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On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:37:15 -0700, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Dimensional Traveler wrote: 

>On 9/22/2016 1:21 PM, Xocyll wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
>> say:
>>
>>> On 9/22/2016 6:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:34:07 -0400, Tim O <n...@thanks.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I just found out Ubi is doing a remastered version of Skyrim.
>>>>
>>>> Minor nitpick (but minor nitpicks are what Usenet is all about!)
>>>>
>>>> It's Bethesda, not Ubisoft.
>>>>
>>>> So no worries about using their UPlay software (which isn't as awful
>>>> as some make it out, although I'd rank it worst of the "big four"
>>>> digital clients (Steam, GOG, Origin, UPlay).
>>>>
>>>>> I think it was mainly done as an update for the XBox1 and PS4, but
>>>>> they're also going to release it for the PC. The update is free to PC
>>>>> players if they have the Dragonborn (check), Dawnguard (check) and
>>>>> Hearthfire (blech) DLC.
>>>>
>>>> They are updating the graphics, but indications are they still fall
>>>> short of what a well-modded PC Skyrim can achieve. Hopefully it won't
>>>> be as bad as the Doom 3 BFG edition, which actually made the game look
>>>> worse on a PC...
>>>>
>>>>> I never liked the happy homemaker and foundry aspects of Skyrim, but
>>>>> yep, I just bought Hearthfire for 5 bucks so I get the remastered
>>>>> Skyrim. With 300 hours in the original game, I'm not sure I can ever
>>>>> spend another minute playing it but still couldn't resist the deal!
>>>>
>>>> Hearthfire wasn't "blech", but it was sort of pointless. I really got
>>>> the feeling it was more of a tech-demo for the "house-building"
>>>> technology that would later feature more prominently in Fallout 4.
>>>> Plus, it was riding the coat-tails of Minecraft and other games where
>>>> you could build your own structures. It was sort of neat to build up
>>>> your own home, and I liked having a more centralized place to store
>>>> all my gear (the main game also let you buy your own homes, but they
>>>> tended to be small and you had to enter the cities first, which was an
>>>> extra annoying load-screen).
>>>>
>>> Both Morrowind and Oblivion let the player build a stronghold or buy
>>> houses, respectively.
>>
>> Goes back even further;  Daggerfall let you own multiple houses and a
>> boat.
>>
>Morrowind was my first Elder Scrolls.  I have Skyrim but haven't had 
>time to install and start a game.

I've played Skyrim off and on, but the Fallout games really hold my
interest more than non-stop fantasy circle strafing. It also throws Ice
Trolls at you way too early, and they are hands down harder to fight than
even the dragons. All I've been able to do is run from them so far. As a
result, I've only got about 25 hrs. in Skyrim, though I keep it
installed, always meaning to come back to it, but usually finding
something more interesting to play. 

At this point, since I got my 1080 GTX, Nvidia has me running it in
3840x2160 DSR with maxed out settings. It makes the Steam interface
really tiny.

But I'm mostly doing a second run of Fallout 4 and playing DOOM. A few
short sessions of vanilla Endless Legend evens things out.

I should throw some mods at it. Any suggestions? Is Oscuro's Overhaul for
Skyrim any good? What else is good? What monsterous mods can I throw at a
single 1080 and still run at 60 fps in 1920x1080? I would be willing to
drop it to native 1920x1080 for the frame rate. DSR doesn't really grab
me; seems like a really taxing way of doing FSAA, and not really all that
well. It just makes all the edges fuzzy. Since I don't want or need 4k
gaming and I *do* want 60 frames, consider a 1080 driving a 1920x1080
60 Hz monitor.

(Yes, I can use Google, but I rely on your opinions more.)

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Zag

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