Beginners Tutorial: Load Order and BOSS

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A tutorial for beginners explaining Load Order and the BOSS tool. This video covers the following:

1. What 'load order' means.
2. Why it is important.
3. How to use BOSS to help manage your load order.

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Skyrim 1.6 went live for everyone on 11th June

Skyrim 1.6.89.0.6 is live. It seems the transition from beta to official release occured without much fanfare and a number of people were unaware that it had gone live on the 11th of June. But I can confirm for you that it did go live and is no longer in beta :)
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Got Skyrim on the Xbox 360? Sign up for the Dawnguard beta!

Want a chance to play Dawnguard early? Bethesda has had such a success with the PC beta updates, that they are making one for the Xbox 360 - and it is not just a beta update, it is the beta for Dawnguard! Visit DawnguardBeta.ElderScrolls.com to apply. The process only takes a couple of minutes. You'll also need an account on the official forums. They'll select the testers in about a week. "Players accepted into the beta will receive an Xbox LIVE code to redeem Dawnguard. The beta is the fu...

Dawnguard Official Trailer

Bethesda couldn't wait until E3 to release the trailer, and were quite right in the guess that we couldn't either. So, here it is - the Dawnguard trailer! (Also, check out the Trailer analysis after watching the trailer!) 3PjBSicSVqI Features: New questline, involving vampires, vampire-hunters, the elder scrolls, Falmers and lots more! Two rivaling factions to choose between; Vampires and the Dawnguard. Playable Crossbows. Playable Vampire Lord. What looks like a frost giant/yeti. ...

Skyrim Update 1.6 - Mounted combat!

Finally it is coming; mounted combat! You can now fight, both melee and ranged on horseback! Modders (and players alike) rejoice: The Navmesh bug is fixed! The beta update is already available on Steam, so give it a go! Release date for the update is unknown. (Compatible SKSE) Are you like me, having a hard time believing in this? Well: H7s-8u9ox4M Thank you, Pronam! Bug Fixes: - General stability and memory optimizations - General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes...

Skyrim Tweaks and Fixes 2: More Z-fighting

D0Rtj4bfSVQ Part 2 of my new video series aimed at helping people tweak the game and fix bugs and glitches. This episode continues discussing the fix for the flickering mountains problem (Z-fighting) and issues that the fix itself causes. Resource Links: STEP - Skyrim Total Enhancement Project S.T.E.P. Community Wiki S.T.E.P. Project Wiki:Z-Fighting...

News, week ending 12 May 2012

Elder Scrolls News As part of it's coverage of the Elder Scrolls Online, GameInformer has launched a hub of information. Topics include: -An interview with the Creative Director Paul Sage; -A video with Matt Firor; -Information about what the game offers Skyrim and MMO players. Kotaku has an article about how games like Skyrim can interfere in people's social life. Steam has a sale of 33% off for Skyrim this weekend (12-13 May) only. GameSpy has an article about several thief mo...

Dawnguard details at E3 remain confidential

Matt Grandstaff, Bethesda Softworks' Community Manager, has confirmed to Skyrim Nexus that intrepid game journalists will see Dawnguard in action at E3. He was not able to release information about whether the content would be demonstrated or whether it would be playable. "Sorry, we haven't announced exact E3 plans. All I can say is that folks will be seeing it there," Grandstaff said. Grandstaff confirmed that members of the general community will not be able to see it. "Something to keep...

Skyrim Tweaks and Fixes 1: Mountain flicker and Z-fighting

XjHt-4Z6PwI Part 1 of my new video series aimed at helping people tweak the game and fix bugs and glitches. This episode focuses on something known as Z-fighting which causes distant mountains to flicker when the player moves. Resource Links: STEP - Skyrim Total Enhancement Project S.T.E.P. Community Wiki S.T.E.P. Project Wiki:Z-Fighting...

ESO Game Informer article leaked

The first preview article for ESO written by Game Informer's Adam Biessener has been splashed across the internet through a leak before it appeared in the magazine's print version. As a respectable modding site Skyrim Nexus will not be linking to the scans on its front page. There are plenty of links to the scans available in the forums including comments on previous ESO news articles. There is also nothing stopping readers from googling "elder scrolls online game informer scans" and follo...

