The OFFICIAL Anandtech Forums TeS V: Skyrim Thread

[TheUnk]

Kinda disappointed in the loot/gear system so far. Looks far too similar to the dead boring loot in Oblivion.

 

[Arkaign]

me too. its pretty bad. but i don't even think upscaling the textures would help them their so bad.

Upscaled =! Replaced

If it turns out to be like Qarl's or whatever, it will be a replacement texture pack for tons of stuff that needs it.

That brings me to another question though. In one of the earlier demos, it showed the ability to zoom in and rotate around objects in your inventory. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to do it.

 

[ohfour238]

i'm having a weird issue where when i first start off in a game, everything maxed, it runs slow. but if i minimize the game and them maximize it, it runs perfectly smooth. it goes back to running poorly anytime a new area is loaded or if i go to the game menu. so it's a pain to keep minimizing and maximizing to get it to run properly. any ideas?

 

[coldmeat]

Upscaled =! Replaced

If it turns out to be like Qarl's or whatever, it will be a replacement texture pack for tons of stuff that needs it.

That brings me to another question though. In one of the earlier demos, it showed the ability to zoom in and rotate around objects in your inventory. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to do it.

Just click and drag it. If you're hovering over the item in the inventory list, scroll up on your mousewheel will zoom in on it. You can also press "c" I think.

You need to install the patch though, or else it's broken.

 

[hans030390]

For anyone that has their own house in Whiterun, do your shadows look really awful/glitchy/blocky/flickery inside? In particular, there is a cabinet or drawer to the left of the fireplace when you walk in. Shadows look horrible on it, and there are some other really nasty shadows in other places (such as on my NPC follower).

I don't know what's up. I don't ever remember them looking this bad. I was testing out turning off AA/AF in Skyrim and forcing it through CCC. When I started the game, I noticed how bad the shadows looked inside...they could have always been that way, but I feel like I'd have noticed it. Tried reverting all my settings back, but it still looks the same. So, unless something did not get changed back properly despite my efforts, I'm guessing it has always been like this?

The rest of the shadows generally look good. Well, good for Skyrim. They're still ugly compared to other games.

 

[coldmeat]

K so I have 2 pairs of gloves. One belongs to a guild set of armor, the other doesn't. If I have the whole guild set equipped, my armor rating is 161. If I wear the other pair of gloves instead, my armor rating drops to 130. There is only a difference of 3 armor between the 2 pairs of gloves. Why is the difference between my armor ratings so big then?

I don't have the perk for wearing a matching set of light armor.

Also, the bug that miscalculates your armor rating is kind of annoying. You have to take off the first set of gloves before equipping the other or else your armor rating reads as if you had no gloves on. Closing and reopening the inventory fixes it, but it could lead to some bad equipment choices.

 

[coldmeat]

For anyone that has their own house in Whiterun, do your shadows look really awful/glitchy/blocky/flickery inside? In particular, there is a cabinet or drawer to the left of the fireplace when you walk in. Shadows look horrible on it, and there are some other really nasty shadows in other places (such as on my NPC follower).

I don't know what's up. I don't ever remember them looking this bad. I was testing out turning off AA/AF in Skyrim and forcing it through CCC. When I started the game, I noticed how bad the shadows looked inside...they could have always been that way, but I feel like I'd have noticed it. Tried reverting all my settings back, but it still looks the same. So, unless something did not get changed back properly despite my efforts, I'm guessing it has always been like this?

The rest of the shadows generally look good. Well, good for Skyrim. They're still ugly compared to other games.

I actually just noticed this a few minutes ago. I left a follower there because I didn't want to babysit her, and I noticed the shadows looked like that on her. They do the same thing on me when I switch to 3rd person.

 

[Jaiguru]

Anyone experienced with smithing? I have all this Moonstone ore but I have no idea how to make it refined so I can craft with it. Any help here?

 

[hans030390]

I actually just noticed this a few minutes ago. I left a follower there because I didn't want to babysit her, and I noticed the shadows looked like that on her. They do the same thing on me when I switch to 3rd person.

Looks like I just didn't notice it until recently, then. I was worried something was messed up.

 

[Locut0s]

For those with a Logitech G700 mouse here's the mapping I'm using for Skyrim. I find this makes the UI MUCH easier to deal with. Others with programmable mice with a few extra buttons should take note too. Your layout will be different but the same idea holds. It will make a BIG difference!

I also have the DPI set to 5000.

