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**Fire Me Boy!** · 06-20-2009, 11:58 AM

So the guys at Bethesda let it slip a few months ago that Elder Scrolls V was in the works for 2010, and a friend said he read a possible release in 2009... I'm looking for the article, but I'm friggin' STOKED about a new Elder Scrolls game coming out in the next 12-18 months!!!

I think they can learn a lot with the successes and failures of their previous landmark releases like Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3 and make ESV an absolute KICK ASS game!

Frazod · 11-22-2011, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Gif Horse

You don't even need to use Steam to launch the game. Just double-click the exe from the game folder. (not the launcher)

The game folder is empty except for two folders, instal info and mods. No exe file in either one.

Very, very strange. It's like the game isn't there anymore.

Oh **** me.....

**Buck** · 11-22-2011, 08:23 PM

Just played for the first time since Saturday.

**** yes. Taking a nice break was refreshing.

I am trying to figure out how to disable the markers and the compass, but I can't get it to work.

Hammock Parties · 11-22-2011, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod

The game folder is empty except for two folders, instal info and mods. No exe file in either one.

Very, very strange. It's like the game isn't there anymore.

Oh **** me.....

Here's where my .exe is located:

D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim

You want TESV.exe

**Buck** · 11-22-2011, 08:34 PM

Okay, finally figured out how to turn off the compass. It's awesome. It sort of sucked knowing that something was near you that you haven't discovered yet. It's cool to discover it on your own.

Basically this is what it looks like. Its fun for exploring.

Frazod · 11-22-2011, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Gif Horse

Here's where my .exe is located:

D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\skyrim

You want TESV.exe

I backed up my games and am reinstalling the game from the disc.

SomeRandomGirl · 11-22-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

Okay, finally figured out how to turn off the compass. It's awesome. It sort of sucked knowing that something was near you that you haven't discovered yet. It's cool to discover it on your own.

This alone makes me want to go out and buy the pc version. I love exploring and finding things.

Oh and I still never found your dragon in the image you posted the other day. I'll admit I went back and looked for another 3 minutes or so.

**hometeam** · 11-22-2011, 08:48 PM

If you are playing on console you are cheating yourself. Once the mods on PC really hit, the game will be infinitely replayable.

Hammock Parties · 11-22-2011, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeRandomGirl

Oh and I still never found your dragon in the image you posted the other day. I'll admit I went back and looked for another 3 minutes or so.

**Buck** · 11-22-2011, 09:09 PM

Holy shit.

Everyone on PC, turn off the compass.

Imagine this setting.

It's late at night, approximately 11:30 pm. It's pitch black outside and you cant see that far ahead of you as you walk through the forest while a blizzard is hitting. Out of nowhere, you hear the growl of some ferocious beast, and you're not quite sure what it is. There is no red dot on your screen to warn you where the threat is coming from. You have to use your ears to figure it out.

This just happened to me.

It was a bear.

It was epic.

Do it.

WhiteWhale · 11-22-2011, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hometeam

If you are playing on console you are cheating yourself. Once the mods on PC really hit, the game will be infinitely replayable.

Indeed.

With as aggressive as the mod community is with ES games, I'm not sure why anyone would buy a console version.

I have Morrowind and Oblivion and both have about two dozen mods on them at least. Oblivion might have up to 50. Plus, it's fun to use the construction set to make your own stuff.

**Buck** · 11-22-2011, 09:16 PM

I was just out exploring, sans compass and I see a frost troll right in front of some stairs...so I killed the **** out of it and headed up the stairs.

THE STORY CONTINUES WITH SOME MINOR SPOILERS

Spoiler!

**Buck** · 11-22-2011, 09:18 PM

I think purchasing Skyrim on the PC instead of Console (I've been strictly console before this game and Battlefield 3), was the best gaming decision I've ever made.

Are FO3 and FO:NV anywhere as close to good as Skyrim is on the PC? I beat both on PS3, but want to know whether or not they are worth picking up in the next steam sale so I can add mods to them and play again.

Hammock Parties · 11-22-2011, 09:21 PM

They're basically the same game in a science fiction setting. Probably not as big, but just as immersive and fun.

SomeRandomGirl · 11-22-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

Indeed.

With as aggressive as the mod community is with ES games, I'm not sure why anyone would buy a console version.

I have Morrowind and Oblivion and both have about two dozen mods on them at least. Oblivion might have up to 50. Plus, it's fun to use the construction set to make your own stuff.

