The Photographer's Guild

[Jakarius321]

How are you getting the bird's eye view shots? I thought one couldn't levitate in Oblivion?

I cheated and used "tcl" in the console. All in the name of Photography of course

@ krisCrash

I did try to get grass on but I forgot that I have Streamline which includes that Streamsmooth thing. Basically constantly changes your graphics settings to get the best framerate and it just so happened that all the grass vanished when I took the shots.

[Norroen Dyrd]

How are you getting the bird's eye view shots? I thought one couldn't levitate in Oblivion?

Ninja'd by Jakarius
The tfc console command is also useful - you leave your body down below and soar up, up and away

[KrisCrash]

How are you getting the bird's eye view shots? I thought one couldn't levitate in Oblivion?

I cheated and used "tcl" in the console. All in the name of Photography of course

@ krisCrash

I did try to get grass on but I forgot that I have Streamline which includes that Streamsmooth thing. Basically constantly changes your graphics settings to get the best framerate and it just so happened that all the grass vanished when I took the shots.

This is why I got rid of Streamline and I am not touching it again. Even if I turned that stuff off it kept changing my view distance. Like the view distance is a problem for a modern computer I would say try Oblivion Stutter Remover instead, unless you are using other Streamline functions.

[Norroen Dyrd]

Imperial Isle

I see the moon and the moon sees me;
The moon sees the somebody I'd like to see.
God bless the moon and God bless me;
God bless the somebody I'd like to see!
(Nursery Rhymes)

Imperial Isle Again, again

Evening red and morning grey,
Send the traveller on his way;
Evening grey and morning red,
Bring the rain upon his head.
(Nursery Rhymes)

The Gold Coast

Ill on a journey;
my dreams wander
over a withered moor...
(Matsuo Bashō)

[Jakarius321]

And for my 500th post, it's something fairly awesome I just made.
You may have to zoom in a bit depending on your monitor size.
Epic 500th Post CELEBRATION PIC!

[Argonanza]

Nice freakin' pic!

BOOYAH!!

[KalleFlaxx]

Agreed! That was impressive! Nice work, Jak!

Heh, I'll have to try to do something as epic as that for my 500th post.

[Norroen Dyrd]

And for my 500th post, it's something fairly awesome I just made.
You may have to zoom in a bit depending on your monitor size.
Epic 500th Post CELEBRATION PIC!

He [Bilbo]was getting excited and interested again... He loved maps, and in his hall there hung a large one of the Country Round with all his favourite walks marked on it in red ink.
(J.R.R. Tolkien)
Congratulations on your 500th post

Cheydinhal: The Dark Forest I presume?

The wind was on the withered heath,
but in the forest stirred no leaf:
there shadows lay by night and day,
and dark things silent crept beneath
(J.R.R.Tolkien)

Bruma: Tumbling rockyness and general awesomeness

Far over the misty mountains cold
To dungeons deep and caverns old
We must away ere break of day,
To seek the pale enchanted gold.
(J.R.R.Tolkien)

[Jakarius321]

Like I said before. Tolkien has a quote for every occasion
Thanks for the congrats and the seemingly endless fountain of book knowledge inside your head

Oh and thanks as well to KalleFlaxx and Argonanza, I haven't forgotten you guys!
Oh and KalleFlaxx, you better get thinking for your 500th post epic "whatever it turns out to be" thing

[KrisCrash]

So, Vee/Lord Sheogorath decided to go shopping for the new Madness and Amber weapons to test it all out, but first she needed some materials...
Oh god I had no idea they had giant phallic stingers
On the way, she decided to visit Dyus and kill him.

yet after a day of searching the isles, she found only one stump of amber and one bar of madness ore, which she then decided to trade.
I'll cut you!! Cutter looks unphased, p ... . excited!
Having a chat with Dumag Gro-bonk after getting a dagger

So that is my other character, the dunmer Vee. She is a little hard to play because she is lvl 40 now, has a bad class (thief-ish) and isn't efficiently levelled at all. She's only maxed 2 stats out by now. Srsly. Compared to my golden saint dude with a stat total way lower than other races... yeah. Also Atronach, I hate it because I love using magic so much now.

