The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Bitches: Patch

http://www.bethsoft.com/downloads_01.html

How ya doing, buddy?

So what are the changes with the new patch?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/download...atchnotes5.htm

I was kind of hoping it would fix some of the other more blatant issues but it's a start.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

New Ultra-Low settings.

Check your readme file. Its got the notes in there.

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

Okay, so I've begun making weapons and stuff on my own. I want to make a set of armour which makes me invisible. However, I can't find invisibility spells. Okay, not true, as Ramius Polus (Dude from Arcade U) has a giant one, but I can't use it, because I don't have that much magicka.
Where do I find an invisibility spell I can wield and use on me armour?

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Originally Posted by Kilroy

Okay, so I've begun making weapons and stuff on my own. I want to make a set of armour which makes me invisible. However, I can't find invisibility spells. Okay, not true, as Ramius Polus (Dude from Arcade U) has a giant one, but I can't use it, because I don't have that much magicka.
Where do I find an invisibility spell I can wield and use on me armour?

Really, you don't want invisibility. And in fact you can't use invisibility on armor. You can, however, use chameleon on armor. If you have enough items to add to 100% Chameleon, then you are completely invisible. I have done this and it worked great!!!

The easiest way I found to do this is by going to and fighting through four oblivion gates, and making sure you get the 30% Chameleon sigil stone (assuming you are high level and getting Transcendant Sigil Stones). You can do this by saving before you grab the stone, and reloading that save as many times as needed to randomly get the Chameleon stone.

Worked great for me!

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've found invisibility somewhat useless...I mean, I'll cast a 10-second invisibility scroll or potion or whatever...then just get in range, but my stuff is enchanted and thus useless when I want one of those 6x crits. 2h Daedric Sword currently seems to be a good "sneak" sword.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I don't know about any of you guys, but I'm interested in seeing your characters, hearing about what you've done in Oblivion, what your favorite stuff is (place, character type, class, armors, clothing, horses, guilds, etc.), any mods you've installed and would recommend, alchemy combinations, enchanments that you've made, etc,

So far this thread hardly seems to be about sharing your experience with each other and to me, that seems like the best part about talking about this game. Debating over leveling and blah blah blah is just pointless. Let's try to maximize the $49+ that we spent on this game and have a good time telling our Oblivion stories...

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Below is Aleyia. Her custom class is going to be Death Dealer (like Selene baby!!). She focuses on blade, conjuration and destruction magic. I'd love to hear some feedback about how she looks. I'm really happy with how she has turned out, but I might tweak her face/stats some more before I start with her.




I also have a lvl 30 custom-class Elf Ranger named Dayvon (marksman, sneak, alchemy). I didn't tweek his face quite as much. I made him to roughly look like me, and that's it. I have Arborwatch in Chorrol pretty pimped out as you can see in the photo. Thanks to mod's for the custom paintings and the pets.



FELIPE NO

Anybody got a free download link for the official mods?

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

God, I'd just hope that Bethesda pulls their finger out their collective ass and makes the new areas and stuf available in Denmark. They have it it UK, but noooo, not in Denmark. Why, it's not like we require translations or anything. Suckers >=(

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

Anybody got a free download link for the official mods?

I didn't test it out, but pirate bay seems to have something:

http://thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3475987

There's nowhere I can't reach.

After completing the main quest,

Spoiler:

where do I get my armor? I can't find where the armory is. -_-

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Originally Posted by Trigunnerz

After completing the main quest,

Spoiler:

where do I get my armor? I can't find where the armory is. -_-

If you wait the two weeks or whatever, an arrow appears on your world map as with every other quest. If you can't find it, it's not done.

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

So I've been playing this game on Ultra Low settings, and I have to say it's kinda lame. I mean, the game looks worse than Morrowind did, and it also runs a bit worse. At least the gameplay's a lot more fun.

Also, what's all of your opinions on 2H blade vs. blade + shield? I've been alternating back and forth and just can't make my mind up. =\

I was speaking idiomatically.

I've been using a Blade and a shield the entirety of my game, thusfar. I think I have something like a "Dwarven Longsword" I stole from someone in the Dark Brotherhood, and a 10 shield point shield I also stole from somewhere. Hell, now that I think about it, I don't think I bought any of my apparel or weapons I use regularly.

Anyway, I probably stick to the blade + shield setup because it seems to make everything easier. The shield can take a lot more of the brunt of the attacks coming your way, and with a one handed blade, I'm able to swing much faster. I know this may not be equal to any more damage, in the end, but whatever. I like it.

