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Post by Sniffles on Mar 8, 2024 12:12:24 GMT
Sniff, reference top photo: Are you using a foliage mod of some kind? That shot's pretty striking. A combination of Springtime for Skyrim and a video card that overdoes that mod much much. Turned out my ultra GREEN problem was that mod and my card conflict.
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 9, 2024 12:13:38 GMT
(Dragonborn proves she has some human failings and frailties.) Onward we plod. The mages college failed to go to hell in a bucket but made up for it by installing the least competent or interested person in all of Tamriel to be the new arch mage. May it slide gracefully into the sea of ghosts. And then the intrepid misfits finally visited Dexy to get the scrolls read. No luck there and the fate of the world is now depending on how well Girl des Dragon is able to attract moths. In actuality, she is much better suited to this job description as she has been attracting things, foul and fair, for most of her life.
Post Lepidoptera communion the major plan is to find their way out of a cave and go to Andi's tavern for a most welcome break. As daylight waned, the girl of reptiilian pollution stops enroute at Lakeview to further refine her bow fueled by the elixir she recently found.
Okay okay. Maybe we should have stayed the night at Lakeview, but do any of us want to take the chance of waking snuggled up to Sofia? Damp yellow sheets anyone?Entirely missing Falkreath we managed to find Andi's tavern by the simple method of walking north until our feet got wet then walking westish until we stumbled across the place around abouts dawn. Alive if not exactly rested up the alleged supposed hero out of legends explains her brilliant threefold strategy. Okey dokey, Meets up with what's left of the Blades and check out Alduin's demise as carved into a wall. Akaviri wishful thinking and we're screwed so keep a positive attitude. Next we swim up a few miles of river and pay our disrespects to Darkfall cave to find the end all be all bow Serana's daddy has been having wet dreams about. And best of all, we take time out to try out my new spiffed bow with some light dragon hunting.Serana is less than enthusiastic. (A pose similar to the one I botched) We set out, saying hello to the weakest kidneys in Skyrim. This guy has been taking a potty break for over three months. Then it was a absolutely beautiful day for a stroll through foresworn infested canyons.To at last arrive in a falmer housing development during a blizzard. A: "Bubbles for brains my dear, that bow utterly sucks. How are we supposed to loot the corpses when it keeps sending them off cliffs or sailing over the horizon? And by the way, since we are on yet another save the world from the vile and contemptuous quest, how exactly does the great hore... err hero fit in with all the moral fiber of a very limp noodle. As in wife, two sisters in law and two kids in home B, roughly eight girlfriends in homes A, C and several taverns, and you're combining world rescuing having a fling with an undead strumpet."
S: "HEY! She just added some class to her.... umm, forget it."
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 9, 2024 22:21:11 GMT
That scenery's stunning!
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 9, 2024 22:23:54 GMT
On the Road to Dragonbridge...I'll just leave this here. I'm sure there's a technical explanation why this appeared the way it did, but I'm content to think it just Bethesda'd.
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 10, 2024 0:03:44 GMT
Thanks. Hours of tweaking and fussing just about every graphics setting on the computer and in programs. So much fussing and settings I've made a System Restore Point just for the graphics. I still can't get the LOD Sky to not look like ugly fractals sometimes. And the posted shots are only shadows of the images, reduced to 72 dpi 1024 pixel or less. All the pics I've posted recently are just over 10 MB on the hosting site. I'm doing my best to be polite in appreciation for the free hosting.
My present theme; taking advantage of beating my video card into submission somewhat for scenery. Then entirely random situations that deserve some sort of title that could explain what might be going on. And stupid moves like trying to travel at night with realistic darkness. We did travel from Lakeside to that tavern trying to follow the road to stay in Falkreath for the night. Could not find it. Found Lake Inalta and followed it's shore instead. All night trek. Then the Chancery isn't effected by the Springtime mod thus the snow.
Entirely natural occurrences and underlying super stupid blunders. For example, that Serana naked in Lakeside. I had collected all my resources from all the houses - two hours of game play trekking. Went through the huge list of items I could make going entirely by appearance, made and remade Serana's gorgeous outfit, another hour, searched out the best lighting, indoors, lots of indirect light from multiple directions. Then clicked the wrong menu selection on Serana, had the perfect stately casual pose, and FLUG! Then my usual stupid move I saved over a save instead of loading a save and all that effort went poof. Completely fed up I just wanted to travel, as it happened, in the pitch black night.
As for gear, hours upon hours of smithing with a rigid criteria. The most smithing improved to Legendary of the mod outfits, ultra weapons from mods also smithed to the max while skimpy attractive, (A major headache) but for a specific purpose. Anduniel and Serana 2000 armor rating and ultra lethal, and Dragonborn a series of compromise after thoughts. Crappy armor rating with everything poured into bow to cope with dragons. Then glitch time, she developed advanced vampirism for no reason in certain locations, repeatedly. I had to check every few minutes. Used the console to remove it and console said she didn't have the condition! So I swapped out smithing and armor gear for gear that resisted disease which seems to help But left her even more wuss.
The whole plan being the followers cope with any and all enemies affording me the opportunity to take screenshots. This is that pitch black pic with post processing brightness cranked through the roof. Just a taste of the insanity I undertake getting nice shots. I knew there were nice flowers there, but I had blown all the daylight doing smithing. Guessing in the dark. Of course I've taken dozens of art pics reminiscent of many of the great masters but NSFW+++ that I can't bring myself to censor. One of Serana in bed that looked a living so perfect revisiting of a Modigliani that merits printing and framing. (Since when is playing ANY game suitable for work?)
