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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1920 on: November 20, 2011, 01:05:53 pm »
Quote from: Kivish Zokun on November 20, 2011, 01:02:05 pm
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Incidentally black reach is pretty damn beautiful.

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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1921 on: November 20, 2011, 01:09:25 pm »
Err yeah sorry, I was just swimming around in blackreach and:

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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1922 on: November 20, 2011, 01:12:59 pm »
Yeah, I was surprised by the number of distinct environments in Skyrim.  Oblivion, everything above ground looked the same, everyone's oblivion looked the same, there were like, three different types of dungeon and there was no difference between two dungeons of the same type, etc.

There are so many different environments in Skyrim.  There's the glaciers in the north, the mountains, the huge rocky plain-type area in the middle, the reach, then all the different types of dungeon, Blackreach, the inside of Azura's star.  All of that crazy shit in Azura's star was modeled and textured and all of that for a single side quest, and you were in there for less than five minutes.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1923 on: November 20, 2011, 01:19:58 pm »
getting pretty pissed. since something can't be right.

so, why, the, friggin, hell do i lag on medium textures!? with everything low?!
i was on a friggin HIGH graphics the day before! the day before!
and nothing changed!.
somebody, anybody, tell me what should i do? (except killing off npcs to reduce lag that is)
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“Well,” he said. “We’re in the Forgotten hunting grounds I take it. Your screams just woke them up early. Congratulations, Lyara.”
“Do something!” she whispered, trying to keep her sight on all of them at once.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1924 on: November 20, 2011, 01:28:40 pm »
Make sure antivirus scanners aren't running.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1925 on: November 20, 2011, 01:37:28 pm »
Quote from: PTTG?? on November 20, 2011, 01:28:40 pm
Make sure antivirus scanners aren't running.

nope they aren't.
nothing is running as long as i'm playing.
if only there was a program which "closes" everything non related to having the computer go on a game...thus freeing ram and core.
...does it perhaps exist?
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“Well,” he said. “We’re in the Forgotten hunting grounds I take it. Your screams just woke them up early. Congratulations, Lyara.”
“Do something!” she whispered, trying to keep her sight on all of them at once.
Basileus clapped his hands once. The Forgotten took a step forward, attracted by the sound.
“There, I did something. I clapped. I like clapping,” he said. -The Investigator And The Case Of The Missing Brain.

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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1926 on: November 20, 2011, 01:40:17 pm »
Shadenight, if you have two graphics cards, and one is integrated, particularly an intel one (like on many high end consumer computers), your computer might have switched to that, explaining the lag. That's happened to my friend a few times.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1927 on: November 20, 2011, 01:54:22 pm »
nope, got a nice ati mobility hd 5400 series card, with a 1gb dedicated memory.
...which should go fine.
i'm on a laptop.
with an i3 core of 2.27 ghz, and the default given to me is "high".
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4 giga ram, already did the "large address aware" thing.
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“Well,” he said. “We’re in the Forgotten hunting grounds I take it. Your screams just woke them up early. Congratulations, Lyara.”
“Do something!” she whispered, trying to keep her sight on all of them at once.
Basileus clapped his hands once. The Forgotten took a step forward, attracted by the sound.
“There, I did something. I clapped. I like clapping,” he said. -The Investigator And The Case Of The Missing Brain.

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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1928 on: November 20, 2011, 02:14:13 pm »
Well, I made Derral the Ever-Critical, a wizened, bitter breton mage.
Feeling his age, he decided to seek a peaceful retirement and fresh supply of gullible test subjects (as well as ditch those annoying lynch mobs!) in chilly Skyrim. Sadly, the harmless-looking old man was caught up in a clash between Imperial forces and the Nord rebels, and was taken prisoner, causing much grumbling and scowling on his part.
After a chance dragon attacked just barely saved his head, Derral fled from the small village he'd nearly been executed in, wanting no part in 'yer silly Nord politics', and set out to salvage whatever artefacts of power happen to be lying around in this icy land. Oh, and to amuse himself blasting the shit out of the local wildlife. 8)

...Oh hey it's 5AM. Whoooops.
So, basically I just threw on as many wrinkles as possible (not many) and made him look as old and grouchy as possible! :D
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1929 on: November 20, 2011, 02:40:55 pm »
So do Giants drop any notable loot?
I just killed a pair near Whiterun, and I want to know if it's worthwhile going to retrieve the corpses.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1930 on: November 20, 2011, 02:45:22 pm »
Usually a few hundred gold, various misc objects, and maybe a magic armor or weapon.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1931 on: November 20, 2011, 02:46:11 pm »
Eh, seems worthwhile then. Into the pungi pit I go.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1932 on: November 20, 2011, 02:46:32 pm »
And a giant's toe, which, if you're into alchemy, can be used for boss fortify health/fortify carry weight potions.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1933 on: November 20, 2011, 02:51:27 pm »
Missed my jump and landed on the spikes that inexplicably only damage the PC.

May as well this opportunity to lure that mammoth in too.
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Re: Discussion on TES V: Skyrim
« Reply #1934 on: November 20, 2011, 02:53:46 pm »
Spikes don't only damage the player.  I saw a bandit fall into a spike pit once and die.

Also, speaking of fortify health potions associated with giants, has anybody tapped the Sleeping Tree?  It's in the western part of the central rocky plains (The brownish-yellow area east of the Reach and going to Whiterun, you know what I'm talking about), in the middle of a giant camp.  There's a tap in it and you can harvest the sap for a gigantic fortify health potion.  Like 150 if I remember right.
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