UESPWiki:Reference Desk/2007 08

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Contents 1 Morrowind: The Math behind the Game 2 Negative Skill Modifier - Where is it coming from? 3 Leveling Problem 4 Ring of the Iron Fist 5 Time to archive? 6 Oblivion: Dark Brotherhood Re-initiation Glitch?

[edit] Morrowind: The Math behind the Game

Dear Morrowind Community

I have several questions pertaining to Morrowind. I am trying to port it to a table top RPG and need to understand how most of the calculations in the game work.

• How is the mana expenditure for any spell calculated?
• How is "to hit" determined?
• How is Armour class determined?
• How would I manaually simulate a combat?

On another topic, I see that on the Morrowind page it is stated that Morrowind is backwards compatable with XBOX360. Morrowind does not work on my XBOX360. What do I need to do to get it to work?

Thank you all for any help you can offer.

Regards,

-Pyrrhus

I can't help at all with the equations used in Morrowind. As for the backwards compatibility, I haven't tried to do it yet myself, but Morrowind is now officially on the list of Xbox 360 compatible games so according to Microsoft it is now possible. However, it's one of the newest additions to the list (it was only added in July), so you need to get the latest updates for your Xbox 360 in order for Morrowind to work. For other info, you should read through some of the other info provided by Xbox, for example the Backward Compatibility FAQ. --Nephele^Talk 12:23, 9 August 2007 (EDT)

Nephele,

Thank you so much for the info. I had not been to their site recently and didn't realise I had to download smth for it to work. I really appreciate the tips and links.

-Pyrrhus

[edit] Negative Skill Modifier - Where is it coming from?

Got a quick question...

My character all of the sudden has red skill points as opposed to the typical black or sometimes blue when there is a positive modifier. I assumed this was because of a disease or something i picked up but my active effects doesn't show any diseases or neagitve effects. I have taken off all my armor/clothes to see if it was something that I picked up but the attributes still are red. The effect is "red" in strength and "red" in agility. I've been to the church but it says I have had my blessing for the day, which isn't the case... could this be a bug?

Where else should I be looking at to get it back to normal???

Tytin 16:09, 9 August 2007 (EDT)Very puzzled

It sounds like you were attacked using Damage Strength and Damage Agility effects. Plain damage effects don't generally get listed in the active effects menu. Try casting Restore Strength and Restore Agility spells, or create a potion with those effects. For more information, see Options for Healing. --Nephele^Talk 21:00, 9 August 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Leveling Problem

My character is level 24 going on 25 and whenever I level it says something like "you have recieved every ounce of your sucess", even though I haven't maxed my stats out and it is not letting me go to the leveling page. This also happens to my level 1 character too. 68.39.44.148 14:15, 14 August 2007 (EDT)Sean

[edit] Ring of the Iron Fist

I'm not sure if I'm doing this the right way, but I wanted to ask something about a magical item in Oblivion. There is a ring called Ring of the Iron Fist... How can I obtain it? I tried to check by searching but I can only read about the ring itself (stats) and how to get 100% damage reflection.

Thanks in advance. ^{—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Calenatarion (talk • contribs).}

The Ring of the Iron Fist (as with all other items on the Magic Items page) is only found in randomly generated loot. It can only possibly be found once your character reaches level 20, at which point it has a small chance of appearing any time a piece of enchanted jewelry appears. Boss Chests are generally good places to find enchanted jewelry. Or an exploit involving the Blind Moth Prelate in Temple of the Ancestor Moths can be used to improve your chances of finding magic jewelry. --Nephele^Talk 15:59, 18 August 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Time to archive?

We've now got 53 discussions on the Reference Desk. Would it be okay to archive the older ones, and if so, how old should they be to archive them? I'd be willing tackle it. --GuildKnight (Talk) ^contribs 22:32, 18 August 2007 (EDT)

The guidelines say any discussions should be at least a week old. Thanks for offering to do it :) --Nephele^Talk 02:34, 19 August 2007 (EDT)

Done! --GuildKnight (Talk) ^contribs 23:31, 19 August 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Oblivion: Dark Brotherhood Re-initiation Glitch?

Dear Oblivion community, I joined the Dark Brotherhood the other day after murdering someone in game. I completed the first quest of killing the guy in the Inn of Ill Omen, but I got sort of greedy and tried to pickpocket the guy in the cloak who tells you good job and all that...so I had to kill the wraith...which I did. Afterwards, it told me to go talk to Ocheeva (sp?) to get more quests, but I cant get any jobs from her. The only chat options I have with her are the most basic things like "Rumors," asking about the town, etc. Is this a glitch or am I just doing something wrong here?

Thank you, Sprinkles

It's possible that's a small glitch, because the first few quests come from Vicente Valtieri rather than Ocheeva. Try talking to him instead and see it that works. --Rpeh^Talk 06:26, 30 August 2007 (EDT)

Unfortunately, Vicente Valtieri doesn't give the chat option of "Vampire" like he's supposed to. The game must have just glitched away from me :(