Skyrim - Starting Wagon Glitch Limit FPS / Enable V-Sync

 You know what, it's been a while. Why not boot up some Skyrim and have another go at that game. So I did. Downloaded the game (11GB doesn't seem so bad anymore), max'ed out Graphics Settings and started the game.

I decided I would start a new game and character seeing as though it's been a while since I last played. But my problems immediately started there.

Starting Wagon Glitch

When you start the game and you're riding in the back of the wagon on your way to your execution, you find that the horse, wagon and everything is flying in every direction. Just a horrific spectacle of object crashing into each other and nauseating POV sinning.

Here's a video of my third experience when I recorded it.

The Issue

So after some Googling, I found that this glitch is related to the game's engine and it's inability to handle high framerates. I was running the game at 145 fps (average) on an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER. The idea is to limit your frames to no more than 60 fps.

Limiting Your Framerate

On PC, there's no real setting in the software to limit your frames. Also in most cases, your DO have V-Sync enabled already but most gaming monitors now are sync'd to be more than 60 FPS. So here is how I did it.

1. Open NVIDIA Control Panel
2. Go to 3D Settings > Manage 3D Settings

Here we are going to use the software to limit Skyrim to 60 fps.

1. Go to Program Settings tab
2. Add Skyrim (if you can't see it in the drop down)
3. Go to the setting Max Frame Rate and set it to 60 FPS
4. Click Apply at the bottom
5. Start your game a test

Coming Soon: Elder Scrolls Online

Building on the already popular Elder Scrolls game series, the new Online game will bring the popular open world game to a MMO format.

As you will see in the video below, the creaters have built the world to encourgae exploration and social interaction along with the standard quests you have come to love. The games supports various gameply styles from running solo to large groups.

The creates have also built the game off a "Megaserver" concept. Meaning that everyone is on one big server, rather than spliting up regions and server sets. This helps locating and joining friends for raids much easier.

We expect to see Elder Scrolls Online to be released early 2013

Check out the video below and let us know what you think in the comments below.

How to Transfer Skyrim Game Save Files

This is a simple but just as important to some people. 

When moving or backing up your Skyrim game save file on the PC, you will find them in the following locations:

Windows Vista/7
C:\<User>\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves

Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\My Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Saves

*Replace <User> with your username on your own system.

Skyrim: Top 10 Tips

Skyrim is vast and open game and the possiblities in this game are endless it seems. However BSE have come up with some basic tips that we believe to be important when playing the game.

1. Saving

Saving is your friend. Save once, save twice... hang on did I just save? I’d better save again...just in case. Because automatic doesn't occur as frequent or reliably as we like, saving frequently “saves” you from having to do lengthy run through a dungeon or a path if you die in a boss battle.  And it'll save your LCD screen from having your controller/mouse thrown through it.

2. Level up your stamina

More stamina means you can carry more things. And things are great! You can make stuff with them like weapons and armour, sell them to merchants for coin, even display them in your house!  Also, pickpocket in the skill tree also gives you the “extra pockets” option which will allow you to have more storage in your inventory.

3. Career

Decide where you want to go in your Skill tree and stick to it.
For example,

• Melee Combat focused: For maximum hit points concentrate
  on smithing and enchanting (selling enchanted smithed weapons also
  gives you well deserved extra coin);


• Decide on a armour type - heavy or light and stick to it then level it up


• Choose one handed or two handed combat and stick to those weapons and level them.


• Block is also handy for close combat.

Only level up the skills relevant to the type of combat you are focusing on and which direction you want to take your character.

4. Potions

Stock up on health and stamina potions. They really come in handy!

5. Trainers

Use the trainers. You can level up your training in skills 5 times
per level for an amount of gold. Very efficient and no effort required
what so ever!  Also, Speech can be levelled up by simply
selling things. Sneaking can be levelled up by well...sneaking.

6. Companions

You can always take someone with you. There are mercenaries for
hire in taverns for a price.  If you get on the good side of a faction, they will offer to accompany you on your adventure to help you in battle.  Handy for those harder boss fights. (They are also handy to use to carry things as well - just remember to
take the things back!)

7. Books

See a book?  Read it! It might give you a spell, or a level up in
an attribute.  Also, there are some amusing stories out there in
Skyrim.

8. Food

Don't be afraid to eat or drink something you pick up.
Your character can learn from them and it will reveal one of
the effects for alchemy.

9. Currency

If you find yourself short of cash, go into a store where you
have made friends with the owner. They let you take items from the
shelves and sell it back to them. They will restock after a few days too,
so rinse and repeat. For example, in a potions shop, take all the ingredients, make them into potions and then sell the potions back to the merchant. Quick cash! (This also will increase your alchemy skill).

