Old Farts' Coffee House

[Avrie]

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If you're new to Skyrim, or just having problems, and not sure where to begin ... Just ask. All are welcome, If you can grow pubic hair you're already an old fart to someone.

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Keep it clean (mostly) While the game is listed as mature, a lot of the people aren't
Keep it civil (always) arguing a little is fine, just keep it friendly

Move over young ones ... Gramps moved back in.

[DragonMaster]

Nguyên văn bởi Avrie:

Heeeee's Back! ... Miss me?

New computer delivered and I just started setting it up. OMG I can't remember everything I tweaked to get it the way I wanted... been 6 years since I set up a HD from scratch. I'm just hoping I don't end up with the same mess Kelvy did ... this is a new copy of Windows

Glad to see that you got the New computer my friend have fun

[Avrie]

It's going to be a long weekend DM LOL... I still need to set up the unit for my last hybrid SSD and then I'll actually be ready to start loading stuff. I managed to recover everything, then managed to forget the screenshot folders were in steam and nuked them when I cleaned out the drive ... I'm sort of glad. Time for a "new" history.

[Black Album]

If it all gets a bit technical for you ... then you know where I am ...

[Bladeheart]

Quick question, Avrie have you given consideration to insuring this new machine?

[Avrie]

Goooood Morning Tamriel!

Avrie wishes you well. It's Loredas the 15th of Sun's Dawn and another brisk predawn here on warm sands. Wage slaves rejoice the weekend is upon us, and it's time to spruce up the inn again. Excuse please while Avrie empties the ash pits and scrubs the kettles. Time to put some fresh water to the boil...

Avrie is celebrating so the Brew of the day is Maluka Mu Zimbabwe, and the biscuits are ginger bread. Checking the hot sheets we have 11 new. Bimbettes, accessories, and a few patches covered. Let's see what catches the eye this morning...

Rallyeator released Rally's Hooks and Saws
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32652
Rallyeator showed some love to a little useless clutter ... much improved over vanilla, available in a carved , and rusty version as well. 1 cookie

SavrenX Lux Weapons
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32667
It looks like SavrenX is compiling his upgraded weapon textures into an all in one. So far this mod includes only shiny versions of the staff of Magnus, and several of the Daedric artifacts. The upscaled textures and normal maps look great, Avrie is not sure about the shiny meshes though... it is a matter of taste. More weapons will be added to the mod so call it a WIP for now.

And we'll finish up with RD's Skyrim Scavenger Hunt by RetroDaddy
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/32661
Yet another treasure hunt mod from this author... at least this time they aren't god weapons. chase notes all over the map to unlock caches of weapons and armor pieces ... all based on vanilla armor and weapons but a little more powerful. This could be a fun waste of time if you get bored. 1 cookie for not including totally OP crap again

And that's about it ... the fires are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and the floors are swept and mopped. Avrie has a lot of work ahead of him today ... Time for a fresh cuppa. Have a great weekend all ... We-B-Open!

[Avrie]

Nguyên văn bởi Bladeheart:

Quick question, Avrie have you given consideration to insuring this new machine?

Well I did spring for one additional year of warranty support, and I invoked "One drive" as a real time backup system. But the problem with insurance (Other than if I could get away with calling it a business machine and adding it to my business insurance) Would be that they don't normally cover blatant stupidity ... which is why I'm in this predicament LOL

[Black Album]

What if you could prove beyond any doubt that you are clinically stupid ??

I, and many others, would be willing to vouch for you ... if that helps.

[Avrie]

IDK BA... I think my stupidity would be classified more pathological than clinical and they usually don't cover pre-existing conditions... Farging Bastages have loop holes for everything

[Bladeheart]

Obviously we are on different sides of 'The Pond', but here our home and contents insurance includes accidental damage. Just a thought. :)
At least if you did get yourself a desktop this time it will be far less likely that drinks get spilled over it. lol

[Avrie]

I originally bought the Sager lappy because my last gaming tower decided to go swimming in Hurricane Sandy with a battery backup attached ... That must have been a sight, but I'm glad I didn't get to see it. Kelly's discription of the sparks and the popping sounds were enough.

It's almost ironic that the lappy got destroyed by a few drips of tea... lessons learned. The new tower is under the desk LOL

edit ... Me B Happy!!! my hybrid drive was recognized without issues. Which means I recovered all of my current builds and mods. Now i have an interest in redoing my game drive and getting it off C:

[GrimCat]

Nguyên văn bởi Avrie:

IDK BA... I think my stupidity would be classified more pathological than clinical and they usually don't cover pre-existing conditions... Farging Bastages have loop holes for everything

Those ice holes!

[Avrie]

LOL Grim, I wasn't sure anyone would catch the reference. "Did you know your last name is an adjective?"

[Gerdruids]

Hey a heads up on Realistic Body System. It seems that the original version that had the AreYouThere dll caused a instant CTD, so he has deleted that dll from his version.
It is still a requirement for the mod. So if you have the original version Delete it and get the new version and also go and get the Are you there mod. along with the updated dll that is linked in the posted section of Are you there.

[Bladeheart]

Avrie, something that I learned that may be of use.
Previously, I had my desktop situated under my desk as you mentioned. Now, I have it sitting above 'ground' adjacent to my desk on a set of draws also designed to go under the desk (small table would also work). This is because it gathers a lot less dust and, also by not being underneath the table top, the increase in entropy is also noticeably less.

As I said may be of use.

[Avrie]

@Blade
Unfortunately one of the down sides to living in the desert is the dust. You have no idea what this flour sand is like until you have to clean it LOL. good idea to get it off the floor. I have a "L" shaped desk and the perfect place for this unit is in the corner, so maybe a short stand would work... Thanks, I'll look into a stand

@Gerdruids
Good info ... I'll remember that when I can finally start downloading stuff again.

Just finished getting the final hardware installed and closed the covers. Managed a really clean mount for the hybrid drive with a single tie wrap and both drive bays are still free Also got my Steam re-installed and running on the D: drive, and my mods and MO2 installations on the E: drive. I've already excluded the game and manager drives from my AV and installed and updated all my security apps. Still haven't tackled taming Windows glut of bloatware... but that will be soon. I may launch a virgin SSE game in a little while just to verify all the required files are in place.