 

[RavenSEAL]

For those with a Logitech G700 mouse here's the mapping I'm using for Skyrim. I find this makes the UI MUCH easier to deal with. Others with programmable mice with a few extra buttons should take note too. Your layout will be different but the same idea holds. It will make a BIG difference!

I also have the DPI set to 5000.

I just got my R.A.T.7 and haven't tried to map the buttons. Going to give this a try!

 

[UberNeuman]

Still getting a LOT of crashes to desktop I'd say one an hour or more. Have to constantly save. Anyone else?

Still, it's lots of fun.

I've started getting them about six hours into the game - no error message - just a dump back to the desktop...

 

[NoSoup4You]

The sandbox is damn fun this time around, Oblivion was just lacking in so many ways.

The random dragon encounters are awesome, just awesome.

 

[hans030390]

Kinda disappointed in the loot/gear system so far. Looks far too similar to the dead boring loot in Oblivion.

Yeah, unfortunately, everything seems to scale based on your level like Oblivion. It does not to seem to be as severe as Oblivion, though. Enemies don't seem to scale as much either. There are certainly areas I can't explore yet due to certain enemies that will dominate me.

It still doesn't have that feel of Morrowind, where you know there is good items to be found, but you simply can't get to it yet (enemies? money? etc.). Level scaling is stupid, but the game is still great.

 

[hans030390]

That's what I'm talking about. People telling me that my machine can't handle this I don't think know what they are talking about. I have tried all kinds of setting tweaks. Even when I turn most everything off and down to low I still don't exceed 30 FPS.

I'm sure there is something else causing problems here, I just can't figure out what.

I don't know if this applies to you or not (says 460m/560m):

http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1265725-finally-a-solution-to-the-460m560m-gpu-issues/

 

[coldmeat]

I've started getting them about six hours into the game - no error message - just a dump back to the desktop...

I'm not sure how many hours I'm in, I'm level 12 or so, not really sure, but I only had it crash once during play, and a couple of times when I was trying to load a save that had corrupted or something. It would crash every time I tried to load that save, so I just used one from a few minutes before.

I alt-tab a lot. The first time I had the game crash was when I was trying to maximize the game again. It seems to handle the alt-tabbing very well.

 

[NoSoup4You]

Yeah level scaling is a nuisance, but it's much better here than in default Oblivion (which was a disgrace).

 

[coldmeat]

For those with a Logitech G700 mouse here's the mapping I'm using for Skyrim. I find this makes the UI MUCH easier to deal with. Others with programmable mice with a few extra buttons should take note too. Your layout will be different but the same idea holds. It will make a BIG difference!

I also have the DPI set to 5000.

How does that make it better? All of those buttons have equivalents that are within a couple inches of each other on the keyboard.

 

[Locut0s]

I've asked that this thread me merged with the official one or locked.

 

[JSt0rm]

I've asked that this thread me merged with the official one or locked.

why? I fucking hate official thread. I don't have time to look thru 1 giant mega thread for important information. If somebody finds a cool mod I want to see a god damn thread about the cool mod because I will never find it in the "mega thread".

Fuck am I the only one doing 12 hour work days 7 days a week?

 

[Locut0s]

why? I fucking hate official thread. I don't have time to look thru 1 giant mega thread for important information. If somebody finds a cool mod I want to see a god damn thread about the cool mod because I will never find it in the "mega thread".

Fuck am I the only one doing 12 hour work days 7 days a week?

Later on that's fine. But right now during the launch window I think it's best we just have 1. People are using these threads as a trouble shooting FAQ for bugs too for which it makes even more sense to have just 1 thread and all the tweaks and fixes in the OP.

 

[Locut0s]

How does that make it better? All of those buttons have equivalents that are within a couple inches of each other on the keyboard.

Personal preference. I find it MUCH better personally. If others have no problem with the keyboard that's fine.

 

[Nebor]

There are 8 people online on my Steam friends list, and they're all playing Skyrim. I feel like I'm missing out.

 

[Nebor]

Intro [tutorial - about 15-20 minutes?] was pretty impressive.

I disagree. I didn't even make it through that before I got bored\frustrated and quit.

 

[RebelCapitalist]

Just hit level 12. Only 1 CTD so far. Had to buy a house. The over burdened stuff was killing me. Taking my time doing side missions and looking at all the books and stuff.

Game is running very smooth. Found out the A button on the 360 controller advances the dialog as well.