The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

No, they get defensive when people overexaggerate their point to try and sound like they know what they are talking about. Balmora is a "large city" and it does not have 10 NPCs. Sorry, no matter how many times you say it it isn't going to magically come true.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Seems like the game may have been leaked early on usenet. I already ordered the game but if I see it pop up on any of my favorite torrent sites I don't know if I can resist downloading it to play it early.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by David Deluxe

Is it true, that different versions won't be compatible among each other? If that's the case, I'll really think over getting Oblivion, because I could only get the German version for free, not the English one. And it absolutely sucks when you can't play 90% of the upcoming modifications, only because you have another version.

I'd imagine even if that were the case you could edit your save to be loadable...

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Well, it was meant to be played in first person... I've heard that the third person hasn't really improved much in Oblivion and is just for novelty, same as in Morrowind, too.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

It is a DVD only release.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I wouldn't even consider bothering with this game for the PC if you don't at least have a 9800/6600 equivalent graphics card. Sure, it might run, but will it be worth it? No, probably not.

If you don't at least have a high 2GHZ (2.6+) machine with a gig of ram and a decent card you are really wasting your time. It would be more fruitful to just save your cash for a 360 and get it that way.

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What a kick in the face, the first non-nuked leak of the game and it's apparently in French. Oh well, it was still a good way to bench the game so I guess I won't stop the d/l.

FELIPE NO

French version was leaked... it has a few stability problems but it bypassed the securom7 protection, obviously, because it started and runs through the tutorial just fine. If the French version can get dumped I don't see why an English copy can't. I'm sure we'll see a leak later tonight as people are already getting their copies from some places.

Also, I am a weak man. I broke down and charged 7800GS to get the most out of my outdated, AGP only motherboard to fully enjoy this game. After seeing the low resolution screenshots of this game I really had no choice. It looks like ass on low settings.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Grawl

They claim the French release has been around since yesterday, yet where is it then? No torrent, no screenshots, no nothing.

People aren't getting this from the internet, as it's simply not out yet.

That isn't true. I have the french dump and the reason it isn't publically available is because it was nuked due to instability. It crashes right after the tutorial. Try getting a valid account at some private trackers... public trackers always get things last.

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Originally Posted by BigHairyFeet

I'd be interested in looking at this. Which private trackers are you speaking of? I have accounts on about 12 private ones, but I haven't seen it yet. SceneTorrents, possibly?

There isn't much a point to mentioning them. The one I got it from isn't accepting new members right now and it's a pretty small ISO community. Torrentit had it for a little while til it got nuked, then they removed it.

Originally Posted by Grawl

I just found out my own notebook has one flaw ._. I wonder if the 64MB really matter to a point where the game won't run?

64MB is pretty bad. It won't effect the overall performance but the vram is vital to keeping the game stable and avoid stuttering issues. You can assume that your FPS won't be very consistant even on low settings with such low VRAM. IMO anyway.

Edit: Oh yeah, expect sound stuttering in addition to jumpy FPS. it reminds me of when I tried to play Half-Life 2 with a 64MB card. Ha, ha...

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Game is leaked now... it's up on usenet. Expect it on some trackers soon.

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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Free.User

It's now up on torrentspy: http://ts.searching.com/torrent/6155...blivion_DVD_PC

However, read the user comments becuase there is some contraversy on whether or not it's the realy thing. Here is the NFo file from the completed torrent:

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/=/ ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ ___\=\
|=| [__ |__] |__| | |___ | | | |__] |__/ |__| [__ |=|
|=| ___] | | | |___ |___ |___ |__| |__] | \ | | ___]|=|
|=| |=|
|=|<<-------------------------------Space Cobras------>> |=|
|=| GAME.......== Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (c) Bethesda |=|
|=| GENRE......== Role Playing Game |=|
|=| RELEASE....== 03/20/2006 |=|
|=| SIZE.......== 4.6 GiB |=|
|=| PROTECTION.== SecuROM 7 |=|
|=|<<-------------------------------------------------->> |=|
|====.. . ={GAME INFO}= . ..====|
/= = . http://www.elderscrolls.com/games/oblivion_overview.htm .


/=--. .--= |= -.. ..- =|
|==-- . ={I N S T A L L A T I O N}= . --==|
|=| |=|
|=| 1. Unrar the iso |=|
|=| 2. Burn to DVD with Blindwrite or Nero |=|
|=| 3. Hide all virtual drives |=|
|=| 4. Insert into drive and click "OK" at prompt |=|
|=| 4. Install,Play, and enjoy! |=|
|=| 5. If you like the game, buy it |=|
|=| |=|
|====-- . . --====|
/== ={G R E E T S}= == - -

To all our friends, in the past, present, and future

To the "scene" groups: not fast enough on this one

. To the Elder Scrolls Team for making such a great game. .
/- Keep up the good work! - |===- -===|
|= ===- -=== =|
| =====- ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ -===== |
.\=----= ==== |--' |--| |___ |=== |___ [__] |==] |--< |--| ==== =-----=/.

