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Prophet Steve · Jan 11, 2012

cilonen said:
I've also come to a similar conclusion, difficulty for me is I need a laptop, and I need it to handle Fallout 4 easily when it comes out.

Go to the I need a New PC thread, although a laptop makes it hard. And being prepared for a game that isn't even announced even harder.

Although I think it would be about the same requirements as Skyrim if the release schedule was the same as with Fallout 3.

cilonen · Jan 11, 2012

Prophet Steve said:
Go to the I need a New PC thread, although a laptop makes it hard. And being prepared for a game that isn't even announced even harder.

Although I think it would be about the same requirements as Skyrim if the release schedule was the same as with Fallout 3.

I posted in the gamer-recommended laptops thread as I couldn't deide where best to put my post, but now I'm not so sure that one gets many views

Yeah, I appreciate I'm asking about a fairly big unknown, I'm also prepared for a collective shrug of 'no idea', may have to cool my heels and wait a while - gonna be painful though.

Prophet Steve · Jan 11, 2012

cilonen said:
I posted in the gamer-recommended laptops thread as I couldn't deide where best to put my post, but now I'm not so sure that one gets many views

Yeah, I appreciate I'm asking about a fairly big unknown, I'm also prepared for a collective shrug of 'no idea', may have to cool my heels and wait a while - gonna be painful though.

Ah yeah, I forgot about that thread. It's a lot less active sadly enough, although the people in the I Need a New PC thread would probably redirect you to there.

ColonialRaptor · Jan 12, 2012

Refreshment.01 said:
I don't really know I was just reading about the FXAA technique. Then i heard using in conjunction with msaa might help reduce jagged edges for foliage. Colonial, can you educate me about the differences about using it for post process and AA?

Damn, I wrote up this big post explaining it but lost it.

Download 'Skyrim Enhanced Shaders' and have a play with the 'Extras' from that.

Mechanized · Jan 12, 2012

Does anyone know if there is a mod that always displays your follower's health if you have them in your crosshair?
Trying to keep my follower alive is a big concern of mine, I use the NPC heal to keep them up, but the health bar always fades out either instantly or just doesn't show up so I don't know if I should keep healing them or not.

Or if there's some kinda mod akin to unit frames in wow that always shows your party health or something.

MrTroubleMaker · Jan 12, 2012

Mechanized said:
Does anyone know if there is a mod that always displays your follower's health if you have them in your crosshair?
Trying to keep my follower alive is a big concern of mine, I use the NPC heal to keep them up, but the health bar always fades out either instantly or just doesn't show up so I don't know if I should keep healing them or not.

Or if there's some kinda mod akin to unit frames in wow that always shows your party health or something.

I've been doing this

`
click on follower
getav health

`

yeah, I would like a mod too

ChoklitReign · Jan 12, 2012

ChoklitReign said:
Is there a mod or console command that resets my perks, so the number available is the same as my level)?

Quoted for new page. All you guys talk about is ENB.

LiquidMetal14 · Jan 12, 2012

ChoklitReign said:
Quoted for new page. All you guys talk about is ENB.

player.removeperk <PerkCode>

PERK CODES

ChoklitReign · Jan 12, 2012

LiquidMetal14 said:
player.removeperk <PerkCode>

PERK CODES

Does it give back the perks available regardless of your level (just to be sure)?

LiquidMetal14 · Jan 12, 2012

ChoklitReign said:
Does it give back the perks available regardless of your level (just to be sure)?

addperk is the opposite. I haven't resorted to doing this but it's worked based on forum research. It's more tedious but I haven't ran into a mod or more wide sweeping command that resets and gives you your skill points back.

Branson · Jan 12, 2012

Almost halfway through January, any word on the construction kit?

Vulcano's assistant · Jan 12, 2012

Maleficence said:
Ok, I'll try this again.

Yeah, what causes it is that ENB makes certain fogs transparent when they are against dark background. In vanilla the horizon should be covered by it but with the mod one can simply look too far away.

Mashing · Jan 12, 2012

So I tried confident ENB profile and it looks great during the day (maybe a little bright but nothing I can't deal with), however, I then have two issues:

1) At night, it's simply too dark to see more than 5 ft in front of me.
2) During the day, the shadows are too sharp (like AA is turned off) and it really jarring when the light source is updated every 5 seconds and you can clearly see the shadows jump. I'm aware vanilla does this too, but you barely notice because the shadows are smoothed out.

