Discuss Skyrim

[WiFi Ed]

I've noticed the weight issue, but I've put it down to all the potions (and sometimes books) I pick up in dungeons, etc. They do add up.

As for Well Rested, I've noticed that the notifier doesn't always show up, but if I look in Active Effects I sometimes see a "Well Rested" effect listed.

Edit:Speaking of potions, I used to go through them like crazy, but since I've leveled up and perked my archery and destruction skills I hadn't been using them much. I'm carrying so many I must slosh as I walk. Recently, however, the Daugrs, etc. have gotten tougher and I'm back to hitting the bottle again (so to speak)

 

[fseal]

Heh yeah, those potions and scrolls you pick up add up fast actually I regularly go though them and trim them down and I get all my missing weight back.

Also using the steed stone and got the "extra pockets" pick pocket perk so have 575 pounds of load capacity now. Plenty for looting out a few dungeons and a couple dragons along the way before heading home again...

 

[WiFi Ed]

Heh yeah, those potions and scrolls you pick up add up fast actually I regularly go though them and trim them down and I get all my missing weight back.

Good idea. I've got the Breezehome house and the nice one in Solitude, i should pick a chest in one of them to be my potion/scrolls storage unit.

I know! I'll make Lydia carry them. After all, she is sworn to carry my burdens...

 

[sygnus21]

I've noticed the weight issue, but I've put it down to all the potions (and sometimes books) I pick up in dungeons, etc. They do add up.

Glad to see I'm not the only one, even with your "but"

However I've accounted for those as well as I've tons of potions and scrolls that's I've not used. I also keep a close eye on how much potions I carry because I use Alchemy to help boost my overall level progress so I'm always creating and storing them. And any potions I find I tend to store or replace the ones I used

I also try to keep whatever potions on me to 4 or less unless they're restore health, magika, or stamina which usually run around 6 per outing. Basically I do what fseal does, trim them down to keep the weight down.

With regards to scrolls believe it not but I don't use them. Because of this I just carry a few just in case ones.

Anyway I've probably got enough scrolls and potions stored away to garner me at least a million gold

 

[M1GU31]

heard this game has issues in textures and some lag only reason i haven't bought this game

 

[vierasniper]

Those reason aren't good at all, pick it up its a great game. Lag? hardly, if you got a decent rig you can play no problems. Texture Issues? Maybe, they aren't really game breaking and some people don't ever see then. The game should be updated several more times so i don't see why ''lag and texture issues'' have stopped from buying this game.

 

[M1GU31]

idk my friend has a decent rig and he gets texture issues and random lags at times
also the reason i haven't bought it because of the issues is because i don't want to spend $50usd on something that's broken that's why

 

[vierasniper]

i honestly doubt the ''decent'' part. can you put up his specs? also its not broken, not by a long shot. There might be a bug here or there, buts its not 100% game breaking.

 

[M1GU31]

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Hard Drive: 1 TB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card: Headphones (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: Realtek HD Audio
Keyboard: USB Root Hub
Mouse: USB Root Hub
Mouse Surface:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)

 

[vierasniper]

He obviously doing something wrong, the game doesn't lag. It used to lag for me, but i was on a dual core. Isn't the 5500 a budget card? i don't think ive seen one.

 

[sygnus21]

heard this game has issues in textures and some lag only reason i haven't bought this game

I've been PC gaming since 1998 and have never played a game that didn't have bugs or imperfections. So.....???? It's the nature of the beast.

As one who is actually playing the game, and not listening to those who aren't, I can clearly say it's a great game. Does it have it have its issues, yeah, what game didn't or doesn't?

That said you're entitled to you opinion, but I can't see how you can trash a game you've never played

And a reminder - games are very dependent on both hardware and software setup.

Anyway we can debate this til elephants learn to fly so I'll just move on

 

[M1GU31]

well he has been frustrated with issues so far he gets this problem mainly
idk if what could be wrong ,still shouldnt do this ,says works most of the time but gets like this somtimes

Alex's Screenshots - Xfire

 

[M1GU31]

heard this game has issues in textures and some lag only reason i haven't bought this game

I've been PC gaming since 1998 and have never played a game that didn't have bugs or imperfections. So.....???? It's the nature of the beast.

As one who is actually playing the game, and not listening to those who aren't, I can clearly say it's a great game. Does it have it have its issues, yeah, what game didn't or doesn't?

