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Sorry if I was away for several months, been mostly at Nexus but working on a few small mods. However, I had to act on IRL priorities, giving me less time to dabble.

Apparently the Power Rangers were making use of Dwemeri technology. https://www.facebook.com/jasondfrank/photos/a.278616396686.144004.270759951686/10153083533026687/?type=1&theater

This is already high-end and is very fast. Should be no problem doing anything in-game, but if you want to use more mods make sure you read the comments about compatibility. I'm okay playing the game at 1280x800 with some texture packs, given the system limitations, but man, the extra 3tb drive (then the 2nd DVD writer) is a bit of an overkill unless you're preparing to install and play very recent and large games (i.e. GTA V clocks in at around 60gb) or store BD-quality video -- could use the money to buy a backup/external hard drive instead, plus a 600w Seasonic PSU and a 3rd-party CPU cooler and exhaust fan kits such as those from Coolermaster. The HD7970... personally I think the newer R7s and R9s are more efficient and that they're better prepared for a new slew of games using the upcoming DX12.

This'll properly explain why it's now a necessity, whether you play vanilla or heavily-modded: http://forum.step-project.com/topic/6726-common-ctds-freezes-ils-and-memory-issues/ It leaves a bitter taste in my mouth when money talk is combined with intangible electronic goods all the while ignoring principles and common sense.

(offtopic) Whether you even just play vanilla, the memory patch helps because normally the game only allocates 256 mb of memory and then another 256 should the first one fills up, but if you have something that adds a lot of static objects in a cell, or you have a lot of NPCs in one place, the game engine may soon be unable to handle more than what those two 256mb buckets contain. Not only CTDs but also infinite loading screens. Those limitations were there because the game was originally made to be ported over to the Xbox 360 and the PS3. With the memory patch enabled on runtime, you can allocate up to 768mb of memory for the first "bucket" and then 256 for the next "bucket', taking greater advantage of your PC's capabilities, which means you can do anything you want to Skyrim and more. Also, nobody's going to stop you from using SKSE, disregarding the ongoing modders' crisis. (ontopic) There were attempts at preventing asset theft, such as placing one's name in a mesh or texture, or a mechanism to prevent tampering. But even then the only way to deal with a stolen mod on Steam is to file a DMCA, and for a mod to be uploaded, the uploader has to submit personal information plus his tax info depending on where he/she lives.

Yes, but I use EFF, Racemenu, Enhanced Blood Textures, A Matter of Time, which all need SKSE and gives the game further flexibility. Furthermore the current version of SKSE has a memory patch which actually put to an end to frequent CTDs that plagued gameplay since Skyrim's launch.

This maybe the most callous statement ever made by an ex-modder 3rd party DLC dev (caution: explicit language): http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/33r0r9/a_genuine_appeal_to_the_true_sons_of_modding_the/cqnvk2z As much as I disagree with their sudden about-face, I'll continue to use SkyUI 4.1 until someone comes up with an open-source/CC version that doesn't come with strings attached (remember that the SkyUI code is in Github unless they nuke it and turn it into close-sourced payware). Now if he wants to make a buck, he ought to apply to Beth and see what happens.

Good Gods, what? http://skydevgru.tumblr.com/post/117316514373/skyrim-no-longer-has-a-no-update-option

Funny, I find myself recalling http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ahzirr_Traajijazeri

Hear! Hear!

Upon reading this dev's rather casual response to the matter, I said "You have to be completely nuts." http://forums.bethsoft.com/topic/1516818-discussion-for-workshop-paid-mods-thread-4/page-5#entry23943540 I never expected men like him to do an about-face when Valve presented them an opportunity that could potentially destroy and betray more than enrich them.