Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim announced

[Paul_cze]

Nice bandit head rolling down the hill at 2:58!

Heh, it is too bad it falls so weirdly through his body though.

God damn that is smooth. Now I feel bad for buying a GTX 460 (though it’s obvious to me now that I’m bound by CPU and not video card).

It looks smooth in the video, but when I played it while recording, fraps locked it to 30fps…and that is utterly, horribly UNsmooth, when I am used to 60fps ingame :).

Really nice video, Paul. What’s a GTX560 Ti TwinFrozr2? Does that mean you’ve got 2 video cards? I’m really envious, but will soon not be, since I’m buying the components of my next rig very soon now.
EDIT: Never mind, figured out what the video card deal was. What’s the warranty on that thing? Looks pretty slick, especially if it stays cooler as they claim.

Thanks. It is single card, it is just a name of its cooler. I can definitely recommend the card - I got it in february, and so far it runs everything perfectly, even powerhouses like Witcher 2. Cooler is very good, card is at 38 idle, around 65 when playing, and it is not very loud (although that is quite subjective…). Warranty here for it is 2 years I think, but no idea if it is different elsewhere.

Also, per instant0 recommendation, I updated description of the video with links to little mods I use and few tweaks I use.

[Aeon221]

You get a housecarl in every city that you become a thane.

This is not true, or if it is I am missing about six housecarls.

[instant0]

I think this game needs a hotkey for “Stop/Follow me” on the companion.

I mostly tell my orc companion to wait just inside the entrance to any dungeon I visit. I might as well abandon him at this point.

[JMR]

Looks like a patch was just released as I just noticed a popup from Steam showing it finished downloading something. Can’t find a readme though =\

[Pogo]

I don’t think the music is anything special. It’s good generic music, a couple steps above Dragon Age, but it’s no Witcher.

[Tracy_Baker]

Looks like a patch was just released as I just noticed a popup from Steam showing it finished downloading something. Can’t find a readme though =\

This patch is only 18.6MB but is taking forever to download (and originally wouldn’t at all because the Steam servers were too busy). Hope it doesn’t break any of my ini or other settings because I had the game exactly where I wanted it graphics-wise.

[extarbags]

1. Do the Thieves Guild quests long enough to unlock the fence, and then you can steal stuff and sell it to make the dough.

2. You know all those gems you’ve been finding in dungeons? Rubies, and whatnot? Don’t sell them: fashion them into jewelry. A silver amethyst ring is valued at 180 gold (or thereabouts), and I can craft gold necklaces and junk worth around 300 without spending much time at it at all.

3. Sell some of those potions you’re hoarding. Don’t deny it, I know you’re hoarding them. If you don’t have an immediate need, sell 'em. Those can start adding up pretty fast.

4. Some books are worth a fair price, too. Sell those. Trust me, you’ll find plenty of copies of all of them.

More generally, hoarding is not a great idea in Skyrim. You’re always gonna come across more junk, so holding on to the junk you have makes no sense.

You missed the biggest tip of all: don’t buy a house. The free room you get from the Mages’ College is good enough for your purposes.

[Giaddon]

Well, there’s purposes and then there’s purposes. I like owning my houses, upgrading them, and displaying various items found during my adventures.

[Pogo]

This patch is only 18.6MB but is taking forever to download (and originally wouldn’t at all because the Steam servers were too busy). Hope it doesn’t break any of my ini or other settings because I had the game exactly where I wanted it graphics-wise.

Back up your config files right now?

[TimJames]

I don’t think the music is anything special. It’s good generic music, a couple steps above Dragon Age, but it’s no Witcher.

I forgot to comment on the music. It seems like the goal was to keep it in the background this time. I still remember Oblivion’s tunes. Sometimes Oblivion’s music even plays in my head when I’m thinking about Skyrim. I can’t recall a single Skyrim tune after 40 hours with the game. I’m enjoying the game so maybe it’s working at a subconscious level.

I think if they’re going to do that, I’d prefer a little more ambient style like Fallout though.

