Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Exact same race/stone as my current character is, I can't believe they decided to keep the 50% absorption racial from Oblivion, at least it's an active and not a passive now. What I find really overpowered however, is that you regenerate mana with the Atronach stone active. In Oblivion, it was balanced out because you didn't regenerate mana at all, the only way to gain it was to either absorb spells or carry around plenty of potions.

Smithing is ridiculously easy.

So I was messing with Skyrim's console earlier, and I used the sexchange command on a whiterun guard. Long story short, 1 dead guard later I get to strip the guard and surprise, man face.

Top Mods:

[size=14]Himmelsrand Custom Shader Suite[/h], by Humin

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=240

The effect this suite has on the visual appearance of the game is fucking amazing regardless of display settings; the impact on FPS is minimal. The viginetting fits in perfectly; dark areas are actually dark and there's much less fuzz. Oh, and I'm fairly certain the included d3d9.dll is modded for improved performance as well. My settings prior to installation of this mod were auto-detected at medium, they are now auto-detected at high. I am running a 2.3ghz Quad Core with a 9600GT, FPS jumped by about 10.

Edit: You can press the Pause/Break key on your keyboard to toggle the effects on and off.

No More Blocky Faces + Less Ugly Elven Faces [/h], by Xenius (NMBF) & Arlekin (LUEF)

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=30

The title says it all. Many people have been working and re-working the face textures since release; these are the best replacements I have come across so far.

[size=14]Enhanced Night Skyrim[/h], by Cptjoker

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=85

Being a little ways away from light pollution, I know how beautiful a night sky can really be. This mod shows you what a night sky out in the snowy mountains would really look like. There is no noticeable impact from using the new HD sky textures. There are three versions of this mod, each one with differing star density.

[size=14]Simple Borderless Window[/h], by Liddo

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=4

Allows you to run Skyrim in full-screen windowed mode. For those of you plagued by constant crashes and artefacts after tabbing, this may fix your problem, it did for me. Otherwise, it speeds up the tabbing process, definitely worth it. Note that you should not put this file in the parent Skyrim installation directory, doing so will cause the game to launch directly from the TESV executable instead of the launcher, which means you cannot launch Skyrim with loose files loaded, which must be done each time the game is started via a radio button in the Data Files menu. Instead place it in the data folder or on your desktop, run the file before you launch Skyrim and it will automagically do it's thang.

[size=14]Skip Bethesda intro[/h], by Kenney

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=100

Replaces the default Bethesda introduction video file in the \data\videos folder of your Skyrim directory with a fake one. Useful for people that restart the game often.

[size=14]Skyrim 4GB Tutorial[/h], by Mochtroid245

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=134

Apparently the game by default is limited to 2GB of memory usage, this tutorial will show you how to let it use 4GB. I have not noticed any significant improvements from doing this.

[size=14]Perk Planner[/h], by Shiloh

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=159

Spreadsheet for perk planning. Not really a mod, but it's useful.



Mods to Watch:

[size=14]Project Enhanced Skyrim[/h], by TheCompiler

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=11

A suite of the best mods currently available chosen by well-known Skyrim Nexus community members.

[size=14]Vurts Skyrim Flora Overhaul[/h], by vurt

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=141

Will eventually make the outside world of Skyrim look truly beautiful.



Honorable Mention:

[size=14]Skyrim Better Performance[/h], by Meritus

http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=123

Includes a modded d3d9.dll for both Nvidia and ATI graphic cards, will lead to a massive improvement in performance. I strongly recommend grabbing the shader suite at the top of this post instead of this mod, but if for whatever reason you don't want to, this can be used.



FPS Improvement Tips:

Set your Distant Object Detail to medium/low, use object detail fade. This may fix constant crashes experienced "outside".

When using the shader suite at the top of this thread, the difference between high detail shadows and medium/low detail shadows is nominal. Event without the post-processing, they look like shit at high or low anyways. For a big improvement, lower this setting in the advanced tab of the Skyrim Options menu, which can be accessed through the launcher.

The Skyrim Better Performance mod includes a modded d3d9.dll, same with the shader suite included at the top of this thread. Using either of these will probably lead to an increase in FPS. Rigs that were able to run FO3 and FO:NV on high settings will be able to do so with Skyrim.

Advanced users should configure the Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini files. I have customized my Windows installation, thus the paths to these files will be different on my computer, so you'll have to find them on your own.

Is it possible to become a vampire while im also an werewolf? A hybrid would be sexy as fuck

Yes, yes it is.

Edit:

For those of you who don't know about the 1 - 8 hotkeys. You can add any kind of apparel, weapon, shout, power or spell to your favorites menu, by highlighting it in the character menu and pressing f. Once you have done so, you can access this menu at any time while playing by pressing q, it will pause the game for the duration of your selection. Once the favorites menu is up, you can press numbers 1 through 8 on your keyboard to bind the selected item them to that number.

http://www.bethblog.com/index.php/2011/11/16/dragonborn/ -meet Dovahkiin.

lol

I bet they are gonna change the name later anyways.

but in any who....

Yeah Skyrim... is it possible to play it on a Gaming Laptop???

