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Mereel77
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| Anywhere to brush up on Morrowind history/story? |
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Is there any place to learn about Morrowind/Vardenfell history, story, politics, etc.? The official website is ridiculously sparse. I won't be playing the game for a few months while I pay off my credit card so I can buy a GeForce4 and need any kind of Morrowind fix. Thanks. |
Tue Aug 06, 2002 2:04 am |
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The Omen
High Emperor
Joined: 01 Jul 2002
Posts: 489
Location: Greenville,SC |
Try using the search engine, I'm sure you'll find a website there. 
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Spawnster
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 30 Apr 2002
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why would playing MW interfere with u paying off yr debts? pray tell.
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Tue Aug 06, 2002 4:32 am |
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Gally
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Joined: 29 Jun 2002
Posts: 14
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Try http://m0use.net
They host many great sites about general TES informations. |
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Tue Aug 06, 2002 5:06 am |
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Remus
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Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 1657
Location: Fish bowl |
| Re: Anywhere to brush up on Morrowind history/story? |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mereel77
Is there any place to learn about Morrowind/Vardenfell history, story, politics, etc.? The official website is ridiculously sparse. I won't be playing the game for a few months while I pay off my credit card so I can buy a GeForce4 and need any kind of Morrowind fix. Thanks.
you should visit Xanathar's Library (now know as Imperial library) at http://www.m0use.net/%7Exanathar/. be careful there, the voluminous books, scrolls, maps would choked you to death if not bored you to death first.
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Tue Aug 06, 2002 6:25 am |
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Mereel77
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Spawnster, I said I can't play it UNTIL I buy a Geforce4. It runs at 10fps right now on my geforce2 and that's just not good enough for me to enjoy. So, I must wait. |
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Tue Aug 06, 2002 4:28 pm |
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Remus
Overgrown Cat
Joined: 03 Jul 2002
Posts: 1657
Location: Fish bowl |
quote:
Originally posted by Mereel77
Spawnster, I said I can't play it UNTIL I buy a Geforce4. It runs at 10fps right now on my geforce2 and that's just not good enough for me to enjoy. So, I must wait.
10fps is fine for me. anyway that's your choice.
how about wait for Radeon 9700?, it's real good (also support future direct x 9) & far better than GF4. you could finish morrowind first time around with GF2, then when Radeon 9700 is cheap enough (maybe after 6 months, middle 2003) you could buy it & play morrowind second time with all graphic options set to maximum?. furthermore on that time there would be much more good morrowind's mods available. 
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Mereel77
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Ah yes, but mid-2003 I will be buying a brand new computer and selling my Geforce4 to a friend. |
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Tue Aug 06, 2002 9:46 pm |
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soltys
Magister of the Light
Joined: 12 Jan 2002
Posts: 386
Location: Poland, Warsaw |
Big thanks for that link - it's excellent. I also suspended Morrowind for a while (due to lack of time in a very near future) and switched to simpler NWN (do quests, get stuff back, sell, get new quests ....) but still very interesting.
@Mereel77:
What hardware exactly do you have ? I suppose Morrowind is much more limited by cpu (and memory) not by your graphics card. I play using Geforce2 MX (in 1024x768 with all details at max), which can be considered very lowend card these days. It's complemented by Athlon xp 1800+, nforce2 mobo, 512 mb ram, and current 7200 rpm drive. it runs under win2k sp3. I don't know how many fps I have, never checked it in morrowind, but it's still easily (without fps annoyances) playable.
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Thu Aug 08, 2002 10:02 pm |
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Mereel77
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Joined: 03 May 2002
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P3 933, 512 RDRAM, Geforce2 GTS 32mb.
I've tried everything to increase performance. Don't worry though, I'll just wait. No biggie. |
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Sat Aug 10, 2002 12:21 am |
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Brenner
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 18 May 2002
Posts: 102
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doubtful your p3 has rdram  you should be able to play 1024x768 with 10-25 fgps most everywhere. not the greatest, but it isn't an fps, you really don't need super high framerates. this is coming from a long time competitive quake player. i quit fps games last year because they were costing me too much time and money.
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Sat Aug 10, 2002 2:13 am |
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Mereel77
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Joined: 03 May 2002
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Hey, I think I know what kind of RAM I have, alright? And it's RDRAM! I bought the RIMM's myself. Why did Dell make my computer come with RDRAM when it originally had a 700mhz CPU? I don't know, but that's the way it is. |
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Sat Aug 10, 2002 11:19 am |
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soltys
Magister of the Light
Joined: 12 Jan 2002
Posts: 386
Location: Poland, Warsaw |
Maybe it's stupid question to ask, but:
- have you turned off all possible background apps ? (icqs, scanners, firewalls, etc. etc.), unused services (though they shouldn't change too much).
- some people reported dramatic improvement in fps after installing nocd fix.
- do you have latest drivers ?
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Sat Aug 10, 2002 11:42 am |
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Brenner
Keeper of the Gates
Joined: 18 May 2002
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i820 used p3 and rimms... funny the things you forget. my apologies still, you should be able to run fine. i am running a p3 1ghz, 512 mb pc133 ram, with a gf3 which isn't a far cry from your setup considering the game is more cpu intensive than it is graphic intensive (with fsaa off, i get roughly the same fps in all resolutions except 1600x1200). what os are you using? |
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Sat Aug 10, 2002 1:38 pm |
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Mereel77
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Joined: 03 May 2002
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NoCD fix did improve performance a lot, yes.
I am running WinXP, which is one of my problems. Morrowind will only run in 32-bit color under XP. Sometimes I can hear my 32mb video card's cries of pain as it runs in 32bit. |
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