Bethesda remembers it just released an Elder Scrolls game, announces gameplay-focused Oblivion patch that addresses about 5% of player complaints

Positive update: An individual at Bethesda inadvertently stumbled over a discarded game box in the corridor and was reminded that they had launched an Elder Scrolls title about a month and a half back. Following a prolonged quiet spell on Oblivion Remastered, Bethesda has resurfaced with exciting news: not one but two forthcoming updates for their revamped version of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.

The patches have been divided into two sectors. The initial one, accessible now via Steam as a beta version, focuses on “quests, major bugs and hindrances, and improvements to overall user experience.” In other words, it addresses those small annoyances that have bothered you since the game launched, such as the elusive local map in Oblivion Remastered, the persistent HUD that can’t be turned off, and Savlian Matius choosing to reside permanently in Castle Kvatch’s courtyard. It’s slated for a complete release on June 11, but you can choose to participate in the beta by navigating to the properties section of Oblivion Remastered within Steam.

The second update is specifically addressing the performance problems in the game. To tell you the truth, my experience with Oblivion Remastered has been smooth in terms of performance, but many players are encountering stuttering and jerkiness while exploring Cyrodiil.

It seems my assumption – which Bethesda hasn’t explicitly stated – is that these issues might be trickier for the developers to resolve. This is because they haven’t set a specific deadline for the fix, opting instead to share more information about it once they have the details ready.

frankly speaking, I must admit that the detailed changes (which I’ll share later) for the major gameplay update feel somewhat lackluster. Creating games isn’t easy and Oblivion Remastered—being a unique blend of the original Gamebryo version and UE5—is undoubtedly a challenging project, but by now, it has been on the market for nearly two months.

Players have been suggesting various aspects for Bethesda and Virtuos to enhance the game’s user experience, including organizing inventory into categories, adding additional shortcut slots, finding a balanced difficulty level between Adept and Expert modes, removing outdated spells, and much more.

It’s a bit underwhelming that Bethesda has only addressed some concerns after a prolonged absence, considering the complexity of their project might be causing delays. However, if that’s the case, it would be beneficial for the studio to keep everyone informed about the situation.

Of course!

“Well, let’s hope this is just the start, and we can look forward to numerous updates that will iron out all the issues this game seems to have. For now though, you might want to get used to spending a good amount of time meticulously going through your inventory.

Oblivion Remastered Update 1.1

General

Enabled ToggleHudVisibility and ShowHud console commands.

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

2025-06-05 16:02

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