The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim : Bacon Workshop

[SecondTalon]

Well... since you say you're an Honest Upstanding type, I'm assuming you don't have the Ebony Mail, so.... no. I do not know.

[ArgonV]

Nope, I don't do those kind of Daedric quests

[Microscopic cog]

The only instance where I had a similar thing going on was when I ran into some random hostile goats, and only a bit up ahead I ran into the Spriggan that had possesed them.

So you might've encountered that, but missed the Spriggan.

[Will]

That's one of my (minor) quibbles with the game--I had to decide fairly early that I *wasn't* going to play an honest upstanding citizen type, because doing so cuts off a significant portion of the game (Thieves' Guild, Dark Brotherhood, Daedric quests). I have a hard time not going light side in RPGs.

[Adam H]

That's no quibble, that's a feature called "replay value"!

[Vaniver]

Also, can anyone think of a reason goats sometimes spontaneously become hostile towards me?

I have come across a giant with several goats, all of which are hostile. That may be the cause.

[SirBryghtside]

Luckily, I've always gone for the honest, upstanding citizen... who worships Daedra. I mean, there's a couple of things I won't do - Namira's Quest, for starters - but it still opens up a lot of options. Though I am really looking forward to playing my next character, where I'll just throw morals out of the window and kill as many Wood Elves as I like

Oh, and my Official Soundtrack finally arrived today

[not baby Newt]

Apparently there is now a Hi-Res texture pack available. Not sure exactly how to install since it doesn't show as a separate game entry, but I think it was the 3GB download I triggered for skyrim but it was being wonky and I didn't have time to really see if it installed at lunch.

No idea about the steam store, but traditionally it's unzipped into data, and the game looks for files there before looking in the resource files which are pretty much compressed directories.

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Probably will not play the char much, but tried a mage on master difficulty without conjuration / companions. Sooo glad quickload is fast. Illusion dual casting and the first frenzy spell goes far against normal bandits, still need reloads. Mages and most animals kill me dead.

Lvl 10. 30 destruction. Reached college. Train x5, lvlup, train x5. Stagger perk. Ah... I see... no single melee foe has a chance if I spam it without missing. Mwahaha. But it would hurt my hand to keep up :/

edit: had a look at the DLC hi-res texture pack. I how have two data files named HighResTexturePack01.esp andHighResTexturePack02.esp. ... and I'm apparantly able to enable two, and play the game, while something is 5% downloaded in steam? There has *not* been enough time for a 3GB download.

edit edit: I was able to enter the game. Then I quit, and now I cannot play until the download has finished. The two .esp files are 66 bytes. So probably didn't do much.

[Adam H]

The high res is free DLC on steam. It's on the main skyrim game page. I'm kind of really impressed that Bethesda made it freely available like this. I guess it didn't cost them much, but still.


I've been playing a new hunter character in "realistic mode" - completely transparent HUD, no music, no looking at the in-game map, no crosshair, and no quest indicators. It's quite a fun change of pace. Archery without a crosshair is really awesome, actually. There's a learning curve with aiming, and stealth archery is less accurate because the tip of the arrow is further away from where you're aiming.

[ShootTheChicken]

no looking at the in-game map

?

[Xeio]

The high res is free DLC on steam. It's on the main skyrim game page. I'm kind of really impressed that Bethesda made it freely available like this. I guess it didn't cost them much, but still.

There would have been quite an uproar if they made you pay for just slightly better textures. Particularly since they don't actually improve the game's look much at all.

[Jessica]

Has anyone been able to use the creation kit that also just came out on steam for Skyrim? I would really love to play around with it.

[Theory of Mind]

The high res is free DLC on steam. It's on the main skyrim game page. I'm kind of really impressed that Bethesda made it freely available like this. I guess it didn't cost them much, but still.

There would have been quite an uproar if they made you pay for just slightly better textures. Particularly since they don't actually improve the game's look much at all.

I'm assuming that these are just the textures they originally made in development, with less compression. I have to admit there are a few user made texture packs I like better, but it's easy enough to pick and chose what I want to overwrite.

