An Elder Scrolls: Oblivion thead

Inquisitor · 20 Apr 2006 at 15:17

Meridian said:
Two disadvantages to FT: the one stated above (no looting) and also you can't get the athletics and acrobatics experience you get from bunny-hopping across the landscape.

But with Oblivion's leveling/scaling system, if you're not a thief/assassin type character, then you don't want to be leveling up purely through acrobatics and athletics, unlike in Morrowind.

Meridian said:
BTW, am I the only person playing someone honest? Everyone I hear talking about this game (and MW) seems to revel in being a thief and/or murderer. Is there something troubling people??

Nope, I'm a good guy as well. I mainly just explore and do Fighters Guild quests atm.

I do, however, have a secondary thief/assassin character, which I must admit is quite fun

Last Kronin · 20 Apr 2006 at 16:52

Can anyone tell me which setting i need to put down to stop the game from lagging when there is an open flame in my view? can be real annoying espically in a fight with multiple creatures all casting flame spell my fps drops right down almost like bullet time.

Sweetloaf · 20 Apr 2006 at 16:56

Last Kronin said:
Can anyone tell me which setting i need to put down to stop the game from lagging when there is an open flame in my view? can be real annoying espically in a fight with multiple creatures all casting flame spell my fps drops right down almost like bullet time.

Try reducing shadows? Internal and external..just a guess!

Last Kronin · 20 Apr 2006 at 16:59

Did that all ready cause didnt like talking to ppl in shops/buildings and half their face would be covered in unrealistic shadows.

Sweetloaf · 20 Apr 2006 at 17:14

Last Kronin said:
Did that all ready cause didnt like talking to ppl in shops/buildings and half their face would be covered in unrealistic shadows.

I meant the shadow sliders not the self shadows

. Do you have shadow filtering on?

Last Kronin · 20 Apr 2006 at 18:49

Have it on low,,,,,on a side note i thought that haridil???? was supposed to be a hard vampire to kill, 3 hits an he was dead ( vampire cure quest)

Hector · 20 Apr 2006 at 20:53

Last Kronin, you said about having some textures?? i cant remember exactly what you said, nore can i find the post.. is this any good to you:
http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/NifSkope_Alchemy

Last Kronin · 20 Apr 2006 at 22:07

I can use the nifskope its just finding out how to use the CS to make it avalable ingame

Richdog · 20 Apr 2006 at 22:31

Aghh I just reformatted and installed fresh drivers and now oblivion won't load, it does the black "Bethesda" screen then just errors out. Nooooooo.

Using Omega 3.8's. they worked fine yeterday!

Meridian · 20 Apr 2006 at 23:23

Just finished the MQ at level 23 after about 76 hours gamplay. Is it me, but was the MQ rather dull - just a lot of hack'n'slash. At least MW had some weird stuff (find a bride!). A couple of loose ends to tidy up, then on with my new Kajhiit.

M

Swordfish · 21 Apr 2006 at 00:13

nikebee said:
i think its is going to be the one downfall with the game as far as i can see...
i'm all for having good weapons early in a game... but when you get weapons that are pretty damn near the best weapons in the game (which the glass ones are... i believe only the Daedric ones {which are pretty heavy} and the Goldbrand sword are better) it puts the sense of accomplishment out of gaining the good weapons.

took me an absolute age to get the Glass armor/weapons in Morrowind, and the Daedric ones too... you had a real sense of accomplishment and you felt proud you'd got them after spending so long playing the game.

hopefully the vast amounts of quests/sub quests etc... are enough to keep you going... but theres not much to gain once you've already got the best weapons... apart from levelling up.

whats the rest of your system like mate? if you've only got a Radeon 9250... chances are the rest of your pc isn't up to scratch either

System will handle game ok - jus the GFX card is crap

Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz, Abit IT7 MAX 2 v2.0, 1 GB PC2700 RAM, 2 X 160 GB 3 x 40 GB, 10 meg Net Connection.

Just got lousy Gfx Card.

Hector · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:50

Last Kronin said:
I can use the nifskope its just finding out how to use the CS to make it avalable ingame

ah i think i can help you there.. to hell if i could make a model/texture though, nice one. tomorrow i'll knock up a tute for you as i'm a bit tried and drunk atm so if i try to explain now it'll end up a mess..

but if you have got the .nif, the texture .dds, the bumpmap(?) _n.dds and maybe an icon .dds perhaps? (the latter is optional but is a cherry on the cake if you have one) then your ready to rock, your 99% done.. :cool:

Dutch Guy · 21 Apr 2006 at 08:36

My playing time is 17 hours and I am only at level 4, am I doing something wrong or is that normal?

weeble · 21 Apr 2006 at 09:21

Dutch Guy said:
My playing time is 17 hours and I am only at level 4, am I doing something wrong or is that normal?

I think that's a little low...what's your character stats? Maybe you're using your minor skills atm, and not major? Or just wondering around not killing/interacting with stuff?

MastermindUK · 21 Apr 2006 at 09:24

You level up by working on your major skills. iirc you have to get ten total across any of them to level up. It does mean that you have a slight control on how quickly you level up.

Sweetloaf · 21 Apr 2006 at 09:26

It all depends on the quests that you are doing, there are a lot of simple "go and speak to" or "go and find me this" type quests which do not really give you chance to utilise any real skills, it would be easy to play for 17hrs and still be at level 1 IMO. Everyones game is different so I wouldn't worry about it

If you feel you should be higher, look into your major skills and focus on quests that you think will utilise them

tbz_ck · 21 Apr 2006 at 09:28

Dutch Guy said:
My playing time is 17 hours and I am only at level 4, am I doing something wrong or is that normal?

I wouldn't worry about it. The game experience remains almost the same at whatever level you are at. You just get better stuff at higher levels (but so do your enemies).

The only benefit to levelling up IMO is that some of the quests require a higher levelled character to initiate them.

Dutch Guy · 21 Apr 2006 at 09:32

tbz_ck said:
The only benefit to levelling up IMO is that some of the quests require a higher levelled character to initiate them.

I already found a quest I need to be level 5 minimum

I have done plenty of quests so what can I do to level up a bit faster?

weeble · 21 Apr 2006 at 09:34

tbz_ck said:
The only benefit to levelling up IMO is that some of the quests require a higher levelled character to initiate them.

True, I found most of the Daedric shines (which are lvl dependent) before I found Imperial City, but levellled up like a dingbat doing so. Got distracted by the beauty of the landscapes when I came out of the sewers!

Edit: use your major skills to level up faster, making sure at least one of them is an offensive skill.

Garp · 21 Apr 2006 at 09:46

Dutch Guy said:
I already found a quest I need to be level 5 minimum

I have done plenty of quests so what can I do to level up a bit faster?

Look at your skills page (press the tab key, select the health/magika/fatigue bar stats page, then go to the third tab in that), and have a look. The skills in the top section are your Major skills. Each time you increase one of those it puts you closer to levelling. Just keep working away at stuff relating to those is about all I can suggest.

My Battlemage's major skills include Destruction, Conjuration, Block, Blade and Alchemy. For me these skills get used regularly as they're part of my classes modus operandi, combat focusses around summoning a helper, firing off a few fireballs/electric bolts/whatever, then going in with a sword. Then I just make sure I gather ingredients wherever I am and produce potions galore.