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by Lord Timster
Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: Multimedia
Topic: What are you playing at the moment?
Replies: 2264
Views: 905040

Re: What are you playing at the moment?

I am playing Wizard's Crown , an SSI game from the mid 80s. It's a tactical combat game sat inside a bare-bones fantasy RPG loot-em-up loop. The game has a lot of potential and is pretty cool in some places, but it's clear they ran out of time in a serious way leaving the final implementation very ...
by Lord Timster
Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Elder Scrolls V pre production
Replies: 2
Views: 7488

Re: Elder Scrolls V pre production

afaik the very first things Beth discussed about TES5 were that they wanted the theme to be 'gritty' and to have a level of 'familiarity' for a lot of people. (So not as 'colorful generic fantasy' as Oblivion and not as 'alien' as Morrowind.)

And they went straight from 'gritty + familiar' to ...
by Lord Timster
Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: What is the most effective weapon enchantment?
Replies: 2
Views: 13221

Re: What is the most effective weapon enchantment?

imo, the 'best, most effective weapon enchantment' is none ... ie leave your weapon unenchanted.

That way all of those Soul Gems you would be using to recharge your enchantments can instead be used to train your Enchanting Skill.

And with that Enchanting Skill you can:
a. enchant your outfit with ...
by Lord Timster
Thu Feb 01, 2024 8:14 pm
Forum: Lore
Topic: A Dance In Fire: Unthrappa or Undrape?
Replies: 4
Views: 12043

Re: A Dance In Fire: Unthrappa or Undrape?

I think they're the same thing, but the first one is more likely to be spelled incorrectly. I'm not deep into the lore, so I don't know which spelling or pronunciation is correct, but I always assumed that the first spelling was a mistake on the part of the speaker, and the second spelling was ...
by Lord Timster
Sat Sep 23, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: Oblivion
Topic: Oblivion Remaster: What Do People Expect?
Replies: 15
Views: 54325

Re: Oblivion Remaster: What Do People Expect?

tbh I'm not really sure I see the point.

The last couple of months I have been replaying the Xbox 360 version of Oblivion. atm I am 100+ hours in and still have loads to see and do. The game shows its age for sure but it's still a great game as-is.

The only things that have bothered me so far are ...
by Lord Timster
Tue Aug 29, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: Elder Scrolls Online
Topic: Achievement: Indecent Exposure
Replies: 1
Views: 14012

Re: Achievement: Indecent Exposure

There's some stuff about the xbox version of the achievement here:

https://www.trueachievements.com/a20146 ... chievement

Including a few possible locations for waist items.
I'm guessing it's relevant to PC as well.

Cheers
by Lord Timster
Sun Aug 27, 2023 10:58 pm
Forum: MOD-Oblivion
Topic: Please help to create a multi-menu MessageBox
Replies: 2
Views: 39959

Re: Please help to create a multi-menu MessageBox

Firstly I would recommend starting with just one skill in your book. When the basic framework does what it's supposed to then expand it bit by bit checking it still works at every step.

I haven't written any mods for Oblivion but I had a look at the cs wiki tutorials and I think that the code for ...
by Lord Timster
Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: UESP Wiki
Topic: hoarder lists
Replies: 2
Views: 6047

Re: hoarder lists

You might be able to use these pages to generate your lists:

https://cslist.uesp.net/
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion_Mod:Mod_File_Format

From the first page you can click on eg CLOT for clothing, ARMO for Armour (etc) and then switch to csv (top right) for all the sub-pages, load it all ...
by Lord Timster
Fri Jul 28, 2023 9:28 pm
Forum: Oblivion
Topic: out of order spell
Replies: 5
Views: 9334

Re: out of order spell

I don't know anything about modding Oblivion on the PC, but the CSList page for our problem spell shows its name as:

Summon Ske~le~ton Champion

I guess that if:
1. The tilde appears after 'a..zA..Z' in the 'alphabetical order' sort Oblivion uses.
2. Oblivion strips out the tilde when displaying ...
by Lord Timster
Thu Jul 27, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Oblivion
Topic: time limit quests
Replies: 4
Views: 9970

Re: time limit quests

'A Brotherhood Betrayed' in Bruma has a time limit.
Spoiler:
One part of the quest involves hunting down an NPC, but if you don't find him within 24 hours he escapes! :o
by Lord Timster
Sat Jul 08, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: Lore
Topic: Dwemer/Ideal Masters Lore Theory
Replies: 8
Views: 9515

Re: Dwemer/Ideal Masters Lore Theory

After pondering this for a while I think I will have to go with 'Disagree' regarding 'Ideal Masters = Dwemer'. The two just have a completely different vibe to me.

However, I think the idea that there might be a connection between the two is interesting. There are a number of reasons why the Dwemer ...
by Lord Timster
Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Skyrim General Discussion
Replies: 903
Views: 334315

Re: Skyrim General Discussion

I could, if you can't get it to work - but it's pretty straightforward really.

Just nip into the Lore area:
https://forums.uesp.net/viewforum.php?f=30

Click on the 'New Topic' button (just above or just below the list of threads) then put
Dwemer/Ideal Masters Lore Theory
or something in 'Subject ...
by Lord Timster
Sat Jul 01, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Skyrim General Discussion
Replies: 903
Views: 334315

Re: Skyrim General Discussion

^Interesting idea. Sorry if there was a better place to put this Could have made your own thread. It will get lost in this one.

