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Title: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Polobow on August 21, 2012, 10:42:20 pm
Since i'm getting a new computer very soon, and selling my old one to a friend, i figured if there's anything i should do on it/save stuff.
So far i have thought of certain save files of games but other than that, i wouldn't know. Got all my games on Steam, and no important private stuff.
Anything else?

Also, i made a list of games i am finally be able to play on my new one, am i missing something?

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Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Tears of Destiny on August 21, 2012, 10:44:28 pm
If you use Skype or messengers you could always back up those message files, same if you want to keep your browser history/favorites.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Polobow on August 21, 2012, 10:49:27 pm
Good one! Let me look in saving bookmarks...

EDIT: Alright, got that done. Gotta love dropbox.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: SeQuel on August 22, 2012, 12:29:42 am
What I like to do Polobow is get everything pre-downloaded.

What I mean by that is if you're keeping one of your harddrives I would download everything I need to that harddrive. I send save files to it, I downloaded drivers, desktop backgrounds, exes like Teamspeak, Ventrilo, Chrome and more (stuff you use on a regular basis).

Then once I got my new computer I just put in my old harddrive in and downloaded Windows 7 to my newer, faster one and went to my Computer to my old harddrive and install everything from it and pretty much had everything I wanted back on my computer in under 10 minutes.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Polobow on August 22, 2012, 11:50:55 pm
Thank you both for the replies! Spent some good 5 hours installing the computer. It was filled with wondrous joy.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Teeth on August 23, 2012, 12:12:16 am
I should make such a list. In the days where I had a crap pc I kept wanting to play all these games that I couldn't because of my hardware. Then I got my new pc and I couldn't remember a single one so I launched cRPG.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Ujin on August 23, 2012, 09:55:21 am
skyrim + skryim redone mod + mods that improve graphics to the max.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: IR_Kuoin on August 23, 2012, 10:02:00 am
Yes, you forgot Native arma 2 / arrowhead, cuz Dayz is overrated  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Taser on August 23, 2012, 11:24:26 am
I don't see Rome II on that list. List is flawed.

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Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Polobow on August 23, 2012, 05:21:32 pm
skyrim + skryim redone mod + mods that improve graphics to the max.
What are some of the best graphic improvement mods?

I don't see Rome II on that list. List is flawed.

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Not a fan of RTS's, sorry.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Zlisch_The_Butcher on August 23, 2012, 07:45:23 pm
skyrim + skryim redone mod + mods that improve graphics to the max.
Skyrim sorta sucks, just sayin'.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Patoson on August 23, 2012, 07:54:09 pm
skyrim + skryim redone mod + mods that improve graphics to the max.

This (graphical mod: Project Reality - Climates of Tamriel) + Dawnguard DLC + WARZONES: Civil Unrest + UFO + ASIS + SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators + QD Inventory + Ish Souls to Perks + Immersive Armors + Immersive HUD + Convenient Horses = ten times better and more fun than vanilla Skyrim.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Taser on August 23, 2012, 10:07:06 pm
What are some of the best graphic improvement mods?

Not a fan of RTS's, sorry.

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This (graphical mod: Project Reality - Climates of Tamriel) + Dawnguard DLC + WARZONES: Civil Unrest + UFO + ASIS + SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators + QD Inventory + Ish Souls to Perks + Immersive Armors + Immersive HUD + Convenient Horses = ten times better and more fun than vanilla Skyrim.

And holy shit at all those mods. Interesting though.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on August 23, 2012, 10:30:15 pm
I can't tell you what to backup on your current computer, I can tell you however, that you should download the new network/lan driver (NIC driver) for your new motherboard. 

I've noticed a lot of motherboards these days already have drivers for their NICs on Windows 7, but you never know, and that may be one problem for you.  Once you can get online though, then you can get any drivers you need.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Polobow on August 23, 2012, 11:12:46 pm
This (graphical mod: Project Reality - Climates of Tamriel) + Dawnguard DLC + WARZONES: Civil Unrest + UFO + ASIS + SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators + QD Inventory + Ish Souls to Perks + Immersive Armors + Immersive HUD + Convenient Horses = ten times better and more fun than vanilla Skyrim.

Alright, i'm gonna try that!

Just tested bf3 on ultra and can get smooth 60+ fps, on 1680x1050.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Ujin on August 23, 2012, 11:27:22 pm
Skyrim sorta sucks, just sayin'.
I guess that's why i threw in a mod that makes the game x10 better. What a waste of forum space your post was.

@ Polobow, pretty much what Patoson said, you can find all these on Skyrim Nexus.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9286
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Zlisch_The_Butcher on August 24, 2012, 12:56:00 am
I guess that's why i threw in a mod that makes the game x10 better. What a waste of forum space your post was.
10x better still sounds like waste of space, just sayin'.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Polobow on August 24, 2012, 11:47:10 am
I guess that's why i threw in a mod that makes the game x10 better. What a waste of forum space your post was.