First ESO screenshot creates a largely negative reaction

Game Informer has provided the first non-leaked screenshots of the Elder Scrolls Online (hereafter referred to as ESO). The screenshots show players fighting Storm Atronachs. Reaction to the graphics and announcement has been mixed. Jara commenting on Bethblog was dismissive. "You gotta be shitting me. This looks like a beta screenshot for Morrowind," Jara said. "Warcraft has pretty lousy graphics by today’s standards too, but this looks… after how gorgeous Skyrim was, this looks like...

The Elder Scrolls Online Announcement Trailer

In typical Bethesda fashion (or should I say Zenimax in order to stop people getting confused as to who is making the game?) the first trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online tells us absolutely nothing. So this week we've had a DLC announcement for Skyrim that told us nothing, and now a new game announcement that tells us nothing. Great ;) So why am I posting this? Because I love Michael Gambon. Americans will probably only know him for his role as Dumbledore in the latter stages of the Harry P...

The Elder Scrolls Online announced

Last month I posted some news that it was widely rumoured that Bethesda would be announcing the title their MMO department have been working on over the past 4 years in May some time. That announcement has come today from Bethesda via the Beth Blog and their long time announcement medium, Game Informer magazine. Here's the blurb from the Beth Blog article: Since opening its doors in August of 2007, we haven’t been able to say much about happenings at ZeniMax Online Studios – until toda...

Players angry at Dawnguard Xbox exclusivity

Some PC Skyrim players are annoyed that the first game add-on for Skyrim will initially exclusively be sold on the Xbox 360. Players went online to vent their frustration at not being allowed to purchase the content as soon as possible. "I’m hating you with all my heart Bethesda," said one person on the Bethesda blog. "I bought a dam Steam pc copy yet Ill have to wait 1 fff–ing month. Why?" he said. Other players alleged that Bethesda Softworks had received a financial incentive to mak...

The Shivering Isles \'madness armour\' one of the 25 best

IGN has declared that the 'Madness Armour' featured in the Oblivion expansion The Shivering Isles is one of the 25 best armour sets in games. The Madness Armor is a heavy armor set that you get through taking on the Antipodean Hammer quest. Once you have enough Madness Ore bring it to Cutter at Cutter's Weapons in Bliss and she will make you a piece of the armor. Boots cost two pieces of ore, as do the helmet, shield and gauntlets. The greaves need three to be crafted, and the cuirass five. ...

Interview with modder and voice actor Ibsen

The Nexus series of sites presents a brief question and answer series with Ibsen3, a modder and voice actor for the Elder Scrolls series of games. Ibsen3 also goes by the name Ibsen's Ghost. Ibsen3 focuses upon providing voice acting and modding for Oblivion. He provided voice acting for one of this news poster's Oblivion mods thanks to an uncanny ability to mimic the sounds of the original Oblivion male voice actors. This Q&A was originally conducted in November 2011 but due to mutual ...

Dawnguard - first Skyrim new content

Bethesda has announced the name of its first Skyrim new content 'Dawnguard'. Little detail is available at the moment, Bethesda has said it will release more information at the next E3, which is on 5-7 June. Bethesda said it would be available for the northern hemisphere Summer, which is June-August. Dawnguard will be only sold for Xbox 360 for the first month or whatever....

The Siege of Markarth video

Tyrannicon, creator of the "Great Battles of Skyrim - Part 1" video has released another impressive battle video under the Youtube Machinima channel. The video shows a Forsworn attack upon the city of Markarth, while a sinister figure looks on. The video also features 25 different mods from Skyrim Nexus. Try to guess which ones (because it doesn't say in the video description...). 1uYsnoUvv8Q...

Skyrim DLC evidence found? Snow elves, crossbows, and more?

Update: Bethesda has announced that the first DLC is in fact named Dawnguard ("known" for some time) and that more information will be revealed at E3. Dawnguard and the second DLC will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 for 30 days. Bethesda forum user Raestloz seems to have found evidence of the upcoming first Skyrim DLC. While looking through the 1.5.26 patch files, he found a number of additions explicitly named with "DLC01." Another user, Karellan, has listed out the individual files: Snow e...

Interview with Brumbek, winner of the March FOTM contest

For the month of March, Brumbek took home the File of the Month championship with his mod, the Static Mesh Improvement Mod, or SMIM. I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Brumbek, which you can read below. Be sure to vote this month to see your favorite mod featured here on the site news. Q: So, Brumbek, tell us a bit about yourself. How did you get into modding? A: I'm just a guy who likes to play really immersive games, games I can live, not just play. To paraphrase Sir Fran...