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Lucern · 05-29-2007, 05:59 PM

Hey all,

I thought I'd get back into Oblivion lately, but instead I started thinking about Daggerfall. I just wanted to let everyone know that it's a legitimate option to play the game on a modern machine, and it runs MUCH better than using the 'daggerfall in windows' approach. If you do that, btw, I noticed the following flaws:

1) Monsters in dungeons cannot move - they twitch in place, and can hurt you, but they do not run after you like in the original
2) Character cannot swim - you just bob there.
3) Climbing is not reliable
4) Quest character/monsters are always invisible!
5) You have severe trouble walking backwards
6) Jumping doesn't really work
7) The speed is way too fast
8) Projectile casting will sometimes prevent you from pulling your weapon back out. If you have no save, good luck to you.

Running it in DosBox is exactly as I remembered, without any of the above flaws (of course, with a few original flaws).

So if anyone is interested, I can try to get them up and running the most feature-heavy Elder Scrolls game to date (by far lol). See Orsinium! Climb a wall! Join the naked temple of Dibella and summon Daedra with witches! I got it running it without typing a single key in a DOS prompt.

Btw, there are many guides online. None of those got me working.

05-29-2007, 05:59 PM	#1
Lucern Quintesson Join Date: August 28, 2004 Location: the middle of Michigan Age: 43 Posts: 1,011	Hey all, I thought I'd get back into Oblivion lately, but instead I started thinking about Daggerfall. I just wanted to let everyone know that it's a legitimate option to play the game on a modern machine, and it runs MUCH better than using the 'daggerfall in windows' approach. If you do that, btw, I noticed the following flaws: 1) Monsters in dungeons cannot move - they twitch in place, and can hurt you, but they do not run after you like in the original 2) Character cannot swim - you just bob there. 3) Climbing is not reliable 4) Quest character/monsters are always invisible! 5) You have severe trouble walking backwards 6) Jumping doesn't really work 7) The speed is way too fast 8) Projectile casting will sometimes prevent you from pulling your weapon back out. If you have no save, good luck to you. Running it in DosBox is exactly as I remembered, without any of the above flaws (of course, with a few original flaws). So if anyone is interested, I can try to get them up and running the most feature-heavy Elder Scrolls game to date (by far lol). See Orsinium! Climb a wall! Join the naked temple of Dibella and summon Daedra with witches! I got it running it without typing a single key in a DOS prompt. Btw, there are many guides online. None of those got me working.