Open cities confirmed. : V - Skyrim

» Fri May 13, 2011 1:36 pm

Here we go http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/28958388385751040

So as far as he knows it is the same as Oblivion.

» Fri May 13, 2011 3:15 pm

My sig is all alone. :sadvaultboy:

» Fri May 13, 2011 8:54 pm

Here we go http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/28958388385751040

Not awesome, just not awesome.

» Fri May 13, 2011 7:37 pm

Edit: My bad it is one worldspace but you teleport from one area to the next

Likely due to performance issues, even on a GTX 470 I get drops in framerates with the mod linked to earlier.

I would love to see open cities in Skyrim, but not at the cost of performance. If open cities are going to cause excessive amounts of lag I Won't mind having loading screens. I'm used to seeing them after playing Oblivion, fallout 3 and New Vegas.

» Sat May 14, 2011 1:28 am

So as far as he knows it is the same as Oblivion.

Yep, we will have to wait for his response as pertains to cities.

I would love to see open cities in Skyrim, but not at the cost of performance. If open cities are going to cause excessive amounts of lag I Won't mind having loading screens. I'm used to seeing them after playing Oblivion, fallout 3 and New Vegas.

Well all games have loading screens but things like FPS usually mask them with in-game cutscenes between levels. It's just more apparent in large open world RPGs.

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:51 am

Here we go http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/28958388385751040

Haha, I find it kind of funny that he doesn't even know. Get it together Pete!

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:08 pm

Here we go http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/28958388385751040

http://images2.memegenerator.net/ImageMacro/4635745/Oh-boy-Here-we-go.jpg?imageSize=Medium&generatorName=Jim-Carrey-Troll

Okay, at least now we know we shouldn't get our hopes high, and he didn't deny it, that's a good thing. Anything can happen now.

» Fri May 13, 2011 6:05 pm

THIS IS DEFINATLY NOT CONFIRMATION.

Ditto, he said we've had this...well if we've had this then he's not including citys maybe some are open some are walled and load.

» Sat May 14, 2011 2:24 am

Yep, we will have to wait for his response as pertains to cities.

Well all games have loading screens but things like FPS usually mask them with in-game cutscenes between levels. It's just more apparently in large open world RPGs.

I have to say, it is fine with me. While I would prefer something like, say, the city walled, and you can open the gate without going to a load screen. Oblivion's style is just as well.

» Fri May 13, 2011 8:30 pm

Here we go http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/28958388385751040

:shrug:

I've always thought that tweeting was for the birds. Now I know it

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» Fri May 13, 2011 2:26 pm

Hey, even if they have a load screen per city/world transition, I imagine it's just for higher-detail cities on consoles. I'm pretty certain that an Open Cities and Open Better Cities mod will be much more viable on Skyrim's engine than it was in Oblivion's, just from what we've seen with the culling optimizations in FO3. Maybe modders will have to do less work to make it "better" because of the engine improvements too.

Also, there could be non-performance reasons. In the Open mods the NPCs would tend to get mauled by wildlife or murdered by bandits, etc. haha.

» Fri May 13, 2011 1:56 pm

So, with the "Ooooh. Sorry. I understand. Not actually sure the answer for the 5 major "cities". Towns are open, have to chk on cities." and "Yup. Had a brain fart. They were talking about loads. I don't know the answer for the cities. Sry for confusion. I svck" Tweets, shouldn't the title be changed or at least the main post edited to make sure people don't get confused?

» Fri May 13, 2011 4:24 pm

I have to say, it is fine with me. While I would prefer something like, say, the city walled, and you can open the gate without going to a load screen. Oblivion's style is just as well.

Well all games have loading screens but things like FPS usually mask them with in-game cutscenes between levels. It's just more apparent in large open world RPGs.

Sorry, had to fix the wording in my quote, I didn't mean apparently but I said it in my original post <_<

I'm sure cities are open too but if they aren't it will be fine Oblivion style. I've never had an issue with loading screens because they are almost instant on a RAID 0 HDD and now with my new RAID 0 SSD setup, it's instantaneous. Mainly I don't see a problem with loading screens because they allow you to take the load off of your system, so if anyone starts shaking their fists at us, you will know we are on the right side :cookie:

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:54 am

So, with the "Ooooh. Sorry. I understand. Not actually sure the answer for the 5 major "cities". Towns are open, have to chk on cities." and "Yup. Had a brain fart. They were talking about loads. I don't know the answer for the cities. Sry for confusion. I svck" Tweets, shouldn't the title be changed or at least the main post edited to make sure people don't get confused?

You mean like Pete?

Someone should twitter that we deserve another tidbit of information for all the false hopes

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:28 am

You mean like Pete?

Someone should twitter that we deserve another tidbit of information for all the false hopes

I don't think he will go for that. I'm still :brokencomputer: to try to get it to spit out an answer.

» Fri May 13, 2011 11:52 pm

@DCDeacon Can you at least tell us how "major" the 5 main cities will be? In Oblivion they felt like villages rather than cities.

@Silvade14 Check the first screen GI released and decide for yourself.

What screenshot is he talking about?

» Fri May 13, 2011 12:08 pm

Here we go http://twitter.com/#!/DCDeacon/status/28958388385751040

Thanks for clearing that up

Well at least towns are confirmed. Now we just need to know what actually qualifies a town.

» Fri May 13, 2011 3:21 pm

What screenshot is he talking about?

http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/bethesda/elderscrolls/elderscrollsv/SkyrimScreen610.jpg

Thanks for clearing that up

Well at least towns are confirmed. Now we just need to know what actually qualifies a town.

Everything that is not included in the 5 major cities.

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:14 pm

What screenshot is he talking about?

Markath ?

Coming late to the party. But don't you need open cities anyway if you're planning on having dragons attacking ?

» Fri May 13, 2011 2:31 pm

What screenshot is he talking about?

The one tagged Markarth. Of the Dwemer ruins.

If we are to judge from that, I would say they are open.

» Fri May 13, 2011 1:35 pm

Haha, I find it kind of funny that he doesn't even know. Get it together Pete!

How does he not know? Has he not seen the game in the last five years?

» Fri May 13, 2011 5:12 pm

I think thay he knows that they are seperate cells and is now back tracking.

» Fri May 13, 2011 10:43 pm

How does he not know? Has he not seen the game in the last five years?

"I don't know" may be his way of saying "I don't know if I am allowed to tell the community this tidbit, so I will check and get back."

» Fri May 13, 2011 7:13 pm

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

» Fri May 13, 2011 8:47 pm

How does he not know? Has he not seen the game in the last five years?

I think Pete is more a public relations kind of guy, and not knee deep in the game mechanics. That's why he needs to check it up. He relays info, but doesn't necessarily have specific intel imprinted on his spine.