Oblivion retail patch v1.1.425 beta

[Shakermaker]

The first patch is here. Mind you, it's still a beta.
Get it on all the usual sites:
http://www.3dgamers.com/news/more/1096484670/
http://www.gamershell.com/news/29933.html

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion retail patch v1.1.425 beta
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The Elder Scrolls IV
OBLIVION
Version 1.1.425 BETA
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READ THIS FIRST!
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Bethesda Softworks is happy to announce the release of our Beta Patch. Please understand that this is not the final version of the patch, this is a Beta Patch. If you are not experiencing any problems while running Oblivion, it is not recommended that you install this Beta Patch. If you do choose to install it, we strongly recommend you backup your save games and understand it may be necessary to re-install the game when the final patch is released. When installing the Beta Patch, please allow the installation to complete naturally. This installation may take up to twenty minutes in some cases.

Additionally, you may experience issues with this patch. Please report any issues you experience with this patch at www.elderscrolls.com/forums under Hardware and Software Issues -- specify you are running with the BETA patch. We are working diligently to incorporate as many updates as possible into the final version of the patch. The purpose of this patch is simply to get potential fixes to the Oblivion fan base as soon as possible. The Beta patch includes fixes for a number of issues posted on our forums as well as issues noticed through our own internal game-play. An official patch will be released when we have received enough feedback on the beta patch, incorporated any other fixes, and are satisfied that it meets our quality standards.

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5. Update 1.1 Notes
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Bug Fixes
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Fixed an issue with falling through collision in Fort Wooden Hand.

Fixed issue with remapping controls in French, German, Italian and Spanish versions.

Fixed issue with crashes on exit.

Fixed issue with some shadows not lining up.

Going to jail while equipped with bound armor or weapons no longer crashes the game.

Fixed issue with bound weapons not dispelling properly after dismounting a horse.

Fixed issue with player shadow being delayed after fast travel.

Fixed infinite gold issue on some dead NPCs.

Fixed issue with disease resistences that made it impossible to contract vampirism under certain circumstances.

Fixed an issue where occasionally skills would not increase properly after you received an increase in a way other than skill uses like as a quest reward.

Fixed issue where spells, powers and lesser powers were being improperly resisted when the player cast them on themselves.

Fixed an issue where creatures and NPCs would not go into combat properly after being hit by a projectile.

Fixed an issue with duplicating items and unequiping the bow.

Fixed an exploit that allowed you to sell equipped items to a vendor more than once while on a horse.

Fixed an issue with items reappearing in dead bodies after saving and reloading.

Fixed crash when NPC with active light spell on them unloaded from memory.

New Ultra Low Quality graphic setting available under Launcher options with improved support for low end FX cards (5700 and lower). To use this setting, go to the Launcher, select Options and click Reset to Defaults to allow the auto detect to check your system.

Implemented SLI-mode optimizations on Nvidia cards, and Crossfire optimizations for ATI cards.

Quest Fixes
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If you are permanently expelled from Mages Guild, you can now go back into the Mages Guild buildings.

In The Siren's Deception, the player can no longer get locked outside Gweden farmhouse if they exit too quickly.

In the Light the Dragonfires quest, fixed an issue where player controls get locked if player accidentally hits Ocato during the final battle in the Imperial Palace.

In the Confront the King quest, fixed an issue where Mannimarco would occasionally stop fighting the player while the player's controls are locked.

In Corruption and Conscience, fixed an issue if player got to Llevana's house earlier than expected and she would initiate trespass behavior rather than move the quest forward.

In Theranis' Mistake, it is no longer possible to get multiple copies of Ahdarji's ring. Also, fixed an issue with player receiving Blood Price topic too early in the quest.

In the Leyawiin Recommendation quest, it is no longer possible to bypass Kalthar in Fort Blueblood.

In Revenge Served Cold, Corrick will now recognize when player had the jade amulet in their inventory if No Stone Unturned quest had been previously completed.

In Infiltration, player can no longer kill Blackwood Company members and stop progress in Fighter's Guild.

In Dark Brotherhood, if you kill fellow members and get kicked out of the guild, you can no longer continue to progress in the questline until you redeem yourself and get back in.

In The Master's Son, the player now properly receives their reward when completing the quest.

In Caught in the Hunt, fixed an issue where NPCs would not go into combat properly.

In the Cheydinhal Recommendation quest, fixed an issue where Vidkun's body would disappear if you left the well.

Getting disqualified from the first Arena match no longer blocks you from further matches.

In Till Death Do They Part, the Count no longer rewards player with gold more than once. Fixed an issue with not receiving the Vampire Ashes topic if the player picked up vampire ashes before getting the quest. Fixed issue where Bloodgrass topic was not added if player finished the Main Quest before starting quest. Hal-Liurz will now follow player properly when asked about the cure.

In Mystery and Harlun's Watch, the dead body you are supposed to find will no longer disappear from Swampy Cave if you cleared out the dungeon before starting the quest.

In Blood of the Daedra, Martin will now recognize Spellbreaker as a Daedric artifact.

In When the Vow Breaks, fixed an issue where a second instance of Rockshatter would reappear back on Bjalfi's dead corpse after saving and reloading.

