Did anyone noticed that a butterfly is not a life form ? : V

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:49 pm

I was hunting for blue winged butterflys and thought to my self hey "use detect life" but apparently a butterfly is not alive or undead or any kind of life form. bummer :laugh:

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:53 pm

neither are trees apparently.

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:25 pm

Probably a design choice. When using Detect Life in a City like Solitude, it can drag down Frame Rates. Can't imagine what it would do in a meadow full of butterflies, bees, ants and other bugs.

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:39 pm

Also birds and slaughterfish are plants, while Nirnroots are not

(The "green thumb" perk allows you to get two eggs form bird nests and slaughterfish eggs :hehe:

).

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:54 pm

Also birds and slaughterfish are plants, while Nirnroots are not :wink:

(The "green thumb" perk allows you to get two eggs form bird nests and slaughterfish eggs :hehe:

).

Technicially, they are Organic Containers, in that they respawn. Nirnroots were not OCs in Oblivion, as they did not respawn, not sure what they are in this game.

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:27 pm

Imagine if you use a "detect dead" spell and you find yourself glowing :blink:

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:50 pm

If you think that bacteria and single cell organisms live almost EVERYWHERE, a detect life spell would light up the world like a light

Not sure if they even do have single cell organisms in Nirn :blink:

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:49 am

Imagine if you use a "detect dead" spell and you find yourself glowing :blink:

Vamprie!

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:56 am

Not sure if they even do have single cell organisms in Nirn :blink:

They have cheese, they have bacteria.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:07 am

They have cheese, they have bacteria.

Or the Bones of the Earth do more than they are generally credited for.

All harvestable creatures are effectively moving plants. Weirdly, there was a bug noticed before release, at the playable demos, the whole game crashed when 'Command' was cast on a salmon.

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:31 pm

Probably a design choice. When using Detect Life in a City like Solitude, it can drag down Frame Rates. Can't imagine what it would do in a meadow full of butterflies, bees, ants and other bugs.

Or use it in the mead hall @ Sonvgarde :wacko:

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:36 pm

Detect life or not, what gets me is that you can kill them wit any weapon, but magic has no effect. A dagger or war hammer will put two wings on the ground, but a flamethrower does nothing. Maybe I need to try another spell.

or arrows...

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:09 pm

neither are trees apparently.

In fairness they weren't in Oblivion, either.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:51 am

You can also jump on them and use them as a flying carpet and they can push you around.

Technicially, they are Organic Containers, in that they respawn. Nirnroots were not OCs in Oblivion, as they did not respawn, not sure what they are in this game.

In the CK they are flora and Nirnroot is a activator.

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:10 pm

You can also jump on them and use them as a flying carpet and they can push you around.

This is true. A torch bug picked my follower up over my characters head. We were standing in a swarm of them. They were clipping through the ground and picked her up the side of a building.

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:46 pm

In fairness they weren't in Oblivion, either.

The trees or the butterflies? They both were there :teehee:

» Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:28 pm

lol I didn't expect so much replys or so funny ones ^^