Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

[GoOB 0]

Could anyone send me a PM with info on how to begin work for the imperial legion? If it's even at all possible that is...

[monkeygoat 0]

Could anyone send me a PM with info on how to begin work for the imperial legion? If it's even at all possible that is...

It isn't possible.

[NorthenNat 0]

I got it today. installed it, started to play it and......

All i can see is the HUD. the rest of the screen is white, although i can see labels of items around me when i put the cross hair on them.  

[berghoff 11]

What kind of Videocard do you have? It needs to support at least shader v2.0 I think.

[NorthenNat 0]

An ATI Radeon 9200. (its the one that came with the computer)

[kavoven 4]

An ATI Radeon 9200. (its the one that came with the computer)

Isn't supported

[monkeygoat 0]

Try this site. Someone has found a way around the pixel shader problem. No idea how stable it is though.

[NorthenNat 0]

Cheers, I'll have a look.

I couldn't get it to work. The screen went black instead of white. Time for a new graphics card. Hopefully soon I will be able to play.

[Gollum1 0]

Cheers, I'll have a look.

Even if you get it to render the environment the FPS will be unplayably low on that card, I'm afraid.

[USSRsniper 0]

This is great RPG game, if you have good computer....

Also something to keep me busy until ArmA

[DBR_ONIX 0]

Yet another hardware qustion : Anyone know if this game'll work on a ATI Radeon 9550 (Basicly a 9600) when shoved together with a 2.8GHz P4, and 1GB of RAM?

I'm downloading it now, seeing as there is no trial (Hard to do trials for RPG games, which is understandable), and I'll buy it if it works, but if anyone knows it'll deffintly not work, I'll stop the download..

- Ben

[GoOB 0]

It works just fine on my rig, AMD 64 3400+ with one gig of ram. Running it at 1024x768 texture size at medium and some other small things added at a pretty constant 30-40 fps, so I guess it could run with decent framerates with that card... Not sure though.

[.pablo. 0]

i was actually kind of disappointed with the game, from the descriptions i had read about it i was expecting something more...not to mention the bugs and the insane computer requirements...

[red oct 2]

wish i could post a pic of my character but i have the game for xbox 360, lvl 17 imperial knight suited up in orcish armor, armed w/ a glass long sword, ebony bow and a Blades shield. Champion of the Arena, Silencer of the Dark Brotherhood, and highest title in the Fighters Guild and Shadowmere (my horse)

[Gollum1 0]

Yet another hardware qustion : Anyone know if this game'll work on a ATI Radeon 9550 (Basicly a 9600) when shoved together with a 2.8GHz P4, and 1GB of RAM?

I'm downloading it now, seeing as there is no trial (Hard to do trials for RPG games, which is understandable), and I'll buy it if it works, but if anyone knows it'll deffintly not work, I'll stop the download..

- Ben

I have almost exactly that setup, with lots of characters it gets really choppy I'm afraid, especiall outdoors with all the vegetation. It's playable with pretty OK settings, but prepare for some frustrating situations. It hasn't stopped me from playing, at least.

Quote[/b] ]not to mention the bugs and the insane computer requirements...

The requirements aren't "insane" at all, my friend's 3,2 ghz/1gig/X800 runs it great on high settings. Unless you want to set all viewdistance LODs on max, when I could remind you that almost no computer can play 5-year-old Resistance on max terrain detail/LOD/viewdistance settings.

[Shadow NX 1]

i was actually kind of disappointed with the game, from the descriptions i had read about it i was expecting something more...not to mention the bugs and the insane computer requirements...

I wonder what you expected...

This is the first game in months that made me play till the sun came up, sure it has bugs but that is no wonder if you look how gigantic the world in this game is.

Things like walking trough the snow in the highlands in a snowy night... really gives me shivers ^^

Looks so incredible good and atmospheric and also the superb sountrack does its part.

Just got me a new gaming PC aswell so ultra quality is possible, i think now is a good time to upgrade anyway so many high quality graphics games are comming out in the near future.

Only one thing... somehow i dont get how this lil talking game works, anyone could explain it to me?

[Gollum1 0]

Only one thing... somehow i dont get how this lil talking game works, anyone could explain it to me?

If you mouse over the different "coerce", "joke" responses etc. you'll see the character's facial expression change on each option.

If a wedge is full (completely orange) on, say "boast", then you have a big effect by clicking on that. If that person likes "boast" responses then you'll get lots of points by clicking on it when the wedge is full. But don't use a full wedge when the person hates that response!