[Jahoclave]

Luckily, I've always gone for the honest, upstanding citizen... who worships Daedra. I mean, there's a couple of things I won't do - Namira's Quest, for starters - but it still opens up a lot of options. Though I am really looking forward to playing my next character, where I'll just throw morals out of the window and kill as many Wood Elves as I like

Oh, and my Official Soundtrack finally arrived today

Look, once I have a million gold and own a controlling share in all the shops I will be an honest upright citizen because my theft will be limited to my insanely low tax rate, massive exploitation of workers, and the shares I sell in my non-existent railroad.

[Adam H]

no looking at the in-game map

?

Why are you the only one that gets a GPS! It's much more fun to try an orient yourself using the throat of the world and the sun.

[An Enraged Platypus]

no looking at the in-game map

?

Why are you the only one that gets a GPS! It's much more fun to try an orient yourself using the throat of the world and the sun.

Man, that would be hardcore mode. Navigation only by signposts and landmarks, no fast travel. Kind of defeats the object though if it's not your first run, plus a lot of quests might be impossible insofar as the NPCs just mark your map instead of giving solid "first right turn out of Rorikstead" type directions.

[Ibid]

Orienting yourself without a firm map marker using only in game directions and landmarks?

*Has a Morrowind flashback*

"NO! Not the directions! Not the direction! Oh god, I don't know what just outside Caldera means! Cliff racers, cliff racers everywhere! AAAAAAAA!"

[SecondTalon]

no looking at the in-game map

?

Why are you the only one that gets a GPS! It's much more fun to try an orient yourself using the throat of the world and the sun.

Man, that would be hardcore mode. Navigation only by signposts and landmarks, no fast travel. Kind of defeats the object though if it's not your first run, plus a lot of quests might be impossible insofar as the NPCs just mark your map instead of giving solid "first right turn out of Rorikstead" type directions.

Yeah. The one run I'm doing as a No Fast Travel (just Cart Network) I've gave myself the concession of being able to look at the overworld map while I'm in a town, an inn, or otherwise civilized area (High Hrothgar, for example), since no one gives me directions to goddamn anything (and the Radiant System itself is particularly "NO DIRECTIONS!" in it's execution), and some characters, like Arngeir, directly reference you having a map. I feel it's a fair to the spirit, since after walking about five minutes I no longer remember where it is beyond "Four or six mountain peaks North East of here... I think."


In other news, nothing.. and I mean nothing makes you hate the 7000 steps more than a No Fast Travel run. I'm thinking of adding in an exception to that, allowing me to fast travel to High Hrothgar from Ivarstead and back again, and that's it. Fuck the (not) 7000 steps.

[SirBryghtside]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOFLqItuW4

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I'm not sure what I love more - the ideas they came up with or the fact that this really could mean they're doing Morrowind-style DLC.

[Lostdreams]

I would expect some hunters would have rudimentary maps of the areas they hunt.

You have charcoal and rolls of paper, why wouldn't you be able to draw maps? Alternatively, one of the many detailed maps showing holds, forts, and roads could be purchased, reproduced, or "go missing" providing you with a perfectly viable map to use while adventuring.

[Will]

I wouldn't mind having a map with the "you are here" arrow missing. It's still an interesting challenge to navigate an area with a map when the map doesn't always tell you exactly where you are at all times (like every map ever made before the invention of GPS)

[Xeio]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOFLqItuW4

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I'm not sure what I love more - the ideas they came up with or the fact that this really could mean they're doing Morrowind-style DLC.

KING OF THE MUDCRABS!

[ShootTheChicken]

I wouldn't mind having a map with the "you are here" arrow missing. It's still an interesting challenge to navigate an area with a map when the map doesn't always tell you exactly where you are at all times (like every map ever made before the invention of GPS)

I'm sure the creation kit will yield something like this pretty soon.

[An Enraged Platypus]

no looking at the in-game map

?

Why are you the only one that gets a GPS! It's much more fun to try an orient yourself using the throat of the world and the sun.

Man, that would be hardcore mode. Navigation only by signposts and landmarks, no fast travel. Kind of defeats the object though if it's not your first run, plus a lot of quests might be impossible insofar as the NPCs just mark your map instead of giving solid "first right turn out of Rorikstead" type directions.

