Discuss Skyrim

[sygnus21]

Correct me if Im wrong, but I seem to recall you saying you needed a break and wasn't going to play for a while ..

like a week ago, yet still at it

Yeah but also added that I was addicted to the game

Anyway I’m seriously thinking about giving Deus Ex: Human Evolution another go just to break the monotony of Skyrim – Play a FPS with some guns and stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I love Skyrim, but I need a break.

Now watch as I play all weekend long like a junkie needing a fix

This game is like a drug, the more you try to quit, the more you want to play

 

[Everlong]

I've been enjoying it this week. I finished the main story and I'm working through the Dark Brotherhood at the moment.

Only problem I've had with it is when I tried the SkyrimHD texture mod. Everytime I fast travelled the game would CTD.

And the dragons are already doing my head in as well, lol. I like them when they're in the distance and you can hear their cries as it does add a nice ambient sound.

 

[sygnus21]

The major quests aren't bad, but the smaller ones get tedious after awhile. No one can say the content is light in the game as it goes on and on..... and on.

Overall I still think it's one of the best games I've played. It's up there with Unreal, Farcry, and Bioshock - the first games.

 

[Wishmaster]

Correct me if Im wrong, but I seem to recall you saying you needed a break and wasn't going to play for a while ..

like a week ago, yet still at it

Yeah but also added that I was addicted to the game

Anyway I’m seriously thinking about giving Deus Ex: Human Evolution another go just to break the monotony of Skyrim – Play a FPS with some guns and stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I love Skyrim, but I need a break.

Now watch as I play all weekend long like a junkie needing a fix

This game is like a drug, the more you try to quit, the more you want to play

HAHA! Very True

 

[vierasniper]

Skyrim DLC, me want nao!!!! nao!! i hope its as good or even better than shivering isles.

 

[sygnus21]

Good grief, that's all I need is a DLC :shock:

BTW I didn't really care for shivering isles. Just didn't move me that much. To each his own though

 

[vierasniper]

Good grief, that's all I need is a DLC :shock:

BTW I didn't really care for shivering isles. Just didn't move me that much. To each his own though

well the fact you got to see summer set isle and meet a mad god, not just a statue. i found it pretty cool.

 

[sygnus21]

Yeah it was ok. I guess that by the time I played it I was near burned out on Oblivion. That could be it.

 

[smarteyeball]

I love the Sheogorath character. Some of the left field lines they wrote for him are hilarious.

I'm about 115hrs in and I've almost forgotten what the main Quest is about since I very easily get sidetracked. I don't think I've progressed very far in that

And some of the miscellaneous quests could do with a tad more description. I've got a shedload and I'm constantly looking at them wondering "Who the hell was this for again?"

 

[panais]

Guys please do me a favor and post some good\bad results after updating Skyrim with the official patch.

Thanks!

 

[sygnus21]

I've had no bad results. In fact between the LAA patch and the 12.1 AMD Catalyst drivers for my video card the game seems to be running much better. All is good here.

 

[panais]

I've had no bad results. In fact between the LAA patch and the 12.1 AMD Catalyst drivers for my video card the game seems to be running much better. All is good here.

Thanks!

And Merry Christmas!

 

[M1GU31]

ok i got the game now runs fine around 30fps but why does it constantly stutter in first person mode but if i go third person it goes away been forced to play in third person because of this

 

[vierasniper]

ok i got the game now runs fine around 30fps but why does it constantly stutter in first person mode but if i go third person it goes away been forced to play in third person because of this

could be your settings. make sure its fully updated and your cards drivers as well. isnt the 5450 a budget card? im thinking thats the issue.

The following are the official minimum requirements:

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
2GB System RAM
6GB free HDD Space
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM
DirectX compatible sound card
Internet access for Steam activation

And the recommended requirements:

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
4GB System RAM
6GB free HDD space
DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher).
DirectX compatible sound card

 

[M1GU31]

ok i got the game now runs fine around 30fps but why does it constantly stutter in first person mode but if i go third person it goes away been forced to play in third person because of this

could be your settings. make sure its fully updated and your cards drivers as well. isnt the 5450 a budget card? im thinking thats the issue.

The following are the official minimum requirements:

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor
2GB System RAM
6GB free HDD Space
Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM
DirectX compatible sound card
Internet access for Steam activation

And the recommended requirements:

Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
Processor: Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU
4GB System RAM
6GB free HDD space
DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM (Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon 4890 or higher).
DirectX compatible sound card

the thing is the frames dont drop and its only when in first person, goes fine in third person and on ccc 12.1 looks kinda like mouse lag to me like when i turn or if i start walking it goes wierd but if i put in third person its gone completely gone and goes normal how it should thats what i dont understand

 

[sygnus21]

ok i got the game now runs fine around 30fps but why does it constantly stutter in first person mode but if i go third person it goes away been forced to play in third person because of this

You have to look at what you have, especially the graphics card, and CPU. Since the game is CPU bound the stronger the CPU the better the game runs. Same goes for GPU. Look at my system specs and even I get stuttering.

You also need to look at the game settings you're using cause honestly that 5450 isn't the strongest card in the world, so trying to run the game at say ultra settings is a stretch.

And be aware that there isn't a person who's playing this game that doesn't get stuttering, it just depends on your system as to how bad it can get.

 

[M1GU31]

dude i already have all my custom settings its running at 30fps at my desired settings of course i wouldnt run it at ultra i know what my gpu can handle so i customized it my self ,it recommended medium but i did all the tweaking by myself instead and right now i cant afford another gpu, i hopefully upgrade to a 6870 in a couple months and the cpu is fine i got 4 cores running at 3.1ghz the thing is why does this only happen in first person but not in third person and what i mean by third person is when you can see the guy you made and first person when you see it from the characters view instead of in back of him which is third person,i can do a video if u want to see what i mean

 

[M1GU31]

anyways think i fixed it by adding iMinMemoryPageSize=100000
iMaxMemoryPageSize=5000000 to the skyrim.ini settings and manually changing some other performance tweaks runs solid at 30fps somtimes lil upper mainly 28-30

 

[sygnus21]

dude i already have all my custom settings its running at 30fps at my desired settings of course i wouldnt run it at ultra i know what my gpu can handle so i customized it my self ,it recommended medium but i did all the tweaking by myself instead and right now i cant afford another gpu, i hopefully upgrade to a 6870 in a couple months and the cpu is fine i got 4 cores running at 3.1ghz the thing is why does this only happen in first person but not in third person and what i mean by third person is when you can see the guy you made and first person when you see it from the characters view instead of in back of him which is third person,i can do a video if u want to see what i mean

Dude my point is that your system is limiting the performance of the game. I promise I can understand about not having funds to upgrade your system, and I'm not in the habit of telling anyone to spend money. My only point is that with the system you have expect some performance issues, even if you're tweaked the game. I'm not trying to rag on your system I'm just trying to state why you're getting what you're getting.

As to why the performance changes from different perspectives I can't explain it, but that's not unusual, it happens to all of us, even me. What makes it less noticeable is the system you're running. I'm not telling you anything that's not documented.

Anyway I have nothing else to add so I'm out.

 

[Wishmaster]

Skyrim is quite demanding on the CPU it seems. More so than the GPU.


You may find, that you could actually turn up some settings, IF you lower shadow quality down low.

Shadows seem to be one of the bigger performance hit, as they appear to be CPU based, or largely CPU based.




My Q9650 ran the game quite well, but I did get a good performance boost when I moved to the i7 with the same GPU


And the occasional stutter you get just means you are playing a "Genuine" Bethseda game