My List of Skyrim Issues

Post » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:15 am

Thought I would post my list of issues I've seen on PC. Probably nothing new here, but felt that I had to post.

Note: Latest Nvidia drivers installed on GeForce GTX 580 , 6 core EE processor, 8GB ram on Win764.

1. Started a new game after playing to level 15. Said level 15 char got overwritten and is now gone after starting a "new" game. Be careful here, backup your saves manually before starting a new game.
2. As we all know major issues with shadows. Flickering. Turning off/on randomly. Even with settings on high the shadows are very bad. I've seen better shadows on the commodore 64.
3. Weapon switching, favorites, fast spell selection - Randomly lose hot key, can't quick select.
4. Don't need to go into detail here as we all know, major problems with items flying all over the world. After opening the chest in my house it started floating around the room.
5. Been stuck in several dungeons, had to use load game to get out. Seems to be random, not pin-pointed to any certain place.
6. We all know most vendors don't carry enough gold, but I went back to the same vendor after 3 days, 6 days, 9 days (in game time) and the same vendors had less than 90 gold. They are not getting re-supplied on gold. By design? Issue? Bug?
7. Getting killed by dragons with one spell all the way up to level 15. Haven't been able to kill one yet due to this. Don't say its my build, it has nothing to do with that.
8. Screen goes blank during load times occasionally (entering dungeons, cities, etc). Can't get screen back unless I alt-tab in and out.
9. Bought a horse, attempted to use said horse - labels that I am stealing it when I own it. Bug? Doing something wrong here?
10. I've crafted 9 items without needing the required items.
11. Twice now after leveling up and quick saving after, quitting, loading game, I'm back down one level.
12. Been sent on several quests that when I reached the location the monsters that attacked me killed me with 2-3 shots. I tried for over an hour, had no chance. Shouldn't be sent on quests that char can't somewhat have a chance to complete.

Bethesda, the game is wonderful setting aside the massive slew of bugs/glitches but I have to quit until a major patch arrives. I don't want my experience ruined any further.

Did this game even get tested at all? I have a feeling there was very very little QA testing on this game.
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Post » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:04 pm

Most of these complaints are valid, but number 12 is a game design choice. It's an RPG, certain enemies are supposed to wreck you until you level up. I don't want an Oblivion V2.
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Post » Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:24 am

I'm a 2handed warrior, playing on master difficulty.

I find dragon fights quit easy, so yeah, it's your build that's the problem.
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Post » Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:57 am

Most of these complaints are valid, but number 12 is a game design choice. It's an RPG, certain enemies are supposed to wreck you until you level up. I don't want an Oblivion V2.



Yeah, I guess so. I just figured if NPC is sending me to go do something that I'd at least have a chance. Maybe I took the quest too soon?
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Post » Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:58 am

I'm a 2handed warrior, playing on master difficulty.

I find dragon fights quit easy, so yeah, it's your build that's the problem.



It's bugged. It has nothing to do with my build. Dragons are bugged on my install, not sure what triggered it.
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Post » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:16 pm

It's bugged. It has nothing to do with my build. Dragons are bugged on my install, not sure what triggered it.


Are they bugged like invincible or something? :o

Cause everyone complains they are too easy (and this is a fact).

Got any updates? I think there was one shortly after release. I don't have 90% of these issues (pc version).
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Post » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:01 am

It's bugged. It has nothing to do with my build. Dragons are bugged on my install, not sure what triggered it.


Check the difficulty level. I was struggling a lot when I was low level/under equipped.
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Post » Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:42 am

Check the difficulty level. I was struggling a lot when I was low level/under equipped.



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Post » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:35 pm

1. Started a new game after playing to level 15. Said level 15 char got overwritten and is now gone after starting a "new" game. Be careful here, backup your saves manually before starting a new game.
Playing to level 15 without a single manual save is not Bethesdas fault but yours. You are allowed to think for yourself you know.

2. As we all know major issues with shadows. Flickering. Turning off/on randomly. Even with settings on high the shadows are very bad. I've seen better shadows on the commodore 64.
Cant say that I've experienced shadows that bad, they are however a tad glitchy. Seeing as C64 was 8bit and this is 32bit colors, Im quite sure you havent seen better shadows on the C64

3. Weapon switching, favorites, fast spell selection - Randomly lose hot key, can't quick select.
Havent tried it myself

4. Don't need to go into detail here as we all know, major problems with items flying all over the world. After opening the chest in my house it started floating around the room.
Levitating chests, its the new black in Skyrim

5. Been stuck in several dungeons, had to use load game to get out. Seems to be random, not pin-pointed to any certain place.
Annoying, havent been stuck once in +40 hours gameplay myself

6. We all know most vendors don't carry enough gold, but I went back to the same vendor after 3 days, 6 days, 9 days (in game time) and the same vendors had less than 90 gold. They are not getting re-supplied on gold. By design? Issue? Bug?
Must be a bug with that particular vendor, since they tend to restock every 48 hours. The amount I reckon is a design feature. After all why would some back-ass store owner have ridicules amount of gold to buy junk from people.

7. Getting killed by dragons with one spell all the way up to level 15. Haven't been able to kill one yet due to this. Don't say its my build, it has nothing to do with that.
It's your build or your just poor at combat. I defeated 2-3 dragons before level 15 on master.

8. Screen goes blank during load times occasionally (entering dungeons, cities, etc). Can't get screen back unless I alt-tab in and out.
Havent experienced this, have you tried verifying game integrity?

9. Bought a horse, attempted to use said horse - labels that I am stealing it when I own it. Bug? Doing something wrong here?
Havent tried it, load/reload and try to buy it again. Must be a bug.

10. I've crafted 9 items without needing the required items.
Huh?

11. Twice now after leveling up and quick saving after, quitting, loading game, I'm back down one level.
Havent tried it. It seems you have a very buggy game. Is it from DVD or Steam? Either way I would try and verify game integrity or re-download all together.

12. Been sent on several quests that when I reached the location the monsters that attacked me killed me with 2-3 shots. I tried for over an hour, had no chance. Shouldn't be sent on quests that char can't somewhat have a chance to complete.
It's called a challenge.
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Post » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:50 pm

[quote name='ngen' timestamp='1321468604' post='19277220']
1. Started a new game after playing to level 15. Said level 15 char got overwritten and is now gone after starting a "new" game. Be careful here, backup your saves manually before starting a new game.
Playing to level 15 without a single manual save is not Bethesdas fault but yours. You are allowed to think for yourself you know.

I have manually saved many many times. What I meant was to copy and paste your save files manually to a new folder.

Steam. I will do the integrity check tonight.
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Post » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:38 am

1. you play without saving and complain that the game is not saved? and the 3 auto saves have saved me from screw ups several times.

2. havn't noticed.

3. havn't lost hotkeys yet, have 40 hours playtime but might happen. i've seen lots of bugs.

4. my horse once flew away and landed on a mountain i could't get to, kinda funny.

5. hasn't happen to me.

6. they always gets more after a while for me.

7. ..it's your build. you kill that first dragon from the quest at level 3? or something. i killed 3 dragons before level 15 with my thief (but it was harder than any other char i've tried).

8. hasn't happen to me.

9. bug or you tried to use a horse you didn't buy ;)

10. hasn't happen to me. you crafted items that were grayed out in the list?

11. hasn't happen to me.

12. well if you havn't been able to kill a dragon at level 15 you are clearly doing something wrong. havn't found a quest i couldn't do yet and most people seem to think dragons are too easy to kill.
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