yeah well you do seem like the sneaky type
ok so i have decided to go with the empire side of the war, i was with the stormcloaks the last time i played it. i also am about to buy dragonborn dlc as well.
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yeah well you do seem like the sneaky type
ok so i have decided to go with the empire side of the war, i was with the stormcloaks the last time i played it. i also am about to buy dragonborn dlc as well.
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
yeah well you do seem like the sneaky type
ok so i have decided to go with the empire side of the war, i was with the stormcloaks the last time i played it. i also am about to buy dragonborn dlc as well.
I was thinking of making a new character and go with the Imperials, and use this character for a let's play.
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
does anybody watch Let's Plays for Skyrim? If so what makes lets plays for Skyrim successful over other let's place, I am thinking of making a let's play for Skyrim and would like some information on what makes Let's Plays successful. Successful enough that people will want to watch them. Let me know your opinion. Thank you.
alostpacket
Over Macho Grande?
What's a "Let's Play"?
Also i found some quest mods, very amateur but pretty fun
Moonpath to Elsweyr at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim mods and community
Wyrmstooth at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim mods and community
Also i found some quest mods, very amateur but pretty fun
Moonpath to Elsweyr at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim mods and community
Wyrmstooth at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim mods and community
What's a "Let's Play"?
Also i found some quest mods, very amateur but pretty fun
Moonpath to Elsweyr at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim mods and community
Wyrmstooth at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim mods and community
i think it is like a video walkthru of the game. not sure how you would do it......maybe per quest or something.
9to5cynic
Android Expert
I think the key to a "let's play" is getting a hook. Now, I've never watched a let's play, but I think you'd want to really *role* play. Get into the character. Do something to make the audience believe you care about them or the character or something. Maybe give yourself a 'no-death' stipulation. If your character dies, game over. 
If I were doing one, I'd do something like this:
> Rules: No restarts. One save slot. Death is permanent.
> Class: Fire Warrior (Heavy Armor, Sword, fire spells).
Then to an episode where you take out a dungeon or something. And don't do lousy music.
If I were doing one, I'd do something like this:
> Rules: No restarts. One save slot. Death is permanent.
> Class: Fire Warrior (Heavy Armor, Sword, fire spells).
Then to an episode where you take out a dungeon or something. And don't do lousy music.
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
I think the key to a "let's play" is getting a hook. Now, I've never watched a let's play, but I think you'd want to really *role* play. Get into the character. Do something to make the audience believe you care about them or the character or something. Maybe give yourself a 'no-death' stipulation. If your character dies, game over.
If I were doing one, I'd do something like this:
> Rules: No restarts. One save slot. Death is permanent.
> Class: Fire Warrior (Heavy Armor, Sword, fire spells).
Then to an episode where you take out a dungeon or something. And don't do lousy music.
Yes a let's play is where you really get into character as of you were really the character. When you play that part amd play it well it is interesting to watch, however if you just babble on about things other than what there character knows its very boring.
The rules don't have to be as extreme as in if you die it's over, I play on master difficulty and die on occasion, however if I was doing a let's play, I would kick it down a little to expert difficulty, but install some mods to make the game a bit more challenging, like with smarter enemies and more realistic things.
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
What's a "Let's Play"?
Also i found some quest mods, very amateur but pretty fun
Moonpath to Elsweyr at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim mods and community
Wyrmstooth at Skyrim Nexus - Skyrim mods and community
Quest moods would be great as there is no more DLC for Skyrim. We will need other things to do.
Who Likes to use mods while playing Skyrim?
I just started messing around with archery for the first time, very fun. Though my lvl 55 with 100 one-handed/light armor/smithing/sneak/enchanting and 93 ish restoration can learn without fear of being squished. It's much easier to mess around with archery when you can make your own daedric bow and use junk arrows and snipe sneak shots heh.
Still, archery is tons of fun! I never thought I would like it too.
