TES 4: Oblivion

[Dukat]

Started playing this yesterday, its stunning, simply stunning.

My only issue with it is that i can't max the graphics settings on my current setup. Kinda dissapointing, instead i get "Ultra high quality" but no AA.

Playing it at 1280 x 1024 at ultra high quality with very little slowdown, even in the outdoor areas.

Wondering how it will run on my PC...

I've got a p4 2.8ghz with 1gb of DDR RAM, and a radeon 9600.

I guess if I have to I'll play with the settings turned down though - I cant afford to upgrade the PC at the moment

 

[Krait]

Wondering how it will run on my PC...

I've got a p4 2.8ghz with 1gb of DDR RAM, and a radeon 9600.

I guess if I have to I'll play with the settings turned down though - I cant afford to upgrade the PC at the moment

I've seen some people saying it runs well on slower machines.....but i'd take that with a pinch of salt

I'm actually downloading it from direct2drive atm......could'nt be bothered to wait for tomorrow.

 

[Naffets]

I've seen some people saying it runs well on slower machines.....but i'd take that with a pinch of salt

I'm actually downloading it from direct2drive atm......could'nt be bothered to wait for tomorrow.

Performance tweak guide here:

http://ideveloper.pandora-studios.com/files/OblivionSettingsGuide.txt

All geforce FX users are having problems, its resolved in that guide.

 

[Krait]

Mines an overclocked x850xt pe..............hopefully it will run well on very high settings (when it eventually downloads )

 

[Lamp]

Game looks awesome.

Only PC I can use at mo is 512 RAM and GForce 440 Titanium i

Reckon it will run ok on that ?

 

[Naffets]

Game looks awesome.

Only PC I can use at mo is 512 RAM and GForce 440 Titanium i

Reckon it will run ok on that ?

Probably not, at least not well.

 

[Outlander]

ok decided to get this and by gum it looks fantastic!

playing it atm with max effects on and with that HDR christ its a pleasure for my eyes

 

[Cylian]

ok decided to get this and by gum it looks fantastic!

playing it atm with max effects on and with that HDR christ its a pleasure for my eyes

sure does!

 

[Dukat]

got mine today also, impressed even though I'm not able to run mine on full gfx settings, they aint far off though, I expected much worse.

Love the sword fighting, the archery in that game is good fun also

Seems to be very very high in content... So far I've been exploring around the starting area, been through 3-4 dungeons so far and each of them have been suitably varied and enjoyable

Great game!

 

[tris-]

i love it. i found a couple dungeons and now on a quest to scope out some rogue traders.

 

[Fana]

Think it would run ok and look decent on a radeon9800pro 128meg, p4 2.8ghz, 1 gig ram on 1280x1024 ? - have to play it at that resolution since its my tft monitors native resolution, anything else looks weird.

 

[Thegreatest]

Think it would run ok and look decent on a radeon9800pro 128meg, p4 2.8ghz, 1 gig ram on 1280x1024 ? - have to play it at that resolution since its my tft monitors native resolution, anything else looks weird.

Not sure, I've got a Amd64 3000+ with 1GB ram and Radeon 9800Pro and I play it at 1024x768 with medium settings...It's playable, but the framerate drops to about 15-20fps often in crowded areas...But other than that I'm averaging around 30-35fps which is more than enough for this game

btw someone asked if it would work with a Ti 4400, the Geforce 4 series are not supported because they have an older version pixel shader (if I'm not wrong) so the game simply won't startup, same with battlefield 2.

 

[DavidH]

Think it would run ok and look decent on a radeon9800pro 128meg, p4 2.8ghz, 1 gig ram on 1280x1024 ? - have to play it at that resolution since its my tft monitors native resolution, anything else looks weird.

I got the exact same setup, give or take some differences in ram perhaps and some overclocking, and it runs fine here. Ofc, its not possible to max everything out. But you'll definitely get a very good gaming experience

 

[Raven]

Spoiler

It's also a bitch to murder someone to get into the Dark Brotherhood without having all your equipment confiscated

did that by mistake

the game is amazing, every time i finish a contract i just have to go and do another, cant turn the damn thing off.

