Amid All the Excitement for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Bethesda Issues Surprise Starfield Patch — and Fans Are Hoping It Heralds DLC News

Amid all the pleasure for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Bethesda has issued a shock patch for Starfield, including ‘Very Low’ show settings to enhance efficiency, extra help for Creations (mods), in addition to fixes for quests, autos, the consumer interface, and the Shattered House DLC.

The replace is at present in Steam beta, which PC gamers can decide into. In a submit on its website, Bethesda known as for suggestions, and revealed patch notes, beneath.

This replace does little greater than add just a few new options and make bug fixes, which suggests Starfield gamers are nonetheless ready for information on potential DLC.

House-set RPG Starfield launched in September 2023 as Bethesda’s first model new IP in 25 years. But it surely was not as properly obtained as the studio’s earlier video games in the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises, and the Shattered House growth, launched a 12 months later in September 2024, has a ‘principally destructive’ consumer assessment score on Steam.

Regardless of reaching 15 million gamers, some questioned whether or not Bethesda may stroll away from Starfield to deal with its different franchises. Bethesda itself has mentioned it has “thrilling issues” deliberate for Starfield this 12 months, amid rising discontent from gamers a few lack of communication and updates. In June 2024, Bethesda insisted it remained dedicated to supporting Starfield, and confirmed no less than one different story growth would launch following Shattered House. In an interview with YouTube channel MrMattyPlays, Bethesda Sport Studios’ Todd Howard mentioned the developer was aiming to launch an annual story growth for “hopefully a really very long time.”

In March, hypothesis that Starfield would quickly be confirmed for launch on PlayStation 5 ramped up after followers noticed a PlayStation brand on Bethesda’s official Creations web site. The brand was connected to a work-in-progress ship decals Creation for Starfield, and though the Creation was eliminated, followers had been left questioning whether or not Bethesda’s so-far PC and Xbox-only sci-fi sport would quickly make the leap to PS5.

Whereas it’s simple to neglect about Starfield given all the consideration on Oblivion Remastered, its gamers are hoping that Microsoft and Bethesda go huge on Starfield at its Xbox Video games Showcase broadcast on June 8. May it announce the PS5 model and a brand new growth at the similar time? May it shadow-drop each, following Oblivion Remastered’s lead? Fans solely have a handful of weeks to search out out.

Starfield Replace 1.15.214 patch notes:

FEATURES

• Added Very Low show settings to enhance efficiency on some units.
• Creation Package: Added the skill for Creators so as to add new icons to the sport.
• Creations Retailer now helps bundling Creations.
• Creation Package: Creations as much as 2GB in dimension can now be uploaded.

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

• Creations: Resolved a doable error when restoring load order if a lot of mods had been put in and then deleted.
• Creation Package: Resolved a doable crash when loading a plugin with an ingredient type.
• Addressed a doable management lock that might happen when altering views at the similar time as sitting in a pilot seat whereas landed.
• Addressed a uncommon motion lock that was doable throughout compelled dialogue scenes.
• Addressed a management lock that might happen if a car Creation was disabled whereas a loaded save trusted it.
• Addressed a uncommon management lock that might happen when instantly opening a menu after loading a save throughout take-off.
• Fastened a difficulty that might stop exiting a conceit digicam (PC).
• Fastened a doable crash associated to shifting or eradicating buildings at the Important Outpost in Andraphon.
• Resolved a uncommon crash that might happen when coming into the Unity.
• Addressed a difficulty the place quickly urgent quicksave might lead to some quicksaves being eliminated.
• Basic crash and stability fixes.
• Creations UI fixes and enhancements.

GAMEPLAY

• Abilities: The Cargo Hyperlink and Robots construct limits from the Outpost Administration abilities ought to now persist after going by way of the Unity.
• Weapons: The House-Adept legendary impact now not has a destructive modifier for terrestrial injury.
• Gameplay Choices: Addressed a difficulty with some interiors that prevented cargo entry.
• Gameplay Choices: Clarified the standing results textual content for Malnourished and Hydrated.
• Fastened a Grav leaping concern that might happen after being hailed in Freestar or UC house.
• Fastened a uncommon concern that might influence objects displayed in the Razorleaf.
• Resolved a difficulty with missiles that might stop XP awards.
• Fastened a participant placement concern that might happen if a brand new creation was put in and a save was loaded into the UC Vigilance.
• Resolved a difficulty the place creatures might get moved to water in the event that they ever grew to become caught.
• Addressed a difficulty the place dropped objects might lose there stolen standing.
• At Hell’s Gate: The Crucible Blade now not damages ships in orbit when used inside a ship.
• At Hell’s Gate: The Crucible Blade audio will now play accurately after loading a save or quick travelling.
• The Bounty Board in the Tracker’s Alliance HQ now has the right audio interactions.

