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 each the excitement for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Bethesda has issued a astonishment spot for Starfield, adding ‘Very Low’ show settings to amended performance, further enactment for Creations (mods), arsenic good arsenic fixes for quests, vehicles, the idiosyncratic interface, and the Shattered Space DLC.

The update is presently successful Steam beta, which PC players tin opt into. In a station connected its website, Bethesda called for feedback, and published spot notes, below.

This update does small much than adhd a fewer caller features and marque bug fixes, which means Starfield players are inactive waiting for quality connected imaginable DLC.

Space-set RPG Starfield launched successful September 2023 arsenic Bethesda’s archetypal marque caller IP successful 25 years. But it was not arsenic good received arsenic the studio’s erstwhile games successful the Elder Scrolls and Fallout franchises, and the Shattered Space expansion, released a twelvemonth aboriginal successful September 2024, has a ‘mostly negative’ idiosyncratic reappraisal standing connected Steam.

Despite reaching 15 cardinal players, immoderate wondered whether Bethesda mightiness locomotion distant from Starfield to absorption connected its different franchises. Bethesda itself has said it has "exciting things" planned for Starfield this year, amid increasing discontent from players astir a deficiency of connection and updates. In June 2024, Bethesda insisted it remained committed to supporting Starfield, and confirmed astatine slightest 1 different communicative enlargement would merchandise pursuing Shattered Space. In an interrogation with YouTube transmission MrMattyPlays, Bethesda Game Studios’ Todd Howard said the developer was aiming to merchandise an yearly communicative enlargement for “hopefully a precise agelong time.”

In March, speculation that Starfield would soon beryllium confirmed for merchandise connected PlayStation 5 ramped up aft fans spotted a PlayStation logo connected Bethesda’s authoritative Creations website. The logo was attached to a work-in-progress vessel decals Creation for Starfield, and though the Creation was removed, fans were near wondering whether Bethesda’s so-far PC and Xbox-only sci-fi crippled would soon marque the leap to PS5.

While it’s casual to hide astir Starfield fixed each the attraction connected Oblivion Remastered, its players are hoping that Microsoft and Bethesda spell large connected Starfield astatine its Xbox Games Showcase broadcast connected June 8. Could it denote the PS5 mentation and a caller enlargement astatine the aforesaid time? Could it shadow-drop both, pursuing Oblivion Remastered’s lead? Fans lone person a fistful of weeks to find out.

Starfield Update 1.15.214 spot notes:

FEATURES

• Added Very Low show settings to amended show connected immoderate devices.
• Creation Kit: Added the quality for Creators to adhd caller icons to the game.
• Creations Store present supports bundling Creations.
• Creation Kit: Creations up to 2GB successful size tin present beryllium uploaded.

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

• Creations: Resolved a imaginable mistake erstwhile restoring load bid if a ample fig of mods were installed and past deleted.
• Creation Kit: Resolved a imaginable clang erstwhile loading a plugin with an constituent form.
• Addressed a imaginable power fastener that could hap erstwhile changing views astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic sitting successful a aviator spot portion landed.
• Addressed a uncommon question fastener that was imaginable during forced dialog scenes.
• Addressed a power fastener that could hap if a conveyance Creation was disabled portion a loaded prevention depended connected it.
• Addressed a uncommon power fastener that could hap erstwhile instantly opening a paper aft loading a prevention during take-off.
• Fixed an contented that could forestall exiting a vanity camera (PC).
• Fixed a imaginable clang related to moving oregon removing buildings astatine the Main Outpost successful Andraphon.
• Resolved a uncommon clang that could hap erstwhile entering the Unity.
• Addressed an contented wherever rapidly pressing quicksave could effect successful immoderate quicksaves being removed.
• General clang and stableness fixes.
• Creations UI fixes and improvements.

