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.

This is just a place to hang, chat, ask questions, and get abused by forum regulars. Feel free to drop by ... We might not have all the answers, but we probably already know the people that do, and we will be happy to help.

Bashing, spamming, self promoting, advertising, and trolling will simply provide us with target practice and make you look really lame. Please leave politics and religion at the door as well.

Personal attacks against forum guests based on country, race, ethnicity, and lifestyle preferences will not be tollerated in any way ... Period, and we will be enforcing the moderators rules around here ... Period

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.

[HazakTheMad]

Probably the reason it was only me is cause of me being still awake unlike most sane people here.

[Avrie]

Hey I resemble that remark nyuk nyuk nyuk

Morning

[Avrie]

BTW... before they slup through the cracks... Wizkid posted a few updates of interest

WiZkiD Grass and Landscape.7z
New update released, added full complex grass compatibility, updated all grass records object bound, added new grass and landscape textures records from Veydosebrom Regions, this means that some regions have been heavily modified, among them, Whiterun Tundra, snowy regions and frozen marshes, The Rift and Solstheim, I hope you like this new updated version, and btw, happy new year guys https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YsfiGt0nQ1S-g6WcR-e199jFsRQyTSZ4/view?usp=share_link

WiZkiD ENB.7z
WiZkiD ENB for Obsidian Weathers and Seasons new update ready, it includes numerous improvements and is now fully compatible with EVLaS and complex grass https://drive.google.com/file/d/1doLQX9QiI0qXWRwKvC0thTqkMBs3uMAo/view?usp=share_link

[xybolt]

Цитата допису Ilja:

I have weight for gold, arrows and lockpicks, I am building my own library, so I have a bunch of books.

Two questions
1. what's the weight for each gold? I'm walking around with lots of clinking 'n clancking because I have 160k+ golds. All hard earned.
2. what do you mean with building your own library? Is there a mod that allows you to add bookshelves that may support unlimited bookshelves or something similar?

[Avrie]

I can't answer for the library Xy. But typicaly a "gold coin" weighed 1 troy ounce or 0.068571429 pound (lb). Therefore 160k coins would weigh 10,971.4286 pounds... Hope you have good shoes

Well, The markets are closed today, but the body is on autopilot so time for a fresh cuppa and I'll wake the cat

[xybolt]

I am only wondering how much my carry weight would become. I should utilise a safe or treasure box...

[xybolt]

Finally arrived in Markarth. Did various things (even fed on some) before leaving.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2911250701

I am now continuing a part of the dawnguard questline, finding another elder scroll after capturing a moth priest.

blood tip: the jarl's housecarl is delicious

[Avrie]

Gooooooood Morning Tamriel!

Ah'vrie wishes you well. It is Morndas the 2nd of Morning Star, and wage slaves lament the weekend is over. This is the second day of a light cold rain here in Elsweyr which is very unusual for the desert, and hell on an old cat's fur but what can you do. The blessed moons have set, the paths are closed and the inn needs tending. Excuse please while the fires are stoked, and fresh water is put to the boil...

Brew of the day is Inspirazione a Napoli, and there are trays of Toll House biscuits from yesterdays baking marathon. Checking the hot sheets we have 47 new. So much for a light morning. LOL You'd think with all the celebrations the old cat would have a light day or two. Right and dragons don't fly Let's see what catches the eyes of an old cat over a fresh cuppa this fine day...

ChaosOrdeal released Don't Cheat Your Pants Off as a second mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81841
"This mod changes the armor values of most of the TAWOBA armor, so that bikini tops match the Armor Rating of the vanilla armor of that type. Head gear matches helmets, boots match boots, gloves match gauntlets, and everything else provides no additional armor. Wear your Bikini Armor kitted out, or just use the bare minimum (yeah, that's an intentional pun, I guess), and you will have the same Armor Rating as you would wearing that class of vanilla armor." Thanks ... Not saying a word LOL

Let's pop into one of those interesting Segways... Carry weight

jjensen6823 patched Hardcore Capacity - Enhanced by Irondusk33
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81761
"Creates the most complete, comprehensive, and brutally realistic carrying capacity mod"

This affects the player and their followers as well. You really want to read the mod page. Lydia may be sworn to carry your burdens but too many and no one can fight... Ouch

And on the other side of the argument...

eeeickythump released Storehouse - Item Limiter and Shared Stash
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81778
"Set inventory limits for consumables, without the need to micromanage inventory. Excess items are sent to a global stash, accessed via chests in player houses and inns. Entering these locations replenishes your supplies from the stash."

Funny how opposite sides of the same argument can so effortlessly come together to work in tandem. Unfortunately Storehouse only really works with potions, lockpicks and arrows. Crafting supplies would be a bloody nice addition.

Hornophobic released LOVERBOY Male Skin
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81831
"A High Quality, highly detailed Male skin texture overhaul for HIMBO, SOS and vanilla body." Nicely detailed with blended assets from Vitruvia, Tempered, Bijin, and SkySight. Worth a ,look, but the old cat needs to see this in game. Have a cookie

Dovahnique's Diverse Deadly Nightshade - (BOS - ENB Lights)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81828
"New 3D model and textures for the Nightshade plant. 5 colors swapped randomly with a 20% chance using powerofthree's Base Object Swapper."

