Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim announced

Falcon554 · 2011-11-10T19:19:14.000Z

Libra:

From the Penny Arcade forums:

Apparently CyberGhost VPN is free and can be used to connect to a German server, allowing you to unlock the game if you’re still here in the US.

cant get it to work :(

triggercut · 2011-11-10T19:45:15.000Z

Heading out in 45 minutes to pick my copy up at Gamestop.

Alistair · 2011-11-10T20:09:26.000Z

I see this has pushed MW3 off the top seller spot at Steam for tonight at least…

DoomMunky · 2011-11-10T20:10:52.000Z

It’s working fine for me, except now I’m getting crashes. CTD. Bam. I’m in a cave near the start, and it’s getting unstable. Damn.

Omniscia · 2011-11-10T20:12:48.000Z

Amazon has dispatched my copy. Tomorrow night, mayhaps I shall venture forth.

kerzain · 2011-11-10T20:14:08.000Z

Yea, just had my first CTD. No slow down or delay, no error message, just blink welcome to your cluttered desktop. Luckily I had quick saved only moments before.

I haven’t settled on a particular fighting style yet (bow vs 2h vs dual wield vs magic etc). I’m just constantly switching it up as I go, getting a feel for everything.

DoomMunky · 2011-11-10T20:16:31.000Z

CTD seems related to trying to go deeper into Bonechill Passage. Hmm.

Becoming · 2011-11-10T20:21:07.000Z

Been playing for a good hour now, my only issue so far is that the sound seems quite low even though the master volume slider is all the way up (along with the other stuff except music).

I’m going to restart the game and see if it helps, but not a huge deal really.

kerzain · 2011-11-10T20:24:07.000Z

DoomMunky:

CTD seems related to trying to go deeper into Bonechill Passage. Hmm.

I know this isn’t the spoiler thread, hopefully the tags are enough to warrant an exemption for the moment. This is directly related to something DM said.

DoomMunky

Is that the little ‘find claw’ quest, when headed down spiral stairs? That’s when I got it

jeffd · 2011-11-10T20:34:34.000Z

omg the proxy trick works. SKYRIM!

Equisilus · 2011-11-10T20:48:13.000Z

Sometimes living in the Atlantic time zone sucks. One of the few places in North America that the game unlocks at 0100! Gah. And all I wanted to do was read the manual tonight.

Jafisob · 2011-11-10T20:54:01.000Z

I don’t know if i should spoiler this or not. You meet a guy named Luke. It turns out his father is the big bad, DV. The girl he has the hots for is his sister. No sh*t.

nKoan · 2011-11-10T20:59:30.000Z

Decrypting 2 minutes early!

DoomMunky · 2011-11-10T21:11:48.000Z

Possibly, Kerzain. I don’t have that quest yet.

MAN it’s good to be back in Cyrodiil!!!

Equisilus · 2011-11-10T21:18:40.000Z

Um, manual? Where do you get it if you bought on Steam? I love manuals! Still searching through the files; it’s gotta be here somewhere…

Perhaps I’ll just go for the tutorial for a bit tonight, then. Sad about Steam and manuals, as usual.

Papageno · 2011-11-10T21:24:17.000Z

DoomMunky:

Possibly, Kerzain. I don’t have that quest yet.

MAN it’s good to be back in Cyrodiil!!!

Technically, in Tamriel, right?

Talorc · 2011-11-10T21:31:29.000Z

madkevin:

Feel MY pain, John: my copy probably won’t get here until Tuesday. I’m gonna have to go on full media blackout which, given I’m posting in this thread, you can see how well that’s going.

Dude, I’ll top that with a copy being shipped from the united kingdom to Australia!! 4 to 12 days!!!

Talorc · 2011-11-10T21:33:26.000Z

LesJarvis:

Since the game is unlocked in Australia, you can use a VPN to give yourself an Australian IP address, thereby fooling Steam into thinking you’re in Australia, and decrypting the game for you.

Oh that is too funny, I am normally doing it the other way. You realise if you do this, you have to pay $89.99 for the game right?

Badesumofu · 2011-11-10T21:48:04.000Z

Well obviously they would buy it before doing the VPN. I do agree that it’s ironic though, I never thought I’d see people using VPN to trick Steam into thinking that they ARE in Australia!

mk56 · 2011-11-10T21:52:07.000Z

Is the default FOV for PC still 75? Can you change it to 90 like in Oblivion?