GRAPHICS

• Up to date resolutions to incorporate 32:9 and 32:10 resolutions in addition to extra 16:9, 16:10, and 21:9 resolutions.
• Efficiency: Resolved a difficulty that might trigger body charge to drop when opening the scanner on lengthy play periods.
• Celestial our bodies ought to now stay seen in the sky after coming into and exiting an inside.

QUESTS

• All That Cash Can Purchase: Fastened a uncommon concern that brought about the Commerce Tower elevator to be inoperable.
• In Memoriam: Addressed a difficulty the place finishing “At Hell’s Gate” with Sarah as the companion might stop completion of the quest.
• Good Recipe: Shonda will now get well if she was downed whereas amassing Ashta meat.
• The Starjacker: Adjusted dialogue choices that seem for characters enjoying after coming into the Unity.
• Prime of the L.I.S.T. – Resolved a management lock that might happen after promoting survey knowledge to Phil Hill.
• Trackers Alliance: Resolved a difficulty the place bounty scanner quests might day out.
• Trackers Alliance: Fastened a uncommon concern the place both killing or beautiful the goal wouldn’t full the bounty missions.
• Worlds Aside: Fastened a difficulty that allowed the participant to depart the planet too shortly after exiting the temple.

LOCATIONS

• Mannequins will now persist as supposed in the New Atlantis Penthouse.
• Participant ought to now have the ability to modify the cabinets and cupboards in the Core Manor in Akila Metropolis.
• Resolved a difficulty that might stop scanning some flora.
• At Hell’s Gate: The Plasma Analysis Facility now reveals up on the floor map.
• Fastened a visual opening in the Abandoned Biotics Lab.
• Vent Hazards at the moment are displaying accurately on Jemison.

UI

• Ship Builder: Resolved a difficulty with the ship improve menu when just one module is offered for improve.
• Ship Builder: Addressed a variety concern when utilizing giant fonts.
• Ship Ornament: Up to date the names of Empty ship modules.
• All buttons ought to now work in the Car Builder menu with giant fonts enabled.
• Localization: Textual content for the Dehydrated debuff is now not cutoff in Spanish and Polish when giant fonts is enabled.
• Localization: The bounty boards in the Tracker’s Alliance HQ at the moment are localized constantly.
• Localization: Strings for each Hydrated and Dehydrated standing results relating to sneak assaults are totally localized.

VEHICLE

• A keyboard binding is now out there for the enhance button. (PC)
• A marker for the car will now present up on the participant’s compass.
• Resolved a digicam concern that might happen for gamers with maxed out Surveying talent.
• Improved logic for exiting the car when partially obstructed.
• The car will now deploy when touchdown at places aside from spaceports or touchdown pads.
• Addressed a visual artifact with the Rev-8 when boosting in foggy circumstances.

Shattered House

• Va’ruun outpost modules at the moment are out there to gamers after coming into the Unity.
• Abilities: Killing enemies inside gravity bubbles on Dazra will now depend in direction of the Gymnastics talent.
• Addressed a difficulty with the buttons on the elevate on the Mourning stage in Dazra.
• Weapons: The Penumbra now offers bonus headshot injury.
• Efficiency: Addressed a difficulty that might trigger slight stutters in the Properly and outdoors Dazra.
• The Va’Ruun Schimaz’s blade is now not pixelated on the Knowledge Menu.
• Fastened a lens flare flicker with the Citadel on Dazra.
• Zealous Overreach: Adjusted Mirek’s dialogue choices to account for characters which have been by way of the Unity.
• Zealous Overreach: Resolved concern that might happen if the participant cleared Shadow Station Epsilon previous to chatting with Ekris.

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