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 10, 2024 0:58:55 GMT
This is with my old video card, unprocessed. Every picture tells a story? Shortly after we met Squishy had taken me for a hike in the Tetons. We made our way down to the river. On the river bank we stopped to talk. Then this random screen shot that startled me it was so real. Instantly draws me back to that precious moment. (Just swap the bow for Kitten, her rifle)
I spent hours learning how to adjust and fix the appearance of the PC down to matching her skin tone and every nuance of her face and expression. Total fail with the hair but same color anyway.
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 10, 2024 1:30:53 GMT
So your PC's a self-portrait then (except for the hair)?
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 10, 2024 1:56:53 GMT
So your PC's a self-portrait then (except for the hair)? Of my partner. In RL our jobs were taking us in divergent directions locations wise so I used Skyrim, so much like our home in the mountains, as the backdrop, and her as the protagonist. Pure sentimentality and the main reason I started playing the game. A little tongue in cheek aside humor, she has numerous female admirers and gets laughs at my playing her being promiscuous. I send her screenshots and saved games. In reality her mood and seriousness is much like in that image. Deadly serious her major character trait. So her being flighty and ahem, available, is very sarcastic.
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 10, 2024 2:02:41 GMT
Yes, There Are Male In-Betweens Besides Rudi, But not that many, for a number of reasons, as we shall see.
The rescue of the Moth Priest was not terribly challenging: a few vampires skewered with arrows, a few death hounds thumped, and that was it. Heading home, Poet suggests stopping in Whiterun to investigate that young fellow they saw in the Bannered Mare a few days previously. Is he an In-Between? He is. He calls himself Ele, and Rudi takes some time to talk with him. "So, what house were you tied to?" Rudi asks.
"Brigante," says Ele, "or at least I was until the press gangs got me. Did you hear about that?"
Rudi nods. "Barely got away myself. How'd you escape?"
"Thalmor sent us to Valenwood with an Altmer brigade to put down some rebellious Wood Elves. Our line was out front, mostly to be casualties, with the Altmer archers behind. You rmember how Bosmer are supposed to be the best archers in all Tamriel?"
"I've been told that," Rudi says.
"It's true. Most of us In-Betweens went down in the first Bosmer volley, and a bunch of Altmer warriors went down in their second. After that, the Altmer ran like rats, leaving us alone. I managed to desert after that, and so did another fellow. We travelled together, but split up after we crossed into Skyrim. I think he was going to Riverwood."
Next stop, Riverwood, and our heroes do indeed find their man. He calls himself Itzuki, and he was conscripted from House Silures. Does Yumi know him? Only one way to find out. Note: Doesn't it look like Nami's checking Itzuki out, and Poet's scolding her for it?
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 10, 2024 2:05:48 GMT
Sniffles : Actually, that's really heartwarming!
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 10, 2024 2:23:02 GMT
Never mind
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Post by OldRPMDaddy on Mar 10, 2024 20:18:53 GMT
A Homecoming SurpriseWhen the heroes arrive back home, Yumi does a double take. Is that...no, it can't be... "Garos?"
"Aia!" Itzuki cries. "Is that really you?" Neither can believe their good fortune. "Everyone was so upset after you and -- well, you know."
"Is everyone still after me?" asks Yumi.
"After you? Not even! Everyone blamed Lady Catanya for the whole thing. Lord Silures banished Lady Catanya from his lands and even sent a letter to all the other houses explaining that Lady Catanya had disgraced House Silures and how you were blameless for anything that came after."
"Well that's a relief," says Yumi, "but still..."
"I know," says Itzuki. "We can sit down and talk through the whole thing later."Later, Itzuki gets to work, buffing up what magic he has. Even later, Rudi and Nami find some privacy. "So Yumi's real name is Aia," says Nami. "That's a pretty name."
"Come to think of it, I don't even know your real name," says Rudi.
Nami looks up at him. Blushing, she says, "Catta. You know, 'Mew!'"
Ele, for his part, is unaware of any of this, thinking nothing could be better than a cold mug and a hot bath!Bonus question: Doesn't Ele look like he should be voiced by Owen Wilson? I wonder if there's a mod for that: Instead of "DIE, YOU BASTARD!" you'd get "DUUUUDE! You're harshing my mellow!"
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 11, 2024 1:31:16 GMT
Okay, here's the general idea. We simply get rid of this PITA bow once and for all. Or at least try to.
S: "You can't be serious." A: "In the long list of your screwball ideas this is really close to the top."
Hey guy. Mind if I toss something on your fire?
Fingers crossed
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Post by Renee G on Mar 11, 2024 17:09:00 GMT
Sniffles: That bow does sound pretty awesome, even if it does ragdoll enemies a bit too far away! Just rolled my first archer not long ago, never played an archer before in Skyrim (have in earlier games, though).
Daddy: Really like that pic of them in the Bannered Mare loft. That was always such an epic feeling in the early days, renting that room and then being above the rest of the tavern-goers.
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Post by Sniffles on Mar 12, 2024 2:09:25 GMT
Sniffles: That bow does sound pretty awesome, even if it does ragdoll enemies a bit too far away! Just rolled my first archer not long ago, never played an archer before in Skyrim (have in earlier games, though). In the falmer city on those slopes and cliffs the ragdoll got utterly ridiculous. Much too fast to grab sceenshots, sometimes blasting the victim right out of the cell to vanish in mid air.
One nice dork of mine in missing a screenshot was sending a troll sailing into Serana who was standing next to a wall. She was staring at the PC with that accusing scowl, wearing a troll skirt. "Smooth move, dipstick. Point that blasted bow somewhere else!"
Daddy: Really like that pic of them in the Bannered Mare loft. That was always such an epic feeling in the early days, renting that room and then being above the rest of the tavern-goers. Agree!!
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