GAMEPLAY

• Skills: The Cargo Link and Robots physique limits from the Outpost Management skills should present persist aft going done the Unity.
• Weapons: The Space-Adept legendary effect nary longer has a antagonistic modifier for terrestrial damage.
• Gameplay Options: Addressed an contented with immoderate interiors that prevented cargo access.
• Gameplay Options: Clarified the presumption effects substance for Malnourished and Hydrated.
• Fixed a Grav jumping contented that could hap aft being hailed successful Freestar oregon UC space.
• Fixed a uncommon contented that could interaction items displayed successful the Razorleaf.
• Resolved an contented with missiles that could forestall XP awards.
• Fixed a subordinate placement contented that could hap if a caller instauration was installed and a prevention was loaded into the UC Vigilance.
• Resolved an contented wherever creatures could get moved to h2o if they ever became stuck.
• Addressed an contented wherever dropped items could suffer determination stolen status.
• At Hell's Gate: The Crucible Blade nary longer damages ships successful orbit erstwhile utilized wrong a ship.
• At Hell's Gate: The Crucible Blade audio volition present play correctly aft loading a prevention oregon accelerated travelling.
• The Bounty Board successful the Tracker's Alliance HQ present has the close audio interactions.

GRAPHICS

• Updated resolutions to see 32:9 and 32:10 resolutions arsenic good arsenic much 16:9, 16:10, and 21:9 resolutions.
• Performance: Resolved an contented that could origin framework complaint to driblet erstwhile opening the scanner connected agelong play sessions.
• Celestial bodies should present stay disposable successful the entity aft entering and exiting an interior.

QUESTS

• All That Money Can Buy: Fixed a uncommon contented that caused the Trade Tower elevator to beryllium inoperable.
• In Memoriam: Addressed an contented wherever completing "At Hell's Gate" with Sarah arsenic the companion could forestall completion of the quest.
• Perfect Recipe: Shonda volition present retrieve if she was downed portion collecting Ashta meat.
• The Starjacker: Adjusted dialog options that look for characters playing aft entering the Unity.
• Top of the L.I.S.T. - Resolved a power fastener that could hap aft selling survey information to Phil Hill.
• Trackers Alliance: Resolved an contented wherever bounty scanner quests could clip out.
• Trackers Alliance: Fixed a uncommon contented wherever either sidesplitting oregon stunning the people would not implicit the bounty missions.
• Worlds Apart: Fixed an contented that allowed the subordinate to permission the satellite excessively rapidly aft exiting the temple.

LOCATIONS

• Mannequins volition present persist arsenic intended successful the New Atlantis Penthouse.
• Player should present beryllium capable to modify the shelves and cabinets successful the Core Manor successful Akila City.
• Resolved an contented that could forestall scanning immoderate flora.
• At Hell's Gate: The Plasma Research Facility present shows up connected the aboveground map.
• Fixed a disposable opening successful the Deserted Biotics Lab.
• Vent Hazards are present displaying correctly connected Jemison.

UI

• Ship Builder: Resolved an contented with the vessel upgrade paper erstwhile lone 1 module is disposable for upgrade.
• Ship Builder: Addressed a enactment contented erstwhile utilizing ample fonts.
• Ship Decoration: Updated the names of Empty vessel modules.
• All buttons should present enactment successful the Vehicle Builder paper with ample fonts enabled.
• Localization: Text for the Dehydrated debuff is nary longer cutoff successful Spanish and Polish erstwhile ample fonts is enabled.
• Localization: The bounty boards successful the Tracker's Alliance HQ are present localized consistently.
• Localization: Strings for some Hydrated and Dehydrated presumption effects regarding sneak attacks are afloat localized.

VEHICLE

• A keyboard binding is present disposable for the boost button. (PC)
• A marker for the conveyance volition present amusement up connected the player's compass.
• Resolved a camera contented that could hap for players with maxed retired Surveying skill.
• Improved logic for exiting the conveyance erstwhile partially obstructed.
• The conveyance volition present deploy erstwhile landing astatine locations different than spaceports oregon landing pads.
• Addressed a disposable artifact with the Rev-8 erstwhile boosting successful foggy conditions.

Shattered Space

• Va'ruun outpost modules are present disposable to players aft entering the Unity.
• Skills: Killing enemies wrong gravity bubbles connected Dazra volition present number towards the Gymnastics skill.
• Addressed an contented with the buttons connected the assistance connected the Mourning level successful Dazra.
• Weapons: The Penumbra present deals bonus headshot damage.
• Performance: Addressed an contented that could origin flimsy stutters successful the Well and extracurricular Dazra.
• The Va'Ruun Schimaz's leaf is nary longer pixelated connected the Data Menu.
• Fixed a lens flare flicker with the Citadel connected Dazra.
• Zealous Overreach: Adjusted Mirek’s dialog options to relationship for characters that person been done the Unity.
• Zealous Overreach: Resolved contented that could hap if the subordinate cleared Shadow Station Epsilon anterior to speaking to Ekris.

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