EPTI love Valve and its games, but there is no word to describe how much I despise Steam. This is something I'll pay more attention to in the future, when deciding whether I should buy a game or not.
Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim - Page 166
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
I love Valve and its games, but there is no word to describe how much I despise Steam. This is something I'll pay more attention to in the future, when deciding whether I should buy a game or not. | ||
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Moff
United Kingdom166 Posts
On November 11 2011 20:24 MilesTeg wrote: Just bought the game as I was going out of work. I was really excited, even cancelled some other things I could've done on this Friday evening, this was going to be so awesome! .....I can't install it. Steam won't let me. Steam won't let me install the single player game that I bought at a local game store. I don't even know what to say. Edit: am I right to assume that all those who are playing it pirated it? Or did it come out earlier in other parts of the world? It was released at midnight on Steam for UK and NL that I know of. | ||
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xBillehx
United States1289 Posts
I'm having a blast! | ||
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Baobab
Korea (South)153 Posts
goodbye cruel world /wrists | ||
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Atreides
United States2393 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/m7zja/tweaks_to_make_skyrim_that_much_better/ This fixes the laggy mouse issue Bethesda implemented because they forgot that PC users like to control there game accurately. Also fixes the mouse acceleration problem that PC games have been coming stock with for no apparent reason except to show us they have no idea how terrible it is. Also fixes the crash to desktop and NPC fuzzy sound issues some users were having, because Bethesda QA group must have come from the same group that did Rage. Also from that Reddit thread: At the end of your Documents/My Games/Skyrim/Skyrim.ini file, add: [Controls] fMouseHeadingYScale=0.0200 fMouseHeadingXScale=0.0200 You may have to tweak the numbers until you discover what works for you. This sort of fixes the problem that Skyrim uses different values for X and Y mouse pitch. How this got past quality I will never understand. Also this link has some graphical enhancements you can add if your system smashes Skyrim. http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1255692-skyrim-pc-ini-and-console-tweaks/ + Show Spoiler + .ini Variables The SkyrimPrefs.ini is located in Documents\My Games\Skyrim. Make a backup as usual. Interesting variables are as follows, in order of appearance in the .ini and showing their default settings. bDoDepthOfField=1 bTreesReceiveShadows=0 bDrawLandShadows=0 bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1 bShowQuestMarkers=1 bShowCompass=1 bMouseAcceleration=1 fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000 FOV adjustment Have found no way to change FOV outside the game so far (only the fov n console command like Oblivion). Changing the FOV via the in-game console carries over between reloads and sessions. Here are some comparison screenshots. They were taken at 1920x1080, and there wasn't much fisheye at 100 degrees. I settled at 95 degrees. Default FOV (I'm guessing around 60-70) 80 degrees 90 degrees 100 degrees. Comparison of bTreesReceiveShadows and bDrawLandShadows values bTreesReceiveShadows=0 bTreesReceiveShadows=1 Obviously having TreesReceiveShadows on gives trees tons more depth. bDrawLandShadows=0 bDrawLandShadows=1 The rock casts subtle shadows on itself, basically. Note that the larger shadows are unaffected; this is a subtle effect, but an important one, I think. For me there was no performance hit having them on, but your mileage may vary. Game was running at 1920x1080 on default High settings, except for 2x AA and draw distances set to 7 for all (I think the object and actor draw distances are lower by default). Specs are: i5 2500K 3.3Ghz, OC to 4.5Ghz GTX 570 1280MB OC GTX 460 SE 1000MB for PhysX DDR3-1600Mhz RAM, 8GB Win 7 HP 64-bit Here are some more suggestions from that reddit thread. + Show Spoiler + Change both iWaterReflectHeight=512 and iWaterReflectWidth=512 to 1024 (for a higher water reflection resolution) and add the following to your SkyrimPrefs.ini: bUseWaterReflectionBlur=1 bReflectExplosions=1 iWaterBlurAmount=4 bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=0 bForceHighDetailReflections=1 http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/images/11-3-1320979782.jpg http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/images/11-4-1320979783.jpg _________________________________________________________________________________ Here is the config file I have been using to run Skyrim. System is a 5830 with an i5 2500k. + Show Spoiler + [Display] iMultiSample=1 iWaterMultisamples=4 bTransparencyMultisampling=1 iMaxDecalsPerFrame=10 iMaxAnisotropy=8 iTexMipMapSkip=0 iTexMipMapMinimum=4 fDecalLOD1=500.0000 fDecalLOD2=1000.0000 iActorShadowCountInt=4 iActorShadowCountExt=2 fSpecularLODStartFade=2000.0000 fShadowLODStartFade=460.0000 fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000 bDrawShadows=1 iShadowFilter=2 iShadowMapResolution=512 fShadowBiasScale=1.0000 fInteriorShadowDistance=3000.0000 fShadowDistance=2500.0000 iBlurDeferredShadowMask=5 bFloatPointRenderTarget=1 iShadowMaskQuarter=4 bFXAAEnabled=0 fGamma=1.0000 iShadowMode=3 bTreesReceiveShadows=0 bDrawLandShadows=0 bFull Screen=1 iSize H=1050 iSize W=1680 fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000 fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000 fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=3600.0000 fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=1.2000 fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=2048.