DSfix 1.5 released

I just released a new version of DSfix!
One particular request I got here at the Nexus is support for .dds texture overrides, and that is now implemented.

Bugfixes:
Fixed an issue with SSAO being rendered on top of particle effects/fog/water, instead of below them.
Improved the method used to determine when in the render pipeline to apply SMAA/SSAO, and also included more robust renderstate management. (This may fix the random display corruption issue people ...

Skyrim 2012 parts 2 and 3

Skyrim 2012, part 1 of which you may have already seen, also has parts 2 and 3 to continue the story. The videos show what might happen were Skyrim set in real life 2012.

Part 2

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Part 3

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Watch them all and more at the Grosjean brother's youtube channel....

Vote on the Wabbajack!

Head over to GAMEOLOGICAL to vote on the best treasure in a video game ever!

Of course, there is no question, the Wabbajack is THE treasure!

To quote Steve Heisler,
The Tanooki Suit offers two possibilities: flight and stone-cold stillness. The Wabbajack offers infinite possibilities. I think you’ll make the right choice.

We can't let Mario take this one home, can we?...

IGN List of 100 Best RPGs

IGN has created a new list of the greatest 100 computer RPGs.

A number of Nexus website games made the list:

Skyrim #7
Fallout 3 #10
Oblivion #22
Neverwinter Nights #31
Morrowind #32
The Witcher 2 #78
Fallout New Vegas #89

Related games for comparison:

Fallout 2 #28
Fallout #34

The Witcher and Dragon Age didn't make it.

Planescape Torment was the highest ranking "old school...

Real life Helm of Yngol

Harrison Krix of Volpin Props (a prop maker) has uploaded a video to Youtube demonstrating the process he performs to create a real world version of the Helm of Yngol.

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More pictures and explanation are available at Harrison's blog. Some of the steps:

After completing the hammered texture, I attached the horn bases. These started out as vacuum formed styrene discs with acrylic rings glued to the helmet sides. After securing them in place, the...

IGN makes controversial top 100 \"greatest\" RPG list

IGN proves that "greatest" is entirely subjective with their newest list of "100
Greatest RPGs of All Time".

Skyrim being the newest and flashiest takes out the highest position among the games covered by the Nexus sites at 7th Place.

How easy it was to spend an afternoon, a weekend, a month, in the world of Skyrim. Like its Elder Scrolls predecessors, Skyrim contained a massive land to explore -- a land teeming with quests, characters, and treasure. Considering ...

First person combat in Skyrim deconstructed

The California Literary Review has an analysis on the use of camera angles in video games and how they affect how you play. It examines the differences in first person and third person camera angles in Skyrim and Dark Souls respectively. It assesses how the camera angle affects how you play, with a particular emphasis on combat between the two games.

The interesting thing about the first person perspective though, is that as it was used over and over (again primarily by Western deve...

Announcing Legends of Grimrock Nexus

It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of the newest Nexus website, Legends of Grimrock Nexus, through my proxy, Axel.

Legends of Grimrock is a great throwback to the era of Dungeon Master style games, where you control a party of up to four characters and delve into the mysteries and puzzles of dungeons. For those of you who aren’t aware of Legends of Grimrock, here’s some of the blurb from the official site:

“Legend of Grimrock is a dungeon crawlin...

A potential bug identified in Hearthfire

Kotaku has the story about a possible bug/feature in the Hearthfire.

After you’ve built an entryway and a main hall for your manor, you can start selecting optional rooms like a library or kitchen. Each set of rooms is attached to a wing of the house — you can only build bedrooms in the west wing, for example — but you can only start planning out one room per wing at a time.

This is where the problems start. If you pick a plan from the west wing, start building pa...

Heap of modder interviews at TESAlliance

TES Alliance, an Elder Scrolls games modding community website, has a whole heap of interviews (18 to be specific) with Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim modders. They have been compiled over the past two years. There are many well known names among the community in the list.

The interviews cover all aspects of modding, gaming, construction ket, personal life, etc. Have a read if you have a spare hour or two.

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Skyrim Workshop - 10,000th mod

The Bethblog brings the news that the Steam Workshop for Skyrim has had its 10,000th mod uploaded. Steam Workshop conducted an interview with the modder joedamarsio, for whom the mod was his first mod.

