Cryogenius333

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I'm just hoping somebody will know how to help me with this... tech support forums aren't doing me so well. Basically I tried to play good ol' Icewind Dale on my windows 7 comp... and before that Good ol' Baldur's Gate II... both of the games are having this annoying and heartbreaking issue where the game menus, and the game in general, looks like somebody upended a bucket of water on the interface... everything blurs and smears and becomes unreadable... I don't know how to fix this... I've tried compatability mode... I KNOW it has something to do with the OS, but can't for the life of me find out what... If anyone can help me fix this problem, I'd greatly appreciate it... It's heartbreaking, not being able to play these games... some of the best I've ever played.... In fact BG is THE best series I've played.... seeing it in this shape is troubling.

Hey, just checking up to see how things are going... still interested in helping you, providing life hasn't gotten in the way.... lemme know how things are going, what kind of progress you've made so far... or if the projects fallen through. Getting shipped to another base in about a month, so I'm gonna be indisposed for a while... if you need any help, I'll help however I can.

Sorry, this is just kind of a goofy, "out there" post, relevant, but likely a sincere waste of energy to read.... Looking back through the comments, and the posts, and thinking about weapons, as I always seem to be...(I'm so narrow sometimes) Got me to thinking about how all soldiers and warriors, from the lowliest footman to high lords and captians, would always carry a dagger/knife/stilleto/dirk(etc.) as a secondary, in case they lost their first weapon, or needed to pull a quick "gotcha" on somebody. When I started thinking about that, it got me to thinking about the annoying Skyrim blunder on how you couldn't see both your equipped weapons, unless you rapidly equipped and unequipped your helmet, or other such article of armor or clothing. And THAT got me to thinking about that old classic(?) Two Worlds. Harhar. The dagger was equipped in a secondary slot, and didn't count as a weapons unless you were sneaking. But you could see them. This is really just aesthetic goofiness, and I'm certain someone may want to backhand me for adding such ridiculosity, but you think it would be possible to duplicate something like this? Or is this the kind of thing thats just to much aesthetic itchy scratch to really want to worry about. I'm just airing my scrambled thoughts right now. Gotta lot going on at the moment what with my impending deployment, and I haven't really been thinking clearly for a few months I just always thought a character looked cooler when you could see the heat(steel?) he/she's packing. One of the lesser reasons I like Mount & Blade so much.

Err, news? Sorry, I haven't looked at the forums in Eons. had too much to do. I think this one kid of falled off the map, as it were. lots of request do that. I'll keep people posted if anything happens, yes?

Okay, Okay, I'm sure theres at least ONE other request for them out there somewhere, but I'm not hunting through 900 pages of mod request for it... Wow, it's been a long time since I posted something on this site.... Anyway, I know all of you hardcore Diablo fans (like myself) remember the infamous Hell Bovines, and the secret cow level. Now, I don't know if any of you hardcore fans actually got MAULED by them, like I did (How the hell was I supposed to know there would be so many?), but I'm certain you fell in love with them all the same. I'm also sure at least one of you hardcore Diablo fans has some skill with modding and modeling, though I wont make presumptions. All I'm saying is, the secret cow level should be brought unto Skyrim, and the ancient and terrible weirdness that is the hell Bovine unleashed upon her hapless inhabitants. Let's face it. Skyrim Cows are abused and butchered half the time, and utterly ignored for teh other half. It's time tehy called for help. UNLEASH THE COWS!!!!! Moo.Moomooo.

Damn.... That's pretty much the rundown of it. Got everything right there. Excellent ideas, and very well thought out. Just one problem... I don't suppose you can find somebody who can build this for me... because I certainly can't. I don't know how to write script... and that's A LOT of script writing. Hell, you could make a standalone GAME off of that. Also, while the title is focused freelance assassination, I'm aware that some people... like my friend Timer5, bless his golden little heart, don't like assassinating people. Both him and my friend Jon went out of their way to expose and destroy the Dark Brotherhood. Jon even tried to slaughter the Thieves guild, and found out they were all essential. From that, what happens with all the Dark Brotherhood involvement if you took the quest to wipe out the Dark Brotherhood and finished it? It is known to some that there is only one sanctuary left, and they won't want to commit three or more separate attacks against you Ingrid is brutally protective of her family. Enough reason for them to allow a standalone cutter? Perhaps attempt to recruit you, instead of kill you, like with the Aventus Aretino incident? Just things to look into. Some people will want to look into work as thieves, treasure hunters, mercs, enforcers, caravan guards hell, maybe bakers, farmers and smiths. I'm sure lots of people wouldn't mind having people pay them to make armor (Though I can see the fluidity and lore issues in that. Not necessarily just illegal occupations. I titled it Freelance Work. I just personally prefer assassination, because all my high level characters are focused on assassination. Great ideas though. I appreciate the input. You have a lot of ingenuity.

