FPS in Oblivion/Oblivion Tweaking (w/ Optimized Oblivion File from Ketxxx! Pg. 20)

[Azn Tr14dZ]

I want to play, but I have another Biology Report to do, so again, I can only play on the weekend...it pisses me off, and a good job (hopefully) better pay off.

But recently though, I've just been doing side quests. I heard that rewards you get in the main quest differ depending on your level...is that true? I'm level 2 so far! And rising!

 

[15th Warlock]

I want to play, but I have another Biology Report to do, so again, I can only play on the weekend...it pisses me off, and a good job (hopefully) better pay off.

But recently though, I've just been doing side quests. I heard that rewards you get in the main quest differ depending on your level...is that true? I'm level 2 so far! And rising!

Yes, the higher your character level is, the higher the level of the reward you get after completing any given quest

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Woot! I'm tempted to play, but I need to do reports.

Btw, I reached 2.75Ghz!!!! yeah!

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Don't die now threads...

And Warlock, are there any other performance/image quality mods?

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

I have just discovered the kill command. Now i can make sure my gladiator wins in the matchs. *click on him, and type "kill" in the console..." I win!

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Is that true? If I click on my enemy, he'll die?

 

[15th Warlock]

Dunno if I posted this link before, but this mod makes every outdoor enviroment look a lot more realistic:

enhance and improve environmental components of Elder's Scrolls IV. The 2.1 version of the mod includes dozens of features, such as seasonal weather patterns, improved visualization of most celestial features found in the game, more than 40 new weather types (the default number is 7), and additional ambient wildlife species, such as birds and insects.
Natural Environments also takes care of several minor annoyances that were present in the original product, such as opaque water surfaces, muddy underwater vision, visibly pixelated cloud textures, unrealistic meteoric conditions, and random weather changes. Most of the changes are cosmetic and should not affect the game’s performance noticeably.

Get it here:

http://www.tessource.net/files/cache/2536.html

Well, if one mod shows great promise, it is the Polygone mod I've mentioned here before many times, it'll remove polygons without reducing IQ, and thus achieve higher framerates.

Oblivion PolyGone Overhaul (OPO) is an ambitious project to reduce Bethesedas overly "generous" use of polygons on ingame objects with little to no loss in quality.

Ultimately it is the goal of the project to improve a gamers
performance via:
-Shortened loading times
-Less popin
-Potentially better framerates
-Less Hard Drive Thrashing.
Note: There is no guarantee of any of the above gains...yet.
None. Nada. Zip. You may get some benefit. You may not. I make no
promises that this will helping anything.

You can find it here:

http://www.tessource.net/files/file.php?id=6981

It still is in beta, but if these guys can reach their goals, this will definitely be a must for all Oblivion players.

About that console command, not really into that stuff, but it might help some of you guys, though, IMHO, the combat system for Oblivion is so refined that it's a waste not to enjoy it

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

Thanks for that, I just tried the first one w/ weather changes, looks great.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

Is that true? If I click on my enemy, he'll die?

yep!

 

[Agent_D]

yea, the better textures one makes it look nice, totally different, great stuff.

 

[PVTCaboose1337]

oH WOW those sky mods look really nice.

 

[Agent_D]

here are a few screenshots with the nice water, better weather, and things.

1024x768 with 16xAF, tree's, actors and items at 65%, grass off, shadows off, view distance max, specular distance max, distant buildings and landscapes and high quality water, with ripples and reflections.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

That looks nice, do you have AA turned on?

 

[Agent_D]

nope, just 16xAF

 

[15th Warlock]

here are a few screenshots with the nice water, better weather, and things.

1024x768 with 16xAF, tree's, actors and items at 65%, grass off, shadows off, view distance max, specular distance max, distant buildings and landscapes and high quality water, with ripples and reflections.

Great screenies /

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

How much FPS do you get?

 

[Agent_D]

i'll run it at 1280x1024 with 16xAF in the near future, gonna get a X1950 Pro soon hopefully. gonna try to get the processor to FX-62 speed when new heatsink arrives in a day or two and the new fans.

i havent seen less than 25-30, usually 35-50

 

[15th Warlock]

i'll run it at 1280x1024 with 16xAF in the near future, gonna get a X1950 Pro soon hopefully. gonna try to get the processor to FX-62 speed when new heatsink arrives in a day or two and the new fans.

i havent seen less than 25-30, usually 35-50

Hey, that's a great framerate, mine drops to the lower 20's when there are too many enemies on screen at one time, like when fighting near an Oblivion gate.

 

[Agent_D]

hmm, weird, when i fight near a gate it always stays smooth, ive only seen it drop below 20 a few times. im using catalyst 6.10, for chipset and video. i need to get a soundblaster x-fi sometime soon, want better sound anyways, but the extra couple FPS will be nice too lol.

 

[15th Warlock]

Must be all the HDR effects going on near those gates, I was thinking of trying the "fake HDR" mod, but it seems you loose a lot of performance and the results aren't nearly as good looking as when using real HDR.

Anyway, it's time for the mod of the week

Open Cities - Chorrol

Turn Chorrol into a Morrowind style city! This mod brings Chorrol into Tamriel world so no loading is required when entering the city.

What this mod does is load the whole city of Chorrol on your main world map, so you can enter and exit freely without the need for loading, be careful as this mod is not compatible with any other mods that modify the original Chorrol, you may want to move your loot from your Chorrol house (if you own it) to somewhere else before applying this mod as well, just to be sure none of it will be erased.

 

[Azn Tr14dZ]

How much frames do you drop when you have HDR enabled?

 

[15th Warlock]

How much frames do you drop when you have HDR enabled?

Dunno frankly, maybe about 15~20% less FPS? Will test as soon as I get home

 

[Agent_D]

hahahahaha holy crapola, www.hardocp.com read their review on the 8800gtx and gts, it played oblivion like a freakin champ, everything on max settings at 1600x1200 with AA and AF and HDR, absolutely insane.

 

[15th Warlock]

The Knights of the Nine expansion as just been announced to be released for PC on December 4, 2006, w00t!

http://pc.ign.com/articles/745/745043p1.html

Only 9.99 for the download version

 

[Agent_D]

x1950 pro's can be had at allstarshop.com for 189$ now, made by asus.