Thursday, December 22, 2011

Skyrim: Miscellaneous Item Codes for Modding

A list of codes that can be used in console commands if you are playing on a PC.
http://www.ign.com/wikis/the-elder-scrolls-5-skyrim/Item%20Codes#Perks


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Skyrim: Dragon Armor versus Daedric Armor

Which armor is best?  The stats are better on Daedric armor but dragon armor is made from more easily found items and it is also lighter in weight.
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Armor

Here's an in-depth discussion of this issue.
http://forums.techarena.in/video-games/1439475.htm

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Skyrim Mod Articles (PCs)

The Skyrim Mod Forge is doing a weekly series on various Skyrim mods.  It's worth checking out if you are looking for mods to improve your PC version of the game.  The link below is to article 1.  Further articles appear in the Related Articles bar above this one so you can read on.
http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/11/23/the-skyrim-mod-forge-–-episode-1-–-large-address-and-steady-growth/

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Skyrim: Interactive Map

The new Elder Scrolls wiki has four interactive maps, one for each general region, on their site.  Choose an area and that will load below the four regional thumbnail maps.  The icon legend is at the bottom of the page.
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Map_(Skyrim)

Here's the map with annotations to help you find places.
http://www.gamebanshee.com/skyrim/mapofskyrim.php

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Skyrim: Crafting Daedric Armor

Apparently most Daedric armor must be crafted by high level characters.  Here is a list of the different types you can make along with their raw materials and stats.
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Daedric_Armor_(Skyrim)

There appear to be two kinds of Daedric armor, regular and Legendary.  This article has a video on the process.
http://justforgamer.blogspot.com/2011/11/skyrim-daedric-armor-how-to-create.html

Here are a list of Daedric weapons.
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Daedric_Weapons_(Skyrim)

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Skyrim Fixes (PC)

Here's a site with help for Skyrim problems on PCs.  I can't guarantee these fixes will work but there are so many problems with Skyrim's implementation on Steam, I'm posting it.
http://crashfixes.com/fixing-skyrim-crashes-freezes-errors-steam-crash-no-sound-lags-choppy-framerates/

Skyrim has a lot of cache problems.  However Betheseda writes to the Steam cache files often corrupts the cache files.  Once the cache files are corrupted in Steam, it's a fragile system and a lot of problems occur.  As long as you can rebuild the cache file, it'll be ok.

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Skyrim: Glowing Ore Veins Mod

Download location and description of a mod that makes the ore veins in the game glow.
http://www.skyrimnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=193

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Skyrim Patch 1.3 Won't Launch

The Solo MMO Player couldn't get Skyrim to launch after Patch 1.3 hit today.  He had to clear out his Steam cache as described here to get it to launch on his PC.
http://aksn1p3r.blogspot.com/2011/11/skyrim-launch-fail-heres-steam-fix.html

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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Skyrim: How To Cure Vampirism

http://www.gamefront.com/skyrim-how-to-cure-vampirism/

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Vampirism_(Skyrim)

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Thursday, December 1, 2011

Skyrim: Can Shadowmere Be Killed?

Shadowmere has more health than other horses in Skyrim and can recover health fairly quickly, but can be killed.  (The Solo MMO Player says he's not a jumper.) Apparently there is console code for the PC version of the game to resurrect the horse but the Elder Scrolls wiki says that the horse will respawn in the death location 15-20 days later automatically.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Shadowmere

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Skyrim: Which Side Are You On, Boys?

Early in the game you are asked to pick sides in the civil war.  Will you choose the Stormcloaks or the Imperial Army?  I can't find information about whether the choice you make closes off quest lines, but I did find this explanation of the war and what happens when you choose.
http://www.justpushstart.com/2011/11/12/skyrim-imperial-army-or-the-stormcloak-the-breakdown-and-the-consequences/

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