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BUG FIXES
Fixed issue with frequency of first person kill cameras
Underwater effects now display properly
Fixed crash when loading certain plugins
Fixed issue where sun would not appear properly after fast travel
Note: As we recently said in the latest Bethesda Podcast, the latest Creation Kit update resolves reported issues with navmeshing. Recently we’ve discovered a change made to 1.5’s executable for support of the navmesh fix caused CTDs for users loading mods. As a result, we’ve removed the executable change in this beta update.
If you’re experiencing CTDs as a result of Tuesday’s 1.5 release, we recommend opting into the 1.5.26 Beta Update. And for the navmesh fix, the team is currently investigating the issue.
How to join 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.
If you opt into the Beta, be sure to back up your saved games or simply be careful not to overwrite your existing saves. If you decide to opt out of the beta program, your old saves will still work with the current release of Skyrim on Steam (v 1.5.24).
If you decide you don’t want to run the Beta anymore, redo steps 1 – 4. At the drop down, select NONE – Opt out of all beta programs. Let Steam restart, and Skyrim will automatically update itself back to the latest released version.
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For those who downloaded the new SKSE for the little hiccup-update Bethesda made, but don't want to participate in the beta, roll it back.)
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This would be perfectly fine IF the game was free or cost no more than €20. That's the acceptable price range for unfinished software with the users as the beta testers (SHAREWARE).
They are not jumping the gun in updates to keep us happy. In my view, this is Beth working Steam's idiotic and failed anti-piracy policy, which is to atempt to create an online dependency, frequently replacing the executable and other required files to make it harder for pirates to keep up. This is BS that , as noted, penalizes paying customers who cannot stop Steam from messing with their computer. Every single Steam game worth playing that is not exculsively online multiplayer has been cracked , and quickly.
The entire concept of keeping software up to date is a huge marketing ploy to create a dependency situation. You aren't supposed to expect commercial software that you buy to be fully functional anymore... You're supposed to buy a new PC every two years at the most, to keep up to date because corporate execs want more money, always more for them and less for you.
There is a way to stop them from doing just this. More than one way in fact.
The soft and vulnerable way:
Right click on Skyrim in your Steam Library window, select Properties> Updates and select Do Not Auto Update. Then put Steam in offline mode... (you need to be online to do this
Now, install an application firewall like Zone Alarm, BLOCK all connections and set it to ask you for every single program that makes external network connections on both TCP and UDP ports. Now run Skyrim and check for any alerts. Before unblocking your interent access you need to have any Steam executables blocked on BOTH TCP and UDP ports.
The more drastic and effective way is to simply screw the Steam agreement (which isn't legally binding).....
Please do yourself a favor and consult a few legal experts instead of 'friends who heard that Steam agreement is not enforceable', okay? Click-through EULAs are just as enforceable as signed agreements. (See: http://homepages.law...EDMo2004%29.htm) --LM
Should have done yourself an even bigger favour and not advocated piracy. But you did, and now you find yourself tossed overboard.
BTW: Editing the post to make it a bit less blatant didn't save you. The original had already been Reported. --TNL
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I am glad to have the computer skills required to BREAK the offensive agreements of Steam that gives them licence to modify my game and , I quote, other content on my computer, and paying them to do so...
If I had not had these skills, I would now be unable to play a game I paid a premium for, because the forced 1.5 update destroys shadows on my machine, which worked perfectly fine in previous versions of Skyrim. I note that others with systems well above the recommended minimum have this issue.
If they continue with this marketing policy, we can expect more crappy, shallow games that rely more on marketing hype to sell to a bored audience who will buy it anyway because all decent games developers have been out-competed by the greedy merchants.
I wil continue to send the message with my wallet: Forced updates, constant patching, internet connection required? NO DEAL.
This game would have been unplayable in my case had it not been for mods, the console, and the UESP wiki. It has been more like work than playing a lot of the time. Trying to fix the game became part of the experience. There were several bugs that made progress on the main quest line and other important quests impossible without using the console to advance.
To conclude: a big F U to Steam and Bugthesda.
when will you be fix????????
cant enjoy the game no more....this game fixing never ends......
always something new.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8w59C1VWLQ0
(btw - i try all that patching and editing crap - nothing works...pls fix the game..