An Elder Scrolls: Oblivion thead

Been exploring the Imperial City, it clouded over and then thundered and the rains fell. Trying to play as a gentleman thief/charming rogue character. Having a bit of a wander through the market district, casing a few jewelers for a return visit after dark. Need to find a fence though.

Its running about 40fps in town on Opty146, 1gig 3200ddr and my trusy 9800 pro(412/356), 1024x768, high textures medium elsewhere, very impressed.
 
nikebee said:
what kind of cooling have you got in your case? ambiet of 55c and idle of 80c is shocking :eek:
maybe get a custom cooler for the card?
the Zalman VF900 has just been released, or go for a VF700... cheaper and probably works just as well :)
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Only one 80mm exhaust. Tbh, its not a home built machine and the case is probably crap. I cant really fiddle with the components since its all still under a warranty :(
 
Well, after being a bit miffed with performance I've turned the grass off completely and have to say my enjoyment of the game is now on the up :)

Everything else is on max and tbh I don't miss it, looks a lot less messy and now runs like a dream, a small price to pay IMO :)
 
Sweetloaf said:
Well, after being a bit miffed with performance I've turned the grass off completely and have to say my enjoyment of the game is now on the up :)

Everything else is on max and tbh I don't miss it, looks a lot less messy and now runs like a dream, a small price to pay IMO :)
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When you say turn the grass off, you mean whack the ole grass view slider to the left?

When you say max settings what do you mean exactly. Sounds picky but is that with hdr on or off etc?

My x800xt pe doesn't support HDR, apparently.... says in the game hdr is greyed out, guessing its not supported :(
 
Yeah the grass makes a big difference on my set-up

Still not convinced about the auto-leveling of the world, seems a bit like the catch-up cheats you get on racing games but hopefully a mod or patch will address this in future. Bandits wearing ebony gear robbing you for a few hundred gold just doesn't make much sense.
 
All sliders to the right except grass (far left) HDR on 8 x AF

looks gorgeous and it actually improves in game visibility, the grass was too long IMO and made me feel like a dwarf :)

1280 x 1024.
 
Sweetloaf said:
All sliders to the right except grass (far left) HDR on 8 x AF

looks gorgeous and it actually improves in game visibility, the grass was too long IMO and made me feel like a dwarf :)

1280 x 1024.
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Jealous :p

Will give that a go tonight, may even try AAx4 rather than x2 (wooo easy lad one step at a time).
 
Time Mod

I've been playing this game for almost 24 hours and i'm stll bugged by how short the days are.

Anybody found any time mods that a, can adjust the oblivion day so it's longer and, b, can be used without having to start from the beginning? Wandering for 10mins realtime and it getting dark is just not fun :(
 
Davey_Pitch said:
Where did you get those lovely weapons? Me wants :D
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They just drop off of everything in sight as you get higher level. I'm level 21 now and Daedric armour/weapons is dropping off of bandits! I can only assume this is a bug or that there are far more powerful unique weapons/armour now in the game that we have yet to see. I have about 20 full sets of glass armour, a few sets of ebony armour, and a whole bunch of Daedric. :(

This is my only gripe with the game so far. In Morrowind things like Ebony/Daedric armour were very hard to come by and you felt a real sense of accomplishment when you got them. In Oblivion this loot is literally thrown at you left right and centre. As I said hopefully there are new unique items and Daedric isn't the best stuff anymore, if thats the case then it isn't really a problem, but I have a sneaking suspicion it's a bug and will need patching.
 
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Upgraded my ram from 512 to 1.5 gig.

Not too much difference on performance but now I have changed "GridsToLoad" from 5 to 9. Makes all the difference (you can't see the horrible default green blob unless your really looking for it) with virtually no FPS cost (I guess its putting the RAM to good use).

Also building i.e ruins don't load in when your only 20 meters away! :)
 
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Does anyone know if you can get different types of katana in the game? I just got my first katana which is steel, but I was wondering if you could get silver katanas, or elven, ebony, etc. They look so cool!
 
nero120 said:
Does anyone know if you can get different types of katana in the game? I just got my first katana which is steel, but I was wondering if you could get silver katanas, or elven, ebony, etc. They look so cool!
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Yes there are other Katanas in the game. :)
 
nero120 said:
Ah, good good! Do you know where can I find an elven one, gord? ;)
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maybe spoiler

There are two types down in the blind moth catacombs, but its dark down there! So night vision is preffered. There is a something-katana and a something-Dai-katana down there cant remember the first names.


Edit: thanks to everyone who replied to me about the ghosts. My ice sword worked a treat.
 
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