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http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/37982/?

BOSS only helps so much. The game can still crash from some random problem in the mods (Or just because the game is shoddy), and its not always because you hit the ram limit. Either way though, a utility like this does need to be created. It would help out a LOT at figuring out the problems with every individual build so you can tweak so that, even if you can't stop all the crashes, you can minimize them.

Look here: http://www.creationkit.com/TES5Edit_Cleaning_Guide_-_TES5Edit#Dirty_Edits

Welp, most of us should know about this bit of unfinished content from Dragonborn. And those of us who looked into it likely know about this topic, where quite a few people did some work on it. And while I think what they put out was great, the actual gameplay with the sword isn't very different from any other sword in the game, which is what drove me to my idea for the sword, which I think may have been the original intention. Anywhoo, on to the meat and taters. Basically my idea builds off the idea that shouting unlocks the sword's power. However, rather than it being a matter of one shout simply enhancing the sword's damage (which is what the remnants in the CK seem to point to, from the way I understood it), what if all of your shouts enhanced the weapon in different ways? You shout, and then the sword gains a temporary, one-use effect that builds off of the effects of the original shout. The already built-in glow of the sword could quite easily serve as an indicator that a shout has enhanced the sword. Perhaps, depending on the shout, the color could change. All in all, I can only imagine that actually setting up the framework for making the sword work this way wouldn't be that hard to build, for those that know how to do it (Not me, unfortunately, though if someone tells me that its relatively easy to learn, that may change. But then again, I have no idea what all would go into making this work as I envision it) But, the question is what would make this take on the sword interesting. And that naturally leads to what kind of effects you might see from the shouts. I've already taken the liberty of brainstorming some Zahkrii effects (to coin a term) for all the vanilla shouts (Most of which should be able to utilize vanilla magic effects already in-game): Animal Allegiance: Green Glow, damage stamina. Reason being that gaining the allegiance of animals would give you the power to take away their strongest attribute, their stamina. The most devastating animal attacks consume the most stamina, after all. Aura Whisper: Purple glow, soul trap. You can see the souls of others, now you can take them for your own, provided you have the soul gem to use it. Elemental Fury: White Glow. Gain the normal effects of Elemental Fury, but now every enemy you strike loses attack speed for the duration of the shout. Battle Fury: Teal glow, unique effect. This one, along with elemental fury, were tough to figure out. But, alas, I have come up with a wonderful idea. Like elemental fury, you and your allies gain the normal effects, but now every strike everyone of your allies and yourself makes causes your enemy to lose attack speed for the duration of the shout. Become Ethereal: Blue glow, several possibilities here. One is to allow the sword to be used normally against enemies while in ethereal form. May or may not be possible. Another is to make your first strike out of ethereal form restore x points of health and stamina. Bend Will: Orange Glow. Two possibilities here. One is to cause the sword to cause your enemy to fight for you for a short amount of time at the cost of that enemies stats while under the effects (because he's fighting the turn), basically giving you one and half turned enemies for one. The other, the next enemy you strike will take double damage from the enemy you used the shout on. Call Dragon: Red glow, Same as the latter effect for Bend Will. Another idea is that if you strike Odahviing with the sword, you'll either heal him or buff his stats, depending on how low his health is. Call of Valor: Blue Glow, Another one that can use the latter effect of Bend Will. Another possibility is a rally effect if you strike it on an ally. Might be possible to combine the two. Clear Skies: White glow, One idea, two methods. One easy, another rather difficult. The easy one is to cause a random effect of weather on the target. Shock damage for a storm. Fire for a sunny day, frost for snow, etc. The hard one, is to make the effect that occurs actually dependent on the weather conditions in the area. Presumably the entire effect could be disabled for indoors, as why would you use clear skies indoors anyway. Cyclone: White glow, Two possibilities, again, one easy, another hard. Easy one is a freebie stagger/push effect for the next