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So... I've recently installed a new, Premium Windows 7 OS on my computer (to deal with that Win7 Security thing). I have Skyrim. It's connected up to Steam.

It's refusing to install save files on my computer.


Does anyone have any idea where:

A- the Bethesda Softworks Program Files are on a 32 bit Windows 7 Premium operating system

and

B- how to fething get my old save files, which I have readily available, into a position to play in Skyrim.

Bethesda Softworks Program Files for me are located on C:\Program Files, but any games you installed through Steam (all i've got in my PF folder is F3) will be in your Steam folder on whichever HDD you have Steam installed on, under Steam>steamapps>common>skyrim.

As for saves, my Skyrim saves are in My Documents>My Games>Skyrim>Saves, so i'd imagine you'd just translate that to Windows 7 and dump your saves there (it might not exist if you haven't already played Skyrim on the newly installed system).

Got ambushed by a load of dwarven spheres in some ruin, there's like 8 of them and they're faster than I am.
Yeah, screw that.

"Lydia, you know I love you."
"Of course, my thane."
"I need you to do something for me..."
"I am sworn to carry you-"
"No, not that, although thanks for offering... I need you to act as a diversion."
"For what?"
"For some giant golden balls."
"Surely you're not implying we should have sex in this Dwemer Ruin."
"No, I... do you really things my balls are big? Ah, nevermind, that's beside the point, truth is..."
*Pushes Lydia into the Dwarven Spheres, closes the door and runs*

I left lydia in a random dungeon somewhere.
I do need another companion actually.

Just finished the College quests. That was rather fun zapping stuff.

Well thanks, Avatar. ON hindsight, that was a rather obvious place for them to be.

I'm too used to looking for Meshes and Textures for modding, I guess.

I still have no idea how the fority resto glitch works, why does drinking a potion of increased restoration increase unrelated stat buffs on armour?

Ive watched a video on youtube on how to do it. Never personally tried it though, I kindda wondered the same thing

Avatar 720 wrote:"Lydia, you know I love you."
"Of course, my thane."
"I need you to do something for me..."
"I am sworn to carry you-"
"No, not that, although thanks for offering... I need you to act as a diversion."
"For what?"
"For some giant golden balls."
"Surely you're not implying we should have sex in this Dwemer Ruin."
"No, I... do you really things my balls are big? Ah, nevermind, that's beside the point, truth is..."
*Pushes Lydia into the Dwarven Spheres, closes the door and runs*

Just because of this somebody out there will create a mod that let's you have sex in Dwemer ruins with big golden balls.

corpsesarefun wrote:I still have no idea how the fority resto glitch works, why does drinking a potion of increased restoration increase unrelated stat buffs on armour?

KingCracker wrote:Ive watched a video on youtube on how to do it. Never personally tried it though, I kindda wondered the same thing

I read on one of the wikis that it was patched, which is why I never tried it and went the simple route. Dunno how it works though.

halonachos wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:"Lydia, you know I love you."
"Of course, my thane."
"I need you to do something for me..."
"I am sworn to carry you-"
"No, not that, although thanks for offering... I need you to act as a diversion."
"For what?"
"For some giant golden balls."
"Surely you're not implying we should have sex in this Dwemer Ruin."
"No, I... do you really things my balls are big? Ah, nevermind, that's beside the point, truth is..."
*Pushes Lydia into the Dwarven Spheres, closes the door and runs*

Just because of this somebody out there will create a mod that let's you have sex in Dwemer ruins with big golden balls.

What have I done... *loads pistol*

It isn't patched, I've tried it.

No idea how the code slip up could have happened though.

halonachos wrote:

Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:

halonachos wrote:

Ratius wrote:Reloaded 5 tmes last night because she was getting totally pasted by these pirate guys in a cave.
Something to do with (possibly) missplaced feelings of loyalty towards AI.

Well that's just Lydia, she's good at getting herself killed but most people tend to love her for the fact that she's the first housecarl you get.

