Has the 1.2 patch been released for the PC? Just reading about the patch for the PS3 which has introduced new bugs including backwards flying dragons. They recommend avoiding it.

Oh Bethesda :'D

I'm sort of glad but also sad I haven't played it yet (getting it for Christmas from parents). Sounds like I'm missing out on all the fun.

It also breaks a couple of my smithing mods too. One plus side I've found from it is that the FOV for my 16:10 monitor is now set to 85 by default. No more having to enter the console every time I launch the game to change it!

 

On the down side, they added the stupid unskippable "Bethesda" logo back after I'd explicitly deleted it earlier. That annoyed me a bit and meant another trek into my Steamapps folder to remove it again.

 

I hate unskippable logos with a passion :(

Are the controls or menus or inventory bits modified at all? I tried the inventory mod but it didn't work for some reason. Unskippable intros :@ I deleted the video after a couple of times starting the game.

Don't know. I'm still using the inventory mod. Worked fine for me, all you have to do is to just unzip it into your Skyrim\Data folder and it should work fine from there.

I have strangeness alt-tabbing. It goes to the desktop fine but when I alt-tab back it shows a black screen in a window. Alt-tab again back around to Skyrim and it always goes back to the game.

Mine does the same thing.

Mr (Mrs/Miss/Ms?) Lucy said it crashes sometimes alt-tabbing. Dunno if he meant the same thing.

 

I've been carrying some spell tomes not realising they were for learning new spells. I've got 48 other books which I've picked up but haven't read. Dunno if I should bother to or not. A few have increased some skills and one added a new quest.

Man I never bother picking books up - I just read them on the shelf. I've got quite a few spells I can't even use now, cos they need six times more mana than I have :$

Exactly the same here. It's always been that way for me. Alt-Tabbing out is fine. To go back, you always have to alt-tab to Skyrim, then do it a second time to get back.

And the FOV stuff with the patch was wrong. Must have typed it in without realising before :( .

I don't have a chance to play for long at a time so I tend to pick up the books and think I might read them later. Probably using up loads of my inventory weight. I might drop them off somewhere and think about reading them later.

 

So far loving the game. About 5 hours in and am getting quite hooked now :D

Wait, you actually read them? Like, not just open them then close them straight away just for the potential skill increase? 8-O

No, I meant I "read" them, pick them up and have stored them just in case they are worth proper reading, which I haven't done yet.

Fucking cheating metagamer. :@

Now up to level 24 and just done the seven thousand steps to find the next bit of the main quest line but I have so many other things that require my attention like assasinations etc........must get back to the game soon.....Bethesda crack more like

Not that I have tried crack but I imagine it is every bit as addictive as this. I kept thinking "bed soon" last night and kept saying it til 2am. it's not a good game for decent sleeping patterns.

 

Up to level 7 at the mo. I'd probably say I'm a mate but I use my shield/Kellogg's Frosties sword (yes, I called it that) when I run out of Magicka. I should probably try other spells but find my dual casting fire hands can defeat most things I've come across so far.

 

Are soul gems just for recharging enchanted items? I don't think I ever got arouns to using them in Oblivion but seem to remember picking some up.

You soul gems for creating new enchants too.

As you get higher using soul crystals is a must for enchanting weapons and armour and then re charging same as they deplete with use, you can be fire proof, poison or set fire too , even drain souls and drain life or blood with each impact or block. A word of warning for low level players , you will get a particular blade in one of the side quests which is the only way to defeat tree wraiths, don't ever throw it away, also don't forget to train in blacksmithing as its essential for making super advanced weapons and armour.

Yes, new enchants and recharging was what I meant. Made my Kellogg's Frosties Sword with a soul gem I found which was already full when I found it. So what's the difference between the different ones, petty, common, etc. I assume they hold different types/levels of creatures giving larger capacities or something?

Made my first enchanted weapon last night which was fun. Found an enchanting table in some dungeon. I'd cleared most of the place, coming to the last rooms and could hear someone banging away at a forge. Couldn't see where it was coming from but could hear it down the corridors. Love the atmosphere in this game.

 

Did two almost identical quests last night involving claws. Completed the first and randomly decided to start another which happened to involve the same things so was bored by the end.of that one. Might not get much of a chance to play over the weekend :(