Oblivion - which mods to make it look purty?

"Shawk" <shawk RemoveThis @clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
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> Blonks wrote:
>> I've just got a nice new 8800GTS card for Xmas and want to make
>> Oblivion look as good as it gets.
>>
>> Which mods/packs are the best ones with high res textures etc, to show
>> off my new card?
>>
>> TIa
>>
>> Blonks
>>
>>
>
>
> Google 'Oblivion Make It Pretty Pack'. Everything in there you need. I
> know cos I also had the GTS and had the same idea..
>
LOL I just came over to this group from c.s.i.p.g.a because I was looking
for some mods to pretty up Oblivion, and here I find you! I bet there's a
bunch of guys that got new cards for Christmas that can't wait to replay
this game! I'm just wondering what kind of performance hit do these mods do
to the game? JLC
 >> Stay informed about: Oblivion - which mods to make it look purty? 

On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:21:41 -0800, "JLC" <jc@nospam> wrote:

>
>"Shawk" <shawk.DeleteThis@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
>news:IvCdnWuCbJh4Z-faRVnygQA@bt.com...
>> Blonks wrote:
>>> I've just got a nice new 8800GTS card for Xmas and want to make
>>> Oblivion look as good as it gets.
>>>
>>> Which mods/packs are the best ones with high res textures etc, to show
>>> off my new card?
>>>
>>> TIa
>>>
>>> Blonks
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Google 'Oblivion Make It Pretty Pack'. Everything in there you need. I
>> know cos I also had the GTS and had the same idea..
>>
>LOL I just came over to this group from c.s.i.p.g.a because I was looking
>for some mods to pretty up Oblivion, and here I find you! I bet there's a
>bunch of guys that got new cards for Christmas that can't wait to replay
>this game! I'm just wondering what kind of performance hit do these mods do
>to the game? JLC
>


Blimey! check out Quarl's Texture pack - nearly 2GB , but looks
amazing. I still have some other packs to add /update, but this runs
at 50-60fps (vsync on) at 1280x1024 and 4xx AA (enable via Nvidia
driver)!


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On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:35:39 GMT, Blonks
<Blonkster.DeleteThis@_NOSTINKINSPAM_ntlworld.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 19:21:41 -0800, "JLC" <jc@nospam> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Shawk" <shawk.DeleteThis@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
>>news:IvCdnWuCbJh4Z-faRVnygQA@bt.com...
>>> Blonks wrote:
>>>> I've just got a nice new 8800GTS card for Xmas and want to make
>>>> Oblivion look as good as it gets.
>>>>
>>>> Which mods/packs are the best ones with high res textures etc, to show
>>>> off my new card?
>>>>
>>>> TIa
>>>>
>>>> Blonks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Google 'Oblivion Make It Pretty Pack'. Everything in there you need. I
>>> know cos I also had the GTS and had the same idea..
>>>
>>LOL I just came over to this group from c.s.i.p.g.a because I was looking
>>for some mods to pretty up Oblivion, and here I find you! I bet there's a
>>bunch of guys that got new cards for Christmas that can't wait to replay
>>this game! I'm just wondering what kind of performance hit do these mods do
>>to the game? JLC
>>
>
>
>Blimey! check out Quarl's Texture pack - nearly 2GB , but looks
>amazing. I still have some other packs to add /update, but this runs
>at 50-60fps (vsync on) at 1280x1024 and 4xx AA (enable via Nvidia
>driver)!


That's "Qarl's"!


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'What we have here is a failure to communicate'
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JLC wrote:
> "Shawk" <shawk.RemoveThis@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote in message
> news:IvCdnWuCbJh4Z-faRVnygQA@bt.com...
>> Blonks wrote:
>>> I've just got a nice new 8800GTS card for Xmas and want to make
>>> Oblivion look as good as it gets.
>>>
>>> Which mods/packs are the best ones with high res textures etc, to show
>>> off my new card?
>>>
>>> TIa
>>>
>>> Blonks
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Google 'Oblivion Make It Pretty Pack'. Everything in there you need. I
>> know cos I also had the GTS and had the same idea..
>>
> LOL I just came over to this group from c.s.i.p.g.a because I was looking
> for some mods to pretty up Oblivion, and here I find you! I bet there's a
> bunch of guys that got new cards for Christmas that can't wait to replay
> this game! I'm just wondering what kind of performance hit do these mods do
> to the game? JLC



I still lurk over here but not playing many RPG's so have little to say.
Pretty much just keep an eye on Nos and Zag
 >> Stay informed about: Oblivion - which mods to make it look purty? 

Thus spake Shawk <shawk DeleteThis @clara.co.uk.3guesses>, Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:59:04
+0000, Anno Domini:

>I still lurk over here but not playing many RPG's so have little to say.
> Pretty much just keep an eye on Nos and Zag

And? Have we been on our best behaviour? <G>
No really, I'm flattered, but please, don't let Zag's head get any bigger
than it already is .

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Nostromo
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Nostromo wrote:

>
>> Aint no-one helped me make up my mind about HL though. Only £18 here in
>> the UK now so maybe I'll take the plunge... just one more run through of
>> Stalker first..
>>
>>
>
> Dude, I have 30 games installed on my system right now, mostly unfinished
> (some barely started). Gems like Stalker, Witcher, GW:NF, Diablo (Median
> 2008 mod), Tabula Rasa, HGL, CoD4, Dreamfall, AO, FEAR, HL2:Ep1, IWD, NWN2,
> SW:EaW, TQ(+IT), 2W, UFO:AL, VTMB & X3. Tell me, what more can a Wii do for
> me, apart from shed a couple pounds & perhaps strain my already bad right
> knee...? ;-p Actually, if there's a title that can get me nominally fit for
> our ski season then I might bite


You're asking the wrong person cos I thought 'what a great idea - a
bunch of mates having a few beers could have a great time with a Wii'
but having done that this Xmas at a friends house I've got to say it
gets boring fast and we quickly fired up a couple of PC's and played
COD4, UT and CS:S on a lan.