You missed the biggest tip of all: don’t buy a house. The free room you get from the Mages’ College is good enough for your purposes.

It’s a good free room to toss your trash for the first 15 hours, and it’s a good early game adventure, but I’d move out when you have enough cash. I much prefer organizing my stuff in different compartments in Whiterun.

[rei]

I forgot to comment on the music. It seems like the goal was to keep it in the background this time. I still remember Oblivion’s tunes. Sometimes Oblivion’s music even plays in my head when I’m thinking about Skyrim. I can’t recall a single Skyrim tune after 40 hours with the game. I’m enjoying the game so maybe it’s working at a subconscious level.

I think if they’re going to do that, I’d prefer a little more ambient style like Fallout though.

It’s a good free room to toss your trash for the first 15 hours, but I’d move out when you have enough cash. I much prefer organizing my stuff in different compartments in Whiterun.

I can’t get one of the bard songs, the dragon killing theme and the Sovngarde song out of my head.

[Aeon221]

Houses are pretty cool. The rich person one has mannequins and wall mounts for armor and weapons, so my basement looks like a giant fucking armory.

[extarbags]

Well, there’s purposes and then there’s purposes. I like owning my houses, upgrading them, and displaying various items found during my adventures.

Well that’s fine, and I’ll probably do that at some point late in the game as well. But if you’re early enough in the game to not have any money, that’s probably not your main concern.

[Brian_Seiler]

Oooooooh…might have to get the rich person one, then. And then fill it with brooms and tankards and plates. All of them. All the brooms and tankards and plates. The ironing would be delicious.

[RepoMan]

It’s a good free room to toss your trash for the first 15 hours, and it’s a good early game adventure, but I’d move out when you have enough cash. I much prefer organizing my stuff in different compartments in Whiterun.

What I don’t understand is how anyone can HAVE any cash with all these goddamned TRAINERS around. I am addicted to dumping $2K per level on these bastards, just because I love click click click click CLICK and looky that level bar going up. Anyone else share my trainer addiction? How do I wean myself?

Of course there really isn’t a whole lot else I want to buy – I have no time for fucking home decoration, there’s a big world of incredible shit I haven’t seen yet and I must see all of it. Hence my desire to speed my up-skilling, so I can get cooler faster – been focusing a lot on enchantment lately, I want to make some glass armor very very badly…

Also, since I am so committed to trainerizing, I am having the “bankrupting all the merchants” problem – it’s actually impossible for me to sell all the stuff I want to unload. It probably doesn’t help that I haven’t been to any major city other than Whiterun as yet – been dorking around in Winterhold, Morthal, and other one-horse towns. Any advice for increasing the throughput of your loot laundering?

[rei]

I never once visited a trainer. Just skill up by using the skills.

[Paul_cze]

I wonder what is this mysterious update about. I reapplied my placebo Large Address Aware just to be sure though.

[Erik_J]

I’ll train if I’m close to a threshold I need to hit, but that’s about it.

[Giaddon]

What I don’t understand is how anyone can HAVE any cash with all these goddamned TRAINERS around. I am addicted to dumping $2K per level on these bastards, just because I love click click click click CLICK and looky that level bar going up. Anyone else share my trainer addiction? How do I wean myself?

Of course there really isn’t a whole lot else I want to buy – I have no time for fucking home decoration, there’s a big world of incredible shit I haven’t seen yet and I must see all of it. Hence my desire to speed my up-skilling, so I can get cooler faster – been focusing a lot on enchantment lately, I want to make some glass armor very very badly…

Also, since I am so committed to trainerizing, I am having the “bankrupting all the merchants” problem – it’s actually impossible for me to sell all the stuff I want to unload. It probably doesn’t help that I haven’t been to any major city other than Whiterun as yet – been dorking around in Winterhold, Morthal, and other one-horse towns. Any advice for increasing the throughput of your loot laundering?

Some speech perks help with this. But rotating through merchants is probably the best way. And check out those other towns! The big five are all fantastic (if a bit small) places.

[Vesper]

Looks like the patch only touched the main EXE.