Official TESA TESV Speculation and Info Thread

[jaggedbubbles]

Have they released any inkling as to what the hardware requirements for this game will be for the PC?

[Arthmoor]

No hardware requirements yet. I'd suspect they won't be too much more demanding than Oblivion or the Fallout games since Skyrim still has to run on an Xbox 360. All depends on whether we get a PC version with enhanced capabilities. DX11 would be wonderful.

The one screenshot I really liked out of the GI article hasn't been posted online yet. Outdoor village shot with more NPCs and boatloads of shadows and other details. Of course, I'm pretty partial to villages

[Meo]

Speechless...

[Citrus]

Holy damn, those look good. Where did you find them? I only saw the ones on OXM and GI.

It looks more and more like Bethesda are about to outdo themselves. Oblivion was a beast in 2006 when it came out and I'm pretty sure this will be too when it comes out.

Edited February 9, 2011 by elParedon

[InsanitySorrow]

Ooooh nice , I see they're using more modeling/texturing techniques to boots the visual quality

[Citrus]

Ooooh nice , I see they're using more modeling/texturing techniques to boots the visual quality

You couldn't expect less from them. Same happened with Oblivion and Morrowind, to a lesser extend.

Also, could those be draugrs on the second picture? Because they remind me of them.

[Meo]

I think they look like FO3 ghouls.

[Si-Shen]

The second pic makes me think of warriors who fell in battle and were froozen in ice for a while..

[StarX]

Probably Draugr, yes.

[Cydonian_Knight]

Wow those new screens are incredible!! Those trees in the last picture look absolutely amazing. And I really love the fog and mist in the 3rd one as well. The world is looking amazing so far.

[Meo]

[Lanceor]

Takes realism to a whole new level. Can't wait to get my brand new rig and to play this at maximum resolution with maxed graphics. .

[ub3rman123]

I want that cave tileset to work with so badly..

[Si-Shen]

I love the look of the mace, here is hoping that there is more variation in weapons of similar type for this one.

As I spoke with Who on msn yesterday, I voiced my concern about finding hundreds of people in identical iron armor like in Oblivion, I had a personal solution, create 4 sets that would randomly be used to "create" a look for an NPC however I dont think we will see that.

[Citrus]

For those who haven't seen it yet, or missed Witty's update here on the forums, IGN has posted an interview with Todd Hoawrd about Skyrim. You can find it here. Just go ahead and read it; it's entertaining. There are also a few new screenshots.

[the-manta]

Ooh, lovely, more info. Well, not much more, but a little. Some interesting things though, and that sneak kill shot is awesome Also, on that note, it looks like the dunmer are going to look pretty good in Skyrim

[Arthmoor]

Blender Gods rejoice:

We still use the nif file format, because it worked fine for what we're doing and our modders know it well.

[Cydonian_Knight]

Woohoo, that will certainly jump-start the modding scene.

[washington]

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That's great! Not that NIFs mean anything to me, but that means that we'll have ability to import our own models and animations right from the start! And that IS awesome!

[Arthmoor]

I'm not sure animations will follow suit since they're going to be using Havok Behavior for the animation system. Certainly being able to use nifs will be a big help, although it's easily possible to make some really nice mods without custom models too

[washington]

That Havok Behaviour should make things even simpler if I'm not wrong? But animated statics should be same as now, right?

[ub3rman123]

The Havok behavior might add some challenge to the expected mass porting of clothing and armor.

[the-manta]

I was just reading a plot synopsis for The Infernal City (I read the book a while back but couldn't quite remember or understand what happened at the end) and I noticed an interesting point. I believe that the book hints that Umbra will appear in Skyrim.

The Infernal City Spoilers ensue:

When Sul and Attebus reach the ruins of Vivec, the soul of Ilzheven tells Sul that Umbra was taken by a dunmer "North, towards the Sea of Ghosts". The Sea of Ghosts, if my Tamrielic geography is correct, has shores in Morrowind and Skyrim, so if one intended to go from Vvardenfell to Skyrim, one would sail across it. Now, obviously "towards the Sea of Ghosts" doesn't necessarily mean the Sea of Ghosts was the destination, but there is another clue- "The bearer wore a signet ring with a draugr on it", which obviously doesn't prove anything, but does bring Skyrim to mind.

I don't know, food for thought. The sword appeared in both Morrowind and Oblivion, so I don't see why it shouldn't appear in Skyrim. I mean sure, there's 200 years between, but Umbra is not the sort of thing that just vanishes, no matter how long it's around.

[InsanitySorrow]

Well if it does return, I hope it's a two-hander like in Morrowind, wasn't a fan of how it looked in OB.

[the-manta]

Well, I can't really compare as I never really played Morrowind, but I would like to see it reappear in any case