But yeah I usually do a weird combo of one-handed/healing/light armor/sneak/smithing
Smithing is OP
That sounds like my preferred combo. Archery is the best in this game! I've always played archers, but never enjoyed it this much. There's nothing better than hunkering back in a shadow, aiming at an enemy who's so far away all you can see is a faint silhouette, and watching him fly into the air as your arrow picks him off a ledge - then listen as they run around trying to find you, and failing.
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
I'm going to playthrough this game many times. First I'm starting as an archer, and the next game will be a one handed Imperial. Then, I may be a Nord with the stormcloaks, and be a magic person.That sounds like my preferred combo. Archery is the best in this game! I've always played archers, but never enjoyed it this much. There's nothing better than hunkering back in a shadow, aiming at an enemy who's so far away all you can see is a faint silhouette, and watching him fly into the air as your arrow picks him off a ledge - then listen as they run around trying to find you, and failing.
Right now I'm playing a Khajiit who doesn't care about the civil war, or the greybeards. lol, as a Khajiit I just want to rob people!!
alostpacket
Over Macho Grande?
OK, now I've really just about run out of things to do. I guess I could go pure mage. It sounds tough though.
I think I may take a dragon age break and come back to Skyrim in a few months heh.
I think I may take a dragon age break and come back to Skyrim in a few months heh.
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
That sounds like a fun idea.
I believe there are quest mods that add things to do in the game.
Oh, that brings back memories. That's how I played my favorite run-through of Morrowind. What fun that was! My Khajiit stole everything in sight and snuck around everywhere. I didn't stop until I was leader of the thieves guild, the magic guild, and House Hlaalu, and they'd built me a stronghold in the mountains near Balmora, complete with servants and all my armor and weapons on display.
Then I hauled out the construction set and "dug" myself a secret tunnel from my new house to my house Balmora (formerly the house of the late Ralen Hlaalo) so that whenever I became overencumbered I could, without taking an actual step, recall back to my house, open the door, jump into the tunnel, and emerge next to the corpse, where I deposited my loot.
alostpacket
Over Macho Grande?
I started a new game.
Oh god, what have I done?
Oh god, what have I done?
Lol! Semester is over for me. Bout time to start gaming again
davoid
Android Expert
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
Haha, love it when things just don't make sense in the game. I think it will be cool if the NPC's could actually be aware of what's going around, and use it in the dialogue. Be really funny if he said,
"So, you can kill a Dragon and absorb it's soul! Am I suppose to be impressed? Now clean up your mess!"
finndo77
Android Expert
Hey I just wanted to post this here, since I've been putting it on a bunch of threads for steam and a couple at nexus too...
I figured that since I've actually participated in this thread before, it might be nice to put it here.
If you're having problems with save games not loading and getting stuck on the loading screen, try this.
Load an old save game when you were in an interior cell, doesn't matter how old it is. After that finishes loading wait about 5 to 10 seconds and load the save that you want to play from, it should load right away, well not right away but it should load at least.
What I have noticed, by using the task manager and dual monitors, is that anytime a save game would load you up past 1.8GB of working set memory for TESV.exe, that the game will fail to load when loading from the main menu. For me this is every save game in an outdoor area, most of my indoor saves load up between 600MB and 1.2GB. My outdoor saves are between 1.6GB and 2.4GB in working set memory. Anytime the working set hits 2.45GB I either crash to desktop, or my PC blue screens.
No need to read the rest unless you are curious about my setup.
My saved game files range between 8MB and 15MB.
I have a six core phenom with 32GB of ram and an AMD 6850 1GB card (the game averages between 14% and 24% CPU usage during play and up to 34% during loading. I play by copying the game to a 16GB Ramdisk (when going through a door it takes about 1 second to load >80% of the time, most of the time the load finishes before the loading screen fades into view at best I can only read the first line and a half of any text during the loading screen), my game saves (also on the ramdisk) from the main menu take about 4 seconds, a quick load (f9) is less than 1 second if I just saved and
I figured that since I've actually participated in this thread before, it might be nice to put it here.