Been reinstalling Oblivion in the past few days, I think I have most my mods back now

But things sure look different, like
Where did all the trees go further away? huh!
I don't remember shadows being this sharp and harsh???
So it looks like I will have to find some tree distant meshes and some softer shadows - I wonder which mod did that though???

[Shadow]

Hey Kris how did you get that map? And nice screenies everyone!

[KrisCrash]

Hey Kris how did you get that map? And nice screenies everyone!

MiniMap - HUD Element

If you have trouble with the config file producing a lot of errors (I think he made it easier to use though), let me know and I'll give you mine. It is DarnUI compatible.

[Shadow]

Hey Kris how did you get that map? And nice screenies everyone!

MiniMap - HUD Element

If you have trouble with the config file producing a lot of errors (I think he made it easier to use though), let me know and I'll give you mine. It is DarnUI compatible.

Yay, Thanks

[Argonanza]

Failing to install a mod properly can get you interresting things to take pictures of..

That's supposed to be Lifts-Her-Tail..

E: Oh..wrong link. Eh, screw it!

[H8Ball]

@krisCrash,

I thought I'd share something with you (and other members as well). Possible Oblivion.ini fixes for the rendering problems in your last 2 screenshots...

Trees not being rendered?

bEnableTrees=1
> 1=on, 0=off. Default=1. Turns trees on/off. Yours is probably 0 (off) which is why you're seeing NO trees.

Ugly shadows on NPC's?

bActorSelfShadowing=0
> 1=on, 0=off. Default=1. Turns self-shadowing on/off for actors (NPC's and Creatures). Your pic of the Golden Saint Guard shows it's on, so make sure you have the options below set correctly. If you can't get self-shadowing to look correct, turn it off.

iShadowMapResolution=256
> Texture resolution used for shadow maps. Default=256. You can set this to a power of 2, e.g. 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048. Lower means blockier shadow edges. Higher means finer detailed shadow edges. The lower you set this, the higher iShadowFilter needs to be to blur shadow edges.

iShadowFilter=2
> Number of passes used for blurring shadow edges to create soft shadows. Default=2. You can set it higher for softer shadow edges. Some people like it at 5 or even 10! Warning: The more passes the game is using, the greater the performance impact of soft shadows. It's better to leave it at the default and increase iShadowMapResolution instead.

My settings are bActorSelfShadowing=0, iShadowMapResolution=1024 and iShadowFilter=3. I don't miss self-shadowing, but I like my shadows fairly finely detailed and soft-edged.

Hope this helps.

[KrisCrash]

Hi H8ball you are late, I used a tweaking guide to figure out it all

Trees not being rendered?

bEnableTrees=1
> 1=on, 0=off. Default=1. Turns trees on/off. Yours is probably 0 (off) which is why you're seeing NO trees.

No, trees are rendered, turns out the _far trees are NOT included in vanilla Anequina, but come from the RAEVWD mod, which I hate, and will not get. Not even their tree meshes, the optimization is CRUD, generally a 50% reduction from the normal mesh, instead of removing 90-95%, or making flat image plane trees like normal Oblivion distant trees. Did I say I really hate RAEVWD?

Ugly shadows on NPC's?

bActorSelfShadowing=0
> 1=on, 0=off. Default=1. Turns self-shadowing on/off for actors (NPC's and Creatures). Your pic of the Golden Saint Guard shows it's on, so make sure you have the options below set correctly. If you can't get self-shadowing to look correct, turn it off.

If this is 0, there will be NO shadows. I don't like having people with no shadow under their chin and stuff.

iShadowMapResolution=256
> Texture resolution used for shadow maps. Default=256. You can set this to a power of 2, e.g. 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048. Lower means blockier shadow edges. Higher means finer detailed shadow edges. The lower you set this, the higher iShadowFilter needs to be to blur shadow edges.

iShadowFilter=2
> Number of passes used for blurring shadow edges to create soft shadows. Default=2. You can set it higher for softer shadow edges. Some people like it at 5 or even 10! Warning: The more passes the game is using, the greater the performance impact of soft shadows. It's better to leave it at the default and increase iShadowMapResolution instead.

