The Dummies Guide To Skyrim : V

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:24 am

So guys, lets try and make a FAQ for playing Skyrim (or not so frequently asked questions that can help newbies)
Feel free to add what you think should be included (or ask a question you want answered)
And I'm not an expert on Skyrim myself, so feel free to correct me

Controls Related

Spoiler

Q) How do I assign hotkeys? (PC only)
A) First favorite the item or spell, then from the favorites menu, move the cursor over the item and press 1-8 Fleapants

Q) How do I use dragon shouts? They're all greyed out
A) Go to the Shouts menu, select the shout you'd like to unlock and press T. You'll have to have unspent dragon souls available. Fleapants

Q) I upgraded my shout, but it seems no better than before
A) Press and hold the Powers-button (Z on PC) to use all words in the shout. Fleapants

Q) My arrows just fall to the floor after I pull the trigger?
A) Hold down the 'shoot' button until the bow is at a full draw homicidalemofromspace

Q) How do I unfavorite an item/remove a hotkey
A) You can overwrite items/spells with another item/spell. With items you can also drop them and then pick them back up to free a hotkey.

Q) How do I pick up items and carry them around?
A) Unlike in Oblivion there is no special key for this in Skyrim, on PC you have to hold in 'E' while hovering your cursor over the item, on X-Box it is the 'A' button and it is the 'X' button on PS-3 Scanack47

Quest/Spoiler Related, you've been warned

Spoiler

Q) How do I open puzzle doors with the claw? (eg. Bleak Falls Barrow) scaleman
A)

Spoiler

First you need the specific claw for the door. Look closely at the claw in the menu and then turn it 360 degrees, there you will find the combination.

Q) How do I become a werewolf?
A)

Spoiler

You have to join the Companions and complete enough quests to become a werewolf

Q) Where can I find detailed guides to the quest I'm having trouble with?
A) You can find detailed guides to almost all of the quests in Skyrim here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Quests

Mod Related

Spoiler

Q) The PC UI is hard to use with a mouse, is there a mod yet
A) Yes, you can download it here: http://www.skyrimnex...ile.php?id=3863

Misc.

Spoiler

Q) What does "X% easier lockpicking mean/do"
A) It makes the 'sweet spot' of the lock bigger

Q) Why are greaves and cuirasses combined?
A) This is to reduce armor clipping and makes the game run smoother with more NPCs on-screen

Q) What was Skyrim developed on?
A) X-Box 360

I will edit in contributions from you so this can be a one-stop guide for people new to Skyrim and/or TES :smile:

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:02 am

So guys, lets try and make a FAQ for playing Skyrim (or not so frequently asked questions that can help newbies)
Feel free to add what you think should be included (or ask a question you want answered)
And I'm not an expert on Skyrim myself, so feel free to correct me

Q) What does "X% easier lockpicking mean/do"
A) It makes the 'sweet spot' of the lock bigger

Q) How do I pick things up and carry them?
A) Unlike Oblivion this feature no longer has its own key, hold in 'E' (not sure what it is in console, will edit)

Well, that's all I could come up with :hehe:

I will edit in contributions from you so this can be a one-stop guide for people new to Skyrim and/or TES

To pick up and carry items on xbox you hold down the "A" button. And for playstation it should be hold down the "X" button.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:03 am

Q) How do I assign hotkeys? (PC only)
A) First favorite the item or spell, then from the favorites menu, move the cursor over the item and press 1-8

Q) How do I use dragon shouts? They're all greyed out
A) Go to the Shouts menu, select the shout you'd like to unlock and press T. You'll have to have unspent dragon souls available.

Q) I upgraded my shout, but it seems no better than before
A) Press and hold the Powers-button (Z on PC) to use all words in the shout.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:30 am

Updated

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:44 am

well, here is one that i had trouble with [spoiler]
Q: how do i open those doors with the claw?
A: look closely at the claw in the menu and then turn it 360 degrees, there you will find the combination.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:49 am

Anyone know how to un-assign hotkeys on the PC?

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:35 am

Q.My arrows just fall to the floor after I pull the trigger
A.Hold down the 'shoot' button until the bow is at a full draw

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:34 pm

well, here is one that i had trouble with [spoiler]
Q: how do i open those doors with the claw?
A: look closely at the claw in the menu and then turn it 360 degrees, there you will find the combination.

Added

(with spoiler tags so this can stay in the General Forum)

Anyone know how to un-assign hotkeys on the PC?

Good question, I've never tried

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:10 am

Anyone know how to un-assign hotkeys on the PC?

I'm guessing you have to unfavorite the item/spell.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:31 pm

I'm guessing you have to unfavorite the item/spell.

I'm unsure of how you would unfavorite an item, I don;t even use hotkeys

and added a link to SkyUI

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:38 pm

Find the item/spell in the menu and press F again, to unfavorite it

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:38 am

Find the item/spell in the menu and press F again, to unfavorite it :smile:

Done

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:55 am

Added a filing systen

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:31 pm

Lol the small word which looks like fleapants at the end of certain questions; for a moment i thought you were insulting those reading the questions for being stupid

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:30 am

Lol the small word which looks like fleapants at the end of certain questions; for a moment i thought you were insulting those reading the questions for being stupid :biggrin:

Who says I wasn't :evil:

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:45 am

Just snuck in a quick test of the unbinding of hotkeys, and it turns out that unfavoriting doesn't remove it.
If it's an item, dropping it on the ground removes the hotkey and favorite status.
If it's a spell, you can only overwrite it with something else (which could be an item that you then dropped on the ground).

Needlessly complex :s

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:56 am

Just snuck in a quick test of the unbinding of hotkeys, and it turns out that unfavoriting doesn't remove it.
If it's an item, dropping it on the ground removes the hotkey and favorite status.
If it's a spell, you can only overwrite it with something else (which could be an item that you then dropped on the ground).

Needlessly complex :s

Seems a bit of an oversight

I think you can overwrite items as well

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:08 pm

Updated OP

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:42 am

Seems a bit of an oversight

I think you can overwrite items as well

Yep, you can obv.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:56 am

Q) Why are greaves and cuirasses combined?

Because it makes arrow to the knee jokes viable. No greaves - no knee protection.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:08 am

Because it makes arrow to the knee jokes viable. No greaves - no knee protection.

And people were complaining about it breaking immersion?

Now we have a real reason to hate it

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:49 am

Ooh, fancy new spoiler tags.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:35 am

Q) Why are greaves and cuirasses combined?
A) This is to reduce armor clipping and makes the game run smoother with more NPCs on-screen

Anyone care to explain this one? I can understand the clipping issue (even if that's just poor design in the first place), but how exactly would that make the game run smoother or with more NPC's on-screen?
The game still needs to draw the same amount of polygons to display the items. Combining 4000 polygon greaves with 6000 polygon cuirass to make a 10000 polygon combined set (random numbers) is not going to reduce the taxation of the graphics processors... where's the technical benefit coming from?

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:57 pm

Anyone care to explain this one? I can understand the clipping issue (even if that's just poor design in the first place), but how exactly would that make the game run smoother or with more NPC's on-screen?
The game still needs to draw the same amount of polygons to display the items. Combining 4000 polygon greaves with 6000 polygon cuirass to make a 10000 polygon combined set (random numbers) is not going to reduce the taxation of the graphics processors... where's the technical benefit coming from?

Previously the greaves were on a different layer to cuirasses, now they are on the same layer which makes it easier faster to load

But you can start a thread for that if you want to discuss in more depth.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:29 am

^{Why do we need a dummies guide. When the TES games since Oblivion are made just for dummies, hence the map and quest markers for example.......}