The problem is that you have to click on all four responses during a round, including the responses that the person hates. So ideally, you have to click on the responses in such an order so that you use the full wedge on the best option and the little wedge on the worst option. This results in more disposition. The tricky part is that the wedges rotate each time you choose a response, so you have to choose a correct order. The wedges are randomly placed at the beginning of each round, so sometimes you are at a disadvantage from the start. But don't think on it too long, the disposition steadily falls while you wait. If you are an Apprentice in Speechcraft you can spin the wheel yourself once per round, which helps a LOT.

You typically need lots of rounds to raise someone's disposition until they like you enough, when the disposition is maxed out a message will let you know. Some rounds you will fail, and some rounds you will succeed. Just keep trying the game, you will get the right feel and rhythm in a while, it took me some time to figure it out myself.

[Shadow NX 1]

Thx a lot

Will try that out later.

[Donnervogel 0]

Only one thing... somehow i dont get how this lil talking game works, anyone could explain it to me?

If you mouse over the different "coerce", "joke" responses etc. you'll see the character's facial expression change on each option.

If a wedge is full (completely orange) on, say "boast", then you have a big effect by clicking on that. If that person likes "boast" responses then you'll get lots of points by clicking on it when the wedge is full. But don't use a full wedge when the person hates that response!

The problem is that you have to click on all four responses during a round, including the responses that the person hates. So ideally, you have to click on the responses in such an order so that you use the full wedge on the best option and the little wedge on the worst option. This results in more disposition. The tricky part is that the wedges rotate each time you choose a response, so you have to choose a correct order. The wedges are randomly placed at the beginning of each round, so sometimes you are at a disadvantage from the start. But don't think on it too long, the disposition steadily falls while you wait. If you are an Apprentice in Speechcraft you can spin the wheel yourself once per round, which helps a LOT.

You typically need lots of rounds to raise someone's disposition until they like you enough, when the disposition is maxed out a message will let you know. Some rounds you will fail, and some rounds you will succeed. Just keep trying the game, you will get the right feel and rhythm in a while, it took me some time to figure it out myself.

it's actially quite easy. In the first round check out the reaction of the people by hovering the mouse over all 4 wedges and watching their face and then remember the two positive ones and the two negative ones (it's different for every person). Now an easy strategy for success is always to make sure you get the smallest wedge on the two negative ones and whatever is left on the posititves. If you can time it to get the biggest wedge on the most posititve or even two positives it's much better. Later when you gain speechcraft skill you can rotate the wedges once so you can have better strategies.

Oh and try to be quick The disposition decreases over time so you wan't to be quick.

[Shadow NX 1]

Yes tried it and works well now, Thx again.

[.pablo. 0]

Quote[/b] ]I wonder what you expected...

This is the first game in months that made me play till the sun came up, sure it has bugs but that is no wonder if you look how gigantic the world in this game is.

yeah i still got addicted to it, i'm not saying that it's a bad game; there's just things about it that i'm not really into, notably:

1. instantly being able to move from one side of the world to the other

2. bad horse controls

3. arrows that don't move at realistic velocities

4. choosing skills to level up rather than developing skills solely by their use (i know that it uses a combination of the two, but i just was never into the whole idea of being able to increase my archery ability without firing a single arrow)

with all of these complaints, i'm basically comparing the game to mount&blade.

[Mr_Tea 0]

When you want to know if your PC can handle Oblivion try this.

Select "The Elder Scrolls IV", and start the test.

[HotShot 0]

Thanks Tea, that site is really useful. I tried the test and it said i failed on my video card, however in the sub-tests for the card i passed them all, but not overal?? Could it be that the card passed everything, and it would run fine, its just that the particular card is not reccomended by the game producer??

[NeMeSiS 11]

Thanks Tea, that site is really useful. I tried the test and it said i failed on my video card, however in the sub-tests for the card i passed them all, but not overal?? Could it be that the card passed everything, and it would run fine, its just that the particular card is not reccomended by the game producer??

Some INI tweaks may do the job for you, but dont expect too much

[Antichrist 0]

I am extremely happy with the game so far. Especially considering that it runs way better that I ever expected on my 9800 Pro. I mean i've been playing it non-stop for almost two weeks now. Close to 40 hours pure gameplay (judging by savegame descriptions). I haven't even looked at OFP related stuff until i turned on my ICQ and someone sent me a link to the latest ArmA trailer.

There are things I am not too impressed about. For example game CTDs every now and then. But that sort of makes me take breaks from playing it. Those crashes are the only reason I got some sleep recently.

I am not happy that there is no horseback combat and that stealth part of the game is rather limited. I guess I wanted something more like Thief and Splinter Cell with properly animated instant kills. You know, knife into the wind pipe sort of thing. I already completed all the Dark Brotherhood quests and sort of at a loss now. Cause every other type of quest seems boring now.

I am planning to complete it and don't touch the game again till I get my new PC.