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~s:a:n:i:t:y~ on 15/4/2007 at 21:12

Sluggs on 16/4/2007 at 01:42

That's better! :D

Renzatic on 16/4/2007 at 05:03

I'll throw a few bright pictures into the mix as well...complete with HDhurrrr (which seems a little overdone in the expansion, but I kinda like it like that).

(http://users.chartertn.net/greymatt/SI_5.jpg) Passwell
(http://users.chartertn.net/greymatt/SI_6.jpg) Gates of Madness Daytime
(http://users.chartertn.net/greymatt/SI_7.jpg) Forests of Mania

~s:a:n:i:t:y~ on 16/4/2007 at 07:12

Lucky you. I can turn on neither HDR nor Bloom with my videocard :(

Jason Moyer on 16/4/2007 at 21:46

Quote Posted by Renzatic

I grabbed the expansion just the other day, and so far I'm finding it to be much cooler than vanilla Oblivion. It has a very distinct Morrowindish vibe. Sorta fantasy, but with a much broader, more alien feel to it.

It could just be that new-car smell, but so far this is my favorite thing I've played in the TES universe. I really hope in the future they give us some more access to the various daedra realms. Dagon's and Sheogorath's have both been pretty neat.

Kaiseto on 17/4/2007 at 04:36

Quote Posted by ~s:a:n:i:t:y~

Lucky you. I can turn on neither HDR nor Bloom with my videocard :(

o_O You can't even turn on bloom? And I thought I had it bad. My computer just won't let me touch HDR. Or good framerates...

Although the Streamline mod has helped. (http://planetelderscrolls.gamespy.com/View.php?view=OblivionMods.Detail&id=2684)

Found it at random on planetelderscrolls. Flushes all the excess objects and whatnot often, greatly reducing lag and stutter. The only bad side effect I've noticed (And haven't noticed often) is that once in awhile it will cut off the sound file for an NPC in mid speech. It's only happened once or twice for me. People seem to get vastly different results...

Sluggs on 17/4/2007 at 05:32

I can turn it on, but it affects my framerates on my 6600GT 128mb. I have a new card though waiting for a mobo to sit in, a Radeon X800 XL 256 bit, 512mb. I can't wait to see how Oblivion plays on that!

~s:a:n:i:t:y~ on 17/4/2007 at 06:09

Quote Posted by Sluggs

I can turn it on, but it affects my framerates on my 6600GT 128mb.

Well, by "I can't" I actually meant the same. The game slows down a lot with HDR or Bloom on, and when you play for hours it can get slightly irritative :) I also have 6600GT 128 mb. Though I must admit that Shivering Isles area loads much faster. I think some things have been optimized since Oblivion release and were objectified in Shivering Isles release. Areas in SI loads almost instantly when in Oblivion I need to wait for a few minutes sometimes :(

Matthew on 17/4/2007 at 10:01

Insert smug 7900GT comment here.

Thirith on 17/4/2007 at 12:32

Quote Posted by ~s:a:n:i:t:y~

There's a new tweaking mod called "Streamline" that might help you - it tends to make the game run much more smoothly. :) (http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=677838) Here's the link to the official boards thread.