The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Originally Posted by Shonos

Which has me worried because that would mean I should get the game over with before I'm too high. Otherwise I'll get my ass handed to me.

Well, I believe there's a combat difficultly slider in the options in case you get stuck on a particular encounter.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Does anybody know how to haggle well? The merchants are ripping me off. I really need to increase my mercantile skill - can you only do that by buying and selling stuff?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Persuade, get them higher up. Then increase haggle slider and that, in turn, increases mercantile skill.

Or Find a trainer.

GGE(Greatest Game Ever)

FELIPE NO

The more I play the more fun this game is. Right now I'm just going about aimlessly doing whatever mission comes by and getting up the ranks in the mages guild. The hours are counting and I haven't even touched the main quest yet. Need to join the thieve's guild soon though with all the loot I'm amassing

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

im in chorrol and there is this inn that is run by this tiger looking thing

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i heard a rumor that something fishy is going on there, i picked all locks and stuff but i didnt find anything special.. anyone have any idea what's up?

no homo

Originally Posted by Zip

im in chorrol and there is this inn that is run by this tiger looking thing

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i heard a rumor that something fishy is going on there, i picked all locks and stuff but i didnt find anything special.. anyone have any idea what's up?

Yeah I think I heard that too. Didn't find anything either. Maybe something later in the game happens. Also in Chorral

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I heard a rumor about someone hearing strange noises from Eugel Bilettes house and then about 7 days later I was just walking down the street of Chorral and the guards and a town guy was attacking another so I go up to them real quick and see that Eugel was actually an assassion (like the ones that were going after the Emperor in the beginning). And to think I was actually looking for him because I wanted to pickpocket his house key from him, but he got killed by the guards and I looted him.

Oh and it's a Khajit, RACIST!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So my girlfriend says to me she says, "It's impossible to make an attractive looking female character in this game."

I was inclined to agree, until I finally sat down and took the creation system seriously.



Mission accomplished? :X The shot is from the 360 version and my camera.

I started over for my third (!) time with this character too. I finally know how I want to play this game and in only a few hours, I've completely caught up with myself. Yay!

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

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

Originally Posted by BZ

Yeah I think I heard that too. Didn't find anything either. Maybe something later in the game happens. Also in Chorral

Spoiler:

I heard a rumor about someone hearing strange noises from Eugel Bilettes house and then about 7 days later I was just walking down the street of Chorral and the guards and a town guy was attacking another so I go up to them real quick and see that Eugel was actually an assassion (like the ones that were going after the Emperor in the beginning). And to think I was actually looking for him because I wanted to pickpocket his house key from him, but he got killed by the guards and I looted him.

Oh and it's a Khajit, RACIST!

yeah there is a rumor

Spoiler:

that he is a assasin. never bothred to check it out tho

Im thinking of continuing the main quest now lol been playing detective long enough. For some reason i hate the oblivion part. it's just so boring and not that cool, they were so hush-hush about it and when i finnally saw it was like.. standard hell...
Anyone know if the Gates are random or if their places are set?

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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

Is their a command to display FPS?

Install FRAPS, it'll display your FPS.

Originally Posted by Shonos

Is it true the enemies level up with you as you level? Because I've noticed no matter what level I am against enemies they're just as strong.

Which has me worried because that would mean I should get the game over with before I'm too high. Otherwise I'll get my ass handed to me.

Yup, it's true. You can, however, put the difficulty lower.

I love...

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how you get attacked by that weird cult now =p

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Ok... I gained like 2 levels in an hour. That seems a little fast. Time to start using my minor skills - heavy armor, marksman and blunt. Is anybody finding that they are levelling too fast?

Where do you go to join the guilds? I asked one of the Imperial City guards and he told me that there were no guilds in the city. I haven't come across any yet.

FELIPE NO

Fighters Guild can be joined in three places, but I don't remember where. Thieves Guild can be joined by...

Spoiler:

Heading to the waterfront at night and finding a man with a torch in the area with the beggars.

No idea about the others.