@ Polobow, pretty much what Patoson said, you can find all these on Skyrim Nexus.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9286

Steam workshop or nexus, whats better?
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on August 24, 2012, 04:14:15 pm
I guess that's why i threw in a mod that makes the game x10 better. What a waste of forum space your post was.

@ Polobow, pretty much what Patoson said, you can find all these on Skyrim Nexus.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9286

Thanks, I'm going to give that a try this weekend.  I never really got into Skyrim the way I was able to get into Oblivion (I've started at least 10 games of Oblivion and finished 2 or 3, put in at least a few hundred hours total into it).  I played maybe 20 hours of Skyrim.

I can't even really explain why, Skyrim looks much better than Oblivion, I like the environment and characters much better (dragons, giants, and mammoths are awesome).  And I like the leveling better too, not nearly as complex, but I think that's partly why I liked Oblivion was because it wasn't dumbed down like a lot of games are required to be these days.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Polobow on August 24, 2012, 04:29:15 pm
Thanks, I'm going to give that a try this weekend.  I never really got into Skyrim the way I was able to get into Oblivion (I've started at least 10 games of Oblivion and finished 2 or 3, put in at least a few hundred hours total into it).  I played maybe 20 hours of Skyrim.

I can't even really explain why, Skyrim looks much better than Oblivion, I like the environment and characters much better (dragons, giants, and mammoths are awesome).  And I like the leveling better too, not nearly as complex, but I think that's partly why I liked Oblivion was because it wasn't dumbed down like a lot of games are required to be these days.

Man, i agree. Oblivion felt more RPG-like for me. The movement was not so complicated plus the quests were more 'medieval', it just... felt better.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Kafein on August 24, 2012, 06:44:36 pm
I guess that's why i threw in a mod that makes the game x10 better. What a waste of forum space your post was.

@ Polobow, pretty much what Patoson said, you can find all these on Skyrim Nexus.

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/9286

I think I will try that. (and give up all my characters D: )

Mod list so far contains like 50 mods.

Those I really recommend :

- Sky UI (much, much better than QD Inventory)
- Automatic variants
- Quality world map
- Better quest objectives (I play without compass, without fast travel and I tend to avoid using quest markers)
- All quests from ThirteenOranges
- Towns and villages enhanced
- 2k textures
- ASIS

One thing that was much better in Oblivion was the guilds, all of them. Also, Cyrodiil is much more varied than Skyrim. In Skyrim, half the map is just snow which makes it very boring to visit.


Two big, audacious mods could really take Skyrim to a whole new level :

- A complete multiplayer support. Imagine the awesomeness of doing a skyrim coop game, or even a DayZ-like experience.
- Directional combat. The number one reason I stopped playing oblivion is Warband, because the combat in Oblivion felt completely dull after that. Skyrim's combat is no better than that of Oblivion.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Taser on August 24, 2012, 09:44:21 pm
Just to ask, is there any mods for skyrim that allows you to build or take over a fort for yourself? I always wanted to take over over a fort in skyrim and have it as a base. Maybe with the ability to hire people to guard it and etc.

Like in morrowind you could build a town of a sort when you were in one of the houses. Then when you finished the other two houses had towns of their own and tried to kill you as well. It was cool. Plus you had guards for it.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Zlisch_The_Butcher on August 24, 2012, 09:48:03 pm
Morrowind was still the best game in the series, Oblivion was fine, while all stories were shit they at least weren't *Walks in the door*, *Random guy comes up to you*, "Yeah, you're our new leader, you're so cewl, go keel dis peplez and sav zhe day, wait, did I remember to mention you're the chosen one and you're awesome?"...
And fucking finishing moves make it impossible to play anything else then a fucking tank as 90% of people would just randomly finish move you making any real combat strategies impossible. No unique loot in dungeons, every unique item is in a quest, the item will be level scaled and the plot will be horrible, there will be no real challenge which requires actual fucking thought.
Dragons are boring as shit, magic is dull as shit, melee hasn't gotten any more fun than Morrowinds or Oblivions, stealth is unbelievably retarded, perks are fucking stupid, NPCs got no character, not a single fun quest in the game, the only challenges you'll ever face are ice trolls at level 1 and random enemies insta 1hitting you with nothing you can do to prevent it leaving no space for actual tactics if you decide to play an extremely gimped and weak char for the sake of melee being slightly fun when you're totally underpowered, and sure there are mods which address most of this shit but eh, vanilla is horrible as shit.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on August 24, 2012, 10:49:57 pm
Guess I'll have to give Morrowind a try then.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Taser on August 25, 2012, 02:06:45 am
Dude you never played it? It was awesome. Speech was actually useful in that game. I loved it in morrowind. You could taunt people into attacking you then kill them without any consequences. Loved doing that to guards.

