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Post by edwardsmd on Sept 23, 2014 3:02:07 GMT
YES! For my birthday my family hocked a couple body parts and bought me the TES Anthology set. I just wanted Skyrim, but they went all out! Needless to say I skipped dinner and spent my time giddy with anticipation as I installed Arena, then Daggerfall (pausing only to start each long enough to see the intro screens), and then finally the Skyrim disc... only to discover it was to be installed via Steam. Steam? Really? Needless to say, I was not impressed. I only had to restart my laptop twice, and try three times (after the second restart) to get Skyrim to install before it finally worked. Not amused. I wanted the game on my HD, not online on some cloud.
Picky, picky, picky, aren't I?
Ok, enough nitpicking. I finally have Skyrim, and just as soon as I get an hour or two of sleep I'll start playing. However, I want some mods for it. I've been online looking for ideas of what I may want to get, but since I now have Skyrim on Steam I have a couple questions:
1. Can any mod be downloaded and used, or do I need to only download those mods that will work with the Steam version of Skyrim.
2. Recommendations from y'all? I tend to use texture packs, to include new items (weapons, armor, clothing, bodies, heads, hair, etc). Or mods that improve the scenery.
Foregone conclusion I will partake of Emma's excellent mods (she does such great work!).
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Post by CollinMacleod on Sept 23, 2014 3:52:55 GMT
All versions of Skyrim are Steam. That's just the way it is.
You of course never need to load a mod from Steam, the Nexus has far more selection.
As for recommendations, that depends on your memory, and I do mean Video memory not Computer memory. It would also depend on what DLC's if any you have. Many mods use pieces of Dawnguard, Dragonborn and Hearthfire.
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Post by jet4571 on Sept 23, 2014 5:57:38 GMT
The install is on your HDD and not on the steam cloud service. The Steam cloud makes backups of your last save just incase you have it installed on multiple computers in different places you can continue from your last save easily. Atleast that's the reason for it.
To disable the service right click the name in in the Library list and select Properties. Open the Updates tab and on the bottom is the Cloud service. Just uncheck it and it will not update to the cloud and sync your save file.
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Post by Emma on Sept 23, 2014 11:19:21 GMT
Coongrats to getting Skyrim, Ed!  And thank you for the compliments in regards to my mods. I haven't done that much for Skyrim; navmeshing houses is such a pain, and as modding takes a lot longer with Papyrus, I have been focusing mostly on Vilja, the companion mod. Like the others, I suggest that you look for mods on Nexus rather than Steam. Nexus has more mods, larger mods (file size is limited to 100 meg on Steam), many modders refuse to upload to Steam due to user behaviour or due to the fact that Steam auto-upgrades mods to new versions also mid-game. If you do get mods from Steam, you "subscribe" on them, i.e. instead of that you download, look through the content and decide if it looks OK or if you want to stay away from it, Steam will auto-install everything into your directory and check the mod as active. I would recommend that you "unsubscribe" any mod as soon as you have installed it; else you might get auto-installations of gamecorrupting changes/upgrades when you least expect it. But, as always, don't add too many mods until you have the feeling for the game and know what you actually do want to change, add or improve! |
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Post by wotan on Sept 23, 2014 15:22:09 GMT
I have 4 mods I subscribe to on Steam, the vast majority is from Nexus.
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Post by zedtsayid on Sept 23, 2014 21:30:01 GMT
Gratz! Welcome! They didn't hock anything important I hope, heart, lung or such?
I get all of mine from Nexus but "Become a Bard" I believe is hosted somewhere else now by the author.
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Post by edwardsmd on Sept 23, 2014 22:59:48 GMT
Thanks all! Exactly what I needed to know. I haven't loaded anything yet (no fears Emma), just looking for recommendations. Glad to know I can download any AND install it myself (not Steam, though I'm sure many like it). With that, I'm off! Places to visit, dungeons to plunder, and way too many people that straight up need a blade in them (in Skyrim! Good Lord, in the game, not real life. Whew!).
