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    Should I be worried?

    in Mod troubleshooting

    Posted · Edited by Rydan

    Did you use Windows' defrag utility or a 3rd party defrag tool? I use auslogics disk defrag, it's much faster and I never had filesystem corruption problems.

     

    You could try to run this command in Windows' command prompt (or Run in the start menu) to check and fix the filesystem: chkdsk C: /F

     

    (obliviously if your disk drive is not "C" change its letter in the command specified above)

    Gameplay (AI) fixes

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    Since everyone is throwing out requests/suggestions I might as well throw out mine... I'd like to see AI fixes for a couple of things that were reported by Atomic magazine.

     

    Quote:

     

    "Having a guy we've just beat to a pulp with your fists beg you for mercy and then stand up and bizarrely say "Good to see you!" in a cheery tone was a little mood breaking. We also mildly miffed at being arrested for accidentally catching a townsman with one of our spells... in the middle of a fight with a bloody enormous dragon. Having guards race over to fine us rather than stopping and staring at the dragon corpse blocking the entrance to town made us wonder if it was time for them to check their priorities."

     

    Perhaps the first one could be fixed easily by changing the disposition value of NPCs or by adding some kind of "liked" variable to them.

    I need help choosing the graphics card that is right for me.

    in Mod troubleshooting

    Posted · Edited by Rydan

    Try hwcompare. Oblivion is quite old and doesn't require a very powerful gpu (recommended cards are listed here), however since you're buying a new card I'd recommend something that will let you play newer games too.

     

    A 9600GT (either 512MB or 1GB) is more than enough for Oblivion. The old HD 4650 would let you play Oblivion on "very high" setting and had a pixel rate of 4800 Mpixel/sec, while the GeForce 9600 GT reaches 10400 Mpixel/sec.

     

    For slightly more than 100 € I bought a Radeon 6850 1GB and with it I should be able to play Skyrim on high/very high settings, but if you're sure you won't be buying Skyrim or other new 3D games, you can spend much less and buy any 512MB card. Go ahead, compare them and choose any card you like ;-)

    playable without killing a bunch of people?

    in Skyrim LE

    Posted

    It sometimes bothers me in games when I'm singlehandedly responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people (not that that keeps me from enjoying them, ha!).

     

    I for one hope there are no quests like when in Oblivion you have to infiltrate the Blackwood Company and...

     

     

    ...you end up slaughtering the entire population of Water's Edge :rolleyes:

     

    Real fishing

    in Mod Ideas

    Posted

    Good idea. I don't have the passion for fishing in real life, but it's a fun subgame in many japanese action RPGs a la Zelda. I think mods in the "daily life" category contribute the most to immersion.

    Screenshot Error

    in Mod troubleshooting

    Posted · Edited by Rydan

    Problem discussed here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion_talk:Ini_Settings#Screenshots_under_Vista

     

    Right-click on the Oblivion folder and select "Properties" then go to the "Security" tab. Click "Edit" then "Add" and then type "Everyone" in the text box and click "Check Names" then Okay. Tick the "Full Control" checkbox in the bottom list and then Okay your way out of the dialog boxes, confirming anything that needs confirmation as you go.

    Skyrim Information

    in Skyrim LE

    Posted

    This has probably been answered somewhere but will Skyrim be one of those games where you buy the disc and all it contains is a Steam client to download the game with?

     

    I guess so since that's the way Steam works (discussion here), but it's been suggested here that you can actually force the installation from the DVD.

    Skyrim and Steam? Noob questions incoming...

    in Skyrim LE

    Posted · Edited by Rydan

    I know, but with software you never 'buy the software', you 'buy a license to use it' :)

     

    I know, I'm a programmer myself.

    My point is, playing with words doesn't help in this case. Truth is, we (PC users) are forced to accept a whole lot of disadvantages. And no, I don't want to play Skyrim on a console, thank you.

     

     

    Edit: Judging from a poll I saw at ning.com most gamers are going to buy a physical copy; only a minority will actually need Steam to download the game.

     

    How are you getting Skyrim?

     

    I'll be going to down to the store to buy a physical copy: 41%

    I'm getting it sent from an online retailer: 26%

    I'm going to a midnight release event: 24%

    I'm downloading it from Steam: 7%

    I'm not getting the game: 1%

     

    Total Votes: 2,429

    Skyrim and Steam? Noob questions incoming...

    in Skyrim LE

    Posted

    Steam is only a joke to people who are afraid of anything new. Steam took the relatively niche market that was computer gaming and turned it into a serious, legitimate alternative to console gaming with a huge library of new and old games, fantastic sales, and a great friends service. If you want to pitch a fit about Steam, be my guest. The rest of us will go on using it all the same and if you think anybody is going to give a s*** that you refuse to buy games which use Steam, you're sorely mistaken. The only one losing is you.

     

    Yeah, so Steam downloads are cheap and chic, their spyware* is transparent to the user and you're happy with it. So what? I didn't ask Bethesda to let me download Skyrim, I'm paying for a DVD, I bought a game like any console user would do.

     

    Now, if I'm not buying through Steam's online store WHY do I have to install Steam spyware on my pc? When I buy a game on a DVD, my transaction should be complete. Steam complicates the process in that it requires a (fast) internet connection for registration and activation, and to download the rest of the game before I can play it. There's no actual reason why a single player game should be unusable for somebody that purchased it simply because their internet connection isn't good. All of the data should be on the disc.

     

    Naturally that also means you can't backup the game you've legally purchased as you can't take it out of Steam, you're not allowed to transfer ownership of a game to a friend, and you cannot resale it.

     

    Not to mention the very probable performance reduction due to their monitoring system and to the RSA encryption they're using to lock the game...

     

    If Steam simply dropped copy-protected executables with activation keys on my hard drive and then backed off, made everything else optional and let me reinstall as often as I need, it would be ok. Valve could very easily require the activation and nothing more, but they won't, because the intrusiveness is both key to its drm model and to its own self-interests (namely, advertising itself and its store to the consumer.)

     

    In short, when I buy a product I shouldn't have to interface with the company in any way again unless I choose (patches, DLCs.) I shouldn't be told how and when I can or cannot use the product. There should be no way whatsoever to revoke from me the products I purchased. DRM is not the solution for piracy. Steam accounts can and DO get hacked and banned for various reasons and I find it unacceptable that the company can unilaterally revoke my purchases.

     

    I bought a game, not a license or an account for a MMORPG.

     

    ( * spyware = Steam's EULA allows Valve to collect and store information related to Steam-based software, even when the client is in offline mode. As soon as you try to update your games the information is sent to their servers. Yes, you can block it with your firewall, but that means you won't be able to update your game. )

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