Weapons seem to be of particular significance to a lot of people at this point in time. Maybe it's just because weapons are cool. I don't know. I haven't been on the nexus in almost half a year now. Just a few things I was thinking to ask. Firstly, where would axes fit into this. I know axes are included in the blunt weapons section of Oblivion which always confused the hell out of me, because axes are not blunt, they are hacking weapons, which is not the same... Secondly... I KNOW you said pole arms were not looking very likely, and that's understandable. Computing in the extended reach, and how to make that seem believable in first person without looking like a violent version of the "Psychic Poke" would be tremendously difficult. Just think you might find it worth your time to know that polearms... at the very least pikes, played an important role on the medieval battlefield. Poleaxes... used to pull knights from horseback... which was necessary if you wanted to kill him. On that note. Please say something on the likelihood of mounted combat. I know it's difficult to program, but I'm sure it can be done, and was a big part of medieval combat as well. No fielded army can exist without a cavalry unit of some form, to counter enemy cavalry, or to assault enemy siege positions. As to siege weapons... maybe I'm asking a bit too big. If polearms are hairy business... trebuchet and ballistae are just otherworldly, I would think. Literally because the only siege machine in the original game was the Oblivion siege engine. Perhaps... as a note on that machine... if it will help... I did find, using console codes, that I could walk on top of the oblivion machine. I think, if you could redesign the oblivion siege machine into say... a siege tower, it could make a serviceable weapon of war. That's the end of my ramble for today. It's late out here, and I have watch nice and early this morning. Sorry I leave such big responses. I don't know when I'm going to be on again, and feel the need to put all of my thoughts out there. Just know that if you need help, I'm here, and I'll do what I can. This is an awesome idea. I'd love to see it come to fruition.

Dude... or Dudette, I'm assuming dude, but could be wrong... Sarevok was one of the most BEAST PC game nemesis ever to exist, with one of the most epic intro lines ever.... ... "I will be the last... and you will go first!" (Evil snarling as he advances on hapless fool.) I never managed to completely finish the first game, and to my ire, my beefed computer will no longer run it properly. I'd like you to know you haven't been alone in your desire. I've always thought somebody should create Sarevok's armor, AND his Sword of Chaos, along with lady Aribeth's armor and sword, Bodhis's somewhat questionable garments, and possibly Irenicus's mask and garments. But Sarevok took priority. I really hope somebody wises up and makes this armor.

I've been looking for a mod that allows you to see both of your weapons when you sheath them. I'm not necessarily looking for something that rewrites the animations to show the second weapons sheathing or drawing, though I think it would be purty cool. I've just noticed how sometimes, for no real apparent reason, when wielding a dagger and a sword, not an axe or a mace, you can see both of the weapons in their respective spaces, such as an Elven dagger in it's wooden looking sheath and a steel sword in it's own. At the same time. I'm repeating myself. I just think it looks snazzy. And official. No real warrior goes into battle with only a single weapon. Even common soldiers carry a dirk or a dagger in case they are disarmed in combat. It's just a point of fact. "I need to start carrying a knife in my boot... Tired of getting disarmed!"

I couldn't entirely fit the request into the description. Basically, I think it would be interesting if you could hold your own occupation as an assassin or a fence. The fencing part might be a bit lucrative, but I've always entertained the idea of just being able to wait in a tavern and have people come to me and offer to pay me for killing people. I know you can just go to the Jarl's and just ask them for a bounty letter... but somehow, it's not the same. Same with thieves guild and dark brotherhood. Of course, maybe the reason you can't freelance is because they rub you out the moment you move onto their turf I tried looking across the Nexus for mods under freelance, assassin, fence, thief, whatnot, but I've come up blank again and again. If somebody could point me towards something similiar to this, or maybe look into creating something like it, I'd appreciate it. I just think It would be cool to make your own reputation as a whatever. Even something along the lines of a traveling wizard. As I seem to recall before Skyrim came out that you were supposed to be able to hold an occupation- or maybe I'm thinking of another game, I may have to look into the previews and reviews again- It just kind of...popped into my mind. Of course, I suppose having random people waking up and asking you to kill someone might get tiresome eventually. Perhaps as a mercenary, with the addition of actual scaled battles between Stormcloaks and Imperials, not the little tussles you always somehow seem to stumble across in the wilderness. have one faction or the other come to you and pay to take part in their battles. Forgive me, I'm starting to drift. Freelance work. Assassin, thievery, or muscle, without a guild, depending on your combination of stats, like sneak and one handed, or lockpicking and pickpocketing... so on.

I've got weapon drawings coming out of my ears. If I can get to a scanner, I'll see what I can do about sending you some of them. I saw the title and did a back flip, because I have tons of the things that I think could be used. If you have any specific suggestions then let me know.

Haha, I hear you on that. The Wizards seem to enjoy that kind of thing immensely. Don't even get me started on Bioware. Talking... locked piles of stones in the middle of the Gods forsaken Cloak Wood. Locked Trees. Damn Keebler Elves. Anyway, Thanks for the direction. It's good to know that the possibility of a hammer happy merc getting what he wanted without resorting to thief craft wasn't completely overlooked.

Haha, I hear you on that. The Wizards seem to enjoy that kind of thing immensely. Don't even get me started on Bioware. Talking... locked piles of stones in the middle of the Gods forsaken Cloak Wood. Locked Trees. Damn Keebler Elves. Anyway, Thanks for the direction. It's good to know that the possibility of a hammer happy merc getting what he wanted without resorting to thief craft wasn't completely overlooked.

I understand what you mean by that now. I looked into it, and asked my Taijitsu Sensai about it. You mean something like Shizuku, the silk bands Ninja tie around their thighs and around their forearms, as well as wrap over their hands and their head, correct? I gotcha. Although at this point I've rather found my answer, in Skyrim, ironically. Only a little like what I described, but it's perfect none the less.... The Nightingale Armor in Skyrim, gained after completing most of the Thieves guild quests, is probably the most awesome looking armor I've seen geared for stealth. It looks more assassin than the Dark Brotherhood's weird looking robes. It's funny you get it for being a thief. Thanks for the input, though. If someone could move that set to Oblivion, although Oblivion's gotten a bit obsolete at this point, I think that would be purty cool