10. Giants

And last but not least.....Don't mess with the giants until you are ready!  Giants, as well as mammoths.  Try to defeat them after quite a few levels :)

Picture reference: http://bit.ly/JL3Bbs 

Skyrim: How to get married

Skyrim allows for a wide range of options and it is one of the reason the game is so popular. However there is one thing you can do in the game that most people avoid; Marriage.

In Skyrim, yo are able to marry certain characters within the game. There are some benefits from this, while not getting in the way of the game play. Some advantages are having your spouse taking care of your house, providing an income of money, and making food.

How to get married

So when I tried to get married, there wasn't a straight forward article on how to do this. Here is how you get married.

1. Speak to Maramal about marriage


2. Obtain and equip an Amulet of Mara (Either though looting, or buy it from the priest in Riften)


3. Speak to another character who would like to marry. If the option is available, you will ask them if they are interested in you. They are and you are interested in them, you will be engaged.


4. You will receive a Miscellaneous quest for "Speak to Maramal about arranging your wedding"


5. Go to Temple of Mara in Riften and speak with Maramal (Priest)


6. After speaking with the priest, the marriage will be arranged


7. Return to the temple between dusk and dawn, and your wedding will commence.


8. During the ceremony you will be asked for the "I Do's". Here you can either say yes or no.


9. After saying I do. Job Done!


10. Exit the dialogue with the priest and immediately talk to your spouse before they leave the temple to discuss living arrangements. Choose whether to live in your house, or your spouse's.


11. 10) Once you have decided on a place to live, your spouse will return there after 24-hours.

To buy a Amulet of Mara is 200 Gold from Maramal, or you can find one out in the world in chests or places.

My Disappearing Wife

So in writing this article I stepped through the process by marrying Camilla Valerius (from Riverwood). Once the wedding was over, before I had a chance to leave the dialogue, my spouse had turned and left the temple. Nowhere to be found. I searched for her at the shop, the temple and even my home in Whiterun. Nothing.

After reading some article I found this little gem in a list of software bugs.

In most cases the NPC spouse disappears after exiting the Temple of Mara, unless you exit dialogue with Maramal and rush after them before they reach the door. If this happens, you may find your new spouse in the spot where you first met; you can then talk to the person to decide where you'll both live. In some cases, the spouse seems to disappear from the game completely. This is easily solved by using the console command player.moveto (NPC RefID), which will move you to the spouse position.

• When the spouse disappears, the game still treats a spouse as "alive" even when they have disappeared forever.


• It is also possible for NPCs who attend your wedding to vanish forever in the aftermath, however this is considerably more rare and seems to only affect Camilla Valerius.

Just my luck. Marry a bitch and then they leave me forever alone. For PC there are some commands to reset the marriage, see here.

Shit! I missed the Wedding! She gonna be pissed!

Damn right they're gonna be pissed. Better punker up!

With my attempt at marrying Camilla, I sat in the temple and decided to wait for a few hours. Apparently in this short time I had missed the wedding. The people that were in the temple for the wedding suddenly didn't like me and I had to leave.

I returned to riverwood to find her again. The Riverwood Traders (where she lives) was locked, even though it was the middle of the day. I immediately knew it was locked because of me. I waited until it was night, and then picked the lock. She was in the room. I spoke to her and she mentioned to me how she "couldn't believe I was speaking with her after what I had done."  I asked if she would give me another chance, and she did. Again I was given the quest to talk to the priest in Riften.

Apparently, you can do this repeatedly, until you either actually get married or you you say No and call the whole thing off.

References

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Marriage

Skyrim: 5 ways to increase your carrying weight

All players of Skyrim find often that they are restricted with the amount of items that they can carry at any given time. This is refered to as Encumbrance.



By default, a character has an Emcumbrance (Carry) limit of 300 [units].

Here are five ways that you can increase the amount of item you can have in your inventory enabling you to carry more.

1. Leveling your Stamina increases your carrying capacity by 5 units


2. You are able to give items to your spouses or companions to elevate your own weight


3. Taking potions like Fortify Carry Weight can temporarily increase you carrying ability


4. The Seed Stone (located north of the Statue to Meridia and west of Solitude) will increase your carrying ability by 100 units


5. Enchant an item with the Fortify Carry Weight enchantment (this involves finding an item already with the enchantment and learning that enchantment)

If  you have any further tips on increasing your carrying limit, please leave a comment.

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