SpaceCobras 2006 SpaceCobras

That's a fake. The one I posted is the only real one and it was released today. Spacecobras are the ones who released all the fake versions earlier this week so I really wouldn't trust them.

The.Elder.Scrolls.Oblivion.AlcoholClone-iND

I bought it anyway though... I only wanted to pirate it to get it early. Turns out I was able to get a legit copy first, so eh.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Haha, as if they would even pretend to use starforce knowing at least 30% of the fanbase would flip them off and pass the game over if they did. (or pirate it) Even Ubisoft has dropped starforce now so, yeah, that doesn't bid well for them.

New card is the sex BTW. HDR is running with most things on high detail (keeping shadows down a bit cause they always hit game performance pretty hard) with a consistant 35~45 fps. I am happy.

How ya doing, buddy?

HDR does that... you can disable it if you want but it effects the environment in a large way too. I lagged a bit at the very start, but once I got outside the first dungeon everything ran great (even in the rain;l though rain+huge city drops my FPS but never past an acceptable level). I was pretty surprised. I am pretty sure the game has a memory leak, though. Some people are having problems where the game starts to stutter really bad after about 2 hours. Hopefully they will patch that up quickly.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

haha... I should try some of the older cheat stuff then if that one worked. I thought the guy in the live feed just sucked when he got owned by the two sisters. You're the third person who has complained about them, though, so I guess not.

FELIPE NO

^ Haha, but that is the coolest part of the game. Why even bother having such an awesome game world if you don't explore it?

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Haha, the voice acting in this game is great. I know different people have different opinions... and not enjoying a western RPG is totally understandable but please don't insult something that completely owns most, if not all, console voice acting. Oblivion = actual hired VA talent; Most console RPGs = no name nobodies who sound completely unenthused or overract so bad it makes your ears bleed. Hell, I am 80% into Japanese RPGs but it doesn't blind me to the fact that 95% of the time the VA is terrible.

Oblivion's VA = awesome, period.

Also, some people enjoy freedom in their games. It is totally up to you how you play Oblivion. If you don't like going to jail then don't purposely draw your weapon and smack someone to death. It isn't as if this can actually happen on accident anyway.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

They suggest uninstalling it from the launcher as opposed to your control panel. I know it's a shitty suggestion but it's the best I can think of ATM. :/

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Yeah, Bethesda already said all dungeons and bandits and such respawn. Have fun killing pretty much whatever you want, since guards/bandits/etc are infinite and so is loot.

I do hope they get a patch out sometime, though... this game dips pretty bad and I have a pretty good idea of why it does it. I imagine in a week or so there will be a patch to fix the issue so FPS might stay a little more consistant. Tired of looking one way and having an NPC walk by and my FPS drop from 60 to 35 or some crap like that. Terribly annoying.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by JazzFlight

How is that even noticable?

Try being on my system, where it drops from 22 fps to 6 fps if there's a few goblins and warriors onscreen.

When your frame rate drops by half you feel a stutter. I know 35 isn't a bad FPS when it's consistant but dropping from 60 to 30~35 over and over is.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Yeah, it's not impossible. I made a pretty good looking imperial guy, too, for my main. It just takes a lot of manipulation to get the damn thing to give good results. Personally, everyone else in the game can look as hideous they want but my main character has to look acceptable or I find it difficult to enjoy the game.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Changing the line "bEnableBoundingVolumeOcclusion=0" to have a one instead of a zero bolstered my FPS in city areas by 15 steady FPS. Just figured I'd mention that for anyone who still might need some ini settings for better performance. If it helps anyone go ahead and post about it so I know it isn't just a trick of the mind. Heh.

Edit: Also, I have no clue what it does but it didn't seem to effect the graphical quality of the game in any way. (have mostly everything at max and nothing seems disabled or garbled in any way)

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Check the one in your "My Documents\My Games\Oblivion" folder... that's the ini the game actually uses.

FELIPE NO

Even under the minimum you'd probably be able to start the game. Still, I don't think it would be worth trying to play the game with such a poor processor. Even if you had the most powerful video card on the market that proc would bottleneck it so bad it would be like playing on a midrange card, tops.

How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah, can't wait for a usermod to change that... maybe just do something to the eyes to signify you are a vampire because the way Bethesda does it is very irritating.

Jam it back in, in the dark.