We bet that most of you are waiting patiently for the official release of the 1.4 patch for Skyrim. Bethesda promised to deliver both this patch and the Creation Kit in January and, as you can notice, the company won’t be able to fulfill its promise. No reason to panic though, as the PC version of the 1.4 patch will hopefully hit Steam this week, with the Creation Kit to follow. Continue reading Skyrim PC Patch 1.4 is coming this week, Creation Kit to follow; console patches coming at a later date→
It took Bethesda a while but finally, Skyrim has been re-compiled with some optimization tools and its 1.4 Beta patch comes with incredible performance gains over its previous version. In fact, Skyrim 1.4 Beta runs even better than Alexander’s awesome performance boost tool, SkyBoost. Yeap, Bethesda has finally redeemed itself and Skyrim performs the way it was meant to. We are talking about 16fps increase in most cases and sometimes, we can even notice a 30fps jump. That’s huge and shows how unoptimized Skyrim was in the first place. Continue reading Bethesda redeems itself with Skyrim 1.4 Beta; huge performance boost over its previous 1.3 version→
Modder Vergis has released an interesting mod for Skyrim that offers additional performance to it. As you may already know, Skyrim is CPU bound and Bethesda didn’t take advantage of multi-cores. In addition, the special effects in this game, like snow and rainfall, are rendered by the already overtaxed CPU and not your GPU. Therefore, Vergis reduced the textures in those particle effects, and witnessed a nice performance boost. Vergis is using an i5-750 CPU and saw a 5-20 FPS improvement. Pretty good huh? You can find the download link as a comparison shot, as well as a video from the game’s Rift area, after the jump. Continue reading Skyrim Performance PLUS Mod comes with a 20fps boost→
I tell you this, Greeks are crazy. Well, you probably already knew that, but this Skyrim real-life parody proves my point. The Alkapote team attempted to make a hilarious video that is based on Bethesda’s RPG. The end result is great and funny as hell. Alkapote team promised more videos from other games to come out pretty soon, so stay tuned for more. Great work guys! Continue reading Skyrim – Arrow in the knee Real Life Parody Video→
Modder aLaaa has released the 1.6 version of his amazing ‘Realistic Colors and Real Nights’ mod for Skyrim. The new Hybrid Shaders system mixes perfectly the RCRN Dynamic shaders with a reworked version of the original ingame shaders, this makes the daylight look beautiful, no more “dark” sunny days, no more “dark” faces, no more high contrast during clear weather. This system also grants an improved management of the weather, all days are different, enjoy the realistic dynamic lighting during cloudy and clear days! Continue reading Skyrim Realistic Colors and Real Nights 1.6 Released→
Great news for Skyrim fans as Bethesda has revealed some news about the 1.4 update that is slated for release later this month. The company plans to first release their updates as “beta” versions through Steam as this is an extra safety check for everyone going forward and should expedite and improve their updating process for PC gamers. In addition, both the Creation Kit and Steam Workshop are nearly ready, as the company do some final testing, and they are on track for a public release near the end of the month. Excisting news, right? Hell yeah. Be sure to also check the changelog of the upcoming update after the jump. Continue reading Skyrim Creation Kit and Steam Workshop coming at the end of this month; Update 1.4 Changelog→
Great news for Skyrim fans as Alexander Blade has released a new version for his wonderful Skyrim mod, SkyBoost. In the R4 version of SkyBoost, Boost is separated to fpu and sse2 versions. Oh, and as always, the mod comes with additional performance boost. Some users claimed that they gained 3-6fps from the previous SkyBoost version, so go ahead and download it. This is a must-have tool! Continue reading New version of Skyrim’s SkyBoost comes with additional performance boost→
This is just sad. Seeing modders accusing each other and stating that they’ll drag them to the courts is just SAD. Not because there was a disagreement between two teams, but because modders should have high standards and should not cause troubles to the community. These are the guys that we love and should not behave child-ish or like some triple-A ‘God awful’ companies. First things first though. In case you were unaware off, SkyrimOnline is a mod for Skyrim that promises to bring some Online functionality to it. The team felt the need to speed up things, therefore they started a partnership with SkyNet. And then, all hell broke loose. Continue reading All hell has broken loose; SkyrimOnline team accuses SkyNet group for stealing their code and donations→
GroBroPros released a new, live-action fan made video for Skyrim, showcasing what Bethesda’s game would look like in modern day. As with the game itself, our real-life friends can put buckets on heads and coin purses still get thieved. Oh, and throwing fire and ice at each other is still the preferred way of settling a dispute. This is an amazing fan made video and you should definitely give it a go. Enjoy! Continue reading Fan-made live-action Skyrim video shows how a modern-day Skyrim game would look like→
