Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Announced for release on 11/11/11. - Page 69

UnrealGaming · 11-11-2011, 23:34 | posts: 2,385 | Location: Serbia

IGN tried to get married in Skyrim, but ...

BlackZero · 11-11-2011, 23:43 | posts: 8,075 | Location: United Kingdom

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Originally Posted by Darren Hodgson

Here's what I mean... hopefully you can see the background through her head!

I happen to run into them on my way out.

This is with transparency enabled from the ini file.

Stone Gargoyle · 11-12-2011, 00:09 | posts: 3,356

If there's one thing that's taken me completely by surprise it's actually the great performance both indoors and out. In fact I'd love to know just how they pulled it off when titles like Brink and Rage were completely screwed at launch. Skyrim already feels like Oblivion did after several patches, if not far better.

The constant area loading/pausing in Oblivion even after patches and tweaks drove me ****ing nuts. It's not even present here.

They sure as hell enjoy making you work hard to find the pathways in this game. I've actually given up on some quests for now simply because I'm buggered if I can navigate parts of the land to get to where my quest is at. Not really complaining though as I always found path finding in Oblivion far too straight forward and never much of a challenge. Skyrim's world is an entirely new and vastly more intricate ball game, I love it.

If I have one recent complaint it's going to be squarely aimed at Dragons. I've slayed two now and the second one I did completely on my own at level 7 with nothing but arrows. Every single time it landed it just sat there as I plugged arrows into it from a distance, with the odd breath of ice breath if I got too close. It was a simple case of plug arrows and magic heal. Rinse and repeat as I kept a low level bridge between us both. And neither I killed ended with the dramatic slow mo kill I was longing for as I laid in with my sword so they just kind of pathetically fell over and died. Didn't make me feel like a dragon slayer at all, more a dragon tipper. :|

They look majestic and scary in the air and when they first land but after that they seem a little too easy for my liking. Playing on adept which I didn't actually realise until I was a good few hours in.

BlackZero · 11-12-2011, 00:15 | posts: 8,075 | Location: United Kingdom

Seems I was able to replicate that bug when forcing transeparency through the driver control panel (adaptive AA).

Rochin · 11-12-2011, 00:24 | posts: 1,951 | Location: Texas

Seems like most people are too busy screwing with the config to actually play the game. I never once messed with Oblivion or any mods for it, game was great after I patched it up out of the box. Seems to be a great graphics overhaul over Oblivion also. Wish I had the cash currently and I would get it hands down.

Mufflore · 11-12-2011, 00:46 | posts: 9,509 | Location: UK

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Originally Posted by Rochin

Seems like a few decent techies are busy modding the config to make the game even better.
I never once messed with Oblivion or any mods for it because this isnt my thing so I have no idea why I'm posting here.

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BlackZero · *Last edited by BlackZero; 11-12-2011 at 01:21.*

lol, Mufflore ^^

Alright people, I know a lot of you have been asking for this and the modding community has done it again!

Those of you looking to limit fps to any given number, note though that this uses a d3d9.dll so might interfere with other programmes, try it if you like.

FPS Limiter by GriefReaper

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34

For those who don't like finishing moves:

No Kill Moves by JustinOther

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=33

and last, but hopefully not least, we have an early attemp at texture improvement.

Skyrim Improved Textures - Alpha by Unit Alpha

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=32

Rochin · 11-12-2011, 01:08 | posts: 1,951 | Location: Texas

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Originally Posted by Mufflore

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No, it is not that I do not understand. I just do not care to screw with a game. I did mod Dragon Age Origins a bit and it ended up costing me all my save games. 300+ hours worth becasue of corruption. SO I have no intention of that happening again. I am not one to freak out if the as is game has some minor issues.

More power to the people that mod, but at some point will they actually play the game? It depends on if they get it running perfect, to which they never will.

Mufflore · 11-12-2011, 01:16 | posts: 9,509 | Location: UK

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Originally Posted by Rochin

No, it is not that I do not understand. I just do not care to screw with a game because this isnt my thing so I have no idea why I'm posting here.

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Darren Hodgson · 11-12-2011, 01:29 | posts: 9,659 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by BlackZero

If you post a map image of the location (while youre there or marked) we should be able to check for you.

I tried to earlier but some weird reason every X number of screenshots I take with MSI Afterburner v2.2.0 beta 8 using the numeric keypad's asterisk key causes the game to exit to the desktop and it did it just as I took a shot of the map! Very strange.

Anyway, it's just outside of the first large town you get to after leaving Riverwood. It's called Whiterun and the camp with tents is just to the left of the big stone entrance to the town. There are four Khajiits there as I said earlier, a trader and another specialising in Sneak training.

BlackZero · 11-12-2011, 01:34 | posts: 8,075 | Location: United Kingdom

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Originally Posted by Darren Hodgson

I tried to earlier but some weird reason every X number of screenshots I take with MSI Afterburner v2.2.0 beta 8 using the numeric keypad's asterisk key causes the game to exit to the desktop and it did it just as I took a shot of the map! Very strange.

Anyway, it's just outside of the first large town you get to after leaving Riverwood. It's called Whiterun and the camp with tents is just to the left of the big stone entrance to the town. There are four Khajiits there as I said earlier, a trader and another specialising in Sneak training.

I was able to replicate the bug a few posts up, seems to be caused by transparency AA forced through the driver control panel.