target struck. The harder, increase attack speed and critical chance for three hits, but make damage and possibility of stagger or push vary wildly. It could either strike for massive damage and send them flying, or barely do anything. Such is the chaos of a cyclone. Disarm: Blue glow, One easy, one hard. Easy, freebie disarm for another opponent. Hard, capture the edge of your enemies fallen weapon and use it against your enemy. If multiple opponents are struck, the edge is chosen at random. Would be interesting and could either be very powerful or a bad idea altogether. Is it worth it to disarm the group of bandits if you know one of them only has an iron dagger? Might be worth it to disarm that draugr overlord, but what if the Zahkrii is already the better weapon? Dismay, red glow. This one was easy, banish anything effect for the next enemy struck. Possibly only if they're being affected by the shout (IE, running away), and definitely with a chance of failure. Good tactical deceision. Make the enemies minions flee, then banish him, possibly taking his minions with him. Could also help for banishing that pesky minion or ally that just won't die. Dragon Aspect, Multi-color glow (Trying to mimic the look of the shout itself). This one was tough. My idea is to grant the sword a powerful Chaos (ie, random fire, frost, or shock damage) enchantment for 5 minutes that stacks with other shout effects. Dragon Aspect as it is is already very powerful, so I think it would be best to not go overboard with the enhancement Dragonrend, Deep blue glow. This one was easy, do extra damage to dragons. Drain Vitality, purple glow. Two ideas. One is reanimation on strike with a stat drain for the player, the idea being that instead of keeping the stats from the shout, you use them to give yourself a thrall. Another is a freebie paralyze, the idea being that you already drained the life from them, now ruin them completely. Fire/Frost breath, red/light teal glow. Put these together because they're basically the same. The effect would be a simple fire/frost enchant for 5 minutes, again, stacking with other Zahkrii effects. Ice Breath, light teal glow. Another hard one. Only idea I really have is to make it so the sword doesn't break the paralysis of ice form. Perhaps for as many hits as the number of words you used. Kyne's Peace, blue glow. Gives the sword the same ability as the shout, except now it works on almost everything. Marked for Death, purple glow. Either an Absorb or Damage health effect. Used by assassin's right? Now the sword can assist. Slow Time, blue glow. A tricky one. One possibility is a large attack speed buff, the idea being that your enemies slow down, but your sword goes even faster. Another is to apply a slow effect on 1, 2, or 3 enemies you strike, that lasts past the shouts effects. Should effectively freeze them while the shout is active, and keep them slowed down after the shout. Soul Tear, purple glow. Should do the opposite of Drain Vitality. Grants the sword a moderate drain stat enchant for a minute, possibly with an extra soul trap. Storm Call, white glow. Like the Breath shouts, but for shock damage. Summon Durneviir, purple glow. Same as Odahviing. Throw Voice, white glow. This one should be fun. Silence. When all else fails against a mage, taunt nothing, and as he laughs, silence his magic. Unrelenting Force, blue glow. This, much like the shout itself, should be the workhorse. Simple damage buff for the sword, possibly with an increase chance of stagger. Whirlwind Sprint, white glow. For 30 seconds, every hit increases your movement speed by a set amount based on how many words you used. Phantom Form, blue glow. While not in the game, per say, presuming someone expanded on the shout, using it could apply an effect the sword that will send the next enemy struck into an ethereal form. Now, of course, certain things will need to be done to keep it all balanced, and there should be some way of canceling the effect on the sword (possibly by missing? Could make it interesting). All the effects should scale based on how many words of the shout you used. Only knowing one word of Dragon Aspect shouldn't grant you a 75pt Chaos enchant (hypothetical number), but knowing all 3 words should definitely give you strongest enchant possible while still being balanced. Sadly, though, I don't know much about scripting (as my one attempt was just borrowing a script from someone else and just plugging in what I needed where he told me to) so this is pretty much beyond my skill to create. It would also require a unique Zahkrii sword (of which there has been two attempts, both of which are mostly okay). If this idea ever picks up steam with people, I could be compelled to create my own. Either way, I put this idea here so that even if I don't end up creating it (i probably won't) at least its here for someone else to run with.