That said you're entitled to you opinion, but I can't see how you can trash a game you've never played

And a reminder - games are very dependent on both hardware and software setup.

Anyway we can debate this til elephants learn to fly so I'll just move on

im not trying to trash it just saying it worries me look at my other post to his profile so you can see the problem mabye you guys can help me help him with this issue

 

[Airbot]

Saying the game doesn't lag at all isn't a reality. Was just noticing the huge stuttering/lag I'm getting inside certain caves/indoors, even after this 4GB LAA update. Check my specs, you won't see a weak system there either.

It can all depend on what settings you have set for the game, what GFX card/drivers, etc. Or not.

 

[smarteyeball]

well he has been frustrated with issues so far he gets this problem mainly
idk if what could be wrong ,still shouldnt do this ,says works most of the time but gets like this somtimes

Alex's Screenshots - Xfire

That looks more video driver related, than game related.

And Lag can be diminished somewhat by lowering details etc - but the 55xx series isn't particularly powerful, so there will be spikes/dips regardless.

Saying the game doesn't lag at all isn't a reality. Was just noticing the huge stuttering/lag I'm getting inside certain caves/indoors, even after this 4GB LAA update. Check my specs, you won't see a weak system there either.

It can all depend on what settings you have set for the game, what GFX card/drivers, etc. Or not.

Are you running the driver that enabled AO? That really exacerbated the stuttering. Setting it to performance helps, but it looks like crap when moving (lots of flickering). Quality looks good, hammers performance but it's too nice to disable. A GPU overclock really helps with the min fps, but it's still going to stutter. It's just an inherent issue with the game engine

 

[Airbot]

I am using those drivers, but I quickly set AO back to Global Off the day after they came out weeks ago, after it was making my trees in certain places washed out/blurry/bad pixelation. Same stuttering with GPU OC applied or stock, yeah..

 

[smarteyeball]

I've noticed 'distant' trees look a little off, but they seem to be fine up close, but I just put that down to using FXAA - maybe that driver affected AF rendering as well.

I had the same deal in FONV which didn't have AO, but could force FXAA - it's a take your pick what causes what with this game at times :huh:

 

[sygnus21]

If you've played any Bethesda games you're going to get lag/stuttering. I know there are some pretty stout systems out there and the game still lags.

@ airbot - to be clear, I didn't mean to imply the game itself can't be, or isn't problematic. In fact I did acknowledge the game has issues.

That said, if your hardware/software isn't up to snuff a performance hogging game like Skyrim is going to pose problems.

My point to M1GU31 however is that NO game is without issue.

Anyway for those with ATI cards the 12.1 Cat drivers are working really good for me. Since moving to them the lag/stutter has decreased and is especially noticable near the Mages's colledge where I used to lag like crazy. Now it seems to be all but gone with these drivers.

 

[M1GU31]

If you've played any Bethesda games you're going to get lag/stuttering. I know there are some pretty stout systems out there and the game still lags.

@ airbot - to be clear, I didn't mean to imply the game itself can't be, or isn't problematic. In fact I did acknowledge the game has issues.

That said, if your hardware/software isn't up to snuff a performance hogging game like Skyrim is going to pose problems.

My point to M1GU31 however is that NO game is without issue.

Anyway for those with ATI cards the 12.1 Cat drivers are working really good for me. Since moving to them the lag/stutter has decreased and is especially noticable near the Mages's colledge where I used to lag like crazy. Now it seems to be all but gone with these drivers.

im not saying that games wouldnt have issues i just didn't like that bug i saw in his screenshot with missing textures and i heard how the game was doing bad on the xbox and ps3 also especially on ps3 so its having issues across all platforms that was my concern

 

[Airbot]

I've noticed 'distant' trees look a little off, but they seem to be fine up close, but I just put that down to using FXAA - maybe that driver affected AF rendering as well.

I had the same deal in FONV which didn't have AO, but could force FXAA - it's a take your pick what causes what with this game at times :huh:

Yeah, mine was with some trees pretty up close. They were noticeably blurry/washed out all the sudden - like looking through a fogged up window. Toggled the AO on and off, and knew it was definitely because of it, so not using that. lol


@sygnus

My point was to vierasnipers comments a page back of must be user error - "the game doesn't lag".

Yeah...in spots, it does.