[Let's Play...]

Voted - male, nord, warrior/mage.

[Skyrim and Steam? Noob questions incoming...]

Individual freedoms are not stolen by force of arms, but are taken piece by piece to allow everyone to get used to the idea.

 

How long will it be before there are additions to steam TOS. Each individual encroachment is small and easily digestable, but where will it end?

 

I agree totally. Too bad most people don't care enough about this kind of thing as long as they have money to buy games and games to play.

 

Well ozi, that first sentence is going to be my new signature here on the forums ;-)

[Old Zeldas]

Who here still plays some of the old Zelda games? Or at least is still a big fan of them. :D

 

I love the whole Zelda series, A Link to the Past is my favorite and I'm still playing it every now and then.

[Skyrim and Steam? Noob questions incoming...]

This might come in handy for those of us who don't want the Steam client constantly active and connected to the net: How to use Offline Mode

[Installing Skyrim from the DVD]

Thanks jim_uk for the tip! +kudos

[Skyrim and Steam? Noob questions incoming...]

According to what I've heard about Steam (from forums and blogs), it uses around 5-15 MB RAM when minimized to system tray, 40-60 MB RAM when open in taskbar, and up to 1 or more hundreds of MB when using the store (downloading games). Also there should be an option called "Run Steam when Windows starts" to allow/disallow Steam from starting.

 

That said, I don't have Steam installed on my pc... yet.

 

Thank you, Bethesda.....

*sarcasm

[A problem playing as a different user]

There is a thread about a similar problem here.

[With 13 days to go how are you feeling?]

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[Wereshraks, and why they should be in skyrim!]

:facepalm:

[Steam, delivery or buy/collect in store?]

I live in Italy but preordered from Amazon UK because when I play PC games I always prefer the original voice acting (in English), even if that means I'll have to wait 1 extra week to get the game...

[What do you think of "modding" ?]

What do people think of modding, do you think it is good, or bad? Why do you think that?

 

Good, of course. They make the game better - in a sense of either improving it (graphics, gameplay, extending/adding quests, etc.) or making the game more suited to your personal tastes.

 

How did you get into modding?

 

Every "moddable" game I played on PC had at least one mod that I liked but that wasn't "perfect" the way I wanted, so I had to learn to... mod the existing mods, and later to create my first mods for personal use.

 

What is your favourite mod?

 

Kyoma's Journal mod for Oblivion (yep, I <3 roleplaying.)

 

Why do you think people bother making mods?

 

Because they can? For example, in Oblivion I wanted my house to be in a specific part of a forest near a river and so I created one.

 

Why do you download and play mods?

 

They help enhance the gaming experience and make Oblivion's replay value practically infinite (well, almost...)

[Companions - Immortal vs Unconscious]

I'd prefer 2 for immersion, but I hated it when in Kvatch guards/companions were killed by daedra while I was in the middle of the battle and couldn't babysit them, so I voted 3 (mass effect style). Hint hint modders :)

[Films, Games, & Music to help get in the mood...]

Hm, the Pursuit of Vikings perhaps? ;D Or

.

 

And of course anything by Harry Gregson-Williams.

 

Listen to

guy's Skyrim inspired collection.

 

Epic. At first I didn't think for a second it was fan-made.

[What archetype will you focus on?]

Probably a warrior with the ability to use restoration/destruction magic, and a bit of stealth (especially if bows are actually better calibrated than in Oblivion).

[TES VI: Where?]

"Rolling hills and light blue rivers, predominantly covered in rainforest and woodland." For me it's Valenwood.

[Diseases]

Good idea, but I'd like to see specific medicinal potions instead of "cure XXX" spells.

[With 13 days to go how are you feeling?]

I'm fine as long as it comes when it should, if not, I'm suing amazon for emotional distress. Also killing them all with my home made squid-bear.

 

This.

 

And since I found found a discussion thead were 380 customers are complaining about non-deliveries from Amazon UK (where I placed my preorder :facepalm:) I'm getting a little... nervous.

[Question about RAM and oblivion crashing]

Couldn´t get the 3GB mod to work but found a 4 GB patch, tried the game for a bit and it´s probably better, wish I didn´t have to change the CMD.

 

To restore the original settings just repeat the procedure with cmd using this command instead: BCDEDIT /set increaseuserva 2048

[The first 30 hours of Skyrim]

Are we forced to link it with Steam, even if we actually got the CD?

 

Yes.

 

*sigh*

 

More useless crap installed on my pc...

[Help! Best bang for buck w/ max Skyrim!]

Also check out www.hwcompare.com and use it to compare cards and to help you choose. Some cards produce higher temperatures and consume much more electrical power than others (especially older vs newer models), which IMO should be taken into consideration before buying.

[Question about RAM and oblivion crashing]

There is no boot.ini in Windows 7. Just go to the Start menu and in the search box type CMD. When "cmd.exe" appears, right click on it, choose "run as administrator" and the command prompt will appear. Now enter the following command: BCDEDIT /set increaseuserva 2900

 

Restart your computer and apply the 3gb patch.

 

Edit: to restore the default Windows setting, use: BCDEDIT /set increaseuserva 2048

[Multi-Player in the Elder Scrolls]

Eeek. Multiplayer. No thanks.

 

Nope. One of the reasons I love the Elder Scrolls so much is because it is one of the few games that has yet to be corrupted by multiplayer. :P

 

My thoughts exactly.

[Oblivion FPS Help]

But I guess if there's nothing else that can be done, I'll just have to do further tweaking. Thanks anyway.

 

Just in case, I posted some info here on optimizing the OS resources (reducing cpu load and ram usage). You could try and see if there is any difference.

[graphic settings to better enjoy oblivion]

Be sure to tweak the Operating system first, then the Video card, and the game last. Be sure you don't have any unneeded background processes running as they can kill fps as well as cause crashes. :thumbsup:

 

Good advice, I forgot about the OS. I created a batch file to disable all unneeded services in Windows 7, I usually run it before playing any cpu-intensive game like Oblivion:

 

 

taskkill /f /im jusched.exe

echo y | net stop WinHttpAutoProxySvc

echo y | net stop wuauserv

echo y | net stop wscsvc

echo y | net stop SysMain

echo y | net stop lmhosts

echo y | net stop WdiServiceHost

echo y | net stop WdiSystemHost

echo y | net stop SSDPSRV

echo y | net stop TrkWks

echo y | net stop HomeGroupProvider

echo y | net stop FDResPub

echo y | net stop PcaSvc

echo y | net stop LanmanServer

echo y | net stop FontCache

echo y | net stop WMPNetworkSvc

echo y | net stop WbioSrvc

echo y | net stop WPDBusEnum

echo y | net stop WerSvc

echo y | net stop AeLookupSvc

echo y | net stop WinDefend

echo y | net stop ehRecvr

echo y | net stop ehSched

echo y | net stop Dnscache

 

 

 

Just copy & paste the commands above in Windows' notepad and save the file on your desktop as SOMETHING.bat then when you want to play click on it. A lot of ram and cpu time are saved and, if you have any problems, you can just reboot and everything is back normal (your system configuration is only changed temporarily.)

 

Also if you don't need Windows' Firewall (e.g. you have another one installed, you're not online, etc.) you can add this command to the list above: echo y | net stop MpsSvc

 

Edit: make sure to run the file as Administrator.

[Preventing Attribute Gains at Level]

You might want to take a look at the script used in the No Player Leveling mod (it requires obse, but I've never seen a corrupted save on my pc with Win 7 + obse.)