The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Well fuck, if EB hadn't fucked up my pre-order, I would KNOW THIS.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I just got the game from a friend, and I'm going to check it out when I get home tonight. I'll be able to play on Medium Settings apparently

There's nowhere I can't reach.

>.> I just saw that the game will be release tomorow in canada >.> this mean if i'm lucky i'll have it friday and if i'm not, next monday >.>

I really hope it will be worth it, well at least the gameplay and all seem interesting(just dont like the old medieval style)

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Originally Posted by JasonTerminator

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Spoiler:

i'm sorry but this is the first dialogue of the game "HI i'm the king i'm going to die" so it's like saying "you can equip swords in this game" is a spoiler

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Originally Posted by Hello_Kitty

i'm sorry but this is the first dialogue of the game "HI i'm the king i'm going to die" so it's like saying "you can equip swords in this game" is a spoiler

Most people should know you can equip swords before they buy Oblivion.

Some people, however, tried very hard to NOT be spoiled about the storyline of the game before it came out.

So fuck you very much, sir.

I was speaking idiomatically.

The AI is so good! ._.

Spoiler:

Went inside the first Oblivion gate, and saw two goblins (or something) standing on a bridge. I shot two fireballs towards them, and one ran away. A minute later I bumped into it and got owned.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Woo! Just got the game today, I'll try it out in a bit. The Game said it would be at "Medium" Video Settings, which I guess is in the middle.

My PC's specs:
CPU: 2.8Ghz Pentium 4
Ram: 1GB Ram
Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700

--edit--
I'll be trying it out in a few minutes, just as soon as I get done burning the ISO to a disc, which should be about done.

Its done! Time to try it out =D

Since Morrowind was awesome, I have great faith in this one.

FELIPE NO

Geez, my monitor sucks so hard, even if I'd have my new PC already, I wouldn't be able to play it. For example, take this screen. I can't see anything besides the interface. ;_;

In addition to this, I'm still unsure if I'd get the English or the German versions. It seems as if the place where I could get the game for free will also get the English version. Some sources say, that the German translation of Oblivion's dialogues is totally screwed. While the voice actors did a good job, items have names like Schw. Tr. d. Le.en.-W. and the first spell to heal is called Fireball.

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Originally Posted by David Deluxe

Geez, my monitor sucks so hard, even if I'd have my new PC already, I wouldn't be able to play it. For example, take this screen. I can't see anything besides the interface. ;_;

The screenshots appear darker than they look in game, and there's also a gamma slider. Not to mention a host of Light spells

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, even so, my monitor wouldn't be able to display dark colors. If I'd use the gamma slider, all those bright colors would look really awkward. After all it's a permanent error and the problem also arises while watching animes, playing games and so on.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by David Deluxe

Geez, my monitor sucks so hard, even if I'd have my new PC already, I wouldn't be able to play it. For example, take this screen. I can't see anything besides the interface. ;_;

That screenshot is really dark, and my computer screen is on "Doom 3" brightness settings. The game should generally be quite a bit brighter than that, I hope.

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

<shrug> I can see it fine. Non-LCD monitors ftw.

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

ok im so stupid, i cant figure out how to fast travel on the pc version.
someone help me.

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Originally Posted by Lipid

<shrug> I can see it fine. Non-LCD monitors ftw.

I have a CRT monitor as well.~
Perhaps this screen was a bad choice to demonstrate you my monitor's suckiness. Let's try another example: There's no difference between my sig color and Gamingforce's background color, although I know that my signature should be a lot darker.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by David Deluxe

I have a CRT monitor as well.~
Perhaps this screen was a bad choice to demonstrate you my monitor's suckiness. Let's try another example: There's no difference between my sig color and Gamingforce's background color, although I know that my signature should be a lot darker.

Then why don't you adjust your monitor?

There are brightness/contrast/color controls, you know. And GFF's background color is blue, your sig is black. Why not fix your colors first?

And my monitor shows that screenshot as all black with just a HUD and bright orange spot in the center.

FELIPE NO

Brightness: 100%
Contrast: 100%

Trust me, I have to get a new monitor.

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Originally Posted by Zip

ok im so stupid, i cant figure out how to fast travel on the pc version.
someone help me.

Press TAB, then open the map (click on the compass) and click on the place you want to go when you are outside (inside it won't work).

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Well, I got fucked over by Amazon's sluggish supply chain for my Oblivion CE order. The esitmated shipping date was today (I had preordered on the 11th), but I still haven't had any updates to the order and they usually start shipping it in the early to mid-morning.

So i'm just going to download the thing and start early, they have no one to blame but themselves.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

What I would like to know is: how are you people getting this game to work? Still no fix for the CTD problems, which are game-breaking. The official tech support forums are seeing 200+ new threads per hour and god knows how many actual posts...

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I actually have the same problem as David Deluxe, though not quite as extreme. I've found the only fix is changing color settings on the graphics card, but in order to get it to a level where you can actually see dark pictures, movies, and games you have to move it to where everything else is terribly washed out. It's quite a drag having a dying monitor.

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

Originally Posted by speculative

What I would like to know is: how are you people getting this game to work? Still no fix for the CTD problems, which are game-breaking. The official tech support forums are seeing 200+ new threads per hour and god knows how many actual posts...

I dont have any CTD problems that make the game in any sense unplayable. When I alt-tab, it gets screwey sometimes, but thats usually it. Maybe once every 3-5 hours will i CTD. And that's fine by me

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Grawl

Press TAB, then open the map (click on the compass) and click on the place you want to go when you are outside (inside it won't work).

thx, i just came out of the sewers but i cant find the city im supposed to go to . Dont tell me i have to go their by foot .

no homo

No. Just get to the nearest city. From there you can fast travel. Actually I accidentally stole a horse too. Hehe.

Man I'm still level 1 though. Is it that hard to level? I get like blade skill ups, but my base level is still 1. Even after

Spoiler:

I closed the gate and rescued Martin

FELIPE NO

You only level up if you advance your major skills a certain amount of times. I think 10, cumulative.

My character is level 7 and im not sure how far into the story i even am, atm. I'd check the guide but i refuse to ruin anything.

Spoiler:

I've already closed 3 Oblivion gates, though. the 1 at Kvatch and a couple more that were out to the n,nw of Skingrad. The other 2 werent part of any quests though, just happened to find them while doing the Skingrad Mage Guild reccomendation task

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Originally Posted by Lipid

I dont have any CTD problems that make the game in any sense unplayable. When I alt-tab, it gets screwey sometimes, but thats usually it. Maybe once every 3-5 hours will i CTD. And that's fine by me

That's good to hear. The game won't let me uninstall; just gives an error message. I tried deleting everything and wiping the registry of entries, so we'll see if that does anything. Already have the latest drivers for all hardware, so not much I can do there. For me, the game is unplayable in its present state, and I far exceed the minimum specs...

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