Huge triangular object in picture. : V - Skyrim

» Tue May 03, 2011 7:00 am

Most likely a mountain, but since it is so far away you don't see the edges and everything (you really wouldn't from that distance unless it was a big difference between the edge and the rest of the mountain). That would imply though that you can even see it from such a distance that the graphics cards are forcing it into a perfectly triangular shape. That means that the graphics and line of sight in Skyrim is gonna be beast!!

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:20 am

It's the lod system. Obstructed scenery is rendered with less polygons. That's how they get the game running smoothly on the 360.

This.

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:34 am

(Horrifying self realization) The new info isn't enough... we will NEVER be satisfied, only 8 hours and the info is already stale, we've already found every conceivable artifact and mined the new articles and photos for every tidbit of information... we could squeeze water out of a rock and yet our thirst would be unquenched... What does this mean for the next few months? We will be insatiable!! :banghead: I feel like that greek who has to push a rock up a hill for all eternity... The closer we get the farther away it really seems.

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:35 am

left side look straight but the right side is crooked for sure.

» Mon May 02, 2011 8:17 pm

It's an unfinished mountain or bad LOD of a mountain. The game isn't finished yet, so this is something they could be working on right now.

» Tue May 03, 2011 3:13 am

(Horrifying self realization) The new info isn't enough... we will NEVER be satisfied, only 8 hours and the info is already stale, we've already found every conceivable artifact and mined the new articles and photos for every tidbit of information... we could squeeze water out of a rock and yet our thirst would be unquenched... What does this mean for the next few months? We will be insatiable!! :banghead: I feel like that greek who has to push a rock up a hill for all eternity... The closer we get the farther away it really seems.

Haha, well E3 is right around the corner...

» Mon May 02, 2011 6:38 pm

If you look close enough you can see that the tree is blocking the right side of the shape, and its not a complete triangle, looks like a jagged mountain top.

ok... half a pyramid carved into the mountain. that would still be so cool.

(no harm in dreaming.)

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:05 pm

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/93395/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/images/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-20110415033050799.html?page=mediaFull picture with a mountain that looks to be a similar distance away that is comparable. Edit: It's the mountain that's the farthest one back in the valley to the right.

» Mon May 02, 2011 7:27 pm

All of this nice scenery going on. An old fort in ruins, what appears to be a wooden section behind it, the beautiful blend of a snowy area changing to a more forested area...

And we're concerned with a tiny area behind a tree a hundred miles away in the distance.

Come on, guys, really?

Speculation is keeping this forum alive.

» Mon May 02, 2011 11:40 pm

It's the lod system. Obstructed scenery is rendered with less polygons. That's how they get the game running smoothly on the 360.

Definitely this!

» Tue May 03, 2011 11:15 am

Its a UFO. Duh. <-------------[sarcasm]

» Tue May 03, 2011 6:48 am

its a spear being held by miaq

Made me think of the irony if M'Aiq didn't make the cut :laugh:

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:32 am

It's clearly a rocketship.

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:40 pm

ALIEN INVASION EVERYBODY UNDER ZE TABLES xD

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:27 am

Surely 'it' is in front of tree,appers to be a small hut to me....

» Tue May 03, 2011 1:25 am

Reminds me when I was playing "Spore" and was watching a mountain, the mountain proceeded to run towards me!

» Tue May 03, 2011 6:50 am

probably another tower, that just doesn't have a broken roof.

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:14 pm

It's clearly a rocketship.

ALIEN INVASION EVERYBODY UNDER ZE TABLES xD

It's obviously a Fallout 3 easter egg: Mothership Zeta crashed in Skyrim.

» Tue May 03, 2011 7:32 am

I don't see what you're talking about, considering I don't see a "lone tree" anywhere, there are multiple trees. Since I can't find your point of origin, I cannot find this "pyramid" you speak of.
Anyone care to shop in a circle around said object?

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:36 pm

(Horrifying self realization) The new info isn't enough... we will NEVER be satisfied, only 8 hours and the info is already stale, we've already found every conceivable artifact and mined the new articles and photos for every tidbit of information... we could squeeze water out of a rock and yet our thirst would be unquenched... What does this mean for the next few months? We will be insatiable!! :banghead: I feel like that greek who has to push a rock up a hill for all eternity... The closer we get the farther away it really seems.

Well, it's not much new info, you have some new screens including 2 races, but other than that, all that's actually new is....

-Elven glass sword mentioned
-No attributes
-No athletics or acrobatics
-Text clutters up the middle of the screen

What have I missed? Not much to be excited about.

» Tue May 03, 2011 2:22 am

I don't see what you're talking about, considering I don't see a "lone tree" anywhere, there are multiple trees. Since I can't find your point of origin, I cannot find this "pyramid" you speak of.
Anyone care to shop in a circle around said object?

It's just a mountain that looks like it hasn't been fully rendered. I'm on my phone, so I can't shop it.

» Mon May 02, 2011 10:22 pm

I don't see what you're talking about, considering I don't see a "lone tree" anywhere, there are multiple trees. Since I can't find your point of origin, I cannot find this "pyramid" you speak of.
Anyone care to shop in a circle around said object?

Start at the obvious stone tower in the center of the image- the one that resembles a standard Oblivion Imperial Fort Ruin. First tree you see to the left of that tower. The (obvious) mountain in the background behind that tree is the object of speculation. Pretty much dead-center of the shot.