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combatserver writes:
"The folks over at Dark Side of Gaming are reporting an interesting development in the game modding community--a recently released modification for the blockbuster game from Bethesda, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PC version). A long-running issue with the game since release has been recurring CTDs (crashes to desktop) and infinite loading screens that often bring the game to a grinding halt after just a few minutes of play, especially when heavily modded. Bethesda has tried to resolve the issue with several patches, to no avail.
Sheson, a member of the Skyrim modding community, fixed Skyrim. According to many user reports--thousands, in fact--Sheson's relatively minor adjustment to memory allocation has solved the vast majority of stability issues. The improvements have increased game performance far beyond what anyone had expected. Players are now merging mods to get around the hard-coded cap of 256 mods that Skyrim can load at any given time, effectively packing more content into the game. The fix also allows for Skyrim to run on lower-end PCs, widening the market for a game that has already sold over 20 million copies.
Since Sheson's patch released, the fix has been repackaged by other community members as a mod for Skyrim to make it even more accessible. Skyrim players who use the script-extender SKSE will be pleased to hear that the patch will be included in the next build."
[ED Note: Bottom line -- Bethesda shouldn't be packaging poorly written and untested code for sale, then requiring gamers to pay to play as beta testers. Kudos to Sheson for his hard work and effort.]
(Score: 3, Informative) by NCommander on Thursday February 20 2014, @04:33PM
Suprisingly, as far as the engine itself goes, I've had relatively good luck with Fallout: New Vegas (Steam), though the game script has bugs which are at least cross platform.
Still always moving
(Score: 3, Interesting) by combatserver on Thursday February 20 2014, @10:55PM
"... I've had relatively good luck with Fallout: New Vegas..."
You bring up a good point--they share the same engine. I wonder if anyone has tried applying Sheson's patch to Fallout: New Vegas?
I hope I can change this later...
(Score: 1) by darinbob on Friday February 21 2014, @03:09AM
Fallout New Vegas (and Fallout 3) shares the same engine as Oblivion. Skyrim is the next generation engine (and will most likely be shared with Fallout 4). The patch as-is probably won't work but it's possible that the concept would.