Wanny · *Last edited by Wanny; 11-12-2011 at 01:51.*

There's a new tweak in town but it totally destroys your FPS lol

Less details
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...202506770.jpg/

More details
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...202100193.jpg/

ind skyrim.ini ( should be in my documents/my games /skyrim

add

[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH
uGridsToLoad=11
uInterior Cell Buffer=32
uExterior Cell Buffer=204
iPreloadSizeLimit=262144000

and proof that SLI works, but not everywhere on every game loads. DX11 might fix those slowdowns I hope.

I tried fallout 3's & Oblivion profile. Abysmal performance. This one REALLY needs the new created profile for Skyrim.

F1refly · 11-12-2011, 02:16 | posts: 8,408 | Location: Indiana

i really, really hate how slow you walk. can't even keep up pace with anyone you follow

eclap · 11-12-2011, 02:20 | posts: 18,364 | Location: Hampshire UK

Then there's running and mounts. Anyway, I find that I have to pause every now and then because walk is faster than npc walk.

Wrigleyvillain · 11-12-2011, 02:23 | posts: 115 | Location: Chicago

Crossfire seems to be working for me using Afterburner OSD, testing with GPU-Z monitoring next. Using about72% of each card on average, usually the percentages were equal.

Wanny · 11-12-2011, 02:27 | posts: 6,933 | Location: Canada, Quebec

So this is the ultimate LOD tweak but it destroys fps. Well enjoy the endless details while it lasts... not worth using this tweak other than pure screenshot purpose. It's impossible to get more details unfortunately without HUGE cost.

ViperXtreme · 11-12-2011, 03:01 | posts: 2,700 | Location: Philippines

steam unlocked it in our region way too late lol, we get the game cheap here anyway (35 USD) and has some random free mug when doing preorder lol
Game runs decent on my entry level PC customized ultra (and i only use FXAA and at 1280 x 1024 native)

Stone Gargoyle · 11-12-2011, 03:16 | posts: 3,356

So I've been taking a few screenshots using no hud/no clip mode on Ultra settings, here's just one...

Original size:
http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3...1202362204.jpg

Nice eh?

Darren Hodgson · 11-12-2011, 03:36 | posts: 9,659 | Location: England

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Originally Posted by BlackZero

I happen to run into them on my way out.

This is with transparency enabled from the ini file.

Here's another of Khayla:

Notice how those strands appear to be coming down over her face when they're actually BEHIND her! Doesn't anyone else think this is weird. One of the other Khajiit's looks like her but the other two are fine. Could this be a driver bug or is a glitch in the game?

lehtv · 11-12-2011, 03:40 | posts: 3,083

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Originally Posted by Stone Gargoyle

So I've been taking a few screenshots using no hud/no clip mode on Ultra settings, here's just one...

Nice shot. That would look even better with bTreesReceiveShadows=1.

I don't use a HUD in normal play

Just disabled crosshair (really not needed at all) and compass (more realism). Am definitely going to get into some screenshotting at some point... gotta figure out a good cfg for that... which leads me to

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wanny

So this is the ultimate LOD tweak but it destroys fps. Well enjoy the endless details while it lasts... not worth using this tweak other than pure screenshot purpose. It's impossible to get more details unfortunately without HUGE cost.

Could you post your .ini settings for this please?

Also, has anyone figured out why tree distance LOD doesn't seem to increase even if you increase the values of

fTreesMidLODSwitchDist
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance

Am I missing something?

Grass distance also seems to be limited, no matter what values you set for grass fade distance.

DrD0ctor · 11-12-2011, 03:52 | posts: 291 | Location: New Jersey

I love how theres already a bunch of mods for this, God I love PC gaming, please never die.

FULMTL · *Last edited by FULMTL; 11-12-2011 at 03:59.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wanny

So this is the ultimate LOD tweak but it destroys fps. Well enjoy the endless details while it lasts... not worth using this tweak other than pure screenshot purpose. It's impossible to get more details unfortunately without HUGE cost.

Can you check to see how much video memory it is using when LOD is unlimited? Wondering if it's maxing out the 1.2GB on your GTX470.

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Originally Posted by DrD0ctor

I love how theres already a bunch of mods for this, God I love PC gaming, please never die.

This is why I love PC gaming. Modders are the only thing saving it for me. I wanna play! AHHHH, but gotta wait like two months until I move back home.

adrock311 · 11-12-2011, 04:17 | posts: 713

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Originally Posted by Stone Gargoyle

The constant area loading/pausing in Oblivion even after patches and tweaks drove me ****ing nuts. It's not even present here.

you are 1000% correct, the stuttering/pausing when you ran fast into new areas and new landscape was streamed in Oblivion was my #1 gripe, drove me insane, and I'm sooo impressed with Skyrim because they FINALLY fixed it!!!!

Fallout 3 also suffered from it majorly , and fallout new vegas did to a lesser amount.

thank god they finally figured out how to eliminate that damn hitching.

Mkilbride · 11-12-2011, 04:34 | posts: 8,078 | Location: US, New Hampshire

How is pop-in though?

I mean can you see vegetation, trees, ect, and stuff pop out of no where? I really hated that in Crysis & Oblivion. Kills immersion.

sepulchre · 11-12-2011, 04:36 | posts: 330 | Location: UK

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Originally Posted by Darren Hodgson

Here's another of Khayla:

Notice how those strands appear to be coming down over her face when they're actually BEHIND her! Doesn't anyone else think this is weird. One of the other Khajiit's looks like her but the other two are fine. Could this be a driver bug or is a glitch in the game?

I noticed, so next time i see them i won't look for this bug.
If its patchable it will be patched.
If its your system it won't.

Concentrate on the game , not the bugs.
Enjoy it for what it is, and if it bothers you that much report it on beths official bug list.