It has already been over a month since the release of Oblivion Remastered. We all know it was coming, but Bethesda dropping it on the day it was announced was a welcome surprise. And now, the game is finally getting its first major patch. Its launch was met by a fair share of crashes, or even the dreaded ‘fatal error‘ bug, but that didn’t stop players from singing its praise.

The Steam update history looks pretty blank at the moment, but a beta patch has now been pushed for PC users on Steam – the full update will be available for all platforms on June 11th. You’ll need to opt into the beta to upgrade early, and it comes with a list of crash fixes and other improvements. In fact, the majority of patch notes begin with the word ‘Fix’.

Oblivion Remastered Steam Beta update

As mentioned, this early patch (v1.1) is only currently available via the beta version of Oblivion Remastered on Steam. To access it, go to your Steam library, right click on the game in your library and open the properties. From there, you can find the ‘Beta’ settings, click the drop down and select [beta]. Here’s everything included in the patch.

GENERAL

• Enabled ToggleHudVisibility and ShowHud console commands

UI

• Fix for missing text when installing the Deluxe Upgrade
• Fix ‘Skip’ button not showing correctly during intro
• Fix for Redguard Origin stats being reversed
• Fix for not automatically showing Local Map when inside interior spaces
• Fix for being unable to name Enchanted items when using a controller
• Fix punctuation issues in Chinese translation
• Localized string fixes
• Fix for interacting with Daedric Shrines not displaying subtitles

CRASHES

• Fix crash when loading after fast travel to Vilverin
• Fix crash when exploring Crayfish Cave
• Fix crash when fighting Stunted Scamps
• Fix crash when paying the fine after stealing in Castle Bravil
• Fix for crash when loading Quicksaves
• Fix crash when loading after fast travel to Mortal Camp
• Fix for crash when loading a save in Quill-Weave’s house
• Fix crash when rapidly switching between Quality and Performance modes
• Fix crash when storing items in a chest in Frostcrag Spire
• Fix crash when creating multiple potions at once using stolen ingredients
• Fix various CPU crashes

GAMEPLAY

• Fix player animation issues when mounting horses
• Fix High Chancellor Ocato arms not animating
• Fix Shambles’ animations getting stuck when attacking
• Fix for Staff of Sheogorath not freezing enemies
• Fix for Cap’n Dugal not spawning
• Fix for Light spells not showing VFX
• Fix for offset Map Markers when running on a secondary monitor
• Fix for Local Map being blank when opening
• Fix Peryite Shrine’s voiceover being cut off
• Fix for First Person camera being set above the player’s head
• Fix for Chameleon VFX being stuck on player
• Fix for player’s skin textures not matching when infected with a disease

SYSTEM

• Fix player settings being reset when updating Settings
• Fix XCloud mirroring settings from PC to XBOX
• Fix for infinite loading issues
• Fix for freezing when pressing Alt+Tab
• Fix autosaving creating a new group of saves
• Fix for old save files being renamed when the character is renamed at the Sewer exit
• Fix for small Display Resolution sizes not showing correctly in Windowed Mode

QUESTS

• The Battle for Kvatch – Fix Savlian becoming stuck after Castle Courtyard fight
• A Knife in the Dark – Fix for Vincente Valtieri losing his hair
• Finding the Thieves Guild – Fix for NPCs not appearing
• The Sunken One – Fix for a Diary page being hidden under a bowl
• The Elven Maiden – Fix for crash when Hieronymus Lex attempts to take Llathasa’s Bust out of the cupboard in Myvryna Arano’s house

Source: Steam

As you can see, the update is pretty much wholly focusing on applying fixes across the game, which is great to see. There are also a couple of new console commands for toggling HUD visibility, which we imagine renders some kind of custom mod useless now. Regardless, beyond the v1.1 update, we’re looking forward to the second update to Oblivion Remastered, which Bethesda says “will focus on performance”. Maybe that will also be available only on PC via the Steam beta.

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