Plus when you wanted to wipe out a town and cast levitate and started shooting people, the guards would scatter saying stuff. Don't remember what they said but I always remember laughing.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Tears of Destiny on August 25, 2012, 10:30:35 am
Oblivion was fine, while all stories were shit...
With the exception of the official Shivering Isles expansion, omfg soooooooooooooooo good, if that expansion was a game all by itself and the main focus of the ESIV story line it would have been the best game setting I've ever been immersed in.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Ujin on August 25, 2012, 01:59:32 pm
Just to ask, is there any mods for skyrim that allows you to build or take over a fort for yourself? I always wanted to take over over a fort in skyrim and have it as a base. Maybe with the ability to hire people to guard it and etc.

Like in morrowind you could build a town of a sort when you were in one of the houses. Then when you finished the other two houses had towns of their own and tried to kill you as well. It was cool. Plus you had guards for it.
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16374

haven't tried it myself, but sure will later.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Taser on August 25, 2012, 10:54:33 pm
http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/16374

haven't tried it myself, but sure will later.

Very cool. I was thinking more along the lines of taking over any fort you wanted that was already in game but this is pretty cool too. Thanks for the find. Not sure what the crokers are but.. should be interesting.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Zlisch_The_Butcher on August 26, 2012, 04:03:04 pm
With the exception of the official Shivering Isles expansion, omfg soooooooooooooooo good, if that expansion was a game all by itself and the main focus of the ESIV story line it would have been the best game setting I've ever been immersed in.
Yeah, Shivering Isles was fun, Forgot about it, still, Morrowind was better.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Patoson on August 26, 2012, 04:53:35 pm
Morrowind was still the best game in the series, Oblivion was fine, while all stories were shit they at least weren't *Walks in the door*, *Random guy comes up to you*, "Yeah, you're our new leader, you're so cewl, go keel dis peplez and sav zhe day, wait, did I remember to mention you're the chosen one and you're awesome?"...
And fucking finishing moves make it impossible to play anything else then a fucking tank as 90% of people would just randomly finish move you making any real combat strategies impossible. No unique loot in dungeons, every unique item is in a quest, the item will be level scaled and the plot will be horrible, there will be no real challenge which requires actual fucking thought.
Dragons are boring as shit, magic is dull as shit, melee hasn't gotten any more fun than Morrowinds or Oblivions, stealth is unbelievably retarded, perks are fucking stupid, NPCs got no character, not a single fun quest in the game, the only challenges you'll ever face are ice trolls at level 1 and random enemies insta 1hitting you with nothing you can do to prevent it leaving no space for actual tactics if you decide to play an extremely gimped and weak char for the sake of melee being slightly fun when you're totally underpowered, and sure there are mods which address most of this shit but eh, vanilla is horrible as shit.

That's what the difficulty option is for. Try master difficulty.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Patoson on August 26, 2012, 04:54:40 pm
- Sky UI (much, much better than QD Inventory)
SkyUI is fancy, yes, but it doesn't display the weight/price value like QDInventory does. And I also forgot a must-have mod: Categorized Favorites Menu.

Sorry for the double post!
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Zlisch_The_Butcher on August 26, 2012, 07:36:23 pm
That's what the difficulty option is for. Try master difficulty.
So, you're saying that difficulty settings will suddenly stop the game from being extremely repetitive, never requiring intellect of the player, neither having any choices or consequences (civil way changes nothing at all and is just 100% repetitive and is just a few copy pasted captures of some copy pasted forts), having playing a gimped and onehitable still not actually fun or challenging duel wielding knife (knives so you can't outreach shit) character who doesn't sneak due to random finishing moves locking you in place or aimbot NPCs with bows just drawing their bow and onehitting you regardless of how many times you hit them at facehug distance be impossible so you'll be forced to play something even more boring than the previously stated style, and every storyline being horrible were within ten seconds of walking into a guildhall you're being worshipped as their new fucking leader, damn, guess I should mess with difficulty.
Seriously, The White Wash, a fucking random tiny sidequest in fallout new vegas had more choices and consequences and moral grayness and a more exciting story than all the best (read; not that entirely horrible) parts of skyrim put together.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Tears of Destiny on August 27, 2012, 08:22:32 am
I enjoy them all as they entertain me for one reason or another, to each their own I suppose.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Polobow on October 06, 2012, 12:16:43 pm
Okay, i finally got to modding skyrim. I bought both DLCs, and i am currently installing all these mods:

This (graphical mod: Project Reality - Climates of Tamriel) + Dawnguard DLC + WARZONES: Civil Unrest + UFO + ASIS + SkyTEST - Realistic Animals and Predators + QD Inventory + Ish Souls to Perks + Immersive HUD + Convenient Horses = ten times better and more fun than vanilla Skyrim.

Plus

- Quality world map
- All quests from ThirteenOranges
- Towns and villages enhanced
- 2k textures

I'll tell you how it will play, still downloading ATM.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: CaveSquirrel on October 06, 2012, 12:21:22 pm
The Requiem Overhaul is also good.

If you didn't yet, get the Nexus Mod Manager and BOSS.
Title: Re: Getting a new computer...
Post by: Torben on October 06, 2012, 12:25:35 pm
google cloud mate