[Megathread] Skyrim Discussion

[Kaosbringer]

Also, dive rolling (outside of sneak mode) needs to be added to the game to make combat more interesting and seamless.

That sir needs to be added, It would greatly add to the defensive capabilities of none sword and board builds, and actually give some defense to DW builds.

[Yakobro]

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20923

Is actually on the SkyRe suggested mods

[Flaks]

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/20923

Is actually on the SkyRe suggested mods

That mod looks neither seamless nor interesting. It's like a slight twitch in any direction. I want the dive roll stealth ability to be usable while standing up. Distance and all also usable while strafing and back peddaling.

I'll try it out though and see how it feels.

P.S. I'm still looking for that mod that adds the bard bear spell.

[Yakobro]

That mod looks neither seamless nor interesting. It's like a slight twitch in any direction. I want the dive roll stealth ability to be usable while standing up. Distance and all also usable while strafing and back peddaling.

I'll try it out though and see how it feels.

Well, the mod page says you can do it side to side and stuff too, not tried it myself, just remember seeing it.
The stealth roll looks really silly in 3rd person too

[Flaks]

Well, the mod page says you can do it side to side and stuff too, not tried it myself, just remember seeing it.
The stealth roll looks really silly in 3rd person too

It does and it makes me sad modders haven't looked into making it smoother and just making combat a lot more interesting.

[Centerra]

I wish Heavy armor wasn't completely outclassed by Light armor once you hit the cap. Anyone knows any mod for this?

SkyRe does this I believe, it also changes blacksmithing so that you need to invest much more perks to be able to bring light armors up to the cap.

[Flaks]

SkyRe does this I believe, it also changes blacksmithing so that you need to invest much more perks to be able to bring light armors up to the cap.

The fact that you can't even craft leather armor without the perks is really annoying. Never mind that half the perks in the marksman tree on skyrim redone necessitate that you have smithing perks if you wanna roll with crossbows.

[Centerra]

Just adds immersion imo , although I'm ignorant of the crossbow stuff as I haven't bothered with dawnguard yet. But the extra play options Skyre open up really add alot to the game for me, valid hand to hand, fencing style swordplay, balanced magic, all got me back from being bored of skyrim.

[Yakobro]

The fact that you can't even craft leather armor without the perks is really annoying. Never mind that half the perks in the marksman tree on skyrim redone necessitate that you have smithing perks if you wanna roll with crossbows.

I think that's just the bolts, which you can find from enemies/guards
I get plenty of bolts from dead guards with Deadly Dragons too
Don't think you need (many at least) perks to craft the basic bolts from Dawnguard.
Deadly Dragons seriously makes me run for cover sometimes... spawning 3 buffed dragons at a time.

[Myobi]

Ahoi pepz, I'm having some annoying bugs that I can't seem to find any freaking way to fix.

1- Alt+Tab, everytime I do it, I can’t go back to the game. All I get is a black screen with borders… can still hear game sounds.
2- Can’t see underwater, every time I dive the screen becomes gray-ish.
3- Glitchy shadows, I already tried to change some option in the config file & use some mods, yet I can’t see to fix or just get rid of them completely =(

Any ideas? =P

[Snowraven]

Ahoi pepz, I'm having some annoying bugs that I can't seem to find any freaking way to fix.

1- Alt+Tab, everytime I do it, I can’t go back to the game. All I get is a black screen with borders… can still hear game sounds.
2- Can’t see underwater, every time I dive the screen becomes gray-ish.
3- Glitchy shadows, I already tried to change some option in the config file & use some mods, yet I can’t see to fix or just get rid of them completely =(

Any ideas? =P

Do you have this?
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/19

[Valenhil]

Ahoi pepz, I'm having some annoying bugs that I can't seem to find any freaking way to fix.

1- Alt+Tab, everytime I do it, I can’t go back to the game. All I get is a black screen with borders… can still hear game sounds.
2- Can’t see underwater, every time I dive the screen becomes gray-ish.
3- Glitchy shadows, I already tried to change some option in the config file & use some mods, yet I can’t see to fix or just get rid of them completely =(

Any ideas? =P

1- Just alt tab one more time.
2- Install this: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/14007. After you install it the waters around you will still be bugged. Go somewhere far away and test it.
3- I have no idea.

