What Video Games Have You Been Playing #15: Computer not on fire yet? Better add more mods!

[Timsup2nothin]

When I first played Skyrim SE on this PC I got a bug where the cart in the initial cutscene was just going haywire, spinning and rotating which was fixed when I uninstalled the Immersive Armors and Weapons mod. I think it was because that mod gives Ulfric Stormcloak some special armor.

You were paged to the Mafia games forum a while ago. Did you make an appearance?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

When I first played Skyrim SE on this PC I got a bug where the cart in the initial cutscene was just going haywire, spinning and rotating which was fixed when I uninstalled the Immersive Armors and Weapons mod. I think it was because that mod gives Ulfric Stormcloak some special armor.

I think that's what happened in my case too, though I play Oldrim. I just disabled it until I got out of Helgen.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Early in the clip, before the defecation really hits the fan, you can see the cart wheels pulling ahead of the cart and snapping back. This brings to mind the phrase "drive it 'til the wheels come off," and suggests why you are supposed to stop when they do.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I also ran into a very annoying bug with the Blood on the Ice quest (the murder mystery) in Windhelm. At one point I was supposed to talk to a specific guard, except that he was nowhere to be found. I actually dug into the console to find his reference ID, only to find out he'd been irrecoverably deleted at some point. I just used console commands to advance the quest.

 

[Lexicus]

I had to use a console command to conjure a unique item to open a dungeon door in Solstheim once (it didn't spawn where it was supposed to). I also have to constantly use the console to get my follower unstuck from wherever he's stuck...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I think there was also a bug with the Forsworn Conspiracy/No One Escapes Cidhna Mine quest in Markarth that results in all your items getting lost, including any quest items. I think this one was fixed though.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

When I first played Skyrim SE on this PC I got a bug where the cart in the initial cutscene was just going haywire, spinning and rotating which was fixed when I uninstalled the Immersive Armors and Weapons mod. I think it was because that mod gives Ulfric Stormcloak some special armor.

I think that's what happened in my case too, though I play Oldrim. I just disabled it until I got out of Helgen.

A later update of the Immersive Armors mod mentions changing when the distribution script for the mod starts to prevent the problem with the cart at the beginning of the game bouncing uncontrollably. The script starts when the player's bonds are cut when entering the keep.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I decided to start a new game of Subnautica

My first undersea base, in a shallow area, about 80m of water.

Spoiler :

Here I am hiding from one of Planet 4546B's apex predators. It's hard to tell how big he was. 40 feet maybe.

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[HEF]

Pillars of Eternity: The White March

This game makes life worth living.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

In the Witcher 3, I came across a surprising quest.

Spoiler :

It was for the Hearts of Stone DLC. A herbalist wanted Geralt to find his missing assistant in some woods. So he found the blood trail and it went to a village with only two old people who said they'd seen him and then he got attacked by wolves but they didn't know where his body was because they were too old to go traipsing around the woods.

The game told me to go back to the herbalist but while looking around the village Geralt noticed the smell of rotting meat and found, hidden under some boxes and things, a cellar. The dead halfling assistant was inside and also creepy cages. He went back to interrogate the couple about it and then they said they only collected bodies (despite saying earlier they were too old to traipse around woods).

It all seemed very suspicious so Geralt killed them and despite them saying they were too weak a moment ago they came at him with kitchen knives and were a surprisingly tough fight. And the old lady said she'd chop Geralt up and put him in a stew and the old man said something about eating livers. So I guess they were doing this kind of thing regularly.

I went into their house afterwards (it was locked and I got the key) and there was a locked room in there that looked like a prison cell. Creepy.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I decided to start a new game of Subnautica

My first undersea base, in a shallow area, about 80m of water.

Spoiler :

Here I am hiding from one of Planet 4546B's apex predators. It's hard to tell how big he was. 40 feet maybe.

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I've never played Subnautica, but those images struck me immediately as No Man's Sky.

 

[cardgame]

Subnautica is absolutely fantastic.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Subnautica is absolutely fantastic.

Noted for future reference.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

An amazing disguise. He's almost unrecognizable!

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[Takhisis]

Aaah, finally getting to grips with the civ3 epic game… go with the Dutch, luck out that there's ivory next door, luck out in getting a scientific leader to rush The Pyramids, spam settlers, snag the Statue of Zeus and then rush for Feudalism. Best defence and best offence.

(also, for some reason it's the second game where I'm drawn as part of the ‘Enemies of Spain’ roster: France, Portugal, Arabia, Maya, Inca, Aztecs… the Celts are the only ones I've seen this week who weren't Spaiñ's historical enemies)

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Aaah, finally getting to grips with the civ4 epic game… go with the Dutch, luck out that there's ivory next door, luck out in getting a scientific leader to rush The Pyramids, spam settlers, snag the Statue of Zeus and then rush for Feudalism. Best defence and best offence.

(also, for some reason it's the second game where I'm drawn as part of the ‘Enemies of Spain’ roster: France, Portugal, Arabia, Maya, Inca, Aztecs… the Celts are the only ones I've seen this week who weren't Spaiñ's historical enemies)

Are the cities on fire yet?

 

[Synobun]

Aaah, finally getting to grips with the civ4 epic game

Quoted for historical record.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Aaah, finally getting to grips with the civ4 epic game

Quoted because based on the rest of the post I think it's a typo.

 

[Takhisis]

Are the cities on fire yet?

There's some rioting going on, but the Spanish are going to meet our pike-tips head on, and one day I'll get those grubby Maya for stealing my techs with their Library gimmick.