In Paranoia, game no longer crashes when Bernadette Peneles exits the city while you are following her.

Plugin Fixes
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Fixed issue with saving your game while an actor is in a new interior cell created in a plugin, and re-loading the save game without the plugin.

Fixed issue with loading previous saves with plugin that contains new base objects that are containers, NPCs and creatures.

Fixed issue with linked pathpoints scripted to switch on/off that are modified by a plugin.

NPC's companions no longer disappear when they fast travel with player to an exterior cell that is modified by a plugin.

New scripted spell effects created in a plugin now work properly.

 

[VirusType2]

You guys like me who use OLDblivion - don't install this patch yet. I seem to remember reading that OLDblivion isn't compatible with patches. It will have to be updated I assume.


I'm curious about the new "ultra low graphics setting option" now available in the patch. Anyone want to fill me in on what it does?

New Ultra Low Quality graphic setting available under Launcher options with improved support for low end FX cards (5700 and lower). To use this setting, go to the Launcher, select Options and click Reset to Defaults to allow the auto detect to check your system.

 

[Feath]

Isn't the Clavicus Vile quest supposed to have crash? I don't see it mentioned in the changelog.

 

[DrDevin]

Works good for me. No more crash on exit and a few other things.

Ultra low is really ultra low looking but provides good performance, however I've gotten some texture glitches with it on. It seems to apply a wierd LoD on everything and it disables any sort of graphical effect, most apparantly normal mapping. It is like playing HL2 in dx7 mode.

 

[Laivasse]

This just seems like a lot of minor bug fixes, why fiddle about with beta and final? I thought maybe they'd go as far as addressing some of the balancing issues.

 

[TheAmazingRando]

Glad they fixed the Cure for Vampirism bug where you couldn't deliever the bloodgrass. Being a vampire is fun and all but it's time to move on.

 

[VirusType2]

OLDblivion users, I created a thread on the OLDblivion forums concerning this, and asp - the coder for OLDblivion replies that he will make OLDblivion work with a final patch, not a beta - which doesn't really matter to me, I'm just glad to be able to play the game.


Topic is here:

On this forum I am Vythicus
http://www.oldblivion.com/sm/index.php?topic=612.0

 

[Dog--]

Wait!!!! So one my Geforce 5600FX, I could get this patch and acually be able to play!?!?!?!?!?!?! OMG!!! (Oldoblivion doesn't work, I can see everything in wireframe and there are no eyes in the characters, and it's just f'ed.)

 

[Jintor]

Fina-fuggin'-lee. I guess they were just silent because they were working hard.

 

[Kyorisu]

Been waiting for those crashes to be fixed.

 

[VirusType2]

The more people that post bugs on the oblivion forums, the sooner they will fix things. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. If you find a bug, make some noise and say something so they fix it.

I have seen quite a few bugs, but they are hard to really describe, or don't really bother me that much. Just general weirdness and I can't be bothered to post a bug report myself. You guys do it.


What really gets me is how they could release the game where it crashes when you quit. To me that just shows a rush job or incompetance. If they can't get the game to close properly, just imagine all the other bugs there are. LOL

Such a sweet game though despite any flaws and bugs.

 

[Kyorisu]

What really gets me is how they could release the game where it crashes when you quit. To me that just shows a rush job or incompetance. If they can't get the game to close properly, just imagine all the other bugs there are. LOL

Such a sweet game though despite any flaws and bugs.

Especially wierd as in the making of video, the QA Lead talks about what bugs he hunts. One being "are you able to quit from every location." now that implies that it never happened on their systems. The extent it happens is amazing, I'm pretty sure every PC owner has encountered it.

 

[Jintor]

The hilareous thing was that it was delayed because they were 'attempting to make it as bug-free as we could'.

 

[VirusType2]

^ but games like Oblivion have a million times more places where their could be bugs than some other types of games, and those games are even going to have a shit-load of bugs themselves.

So we are talking a shit-load times a million here. I think they did really good to get this game done this year, and I'm really glad to be able to play it. I might not live to see next year at the rate I'm going.

 

[Dog--]

Wow, I'm still going to wait until I get a better computer to play this, the ultra low-quality makes it so EVERYTHING is bright, when you turn on shadows, there are none, in the start of the game in the cave, the torch's light can't even be seen, it is sooo bright...

 

[CookieCuttah]

has anyone had problems of it f-ing up their saves?

 

[Jintor]

I'm pretty sure it warns that it will fux0r your saves, but only if you try and use them with the finished beta. Not sure about straight off.

 

[Kyorisu]

My saves are working 100% and I didn't see any warning for save borking. Sometimes I have found that when saving something can go wrong and screw up that save. All the others work ofcourse (having not been touched).

Happened to me once near the end of the main quest. Borked autosave put me back 10-20 minutes.

 

[Jintor]

No no no no, i think... it warns somewhere that the beta patch save files may not work with the finished save files. Not that i've actually read the notes; i just browse elderscrolls.com forums.

 

[Kyorisu]

Ah that makes more sense. /hmm this could be bad. Atleast I have a fair few pre patch saves.