An Elder Scrolls: Oblivion thead

nickels · 26 Apr 2006 at 00:03

Street said:
Just got my shiny new X1800XT installed and up and running...

Oblivion looks so much better!!! I've gone from 1024x768 med-high detail to 1280x1024 high detail with hdr and it looks and runs sweet

you get the drivers too, helps loads

Rebelius · 26 Apr 2006 at 00:12

Sweetloaf said:
Also, levitate to oblivion tower front door, levitate to top...jobs a goodun

There were areas in Morrowind where you couldn't levitate. They could have just done that with planes of oblivion couldn't they?

Sweetloaf · 26 Apr 2006 at 00:21

Rebelius said:
There were areas in Morrowind where you couldn't levitate.

I don't remember any? It's been a while though. Was it a law that prevented it?

Rebelius · 26 Apr 2006 at 02:28

Sweetloaf said:
I don't remember any? It's been a while though. Was it a law that prevented it?

yeah, in Mournhold on the mainland where one of the gods lives. You couldn't levitate because she didn't want anyone raising above her or something.

edit: actually, maybe that was one of the expansions. I can't remember, long time since I played it.

doran1801 · 26 Apr 2006 at 07:23

mages task

Does anyone know what the 4 types of magic you need to use on the tower on one of these missions, you know the one where you use fire ice and 2 more? this will then open the tower up to reveal a door

Street · 26 Apr 2006 at 08:05

nickels said:
you get the drivers too, helps loads

Which drivers are those?

Lagmeister · 26 Apr 2006 at 09:03

doran1801 said:
Does anyone know what the 4 types of magic you need to use on the tower on one of these missions, you know the one where you use fire ice and 2 more? this will then open the tower up to reveal a door

Fortify Magica and damage Magica, there are scrolls in the chest by the person sat out side that room to help you there.

Garp · 26 Apr 2006 at 09:06

Sweetloaf said:
Also, levitate to oblivion tower front door, levitate to top...jobs a goodun

I've not come across levitation yet in Oblivion.. is that a spell or a potion effect I'm missing?

AndrewP · 26 Apr 2006 at 09:29

Garp said:
I've not come across levitation yet in Oblivion.. is that a spell or a potion effect I'm missing?

No, its been removed. It always could be a bit game-breaking in Morrowind, and how easy would it be to levitate straight to the central Oblivion tower instead of following the tortuous paths, for example?

Dutch Guy · 26 Apr 2006 at 10:26

Firingsquad has a A64 CPU performance article up

There is a difference at 800*600 but absolutely no difference at 1280*1024 so much the same a F.E.A.R. it is very GPU limited, especially with cards that are slower than the tested X1900XTX

warnea1984 · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:13

How do you enable the vanity mode i thought it was the middle mouse button but it doesn't work with my mx1000, if any has the same mouse can you tell me what you have the middle mouse button set to in the mouse control panel.

AndrewP · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:15

warnea1984 said:
How do you enable the vanity mode i thought it was the middle mouse button but it doesn't work with my mx1000, if any has the same mouse can you tell me what you have the middle mouse button set to in the mouse control panel.

Doesn't work on my MX-1000 either, I think scrolling back changes view though (might be to vanity mode, not sure).

warnea1984 · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:18

AndrewP said:
Doesn't work on my MX-1000 either, I think scrolling back changes view though (might be to vanity mode, not sure).

Yeah same here but it just adjusts the height of 3rd person mode.

I've also tried the command console with tvm but that didn't work either.

Inquisitor · 26 Apr 2006 at 15:29

warnea1984 said:
How do you enable the vanity mode i thought it was the middle mouse button but it doesn't work with my mx1000, if any has the same mouse can you tell me what you have the middle mouse button set to in the mouse control panel.

I have an MX1000 as well and it works fine, but the drivers and software aren't actually installed for it.

An alternative is just to use T though

LoadsaMoney · 26 Apr 2006 at 17:58

Does anybody think it looks better with the draw distance down 1 click as them green splodges and that on distant hills look terrible.

PeterNem · 26 Apr 2006 at 18:01

LoadsaMoney said:
Does anybody think it looks better with the draw distance down 1 click as them green splodges and that on distant hills look terrible.

There are a couple of ways around that, such as installing a mod than uses better textures, or infi file fixes which load more of the game into memory at once.

LoadsaMoney · 26 Apr 2006 at 18:17

Cheers for that, any links to the .infi fixes, i don't fancy trailing through 90 odd pages.

SiD the Turtle · 26 Apr 2006 at 18:37

AndrewP said:
Doesn't work on my MX-1000 either, I think scrolling back changes view though (might be to vanity mode, not sure).

Odd that. Working fine on mine, and I do not have any of the Logitech chaff installed at all.

LoadsaMoney · 26 Apr 2006 at 18:54

Its ok ive just got the new texture pack, and the other one that makes them less splodgy, looks ace now, and doesnt look like it hits performance.

HighlandeR · 26 Apr 2006 at 22:44

Can anyone give me hints, ive found those 4 books given them to meera and shes figured out I gotta go to green way where the tower rises in the sun at midnight something like that....

I get to that small temple and approach it and the icon changes to a hand icon hit the space bar and nadda.... nothing in the area that I can see either ?