I'd pay literally all the money just for the Dungeon Adventure. It'd be like playing the Shivering Isles all over again.

For those of you who played the Lost Spires mod for Oblivion, you may very well remember a certain unique torch it added, that not only looked cool (because it wasn't just a hunk of wood, but a stone torch with embedded glowing blue glyphs) but emitted a cool blue light. (wish I could find a screenshot) And thats the kind of thing I'm trying to find, but the nexus has offered me little more than equipable candles, which are cool, but not what I'm looking for.

You need to save it in the Skyrim folder under Steam. And I can understand why you missed it, because its not immediately obvious. Go: Steam > Steam Apps > Common > Skyrim And then save it in that Skyrim folder. You'll notice that this is the same place you'd put mods.

I also recommend getting Wet and Cold as a companion to Frostfall. They complement each other immensely and hey, what other mod lets you set a real birthday for your character? I'd also get: Recurve Longbows (Does more than just add new bows. Basically the best revamp of archery available outside of the overhauls like SkyRE. Both cloak mods (Winter is Coming and Cloaks of Skyrim) Hunterborn (because Duh)

There wasn't that much, necessarily, that was cut from the game yet retained in the game files. Arthmoor restored most of it: http://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/47327 And I wouldn't say that it'd be worth replaying the game for what it restores if you're not eager to do so anyway. What it adds is mostly just miscellaneous things here and there. Nothing to get mad at Beth for removing (Or simply not utilizing in some cases) anyway.

