ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION "GOLD"

[Zakhal]

1.Install plugin with MPM morrowind plugin manager
2.Apply plugins correctly from morrowind setup
3.Merge plugins with TESTool

MPM - utility to install/uninstall plugins easily
TESTool - utility to merge different mods together (use this once after you have installed all the mods)

My list of mods (these all work together):

1.Morrowind patch 1.6.2 (extra patch)
2.Textpatch for morrowind
3.Better bodies 2.2
4.Justfaceit
5.Justfaceit2
6.Qarls hot girls
7.Tamrielic features
8.World of faces
9.GS seyada neen complete
10.Super adventures 302
11.Necessities of morrowind
12.Sound1
13.Sound2
14.Sound3
15.Sound4
16.Weathered signs1.1
17.Pegasus horse ranch
18.Visual 2.11
19.Visual 2.2
20.Visual XT
21.20 books

D/L mods from: http://www.mwmythicmods.com/telesphoros.htm

Mostly its just graphics, sounds, gameplay and reality enhancements. You have to eat and drink and sleep etc. Graphics are much better.

[ravinhood]

Yeah that was another thing about Morrowind, the creatures for the most part were crappy as hell. Them flying prehistoric things everyone complained there were too many of, totally rediculous for a fantasy setting. Stupid fish that would fight you on the waters edge. Larva, that had to be the most stupid of all. It was hard to get immersed into Morrowind. As much as I tried it just didn't feel right.

I too did those long walks between towns in Daggerfall, night time was especially spooky, and I came up on cemetaries and crypts quite a bit, some I'd try to do them and they'd be too tough or I'd get lost inside them and almost never find my way back out. Simply fantastic game. Best rpg all around for me. The Baldur's Gate series was good for a storyline, but, nothing can touch Daggerfall for a real open ended never ending world to get lost in. I even tried one time to walk to the mountains base you always saw in the distance, haha I never made it. Daggerfall musta been 500 square miles I swear.

[Zakhal]

ORIGINAL: ravinhood

Yeah that was another thing about Morrowind, the creatures for the most part were crappy as hell. Them flying prehistoric things everyone complained there were too many of, totally rediculous for a fantasy setting. Stupid fish that would fight you on the waters edge. Larva, that had to be the most stupid of all. It was hard to get immersed into Morrowind. As much as I tried it just didn't feel right.

Thanks to the mods I have seen only two prehistoric flying things on my travels and neither attacked me. Also fish seem much more peaceful.

For fish there was a fishing mod even with boat and all but they never finished it.

I have plugin that gives 10% running boost, I have athletics as main skill plus horse ranch plugin that I can buy horses from. No more walking for hours.

Daggerfall had horses too if I recall right. Clippety cloppety I still remember the sound.

[Maliki]

Thanks to the mods I have seen only two prehistoric flying things on my travels and neither attacked me. Also fish seem much more peaceful

Dp you have that non-aggression mod?The one where most of the wildlife will only attack in self defense or if your too close.

[ilovestrategy]

ORIGINAL: ravinhood

Yeah that was another thing about Morrowind, the creatures for the most part were crappy as hell. Them flying prehistoric things everyone complained there were too many of, totally rediculous for a fantasy setting. Stupid fish that would fight you on the waters edge. Larva, that had to be the most stupid of all. It was hard to get immersed into Morrowind. As much as I tried it just didn't feel right.

I too did those long walks between towns in Daggerfall, night time was especially spooky, and I came up on cemetaries and crypts quite a bit, some I'd try to do them and they'd be too tough or I'd get lost inside them and almost never find my way back out. Simply fantastic game. Best rpg all around for me. The Baldur's Gate series was good for a storyline, but, nothing can touch Daggerfall for a real open ended never ending world to get lost in. I even tried one time to walk to the mountains base you always saw in the distance, haha I never made it. Daggerfall musta been 500 square miles I swear.

I agree with ya on that one Ravin on Daggerfall. Best rpg I ever played and I have played a lot of them.

[Maliki]

Its available in some places today.

I know what i'm going to be doing tonight.A bottle of Shasta,pop in a Rush CD,microwave a burrito and its pure geek heaven from there on out.

