Oblivion - PC (First Impressions)

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 24th, 2006, 10:02

Lateralus wrote:Postman had better be bringing it for me today, or a death will be done upon him.

Careful, they have high agility and endurance.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 24th, 2006, 10:04

Its ok, my room overlooks the front door, and I have a pot of oil simmering away here so if he doesn't deliver it then I shall simply pour the oil over him and kill him to death.

Strawberry Dragon · Post by **Strawberry Dragon** » March 24th, 2006, 10:06

Lateralus wrote:Its ok, my room overlooks the front door, and I have a pot of oil simmering away here so if he doesn't deliver it then I shall simply pour the oil over him and kill him to death.

But then you'll never recieve it...

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 24th, 2006, 10:08

CURSES!

Foiled again.

Well, I'll see what he brings first and then decide on the punishment to mete out. If its another bill then it may be severe. If its Oblivion, he may live.

For now.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » March 24th, 2006, 11:10

My sweeped up copy has crashed about 7-8 times so far

Anyone else had any problems?

Other than that the game is superb and very very big.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » March 24th, 2006, 11:49

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 24th, 2006, 11:54

mrbobbins wrote:

I see your Oblivion, and raise you
<img width=1024 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/ ... o-0027.jpg" />

OBLIVION!

W00t w00t.

And no - I couldn't get it bigger on my phone, but any arguments and I'll post a full 3 megapixel one instead.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » March 24th, 2006, 12:07

YAY! go mr postman, you're earning your money today!

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 24th, 2006, 12:10

However, I am being a good lad today and not installing it till I've done quite a bit more reading. The temptation is almost overwhelming, but I will not cave!

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 24th, 2006, 12:14

Are you reading to raise a particular skill level?

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 24th, 2006, 12:42

Umm, well. It'll be raising my "Knowledge of matters relating to my dissertation" level, so yes.

Post by **Joose** » March 24th, 2006, 13:04

spoodie wrote:My sweeped up copy has crashed about 7-8 times so far
Anyone else had any problems?

Actually, mine has been remarkably bug free. The only times its crashed were once when I had exited; it closed *then* crashed, curiously, and once when I alt-tabbed out whilst it was loading a new area. This upset it. A lot.

Other than that, its been solid as a rock, and bloody quick too. If only more games were made this will

*looks pointedly at beef*

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 24th, 2006, 15:51

spoodie wrote:My sweeped up copy has crashed about 7-8 times so far
Anyone else had any problems?

Yes, and mine is the proper version. It's crashed about 6 times now - I can't even get out of the fucking cell at the start

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » March 24th, 2006, 19:03

Roman_Totale wrote:
spoodie wrote:My sweeped up copy has crashed about 7-8 times so far
Anyone else had any problems?
Yes, and mine is the proper version. It's crashed about 6 times now - I can't even get out of the fucking cell at the start

Hmm that's pretty bad, mine was fine till i got outside then crashed quite a lot when loading, check this out for some possible fixes

http://www.elderscrolls.com/forums/inde ... pic=277963

Post by **Roman Totale** » March 24th, 2006, 19:23

Aye, mine is fine now - something t do with the HP printer.

Now I'm out spanging people good and proper. What character builds have people gone for by the way? I'm a Breton Spellsword.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 24th, 2006, 19:35

Oblivion readme wrote:INPUT
-ALT+TAB may cause some game instability with some hardware configurations and is not advised.

Just installed it now. Character screenies to come later. I'm expecting I'll play a Wood Elf Thief/Assassin/Ninja because it was my favourite character in Morrowind. Following that is likely to be an Orc

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » March 24th, 2006, 19:54

Oh yeah, heres something Berk put me on to.

http://www.facegen.com/

This is the software used to render the character's faces in the game, including the main player's one. If you have a photograph of your face from the front and one from each side in profile, it will render your face. Although in the (free) demo you can't save the outcome, you can note all of the slider settings, and recreate your own face fairly accurately for your character in the game.

The outcome itself is horribly realistic, especially if you chose to use the textures from the photo to be used on the render because it then adds stubble, moles etc.

Post by **FatherJack** » March 24th, 2006, 20:24

Non-recursive Tesco Value Oblivion:

Chickenz · Post by **Chickenz** » March 24th, 2006, 21:48

hmmm time is 21:47, been drinking since 5 and the taxi is on the way for me to go to tescos. lol drink = FTW but is it worth the 50 quid to get it now?

Post by **FatherJack** » March 24th, 2006, 21:52

It's 30 quid, unless you mean the 360 version