Yeah. The one run I'm doing as a No Fast Travel (just Cart Network) I've gave myself the concession of being able to look at the overworld map while I'm in a town, an inn, or otherwise civilized area (High Hrothgar, for example), since no one gives me directions to goddamn anything (and the Radiant System itself is particularly "NO DIRECTIONS!" in it's execution), and some characters, like Arngeir, directly reference you having a map. I feel it's a fair to the spirit, since after walking about five minutes I no longer remember where it is beyond "Four or six mountain peaks North East of here... I think."


In other news, nothing.. and I mean nothing makes you hate the 7000 steps more than a No Fast Travel run. I'm thinking of adding in an exception to that, allowing me to fast travel to High Hrothgar from Ivarstead and back again, and that's it. Fuck the (not) 7000 steps.

Agreed. The only reason I'm doing the Mages' guild first with no fast travel is because of the 7000 steps.

[Magnanimous]

Elder Scrolls Fleeting Thought: I wonder how feasible it is to convert the Morrowind/Oblivion maps so you could play them in Skyrim. You'd have to do the borders between regions by hand (and wait for Tamriel Rebuilt to finish mainland Morrowind), and possibly have to adjust the scale so the geography is the right relative size... But exploring a full third of Tamriel would totally be worth it.

[Xeio]

It's not. It would be basically the equivalent of remaking the maps entirely. Not to mention reworking the models/textures so they don't look like crap.

There's http://morroblivion.com that sort of did this? Though I haven't ever played it so I dunno how successful they were.

[ShootTheChicken]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYOFLqItuW4

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I'm not sure what I love more - the ideas they came up with or the fact that this really could mean they're doing Morrowind-style DLC.

Dragon mounts. Now.

[SecondTalon]

Elder Scrolls Fleeting Thought: I wonder how feasible it is to convert the Morrowind/Oblivion maps so you could play them in Skyrim. You'd have to do the borders between regions by hand (and wait for Tamriel Rebuilt to finish mainland Morrowind), and possibly have to adjust the scale so the geography is the right relative size... But exploring a full third of Tamriel would totally be worth it.

Well.... the mod people who've been working on porting a Lord of the RIngs map to Oblivion are porting the whole thing over to Skyrim. Which leads me to believe that, while difficult, it's not impossible to do.

Granted, like most mods that start to go somewhere then die, they've got the map done. You know, the easiest part of doing a total conversion.

[Magnanimous]

On second thought, it'd be horrible to explore Vvardenfell without levitation. Especially in the Telvanni cities.

Also you'd feel kind of foolish doing all that work when Elder Scrolls 6 comes out.

But still, it'd be awesome.

[yurell]

At least you'd have open cities.

[gmalivuk]

I wouldn't mind having a map with the "you are here" arrow missing. It's still an interesting challenge to navigate an area with a map when the map doesn't always tell you exactly where you are at all times (like every map ever made before the invention of GPS)

I'm sure the creation kit will yield something like this pretty soon.

Indeed.

[not baby Newt]

Agreed. The only reason I'm doing the Mages' guild first with no fast travel is because of the 7000 steps.

Guess you wont go back a dozen times to ask about another word-location then.

At least you'd have open cities.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=8058
Markarth and riften so far apparantly. I'm a bit too nervous about missing a minor quest at some point because a bear ate the npc to use this.


Clear out some misc objectives -> visit bar / steward -> read all brightly white new topics -> get new misc objectives -> clear out some misc objectives -> ..... 280 misc objectives later, I finally get to the mainquest part where you climb above the greybeards. So hard to choose between ignoring dialogue or overlong quest list. ( /reallysillyproblems). Not the bounty quests, but many other one-line quests in the misc log seems to have enough logic to count as a completely normal quest of last century. Often something more than just fedex/kill. Just somtimes I wish I had the two-sentence backstory available, since I have no idea why I'm supposed to 'enter xyz tomb'. (Having the text available was wonderful in morrowinds journal, even though the lack of quest-listing at release was ludicrous).

Critical hits with archery makes me happy. Fairly useless damage-wise, but a neat sound and a message.

