Tuesday, January 24th 2012

Skyrim PC beta patch 1.4 now on Steam
Today Shacknews is reporting a new beta patch available on Steam. This is what they had to say, "Covering its back and yours, Bethesda recommends that you only install the patch if you're affected by issues fixed in the patch, and that you backed up your saved games before installing the beta. If you're still ploughing ahead with it, here's what to do:
1. Log into Steam
2. Click on Steam in the upper menu
3. Select Settings
4. Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
5. A drop down menu will appear. Select Skyrim Beta.
6. Select OK.
Steam will now restart. After Steam restarts, Skyrim will be updated to the Beta version currently available.
The beta patch adds an option for Skyrim's Steam Workshop, a portal which will allow mod makers to upload their creations directly to Steam, but the Workshop won't work it and the mod Creation Kit actually launch later this month."
A list of changes can be found here.
Source:
ShackNews
1. Log into Steam
2. Click on Steam in the upper menu
3. Select Settings
4. Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
5. A drop down menu will appear. Select Skyrim Beta.
6. Select OK.
Steam will now restart. After Steam restarts, Skyrim will be updated to the Beta version currently available.
The beta patch adds an option for Skyrim's Steam Workshop, a portal which will allow mod makers to upload their creations directly to Steam, but the Workshop won't work it and the mod Creation Kit actually launch later this month."
A list of changes can be found here.
45 Comments on Skyrim PC beta patch 1.4 now on Steam
Go buy the damn game.
So i guess TESVAL/Skyboost is no longer needed(?)
Anyway this update looks awesome! I can't wait till it goes live.
Now, the Combat system definitely has its flaws, but I think they pull it off pretty well. I would say you have the order of balance mixed up. Archery > Melee > Spells. The Spells are completely underwhelming. The main problem is that they just don't scale with anything. There's no Int or Spell Power stat to passively increase the damage your spells do, and that makes it feel like they are always underwhelming. Where you can enchant and improve your Bow or Axe to be a killing machine, you cannot improve your spells at all, minus a few enchantments to lower the mana cost.
Now in buildings and such im getting 50 and then a lot of times it caps and stays at 60FPS outside though im still getting 30 to 40fps, but it does feel smoother.
That's walking from the gate in Solitude to the Blue palace at around 8:45am on a sunny day.
I would not recommend turning vsync off using iPresentInterval as it can make some things screwy, I just did it for testing purposes.
i5 2500K @ 4.6ghz and HD 7970 @ 1125/1500.
It's really great.
I did that too.
I won't be installing the BETA patch, I'll be waiting for the official release.