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'Most Annoying NPC' is now Imp from the mod Carved Brink.

Imagine your dad trying to do an impression of Sheogorath and Jack Sparrow at the same time, and then ...
by Lord Timster
Tue Jun 27, 2023 2:00 pm
Forum: Arena
Topic: TES VI Officially Announced!!!!
Replies: 58
Views: 1817290

Re: TES VI Officially Announced!!!!

Snagged off MSN:

"As part of Microsoft's court case with the Federal Trade Commission, Xbox bigwig Phil Spencer was asked about exclusivity plans for Elder Scrolls 6. Spencer said that the Elder Scrolls sequel will be in development for at least another five years and that platform availability is ...
by Lord Timster
Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: Skyrim-Help
Topic: mod confusion
Replies: 1
Views: 9750

Re: mod confusion

Not sure. Could it be "Journey To Drakos - Episode 2 : The House That Jaq Built" ?

edit: If you mean a new building south of Whiterun with a skyforge in the garden and portals to each of the cities in the basement then yes: it is Journey To Drakos - Episode 2.
by Lord Timster
Mon May 01, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: Which "Word Of Power" do you meditate on with Paarthurnax?
Replies: 6
Views: 21961

Re: Which "Word Of Power" do you meditate on with Paarthurna

I go with Fire.
tbh I don't really use shouts, I just like the meditation.

"power is inert without action and choice"

Wise words, wise words indeed...
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by Lord Timster
Thu Oct 06, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum: TES General
Topic: Is the use of elves considered plagiarism?
Replies: 16
Views: 17345

Re: Is the use of elves considered plagiarism?

Pretty sure TES took inspiration from Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion fantasy novels as well.

chaos creates, while order controls is pure Moorcock Lore with the Divines and Daedric Princes being dead ringers for Lords of Law and Lords of Chaos... In fact a lot of TES Lore strikes me as having ...
by Lord Timster
Wed May 11, 2022 10:26 pm
Forum: Arena
Topic: Report potential spambots here
Replies: 3187
Views: 8222687

Re: Report potential spambots here

Link edited into old post here:

viewtopic.php?f=38&p=1296714#p1296714

edit: okay I just looked through some of the other new-ish threads in Skyrim General.
Most of them have links in as well... :/
by Lord Timster
Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:17 pm
Forum: Oblivion
Topic: Arcane University
Replies: 3
Views: 14390

Re: Arcane University

Why the rush to be Arch-Mage?

tbh I found:

1. The Mage Guild quest-line was pretty good
2. Being Arch-Mage was a complete non-event

So it's like you are wanting to rush through the good bits to get to the 'meh' bit.

I mean sure you want to get into the AU quickly to get enchanting and spell ...
by Lord Timster
Sun Jul 04, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: which children should I adopt in Skyrim/hearthfire?
Replies: 4
Views: 18146

Re: which children should I adopt in Skyrim/hearthfire?

Another vote for Sofie here.

I always make sure to buy her flowers as well to keep her going until the house is ready. :D
by Lord Timster
Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:06 am
Forum: Oblivion
Topic: Problem with the weather
Replies: 3
Views: 6087

Re: Problem with the weather

Try Lok! Vah! Koor! Wait, wrong game :o

Can't answer your question, sorry -

but have you tried
FW 38EEE 1
Apparently that makes clear skies permanent until you use
ReleaseWeatherOverride
by Lord Timster
Fri Jan 01, 2021 11:18 am
Forum: Oblivion
Topic: The 'What You Did in Oblivion Today' thread
Replies: 295
Views: 548834

Re: The 'What You Did in Oblivion Today' thread

iirc the game has Combat:Magic:Stealth ratios for each of the classes and compares that with how much you use skills in each category during the intro dungeon to get your 'expected class'. The game doesn't check individual skill usage, only how much the skill categories are used.

So like if Archer ...
by Lord Timster
Fri May 08, 2020 4:00 pm
Forum: Skyrim-General
Topic: New play through, need build help
Replies: 5
Views: 16667

Re: New play through, need build help

My last Stealth Archer character used Heavy Armour with no problems - the Steed Stone (which makes worn armour weightless) is all you need.

Not sure how stealthy swinging a 2H weapon would be, but definitely worth a laugh at least... :D
by Lord Timster
Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: Oblivion
Topic: Is there a list of the ten gates that open first?
Replies: 8
Views: 8429

Re: Is there a list of the ten gates that open first?

Looks like there are some Console Commands you guys could use to help sort this out.

Like if you firstly complete the Find the Heir Quest.

Then use
set MQ00.RandomGateChance to 0

...that will stop any additional random gates opening.
So you can have a quick wander around checking which gates ...
by Lord Timster
Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:47 pm
Forum: General Banter
Topic: Welcomes and Goodbyes
Replies: 15438
Views: 1006780

Re: Welcomes and Goodbyes

^ Welcome to the forums!

I'm afraid things are a bit quiet nowadays but hey - maybe it's time we 'be the change you want to see in the world' and get posting again, right? :mrgreen: