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Oblivion: Shivering Isles-Released

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  • hambonehambone Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    When it was announced that telekinesis would use the Havok physics, Elder Scrolls fans all over wet themselves over the prospect of having Half-Life gravity gun style hijinks. It's really a shame they didn't go with that.

    hambone on
    Just a bunch of intoxicated pigeons.
  • CarnivoreCarnivore Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I think my PC would slow to a crawl if you could throw enemies all over the place into all sorts of other objects etc.


    Shivering Isles Spoiler
    So I get back to the village which was overrun by Order KNights, after disabling the tower in the middle of town from underground.

    And I kid you not there were literally 30-40 knights crowded around the last remaining invulnerable NPC who was feinting again and again. I popped invis (the brilliant spell from the DB quest line) and proceeded to pick em off from the top of one of the buildings with my bow.

    Took like 200 arrows, and my PC was hitting like 5fps when I went in to loot.

    Did end up with and endless supply of those hearts though.

    Carnivore on
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  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I hate how when you pick one thing up off a table the first time.. everything else moves up a quarter inch.

    KKprofit on
  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Let's have a little looksee at the treasures decorating my Skingrad manor.

    (Spoiler'd for lots of pics.)
    Starting off, the dining room.


    diningroom01.jpg
    Here, we have some enchanted Elven artifacts, as well as some beautiful rings and an amulet.

    diningroom02.jpg
    This arrow is very special to me. It's called the Rose of Sithis. I'm afraid I can't tell you anything more about it- business, you understand.


    Moving on to the main floor stairs...

    halldesk.jpg
    Oh, I do so enjoy writing letters here.

    hallstuff.jpg
    This assortment of weapons I've collected while adventuring helps me write. I've also got a collection of glass daggers on the chest nearby, but I'm afraid I didn't get a picture of that.

    Moving onto the second floor...

    upstairs01.jpg
    Ah, the raiment of the Arena Champion. Those were fun times.

    upstairs02.jpg
    And here's some Turpentine and a painter's apron. Once again, I'm afraid I can't go into detail.


    Now, if you'll come with me to my room, please.

    myroom01.jpg
    As you enter, you can see my spare set of glass armor sitting near my bureau. The rest of the armor are pieces I used to wear. Well, except for the Daedric helm. That's just for show.

    upstairs03.jpg
    A curiass from each of the towns that lost men in the defense of Blade's headquarters. You can also see a couple staffs I've received from Daedric princes. The items on top of the cabinet are... off-limits.

    upstairsdesk.jpg
    My desk. I do my writing downstairs, but I read here.

    upstairsdisplay.jpg
    Pretty, aren't they? All flawless, I assure you.

    upstairsshelves.jpg
    I hope to fill these shelves soon, but sorting them is such a pain.

    I have a mod that adds the display cases to the Skingrad house- everything else I really did collect during the game, and placed it all there manually, no placement mods or anything.

    DarkPrimus on
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  • KreutzKreutz Blackwater Park, IARegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    KKprofit wrote: »
    So yeah.. gatekeeper race mod?

    Also.. i turned the ::item:: into big head. But he just keeps it. How do I go about getting a usefull fork? Or can I even?
    I had the fork before I activated the quest, and as soon as I gave it to him he snuck up and forked a guard. I retrieved the fork from his lifeless corpse. It's still a quest item, so it's weightless and I can't drop it. Still fun to use, though.

    Kreutz on
  • deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Let's have a little looksee at the treasures decorating my Skingrad manor.

    (Spoiler'd for lots of pics.)
    Starting off, the dining room.


    diningroom01.jpg
    Here, we have some enchanted Elven artifacts, as well as some beautiful rings and an amulet.

    diningroom02.jpg
    This arrow is very special to me. It's called the Rose of Sithis. I'm afraid I can't tell you anything more about it- business, you understand.


    Moving on to the main floor stairs...

    halldesk.jpg
    Oh, I do so enjoy writing letters here.

    hallstuff.jpg
    This assortment of weapons I've collected while adventuring helps me write. I've also got a collection of glass daggers on the chest nearby, but I'm afraid I didn't get a picture of that.

    Moving onto the second floor...

    upstairs01.jpg
    Ah, the raiment of the Arena Champion. Those were fun times.

    upstairs02.jpg
    And here's some Turpentine and a painter's apron. Once again, I'm afraid I can't go into detail.