[Jahoclave]

I think the general thing of it is, if it's underground they want it dead. I also enjoy the irony of, if you're not playing a Nord, the Stormcloaks employing you to do anything.

[yurell]

I think the fact that you could single-handedly slaughter them all plays quite heavily into their decision making. Add to the fact you're dovakihn and could be seen as an 'honourary Nord', especially since you've already been to their heaven.
Seriously, the hardest part about the last mission for either the Stormcloaks or the Imperials was not slaughtering your allies by accident — they're very squishy, hard to distinguish and intent in getting in front of you.

On that note, I started slaughtering Imperial camps after I won it for the Stormcloaks, just like I was asked, did anyone else find the Imperial Legates to still be immortal, or was I just bugging?

[Will]

No, that's the way it works for everyone. There's a mod that fixes it, though.

[Jahoclave]

I think the fact that you could single-handedly slaughter them all plays quite heavily into their decision making. Add to the fact you're dovakihn and could be seen as an 'honourary Nord', especially since you've already been to their heaven.
Seriously, the hardest part about the last mission for either the Stormcloaks or the Imperials was not slaughtering your allies by accident — they're very squishy, hard to distinguish and intent in getting in front of you.

On that note, I started slaughtering Imperial camps after I won it for the Stormcloaks, just like I was asked, did anyone else find the Imperial Legates to still be immortal, or was I just bugging?

I always felt like eliminating those camps should have been a set of blow off quests you get sent on once you've done everything else.

[gmalivuk]

Yeah, rather than them just saying "we've nothing more for you to do, but feel free to kill the bad guys, like, whenever it's convenient".

[An Enraged Platypus]

I think the fact that you could single-handedly slaughter them all plays quite heavily into their decision making. Add to the fact you're dovakihn and could be seen as an 'honourary Nord', especially since you've already been to their heaven.
Seriously, the hardest part about the last mission for either the Stormcloaks or the Imperials was not slaughtering your allies by accident — they're very squishy, hard to distinguish and intent in getting in front of you.

On that note, I started slaughtering Imperial camps after I won it for the Stormcloaks, just like I was asked, did anyone else find the Imperial Legates to still be immortal, or was I just bugging?

I always felt like eliminating those camps should have been a set of blow off quests you get sent on once you've done everything else.

To the Creation Kit!

[Jahoclave]

Also, perhaps saving up all those ingredients and then going apeshit on alchemy was not the best idea. I think I've sold something like 110k gold worth of potions and I still have about another few hundred thousand worth to go.

[CorruptUser]

Heh, get the double harvesting perk and go have fun in that lighthouse with the billion or so chaurus eggs.



Meh, what I really want is a game that's kind of like Hardwar if you've ever played it. Basically, you are in a hovercraft on Titan and you do whatever the hell you want; fly around killing criminals for the bounties, kill people and steal their items, trap hovercrafts in the hangers until the auto-defense thingies destroy them, run a repair shop for extra cash, etc. But the main thing is, there's an actual economy going on in the background. Aside from the infinite spawning of random mook hovercraft, there is an actual economy. Ore has to be shipped from mining plants to refineries to make sheet metal and other goods, those goods have to be shipped to manufacturing to make weapons. Bodyparts have to be shipped to the Agridomes/Pizza shops to make food, etc. It makes you feel like you are actually part of something, rather than just in a video game.

I want Skyrim to be kind of like that; stores don't just automatically restock every 24 hrs, they have to have mooks roaming the countryside collecting the items and so forth, to bring to the cities/villages to make into crafts and such. Miners should bring stuff to the smiths rather than just stand around all day whacking the ore. A less admirable PC could pickpocket miners for ores on their way home from the pits or something to add to the realism; maybe let you carry "useless rocks" to trade for the weight to reduce chance of being caught (also, there shouldn't be a 90% cap of pickpocket success).

And most importantly, your own army of mook slaves in your house. I don't want some shack in Whiterun with Lydia watching me sleep, I want my own Estate. I want my own farm that gives me all the food that I never actually use. I want a horde of alchemists harvesting all the local plants for me. In Morrowind, the Hlaalu faction gave you an egg mine, or something. I don't remember; Telvanni was the way to go, what with those cool butlers.