Interesting model and hand painted textures. Reminds the old cat more of orchids than of nightshade, but Certainly worth a look and a cookie.

shish15 released HD Reworked Tree Bark - Happy Little Trees - 16k 8k 4k 2k
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81822
"UHD Photorealistic textures for Happy Little Trees. More realistic colours and better blend with the environment and landscape textures." Color the old cat impressed... VERY nice choices with almost no stretching and visible seams. 2 cookie work but 16k? Have they approved liquid nitrogen cooling for use in the home?

Let's see... dionysist released another grass cache

Cathedral Landscapes and 3D Pine Grass Pre-Cache For LOD
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81824

They can't all be gems...

NewWorld14 ReShade Preset for Vivid Weathers (SE AE LE)
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81793
Yeesh... Oversaturated, over sharpened... and passed over. Next

Hein84 released Vivid Landscapes - Complex Parallax Occlusion Tundra Region
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81816
"Tundra textures with matching lod's adapted fo Complex Terrain Parallax Effect/Parallax Occlusion Mapping Though you can use the set without parallax as well"

Unfortunately there are things in the real world like gravity, and erosion that make this level of tessellation look completely unnatural... too much of a good thing. PASS

Tortojcla released Winterhold Renewed Beginning
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81842
"Barriers have been posted and nobody else is allowed on the construction site. Let the work begin!" Yeah... Your game your way, but... Again with the stupid stone walls? Maybe if the houses were rebuilt one at a time first. Not for old cats.

Finally, a shout out to ret2end who released hkxconv
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/81744
"Tool for convert SE hkx to xml" This is a little outside our normal scope. Used for setup and testing in Fnis and Nemesis before converting back into Hkx for use in the game.

And that will do for today. The fries are stoked, the kettles scrubbed, and thw floors are swept. Have a seat by the fires and warm your bones. We-B-Open!

[Avrie]

Цитата допису xybolt:

I am only wondering how much my carry weight would become. I should utilise a safe or treasure box...

There were two complimentary hard core carryweight mods in today's review which got me thinking as well. If you consider that 100 gold coins in a pouch weighs a little less than a gallon of water, (6.8 Lbs or a little over 3 Kilos) and it would take 50 of those pouches to buy a small home or homestead... You can see why people argue about realistic carry ability.

It also makes for a valid argument for the economy overhaul combinations that SMR uses so he can write checks...

I've gotten to the don't care phase... but i used to always keep about 100 gold on me and the rest in a safe in one of the houses

[Liquid Inc]

i have one of those "gold coins have weight" mods.. 100 gold is 1 weight.

needless to say i have very little gold

[xybolt]

I am pondering to use C.O.I.N.S (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/51439) at my next playthrough with a weight mod for gold (or I just open xEdit) to make a bit harder to get gold. Because getting 160k with not taking all loots (I only take "high value" loot such as enhanced gear) is not so optimally realistic.

For economy, I have trade and barter.

[Liquid Inc]

i think i looked at that mod before... it's in my bookmarks but it's not part of the LO at current so there must have been a reason i chose not to use it. Hmm...

i use scarcity to help reduce the loot amount down but i also tend to leave most things behind and only pick up coins, gems, scrolls etc... small things that you'd be able to realistically carry and yet still fight. If it's enchanted gear but im already wearing/using some it stays behind or i swap it with what i have and throw that down instead.

Not that the tiny carry weight i start with makes that a choice LOL. i usually start with only 60~ carry weight. Not much when you consider i'd have no weightless perks!

[Ilja]

Цитата допису xybolt:

Цитата допису Ilja:

I have weight for gold, arrows and lockpicks, I am building my own library, so I have a bunch of books.

Two questions
1. what's the weight for each gold? I'm walking around with lots of clinking 'n clancking because I have 160k+ golds. All hard earned.
2. what do you mean with building your own library? Is there a mod that allows you to add bookshelves that may support unlimited bookshelves or something similar?

1. I think it was 0,01 ingame units. That can be tweaked though.

2. There is a mod for unlimited bookshelves. I have not used it myself. By Library I mean that I will be gathering all the books from the game, including spell books for spell library. Immersive Spell Learning has an MCM option to prevent them from getting destroyed.

I also have few mods that add more books in to game.

I have Obscure College of Winterhold installed, which will help with book storage. I am strongly considering Legacy of Dragonborn, even if it would demand a restart. With that, I would have more than enough space for all the books.

[lizrdfishr]

Цитата допису Ilja:

..snip.. By Library I mean that I will be gathering all the books from the game, including spell books for spell library. Immersive Spell Learning has an MCM option to prevent them from getting destroyed.

I also have few mods that add more books in to game.

I have Obscure College of Winterhold installed, which will help with book storage...snip..

OK, gonna have to check out the Immersive Spell Learning with that MCM toggle for collecting.

OMG I love the lore in the books. I run Book Covers Skyrim Lost Library, a mod that adds books from prior TES games.
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/902

All my games end up with full bookshelves.

How do you prevent bringing home duplicates?

[bLaCkShAd0w]

This is great
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2907663664