If you're having problems with save games not loading and getting stuck on the loading screen, try this.
Load an old save game when you were in an interior cell, doesn't matter how old it is. After that finishes loading wait about 5 to 10 seconds and load the save that you want to play from, it should load right away, well not right away but it should load at least.
What I have noticed, by using the task manager and dual monitors, is that anytime a save game would load you up past 1.8GB of working set memory for TESV.exe, that the game will fail to load when loading from the main menu. For me this is every save game in an outdoor area, most of my indoor saves load up between 600MB and 1.2GB. My outdoor saves are between 1.6GB and 2.4GB in working set memory. Anytime the working set hits 2.45GB I either crash to desktop, or my PC blue screens.
No need to read the rest unless you are curious about my setup.
My saved game files range between 8MB and 15MB.
I have a six core phenom with 32GB of ram and an AMD 6850 1GB card (the game averages between 14% and 24% CPU usage during play and up to 34% during loading. I play by copying the game to a 16GB Ramdisk (when going through a door it takes about 1 second to load >80% of the time, most of the time the load finishes before the loading screen fades into view at best I can only read the first line and a half of any text during the loading screen), my game saves (also on the ramdisk) from the main menu take about 4 seconds, a quick load (f9) is less than 1 second if I just saved and
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
Hate it when that happens.
alostpacket
Over Macho Grande?
I actually ended up corrupting my main character via mod overload -- ALL the saves 
Time to start another archer!
Time to start another archer!
sfbloodbrother
Extreme Android User
I actually ended up corrupting my main character via mod overload -- ALL the saves
Time to start another archer!
Oh, that must suck. How many mods did you have?
finndo77
Android Expert
I actually ended up corrupting my main character via mod overload -- ALL the saves
Time to start another archer!
Ditto to that, lost a 250+ hour character. Just could not get any save to load. I tried removing a ton of Mods I had not actually used (graphic mods for an area I never visited, followers mods for followers I never found, crafting mods for stuff I never craft and so on...) Still could not get any saves to load.
So I clean out my mod closet and started over. About to hit 100 hours on my new character and having issues again. Might put it away until the holidays when I am planning on getting a next gen amd card, something with 3gb in it and at least a 384bit channel. Probably an 8050 or 8070, never saw the point in spending the $$$ on a ##90 model after my 4890.
And my performance boost from the ram disk has almost reverted to what it was not on a ram disk.
I've decided I am not buying another elder scrolls game after this one. I'll just keep playing and modding Skyrim.
alostpacket
Over Macho Grande?
Not that many (10-15?), the thing that finally hosed it all I think was trying to install an ENB. Plus something to do with SKSE versions and TES Mod manager. Some were quest mods too that may have been an issue. And I think I had left over old retexture mods from like a year ago gumming up things.
I was definitely in the same boat as finndo77 though.
The character I lost had 100 in Archery, 1 handed, enchanting, smithing, light armor, speech, restoration, and sneak I think.
Was about level 63, head of Thieves Guild, Dark Brotherhood, College of Winderhold, Thane of all holds, Lord of the Vampires, had all houses (except hearthfire), defeated Mirrak, and had discovered (and mostly cleared) all locations and had 3 Elder Scrolls. lol. Needless to say I was running out of things to do heh.
Anyways I did a full reinstall. My new archer is about level 20 and has only used the cheat for enabling Dragonrend. I have yet to install SKSE and SkyUI but probably will soon. Have about 6 mods now. Nothing too major, mostly some retexturing. I finally managed to get Nexus Mod Manager working, which seems to help. I think I may be extra careful this time around and watch GopherVids tutorials on installing some of those mods. And I think I am going to skip ENBs.
Still I kinda doubt the graphics card was my issue though -- I'm running a GTX Titan (though I still manage to push it to the limit with a 2650x1600 monitor).
To be honest it could have been my processor overclock. I need to stress test it at some point.
Question, do you guys see Update.esm as enabled? I never did in the past, but NMM shows it enabled now....odd.