Wrong
My level 81 has like 4 other housecarls, but I still dont have her

Okay, no need to be a dick about it. Besides Lydia is given to you after you do one of the first main quests, so if you're telling me that you're level 81 and have not killed any dragons then I will believe that you didn't get Lydia seeing as though the quest to kill the first dragon, "Dragon Rising" gets you the following; "The Way of the Voice" quest, Thane of Whiterun, ability to buy Breezehome, Lydia as a housecarl, and the Axe of Whiterun. Now remember that dragons don't spawn randomly unless you kill the first one during the quest. So I am not wrong, either you haven't killed any dragons with your level 81, your game glitched and Lydia disappeared, or you don't know what you're talking about.

If you dont have Breezehome and do the Battle of Whiterun quest (for the Stormcloaks), then you will no longer be thane, and have to talk to the new jarl and buy breezehome to become thane.


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btw, is the Markarth bounty glitch done?

Am I the only person who plays this game like a total geek?

I travel around on horseback, at a trot rather than full run (because my horse will get tired). Then when I arrive at a small town, after a hard days ride- I try not to fast travel- , I leave my horse near a tree (so it can nibble on leaves and grass). I go into the tavern, and first of all take my helmet off. I'll buy some hot food and maybe some mead, as well as pay for a room for the night. I sit down, listen to a while to a bard, and try and have some idle chat with other patrons in the bar. Sometimes if there is a book on the shelf, I will sit down and have a read of a story.
Sometimes I hope to hear some rumours or talk of a quest, when I will sleep and wake up at sunrise the next day to begin my journey.

Sometimes I stop to look at what I am doing in the game, and think I need to get out more.

You have a great deal of self-restraint.

If I tried that, I'll have said 'feth it' by the time I've had 5 minutes of slow horse, then fast travel to the nearest town and troll a few guards.

Hahahaha absolutely not alone Pacific.
Some of my highlights include.

Leaving my horse away from forts if I know them to be hostile. I now see him as a friend.
If it is raining or in a blizzard, finding the nearest cave and going into it for a few minutes.
Whenever Im in an inn I'll purchase a meal, maybe some bread and cheese with an apple and a bottle of wine and have it before sleeping.
Early on I stole 75 gold from a Nords house in Riverwood. 10 minutes later I felt quite guilty so returned to the house , broke in and left him a gem worth 100g on the floor so he was reimbursed.
I'll often find a ridge/hilltop if its a nice evening (that red glow effect as the sun sets) and watch it turn to nightfall, just standing there.
If I have a house I'll sit both Lidia and my character on the chairs infront of the fire before logging out.
Early on when I hadnt enough money I collected pots/cups/ornaments from different dungeons and placed them around my house in Whiterun.
I'll often give Lidia food to carry, even though she cant consume it.

Right, where is the nearest psychiatrist?

I havent in skyrim yet (next character I will)

But I did all the time in oblivion

My favorite was my evil mage/warrior guy. I duped the tome of unlife and placed it all over the world

Places included: the island above Fin Gleam, the burned down house on an island, any other burned down buildings, maybe dive rock, and other places like that.
I also placed a skull 'watching' each book from hidden nooks around the spot

In the anvil house I saved every single gem I had collected and left them in baskets in front of the alter. I made pentagrams with bones, made a skeleton on the alter, and killed a follower with a perma-corpse (The ork chick from leyawin or w/e) and put her in a coffin

I also ate every time I rested, and only fast traveled for massive distances

I tried it for a while in Skyrim, but every other minute my horse would be attacked, i'd kill the attackers and find my horse had wandered off.

I also decided to walk around for a bit and take shelter during the night... until I got attacked by two dragons (one Ancient, one Frost), slew them both in a few hits each, and decided that if I could do that, there wasn't really much point in trying to be life-like even in the game.

"You know the dragonborn?"
"Yeah, he kills dragons in seconds."
"I know."
"He can run headfirst into a group of mages and come out without a scratch."
"It's amazing!"
"He can single-handedly topple entire covens of Hagravens or slay whole clans of bandits, even without being seen!"
"Extraordinary!"
"But he runs into a house when it starts to rain or when it's night time."
"...Big baby."

