OFFICIAL Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim (Discussion)

[LifeOnMars]

here ya go

www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/

theres like 12 texture mods and you can change...the config with high textures and longer view distances, the textures mods especially the superhsharp one and faces make everything look good, really good

oh and the high texture armor mods

Something to think about when I get a better card, thanks for that mate. Mine doesn't look too shabby with vanilla settings and it's playing well so I'll leave it alone right now (scared)

custom fov just for the screenshots which is why they look a wee bit stretched


@ ElMayo - good luck with the replacement bud. Touches wood - so far my xfx hd5770 has been great for what it is.

 

[Delta6326]

Wow this game is huge I have done like 2 quest and im level 8. All I do is run around and hunt! I go after those huge mammoths with my bow. I kill the giants by taking them to water they wont get in you can still shoot your arrows!

 

[CrackerJack]

Skyrim Config Utility

 

[Marineborn]

I have tree self shadows and land self shadows on. I notice when looking at NPCs even on max settings the shadows seem a bit low res. Does anyone know the specific options for increasing them are?

theres a mod on the website i linked for better textures npc's it works too

its the face mod, but it makes the skin look better and detail look better overall

 

[Marineborn]

Something to think about when I get a better card, thanks for that mate. Mine doesn't look too shabby with vanilla settings and it's playing well so I'll leave it alone right now (scared)

http://img.techpowerup.org/111112/TESV 2011-11-12 23-41-33-31.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/111112/TESV 2011-11-12 23-45-37-91.jpg

custom fov just for the screenshots which is why they look a wee bit stretched


@ ElMayo - good luck with the replacement bud. Touches wood - so far my xfx hd5770 has been great for what it is.

you coujld apply the anti sharpen mod and the face texture mod and the hig armor texture mod and it wouldnt even hurt your card, i applied all those to my wifes computer and plus a uber config file i made and she has a 5850 in her computer

 

[LifeOnMars]

you coujld apply the anti sharpen mod and the face texture mod and the hig armor texture mod and it wouldnt even hurt your card, i applied all those to my wifes computer and plus a uber config file i made and she has a 5850 in her computer

Nice thanks for that, I shall try them in the morning

 

[ComradeSader]

Well I've been getting the occasional more often than should, just froze the fucking PC this time CTD, generally when I quicksave. I've learned to never use Steam overlay while I'm in a menu that requires TAB to get back out of since it likes breaking.
Actors (deer especially) like running out of my field of vision yet when they do they freeze in place and become invincible until I move much closer

This is obviously still the gamebyro engine (albeit heavily modified), but they managed to breathe new life into it which is a massive plus.

Went around killing some poor bastards to attract the Dark Brotherhood (stealth/dual blade/archer character).. Oh I attracted them alright, just not in the way I wanted -_-

Found this on my would-be murderer:

Overall, loving the game. GG Bethesda

 

[The_Ish]

Whats a good way to skill up in conjuration? My atronach killed an entire dungeon and it did nothing to my skill. Simply spawning doesn't seem to do anything either as far as I can tell. Seems random at best? :S

 

[yami2ki]

Using bound weapons is probably the fasted to level up conj. Your summon has to get the killing blow on quite a lot of things higher level than it to skill up

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

Wow this game is huge I have done like 2 quest and im level 8. All I do is run around and hunt! I go after those huge mammoths with my bow. I kill the giants by taking them to water they wont get in you can still shoot your arrows!

Yeah same lol. I was at the point where my bags were full of iron and leather and I was over encumbered, I'm still too poor to buy a house so I put it in some closet. I hope no one steals it I have the sword of whiterun in there!

Something to think about when I get a better card, thanks for that mate. Mine doesn't look too shabby with vanilla settings and it's playing well so I'll leave it alone right now (scared)

http://img.techpowerup.org/111112/TESV 2011-11-12 23-41-33-31.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/111112/TESV 2011-11-12 23-45-37-91.jpg

custom fov just for the screenshots which is why they look a wee bit stretched


@ ElMayo - good luck with the replacement bud. Touches wood - so far my xfx hd5770 has been great for what it is.

You should be able to play on high with 2x AF and get 60fps

 

[yami2ki]

Well I've been getting the occasional more often than should, just froze the fucking PC this time CTD, generally when I quicksave. I've learned to never use Steam overlay while I'm in a menu that requires TAB to get back out of since it likes breaking.

Try turning off the auto save on Character menu feature?
And just use regular saves if it crashes. xD

 

[LifeOnMars]

Yeah same lol. I was at the point where my bags were full of iron and leather and I was over encumbered, I'm still too poor to buy a house so I put it in some closet. I hope no one steals it I have the sword of whiterun in there!