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Well, as the title says I'd like some help optimizing my load order. Namely because I'm hoping its something in the load order thats now causing my random CTD's. And when I say hoping, I mean desperately hoping, because I'd rather not have to face the reality that Skyrim will never utilize all of my RAM and will crash at the face of all the graphic mods i've installed. (a lot) Here's my load order, as BOSS arranges it: Skyrim.esm Update.esm Dawnguard.esm Unofficial Dawnguard Patch.esp HearthFires.esm Unofficial Hearthfire Patch.esp Dragonborn.esm Unofficial Dragonborn Patch.esp 3rdEraWeaponsMoS.esm JSwords.esm Unofficial Skyrim Patch.esp HighResTexturePack01.esp HighResTexturePack02.esp HighResTexturePack03.esp Brawl Bugs CE.esp DSAMG - Miraak Music Fixes.esp Chesko_Frostfall.esp Rainbows.esp SplashofRain.esp ADS.esp Immersive Sounds - Magic.esp Improved Combat Sounds v2.2.esp randomthunder.esp better_torches.esp Andragorn_Replace_Imperial_Sword.esp Cutting Room Floor.esp StaticMeshImprovementMod.esp StaticMeshImprovementMod-DragonbornTernFix.esp StaticMeshImprovementMod-FurnitureChestSnowFix.esp 83Willows_101BUGS_V4_LowRes.esp Prometheus_BeastSkeletons.esp Birds.esp BirdsHFclean.esp Birdsofskyrim.esp Dead Body Collision.esp Dual Sheath Redux.esp Exhaustion.esp ExpandedJewelryCrafting.esp HoldBorderBanners.esp MVABasic.esp MVAIvarstead.esp MVARorikstead.esp Radiant and Unique Potions Poisons and Booze.esp SDO Full-LOD - Giant Campfires.esp SDO Full-LOD - The Morthal Swamp Light.esp SDO Full-LOD - Whiterun Trundra Creeks.esp ShootingStars.esp Skyrim Immersive Creatures.esp Skyrim Immersive Creatures - DLC2.esp Smoking Torches.esp Tamriel Compendium - Skill Books.esp Tamriel Compendium.esp Topics of Skyrim.esp Unique BOOZE Bottles.esp WetandCold.esp WetandCold - Ashes.esp Dragon Soul Relinquishment.esp Footprints.esp Footprints - Ash.esp SkyUI.esp iHUD.esp TakeNotes.esp ADHopesfire.esp ADTrueflame.esp AMB Glass Variants Lore.esp Blindfolds_of_Skyrim.esp BosmerArmorMATY743.esp Cloaks.esp Cloaks - Dawnguard.esp 1nivWICCloaks.esp DragonBoneEbonsteel.esp DragonPriestMaskJournal.esp FS_UltimateAssortment.esp impgen.esp JSwordsDistributionBalancePlugin.esp Longbows&Crossbows.esp Longbows.esp LongbowsDG.esp LongbowsDB.esp Lore Weapon Expansion.esp Lore Weapon Expansion - Goldbrand.esp Masters of Death - Sicarius Armor (Standalone).esp Miraak.esp Nordic Conqueror Armor.esp Orcrist.esp Painkiller's_Hrothmund's_Axe.esp PrvtIBearclawHelm.esp PrvtI_HeavyArmory.esp PrvtI_HeavyArmory_DG_Addon.esp PrvtIRings.esp Shields of Jorrvaskr by Hothtrooper44.esp skyforgedShields.esp StormLord.esp Unique Uniques.esp UniqueBows.esp Wandererarmor.esp 3rdEraWeapMoS-lvlList.esp Dr_Bandolier.esp Dr_BandolierDG.esp BandolierForNPCMasterFile.esp BandolierForNPCsWIC_V2.esp LC_immersiveLoot.esp Complete Crafting Overhaul_Remade.esp DeadlyDragons.esp DeadlyMonsters.esp AesirArmor.esp CollegeOfWinterholdImmersive.esp CWIDawnguardPatch.esp CWIDragonbornPatch.esp DSAMG - Greybeard Fix.esp Gildergreen Regrown.esp lords mail.esp NS_Crescent.esp Run For Your Lives.esp Undeath.esp Morrowloot.esp Civil War Repairs.esp Differently Ebony.esp ESFCompanions.esp FireAndIceOverhaul.esp ImmersiveFP.esp dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp dD-Dragonborn-Dawnguard-EBT Patch.esp dD-DG-DB-Immersive Creatures EBT Patch.esp skyforgedWeapons.esp WhiterunAlivePiano.esp CampingKitNorthernRanger.esp Unique Grasses.esp DawnofWindhelm.esp SoS - The Dungeons.esp SoS - The Wilds.esp SoS - Civilization.esp Realistic Running Speed.esp Apocalypse - The Spell Package.esp Balanced_Magic.esp Balanced_Magic_Dawnguard.esp DragonbornAscendant.esp DragonbornAscendantDawnguardExpansion.esp DragonbornAscendantDragonbornDLCAddon.esp DeadlySpellImpacts.esp FNISspells.esp TelekinesisImproved.esp Teleport.esp Teleport-DB Plugin.esp Enchanting Freedom.esp DragonCombatOverhaulDragonborn.esp The Dance of Death - Ultimate Edition.esp Sneak Tools.esp Sneak Tools Vanilla Hoods.esp Sneak Tools Vanilla Masks.esp Alteration and Restoration redux.esp dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp Beards.esp Brows.esp Alternate Start - Live Another Life.esp dD - Realistic Ragdoll Force - Realistic.esp TTYM - Think to Yourself Messages.esp TTYM - Frostfall Module.esp rcrnShaders.esp RCRNdgdb.esp RCRNvolumetric.esp SoS - The Dungeons-PatchRCRN.esp SoS - The Wilds-PatchRCRN.esp SoS - Civilization-PatchRCRN.esp RealisticWaterTwo.esp RealisticWaterTwo - Waves.esp RealisticWaterTwo - Waves - Dawnguard.esp RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp WATER.esp WATER Plants.esp WATER DG.esp These are the mods it doesn't recognize. Armour_of_Yngol.esp GrassField HearthFire Fix.esp GrassField Heljarchen Hall Fix patch.esp MoonGlow.esp Prometheus_No_snow_Under_the_roof_DG.esp Vivid Landscapes.esp Coins of Tamriel V2.esp Coins of Tamriel V2 Dawnguard.esp Coins of Tamriel V2 Dragonborn.esp Coins of Tamriel V2 Hearthfire.esp SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp SkyFalls Dragonborn Small waterfalls.esp WetandCold - Holidays.esp The Stamford.esp The Crusher.esp GrassFieldBeta.esp DawnofRiften.esp Morrowloot HA.esp Morrowloot LWE.esp immersive wenches.esp I'm fairly certain I got rid of all the incompatibilities between different mods so that shouldn't be an issue.

