Originally Posted By Halcyon
I think the in-game screenshot (just hold Print Screen, then check MyDocuments/MyGames/Skyrim) is much better quality than Fraps.

Depends. I save my FRAPS screenshots as .bmp, which is the highest uncompressed quality possible

yeah sure kid, even i am afraid of myself

this is a creepy bug involging a magical robe and a certain mask 

Originally Posted By Dona

Originally Posted By Halcyon
I think the in-game screenshot (just hold Print Screen, then check MyDocuments/MyGames/Skyrim) is much better quality than Fraps.

Depends. I save my FRAPS screenshots as .bmp, which is the highest uncompressed quality possible

Then I convert to .jpg with ACDSee. FRAPS has terrible .jpg compression.

I do the same.  It all depends what is captured on the .bmp.  I don't think it is the best.

Originally Posted By markornikov

yeah sure kid, even i am afraid of myself

 

 

this is a creepy bug involging a magical robe and a certain mask 

LOL.  Very funny.

(If there is a way to respond/quote this without diuplicating the image, please let me know)

Just remove the img code from the quote, and it won't appear

The horse riding a horse screenshot came to be because of a very common bug where NPCs will spawn a few meters above ground and then fall down (at one point it was raining children in Solitude, due to this bug). And yes, there is a reason why there is "solid ground" up there, which I found out afterwards, though I won't spoil it for you (the time I flew up there was because of a shout from an enemy, the physics engine gets a bit wonky when you, or anything else, tumbles down  a sloap).

Here is a screenshot of me & Lydia, sportnig the finest in personal protection

I'm wearing a dragonscale armour & shield, and at my side I have my trusty daedric mace, while Lydia sports a dashing Dragonplate armour & shield, and has an ebony mace. 

this dude really needs lydia back to clean up his mess  

omfg, that is a huge mess!

I could lend you my Lydia but she just died at darkwater pass

anyway, here's more of scarlet:

Holy cow that is a ton of junk in that room...how do you find anywhere to sleep?

so a question about the dialogue ..is most of the NPC dialog still text only or do they actuall vocalize everything as they do in Gothic?  i was wondering how they might handle that....

great pics thanks so much to all of you for sharing them.

Everything is voiced, and unlike Oblivion, they have a good amount of voice actors. While you still still hear the same voice from time to time, and not everyone is great (no Patrick Stewart this time around), the voice acting is an immersion builder and not an immersion breaker this time around. 

And mark, what the heck happened to your home? It looks like a batchelor has lived there for a long time. 

A few characters are voiced by the guy who voiced Garrett of Thief series, so my fangirling is going through the roof now :> Most VAs are decent.

I have dialog text turned off.  REally cleans up the screen.

Originally Posted By Halcyon

The characters are very rugged and realistic.  Oblivion is cartoony by comparison.  But a little foundation, some lipstick, trim the unibrow, who knows.

 

I think the in-game screenshot (just hold Print Screen, then check MyDocuments/MyGames/Skyrim) is much better quality than Fraps.  

I'm wrong up there.  The Print Screen screenshots go to the Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/common/skyrim folder.

it isn't my screenshot, it's a running gag on facebook that the graphics in Skyrim are a mess  

Happy Thanksgiving, Yanks!  

(Why am I always early?  And who stole my Santa tassle?)

Originally Posted By Halcyon
I have dialog text turned off.  REally cleans up the screen.

Yeah, me too. This is the only game I've ever played where it feels right to have subtitles off. Although it sucks if you level-up mid-conversation and the music that just goes on and on muffles all voices

I have also turned down the music and maxed the voices

I turned up the music, 100%, it's too damn good to have playing low in the backround.

Really?  Sounds like recycled Myst or LOTR Medieval Musak. Oblivion music got your blood racing.  This makes my eyelids heavy.  IMO the music doesn't suit the environment, except for the shouting, etc.

The music is okay. I think there are a few tracks that are Morrowind music remixes.

I've actually come to appreciate the graphics a lot more the longer I play. Initially I didn't like them that much but they really are very detailed. I still don't find the characters all that expressive though.

Originally Posted By Halcyon

Really?  Sounds like recycled Myst or LOTR Medieval Musak. Oblivion music got your blood racing.  This makes my eyelids heavy.  IMO the music doesn't suit the environment, except for the shouting, etc.

There's quite a variety of music in the game, dynamically switching up depending on various aspects.

A few of the songs that stand out for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhhiNnxf5yw (has a very silent hill type vibe imo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_5QhJeTqfg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLD0VNch46w (reminds me of Ultima Online - stones song).

Then of course there's the Morrwind songs that JEremy soule remixed, with the gregory chanting, etc.

The soundtrack is meant to sound old, a mix of medieval, celtic, viking, etc and imo it does it well.

I need emotional music, not mood music.  This isn't a TV commerical/advert.

The graphics in some places are stunning and gorgeous.  In other places they are actually one-dimensional and really terrible.  

We have a small request for those who have been posting those enormous screenshots that require scrolling to see.  Please make them a reasonable viewing size for most monitors - about the size of the one in Halcyon's post #64 would be best.  Thank you.  You may now resume your obvious enjoyment of the game.

Originally Posted By JA-Staff3
We have a small request for those who have been posting those enormous screenshots that require scrolling to see.  Please make them a reasonable viewing size for most monitors - about the size of the one in Halcyon's post #64 would be best.  Thank you.  You may now resume your obvious enjoyment of the game.

How about you code in the script that resizes images to custom-fit different monitors? What looks big on 1024x768 doesn't necessarily look big and site-breaking on 1920x1080. I don't want to be rude, but this forums has been broken since re-launch and it really needs to get on with the times already.

Yeah.  Anyway, just wanted to say that I too, still find the graphics grungy, especially in the colder areas, and most NPC's  (Kajiit are an exception; - I'm finding them pretty nice looking) but this is one of the few games where I'm really enjoying the music  and keeping it at a reasonable volume.   I like that there's a nice variety of music in Skyrim. I used to love the music in Gothic 3 as well. The music in Witcher 1 and 2 is also nice, I find.