[Megathread] Skyrim Discussion

[Loaf Lord]

Is it just me or is Teldryn Sero hands down the best follower? Hits like a truck and can take a huge beating with his resto magic. Dudes a freakin' juggernaut.

[valliant13]

If you can use, and want Skyrim to look AWESOME use Kountervibe ENB by Kyokushinoyama.

Enb:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30158/?

It's lore-friendly, it's awesome, it's... JUST LOOK!

http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374663336.jpg
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374663374.jpg
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374090317.jpg
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1373464002.jpg <- Comparasion to vanilla.
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374863329.jpg
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374863304.jpg

It's lore-friendly, it makes the game look a lot better, and a lot more realistic. It's not like many other Enb's that makes SKyrim look good just some places, but terrible other places. It makes Everything look good.

As much as your posts on the dk forums get repetitive, I am strongly debating dropping my mods that Im currently using for this.

Im currently using improved npc clothing, ruins clutter improved, skyrim floral overhaul, skyrim hd 2k textures, realistic lighting overhaul, and a handful of others and my game does not look THAT good. So I will say thanks for this.

[Flaks]

valliant, I'd go so far as to say that Kyo's ENB is the most GPU intensive one out there so be vary.

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Someone needs to make a mod where all Khajiit dialogue is replaced with the mewing of a kitten.

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[valliant13]

valliant, I'd go so far as to say that Kyo's ENB is the most GPU intensive one out there so be vary.

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Im running with a GTX680, should be able to handle it. if not im glad something is able to push it haha. I am ok with some slowdown, but currently the mods I mention cause a blurry effect more often than not in front of me while im doing dungeons. I need to look around a but to clear it up.

thanks for the warning though, this way im not swearing up a storm if it kicks my computers butt.

[Sorrior]

valliant, I'd go so far as to say that Kyo's ENB is the most GPU intensive one out there so be vary.

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Any idea how a 660ti should fare?

[valliant13]

Any idea how a 660ti should fare?

I was talking to someone who has a video on the kyo's ENB and he gave me a list of all his mods and then told me that my GTX 680 and the rest of the setup will run it fine. Assuming you are at least running a 2500k or equiv with that 660ti I would say unofficially that I have no reason to see why it wouldnt run on a 660ti fairly well.

[Sorrior]

I was talking to someone who has a video on the kyo's ENB and he gave me a list of all his mods and then told me that my GTX 680 and the rest of the setup will run it fine. Assuming you are at least running a 2500k or equiv with that 660ti I would say unofficially that I have no reason to see why it wouldnt run on a 660ti fairly well.

LOL I7-920 soooo a fair bit lower but still rather nice..Need to replace my PSU before the processor though.

And thanks for the help.

[Flaks]

Any idea how a 660ti should fare?

As far as I've seen and read, a 670 that can run all texture packs and most ENBs at 50+ fps at the same time drops down to about 30 fps and sometimes lower with K ENB.

I personally have a very dated Radeon 7770 so I haven't even tried touching the ENB. I can, on the other hand, run other ENB setups such as Sharpshooters at about 25-30 fps which I'd say is pretty damn good for a card that's more than a few tiers behind yours.

Also from my own experience, your CPU should be A+. You'll wanna check with people a lot more experienced than myself but a Core i7 for the most part isn't going to be bottlenecking performance even if yours is all the way down to something like 2.4 Ghz. I'm running a Core i7 860 back from like 2007 or something and the thing still pulls it's weight in games.

[Sorrior]

As far as I've seen and read, a 670 that can run all texture packs and most ENBs at 50+ fps at the same time drops down to about 30 fps and sometimes lower with K ENB.

I personally have a very dated Radeon 7770 so I haven't even tried touching the ENB. I can, on the other hand, run other ENB setups such as Sharpshooters at about 25-30 fps which I'd say is pretty damn good for a card that's more than a few tiers behind yours.

Also from my own experience, your CPU should be A+. You'll wanna check with people a lot more experienced than myself but a Core i7 for the most part isn't going to be bottlenecking performance even if yours is all the way down to something like 2.4 Ghz. I'm running a Core i7 860 back from like 2007 or something and the thing still pulls it's weight in games.

LOL Mine IS the 2.4ghz. And thanks for the advice man.

