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Skyrim Update 1.6 - Mounted combat!

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Finally it is coming; mounted combat! You can now fight, both melee and ranged on horseback!

Modders (and players alike) rejoice: The Navmesh bug is fixed!

The beta update is already available on Steam, so give it a go! Release date for the update is unknown. (Compatible SKSE)


Are you like me, having a hard time believing in this? Well:

Thank you, Pronam!



Bug Fixes:
- General stability and memory optimizations
- General AI pathfinding optimizations and bug fixes
- Optimizations and crash fixes for data leaks
- Fixed rare crash with lighting
- Fixed crashes related to loading and saving games
- Fixed crash with summoned creatures/NPCs
- Fixed rare issue where saves would be corrupted
- Improved logic for when ranged kill cams are played
- Fixed issue with ranged kill cams while killing a dragon
- Fixed rare issue with certain ranged kill cams not playing properly
- Fixed issue with nirnroot lighting not properly cleaning up
- Fixed issue where bow damage was being calculated incorrectly
- Fixed rare problem with werewolf kill moves would not finish animating properly
- In "The Break of Dawn" fixed rare issue where Meridia's Beacon would disappear from player's inventory
- Fixed occasional issue where followers would disappear after player pays off a county after committing a crime
- Fixed issue where certain creatures and NPCs would fail to respawn properly
- Fixed rare issue with dialogue subtitles not displaying properly
- Fixed issue with water appearing blurry when loading a saved game after creating a save underwater
- Fixed issue where map cursor would occasionally disappear after closing a message box with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
- Fixed rare issue with shouts only performing the first level and not other unlocked levels with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)
- Fixed issue where the shout buttons would stop working properly if users mashed LB and RB during cooldown with Kinect enabled (Xbox 360)

How to opt-in on the beta:
1. Log into Steam
2. Click on Steam in the upper menu
3. Select Settings
4. Under the Account tab, go to the Beta Participation section and select Change.
5. A drop down menu will appear. Select Skyrim Beta.
6. Select OK.
7. Steam will now restart. After Steam restarts, Skyrim will be updated to the Beta version currently available.
8. Disable ScriptDragon, animation mods, etc. and update SKSE.
9. Report bugs to Bethesda's Beta forum!

258 comments

  1. Rassiva
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    Yeah I also had the standing on horse back bug. at first I thought is was some kind of conflict with Horse Armors for Skyrim by Mystikhybrid - Gabriel Gullbergh but nope that wasent the case. I googled it and found this topic and found the solution. I also found out that some of my mods that adds new animation like pinup poser that requires FNIS Behavior Files I was useing V2_0 which dont have the fix for mountet combat so I updated to V2_1 which have the fix and it turned out as I expected ^^ the left image is with FNIS Behavior Files V2_0 and the right image is FNIS Behavior Files V2_1. <img class="> PS as you can see I swing my sword and it works fine <img class="> and a big thanks to those who posted that it was FINS V2_0 that was the case. And a big thanks to Fores New Idles in Skyrim - FNIS by fore for fixing this


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  2. daldal211
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    Hi guys!

    When I saw this announcement, I was hyped to download the 1.6 beta and wanted to try it out.

    When I mounted a horse then drew my weapon, it wasn't the results that I expected...

    My character is just standing on top of the horse, with my sword drawn, no animations whatsoever. He's just standing on the horse.




    i also got this problem when i patched my skyrim <site not allowed> the when i tried horse combat but when i drawed my weapon my character stood up like freezing holding a sword...there is no animation when i attack....i found out that animation replacers can affect the game so i removed weapon drawing animation mod and idle animation...i also removes the animated prostitution mod that is .esm file after that it fixed the game no more standing bug...i hope it helped you......


    Self-admitted pirate. Time to walk the plank. --TNL
  3. devilhacker
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    good additional for mounted combat however,

    1-still no mounted first-person view like old skool TES
    2-LANCE! LANCE!
  4. naomis8329
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    lol I wouldn't <img class=">
  5. hangarspace
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    Note to self ... Disconnect network lead before next turning on pc and backing up skyrim game folder.

    (Tho I do have the skyrim unplugged tool set to disable)


    Hopefully they've fixed all the bugs folk were reporting with the beta, but I won't hold my breath.

    Chris
  6. kevkiev
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    Apparently this 1.6 version is official now (June 11, 2012). Steam just updated me even though I had told steam not too. Figures. This is the second time it's done this to me. Now I can't play Skyrim. Some sort of conflict and yes, I did update SKSE. It crashes after the menu loads.


    Did you have the beta version? I.E. is this maybe just an update to the beta release? I haven't been able to find any confirmation that 1.6 is live for PC, which would be kinda odd if it indeed has been pushed out. Don't mean to be a snot, but there's been a number of posts over the past while announcing that 1.6 has gone live that turned out to be just updates to the beta version.

