Eärendil the Mage #9: Fortress of Ice | The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux
6Let's play The Elder Scrolls: Arena on Arch Linux! Join me and Eärendil, a High Elf mage, as we journey through Tamriel on my first full playthrough of TES Arena, a classic open world fantasy RPG originally released in 1994. Along the way, I'll offer tips, trivia, and game design analysis and I hope you'll share your knowledge and opinions, too! Full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ8he4T55R3sAP868mD_1ZhTAPPtDcFbB
In this episode, Eärendil crafts his first set of custom spells, then delves into the fabled Fortress of Ice, former home of the legendary Arch-Mage Shalidor. After facing many foes, gathering much treasure, and gazing in wonder upon numerous runes and relics of ages past, Eärendil retrieves a tablet with clues to the location of the Labyrinthian. While visiting the town of Amol for repairs, he also completes a side quest for the local baroness by capturing a villainous ranger allied with the Underking.
0:00:00 Spellmaking, etc., in Dawnstar, Skyrim
0:17:44 Fortress of Ice
1:17:15 Dagger...fail
1:32:50 Obelisk
1:42:10 Ice Golem guarding treasure
1:48:19 Frozen warriors?
1:56:47 Pillars surrounding more treasure
2:04:10 To the town of Amol
2:11:14 Order of the Red Rose
2:14:42 A very perplexed NPC
2:16:09 Mages Guild of Amol
2:19:16 Repairs, etc.
2:23:25 Palace of Baroness Helle
2:24:22 Capture quest accepted
2:32:28 The Dirty Huntsman Inn
2:34:20 Ghost sent by the Underking
2:35:08 Cavern of Mojarke (New Life Festival?)
2:40:22 Homonculus
2:46:35 The nefarious ranger
2:52:29 Capture quest complete
2:56:43 Back to the Fortress of Ice
3:07:04 Descent to level 2
3:18:42 They have a cave troll...
3:40:07 Riddle
3:41:31 Tablet
3:49:18 To the College of Winterhold
3:51:17 Location of the Labyrinthian revealed!
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The name Eärendil comes from an extraordinary Half-elf in the works of Tolkien and means "Lover of the Sea" in Quenya. To learn more, watch this video by the Nerd of the Rings: https://youtu.be/BLDWm1eOTL0
PC: MSI GE62MVR 7RG Apache Pro
OS: Golden Drake Linux (Arch Linux customized for gaming and game development) https://github.com/GoldenDrakeStudios/golden-drake-linux
CPU: Intel i7-7700HQ
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
RAM: 32 GB DDR4-2400
This is the CD version of TES Arena (1.07), packaged by GOG https://gog.com/en/game/the_elder_scrolls_arena, installed via Lutris https://lutris.net/games/the-elder-scrolls-arena, and played through DOSBox. For details about the game, consult the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP): https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Arena
Mods
• Sound Patch https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/15
• Title Screen Fix https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/17
• Opening Fix https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/13
• Intro Fix https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/4
I no longer recommend the Remapped Keys mod https://nexusmods.com/tesarena/mods/1 because it doesn't work with recent versions of DOSBox. Besides, the default controls are fine once you get used to them!
As for DOSBox settings, I usually stick with the original, glorious, pixelated look of retro games, but TES Arena is a rare exception: I like smoothing its graphics a bit by using "advmame2x" as my graphic scaler. To try it, set "scaler=advmame2x" (or "glshader=scaler/advmame2x" for DOSBox v0.80 or later) in your game's DOSBox config file.
Speaking of pixels, many of Arena's in-game text boxes have a slow "pixelation" (fade-in, fade-out) effect that, in my opinion, quickly becomes annoying. Press F4 to turn it off.
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