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Post by Emma on Sept 25, 2014 22:44:48 GMT
Have plenty of fun, Ed! And when you leave Tamriel and return to this world, there is another interesting world to explore - the world of the creation kit.  |
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Post by rhyls on Sept 28, 2014 19:50:01 GMT
Have plenty of fun, Ed! And when you leave Tamriel and return to this world, there is another interesting world to explore - the world of the creation kit. I would love to play and learn about mod creation. My problem is no PDFs to download the insructions etc. I don't like having to keep going to youtube then back to my windows, so much to ing and fro'ing unles I am doing it in the wrong way. I have always preferred to have something to read! rhyls |
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Post by Emma on Sept 29, 2014 8:39:25 GMT
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Post by jet4571 on Sept 29, 2014 9:33:22 GMT
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Post by rhyls on Sept 29, 2014 19:02:15 GMT
Hello Emma. I did know about the wiki one. Guess I shall have to go with that one. Yesterday met a Polish girl and a Swedish girl together in my local cafe. Here for 3 months doing English grammar. they have arranged to meet up with me every week for conversational english . So now a swede a polski and 2 turkish girls. Life is just fun day after fun day. thank you for the advice. |
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Post by Emma on Oct 2, 2014 9:58:22 GMT
So, do you find any similarities in accent between people in the Vilja mod and the swedish girl then? I guess her accent is less prominent if she is staying in britain. |
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Post by rhyls on Oct 2, 2014 16:55:09 GMT
So, do you find any similarities in accent between people in the Vilja mod and the swedish girl then? I guess her accent is less prominent if she is staying in britain. Hello Emma. The swedish girl who is about 20/21 has only been here for about 1 month. So no, not really any differences, but I am used to european accents, I find the the Turkish girls most different. It's funny how Swedish, German and now Turkish people use V where we use W as in we say 'will' and you all say 'vill ' It always seems hard to get your tongue round that one. It's one of the biggest differences What do you think? Whatever, I now have many invites to Turkey and one for Poland for a holiday. I'm hoping to get a Swedish one also, as I do love going to Europe. After living in Germany for almost 12 years.So that's my first choice. Of course, As I think you know, I would never want any changes in Vilja's accent, Why anyone would want an Americanised version of English is beyond me.. Students I meet all say that having heard 'English' English as we here speak, prefer it to American English. It's softer and almost sounds like singing so I'm told. Of course, I don't see that being English. rhyls |
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Post by Sniffles on Oct 2, 2014 22:51:06 GMT
So, do you find any similarities in accent between people in the Vilja mod and the swedish girl then? I guess her accent is less prominent if she is staying in britain. Hello Emma. The swedish girl who is about 20/21 has only been here for about 1 month. So no, not really any differences, but I am used to european accents, I find the the Turkish girls most different. It's funny how Swedish, German and now Turkish people use V where we use W as in we say 'will' and you all say 'vill ' It always seems hard to get your tongue round that one. It's one of the biggest differences What do you think? Whatever, I now have many invites to Turkey and one for Poland for a holiday. I'm hoping to get a Swedish one also, as I do love going to Europe. After living in Germany for almost 12 years.So that's my first choice. Of course, As I think you know, I would never want any changes in Vilja's accent, Why anyone would want an Americanised version of English is beyond me.. Students I meet all say that having heard 'English' English as we here speak, prefer it to American English. It's softer and almost sounds like singing so I'm told. Of course, I don't see that being English. rhyls The V W thing is funny to me. The V in Vilja isn't a V (I don't think. The pronunciation is really up to Emma) and the W as in my grandfathers name, Wilhelm, is pronounced Vilhelm. Then to confuse things, a part of my mothers maiden name, qvist, has a QV instead of a Qu and is pronounced kveest. The grandpas first name, Karl, has a hard K according to my father, Yarl according to mom, and Harl according to grandma. I never have got that sorted out. |
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And thank you for the compliments in regards to my mods. I haven't done that much for Skyrim; navmeshing houses is such a pain, and as modding takes a lot longer with Papyrus, I have been focusing mostly on Vilja, the companion mod.