I also have the water issue Maleficient has as well.

ColonialRaptor · Jan 13, 2012

I really hope that someone makes a facial animation mod soon... or perhaps with the CK.

ColonialRaptor · Jan 13, 2012

I think y'all might be happy with this one.

It's called:

Wars in Skyrim

It's supposed to increase the amount of enemies that you will find in the game, vampires, warewolves, thalmer.

It will also hopefully make you come across battles more often between the two factions when you're near the lines.

He's working on making it cause even more fights with more enemies all over the place as well. Certainly something the game needs more of... MORE FIGHTING.

Karak · Jan 13, 2012

ColonialRaptor said:
I think y'all might be happy with this one.

It's called:

Wars in Skyrim

It's supposed to increase the amount of enemies that you will find in the game, vampires, warewolves, thalmer.

It will also hopefully make you come across battles more often between the two factions when you're near the lines.

He's working on making it cause even more fights with more enemies all over the place as well. Certainly something the game needs more of... MORE FIGHTING.

Its cool but without the ability to adjust spawnpoints it destroys FPS at various times and has caused our group a could CTD's but not sure why. Especially as the enemies don't always tag as an enemy and you can get 5-6 at various times above what would normally spawn at that location.

Love the idea though. But it needs the CK I think to really break it out.

Where is Martigan? I want him to bring his mod to Skyrim.

ColonialRaptor · Jan 13, 2012

Uggg... so many posts, but I just HAD to share:

MrOogieBoogie · Jan 13, 2012

Any good videos out there showcasing most of these mods in effect (together, of course)?

EatChildren · Jan 13, 2012

Is there any mod that nukes Bethesda's awful NPC path finding and makes companions not a useless sack of shit?

disappeared · Jan 13, 2012

Can I pose a legitimate question?

Why is this thread still in the Gaming section when the OT has already been shuffled back into the Community forum?

LordAlu · Jan 13, 2012

I can't seem to get ENB to work at all. Running a Core 2 Duo 3Ghz, 8GB RAM and 560Ti.

I downloaded Confident's ENB from SkyrimNexus and extracted it to my base Skyrim folder. When I ran the launcher it stated that it wanted to auto-detect my graphical settings (which is expected), but when I click OK it crashes the launcher. If I run the launcher again it doesn't want to auto-detect and I can set my own settings. I then change the Float setting in SkyrimPrefs.ini to 1, but then when I try to play the game it loads and then crashes to desktop, with no errors.

If I delete the files and run the launcher again, it again wants to auto-detect, but that works fine and when I click play I go straight into Skyrim.

Not got any other mods either, was reading through the thread and thought I'd give it a try but it just doesn't seem to work.

LiquidMetal14 · Jan 13, 2012

disappeared said:
Can I pose a legitimate question?

Why is this thread still in the Gaming section when the OT has already been shuffled back into the Community forum?

That's how things work. It keeps the heavier OT's of certain games there and also keeps the game exposed.

You could ask this question of all OT's.

L0st Id3ntity · Jan 13, 2012

MrOogieBoogie said:
Any good videos out there showcasing most of these mods in effect (together, of course)?

I've uploaded some videos, with almost all of the good well-known mods on.
http://www.youtube.com/user/alameri88/videos

Confidence Man · Jan 13, 2012

LordAlu said:
I can't seem to get ENB to work at all. Running a Core 2 Duo 3Ghz, 8GB RAM and 560Ti.

I downloaded Confident's ENB from SkyrimNexus and extracted it to my base Skyrim folder. When I ran the launcher it stated that it wanted to auto-detect my graphical settings (which is expected), but when I click OK it crashes the launcher. If I run the launcher again it doesn't want to auto-detect and I can set my own settings. I then change the Float setting in SkyrimPrefs.ini to 1, but then when I try to play the game it loads and then crashes to desktop, with no errors.

If I delete the files and run the launcher again, it again wants to auto-detect, but that works fine and when I click play I go straight into Skyrim.

Not got any other mods either, was reading through the thread and thought I'd give it a try but it just doesn't seem to work.