Of all the inaccuracies of that movie, that duel is actually quite dead on. If you ever find the time to read some of the Norse Saga's, you'll find that duels (which happened a lot mind you. Simply insulting someone was just cause for one) had a lot of people using whatever they could to win, regardless of whether its some ancient power granted by the gods or a nice big rock you found on the road. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmgang Only those in Iceland ever really practiced a form of dueling that didn't end in someone's death. We can also look here: http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/the_shape_of_viking_combat.htm While that kind of combat is different from dueling, it does give you insight into the kind of mindset the Norse, and thus the Nords, would have, particularly when things like this common place. You have to remember that while Skyrim takes place in the home of the Nord's, we don't know <i>that</i> much about their culture, and especially not the culture of the Ancient Nords, which is what Ulfric was channeling in his challenge. - The difference is that the Nords don't just take a little inspiration and then go and do their own thing. The Nords literally copy almost all of the hallmarks of the Norse people, just as the Imperials do with the Romans (to a lesser degree). - You implied it with your relation of the story of Morihaus. If that wasn't the intent then fine, but even so. While I am no fan of Ulfric, I don't believe he was dishonorable in using the thuum against Torygg. Let's remember that most sources for what happened during the duel <i>greatly</i> exaggerate the power of his voice. Yes it might terrify those who have never seen it, but if we're trying to be objective about this situation, then we can't let that influence our opinions on it. - Yes, but we also have to remember where he's coming from. He's calling for a return to ancient tradition. Ancient Nord's had no qualms using the voice in battle. It was only Windcaller that changed that idea (and that was thousands of years later) and even then. That was only because of his personal hubris. It isn't hard to make people follow your ways when your powerful enough to withstand the power of nearly all of your contemporaries at once. - He's the High-King, surrounded by loyal subjects. He could have had Ulfric slain and then spread the story that he won the duel. Simple as that. It is impressive that he chose not to, but fact of the matter was that he had a lot of power over that situation. - 1. That's the same exact thing. 2. The entire point of the duel is to be a test. If the point of the duel was for someone to die, Tsun would not have stopped fighting.

Oh my various gods are they finally dropping Gamebryo? If they are then I'll have to reconsider my decision to buy the next TES game then.

Nords are directly based on Norsemen, and short of the religion differences it may as well be copy and paste. Right down to the distrust of magic. Ignoring what the Norse believed is ignoring what inspired the entire race. Spectacular for the fact that he could use it yes. Spectacular for the power he could actually muster in battle? Nope. A common mage can do much worse. I don't see Ulfric as someone who lost his mind Just because you choose not to use your full power doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't. Torygg could have had his guards slay Ulfric where he stood, and no one would be the wiser. The duel with Tsun was to test the Dragonborn's mettle in combat to prove his worth as a warrior (and thus be granted entrance into Sovngaard). He didn't utterly destroy you because that wasn't the point. Meanwhile with the duel between Ulfric and Torygg, that was precisely the point. Ulfric wanted to show that Torygg didn't deserve his position according to the traditions of the Nords (and mind you, thats why I use that video. That duel had the exact same point Ulfric's did) and he did that. That Torygg died in the process is irrelevant, because he was still defeated by a man of lesser stature and position than him. His death just proved that all the more. The Norsemen were not known for subtlety and neither are the Nords.