Skyrim Midweek Madness, HD texture pack, Steam workshop integration and SDK

I may not enjoy most of their attempts at games (except Fallout 3), but they sure pulled a big one this time, enjoy guys that saved the 50% off coupons till now :P.

Wow, I still got my money's worth, but I definitely didn't think it would drop this fast.

The high-res texture pack is free btw. Your title confused me a bit.

Got it for the same price during NYE sales.

The high-res texture pack is free btw. Your title confused me a bit.

Wasdie

maybe finally time to buy the skyrim

I'm excited to try the HD textures pack. Has anyone tried it yet?

I'm excited to try the HD textures pack. Has anyone tried it yet?

Cwagmire21

I'm excited to try the HD textures pack. Has anyone tried it yet?

Cwagmire21

Getting a new Graphics card in August so I'll download the Texture Pack then. I can only run skyrim on medium. My specs are great it's the GPU that's holding me back in almost everything.

Anyone else having trouble getting the textures DLC?

Anyone else having trouble getting the textures DLC?

vfibsux

[QUOTE="Cwagmire21"]

I'm excited to try the HD textures pack. Has anyone tried it yet?

DanielDust

Ouch, well now you all will have to suffer as I always have (180 kb/s max 24/7). :(

Anyone else having trouble getting the textures DLC?

vfibsux

Yeah I keep getting "servers are too busy to handle your request" when I try to launch Skyrim. Also where do you actually download the textures ? Chris_53

[QUOTE="Chris_53"]Yeah I keep getting "servers are too busy to handle your request" when I try to launch Skyrim. Also where do you actually download the textures ? DanielDust

[QUOTE="DanielDust"][QUOTE="Chris_53"]Yeah I keep getting "servers are too busy to handle your request" when I try to launch Skyrim. Also where do you actually download the textures ? vfibsux

[QUOTE="Chris_53"]Yeah I keep getting "servers are too busy to handle your request" when I try to launch Skyrim. Also where do you actually download the textures ? DanielDust

If you pressed "play" after you "purchased" it then it should have started to download it and it probably has if you're getting the server error, but it didn't initialize properly since for now, downloading it isn't working that great.DanielDust

[QUOTE="Cwagmire21"]

I'm excited to try the HD textures pack. Has anyone tried it yet?

DanielDust

It's not downloading for me at all. Just says I bought it for the game but I don't see it downloading anything.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

The high-res texture pack is free btw. Your title confused me a bit.

DanielDust

What?i have a dozen of mods installed...what do you talk about?Quality mods...Most of the hq textures mods will not be re-done even when CK comes out...they are already good enough...and some gameplay mods like Skyrim wars and Midas magic ...

[QUOTE="DanielDust"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

The high-res texture pack is free btw. Your title confused me a bit.

rhazzy

What?i have a dozen of mods installed...what do you talk about?

I know, but considering the speed, it's not worth doing that, I doubt I'll be playing it in the next 4 hours.[QUOTE="rhazzy"]

[QUOTE="DanielDust"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

The high-res texture pack is free btw. Your title confused me a bit.

shakmaster13

What?i have a dozen of mods installed...what do you talk about?Quality mods...Most of the hq textures mods will not be re-done even when CK comes out...they are already good enough...and some gameplay mods like Skyrim wars and Midas magic ...

The dlc texture pack is garbage, to anyone who might be downloading it, it's hardly worth your time :P

The dlc texture pack is garbage, to anyone who might be downloading it, it's hardly worth your time :P

wis3boi

At least they're consistent with the art styIe unlike everything modders do.

^ fail links :P

Fixed lol

The dlc texture pack is garbage, to anyone who might be downloading it, it's hardly worth your time :P

wis3boi

Fixed lol

Baranga

So use texture pack or stick with Skyrim HD?

[QUOTE="Baranga"]

Fixed lol

wis3boi

It looks better than vanilla. Until someone with the talent of Qarl upgrades all textures, it's the best we'll have. All other modders care about is resolution, not consistency (or even good taste).

[QUOTE="wis3boi"][QUOTE="Baranga"]

Fixed lol

Baranga

It looks better than vanilla. Until someone with the talent of Qarl upgrades all textures, it's the best we'll have. All other modders care about is resolution, not consistency (or even good taste).

I love the way PC gamers are treated.. like real gamers. Plus, this workshop thing, this is going to be gold for Steam if they start charging for one or two mods.

Don't forget to go to tools and right click to install the creation kit in steam :) It's very small so downloads fast.Also here are some links to get you started with it:

Creation Kit tutorial videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKivlGmia4&list=PLD5AA9F15CAA68B07&index=2&feature=plpp_video

And official CK wikia page:

http://www.creationkit.com/Main_Page

What about the 2K textures ?Chris_53

Taking this image as en example, it ruins the carpet pattern, the wooden floor looks like a bunch of new planks swollen with water hanging on top of a dark abyss instead of the neat old and polished floor it's supposed to be and the part near the carpet is a poorly cut texture that you won't be able to unsee.

A good texture pack must be consistent with the art styIe IMO. A pixel overload and exaggerated depth do nothing for me. It seems to me that the maker of the 2K pack made the wooden floor without thinking what an old wooden floor actually looks like. He just saw wood and wasted his time on high-definition wood.

Don't forget to go to tools and right click to install the creation kit in steam :) It's very small so downloads fast.Also here are some links to get you started with it:

Creation Kit tutorial videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKivlGmia4&list=PLD5AA9F15CAA68B07&index=2&feature=plpp_video

And official CK wikia page:

http://www.creationkit.com/Main_Page

seanmcloughlin

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

Don't forget to go to tools and right click to install the creation kit in steam :) It's very small so downloads fast.Also here are some links to get you started with it:

Creation Kit tutorial videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDKivlGmia4&list=PLD5AA9F15CAA68B07&index=2&feature=plpp_video

And official CK wikia page:

http://www.creationkit.com/Main_Page

ferret-gamer

Didn't notice till now but that is good. Maybe we will see some gore :P

Well mods started to get posted on the workshop and if somebody didn't notice this.

A little joke from Beth and Valve.

Well mods started to get posted on the workshop and if somebody didn't notice this.

A little joke from Beth and Valve.

DanielDust

Finished my first skyrim mod here.. No surprise, the SDK is the same as the kits since Morrowind 2001, so I felt comfortable with it.

Has anybody used this with the 2K HD texture pack? I'm wondering if we need one or the other, or if they compliment each other.

Finished my first skyrim mod here.. No surprise, the SDK is the same as the kits since Morrowind 2001, so I felt comfortable with it.

wis3boi

Nice work ;)