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

I found some neato stuff:

To enable FPS display: ~ to open the console, then type "TDT"

To improve performance outside: http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/i...owtopic=283055

Basically:

Go to your Oblivion game folder,

"OBlivion_default"

Search for [Grass]

[Grass]
iMinGrassSize=80
fGrassEndDistance=3000.0000
fGrassStartFadeDistance=2000.0000
bGrassPointLighting=0
bDrawShaderGrass=1
iGrassDensityEvalSize=2
iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=2
fWaveOffsetRange=1.7500

Change the iMinGrassSize=80 to something like =140, or 160 (I'm using 160). Then you can increase the EndDistance to 10000.0000 and the FadeDistance to 5000.0000. You must make the file READ-ONLY to prevent Oblivion from resetting these to default.

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Any word on a patch yet?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Holy crap. Why did this suddenly get so hard?

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So I just got through the first Oblivion gate, barely. Now I have to go into the town and kill stuff, but those little dinos murder me in like 2 seconds. I think that it's time to start doing some guild quests so that I can get some much needed upgraded equipment.

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

it works, better than i thought it would.. and i only have 768megs of ram.

so far its great.. wish it supported gamepads tho, looks better on my tv than monitor

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

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

I found some neato stuff:

To enable FPS display: ~ to open the console, then type "TDT"

To improve performance outside: http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/i...owtopic=283055

Basically:

Go to your Oblivion game folder,

"OBlivion_default"

Search for [Grass]

[Grass]
iMinGrassSize=80
fGrassEndDistance=3000.0000
fGrassStartFadeDistance=2000.0000
bGrassPointLighting=0
bDrawShaderGrass=1
iGrassDensityEvalSize=2
iMaxGrassTypesPerTexure=2
fWaveOffsetRange=1.7500

Change the iMinGrassSize=80 to something like =140, or 160 (I'm using 160). Then you can increase the EndDistance to 10000.0000 and the FadeDistance to 5000.0000. You must make the file READ-ONLY to prevent Oblivion from resetting these to default.

So how much does the FPS improve with this?

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

Holy crap. Why did this suddenly get so hard?

Spoiler:

So I just got through the first Oblivion gate, barely. Now I have to go into the town and kill stuff, but those little dinos murder me in like 2 seconds. I think that it's time to start doing some guild quests so that I can get some much needed upgraded equipment.

Got the same problem too. I changed the difficulty to something lower.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Eheh. It gets harder as you continue into the city ;( There are fire elemental thingies. You fight a few and they are TOUGH sonsabitches.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Grawl

So how much does the FPS improve with this?

I didn't check my FPS before - but other people that have done it have reported increasing their FPS as much as 10 when outside.

How ya doing, buddy?

well, I don't think all lagging comes thanks to grass. Some points, everything is as smooth as butter in the thickest of forests, fighting conjurers and crap. But other times I'll be walking out in a town at midnight with almost no one outside and it'll get choppy ;_;

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

For PC screenshots:

In Oblivion_Default, change

bAllowScreenShot=0 to bAllowScreenShot=1

Print Screen. It'll save the BMP for ya.

How ya doing, buddy?

anyone else having a problem loading save games? sometimes, not always, it freeze my computer and i have to cold boot. Ive read on the offical forums.. some having this problem.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I encountered a weird bug. I was stealing in a house, and some woman came downstairs. She didn't catch me stealing, but said "get out of my house!". I left, and since that moment she follows me everywhere I go. Even when I fasttravel, she's there.

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

Originally Posted by Grawl

I encountered a weird bug. I was stealing in a house, and some woman came downstairs. She didn't catch me stealing, but said "get out of my house!". I left, and since that moment she follows me everywhere I go. Even when I fasttravel, she's there.

Lol. Kill her, maybe she'll haunt you as a ghost!

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

I really like the game, first I was worried that it wouldn't run good. But Thank god it does. It don't have very high FPS, but with this game it's not that important. I played Daggerfall and Morrowind, and I'm glad it still feels the same when I played the other games.
I'm now Grand Champion by fighting in the Arena. You can make some nice money there.

I was speaking idiomatically.