    Now, if you'll come with me to my room, please.

    myroom01.jpg
    As you enter, you can see my spare set of glass armor sitting near my bureau. The rest of the armor are pieces I used to wear. Well, except for the Daedric helm. That's just for show.

    upstairs03.jpg
    A curiass from each of the towns that lost men in the defense of Blade's headquarters. You can also see a couple staffs I've received from Daedric princes. The items on top of the cabinet are... off-limits.

    upstairsdesk.jpg
    My desk. I do my writing downstairs, but I read here.

    upstairsdisplay.jpg
    Pretty, aren't they? All flawless, I assure you.

    upstairsshelves.jpg
    I hope to fill these shelves soon, but sorting them is such a pain.

    I have a mod that adds the display cases to the Skingrad house- everything else I really did collect during the game, and placed it all there manually, no placement mods or anything.

    The placement issues are the only reason I haven't done this. Now, if I posted my screeens from Morrowind, you'd make fun of me.

    deowolf on
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  • yalborapyalborap Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    deowolf wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Let's have a little looksee at the treasures decorating my Skingrad manor.

    (Spoiler'd for lots of pics.)
    Starting off, the dining room.


    diningroom01.jpg
    Here, we have some enchanted Elven artifacts, as well as some beautiful rings and an amulet.

    diningroom02.jpg
    This arrow is very special to me. It's called the Rose of Sithis. I'm afraid I can't tell you anything more about it- business, you understand.


    Moving on to the main floor stairs...

    halldesk.jpg
    Oh, I do so enjoy writing letters here.

    hallstuff.jpg
    This assortment of weapons I've collected while adventuring helps me write. I've also got a collection of glass daggers on the chest nearby, but I'm afraid I didn't get a picture of that.

    Moving onto the second floor...

    upstairs01.jpg
    Ah, the raiment of the Arena Champion. Those were fun times.

    upstairs02.jpg
    And here's some Turpentine and a painter's apron. Once again, I'm afraid I can't go into detail.


    Now, if you'll come with me to my room, please.

    myroom01.jpg
    As you enter, you can see my spare set of glass armor sitting near my bureau. The rest of the armor are pieces I used to wear. Well, except for the Daedric helm. That's just for show.

    upstairs03.jpg
    A curiass from each of the towns that lost men in the defense of Blade's headquarters. You can also see a couple staffs I've received from Daedric princes. The items on top of the cabinet are... off-limits.

    upstairsdesk.jpg
    My desk. I do my writing downstairs, but I read here.

    upstairsdisplay.jpg
    Pretty, aren't they? All flawless, I assure you.

    upstairsshelves.jpg
    I hope to fill these shelves soon, but sorting them is such a pain.

    I have a mod that adds the display cases to the Skingrad house- everything else I really did collect during the game, and placed it all there manually, no placement mods or anything.

    The placement issues are the only reason I haven't done this. Now, if I posted my screeens from Morrowind, you'd make fun of me.

    Post 'em.

    yalborap on
  • CarnivoreCarnivore Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    God my Hlaalu house from Morrowind became a fucking impregnable fortress, you could get guards, outhouses, a barracks, a perimeter wall. Fucking A. I had a room in there with EVERYTHING displayed, like a thousand swords all in a row.

    Must have spent about 20 hours just arranging this perfect museum. And this was the GOTY edition on the Xbox, where at any moment it could crash with disc read errors and wipe your save.

    Carnivore on
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  • deowolfdeowolf is allowed to do that. Traffic.Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    You guys are making me feel better about my OCD here. Thanks.

    Soon as take new ones, I'll show the mueseum I have in my PMB.

    deowolf on
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  • fogeymanfogeyman Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I don't know, I killed the gatekeeper in a minute or less. I haven't met an opponent who can take away more than 1/4 of my life before I kill them.

    Question: when something offers resistance to "magic," does that mean all of the elements (fire, cold, lightning, and whatever else there is)? Or does it just protect against some separate type of damage called simply magic damage (like Diablo 2)?

    fogeyman on
  • CarnivoreCarnivore Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Any kind of damage caused by a spell or enchantment.

    Like how Ive got a 100% magic resistance mage killing outfit that makes me invulnerable to magical attacks.

    Carnivore on
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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Carnivore wrote: »
    Any kind of damage caused by a spell or enchantment.

    Like how Ive got a 100% magic resistance mage killing outfit that makes me invulnerable to magical attacks.

    My friend prefers Spell Absorption but I rather like Spell Reflection. My character doesn't take too much damage anymore because he has very high Damage Reflection (melee) and Spell Reflection. I just tend to block a wee bit more and attack more aggressively since I tend to be less worried about enemies doing a lot of damage to me as they also do it to themselves most often.