As a vampire/assassin/thief the night suits me pretty well.

I actually made myself lol at my strange behaviour on skyrim recently. In Markarth there's a quest where at some point you've got to kill this old dude and all his servants, after despatching them and dragging their (stripped of clothing) corpses into a pile in the fire place i walk out.

After the loading screen with absolutely no premeditation i walk straight back in and Fusdorah the extravangantly set dinner table.

Related to this later on in the very same quest you've got to talk to some dude called Medanach whos in jail. I didnt talk to him i just killed him, forget his motivations/side of the story, didnt even read his note.

Also whenever there's a dude who wants help clearing a dungeon i always kill them as soon as they turn their back.
'Sure, i'll help you retrieve the scroll' *trollface*.

BTW Is the super dragon priest tuskface any good? I unlocked it with my thief but annoyingly it's heavy armour.

I roleplay my characters ALOT. I also take my helmet off on my Berserker Ork when in towns, and I only ever wear my Daedric armor when the gak hits the fan, other wise hes ALWAYS wearing his fur armor (the one that has the bare chest) Ancient Nordic helm/gauntlets/boots. And I too ride my horse pretty much everywhere I go, and I fast travel as little as possible.

Your characters have Alots? Where'd you find them?

corpsesarefun wrote:As a vampire/assassin/thief the night suits me pretty well.

Is this with your Khajiit who was a werewolf by any chance?

Anyone listen to some of the Dark Brotherhood talking about their kills when you first enter? Seriously messed up story where the little girl kills a pedophile, not because of the fact that she killed a pedophile but because of the fact that they included it in game. Its like that one Thieve Guild member who has a story about her family being killed, her being abducted and raped by bandits, and then her slitting their throats before running away.

Sapphire is the TG story, Babette (IIRC) is the vampire girl who kills a paedophile.

Yea, its Babette.
I guess the pedophille is the reason she has a daedric hart.

The first quest of the mages guild bugged out for me.
Log entry says listen to Toldir or whatever his name is but he hsa only 3 dialogue options, trade, learn about mages guild and something else.
I cant perform the ward bit (where he shoots you and you absorb it with lesser ward) and hes not responding in any other way :(
Any ideas/fixes?

halonachos wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:As a vampire/assassin/thief the night suits me pretty well.

Is this with your Khajiit who was a werewolf by any chance?

Anyone listen to some of the Dark Brotherhood talking about their kills when you first enter? Seriously messed up story where the little girl kills a pedophile, not because of the fact that she killed a pedophile but because of the fact that they included it in game. Its like that one Thieve Guild member who has a story about her family being killed, her being abducted and raped by bandits, and then her slitting their throats before running away.

I agree, the whole Dark Brotherhood concept has taken another step in this game. Rather than just having them as shadowy types who kill for money, it becomes immediately obvious when you enter their lair that they are, well, complete psychopaths! That whole sequence reminded me of something like the Texas Chainsaw massacre, or lots of other horror movies where a whole family or group is killing people and then going on as if it's completely normal.

Pretty dark, but well done I think!

Ratius wrote:The first quest of the mages guild bugged out for me.
Log entry says listen to Toldir or whatever his name is but he hsa only 3 dialogue options, trade, learn about mages guild and something else.
I cant perform the ward bit (where he shoots you and you absorb it with lesser ward) and hes not responding in any other way :(
Any ideas/fixes?

to quote the wiki:
If all else fails, you can "complete" this quest and auto-start the next one "Under Saarthal" by typing console command "setstage Mg01 200".
http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/First_Lessons

Yea I loved the Dark Brotherhood. But Ill make a suggestion, if you want it to actually be a challenge, either dont play as a sneaky type, or do it first thing, so your weaker, because once you can start instantly killing people with backstabds, and successfully sneak without being seen, its a bit too easy.

Thanks Dunwhich, I'll give it a try tonight.

Do all quests have an auto complete command?