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I...Hadn't thought of that

Maybe this is the best place to ask, but it's worth a shot. I recently cracked it with skyrim and it's constant crashing with my save games always being corrupted. So I decided to do a clean install and deleted absolutely everything. So, now when I put my retail disk in to install the game, I get told it's going to be an install needing space in the order of 8Gb. However, the metre when the install starts is some over 5Gb only and for a while, everything is peachy. That is untill somewhere in the 2Gb installed mark where I'm suddenly told steam has finished installation and despite having auto updates disabled, steam proceeds to start downloading the game from scratch. To the order of 6.8Gb, something I can rarely accept on a 3G prepaid broadband plan. I've encountered the whole, downloading despite a disk issue before, though usually it would disobey my order from the beginning but I was able to set it on the right path... Not any more and it's really doing my head in.

Our Wars in Skyrim had a plugin like that. As the project is dead (for the moment till I find some help) the only mod I can think of that has similar effect is Pure Waters by Laast. Water do not become dangerous but more difficult to swim in. Also it is mine and Gophers favorite water mod so yeah. Try is out :wink: Thanks very much Darkangel13 :) That's pretty much what I'm after, water with a greater current to swim against

Unless I've gone crazy, I distinctly remember the existence of a mod that made Skyrim's river rapids more dangerous to try and swim through. Non of my search attempts have helped me find it so if anyone here knows of the mod and it's location, I would be very greatfull for your assistance :)

I've just recently gotten the hang of making my own basic follower in the CK when I came across another tutorial that showed steps to importing your player character's data into the CK, apparently a better way to get a more exact look you want for your custom NPC. That all works relatively good, as far as I can tell anyway, though the CK render seems to be missing certain make up applications and things like freckles ( I use a set that replace the dirt options). Anyway, I do the 'ctrl+F4" thing to export the data back into the game, I get the DDS and tga, nif files as expected but not matter what I try, I just can't get the npc to have those assets shown on her, so she's just looking plain with the standard, body, face texture. Is there any way around this problem which doesn't seem to be mine alone? Also, while I'm at it I might as well ask, would I have to make my new NPC a custom race to assign unique textures and such to her and her alone? Directly editing the face and body textures to include the features I want is a possible way to counter the first problem I guess. I thank you in advance for any advice you can offer me.

(okay, trying this posting thing again) Nope, forget it, I don't know why, but when I copy,paste my writing into here, half the words join together errantly.... back to my hole I go

I'm sorry it took me so long to come back on, I really need to make it part of my daily rounds, I've been reading your latest story 'EPIC OF FATES: STORY OF STORIES', I must say I've thoroughly enjoyed the time out to read this. Your writing is very well done without being overcomplicated, your characters are very well fleshed out and your description over the scenes really helps me get the picture moving in my mind. As always I will look forward to your future updates and, well get to them a lot sooner

I finally have my PC back in working order so I can go back to enjoying your updates, and enjoy them I have. You certainly have a great way with words that just pulls the reader in :)

I assume the same role as many on this thread, I like exploring area's on a whim and living in the land instead of conquering it. However, I've not played it so much, less than 150 hours and not by choice. I've had to reinstall the game and start over three times already and I'm heading for the fourth after I send my dysfunctional 6 month old pc to the place from whence it came to try and find out what plagues my pc's display functionality.

I'll have to get one of those suggested cleaners for the PhysX issue when my internet decides to grace me with functionality once more. On an interesting note, after installing the 285.xx (I forget the numbers after the point) from MSI instead of straight from nvidia I did all these stress tests on MSI Kombuster and it all looked good without a hitch. However, I went to the control panel to Performance Information and Tools and made windows do the test to update my PC's rating. During this test, it got to the direct X 10 part and that's where I got my usual crash and received the 'Kernel error Driver 285 has recovered' usual tdr Any thoughts on this? Edit: okay now I'm even more confused as the system runs on DX11... Edit 2: okay, scrap that, it's crashing even at Direct 3D 9 assessment

Does anyone know a way to remove all knowledge of PhysX for a clean install? I've had to try several drivers to try and put an end to annoying TDR's (the reg key fixes do zip) and have even downloaded nvidia drivers from 275 down as many seem to suggest. However now, even despite following the earlier posted guide, I can't seem to remove PhysX from my computer so any older driver installs are incomplete as there is already a higher version installed... I've tried everything I can think of to remove all trace of the PhysX install to no avail.... This TDR thing is beyond the joke and the latest update turned an occasional occurance to a sure thing every time I try and play skyrim... Always needing to hard reset... Unfortunately I'm not sure what version I was using beforehand that was better...

