Skyrim...with guns
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04/24/14 08:18 PM
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Haha. Of course, I mean Fallout 3, which I've never been able to play before. My laptop plays it smooth as silk. Wow. I'm having the best time since Skyrim came out.
It seems huge, so I'm just giving myself level after level of the perk that gives you an extra stat point. I hope that doesn't prove to be my downfall, but I was able to max out Intelligence quickly that way. Somehow I think there will be lots of levelling up to come.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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04/24/14 09:53 PM
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Yeah !! Go, go, go, hagatha !!
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
[Re: hagatha]
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04/25/14 12:26 AM
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Still, doesn't matter what game I play, I always seem to play the sneaky, lockpicky, computer hacky type.
This is like a cross between Skyrim and Half life 2.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
[Re: hagatha]
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04/25/14 12:02 PM
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Rowan, I had to use tweaks, but it's running almost perfectly. Every now and then the game freezes, but yesterday I played for about 9 hours without a hitch.
The main tweaks are to play the game in the same resolution as the desktop, and turn off the three autosave options in the game (travel, sleep and area transitions). The latter made a huge difference. I went from frequent freezing to almost none.
If you can get this running on your machine, it is fantastic. Seriously fantastic.
Edit: I'm also running Win 7 on this laptop.
Last edited by hagatha; 04/25/14 12:18 PM.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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04/25/14 01:38 PM
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I must admit that in these open world games I spend more time exploring than I do completing quests. It's just so much darned FUN going to the next town/dungeon to explore.
So New Vegas isn't an open world? Hm. maybe I won't like it, then.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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04/25/14 04:57 PM
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Oh, I will play it - I bought it some time ago, though I had forgotten about it.
In the mean time, I seem to be having freezing problems with Fallout 3 today. Yesterday I had none. Strange.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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04/25/14 10:54 PM
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I'll bear that in mind when I play it.
I suppose one of these days I should get back to finding Dear Old Daddy here in Fallout3.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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04/28/14 11:38 PM
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Holy smoke, this is a good game. My only complaint is that the loop of music that Three Dog plays is too short. It would have been nice if they'd inserted a dozen or two hours of it instead of the same few songs over and over.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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04/30/14 06:40 PM
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Right now I'm cruising around the edges of the world and finding some neat things. Satellite arrays, really nasty monsters. I suppose soon I should actually do some quests, but I love just rambling around in these big Bethesda sandboxes.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
[Re: looney4labs]
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05/01/14 12:58 AM
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Just don't get too lost Heh heh. There's a perk that shows you the location of every place on the map. I don't have it, because I like exploring. So, this game doesn't play nice with Win 7 but with a couple of tweaks I've managed to play without too much trouble. Definitely worth the effort.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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05/01/14 12:37 PM
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Just be prepared to follow the tweaks on the Steam forum. I still get several freezes a day, but they tend to cluster in specific areas, 90% of the time in indoor locations during combat. It isn't bad enough to make me stop playing, that's for sure.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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05/29/14 12:50 AM
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Just as an update. By using the tweaks, especially by editing the .ini file, I've had the game running flawlessly on my Win 7 laptop for weeks. Only one crash in all that time.
And now I get to start Fallout New Vegas for the first time.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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05/29/14 01:13 AM
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Ain't life grand?! I'm playing Metro 2033 right now and loving it.
Once again, weeds are my life!
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Re: Skyrim...with guns
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05/29/14 11:45 AM
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I have about 15 games lined up for playing right now. Life is grand, indeed.
I think I'm quite ready for another adventure.
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