You should be able to play on high with 2x AF and get 60fps

You're right I can but I choose to play it all ultra with AA/16AF and shadows down to high with the fps locked at 40. It's still uber smooth and looks much, much better What can I say, I'm an eye candy whore.

 

[Delta6326]

Yeah same lol. I was at the point where my bags were full of iron and leather and I was over encumbered, I'm still too poor to buy a house so I put it in some closet. I hope no one steals it I have the sword of whiterun in there!

Same here I kept getting over encumbered If you every need money technically I know the code to get some.

 

[Frizz]

Well im still getting used to all the controls and get through the menus. Is it just me or can you not alt tab out of game it never lets me back in.

You have to click the game twice, Alt+Tab once > Click on game > Alt+Tab again> Click on game again and it should show up.


Also my 11.10 driver also doesn't have Mip Map settings, not sure what is going on.

 

[yami2ki]

You have to click the game twice, Alt+Tab once > Click on game > Alt+Tab again> Click on game again and it should show up.


Also my 11.10 driver also doesn't have Mip Map settings, not sure what is going on.

You can get this mod: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4 it's like that mod for Fallout 3/NV that lets you play in a "false fullscreen"

 

[Frizz]

You can get this mod: http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4 it's like that mod for Fallout 3/NV that lets you play in a "false fullscreen"

That would be quite useful for people not using multi-GPU.

 

[human_error]

Yeah same lol. I was at the point where my bags were full of iron and leather and I was over encumbered.

2 things I found useful for carrying items. One is to go to get the "steed" enhancement from those random stones scattered around - the steed one's removed all speed effects due to armour and lets me carry a ton more stuff, there's also rings you can get to improve stamina and carrying capacity.

The other thing I use to carry stuff is:

Spoiler

my bodyguard (she can carry a decent amount of stuff for me)- if I give her good weapons and armour to carry she uses it, so it's win/win.

 

[Horrux]

After killing my second dragon, I go to unlock a shout and get "A Dragon's soul is needed to unlock a shout" while the bottom right of my screen reads "1 Dragon Soul"...

 

[ShiBDiB]

where can u get lockpicks? I'm in whiterun atm

 

[human_error]

where can u get lockpicks? I'm in whiterun atm

Random traders seem to stock them but in a very small quantity (I have about 50 from locked chests, but I find them pretty easy to pick so dont break picks often). I guess if it is like Oblivion the best place is in the thives guild.

 

[The_Ish]

Using bound weapons is probably the fasted to level up conj. Your summon has to get the killing blow on quite a lot of things higher level than it to skill up

Ah, thanks so much! I don't even have any bound weapons yet. Will have to get some

 

[ShiBDiB]

Random traders seem to stock them but in a very small quantity (I have about 50 from locked chests, but I find them pretty easy to pick so dont break picks often). I guess if it is like Oblivion the best place is in the thives guild.

Eh wheres the thieves guild?

And just had soemone take out a contract on me.. stepped outside the walls and ran into four thugs.. hillarity ensued when I sprinted back to the companions building and my newly minted "Brothers" kicked their ass... after reading the contract it was a hit put out on me from stealing from this house

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

You're right I can but I choose to play it all ultra with AA/16AF and shadows down to high with the fps locked at 40. It's still uber smooth and looks much, much better What can I say, I'm an eye candy whore.

Haha, arn't we all? With a game like this having a 6990 would be like porn!

Same here I kept getting over encumbered If you every need money technically I know the code to get some.

HACKZOR111!!1!!! Is it the same as the one for fallout new vegas?

2 things I found useful for carrying items. One is to go to get the "steed" enhancement from those random stones scattered around - the steed one's removed all speed effects due to armour and lets me carry a ton more stuff, there's also rings you can get to improve stamina and carrying capacity.

The other thing I use to carry stuff is:

Spoiler

my bodyguard (she can carry a decent amount of stuff for me)- if I give her good weapons and armour to carry she uses it, so it's win/win.

Ohh I didn't think of giving her armour! I gave her some weaps to carry for me, but I didn't know she could use armour, I just sold some steel armour too :C

 

[The_Ish]

Eh wheres the thieves guild?

And just had soemone take out a contract on me.. stepped outside the walls and ran into four thugs.. hillarity ensued when I sprinted back to the companions building and my newly minted "Brothers" kicked their ass... after reading the contract it was a hit put out on me from stealing from this house

Highlight.. I'm not sure how to do spoiler tags
Try snooping around Riften

 

[Super XP]

I run 2 GTX 570 in SLI and I have to run it on medium to get decent performance.

WHAT? Hopefully Nvidia gets a better driver release out to fix this issue and fast.