JUDE'S PROFILE

Surprising number of console players. Elder Scrolls always screams "get it on PC" at me.

author=Link_2112
Labels are more stable than loops(I've heard somewhere) and they perform the same function. Maybe even more efficiently. I wouldn't exactly suggest changing all your loops to label loops, but from this point on it might be wise to use labels ^.^;

One thing I do for debugging is to put in sound effects at different points in my code in areas I suspect are causing the problem. Then as I play I listen to what sound effects play before the error occurs, sometimes that gives an idea of how much code is running and where the error is. I something use messages of 1,2,3,4,5.... and so on to see if my code is firing in the proper sequence.

I use the message box method when trying to isolate a disconnect.

I'll echo what Craze says about resist potions. I dread going up against dragon priests without them. Well, I did before I had Shadow Warrior, which is overpowered.

author=Max McGee

only found one dwarven ruin, had to climb all the way up to a balcony, only to find a barred door inside... Those ruins are probably connected to a quest or something.

That's definitely Avanchnzel. It's the third or fourth one I've discovered and the most recent: I was REALLY disappointed I couldn't find a way inside. They've all been impenetrably locked, although I found a LOADED storeroom off of Mzulft that I could access.

Anyway my fourth character isn't doing any of the six main quest lines (Dragonborn, Stormcloak, Imperial, Winterhold, Brotherhood, Guild) and is just doing sidequests and stuff, and I wanted him to be my main Dwemer ruin explorer, so I hope that access to ALL of the ruins isn't closely tied to questlines. I just accidentally spoilered myself that Mzulft, at least, is quest-related.

Many of the dwemer ruins are tied to main quests. I know of two that are not, and I know I've found one that I could just outright walk into, but I forget which without pouring over my journal. The two quests are Peryite's daedric quest and one from the barbarian girl in Riften (Mjoll the Lioness or somesuch). The barbarian girl has to like you to give you the quest--I initially told her I wanted to join the thieves guild so she didn't want anything to do with me, but I won her over after building my Riften reputation up I think.

Also, not every dwemer ruin looks like one from the outside. I found a pit kind of between Azura's shrine and the nearby dragon roost that is just a straight drop into a cavern that connects to a dwemer ruin.

Here is a taste of what you've been missing (click for full size):

Also, I just got a shield you may remember (it is so awesome):