving until I am ready to move on with Skyrim. I think what I'll do is do some quests and collect some bounties primarily in the holds that have the following capitals: Whiterun, Falkreath, Riften, Markarth, and Solitude. The snowy regions and the swampy region don't interest me as much. Or are there a lot of good quests to be had in them? I was thinking about being pretty direct in this play through of Skyrim, but I may be more thorough in it than I first intended to. What I'm a bit anxious of is getting more involved in it than I first intended to, racking up a lot of progress, and then having some issue that screws up my game when I'm close to wrapping things up.

I restarted Skyrim a few times. When I first got the game, I was doing powerleveling out the wazoo and was developing a certain type of character, and then I found that powerleveling takes a whole lot out of the game and I didn't want to play the type of character I had on top of this. Months later, I picked up the game again and made some more progress on the mainquest, then got a new computer, and didn't know how to transition my game saves and mods successfully to another computer. So I got the game running on my new PC (my current one), but was having technical problems. They weren't too bad, but I was really afraid they'd get worse and worse. I restarted again and play a bit with one character but didn't do much with them. I had an idea for another character. That was kind of a restart, but I wanted to do a third 'legit' restart. That was back in January of this year. I decided to put off restarting the game though. I ended up picking up the game again this summer, in late June. So, I have no played through the main quest yet and I have not played through any questlines. After picking up the game again, I've been much more direct in how I play. I'm enjoying the game and doing some quests and collecting some bounties, but I want to also go through the main quest and two questlines at a steady pace. I went to get the horn of Jurgen Windcaller. I have to meet Delphine at Riverwood next. The farthest I've gotten is starting the mission for the Thalmor Embassy. I'm gonna get to that point again, and then I'm gonna take a break from the MQ and focus on the Companions questline and start the Imperials questline. I'm curious to know, when you start the part of the MQ that has you go to the Thalmor Embassy, how far in the MQ is that? 30%? Is the Companions questline long, or not too long? How about the Imperials questline? Not too long?

Okay. I had to restart Skyrim a few times and I picked it up again after a good six months, and I was just worried that technical issues might be a problem. I actually never played through the main quest yet and with this new character I started, I'm determined to play through the main quest and two other questlines.

Hm. I'll resume as normal for now. The CTDs aren't too bad. I'm at level 23 now, and I have had only three CTDs. They all happened when I was in the open world. I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Is there anything I can do? Use a program to clean scripts? Would going back to an earlier save help?

I'm at level 19 and I had two CTDs out of the blue. Do I have to worry about this becoming a real problem, or are the chances that things should be fine?

zre you using godmods or something because on my playthrus even on adept i never get those results you are describe usually i start a new playthru on adept till the character is about lvl 25 then i usually change to expert but again the difficulty levels in the vanilla game are in my opinion p,e pf the worst game mechincs in the game at master level my lvl 40 characters get instant fried by a novice stormmage using a simple sparks spell while my own chainlightning hardly do any damage pretty annoying and iùùersion breaking there are plenty of good mods ouy there that let you tweak the difficulty without breaking the game I'm not using any cheat mods, but I explained some reasons the game was so easy for me (with bandits and draugr; lots of beasts and monsters and dragons take multiple/many hits). What I mentioned is that I have a mod called classic classes where you choose a birth sign, and I chose the Warrior birth sign, which gives me +20% to melee damage. Then I have 3 perks in armsman (so +80% in melee damage altogether). Then I have a mod where court wizards can enchant items for you for a price, and I had a ring and a pair of gauntlets with +32% each for 1H weapon damage. I was one-shoting most bandits and draugr. I have since sold the fortify 1H items. I have a skyforge steel mace (from a mod). It has the same damage output of an Elven mace. Currently, I do 45 damage with that mace. I will check out some more mods and use SkyTweak. If I find I want to tweak the challenge some more, maybe I'll get a regular steel mace, which currently has a damage value of 35 for me. I'll have to check out Duel Combat Realism since a couple or few of you recommend it. How high should I raise my stamina? I'm at 150 now. I was thinking of keeping it there and just pumping points into health from now on.

I got that mod for keeping your damage output the same on Expert, Master, and Legendary. Will it work completely fine with SkyTweak?