Can you use a FXAA injector? Some people were having crashing problems running any d3d9.dll

zephervack · Jan 13, 2012

I love the ENB profiles but they only look good indoors/night, during the day is usually way way too bright, any help on that front, i already changed the one flag that the guide had, anything else to get the day looking more natural without affecting how the night looks (i love the night)

LordAlu · Jan 13, 2012

Confidence Man said:
Can you use a FXAA injector? Some people were having crashing problems running any d3d9.dll

Hmm, the FXAA injector on SkyrimNexus is hidden and non-downloadable. I can tick the FXAA box in the game settings and it runs fine, is there anywhere else hosting the injector?

MrOogieBoogie · Jan 13, 2012

Honestly, I have yet to see an ENB config that doesn't look worse than the vanilla game. I'm serious.

The only lighting mod that I've seen that doesn't completely ruin the general art direction is that Realistic Lighting Without Post-Processing mod, and even then the daytime lighting is a bit overdone.

Confidence Man · Jan 13, 2012

LordAlu said:
Hmm, the FXAA injector on SkyrimNexus is hidden and non-downloadable. I can tick the FXAA box in the game settings and it runs fine, is there anywhere else hosting the injector?

Try this. http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=240

Honestly, I have yet to see an ENB config that doesn't look worse than the vanilla game. I'm serious.

I have yet to see a vanilla screenshot that looks any good. It's really a dull, grey looking game.

Ledsen · Jan 13, 2012

Confidence Man said:
Try this. http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=240

I have yet to see a vanilla screenshot that looks any good. It's really a dull, grey looking game.

The palette and art direction fits the theme and setting. Oversaturated ENB colors with broken black levels and glowing bloom don't. It's completely overdone in all pictures I've seen. It took the Skyrim artists years to arrive at the final look of the game, and everything from the colors to the textures to the models are made to fit together visually. Random people with post process mods cranked up to max aren't going to come close i outdoing them anytime soon. It's optional of course, but many are calling it a "must" or a clear upgrade over vanilla, which I feel is a gross misrepresentation.

diztrukted · Jan 13, 2012

Confidence Man said:
Try this.
I have yet to see a vanilla screenshot that looks any good. It's really a dull, grey looking game.

this

LordAlu · Jan 13, 2012

Confidence Man said:
Try this. http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=240

Actually, reading the instructions for this made me realise why ENB wouldn't work - I have amBX on my PC, and according to the instructions for this it doesn't work with amBX. So I shut down all the amBX processes on my PC and tried ENB again and it worked

Only problem now is that I need to close all the amBX stuff before playing, which is a shame as I like amBX

Confidence Man · Jan 13, 2012

Vanilla game has glowing bloom, more than some ENB configs (look at those character shots ColonialRaptor posted). And I have to laugh at the idea of the artistic vision of the devs. These are the same people who brought us piss-filtered post apocalypse.

Here's a pic someone posted before from the vanilla game, how is half the model pitch black? The only thing ENB lacks at the moment is consistency.

Vulcano's assistant · Jan 13, 2012

Ledsen said:
The palette and art direction fits the theme and setting. Oversaturated ENB colors with broken black levels and glowing bloom don't. It's completely overdone in all pictures I've seen. It took the Skyrim artists years to arrive at the final look of the game, and everything from the colors to the textures to the models are made to fit together visually. Random people with post process mods cranked up to max aren't going to come close i outdoing them anytime soon. It's optional of course, but many are calling it a "must" or a clear upgrade over vanilla, which I feel is a gross misrepresentation.

ENB can be used to reduce the overblown bloom of vanilla. I say all things concerning light are fixable from the original game without having to increase the saturation too much. though I like blue shadows.

Totobeni · Jan 13, 2012

Finally used the Quality world map, amazing stuff, the Better Females mod was garbage and look out of place imho, will just stay with Xenius Character Enhancement.

Any way to use Iron Helmet -male version- for a female Dovahkiin? (Iron Helmet's horns shaped differently when using on a female character) ,Also Is there any other HD texture than Skyrim HD 2K ( I use it but dislike how it look sometimes) any info if Chris2012 will make his HD pack soon or not ?

AlphaDragoon said:
If you don't change the character's race, you don't get screwed on stats. You can change appearance safely.

