Bethesda has released a new beta patch for the PC version of Skyrim. This patch will update your game version to 1.5 and comes with some interesting new features. According to the changelog on Steam’s forum, this patch features cinematic kill cameras for projectile weapons and spells, new kill moves and animations for melee weapons, shadows on grass (at last) and an improved distance LOD transition for snowy landscapes. In order to get this patch, PC gamers will have to browse Steam’s settings and select Skyrim under the ‘Betas’ section. Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 1.5 Beta – Now available on Steam, comes with improved LOD transition→
Skyrim has seen a lot of HD texture packs these past months and if you tried to enable some of them simultaneously, you would definitely notice your GPU hitting its vRAM limits. Thankfully, modder ‘AdPipino’ released a great tool called Textures Optimizer. Practically this program does not affect the quality of textures (1% if the original is in TGA / BMP). Texture Optimizer basically compresses (via lossless methods) the textures to a format that takes up less space in memory to avoid slow loading. Continue reading Skyrim Texture Optimizer Released; lowers your vRAM usage when HD Texture Packs are enabled→
Remember a massive unofficial patch that was being developed by Skyrim’s community? Well Skyrim fans, get ready because it’s finally here with us. The 1.0 version of the Unofficial Skyrim patch is now available and comes with one hell of fixes. Seriously now, the changelog is huge and fixes lots of issues that would definitely won’t be fixed anytime soon by Bethesda. Make no mistake, this is a must-have Patch and we highly recommend it. You can find the download link – as well as the entire changelog – after the jump. Enjoy! Continue reading Skyrim fans, rejoice: Unofficial Skyrim Patch 1.0 Is Now Available→
Modder ‘GiantTurkeyFish’ has released a new, interesting lighting mod for Skyrim. Skryim Visuals – The Outdoors is a mod that changes the overall color of the weather and sunlight of Skyrim’s outdoor environments. Skyrim’s distance fog color has been change from a blue to more of a white and nights are dark enough that torches are more commonly used without sacrificing the ability see while in the dark. Continue reading Skyrim Visuals – The Outdoors is an interesting new lighting mod→
Bethesda revealed something interesting in their blog a few hours ago. Remember those cool kill cams that were showcased in Skyrim Jam? Well, according to a post about the new version of Skyrim Beta Patch, kill cams will be added to ranged combat and magic. Bethesda went ahead and disabled the post, obviously because the update is not yet available on Steam. Or perhaps they posted this information too soon? Either way, we got a first look at what is coming, so keep reading. Continue reading New Skyrim 1.5 Patch will add kill cams to ranged combat and magic→
Remember when we shared some custom Skyrim characters from modder Unr3al2004? Some of you thought that those characters well photoshopped but no, they were actual in-game models. Well, we’ve got some good and some bad news. The good news is that Unr3al2004 is back with some new characters that can be viewed below. The bad news is that one of them shows a naked lady and – for obvious reasons – we decided to censor it. Unr3al2004 has also shared two videos that show off his characters. Enjoy! Continue reading The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – New Custom Characters Showcased→
A couple of months ago, modder ‘Starac’ released one of the best texture packs for Skyrim. Skyrim Realistic Overhaul looks astounding and the modder has just released some new screenshots for his upcoming update. Starac is working on Solitude and still has to finish Riften and Whiterun. You can find some updated textures for Solitude below. We’ve also included a comparison screenshot from Windhelm. On the left we have the vanilla shot and on the right the modded one. As you can see, the improvement is huge, so keep an eye on this mod. Enjoy! Continue reading Skyrim Realistic Overhaul to get an update soon; new screenshots released→
In an interview with G4TV, Todd Howard revealed what most of us already knew. According to Todd, mods are essential for single player games and are basically the biggest community avenue for them. This is true indeed, as there are a lot of gamers that wanted to try Skyrim due to some specific mods. In other words, mods really helped Skyrim’s sales and that’s one of the reasons that Bethesda decided to release the Creation Kit. Continue reading Todd Howard: mods make games better; are a huge community avenue for single player games→
Remember those lovely Skyrim shots that were captured by Gionight? Well, get ready everyone because this modder is back with a punch. Gionight has been creating some custom characters this whole time and used some custom-made armor/clothes to them that were created by the fan-base of Skyrim. As always, Gionight has a talent in capturing sexy and great looking screenshots, so go ahead and enjoy them after the jump. Continue reading Skyrim – Gionight strikes back with custom characters/armors/clothes→
A few weeks ago we informed you about an amazing mod for Skyrim that is about to overhaul the game’s sound. Created by Cliffworms, Sounds of Skyrim is a sound-addition project that will add around 460+ sound effects to the game world once every module will be released. It affects almost every cell and region in the game. Cliffworms had previously released the ‘Dungeons’ part and we are happy to report that the ‘Wilds’ part is now available for download. Continue reading Sounds of Skyrim – ‘The Wilds’ Is Out Now→