[Grogo]

I hope this is fine, be nice to see a separate thread on just Skyrim mods instead of mixing into another and getting lost. To start:

Hi, I am wondering what you are using for a combat mod, either as part of a group of them, a stand-alone or whatever. Are you also using any overhauls?
I have played a few hundred hours with Skyre, loved it. Tried requiem, liked it a lot but the unleveled mods meant I was running away the majority of the time, and possibly too many things ended up grindy instead of playing. I may give it another shot but not a fan of unlevelled enemies.
Duke Patricks - Archery And Heavy Weapons Combat combat was stellar but too frustrating to set up and things kept being screwed up because I must be an idiot (the mod would be more mainstream if it wasnt such a pain in the ass to get going)
There is also:
Duel - Combat Realism
Deadly Combat
Ultimate Combat
So anyone have some advice or want to talk about their set up? A more up-to-date thread on this would be nice.
Thanks!


Looking for something challenging but fun

[llDemonll]

You might get a lot better answer in the Skyrim Megathread

[Grogo]

You might get a lot better answer in the Skyrim Megathread

Ok, I was hoping the mods part could of been separated is all.

[Vargur]

If you can use, and want Skyrim to look AWESOME use Kountervibe ENB by Kyokushinoyama.

Enb:
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/30158/?

It's lore-friendly, it's awesome, it's... JUST LOOK!

http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374663336.jpg
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374663374.jpg
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374090317.jpg
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1373464002.jpg <- Comparasion to vanilla.
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374863329.jpg
http://static.skyrim.nexusmods.com/i...1374863304.jpg

It's lore-friendly, it makes the game look a lot better, and a lot more realistic. It's not like many other Enb's that makes SKyrim look good just some places, but terrible other places. It makes Everything look good.

I tried that once.. looked good, but low FPS.

[Wrien]

Magic of mods and enb's:

Kountervibe Enb Extensive
Custom Grass textures by Mindflux (available when downloading K or Kountervibe Enb)
Skyrim 2k
Skyrim Flora Overhaul Basic
Enhanced Distant Terrain
SMIM
WATER - Water And Terrain Redux
Project Parallax Remastered
Episode Parallax
Thanatos dragon
Amidianborn (all expect terrain)
ini changes (further fading distance for objects, grass and such)
Serious HD retexture

[Flaks]

I tried that once.. looked good, but low FPS.

I tried out a few ENB's and even the ones I could run at 45+ fps I couldn't stand. So in the end I just ended up picking and choosing some graphical environments I liked.

And then I downloaded Ultimate Lighting Overhaul. I friggin' love that mod.

[Pendulous]

I just started playing Skyrim finally, but I already have a major issue. Steam keeps closing it randomly for no reason, and when I go to highlight Steam, it says "synchronizing". I don't know why, but I'm not playing a game I have to save every five minutes in case it decides it's time to stop playing. Is there a fix?

[Deleted]

I just started playing Skyrim finally, but I already have a major issue. Steam keeps closing it randomly for no reason, and when I go to highlight Steam, it says "synchronizing". I don't know why, but I'm not playing a game I have to save every five minutes in case it decides it's time to stop playing. Is there a fix?

"For no reason" = you alt tabbed out? It does that all the time and it's so mind numbingly stupid that they still have the issue they should fix it.

[Deleted]

I just started playing Skyrim finally, but I already have a major issue. Steam keeps closing it randomly for no reason, and when I go to highlight Steam, it says "synchronizing". I don't know why, but I'm not playing a game I have to save every five minutes in case it decides it's time to stop playing. Is there a fix?

Right click Skyrim in your steam library and go to properties-> Update-> Disable steam cloud sync.

[Duronos]

I just started playing Skyrim finally, but I already have a major issue. Steam keeps closing it randomly for no reason, and when I go to highlight Steam, it says "synchronizing". I don't know why, but I'm not playing a game I have to save every five minutes in case it decides it's time to stop playing. Is there a fix?

You just got Skyrim?! Well to be fair I just started playing it "fur realz" again. We must share our adventures Pendulous!

[Pendulous]

You just got Skyrim?! Well to be fair I just started playing it "fur realz" again. We must share our adventures Pendulous!

I made a Redcloak named Greenhilt (fans of Order of the Stick will know who that is). Trying to stick to two-handed swords, but I keep finding better. Just making a basic melee guy. Going with the Companions so I can be a werewolf (yes, I know, Roy isn't one in the comic, but still). having an issue with blacksmithing. All my items I can make requires leather scraps, but I can't find a place to get the scraps. It's not at Eurland's forge in Whiterun.