Unless you have been living under a rock, it would be difficult to imagine not having heard about the various lag issues that have plagued the PS3 version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Despite some of the graphical issues that effected the Xbox 360 Skyrim version shortly after release, nothing prepared PS3 gamers for the unrelenting drop in frame rate as the file size of their save continued to grow.
Patch 1.2 was supposed to fix the issue (among other fixes), but broke many others, including magical resistances. PS3 users still were not seeing any improvement. Patch 1.3 addressed it to a certain degree, though the issue was not fixed in its entirety, with save game files approaching 9-10 megabytes still becoming nearly unplayable.
As reported last week, Skyrim patch 1.4 was supposed to finally fix “long term play optimizations for memory and performance (PS3),” and “general optimizations for memory and performance” (for all platforms). Strangely enough however, as the beta version of the 1.4 patch was released today on Steam for PC users, a line was added (and one omitted) from the ‘bug fixes’ section. The removed line was “fixed occasional issue with armor and clothing not displaying properly when placed on mannequin’s in player’s house (PS3);” and was replaced with something far more interesting:
“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).”
It is refreshing that the developers have at least identified a cause for some of the PS3 lag issues, however crazy as it may sound to the common gamer (Bookshelves? Seriously?). Hopefully the patch, along with the general optimization fixes that Bethesda is addressing will allow PS3 players of Skyrim to get back into the game without having to worry about lagging frame rates and, heaven forbid, their growing book collections.
One further point of interest, however, is the now-removed line of armor and clothing not appearing on mannequins inside a player’s house. For those who have not tried it, placing a piece of armor on the mannequin would essentially make the mannequin disappear on the PS3 version. We’ve yet to find an official answer to whether or not this issue is still being addressed or removed – so stay tuned to Game Rant as we try to get clarification.
Skyrim is available now for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Source: Tech Digest
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I think they really need to fix proud spire manor glitches on xbox. I can’t use half of the weapon racks. It get’s very frustrating.
It’s because it’s not a console game, damn
Well it sure seems like one, the way controls work. It’s much easier to play with a gamepad in my opinion, and it isn’t fully optimized for PC.
Not to offend, but I (as an owner of Skyrim-PC)am not sure how a game that has comparably few issues on PC, and so many issues on consoles, can be said not to be “fully optimized for PC.”
If you would be so kind and so enlighten me……
Compare Morrowind UI with Skyrim UI, and lets see if Skyrim is not a console port…
Super! There’s nothing like playing a nice relaxing 6 hour session of Skyrim with a keyboard and mouse sitting upright in a CHAIR… if you don’t have hemorrhoids now, you will.
I’ll take my controller, my recliner or couch and enjoy myself thank you very much… and if it means my iron wizzlebird doesn’t show up on my mannequin, so be it. I’ll live with it. I fall asleep playing skyrim at night and still get a good nights sleep, without having to walk around with the imprint of my keyboard on my face (which I’ve done before) because I dozed off while sitting up in a chair at my computer.
You must be stupid that even your faggot girlfriend don’t want to do anything with you. Xb0x 360 and HDTV can be HOOKEd on a PC. You can play Skyrim on PC while on a couch.
Seriously, are you dumb jimson?
No offense meant but can you PC fanboys relax a little. I have a PS3 and love playing Skyrim. I also have no doubt that being able to play on a PC with mods, enhanced graphics and so on is nothing short of brilliant. However, I paid just as much for my disc as yours. I’m not complaing of the complete lack of mods or even the capability to incorporate said mods…so please relax a little. Thank you and continue to enjoy your version of Skyrim.
>not a console game
>ps3 skyrim lag issues
>ps3 skyrim
>ps3
>not a console game
They need to touch up the Mannequins. They are extremely broken.
I had quite a few problems with the bookshelves on the 360 version….sadly.
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Year 2012: Xbox 360 and PS3 on dangerously uneven terms of evenness, nobody cares about Wii, PC gaming now given honorary title of “Assistant to the Regional Manager” to shut PC gamers up.
The Reality: We have forgotten what video games are really for, and why they are awesome. We have forgotten what used to make them awesome.
Next Big Step in Gaming: Glitches in Skyrim, who’s hardware is best, fight for alpha male in consoles…
Where is the Skyrim DLC????
So…I have a question. If its the book shelves causing the issue, can PS3 users avoid it by not picking up books until the patch is released? Because even though the beta is out there for PC users, us lowly PS3 users are still gripping the controller with white knuckles. I really like this game and have yet to be affected and am playing along even though from all accounts the frame rate issue seems to be a looming gloom in the near future once we hit 10 mbs on our saved file. So can we avoid it by not grabbing all the books we see? Its not like its an issue to go to the college and retrieve as many as possible at a later date and to tell you the truth I have noticed a slight lag in inventory after i pulled all the books within a house to purge all duplicates i had…ah lifted from various places.
Good question Ellen.
(PS3 version) Well for my part I still have lag from before 1.2 patch. Before when you put a book in book shelve, you were not able pick them back. Patch 1.2 fixes this, but the book that were stock before the patch, are still there. Beside that the game run perfectly, until my save game hit 10 Mo. Then every think lag. I even when on attacking the fort, to win over Solitude. When I arrived there, the place was just empty and the quest still requires me to kill every soldier. I have a hard time believing that bookshelves are the cause of that.
Now I know that people’s expectations for this lag fix are extremly low, but until it is released none of us have the right to throw bad remarks at Bethesda.
Most of us are annoyed and I understand that, but if it was the bookshelves causing the problem, then surely it was just a small error in their ways and nothing else. Right?
I hope so.
Not sure how this is going to fix it. I have never used bookshelves in my 90 hours 9.5+ mb save file and i still have major lag. I actually haven’t played it in a month bc of the issues.
I honestly think it was an issue that occurred regardless of whether or not you used the bookshelves. I guess we’ll find out. 1.4 is still under certification; as of 12:11AM CST 1/29, it still hasn’t posted.
- Matt
Thanks Matt, definitely one of the more informative posts… please keep up the good work.
quick fix for mannequins:
equip a shield on it. exit out of the menu. then take the shield back. that should fix the invisible armor you put on them. if the problem persists just do the same thing.
side note: for the house in windhelm, strongly recommend buying the “clean up the murders mess” first.
It’s not bookshelves. Active quests!! Owning loads of garbage picked up during missions!! If you keep just 4 active quests at a time and your homes filled with essential items your game will suffer minor lag and will rarely crash. Again, avoid picking up baskets during quests. Important items can’t be tossed, the game don’t let you. If you are storing books be sure you have read them before putting them inside chests. I’ve gotten used to dodge bullets, and I’m sure the next update will fix my minor lag issues. Playing PS3 version.
….So post skyrim 1.4 (PS3), any comments? So far I’m gaming away at level 50 9.8 mb file, I had just hit 11 mb before the patch. Now still gaming, got armor on the stuffed dummies and all, no major lag yet. Im just stuck with the ‘strange amulet’ from blood on ice and a few other quest items. So far so good.