[ravinhood]

Lol couldn't wait could yah?

[sol_invictus]

I'm going to grab a copy tommorrow.

[TheHellPatrol]

So...How does it play in regards to PC specs? I remember Morrowind inspired me to buy my first gaming rig, Falcon Northwest. Sure some of the characters were less than pretty but by God the enviroment was mindblowing!
I am a little skeptical, something i've aqquired from another Matrix regular who shall remain anonymous but whose initials are "ravinhood"[:'(]. even though my Alienware rig now boasts a 6800GT 256mg card coupled with my 1024 DDR Ram, So...how will it run???

[Maliki]

This definitly does have an epic feel to it.

The enviroments are gorgeous.I stood up on a rock and just stared across a valley for 5 minutes soaking it all in.The combat is also more intuitive now that they took away the hidden dice rolls.You see something you bash it.It tries to bash you..you block.

Though now that you can block with weapons it kind of takes away the need for a shield.I guess for aesthetics you could still have one,and for the armor skill.

Some things i don't like:Medium armor is gone,as is the unarmored skill(along with several others),Short sword and long sword are combined into one skill group called Blades.I really don't like the menus for Inventory,map,journal,etc to me they are a mess and a pain to navigate through.I'm also a little bummed that they allowed you so much more customization of the characters physical features but stripped down what kind of character you could develop from gameplay.

Don't get me wrong theres still alot of skills and the game is fun,but i would gladly give up being able to fully customize facial features for some more,and varied,skill sets.

[Zakhal]

I still havent finished morrowind so there is no hurry though I do have oblivion (SE) on order.

Horses in morrowind are just great. You can gallop for miles like wind before the horse gets tired and it slows to trot (which is still faster than char running). And if you have money you can train it to last longer and be faster even. The really rich can breed unicorns that can be grown to have wings and fly over the mountains.

Horses and the less aggressive wild life totally changed morrowind for me. Dont know how I played the game without them before. Here are pics from one the mod pages:







Doesnt do justice for them really. The horses are finely animated.

[ilovestrategy]

been playing Oblivion today, I really like it, I'll keep you guys posted on how it turns out [:)]

[wodin]

Ive had ago aswell. Graphics are great. Not sure how long it will hold me for.

Ive excaped the sewers and killed a witch in a cave. Does anyone know do I go back into the city or head out into the wilderness?

[sol_invictus]

Whichever you please. I adventured in the wilds around Cyrodil for a bit and then went to town to sell my loot and get a couple of quests. I have played almost forty hours so far and not even gotten to Martin yet. I intend to make this game last a long time.

[wodin]

Ive explored a few places near wher eyou start off. Ive just been to see Joffre. IS there a time limit here? Joining a guild seems odd when Im supposed to find Martin ASAP.

Also Ive killed the Bandits in the crumbling ine. However I dont know who Im supposed to have seen for that quest. I can peek at another room but cant get to it in the mine.

[sol_invictus]

You can complete the main quest at your leisure. There is no rush. I have joined two guild and completed several minor quests and haven't proceeded past finding Jauffre in the main quest. I recently ctracted vampirism and that has sent me in a whole new direction for the moment. I like to complete several minor quests while I slowly progress along the main quest storyline. Some people just blaze through to complete the main quest and then wonder around. The choice is yours.

[Marc von Martial]

Just arrived via courier, now on to install it

[ravinhood]

Mark shouldn't you be working on Combat Leader and EIA and other games that yall are taking your sweet time about getting out instead of playing games?

[Marc von Martial]

ORIGINAL: ravinhood

Mark shouldn't you be working on Combat Leader and EIA and other games that yall are taking your sweet time about getting out instead of playing games?

My task list for these games has no items left currently [:'(]

Seriously, it will end up like every other game I buy. I play it for a few hours and then get so "sidetracked" with work again that is collects dust [8|] ......

[wodin]

My major gripe is lockpicks! Ive cleared out a fair few forts but many chests have been left alone as I run out of lockpicks real quick. I just cant see myself going through allthose areas again with a mass of lockpicks..yawn..