Didn't find Wii sports much of a workout either - in most sports you'll
run or at least walk a long way. With the Wii you just wave one arm
about. Hasn't done much for the Queen has it? Still no console plans
here (though I am getting jealous of everyone else around me meeting up
regularly on Xbox live for Rainbow 6 sessions).
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Thus spake Shawk <shawk.DeleteThis@clara.co.uk.3guesses>, Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:47:22
+0000, Anno Domini:

>Nostromo wrote:
>> Thus spake Shawk <shawk.DeleteThis@clara.co.uk.3guesses>, Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:59:04
>> +0000, Anno Domini:
>>
>>> I still lurk over here but not playing many RPG's so have little to say.
>>> Pretty much just keep an eye on Nos and Zag
>>
>> And? Have we been on our best behaviour? <G>
>> No really, I'm flattered, but please, don't let Zag's head get any bigger
>> than it already is .
>
>
>...and
>
>There's still a little life in both of you yet. I reckon Zag will
>eventually talk you into buying a Wii, especially now that C-Wiz allows
>you to play 'backups'

Start holding your breath & I'll tell you when... ;-p

>Aint no-one helped me make up my mind about HL though. Only £18 here in
>the UK now so maybe I'll take the plunge... just one more run through of
>Stalker first..
>
>

Dude, I have 30 games installed on my system right now, mostly unfinished
(some barely started). Gems like Stalker, Witcher, GW:NF, Diablo (Median
2008 mod), Tabula Rasa, HGL, CoD4, Dreamfall, AO, FEAR, HL2:Ep1, IWD, NWN2,
SW:EaW, TQ(+IT), 2W, UFO:AL, VTMB & X3. Tell me, what more can a Wii do for
me, apart from shed a couple pounds & perhaps strain my already bad right
knee...? ;-p Actually, if there's a title that can get me nominally fit for
our ski season then I might bite

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Nostromo
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Nostromo wrote:
> Thus spake Shawk <shawk.RemoveThis@clara.co.uk.3guesses>, Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:59:04
> +0000, Anno Domini:
>
>> I still lurk over here but not playing many RPG's so have little to say.
>> Pretty much just keep an eye on Nos and Zag
>
> And? Have we been on our best behaviour? <G>
> No really, I'm flattered, but please, don't let Zag's head get any bigger
> than it already is .


....and

There's still a little life in both of you yet. I reckon Zag will
eventually talk you into buying a Wii, especially now that C-Wiz allows
you to play 'backups'

Aint no-one helped me make up my mind about HL though. Only £18 here in
the UK now so maybe I'll take the plunge... just one more run through of
Stalker first..


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Zaghadka wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:18:52 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Shawk wrote:
>
>> You're asking the wrong person cos I thought 'what a great idea - a
>> bunch of mates having a few beers could have a great time with a Wii'
>> but having done that this Xmas at a friends house I've got to say it
>> gets boring fast and we quickly fired up a couple of PC's and played
>> COD4, UT and CS:S on a lan.
>>
>> Didn't find Wii sports much of a workout either - in most sports you'll
>> run or at least walk a long way. With the Wii you just wave one arm
>> about. Hasn't done much for the Queen has it? Still no console plans
>> here (though I am getting jealous of everyone else around me meeting up
>> regularly on Xbox live for Rainbow 6 sessions).
>
> That's about right. A bunch of "gamers" sitting around playing the Wii is a
> dull party indeed. I'll bet the beer was the highlight. ;^)


Isn't it always? What a strange question...

The bunch of 'gamers' however is a bunch of friends, family and their
partners. Obviously the Wii is just not our kind of 'thing'.
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Zaghadka wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:44:42 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Shawk wrote:
>
>> Zaghadka wrote:
>>> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:18:52 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, Shawk wrote:
>>>
>>>> You're asking the wrong person cos I thought 'what a great idea - a
>>>> bunch of mates having a few beers could have a great time with a Wii'
>>>> but having done that this Xmas at a friends house I've got to say it
>>>> gets boring fast and we quickly fired up a couple of PC's and played
>>>> COD4, UT and CS:S on a lan.
>>>>
>>>> Didn't find Wii sports much of a workout either - in most sports you'll
>>>> run or at least walk a long way. With the Wii you just wave one arm
>>>> about. Hasn't done much for the Queen has it? Still no console plans
>>>> here (though I am getting jealous of everyone else around me meeting up
>>>> regularly on Xbox live for Rainbow 6 sessions).
>>> That's about right. A bunch of "gamers" sitting around playing the Wii is a
>>> dull party indeed. I'll bet the beer was the highlight. ;^)
>>
>> Isn't it always? What a strange question...
>>
>> The bunch of 'gamers' however is a bunch of friends, family and their
>> partners. Obviously the Wii is just not our kind of 'thing'.
>>
> Sorry. When a bunch of people get bored with COD4, switch to UT, and then get
> bored with that and fire up Counterstrike, on a _LAN_, my assumption is that
> they're a bunch of "gamers" at a LAN party.


The switching was due to the (mainly male) elements

a) wanting to see what COD4 looked like;
b) playing UT cos its a favourite and then
c) switching to CS cos some of the ladies argued UT was 'too quick'

There were certainly no high scores or any possibilities of a clan
forming from this group

....and to be fair, though we had a great time extracting the urine from
each other the PC games only lasted slightly longer than the Wii. We
were soon back around a table cracking a couple of bottles and putting
the World to rights
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