This past week the Skyrim Workshop reached another milestone – it’s 10,000th mod. The mod, Shannara Weapon Set from joedamarsio, with an interview from the Skyrim Creation Kit (Public) Steam Group. Here’s an snippet…

Any advice you would offer to anyone playing Sk...

Singer Malukah does it again

Malukah, internet famous for singing beautiful versions of "The Dragonborn Comes", "Age of Aggression" etc, has produced her own take on another Skyrim song - Tale of the Tongues. Tale of the Tongues tells the story of the original champions of Skyrim who initially vanquished the dragons.

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Much better than Bieber.

Check out the video and more at Malukah's youtube page.



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Alduin's wings, they did darke...

Hearthfire reviews

Hearthfire has been available for download on the Xbox 360 for several days now and some reviews have come in. The general theme seems to be 'good for a free afternoon' and 'not for everyone'.

Eurogamer:

What sort of Skyrim player are you? Are you there for the story and the Achievements, taking advantage of the game's loose logic to play multiple characters in one playthrough, heading up the Mage's College even as you take charge of the Thieves ...

Bethesda team diary sheds new light on Hearthfire

A team diary on the Elder Scrolls website reveals the background of the development of the next Skyrim DLC 'Hearthfire'.

Like Dawnguard, Hearthfire's inception came out of Bethesda Game Studios' first-ever "Game Jam", a weeklong exercise where members of the team shared in-game ideas for expanding Skyrim.

"When the Game Jam invitation arrived, I was looking for something different from what I'd traditionally do as a designer," lead designer, Bruce Ne...

Great battle of Dawnguard

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Another (even longer) battle video from Tyrannicon, this time featuring a siege on a castle of vampires as takes place at the end of the Dawnguard questline. It's how a some people would have preferred the final battle of Dawnguard to have been perhaps...

Werewolves allied with vampire hunters is cool.

Mods used in the video:

Knightly Armory by Jacko0
Crainte Vomir by Hentai
Horse Armors for Skyrim by Mystikhybrid an...

Announcing Hearthfire

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From the YouTube Description:
With this official add-on to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, you can purchase land and build your own home from the ground up - from a simple one-room cottage to a sprawling compound complete with an armory, alchemy laboratory, stable, garden, and more. Use all-new tools like the drafting table and carpenter's workbench to transform quarried stone, clay, and sawn logs into structures and furnishings. Even transform your house into a h...

Site issues since Dawnguard

Hi folks,

I thought I’d jump on real quick and fire off a news update on the sites. As is my way, I’ll start off with some self-defensive history.

Roll-back to a few weeks ago and the one month XBox exclusivity on Dawnguard, the first Skyrim add-on/expansion/whatever you want to call it, was due to expire. Many expected Bethesda would release it for the PC there and then. But they didn’t. In fact, Pete Hines coyly came out and said “We have not announced Dawngua...

300 - Skyrim edition

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Tyrannicon, creator of a number of impressive battle videos, has given Zack Snyder's movie 300 the Skyrim treatment.

The video has even attracted the attention of Skyrim Executive Producer Todd Howard.

During today’s QuakeCon panel, “The Game of Making Games”, Todd Howard shared that his current favorite Skyrim video is Skyrim: 300 (Battle of Thermopylae).

To create the video, Tyrannicon used the following mods:

Dawnguard DLC available for PC

Bethesda Softworks announced that the DLC Dawnguard is available for PC via Steam.

The Vampire Lord Harkon has returned to power. By using the Elder Scrolls, he seeks to do the unthinkable - to end the sun itself. Will you join the ancient order of the Dawnguard and stop him? Or will you become a Vampire Lord yourself? Featuring an all new faction questline and locations, the ultimate choice will be yours.

The DLC can be purchased via the Steam Store for US$20 in ...

Bethesda are not telling us when we can expect the Dawnguard DLC for PC

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When will the Dawnguard DLC be released for PC? Nobody seems to know, but Bethesdas Pete Hines has tweeted the following : "We have not announced Dawnguard for any other platform, nor given any timeline for any such news. If we have any news, i promise i'd tell you"....