Awesome :), I am having some horrible posting woes on my end however, it's quite bizarre what's happening really

*** Okay I don't get it, my second post on here decided to have all kinds of formatting and my third... well, every line a space between two words was deleted and as I retried the post I'd either get the same problem or after editing I get a whole lot of html language I didn't add... so frustrating, I'm not sure if I should continue lol <div><br></div><div>Edit: okay... seems my second post decided to play as nicely as my third, which is to say not very nice...:(</div>

**** deleted for posting weirdness**** Just my luck...

“Dammit! Watch the road will you?” Chief Fire Officer Will Harrigan shouted nervously as he tried to contain his composure with the utility truck weaving between oncoming traffic. At the wheel Joshua Bell, a rookie officer, laughed at his superior's fear as he narrowly avoids a collision with a bus cutting across two lanes and nearly sending the vehicle airborne as they crash over the median strip, back on to the correct side of the road. “What? Do you want to get there, or get there fast?” Joshua asked. “I want to get there alive thank you! Furthermore, I don't feel like paying the fines you keep racking up each week, I swear your the most expensive recruit I've ever employed and I've worked with some real assholes” Will retorted before nearly jumping out of his seat as they mounted another curb. “ I would have thought the city appreciated us rescuing their kittens in record time” Joshua quipped before punching the horn with his fist. “ Yes, those are sirens Move to your bloody left will you?!” Joshua cut off a car attempting to pass on the right lane as he sped pass the confused driver that failed to move. He raised his middle finger at the driver and Will held his head in his hand as he pictured the phone call he was bound to get. The outer reaches of Brisbane's south were unusually busy for a Sunday morning, speciality shops lined the streets with a throng of early morning shoppers and alfresco restaurants were busy with the breakfast rush. Joshua looked out his window to get his bearings and finally noticed the plume of thick black smoke to the east. “How tall is this building again?” Joshua asked as he took a sharp right through a t-section. “The Hill View apartments are four floors high with the blaze located on the third floor, affecting one entire unit, the aerial appliance and another pumper are already on-scene” Will replied a little uneasily as he felt his stomach in his throat. Sure enough the operation was already in full swing as they arrived, the ladder had been deployed and a cannon was pumping foam through the front window and the smaller unit was working on protecting the adjacent properties. Across the street a large crowd had gathered, probably a mixture of rubberneckers and residents rudely interrupted from their morning activities, though someone was asleep on the job, the onlookers were still too close to the danger and Joshua could feel the heat of the blaze as he parked the command vehicle. Jumping out of the truck Joshua looked back at the chief who was wiping the sweat off his brow with a handkerchief , despite a receding silver hairline and a few wrinkles needing a little ironing out as he would say, Will was still a fit looking man for an officer nearing retirement. “you coming boss?” Joshua asked. “Yeah just give me a moment lad, I think I messed my pants” Will replied before taking a long swig from a water bottle. Joshua put on his fire resistant jacket and shielded helmet before putting a roll of hose over his shoulder and grabbing an axe in hand. “ Your still on buddy?” came a heavily accented voice behind him, Commander Janusz Kasczyk, a Polish immigrant had joined station 24 about the same time as Joshua but had years more experience as a fire rescue officer from time served back home in Warsaw. “Yeah mate, got called out just before knock-off time, been quite a hectic night I can tell you” Joshua replied as he indicated for Janusz to help him put on his oxygen tank. Chief Will Harrigan interrupted the pair with his directive“ Okay lads, this is how it's gonna be, I want you two, to go round the back and break in the rear exit, I'm not confident in letting you go up the inner staircase of the structure with the thick smoke and the heat will chew right through that hose.” Joshua and and Janusz nodded in acknowledgement before running toward their objective, it was not long past the time when Joshua found it hard to even stand straight with all the heavy equipment on let alone run, how he'd grown in such a short time. The intensity of the fire was indeed muted at the rear of the building, in fact you could hardly tell the building was ablaze as Joshua and Janusz carefully ascended the three flights of external stairs. “Rumour has it the Chief has you selected on the rescue detail for the American President's visit with the family tomorrow” Janusz inquired. “Yeah it would appear so” Joshua replied flatly. “Oh don't play coy with me brother, we both know you have the hots for the President's daughter” Janusz prodded. Joshua laughed at this “yeah, yeah and I'll have her yet, women can't resist a hot guy in uniform”. “ My ex-wife could” Janusz countered. “ No, your ex-wife just got bored of having smoked kiełbasa every night” Joshua teased before his radio crackled to life, saving him from a counter attack. “Listen up lads, despite earlier reports that the building has been cleared, be aware we've been advised that there is an adult male occupant of the flat who has not been located, it's very likely he's still inside, locating the man, dead or alive is your priority” warned the chief through a chequered signal. “copy that boss” Joshua signed off before checking the hose that Janusz had connected to a hydrant and had been unravelling on their way up to the third floor.