I want to like Morrowind, but...

[Dis]

as for the crashes, I don't know of any good ways to deal with them. PC's have frequent crashes as well. I've learned to use quicksave often.

[Space05us]

That way only the diseased or blighted ones will attack you. There's far less of those than normal one's.

Im not sure what game you've been playing but after about level 15 all of the creatures are diseased or blighted. Coincidently thats also about when cliff racers start appearing in the dozens. Also its not just them attacking me that bothers me; #1 I hate the way they look, if I wanted to see dinosaurs I would play a Flintstones game, #2 I hate thier scream, hearing kreeeaaaaaa every two seconds does not help my roleplaying experience, #3 I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!oneoneoenoneoen!111111111!!!!!

Vivec is a bit intimidating at first

No, and its not my first time visiting. I have chronic restarters syndrom that kicks in about 2/3 of the way into any game, Ive visited Vivec about a million times, it never becomes more fun.

[Dis]

don't restart then

and yes after level 10 or so, many cliff racers are blighted. And yes I hate the way they sound. Oh well.

[Skanky Burns]

I used to fly around the land basically surveying it. I would wait until I got completely surrounded by cliff racers before I would stop and kill them all. Its not like I got injured by them, but they annoyed me too much. On the positive side, they made nice patterns when dead in a circle with me at its center.

[Space05us]

don't restart then

Does Vivec shrink the longer you play the game?

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Space05us

don't restart then

Does Vivec shrink the longer you play the game?

in a manner of speaking, atleast thats what happend to me - I now know which direction to turn to get to whichever canton i need to get to.
Still last year when i was watching my gf play Morrowind, i found Vivec all very samey and bland, and didnt like it much.

I dont like it now much, but it definately doesn't seem as confusing and large as it did

Game crashing(xbox GOTY) is fixed for now - had to move my save games onto a memmory card and completely remove morrowind from the xbox, then install it again and move the save games back into the game.

No crashes so far, and its running a bit smoother too

I've been thinking of re-installing Daggerfall( ) on my oldest pc, and giving it a go when i'm all Morrowinded out.
Then i remember the dungeons in Daggerfall, and i find myself undecided

And is it just me or is carrying around 'corprus weepings' just plain disgusting?(anyone tried eating them!)

[Dis]

what is a corprus weeping?

[child of Thor]

i guess it could be a spoiler if you dont already know(although they come into the game not that far in, especialy in the main quest).

You'll have to play some more Morrowind to find out

[Nacht]

Originally posted by Dissident
what is a corprus weeping?

An ingredient that can be found on corprus stalkers. Suprisingly it's rather usefull, it can be used in fortify luck and restore health potions.

[Dis]

yeah I kind of know where to find it. But exactly what part of the corpse/body is it from? And do I really wanna know?

[Nacht]

Originally posted by Dissident
yeah I kind of know where to find it. But exactly what part of the corpse/body is it from? And do I really wanna know?

body tissue that somehow magicaly captures the essense of the agony the stalker has been through

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Dissident
what is a corprus weeping?

it is pus that comes out of the wounds that you make on the corprus stalker

[child of Thor]

Yep its pretty disgusting - so disgusting i wouldn't eat it even on a druken bet in the game. Considering its just keep wrapped in paper(it looks like?) - its lucky it doesn't leak all over the place

I've been Collecting books. I've filled my wardrobe in Caldera with them, and my collection has started to take over other cupboards/crates/baskets as well.

So i'm in an in-between momment(waiting for the stronghold to get built+and on a main quest pause), and decided to read some of the books.

I've only had a quick flick through a few before, so its been fun and educational. Some are very well written.

At some point i'll have to make a list of all the ones i do have, so i know which others i'll need to try to get a complete selection

yet another little side issue that a game like morrowind supports

[duke o' york]

What's the limit on the number of pages that the game books can have? It might be tempting to introduce some spurious works via the construction kit.

I got some drugs from the smugglers I killed in the cave right next to the start, and they seem to be worth a fair bit, but who could I sell them to? And is it possible to just drop them on the floor when you go to a normal shop, or do I have to drop them outside the view of the shopkeeper?

[child of Thor]

Its best to drop stuff you want to pick back up outside. Once on the floor of the shop the shopkeeper(or owner of house) will think it is now theirs!
If your sneak is good, then you can get away with it, by sneaking before picking the item back up.

And to sell 'dodgy' stuff try the Ka****e trader in Balmora(i think his name is Ra'virr?) - he'll buy all that stuff(and skirts too! - stange fellow that he is)