*Been very busy... I really wish I had more time to play this.... but I got Asscreed Revelations.... and I might buy Saints row the third during black friday*

Depends. My €800,- laptop for school can run Skyrim on medium/high settings with a range of 28-60fps, excluding some minor exceptions during really intense dragon fights and the like. But for me it never goes below 20fps and usually remains within the 35-60 fps during normal travelling/cities/dungeons/fights.

If you're feeling confident when comparing your system with the recommended specs, I'd say give it a go. If your laptop is anywhere near decent, it'll probably run on medium. Below are my specs for clarification.

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2,00Ghz (Turboboost up to 2.9Ghz)
Nvidia Geforce GT 540M 2GB (4095MB Turbocache)
8GB DDR3 RAM
1366x768 resolution.

All I can say about this: I have the worst timing

Here is what I meant (funny shit):


King: Wanderer! Thank the gods you've come! The prophecy told us that a mighty warrior would arise, worthy of wielding Fjalnir, the God-axe, and slaying the evil Demon Prince Synraith. We believe you to be that warrior. What say you, traveler? Will you accept this task?


Me: Yea, verily I shall accept thine task and vanq- wait, Synraith? Fiery dude in a floating city? Cape made out of screeching souls? Ahhh, shit. I already killed that guy.


King: You ... already slew the Demon Prince, the Knife in the Dark, the Void at the Heart of All Men, whose identity you did not learn until just now?


Me: Yup. I saw that castle floating up in the sky, and I wanted to know if I could jump up the rocks to get in the back way. It took a lot of reloads, but I finally managed to hop on up in there.


King: You "hopped on up" into the Abyssal Palace?


Me: Yeeeep, yep yep yep. Just squat-jumped on in there and looted the place. Then I killed that Sydney guy-


King: Synraith, Demon Prince of the Abyss.


Me: -yeah him. I ganked that guy. Mostly just to see if I could. Plus he looked like kind of a dick.


King: Indeed, the Foulest of the Foul was "kind of a dick." But you vanquished him without the aid of sacred Fjalnir, the God-axe?


Me: Totally. It wasn't even a thing. I just hid on top of a bookshelf where he couldn't reach me and shot him with arrows. Then I waited until he forgot I was shooting him, and did it all again to get the sneak damage bonus. Took a while, but he died all the same.


King: Forsooth! Thine heroic deeds are ... well, that sounds kind of fucked up, actually. Never thought I'd feel bad for He Who Devours. So you have no need of our sacred totem weapon?


Me: What, the gold dealy, with the shiny bits? Nah, I already stole that out of the display case four hours ago, before I knew who you were. I gave it to Sven, but he Quantum Leaped out of the game with that shit.


King: Huh. So. I guess ... the bards will ... sing of your tale now?


Me: Oh yeah? Sweet, let's hear it.


Bard: The hero came with eyes aflame / his tasks already done / the land was rescued all the same / but 'tis kind of a shitty song.


Me: Word.

I'm guessing vamp first due to werewolf giving 100% disease resist :/

Yep, Morthal has a bit of a vampire problem if you're having trouble finding one.

Here are two videos I found interesting

I played for about 10-14 hours but I plan on restarting so I get more done so I can buy a house sooner

Tried playing on master but I didn't properly use my perks and ended up getting killed a lot by certain monsters

Cool copy pasta from cracked, bro.


Here's some original content: I'm in Riften, handing some materials to the food selling Dunmer for her plan to own a ghetto refrigerator. She gives me shit I don't care for. Bitch won't let me give them back, so I drop them on the floor right in front of her as an insult, along with some other stuff I don't need; being over-encumbered is manly as fuck, but impractical. Some bum sitting across from her thinks that it's his lucky day, so he gets up and starts walking toward my shit. The food bitch gets a wild hair up her ass and pulls a knife on him, saying something like, "I saw it first." Bum doesn't dare fuck with her so he just stands there; a crowd gathers. Some Dunmer from another stall starts creeping up to her real slowly with his knife out. He's not doing stealth right as the bitch was looking directly at him. Then the dude just stands there next to my shit. The bitch goes apeshit; there's a knife battle. I prolong the battle by healing both of them. Guards have no fucks to give. I pick up my shit like a ghost. Then I start healing only the dude because we do business on a regular basis. He wins. Everyone starts minding their own business again. Dude goes back to his stall. I sell him the shit he killed a bitch over.

God damn, I love this game.

maybe on the next playthrough :D but thanks for the info

Hey, guys. Did you know that pressing Q in the middle of a dungeon fight will close your game? Because that's totally what happened to me last night.

I started the thieves guild questline... putting the Mage questline on hold for a while (Mostly because it was kinda boring). I'm kinda nervous about the dark brotherhood... will it be as good as oblivion's or will it be throw away?

Is marriage even worth it in this game... it seems like the marriage candidates aren't very expansive... not like a VN type character... Its not bad but I at least want to know who I'm marrying in game (lol)

Well you get a boost in skill points income (+25 or 35% iirc) for a few hours if you sleep in the same house as you'r husband / wife... So there's that bonus.

Do game glitches get patched? I'm kinda worried because its been a while since I last saw Lydia after she mysteriously disappeared in the Horn of Jurgen Windcaller quest. I checked my breezehome and dragonserach and she's nowhere to be found. Maybe I should sleep it off in the Breezehome and pray she returns. Also my map got glitchy pixelated when I used a console command.

COMPANIONS FOR LIFE.

I'm a muthafuggin' werewolf