    Lucky Cynic on
  • INeedNoSaltINeedNoSalt with blood on my teeth Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    KKprofit wrote: »
    There is a great mod that adds all kinds of spells.. including force push and force choke. Its great. i dont remember the name.

    If anyone does know what this mod is, linkplz.

    INeedNoSalt on
  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    That's pretty awesome DarkPrimus. Never had the patience for that. I'd always start off trying to arrange stuff, but would eventually get frustrated when it all mysteriously had fallen to the floor while I was out of the house. So I just ended up equipment-coordinating whatever storage was present in the house. 50 hours later it was learned that I didn't have as much stuff as remembered because houses had a cap on how many objects could exist in the map. :/

    Cilla Black on
  • KKprofitKKprofit Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    KKprofit on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I don't know how you can stand putting the books upright in the shelf.

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Mod looks amazing. Getting it now

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    KKprofit wrote: »

    I have one thing to say after looking through the Youtube videos of the spells.

    Holy shit.

    If only Bethsoft had included even only a portion of these it would've made mages much more interesting to play. So much potential, but they just left it there. I especially love the objects floating around the player. Very much in keeping with the whole 'eccentric wizard using magic in daily life' thing.

    edit: I'm positive there was a book placement mod that allowed easy/easier upright placing of books on bookshelves. Can't remember the name of it though.

    edit2: That download link's broken. The TESSource one seem to work though.

    Suriko on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Holy shit this mod looks fun.

    I really want to learn how to make my own stuff in the construction set.

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I wonder if the Telekinesis Whirlwind is strong enough to make a sort of katamari effect.

    Lucky Cynic on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    katamari mod?

    That would rape computers.

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • MachismoMachismo Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    katamari mod?

    That would rape computers.

    I want to roll the entire Imperial City into the sea. That would rule.

    Machismo on
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  • DrovekDrovek Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    The Assassin's Rush spell looks amazing and incredibly useful.

    The "Warhammer of Power" thing looks fun as heck, would need a place with quite a few enemies (and some space) to fully enjoy it, but the "Become Sauron" potential is there.

    I'm not sure about the spells that are coming close to being Final Fantasy, but otherwise it looks like it could be fun to try with a pure mage (haven't done one yet in Oblivion).

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Zilla84 wrote: »

    I need a spell that calls down disco lights.

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  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Zilla84 wrote: »

    I need a spell that calls down disco lights.
    Looks like it's part of that spell mod.

    Not sure if the music is a part of the spell though. If so, that can probably be removed without too much hassle in the CS.

    Edit: ahahaha, oh man, it even has smoke effects

    Cilla Black on
  • SilpheedSilpheed Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Damn, I really regret taking Alteration, Destruction and Restoration as majors. If I could change anything I would drop Alteration like a bad habit.

    Silpheed on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I have every mage school and alchemy as my majors.

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Wow, some of these spells are just amazingly cool.

    Hand of God

    Black Hole

    Black Hole doesn't look as cool, but it does look like it'd be amazingly useful in a fight.

    Cilla Black on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I was thinking of adding a Frozen Orb spell ala Diablo 2.

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Don't forget to add in Mephisto too so we can all spam it on him.

    Cilla Black on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Zilla84 wrote: »
    Don't forget to add in Mephisto too so we can all spam it on him.

    :lol:

    And level him for Normal, Nightmare, and Hell?

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • Cilla BlackCilla Black Priscilla!!! Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Sure.

    But give him cold immunity for Hell difficulty and watch everyone shit themselves in impotent rage.

    Cilla Black on
  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Or some melee strikes that add effects and stuff. Shoryuken!

    Zen Vulgarity on
  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I want an Armageddon spell like in Ultima.

    Couscous on
  • KreutzKreutz Blackwater Park, IARegistered User regular
    edited April 2007
    titmouse wrote: »
    I want an Armageddon spell like in Ultima.

    Kreutz on
  • MordrackMordrack Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I don't know how you can stand putting the books upright in the shelf.
    Nobody should be without the Decorator Assistant.

    Mordrack on
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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    Mordrack wrote: »
    I don't know how you can stand putting the books upright in the shelf.
    Nobody should be without the Decorator Assistant.

    I think I love you.

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  • SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    I have every mage school and alchemy as my majors.

    Me too. And I've yet to use Alchemy.

    Suds on
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  • SamphisSamphis Registered User regular
    edited April 2007
    FYI: Dusk/Dawnfang re-levels every day/night.

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