Tanning 100 hides... or smelting 100 ores... : V

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:50 pm

What a horrid pain in the backside. To process 100 iron ore, takes me 200 mouse clicks. It's stupid. I have never seen such an awful crafting interface in all my gaming years. Or am I just missing some well-hidden method or button or something that allows you to click once or twice and batch-process all of them at once? -Desperate in Whiterun

PS: if there's a mod for that, do tell...

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:09 am

An autoclicker perhaps?
Makes it much easier.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:35 pm

An autoclicker perhaps?
Makes it much easier.

Not sure what that is, but you have to move your cursor between two seperate menu selections, for every item you process. So I don't think such a thing would help any.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:54 pm

Not sure what that is, but you have to move your cursor between two seperate menu selections, for every item you process. So I don't think such a thing would help any.

Yeah, I suppose that was a stupid idea.
But if you have an XBOX controller lying around for whatever reason, you can use it for Skyrim.
All you have to do is keep on tapping a button.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:17 pm

But if you have an XBOX controller lying around for whatever reason, you can use it for Skyrim.
All you have to do is keep on tapping a button.

Nope, no console stuff here.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:18 am

Console = just hit x every tme, takes like 1 minute for 100 ores if that, maybe even 30 seconds ^_^

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:46 pm

Press E and click.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:15 pm

Press E and click.

Ah. So instead of click-click 200 times, it's pressbutton-click 200 times. That's a significant improvement :shakehead:

They really need to put some serious improvement into the crafting interfaces... even just adding a 'create all of this item please kthxbai' button at the bottom, would be mighty nice.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:32 pm

It's fine on console.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:44 am

Simply mouse over the desired task, and hit "E-Y-E-Y-E-Y..." 100 should take well under a minute, massively faster if you're a decent typist. There's likely a crafting mod that improves this, but I wouldn't see the point just for smelting ore or the like.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:21 pm

Simply mouse over the desired task, and hit "E-Y-E-Y-E-Y..." 100 should take well under a minute, massively faster if you're a decent typist. There's likely a crafting mod that improves this, but I wouldn't see the point just for smelting ore or the like.

Many other games have similar activities, and those developers had the brains to put in a 'make all of these with one click' option, in their crafting UI's. It ain't rocket science. 'nuff said.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:45 pm

Just came across this thread after a mod for it was requested in the Mods forum so if you're on the PC... here you go:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=14123

Enjoy.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:24 am

Its so as you can roleplay the mindnumbing tedium of having a mundane boring job.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:17 am

Most of the items can be made by clicking on the same spot as the YES repeatedly, in the smelter menu repeatedly clicking on my characters posterior makes converting ores into ingots go by very quickly.
If you have twenty wolf pelts, converting them is handled by selecting the pelts, clicking where the yes option appears multiple times until all of the pelts are leather. Straps are the easiest in this section.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:22 pm

It's mindnumbing. And processing ores doesn't even contribute to your smithing skills.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:39 am

It's mindnumbing. And processing ores doesn't even contribute to your smithing skills.

I think it does level your skill...albeit extremely slowly. At least, I think I remember leveling smithing while spamming iron ingots once.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:50 am

Many other games have similar activities, and those developers had the brains to put in a 'make all of these with one click' option, in their crafting UI's. It ain't rocket science. 'nuff said.

Expecting a good UI from Bethesda is like expecting good writing from Bethesda :teehee:

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:11 am

you should be able to chose how many of one item you want to make instead of having to make them one at the time

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:03 am

I think it does level your skill...albeit extremely slowly. At least, I think I remember leveling smithing while spamming iron ingots once.

No. Smelting does not increase smithing experience. Source: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Smithing

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:14 am

Sigh, it could be 100 gold ores you could be smelting. Did you know that making jewelry with gold, silver and gem levels your smithing a lot more than making daggers? And make more money?

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:30 pm

Its so as you can roleplay the mindnumbing tedium of having a mundane boring job.

I do that at work.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:51 am

No. Smelting does not increase smithing experience. Source: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Smithing

That's so... so stupid.

Why does the most important part of smithing not level your smithing?

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:33 pm

Just came across this thread after a mod for it was requested in the Mods forum so if you're on the PC... here you go:

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/downloads/file.php?id=14123

Enjoy.

Thanks so much for the link, pardner! My cramped clicking fingers thank you, too!

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:29 pm

Sigh, it could be 100 gold ores you could be smelting. Did you know that making jewelry with gold, silver and gem levels your smithing a lot more than making daggers? And make more money?

I do that, until I run out of gems worth making anything with. Then, I make a lot of daggers or whatever. Once those no longer give much return, I move on to the next ore level. Save your sighing for somebody else.

» Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:35 pm

I'm just going to point out the giant pink mammoth in the room. We have all hit far more than 100 buttons making and replying to this topic.

There is my 2 cents, or my 100 clicks.