 

[Naffets]

Im running a FX57, 1gb ddr, 16mb cache sata150 drive and a X1800XL and im running at:

1280 x 1024, ultra high quality detail
full draw distance, full tree distance, full building distance and with full shadows on, even tree canopy shadows. Full HDR aswell, Never drops below 20fps outside, and never below ~50 inside.

I had to restart last night though

 

[Vladamir]

Hehe paying suckers.

Torrent ftw

 

[Naffets]

Hehe paying suckers.

Torrent ftw

Actually, usenet for the win

Torrent idiots got it ~30 hours later than those on usenet.

Now whos the sucker?

 

[Raven]

well i bought it, i feel that games like this should be paid for because they are good, the developers deserve the money, ofc i dl games if they are average or substandard

 

[Vladamir]

Actually, usenet for the win

Torrent idiots got it ~30 hours later than those on usenet.

Now whos the sucker?

Don't you have to pay for usenet though?

 

[Drakulv]

Got bored 5 min into teh tutorial

 

[Naffets]

Don't you have to pay for usenet though?

For oblivion i effectively paid ~34 pence, or so. Not a lot really I'd rather pay that and get it a day ahead of most other people.

 

[DavidH]

Now whos the sucker?

You are. Downloading games is stupid because it ruins the chance for the company to create an even better game the next time.
I was in the warez business as a courier for several years, so I'm not exactly so clean myself, but now I know better.
Like Raven said, its well worth the cash to support a good company who creates great games.

 

[Raven]

have a rep DavidH

 

[Zede]

got it today, impressed so far

Gfx are like the best ever

worsk fine on hi-res with radeon 800 & 2 gig of ram


what class u guys go ?

 

[Krait]

Got bored 5 min into teh tutorial

Same here..............but once you get outside and see some cities and the quests start rolling in,it all becomes worth it.

So much to see and do and not a clue where to start though.

 

[Raven]

got it today, impressed so far

Gfx are like the best ever

worsk fine on hi-res with radeon 800 & 2 gig of ram


what class u guys go ?

went custom, acrobatics, marksman, blade, light armour, cant remember the rest. just robbed a sleaping soldier of a few items, noticed that they had the red hand on them (stolen) so wondered if i killed him and then took the items, would they be mine? so i did, and they were

 

[tris-]

i made a paladin type dude. only problem is i got a load of spells but the only hot key is 'c'. so how can i cast more than 1 spell without having to change the binding of this one key?

 

[Dukat]

what class u guys go ?

I made a Scout but customised it a bit.

Acrobatics
Armourer
Blade
Block
Marksmanship
Sneak
Security

Really enjoying it.

I've been trying to find the best hand to hand blade weapons, seems to me that the 2hand weapons are the better choice at lower level - you still seem to take damage when you block at apprentice level, and the shield slows you're attack speed, so I've been going without one lately, even when I've been using a 1hand weapon.

Loving the game so far, everything just really good. The quests are interesting, the places all look really good, so far I've played something like 15ish hours, but its clear that I've hardly even scratched the surface of this game.

Sorry to say it vlad but I'd rather pay for a decent game anyday, even though I'm practically broke atm I still think its worth buying a game you want when compared to these p2p networks. Like raven and davidH said the reason is to support the companies who actaully make the decent games, if everyone did what you did then alot of the games company would go out of business and we'd be left with tripe that EA and co reguarly dish out.

 

[Dukat]

i made a paladin type dude. only problem is i got a load of spells but the only hot key is 'c'. so how can i cast more than 1 spell without having to change the binding of this one key?

Go into the inventory, hold any number key from 1 to 8 and a small dial will appear, while holding the number key, click on a spell or a weapon. This will assign it to a hotkey for quick changing

I've been using it for weapons too - 1 for 1h weapon 2 for bow and 3 for 2h weapon, with my spells taking up 4 to 8.

 

[Vladamir]

worsk fine on hi-res with radeon 800 & 2 gig of ram

Wonder why