Also, RR, the graphics are pretty incredible on the 360. Thanks to everything being standard, and no one having differing setups, it's played like it is meant to be played. The environments are gorgeous, especially the swaying grasses, and nice water effects. Also, you can see miles and miles into the horizon, and then eventually ride a horse into that very horizon. Trees aren't always "popping" up, and it seems very fluid. Sure, loading screens are way too common in the cities, but what are you gonna do.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well of course it will be lame running DOS Oblivion. I mean part of the main appeal of the game is the graphics and making it seems like a living breathing world. Gameplay, music, story are fantastic as well.

I haven't even come close to finishing this yet. 95 hours.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by SCHWARZE-5

Also, RR, the graphics are pretty incredible on the 360. Thanks to everything being standard, and no one having differing setups, it's played like it is meant to be played. The environments are gorgeous, especially the swaying grasses, and nice water effects. Also, you can see miles and miles into the horizon, and then eventually ride a horse into that very horizon. Trees aren't always "popping" up, and it seems very fluid. Sure, loading screens are way too common in the cities, but what are you gonna do.

Yeah, I watched my roommate playing the game on his computer and just about everything was up at max settings. It really is a beautiful looking game. It's hilarious without dynamic lighting, though. There's all the stuff where he can't make out things in the distance of a cave or has issues seeing at night and I'm kinda like, "What?".

Oh yeah, is silver the only type of weapon that's effective against ghosts? I've been carrying around a silver longsword for a while now, and I want to know if I can ditch it in favor of an elven or dwarven one (or if I have to wait for something better).

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I believe both silver and magic swords can be used to attack ghosts. I'm not positive, though.

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Yarg, so silver's the only non-enchanted sword I can use? Looks like I'm lugging that POS around forever, then. =(

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Well, you could always just pick up some silver arrows, or even a little silver dagger.

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

Well, after just encounting some really tough ghosts, I'm wanting an enchanted silver sword. >.>

It was for the quest involving the ghost where you have to unchain his body from the hold of a wrecked ship. My glass longsword has an attack of 19 and I was forced to use a crappy-ass silver sword with an attack of 10. Took me about ten tries to get through each room (and for the first time in the game I actually had to use healing potions). =\

Around level 15 now, I probably ought to get back to the main storyline since the last thing I did for it was taking that dude up to the place in the north after sealing the first Oblivion gate. >.>

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Man, the game must be so different with a character not similar to a thief. Man I don't think I could get by without sneakign around guys in caves and the like. I have a hard time killing goblin in close quarter areas, and more the one guy I get wasted. But of course I do not have that great of weapons and such yet. And I am waiting to get my Conjuration up so I can summon a fighter alongside of me because I really need it when I cant get sneak attacks (As a thief, I have decided to mainly focus on Conjuration for a spell class).

Like I said a lot of the times, I just sneak around enemies that are bunched up because my sneak is like 80 at level 14 right now.

I was speaking idiomatically.

What the fuck? Now, all of the sudden, I'm getting considerable slowdown whenever I go outside of cities. It's even worse on horses, and the game completely freezes up for 5-10 seconds. This is on the 360! Anyone experiencing anything similar to this, or know of any way to fix this?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Thought this might be of interest to ATI card owners out there that would like to improve the immersion of Oblivion. Basically by installing Catalyst 6.5 drivers, a more advanced anti-aliasing is possible called Adaptive AA. For the untechy guy, it will smooth jaggies to things like the grass and tree leaves etc. Also might help some of the armors such as chain and mithril look less jagged or pixely. You enable the option in the Catalyst Control Center, and then just use Oblivion's AA settings to control amount of AA.

Here is a quick Oblivion comparison between 2xAAA Quality and 2xAA. My card is a X800XT-PE at stock speeds running a Westy 32" LCD @ 1360x768 on a 3.0GHz P4 w/ 2GB RAM.

The first image in town fps was about 42fps for 2xAAA and 48fps for 2xAA. You can see the jaggies plainy if you zoom in the picture, and see the softness on the other side.


This image is outdoors with grass set at about 50%. Framerate was about 27fps 2xAA and 16-18fps for 2xAAA.


The good news is, with 2xAAA set to performance (instead of quality), the fps was about 25-26 with better than 2xAA quality .

FELIPE NO

I just got my Conjuration up to 75 by performing a Bound Helmet for 1 Second spell repeatedly for 20 minutes. Yeah, I was bored. Anyway, the Summon Creature spells are damn cool.

Also, I was wondering what the best kind of swords to fight ghosts with are, and where I could find them. Thanks for the help.

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