[Shamanic]

Ahoi pepz, I'm having some annoying bugs that I can't seem to find any freaking way to fix.

1- Alt+Tab, everytime I do it, I can’t go back to the game. All I get is a black screen with borders… can still hear game sounds.
2- Can’t see underwater, every time I dive the screen becomes gray-ish.
3- Glitchy shadows, I already tried to change some option in the config file & use some mods, yet I can’t see to fix or just get rid of them completely =(

Any ideas? =P

For the alt tab thing, this happens to me. If I alt tab out, and then maximise Skyrim, it's totally black, but then, when you're on the maximised black-screen, if you alt tab again and cycle through a full cycle of all your windows to the skyrim window a second time (so you're basically tabbing into skyrim, from skyrim) then it comes back for me. Don't know if that will help for you.

[Profyrion]

Alt+Tab then Shift+Alt+Tab to move left (back) through the list.

[Demidov]

Yeah, alt-tab thing is annoying as hell, but I managed to live with it. As mentioned above, just alt tab back to it again and it should solve it. Another thing to note is before you do alt tab, make sure to open inventory or just press ESC for options before doing it. By doing this, you will avoid the mouse glitch which can pop occasionally when you press alt-tab.

[Shamanic]

Yeah, alt-tab thing is annoying as hell, but I managed to live with it. As mentioned above, just alt tab back to it again and it should solve it. Another thing to note is before you do alt tab, make sure to open inventory or just press ESC for options before doing it. By doing this, you will avoid the mouse glitch which can pop occasionally when you press alt-tab.

Ohh, I didn't know that avoided the mouse glitch. Thanks, that's been annoying me

[Myobi]

For the alt+tab, it USED to work. After reinstalling the gamae couple of weeks back, alt+tab'ing back to the game won't fix it, it's still a dark screen with borders.

The water, fixed it by switching a value in the configs. xD

As for the shadows.... it's the most annoying thing ever really >.<

[Valenhil]

Might as well add the extremely generic build I used for Dawnguard.

Name: Hand of Akatosh/Auriel
Profile: Snow elven culture has nearly vanished from Tamriel. You took up the duties of a Knight-Paladin in an effort to spread the word of Auriel back throughout Skyrim.
Race: Any except Nord, Khajiit, Orc and Argonian
Class Archetype: The Ranger + The Paladin
Morality: Good
Perks: *= 1 to 4 perk points . **= 5 to 8 perk points. ***= Over 8 perk points. N/A= No perk points.
Destruction: N/A
Restoration: **
Alteration: **
Heavy Armor: N/A
Blocking: **
Two-Handed: N/A
One-Handed: ***
Archery: ***
Light Armor: ***
Sneak: *
Lockpicking: N/A
Pickpocket: N/A
Speech N/A
Illusion: *
Conjuration: N/a
About Crafting. Take them however you like. They're game-breaking no matter your build, so it's up to you how much you want.

Armor: Ancient Falmer set, Auriel's Shield
Weaponry: Auriel's Bow, One-handed Maces or Dawnbreaker. Never use blood arrows.

Factions: Join the Dawnguard. Destroy the Dark Brotherhood. Fight for the Empire in the civil war.

Recommended Mods:
3rd person dual wield animation fix: if dual wielding.
Dual wield Parrying: Also if dual wielding.
Any no helmet mod: due to the lack of a helmet in the falmer set.
Bowlegged jump animation fix: so you don't look like a troll jumping with a bow.
Deadly Combat: Always.
Momo Acrobatic Jump: I don't like putting anime-style stuff in the game, but this one is definitely an improvement.
New animation for running with a bow: Same reason as the jump.
Project Reality:Climates of Tamriel: I can't play without this.

[Flaks]

For graphical issues like shadows and under water stuff the thing that worked for me was either updating drivers or uninstalling the latest ones.

[ita]

Does anyone else have problems when playing Skyrim above 60 fps? I have no idea whats causing it but when I let it be at 120, weird things start happening. Pots and pans start flying and making the collision noise indoors. Sometimes I get a weird submerging underwater and out of the water flicker. Chickens and other animals just die for no good reason etc.

After limiting it to 60 max, the problems seem to have disappeared but its a lot less smooth than it was before..