Yeah thanks that worked without major problems, lost the 50% cold resistance (Nord here) but needed to reload from the main menu and got it back( also just have to requip my stuff)

Ken · Jan 14, 2012

How do I add new textures and meshes? I remember somehow making a folder for each in the Data folder for FO3 and I would just drag and drop in, but don't remember how exactly I changed them from the .bsa format. Right now my files are just in .bsa, any tips?

Atomski · Jan 14, 2012

Just started a new character and am running the Pise mod and dificulty set to master. Holycrap was the first dungeon a pain. Like playing a completely different game.

cjsnapp · Jan 14, 2012

L0st Id3ntity, your shots/videos look amazing. Unfortunately I think running ENB would bring my piddly GTX 460 to a crawl. Time to update soon I guess!

Refreshment.01 · Jan 14, 2012

Confidence Man said:
I have yet to see a vanilla screenshot that looks any good. It's really a dull, grey looking game.

Not true. I won't as far as say the game is a stunner but not even one single shot that looks good? You are exagerating a bit

MrOogieBoogie said:
Honestly, I have yet to see an ENB config that doesn't look worse than the vanilla game. I'm serious.

Yea, ENB looks ok at night or indoors. MOst of the time the ENB shots that look nice, would still be nice even on vanilla settings.

diztrukted · Jan 14, 2012

skyboost r4 (beta) is out

The Broken Ska Record · Jan 14, 2012

Man. The texure mods make the game look sooo good. Not a fan of the better female faces mod. Mostly because the faces tend to have a bit too much makeup.

disappeared · Jan 14, 2012

LiquidMetal14 said:
That's how things work. It keeps the heavier OT's of certain games there and also keeps the game exposed.

You could ask this question of all OT's.

Fair enough. Thanks.

L0st Id3ntity · Jan 14, 2012

diztrukted said:
skyboost r4 (beta) is out

I was on r3 and just tried r4, got an additional 5-8 fps boost on my heavily modded/enb 1600p game. :0

EatChildren · Jan 14, 2012

The Broken Ska Record said:
Man. The texure mods make the game look sooo good. Not a fan of the better female faces mod. Mostly because the faces tend to have a bit too much makeup.

Yeah, I don't like pretty female mods either. I like my lady scarred, dirty and rough as hell.

Phandy · Jan 14, 2012

At this rate, with skyboost I might be eventually able to run some goddamn ugrids. Cant wait. Ugrids is pretty much the only thing I REALLY want to run. Its the most glaring graphically problem in the game; the crappy LOD/LOD distance.

Truant · Jan 14, 2012

L0st Id3ntity said:
I was on r3 and just tried r4, got an additional 5-8 fps boost on my heavily modded/enb 1600p game. :0

Coders at Bethesda must be crying in shame. Skyboost is amazing.

Phandy · Jan 14, 2012

Truant said:
Coders at Bethesda must be crying in shame. Skyboost is amazing.

I wonder how long before Bethesda pretty much patch this into their own game. Make all the same adjustments this guy has made. It seems insane that they wouldn't do this.

NBtoaster · Jan 14, 2012

Phandy said:
At this rate, with skyboost I might be eventually able to run some goddamn ugrids. Cant wait. Ugrids is pretty much the only thing I REALLY want to run. Its the most glaring graphically problem in the game; the crappy LOD/LOD distance.

ugrids are a big sapper of GPU performance, which skyboost doesn't affect. You'll need to wait for some GPU booster if you're having trouble running increased ugris now.

Dizzy-4U · Jan 14, 2012

Oh wow, I'm getting 55-60 fps in all Whiterun with r4 and bazillion mods included. It's so good. Without Skyboost I get 31 FPS.

Enco · Jan 14, 2012

Dizzy-4U said:
Oh wow, I'm getting 55-60 fps in all Whiterun with r4 and bazillion mods included. It's so good. Without Skyboost I get 31 FPS.

Can't wait to try it out later today. This, new drivers and new mods = awesome

First time I'm going on Skyrim in a month.

Tony Redgrave · Jan 14, 2012

I need some help guys, I tried to revert the Ugrids back to 7 using the PC performance thread method, but it seems that it can't be done that way from update 1.3 onwards, so, I ended up with a reddish logo screens and load models.

I've been reading some fixes online but they all say I need to erase the new .ini file supposedly created within my Data folder, problem is there's no .ini file in my Data folder at all.

Any advice?

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