Don't expect the shadows on the Xbox to get any less grainy because the Xbox is incapable of applying AA to alpha layers. Shadows on the PC will look far better as will most other graphical aspects of the game.

Wait... so the graphics and technical problems were that big of a problem ON THE LEAD VERSION?!

I'm very, very afraid for the PS3 version.

In what way dont they feel like magic anymore? What I am trying to ask is: for example the Khajit will have the night vision, how would you imagen that this "new feel" of the ability would be in skyrim compared to the one in oblivion. Sorry if I dont make much sense, english is not my first language

OK there has been a lot of confusion with this, yes NPCs do have an animation now for opening doors, the door opens "slightly" not all the way, inside the door all you see is black. However the opening doors animation only works when you see them going into a place but say for example you are in an interior and an NPC comes in, all you get is an instant phase in much like Oblivions.

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification
Cheers!

Did you see any Giants?

I meant it in a good way, what I meant was that it wasn't just another spell that basically had no importance what so ever and actually feels like a unique part of every race and I can actually imagine myself using my racial ability throughout the entire game no matter what level I am, unlike in Oblivion where after level 5 your power is replaced by a much better spell.

This is a June build guys and gals, all of a sudden people are forgeting the demo Todd played that looked absolutely wonderful (minus the rain hlvr :wink_smile: )

Vixulation, other than the decap perk for two handed, did you spot any other unique or interesting perks for two handed?
Also, was the decap perk "long down" in the perk constellation, like one of the final perks?

Did you encounter any insects or birds in your playthroughs? How did they look? :icecream:

Clipping rain aside, that thunderstorm in the demo looks awesome. Worse than Oblivion? No. Did you think it was worse Vix?

Oh my god how could I forget!! I never saw a giant myself but I did see someone fight one and I saw something amazing, When the giant tried to whack the player with a club the player quickly dodged and the giant hit the ground, in that instant the world shook and all this dirt, dust and rock rose up in the air. Was really amazing and really made the giants look scary and tough. They're not to be messed with.

I didn't really notice any other perks but the decap perks was maybe the third or fourth to the last, also I saw there was 5 levels for each perk. I saw butterflies didn't see any birds however, the storm in the demo was amazing but I didn't see that I only got rain and it was like Oblivions and like Morrowinds before it, I didn't see any change but everyone has their own opinions on it.

Gstaff posted in the other thread after it was locked...



Taking measures to make sure that doesn't happen again. Sorry about that. In regards to some of the other issues, keep in mind this is the same build we used for PAX... we made numerous improvements since.

Oh sounds nice:) thanks for answring all these questions mate! You are one lucky man!

I think the rain sky texture looks better than in Oblivion, but the rain texture itself looks worse I think.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3294/vlcsnap2011091223h52m24.png
http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/images/18305-1-1235125943.jpg

Strong white, cartoony rain... :sick:

Again..cause you probably looked past it.


So you didn't see any of that children?

- How are NPC animations...it's not like they were horrible in Oblivion to begin with but they can and should have been improved, how is it?
- As for combat still feeling like 'hitting a tree' so to speak...this is the same as what the footage has shown so far, right?


As for those graphical errors, i hope this is not one of the reasons they've kept showing the exact same path, dungeon,etc in videos.

If that makes you sick then sorry, but I really don't let things like that effect my experience. It's a video game. I don't care if other games do it better because I can pick something in those games that other games do better then them. I know some people don't agree with that and it's fine

While I agree that the "color" of the rain could use some transparency, the rain effect in general seems better to me. (Aside from the clipping issues)

Cool that is what I am looking for.

To clarify, would you say the path to get around is linear or is it easy to wonder off and get lost without hitting “obstacle terrain”? I.e. can I stray from a path in the woods and still have a lot of forest to explore until I hit a mountain that is tough to pass over?

Also, although it is tough to traverse the terrain, is it possible? I.e. when I come to that mountain that is hard to pass over, can I indeed climb it to get around it?

One last thing, when exploring, say if you were to want to climb a mountain as Todd points out in the demo, do you find your own path or is there paths laid out for the mountains?

Thank you for taking you time to share your experiences.

He already said NPC animations are much better and read my last post in regards to graphical issues. Gstaff said they've made many improvements since that build.

I think Skyrim, in general, has a noticeably stylized, cartoony (not too much, but I definitely think it's there) look to it.

Like I said I saw a child but just walked passed him, the animations are much better and improved and the combat feels more organic now.

Hmmmm Are stroms natural or can you only get one if you dragonshout?

Did you have the opportunity to try alchemy? (or saw somebody experimenting with it). If so, could you elaborate on how it was?