Lyreia
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Articles by " laurent"
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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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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... Read more
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Oblivion on a Mac Pro
The game feels like a very different beast now that I had a chance to upgrade my main desktop to an 8-cores Mac Pro. After installing bootcamp and migrating my files (including my customizations of Morrowind and Oblivion), I could take the game for... Read more
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February goodies
The Oblivion mod community has been very busy for the past few weeks. Both Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul and Martigen's Monster Mod released final versions after weeks of testing. Time to upgrade to OOO 1.33 and MMM 3.5.5 Several optimization and eye... Read more
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With or without mods
Someone in the Bestheda forum asked for comparison screenshots of Oblivion with and without mods to convince a friend of the importance of a modded game over a console. It occured to me that textures alone was not enough to really showcase the power... Read more
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