Skyrim Patch 1.4 Release Notes

[David]

Other things to note:

[*]Creation Kit coming out roughly within the next month.

[*]PS3 "lag issues" supposed to - again - be resolved.

NEW FEATURES

[*]Skyrim launcher support for Steam Workshop*

BUG FIXES

[*]General optimizations for memory and performance

[*]Optimized bookshelf script in player-owned houses that would occasionally cause active scripts to lag and also cause an increase to saved games filesize (PS3)

Improved compiler optimization settings

[*]Memory optimizations related to scripting

[*]Fixed crashes related to pathing and AI

[*]Fixed crash in Haemar's Shame if player had already completed "A Daedra's Best Friend"

[*]Fixed rare crash with loading saved games

[*]Fixed issue with accented characters not displaying properly at the end of a line

[*]Fixed issue where quests would incorrectly progress after reloading a save

[*]Fixed issues with placing and removing books from bookshelves in the player's home

[*]Fixed issue where weapon racks and plaques would not work correctly in player's house if player immediately visits their house before purchasing any furnishing.

[*]Fixed issue where the player house in Windhelm would not clean up properly

[*]Fixed crash related to giant attacks and absorb spells

[*]Fixed issue with ash piles not cleaning up properly

[*]Fixed occasional issue where overwriting an existing save would fail

[*]Fixed memory crash with container menu

[*]Fixed infinite loop with bookshelves

[*]Fixed issue where traps in Shalidor's Maze would not work properly in French, German, Spanish and Italian versions

[*]Fixed issue where transforming back to human from werewolf would occasionally fail

[*]Bows and daggers will display properly when placed on weapon racks

QUEST FIXES

[*]The Unusual Gem inside the Thalmor Embassy is now accessible after finishing "Diplomatic Immunity"

[*]In "Breaching Security", the quest token is no longer required to receive a fortune reading from Olava the Feeble

[*]Fixed issue where Galmar would not complete Joining the Stormcloaks properly if "Season Unending" was an active quest

[*]Fixed issue where starting "Season Unending" after finishing "Joining the Stormcloaks" would prevent "The Jagged Crown" from starting properly.

[*]Fixed issue progressing through "Message to Whiterun" while "Season Unending" was still open would block progression for both quests.

[*]In "Arniel's Endeavor", fixed issue where a quest journal would trigger multiple times

[*]In "Forbidden Legend", the amulet fragment can no longer disappear after player leaves a dungeon without taking it

[*]Fixed rare issue in "Forbidden Legend" where killing Mikrul Gauldurson while sneaking would make his corpse unaccessible

[*]In "The White Phial", the phial can no longer disappear if player leaves dungeon without taking it

[*]"The White Phial" will now start properly if player already has a briar heart in their inventory

[*]Player can no longer get stuck in Misty Grove after completing "A Night to Remember"

[*]Fixed issue where leaving Riften during "A Chance Arrangement" would prevent quest from progressing

[*]In "Darkness Returns", a door in Twilight Sepulcher will properly open if the player leaves the dungeon for an extended period of time before completing the quest

[*]In "Revealing the Unseen", if the player leaves the Oculory for an extended period of time after placing the focusing crystal and returns, the quest will proceed correctly

[*]"Onmund's Request" will now start properly if player has already found Enthir's staff before receiving this quest

[*]Fixed instance where Tonilia would stop buying stolen items and also would not give Guild Leader Armor

[*]"Repairing the Phial" will start properly if player already has unmelting snow or mammoth tusk in their inventory

[*]Finding Pantea's Flute before speaking with Pantea no longer prevents her quest from updating

[*]In "The Break of Dawn", fixed rare instance where a quest object would spawn incorrectly on the Katariah during Hail Sithis

[*]Fixed rare issue in "The Mind of Madness" where player is unable to equip the Wabbajack

[*]Fixed issue in "Pieces of the Past" where Mehrunes Dagon's Razor will not trigger properly if player leaves the cell for extended period of time before activating it

[*]"Blood's Honor" will start properly if you visited and completed Driftshade and an extended period of time passes before starting the quest.

[*]Fixed rare issue where "Dampened Spirits" would not start properly

[*]Fixed issue where killing guards in Cidhna Mine would block progression for "No One Escapes Cidhna Mine"

[*]Fixed numerous issues with "Blood on the Ice" not triggering properly

[*]In "Blood on the Ice", Calixto can now be killed if player owns a house in Windhelm

[*]In "The Cure for Madness", killing Cicero then resurrecting him no longer impedes quest progress

[*]Fixed rare issue in "To Kill an Empire" where an NPC would fail to die properly

[*]Clearing Knifepoint Ridge before starting "Boethiah's Champion" no longer prevents quest from starting.

[Fergal]

Hopefully the PS3 lag issues will actually be fixed. Annoying the crap out of me.

[David]

I actually haven't really noticed any awful lag - it suprised me when it was so prominently mentioned in the article I read.

[YouEnjoyMyself]

This game has only frozen twice and lagged a handful of times on ps3. fallout 3 was way way way worse

[Blake]

I have to play on an unpatched version of the game. Reading all these possible bugs, I'm kind of paranoid now. o.O

[David]

Ha, yeah, I'm getting more and more paranoid as well. Just browsing Yahoo Answers, there are thousands of questions posted every day about "z0mg quest r brok3n!". Course, our support forum here isn't any different.Why do you have to play the unpatched version though? I'd just take a USB stick to school and try to get the update. That's what I used to do for the PS3 firmware updates - not sure if they have the PS3 Skyrim patches online as well.

[Blake]

I'm not technically inclined, so I'll tell you my problem. Basically, I can't download everything I need for xbox live because I can't fit the update on my memory card. I have one of the cheap, 64 MB ones and even if I were to delete everything off of that, I wouldn't be able to fit it on there. So basically I can't use live unless I buy a hardrive. Unless I'm mistaken and there is another way.