The Game
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Mysterious crashes
After weeks of more or less peaceful gameplay, I entered an area of intense fighting which turned out to be also prone to crashes. The area in question was the underground city from the Vampire questline in Origin of the Mages Guild. The crashes are apparently the result of that mod combined with StarX Vanilla Vampire Revisited and possibly other…
Random oddities
Some oddities I found on my way… Something familiar about this… Belly ache A very clumsy gardener worked here Bloodbath Oh my God… is that a … deer ?! Oblivion – The Musical A long way from home And in case you are wondering, I did NOT stage any of this. They are just random occurrences..
Lore expansion
Lore in Oblivion refers to the background story of civilizations, gods and heroes of Tamriel, spanning over millennia. Mods try to enrich the Lore, complete it and in many cases, simply ignore it and focus on improving the game itself. Modder giskard (via the renamed Engineeing Guild) has been working on expanding on the Lore with several extraordinarily detailed mods…
Shivering Travelers
News from corepc, creator of the indispensable Tamriel Travelers. The good news is that the travelers are now roaming the Shivering Isles ! The bad news is that, due to pressure from real life, corepc announced he will be retiring soon from Oblivion mods. Hopefully, this will be temporary as his contribution to Oblivion has been immense. I simply wouldn’t…
Listen to your machine
It is possible to run Oblivion with 150+ mods and no crash to really speak of (except when I don’t let my game breathe and try to push it too fast). I know for a fact Oblivion is very sensitive to system bottlenecks. Meaning that you have to think about anything that may get in the way of Oblivion running…
Indirect bugs
The latest issue I had to troubleshoot is worth mentioning. Returning from the Shivering Isles, I noticed that vendors in Cyrodiil were no longer aware of Living Economy rules. They were back to an infinite supply of gold. At first, I blamed the recent install of both Creeper and Tamriel Travelers SI edition, but running the game without these mods…
Painting with light
I just came across this remarkable series of light graffitis. Long before the latest round of Nextel ads, people were having fun with lights sources and long exposure cameras…
More examples of light doodles on flickr.
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A fantastic glimpse into the balancing act of the left and right hemispheres of the brain, and why you should learn to visit your right side more often.
This could explain that feeling of peace and fulfillment I get when I finally find time to work on something creative, as well as the feeling of loss and frustration when I am dragged away from it by interruptions from my surroundings.
Children of Rourken (C.O.R.E)
This ambitious project is a futuristic retelling of the fate of the Dweemer and their relationship with the extinct race of the Ayleids. CORE 1 is already released, but it is only a preview of the next chapter in the series. CORE 2 is still in progress with some very exciting screenshots and videos of new environments, weapons and armors.…