This was actually the problem. Even with ishadowMapResolution=2048 it's still a little rough, so I think I'll just stick to the filtering to soften stuff up. I should note that for direct sunlight, feathered shadows are VERY unrealistic, so a dynamic filtering vs resolution dynamic tweaker would been awesome.

(If interior, use filtering>0, else, use high resolution)

My settings are bActorSelfShadowing=0, iShadowMapResolution=1024 and iShadowFilter=3. I don't miss self-shadowing, but I like my shadows fairly finely detailed and soft-edged.

In my opinion, the filtering had the biggest benefit on self shadows, but I know that is very opinionated. I also do not use antialiasing, which definitely will affect your experience with this?

Thanks for taking the time though.
A mod must have altered these settings previously, as I have never touched them.

[Argonanza]

Alright, folks. It's time for the 'Nanza's Shenanigans!

First I decided to explore the forest..

By the Gods! Idyllic bear family!!

Move forward, lady, the light is green!

Then I found a mountain and decided to climb it..

I'm the king of the world!

Then I found an oblivion gate..

Storm Atronach vs Ogre! Who'll win the grand prize?

Congratulations! You've won a lifetime membership in the Yoghurt Lovers' Club!

Then I found something veeerry interresting..

Oh my God! Is it really the random pillar from the legends!?

Then I visited a farm when suddenly the battle music started playing..

The sheep have got me surrounded!

Retreat!! Retreat!!

With joined efforts, the farmers and the sheep, but mostly the sheep, managed to kill the intruder..

..But not without paying the biggest prize of all: the prize of lives.

Later that day I went to the funeral of a very dear friend of mine..

We will all miss Mr. Crabsworth, because he was a not only a good friend, but a good crab. He always did what was best for the people around him. Sadly he did not write a will before he died at the too early age of 23 crab-years. However, he did say to me in private that if he would die before me, I had permission to marry his hot crab-wife *switchy eyes*
Earth to earth, dust to dust.

Then I met this guy..

*DRAMATIC LOOK OVER SHOULDER!!*

And we stumbled upon yet another oblivion gate..

Yeah, he's screwed.

And I found this guy laying in the grass, yelling things..

I think he's on acid or something.

And that concludes the Nanza's Shenanigans until next time.

[KalleFlaxx]

Hahaha! That's awesome, 'Nanza!
I love the dramatic look over the shoulder!
And the text for the dead mudcrab is just priceless!

[Jakarius321]

A day in the life of Argonanza...

Pure fun all the way

[Norroen Dyrd]

A day in the life of Argonanza...

Pure fun all the way

Absolutely! Thank you so much for enjoyable screenies!

[Reaper67]

Well, I guess I'm gonna have to get my screenshots working in preparation for my 1500th post. I think I have enough time.

[Shadow]

Wow all these screenies look amazing, i need to get back on Obliviona nd take some!

[Jakarius321]

Here's some of my new Scottish themed character. Although he is a stereotypical Scot, not a real one.
'Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome tæ yer gory bed,
Or tæ Victory.
EXTRA!

Sorry to steal your thunder with the lyrics Norroen but I really wanted to do this one

[Norroen Dyrd]

Here's some of my new Scottish themed character. Although he is a stereotypical Scot, not a real one.
Sorry to steal your thunder with the lyrics Norroen but I really wanted to do this one

No need to worry, you did well with these qoutes I will put my wee oar in
'Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
O why the deuce should I repine,
And be an ill foreboder?
I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine,
I'll go and be a sodger!
(I'll Go And Be A Sodger.
Impromptu. By Robert Burns)

Or tæ Victory.
Where'er he go, where'er he stray,
May heaven be his warden;
Return him safe to fair Strathspey,
And bonie Castle-Gordon!
(The Young Highland Rover by Robert Burns)

EXTRA!
Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales,
Her healthy moors and winding vales;
The scenes where wretched Fancy roves,
Pursuing past, unhappy loves!
Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes!
My peace with these, my love with those:
The bursting tears my heart declare-
Farewell, the bonie banks of Ayr!

(Farewell Song To The Banks Of Ayr by Robert Burns)

[KrisCrash]

I have a whole bunch of shots ready, but I'll only stick the prettiest ones in this thread I think

Decided to visit that haunted house in Skingrad, I have several shots of him looking at SOMETHING but I never found out what
Niiice view of Dune!