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=2844.0000 fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=3072.0000 fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=4096.0000 iScreenShotIndex=0 bShadowMaskZPrepass=0 bMainZPrepass=0 iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=3 [LOD] fLODFadeOutMultActors=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultObjects=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultItems=15.0000 fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000 [TerrainManager] fTreeLoadDistance=26000.0000 fBlockLoadDistanceLow=50000.0000 fBlockLoadDistance=125000.0000 fSplitDistanceMult=1.0000 fHighBlockLoadDistanceLow=20000.0000 fBlockMaximumDistance=100000.0000 fBlockLevel1Distance=32768.0000 fBlockLevel0Distance=20480.0000 bShowLODInEditor=0 [Grass] b30GrassVS=1 fGrassStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=7000.0000 fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=400.0000 [Imagespace] bDoDepthOfField=1 iRadialBlurLevel=1 [Water] bUseWaterRefractions=1 bUseWaterReflections=1 bUseWaterReflectionBlur=1 bUseWaterDisplacements=1 bUseWaterDepth=1 iWaterReflectWidth=512 iWaterReflectHeight=512 bReflectExplosions=1 iWaterBlurAmount=2 bAutoWaterSilhouetteReflections=1 bForceHighDetailReflections=0 [BlurShaderHDR] bDoHighDynamicRange=1 [MAIN] fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000 bGamepadEnable=1 bCrosshairEnabled=1 fHUDOpacity=1.0000 bSaveOnPause=1 bSaveOnTravel=1 bSaveOnWait=1 bSaveOnRest=1 [GamePlay] bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1 bShowQuestMarkers=1 iDifficulty=2 [Interface] bDialogueSubtitles=0 bGeneralSubtitles=0 bShowCompass=1 [Controls] fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0125 fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.9000 bAlwaysRunByDefault=1 bInvertYValues=0 bGamePadRumble=1 [Particles] iMaxDesired=750 [SaveGame] fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000 [AudioMenu] fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000 fVal7=1.0000 uID7=0 fVal6=1.0000 uID6=0 fVal5=1.0000 uID5=0 fVal4=1.0000 uID4=0 fVal3=0.5000 uID3=466532 fVal2=0.8000 uID2=554685 fVal1=0.8000 uID1=1007612 fVal0=1.0000 uID0=94881 [Clouds] fCloudLevel2Distance=262144.0000 fCloudLevel1Distance=32768.0000 fCloudLevel0Distance=16384.0000 fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000 [General] iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1 bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0 [Trees] bRenderSkinnedTrees=1 uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=40 [Decals] uMaxDecals=100 It is by no means perfect but it is better than defaults for me. Excellent graphics are in this game but Skyrim makes you fucking work for them thats for sure. There are other UI issues fixable through commands, like the cramped FOV. To adjust the FOV use "fov n" where n is the field of view number you wish to use. Skyrim fish eyes less than other games with this tweak so it should be good. _______________________________________________________________________ EDIT: If my above config makes your game run in windowed mode it is because of these two lines. iSize H=1050 iSize W=1680 Change these to fit the resolution of your monitor. Also use this. bFull Screen=1 | ||
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Vaelone
Finland4400 Posts
Seems to run pretty well on my low end PC, defaulted to medium even with 1920x1080. However I can't get back to game if I alt tab and I can't bring up the steam shift+tab window in game for some reason, never had that issue with any other steam game. | ||
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Vibes
Germany144 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
On November 11 2011 21:04 Vibes wrote: wow, thank you so much, Medrea! Helped me alot! No problem, be careful with things like shadow resolution please. While a shadow map of 64mb doesnt sound like a big deal, realize it multiplies for every shadow there is on the screen. Also props to reddit community. | ||
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Dommk
Australia4865 Posts
On November 11 2011 20:31 cannavaro wrote: Short question: I was all for getting skyrim, but now after I've read the IGN review and read many comments on different sites, the inventory system (only sortable by name, not weight, price) seems terrible and the controls on the pc version seem terrible too. Are they terrible enough to make it not fun? Hmm, menus seem to be made with Consoles in mind, unlike other Elder Scrolls games and CRPG's alike. The one thing that bugged me was trying to figure out how to hotkey items. It was driving me nuts for awhile. It seems obvious when you finally do it, but I swear there are no hints what so ever (or maybe i just skipped them lol) For anyone who doesn't know how to do it still, just highlight whatever you want to hotkey in your favorites menu and hit a number from 1-9 | ||
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Candadar
2049 Posts
5 hours in and I'm having the time of my damn life, and I haven't even left Rivenwood. | ||
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Porkz
Denmark1027 Posts
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cannavaro
Italy86 Posts
edit: only asking about pc version, of course. | ||
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
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Bosu
United States3247 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
Take some time to read the last ~5 pages quickly and you'll find your answers. goddamn -_- Im still waiting for download and already well prepared for quite a few problems with their fixes. Also - The UI hasnt been optimised for PC gamers since morrowind, everyone said oblivion sucked then got used to it! Doesnt anyone else remember sitting there thinking "how the fuck do i drop items??" only to figure out its shift, but never actually tells you x-( EDIT: fixes in this thread. On November 11 2011 14:59 MASSivezTV wrote: IF YOURE EXPERIENCING A GAME CRASH AT START: http://forums.overclockersclub.com/index.php?showtopic=188440 helped my friend in a matter of minutes, just call me TheGunRun lol On November 11 2011 14:57 DystopiaX wrote: Sometimes steam does that. Instead, follow the instructions http://www.thenexusforums.com/index.php?/topic/452910-installing-skyrim-from-the-dvd/ there to force install from DVD...Steam can be dumb sometimes. | ||
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cannavaro
Italy86 Posts
only talk about console version achievments everywhere... | ||
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zeehar
Korea (South)3804 Posts
didn't know about the hotkeys nor the fixes. will apply them after i get home from work. | ||
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SinTio
Germany871 Posts
On November 11 2011 21:35 cannavaro wrote: How can google not find the answer if the pc version has achievements >_> only talk about console version achievments everywhere... There are (at least) 50 Steam-achievements. | ||
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SnoWhiTe
France121 Posts
'Cause I'm french and I don't want to get stuck with horrible french dub. PS : I don't have my copy yet, just asking before buying it | ||
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