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JEff

has The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Nov 15, 2018 @ 7:54am

Chameleon spell glitch: can anybody fix?

I don't know why, but when playing this game, casting chameleon makes my character appear invisible with a slight shimmer as the invisibility sepll does. However, it doesn't carry the same effect as invisibility. Despite my character appearing just as invisible, he is not invisible, and easily seen. The only time that this hasn't been the case was when I drank a bunch of chameleon potions for 100% chameleon, in which case I could not be seen at all. No shimmering, no nothing.

The reason this is a concern for me, is because I previously had a character, and he had some chameleon enchants, and they made him transparent, not invisible. However, for whatever reason, they now make him look like he has invisibility on him, which is not true. I don't like it when he appears to be invisible, but i in fact, not.

Is there any known cause and/or fix for this? Please let me know, because it is a huge pet peeve for me.

Last edited by JEff; Nov 15, 2018 @ 7:55am

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Noodle

Nov 15, 2018 @ 2:01pm

Originally posted by Caeser JEff:
I don't know why, but when playing this game, casting chameleon makes my character appear invisible with a slight shimmer as the invisibility sepll does. However, it doesn't carry the same effect as invisibility. Despite my character appearing just as invisible, he is not invisible, and easily seen. The only time that this hasn't been the case was when I drank a bunch of chameleon potions for 100% chameleon, in which case I could not be seen at all. No shimmering, no nothing.

The reason this is a concern for me, is because I previously had a character, and he had some chameleon enchants, and they made him transparent, not invisible. However, for whatever reason, they now make him look like he has invisibility on him, which is not true. I don't like it when he appears to be invisible, but i in fact, not.

Is there any known cause and/or fix for this? Please let me know, because it is a huge pet peeve for me.

It's not a bug, the invisibility is not 100% invisible but the NPC's are dumb if you have high stealth skill.

JEff

Nov 15, 2018 @ 7:06pm

Originally posted by ✿❀✧Cake✧❀✿:
Originally posted by Caeser JEff:
I don't know why, but when playing this game, casting chameleon makes my character appear invisible with a slight shimmer as the invisibility sepll does. However, it doesn't carry the same effect as invisibility. Despite my character appearing just as invisible, he is not invisible, and easily seen. The only time that this hasn't been the case was when I drank a bunch of chameleon potions for 100% chameleon, in which case I could not be seen at all. No shimmering, no nothing.

The reason this is a concern for me, is because I previously had a character, and he had some chameleon enchants, and they made him transparent, not invisible. However, for whatever reason, they now make him look like he has invisibility on him, which is not true. I don't like it when he appears to be invisible, but i in fact, not.

Is there any known cause and/or fix for this? Please let me know, because it is a huge pet peeve for me.

It's not a bug, the invisibility is not 100% invisible but the NPC's are dumb if you have high stealth skill.

My apologies, I think my wording and explanation is misleading. I'll collect some screenshots to further explain the issue

JEff

Nov 15, 2018 @ 7:17pm

Originally posted by Caeser JEff:
Originally posted by ✿❀✧Cake✧❀✿:

It's not a bug, the invisibility is not 100% invisible but the NPC's are dumb if you have high stealth skill.
My apologies, I think my wording and explanation is misleading. I'll collect some screenshots to further explain the issue

Here is what it looks like when I cast shroudwalk, a 15% chameleon spell
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1565932593

And this is how it looks (if you can see me) when I cast invisibility
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1565932551

The issue is that the chameleon looks identical to invisibility, but it isn't supposed to. I don't have any screenshots of it, but chameleon is supposed to make the player transperent, but not invisible (unless 100% chameleon)

zafire063

Nov 15, 2018 @ 7:30pm

It isn't supposed to have the same visual? Yes it is. I've played the 360 version and the PC version. If it didn't "before", THAT was the file that was glitched.

I was considering downloading a mod that just made the visual aspect do nothing, or changed it somewhat. Honestly, though, unless you get 100% chameleon, Invisibility is pretty much better in every way anyway. The only exception is maybe sneaking around a castle, but even that's relatively debatable.

Last edited by zafire063; Nov 15, 2018 @ 7:31pm

Noodle

Nov 16, 2018 @ 4:18am

That's what I'm saying. They look the same anyway but function differently.

If you really think theres something wrong, verify the files to replace possible corrupted or missing files and update your drivers.

Nosferuz

Dec 2, 2018 @ 1:01am

I'm also noticing that the chameleon effect no longer has the "faded" effect it used to back when I was more actively playing in like '11. I was wondering as well if this was a bug, or if it was fixed somehow in a patch or some other. I'd like some insight in the matter as well.

JEff

Dec 2, 2018 @ 7:29am

Originally posted by Nosferuz:
I'm also noticing that the chameleon effect no longer has the "faded" effect it used to back when I was more actively playing in like '11. I was wondering as well if this was a bug, or if it was fixed somehow in a patch or some other. I'd like some insight in the matter as well.

Yeah I noticed that too. I had a character a year ago that had some chameleon enchantments, and he was just faded, but for whatever reason, now, even with that same character, it just gives the visual effect of invisibility. The only exception to this is 100% chameleon, in which case the player is completely invisible.

Bomb Bloke has The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition (2009)

Dec 2, 2018 @ 5:54pm

Here's how it looks for me:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1581229417

The different intensities correctly show different levels of translucency. If you can't replicate this, reckon it's your graphics driver.

Last edited by Bomb Bloke; Dec 2, 2018 @ 5:57pm

JEff

Dec 2, 2018 @ 5:59pm

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:
Here's how it looks for me:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1581229417

The different intensities correctly show different levels of translucency.

I suppose it does, but that's not how it was. Sadly, though, I don't have any screenshots of my own to prove it. But your scrrenshots are how it currently appears.