Since November there has been a fixation on the subject of cleanliness in these forums that actually seems a little mentally unhealthy to me.

It is a bit silly for a joint as snobby as Radiant Raiment to be selling pre-blemished clothing, but the dirt on everyone else's threads is to be expected considering the time period. Nirn's pretty much medieval, and in medieval times laundry was an entirely different affair than it is today. Soap was a rarity, for one. To get the filth out of the fabric, they'd dunk it in a river and beat it with a washing bat or scrub it over a ridged board. It definitely wasn't a weekly thing, either. Laundry took up precious time that was better devoted to chores, so they'd only have washing sessions every few weeks or even months. Even then, outer garments - the ones you see Skyrim's citizens wearing - weren't cleaned all that often. Usually they'd just hose down the inner garments, underwear and the like. Coloured clothing was washed even more rarely than plain linens since the harsh treatment faded the dye, and seeing as most of the outfits worn by the NPCs are dyed... you see what I'm getting at. The dirtiness is perfectly understandable.

I know why. Just look at Fallout 3. It looks like the great war was 2 years ago, not 200yrs. That looks like the entire thing was washed indescriminately with a green and grey filter. You walk round and it's like you or the camera is wearing a green lensed gas mask or helmet. Everything is green or grey! I mean literally everything. You look at the seashore, then the water. It's the same colour. You look at a tree then a ruined building, it's the same colour nearly.

Bethesda are lazy and stupid when it comes to worlds. They don't get that places have to function properly and they're all diferent colours. They just wash the entire thing with a drab colour on every possible area.

With FO3, it's like they thought they had to SHOW radiation, something that is usually invisable. The world itself makes no sense. It would'nt be that trashed after 200yrs or have that much radiation.
Thats a post apoclyptic world that's wayyy overdone.

Since November there has been a fixation on the subject of cleanliness in these forums that actually seems a little mentally unhealthy to me.

"Mentally unhealthy"? How dare you?!?1? It's people like you who just...I don't have time for this - I need to go wash my hands again.

Don't look now, but... that bar of soap you're using... there's a hair on it, and it's NOT YOURS.

Inki can you please give me the setting you done in you ini to get those shadows. My looks nothing like that.