    I'm very curious since I have a mod that disables Steam auto-updating (or, more accurately, prevents Steam from resetting after you've chosen the no auto update option), but I have to shut the mod off whenever I verify game cache. So the day 1.6 goes live for PC is the day I stop verifying game cache 'til I'm sure I want Steam to download the patch into my game.

    EDIT: ok, posts are starting to trickle in all around that 1.6 is in fact live. Sorry for doubting you garren69.

    I think I'm going to send the creator of the Skyrim Unplugged mod a big box of cookies, being secure in the knowledge that after work today I'll be loading up 1.5.26. <img class=">
  7. garren69
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    Apparently this 1.6 version is official now (June 11, 2012). Steam just updated me even though I had told steam not too. Figures. This is the second time it's done this to me. Now I can't play Skyrim. Some sort of conflict and yes, I did update SKSE. It crashes after the menu loads.
  8. naomis8329
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    @naomis8329, on my 2nd playthru since encountering too many bugged quests on the 1st attempt.
    Not running any crazy intrusive mods and the game still found a way to CTD if i get too close to Windhelm's perimeter.
    Still can coc into it but i fear there will be Civil War quest issues since being forced to join the Imperials because of
    some unfixable bug caused by the optional 'Season Unending' quest.
    May have to abandon this playthru also, oh well lol.

    Now that you mention it, i wonder if the Dovahkiin Hideout mod (Whiterun Breezehome) or
    any other mods that change world cells may be indirectly causing (Windhelm) CTD issues..hard to believe.

    I'm also planning to replay Dragon Age Origins and maybe DA2, really miss Bioware's immersive storytelling style of RPG and
    character development, Skyrim in my opinion has been more/less a somewhat overhyped shallow substitute but pretty to look at.


    I had to take of the Levellers Tower and the Dovhakiin Hideout, the former coz of CTDs when trying to get into Markarth and the latter coz of missing meshes and textures. A total nightmare, as I don't understand why these kind of mods can be interfering with game play at all. Its not as if they are changing anything major so its very silly to be honest. Maybe the powers that be will come up with an answer before TESVI <img class="> <img class=">

    @xlcr I tried to coc to those areas as I entered the excavation site using the same method to complete a quest and I'm now stuck there lol. Every time I try to coc out to either another area of Markarth or somewhere totally different eg Whiterun or Riverwood I either get frozen in time or CTD.

    I have to smile at it but it is totally frustrating. I do hope that 1.6 comes up with some more fixes and doesn't add to the confusion. <img class=">
  9. xlcr
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    @naomis8329, i was thinking about your problem being either stuck in Markarth's Understone Keep or unable to enter.
    Was wondering if you've tried alternate exits/entrances instead of the main entry door. I'm only guessing; but, i think there are these:

    Markarth Wizards' Balcony - small outdoor area in Markarth's city map space, connects to Calcelmo's Laboratory/Tower.
    (you might be able to use TCL to access it or leave).
    Hall of the Dead - has a door to the Keep somewhere.

    You can read more about these here (i don't remember them too clearly): http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Understone_Keep
    I do not know if using these alternates will really be any kind of magical solution to the crashes, might be worth trying.
  10. kevkiev
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    This was one of the main reasons I never rode horses... You were a sitting duck until you got off... unsheathed your weapon... Drank 3 health potions due to the damage that occured while getting off of said horse... Battle over... out of potions... horse dead... Time to buy a new horse... Thanx Bethesda!


    This is the first game I've played a game with horse-riding and I can't keep away. I just love it too much. Especially with the Mounted Followers mod that spawns horses for companions. But I hear ya, so with animals/trolls I often just gallop past them (they're just an annoyance after awhile anyways) and with bandits/assassins I usually ride a fair ways ahead to give some space before I dismount. Either way though, I don't bother with horses 'til I'm at a relatively high level and can take a fair bit of punishment.

    That said, I like the idea of mounted combat but I'll be sitting on the sidelines for awhile to see how the release version of 1.6 shakes out (bugs, it's effect on various mods, etc.) before I let Steam update my game.


    .... too many bugged quests ....

    ... really miss Bioware's immersive storytelling style of RPG and
    character development, Skyrim in my opinion has been more/less a somewhat overhyped shallow substitute but pretty to look at.


    ^this ^this ^this and ^this

    I don't even know how xbox/ps3 players get by without access to the setstage console command to get past quest bugs.

    I haven't played the bioware games you mention, but I liked FONV (and the DLCs) in part because it actually made an effort to develop a lot of the characters and tell a story with some depth. I was rather disappointed that Bethesda didn't seem to follow that lead (characters especially). I don't even really think of Skyrim as an rpg - just a very pretty adventure game. (And I run a TON of hi-rez texture mods so it's even pretty up close. The vanilla textures are more or less pixel-soup at anything but a distance.)