The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim announced

McBain · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:28

steve45 said:
Got a question about the graphics, now i have 6950's Xfired and on Ultra this game looks amazing, however when i start up and run the game it performs terribly, however if i ALT-Tab out then back in again its runs brilliantly, anyone any clue as to whats going on here? i assume its something to do with the drivers or Xfire profile, maybe its not using the 2nd card straight off until i tab back in?
just strange is all.

CAP profiles i'd assume. Always some strange goings on with Crossfire/SLI for new releases.

Have you got Afterburner or anything running? That way you could check each GPUs load etc.

Brummies · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:30

drunkenmaster said:
Oh, and does anyone else have odd alt-tabbing in this game? If I go to windows, I can't click the window or alt-tab back into the game, I have to do it twice, first time brings up skyrim but in a window and black inside window, alt-tab again and it goes full screen to the game, odd.

Yeah I have this problem too.. I closed the game and had to restart it.

Beasty · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:32

BTW Go and talk to Lucan Valerius in Riverwood, sounds like James Woods haha.

Sven and Faendal just got killed by a dragon, shame that!

madindehead · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:33

drunkenmaster said:
Oh, and does anyone else have odd alt-tabbing in this game? If I go to windows, I can't click the window or alt-tab back into the game, I have to do it twice, first time brings up skyrim but in a window and black inside window, alt-tab again and it goes full screen to the game, odd.

Yes, I have this too. I just alt-tab twice into it.

Then again, I have NEVER had a good experience alt-tabbing out of Fallout 3 and New Vegas either, so kind of used to it.

Freeman · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:38

Having finally worked out how to set shortcuts on a controller (hold favourites and press right or left on the D-Pad) is there any way to have more than 2 favourite shortcuts? I can only select 2 whereas keyboard users can select 9.

arknor · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:39

Usher said:
I remember when Morrowind came out, I was amazed at the graphics, the raindrops spattering on the road etc were truly cutting edge, but that was 2002 !!! 10 years ago!!!

does anyones skyrim have these effects? someone claimed they did yesterday and reckoned my game was bugged or something but it rained again earlier and i could see really poor ripple effects in a river if i examined it with a magnifying glass but no actual wet look to the game world

dakaiez · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:44

stoke1863 said:
Where is the cheapest site for this? GMG at £34.99?

GMG at £30.97 if you want to download, otherwise anywhere that sells less than £30 for boxed.

marc1024 · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:45

I just realised there was a GFW logo on the box. I pressed the home key expecting a GFWL screen to pop down. I was happy to see nothing happened.

Jegethy · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:46

alangelluk said:
What fov are you guys using ?? I put mine up to 75 but may try 90 later?? Just curious?

I'm using 90. I have a fairly large monitor and I just prefer 90 over the default or even 75.

arknor · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:47

marc1024 said:
I just realised there was a GFW logo on the box. I pressed the home key expecting a GFWL screen to pop down. I was happy to see nothing happened.

probably only has that logo because the game suports 360 controllers out of the box with no tweaking

Old Wino · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:48

marc1024 · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:54

Im in a dungeon trying to kill a bandit outlaw with a hunting bow

im stuck...iv got it on hard and dont really want to turn it down!

funky_llama · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:54

Dont know if it was posted already but since people are talking about negative crossfire scaling I found a fix over at Guru3d. Either force the Oblivion profile using RadeonPro or use this file.

Originally Posted by grimeleven of Guru3D
Another method it to use the "dll" file to force the profile, i've just tested it and it works, same FPS boost.

Place the "atiumdag.dll" inside the zip, into your Skyrim folder, the game will load that file on launch.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ICEDIU66

Old Wino · 12 Nov 2011 at 12:57

Tediore · 12 Nov 2011 at 13:08

Sleepery said:
Not sure if it's been posted yet, but press ¬ for the console, and type fov xx to change the crappy default 60 field of view.

Much thanks for this. I've been playing it in third person for this reason.

What races/characters have people been building? Just curious

I decided to go for a Nord, and am currently working towards becoming a frost battlemage with a shield. I played a thief/assassin with a bow and dagger in Oblivion, so just fancied a change.

arknor · 12 Nov 2011 at 13:13

marc1024 said:
Im in a dungeon trying to kill a bandit outlaw with a hunting bow im stuck...iv got it on hard and dont really want to turn it down!

dont you have a companion with you? ive come across atleast 3 people who you can ask to follow you around

GothicGhost · 12 Nov 2011 at 13:18

Can you use the smithing perk to make bows or make the ones you got better ?

I can only seem to make swords/axes/armor :confused:

Thanks.

Pixel · 12 Nov 2011 at 13:25

GothicGhost said:
Can you use the smithing perk to make bows or make the ones you got better ?

I can only seem to make swords/axes/armor

Thanks.

I improved my bow on a grindstone to make it a (Fine) variant, it increased the damage by 2 points. Required a Steel Ingot.

Cuchulain · 12 Nov 2011 at 13:28

Ok, I'm a bit more impressed now

Just visited the monks on the top of the mountain, had to run all the way (very tedious), bought a horse which appears to be just as slow as running ... I'm hoping that the dungeons have some difference between them unlike Oblivion

bhavv · 12 Nov 2011 at 13:28

Wow @ Simply Games providing 'not for sale in the UK' copies in the UK ....

Seriously, wow!