I came late to the ES games, personally having only played Oblivion before. My husband bought it for himself as a used copy between release dates for games he wanted. I quickly took over his game and it became mine. I replayed that game so many times.

Other than the Total War games and a little Age of Empires, I've never really played any games pc. I played FFXI for 5+ years, but again started out on the PS2 back then, only switching to pc later. I'm terrible at using the keyboard to navigate too, so I have that holding me back. I'm betting after reading this thread and seeing the fun things you guys are doing, I'll probably end up with the pc game too.

That being said, I would probably really enjoy this game on the pc.

SomeRandomGirl · 11-22-2011, 09:24 PM

And apparently I'm getting tired as I've now started repeating sentences... too lazy to edit it.

06-20-2009, 11:58 AM
Fire Me Boy! Cast Iron Jedi Join Date: Nov 2004 Casino cash: $9999900 VARSITY	Elder Scrolls V So the guys at Bethesda let it slip a few months ago that Elder Scrolls V was in the works for 2010, and a friend said he read a possible release in 2009... I'm looking for the article, but I'm friggin' STOKED about a new Elder Scrolls game coming out in the next 12-18 months!!! I think they can learn a lot with the successes and failures of their previous landmark releases like Morrowind, Oblivion and Fallout 3 and make ESV an absolute KICK ASS game!
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11-22-2011, 08:23 PM	#827
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $7649900	Just played for the first time since Saturday. **** yes. Taking a nice break was refreshing. I am trying to figure out how to disable the markers and the compass, but I can't get it to work.
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11-22-2011, 08:34 PM	#829
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $7649900	Okay, finally figured out how to turn off the compass. It's awesome. It sort of sucked knowing that something was near you that you haven't discovered yet. It's cool to discover it on your own. Basically this is what it looks like. Its fun for exploring.
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11-22-2011, 08:48 PM	#832
hometeam Supporter Join Date: Jul 2011 Casino cash: $2941956	If you are playing on console you are cheating yourself. Once the mods on PC really hit, the game will be infinitely replayable.
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11-22-2011, 09:09 PM	#834
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $7649900	Holy shit. Everyone on PC, turn off the compass. Imagine this setting. It's late at night, approximately 11:30 pm. It's pitch black outside and you cant see that far ahead of you as you walk through the forest while a blizzard is hitting. Out of nowhere, you hear the growl of some ferocious beast, and you're not quite sure what it is. There is no red dot on your screen to warn you where the threat is coming from. You have to use your ears to figure it out. This just happened to me. It was a bear. It was epic. Do it.
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11-22-2011, 09:16 PM	#836
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $7649900	I was just out exploring, sans compass and I see a frost troll right in front of some stairs...so I killed the **** out of it and headed up the stairs. THE STORY CONTINUES WITH SOME MINOR SPOILERS Spoiler! I climb up the stairs and at the top, there is a dead Frost Troll. I think to myself, that's weird, I wonder what the ** is out here that killed this Frost Troll? So I continue to climb up another set of stairs. At the top of that, there is another dead Frost Troll. Now I know I've never been here, so it couldn't have been me that killed it. I wonder what is going on? I get to the top of the next set of stairs (these are stone staircases going up a mountain btw), another 2 dead frost trolls. Now I'm freaking the ** out. I think to myself that whenever I get to the top of this mountain, I'm going to be greeted by some creature I've never seen before. I keep climbing, now there is one more dead frost troll, and like 4 charred human bodies. I get to the top and there is a Shout Temple or whatever they are called and I discovered the location Eldersblood Peak. It was pretty cool. I never found any other creatures, I'm assuming it was a dragon that took them all out. Either that or the poor Frost Troll I killed in the beginning of the story. He fought his way past all the other trolls, just to get taken down by the Dovahkiin. Poor little guy.
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11-22-2011, 09:18 PM	#837
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $7649900	I think purchasing Skyrim on the PC instead of Console (I've been strictly console before this game and Battlefield 3), was the best gaming decision I've ever made. Are FO3 and FO:NV anywhere as close to good as Skyrim is on the PC? I beat both on PS3, but want to know whether or not they are worth picking up in the next steam sale so I can add mods to them and play again.
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11-22-2011, 09:21 PM	#838
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $2850478	They're basically the same game in a science fiction setting. Probably not as big, but just as immersive and fun. __________________ Chiefs game films
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11-22-2011, 09:24 PM	#840
SomeRandomGirl Super Chunty Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Iowa Casino cash: $10004945	And apparently I'm getting tired as I've now started repeating sentences... too lazy to edit it.
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