Point of Immersion I thought of : V

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:52 pm

I do hope the arrows on NPCs and compass are optional. I miss that sense of forced exploration in Morrowind. I think one thing that will probably help a lot is the rough and mountainous terrain that one has to cross to explore. In Morrowind, for me at least, you had to completely avoid red mountain throughout the beginnings of the game. I either fast traveled by boats or silt striders or just ran around red mountain. It really made the island feel incredibly stretched out. Thoughts?

» Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:06 am

Confirmed that we can turn them off.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:42 pm

Confirmed that we can turn them off.

i thought it was only confirmed that we can turn off the entire compass not just the arrows?

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:22 pm

Confirmed that we can turn them off.

Really??!! Any link to a source??

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:48 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

You can turn your compass and NPC arrows off.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:49 pm

i thought it was only confirmed that we can turn off the entire compass not just the arrows?

Nope, you can turn off all markers and even have multiple quest targets if you want.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

You can turn your compass and NPC arrows off.

DAMN! I clicked on that link hoping it was some form of confirmation.
Well played...

So both compass and NPC arrows can be toggled seperately? Or all in one?

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:00 pm

DAMN! I clicked on that link hoping it was some form of confirmation.
Well played...

So both compass and NPC arrows can be toggled seperately? Or all in one?

Yes, separately if you want. It's confirmed on Pete's twitter. You can have the compass on, but any and all arrows turned off.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:44 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184

You can turn your compass and NPC arrows off.

aww i saw youtube but i couldnt help myself and awesome if we can turn off markers only but i would like the marker to be gone completely until i discover the town then show up not like the oh theres a random cave over here oblivion style but thats what a map is for

Yes, separately if you want. It's confirmed on Pete's twitter. You can have the compass on, but any and all arrows turned off.

ok then awesome

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:06 am

Yes, separately if you want. It's confirmed on Pete's twitter. You can have the compass on, but any and all arrows turned off.

Awesome, thanks. ^_^ Need to log into my Twitter more often.

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:07 pm

Awesome, thanks. ^_^ Need to log into my Twitter more often.

Definitely. Pete's twitter has become THE place to be for my Skyrim fix :laugh:

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:18 pm

Its a good system. Thankyou for the informative link and the better info.

» Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:13 am

Yes, separately if you want. It's confirmed on Pete's twitter. You can have the compass on, but any and all arrows turned off.

ah thats great, so I can have just a blank compass? If so thats good, since even though I want to explore, its a bit hard when they say "northwest" and I dont know where skyrim north is xD

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:24 pm

DAMN! I clicked on that link hoping it was some form of confirmation.
Well played...

So both compass and NPC arrows can be toggled seperately? Or all in one?

Here's what I've gathered:

All things HUD have an Opacity level that can raise or lower the level in which you see the HUD.

The NPC arrows and symbols on the compass can be turned off.

So I'm assuming they're separate entities.

» Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:47 am

This really helps with making the game more alive, not if we could turn off fast travel as well...

» Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:14 pm

This really helps with making the game more alive, not if we could turn off fast travel as well...

It's turned off by default because you never have to use it. There's also the carriage system.